The guy got a lot of credit early because, in his first full year as a starter, he had one of the best years an NFL QB has ever had. He made 2 Pro Bowls in less than 2 years as a starter. He won a division and led his team to the playoff two years in a row. He had (and still has) a very high QB rating, won most of his games and showed an uncanny ability to make big plays when everything seemed to be collapsing around him. Praise didn't just happen because of a decent performance or two. He looked special and still flashes that. He had two heartbreaking playoff losses where he wasn't amazing, but he certainly wasn't the reason his teams lost. The Seattle game had a series of bizarre plays before the fumbled hold and the Giants game was just self-destructive crap with stupid penalties and critical drops. Romo has had his ups and downs over the past year. He played poorly the other night in front of the world. But the guy has been a very good NFL QB who deserved some early praise (but some people went overboard) and now he deserves some criticism (people certainly are going overboard). Like another poster said,the guy doesn't even have 50 starts. He deserves a little more time before giving up on him.
Eli led the league in turnovers in '07. He threw FIVE picks late in the season against Minnesota. Everybody in NY and NJ wanted him gone. He went on to win the Super Bowl.
Believe me, NOBODY is more disgusted by what happened Monday night than me. I live in Giants country and take more crap that anybody from these idiot fans. Having said that, I saw plenty of things to build on and I'm not going to let game 2 spoil this season. Let this stuff play out guys and maybe we'll find that some of that early praise was justified.
