Tony Dorsett said it where nobody else did

[ABQCOWBOY]

Nobody watches games because of the announcers. Most analysts are god awful anyways. They're largely irrelevant outside of needed play-by-play.

This would be high drama, and CBS would benefit from it.

I don't see how but hey, lots of things I don't see coming. Paying a buck or two for Bottled Water when you could just get it right out of the tap, never ever saw that one coming.

LOL........

 

[waving monkey]

Moore has displayed some skills when it mattered. Better then the Weedens of yesteryear

 

[haleyrules]

Why do I have this bad feeling, that this year will be a disaster at QB for us. We are now 1 hit away again from another 2015 season. Romo was a security blanket now we don't even have a backup capable of leading this team.

No worries. Prescott is both young and of a sturdy build protected by the best OL in pro ball and is not a scrambler by choice. The pocket passers always last longer and get better ref protection. He can run...but doesn't need to depend on it.

 

[jterrell]

why are we freaking out about a back up QB and we haven't even hit OTA1.
we got destroyed when we thought we had good back ups and had paid them fairly well.
this is pointless. we need like 3 starters rights now, lol.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

so the OC that just came off a season ensuring management they didn't need to rush out and find a guy to start when both Tony when Kellen went down isn't to be trusted about making QB evaluations about who to backup Dak in case he goes down?
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[erod]

I don't see how but hey, lots of things I don't see coming. Paying a buck or two for Bottled Water when you could just get it right out of the tap, never ever saw that one coming.

LOL........

That one still perplexes. And canned air.

 

[Bullflop]

Moore has displayed some skills when it mattered. Better then the Weedens of yesteryear

LOL . . . you've gotta love it -- living proof that things can always get a little better or a little worse.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

So question on this thread, how does Tony D fit in? Are the words in the first post those of TD or what?

 

[Bullflop]

You might as well get used to Moore because he is going to be the backup. Linehan loves him and he was going to be the backup last year until his injury. Very few backup QB's
in this league can carry a team more than 2 or 3 games. Their backups for a reason. Dallas isn't going to bring anyone else in except maybe a late draft pick.

Probably so -- ordinarily, we'd have a 5th round pick but not so this year as I understand it. A 4th would likely be too early to spend on that position and a 6th might well be too late to get a QB of any great qualities (unless we'd be stunningly fortunate.) I think we'll most likely be spending our picks on more desperately needed positions for the first four rounds, unless an exceptionally good value at QB might fall to us later. Unlikely.

 

[DallasEast]

lol

I misunderstood the original question.

It's not what we can do for backup quarterback. It's what can we do for backup veteran experienced quarterback who will step in and keep the offense flowing as smoothly as possible if Prescott goes down.

Let's see. Even though we didn't know it at the time, Dallas had the perfect backup before Romo got injured last preseason. The same situation occurred when Romo was healthy enough to return to active duty--albeit the previous order of the situation had permanently changed by that time. While I do see the tiniest possibility of Romo returning to the team this season, that tiny expectation will shrink exponentially with the conclusion of each regular season game regardless of wins or losses. My personal expectation of a possible Romo return is based on a similar occurrence happening in this upcoming preseason and hopefully that shall never occur. This is Prescott's team now. Let his career be as injury free as humanly possible.

So! I'm going to pull a Sheldon Cooper for anyone hoping for the latter 'what can we do' scenario, sigh, and shake my head with derision.

 

[Zman5]

We have Showers to backup Rayne.

 

[CooterBrown]

So question on this thread, how does Tony D fit in? Are the words in the first post those of TD or what?

I read 3 pages in this thread looking for the answer myself. Wth has Dorsett got to do with Romo and next backup QB?

 

[haleyrules]

So question on this thread, how does Tony D fit in? Are the words in the first post those of TD or what?

Yeah. I don't get it. What did the great TD say...exactly?

 

[Bullflop]

Mmm. I guess l am totally screwed!.

Well -- welcome to the party!! There'll be a long line of old farts waiting to join us, no doubt.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

Yes, because it is normal for a QB to play all year. Not! And, you say you never worried about Romo's backups, even though we sucked without him???

Normal? No. Is missing half a season every time you get injured like Romo normal, though? The injury habits of Romo are no more normal than the lack of major injuries with Eli Manning. The average is somewhere in the middle. As in, a QB will pick up a decent injury but will more than likely still be able to play. Wilson played hobbled last year. How many times has Roethlisberger played through injuries? Rodgers is always nicked-up, but manages to stay on the field all season (except for the last part of 2013). The list goes on.

BTW...Why didn't Kellen get any starts as a backup in Detroit? Because Stafford was durable and didn't miss a start. Romo's injuries weren't normal. He was on the extreme end of the spectrum compared to most other QBs (keeping company with Palmer). I finally stopped taking my blue pills after that Pre-season game in Seattle. That was it:

I just think that our fanbase has been so traumatized year after year with Romo's injuries that it becomes the norm. We've been beaten down to the point that the expectation of a QB making it through a full or near full season is foreign to us...much less for it to happen multiple seasons in a row.

Will Dak get injured in the future? Probably. Will it be for half a season at a time like it's been with Romo? I'd bet against it.

 

[CWR]

We do need a backup but not nearly as much as we needed a backup when Romo was our starter.

 

[haleyrules]

Normal? No. Is missing half a season every time you get injured like Romo normal, though? The injury habits of Romo are no more normal than the lack of major injuries with Eli Manning. The average is somewhere in the middle. As in, a QB will pick up a decent injury but will more than likely still be able to play. Wilson played hobbled last year. How many times has Roethlisberger played through injuries? Rodgers is always nicked-up, but manages to stay on the field all season (except for the last part of 2013). The list goes on.

BTW...Why didn't Kellen get any starts as a backup in Detroit? Because Stafford was durable and didn't miss a start. Romo's injuries weren't normal. He was on the extreme end of the spectrum compared to most other QBs (keeping company with Palmer). I finally stopped taking my blue pills after that Pre-season game in Seattle. That was it:

I just think that our fanbase has been so traumatized year after year with Romo's injuries that it becomes the norm. We've been beaten down to the point that the expectation of a QB making it through a full or near full season is foreign to us...much less for it to happen multiple seasons in a row.

Will Dak get injured in the future? Probably. Will it be for half a season at a time like it's been with Romo? I'd bet against it.

Me too. Prescott is very sturdy.

 

[haleyrules]

Moore has displayed some skills when it mattered. Better then the Weedens of yesteryear

Hi football IQ...Noodle arm??

 

[The Quest for Six]

who is going to be our new back up qb? not Kellen moore. he may be smart but he can't lead us to wins if needed. plus for him to have seventeen on his jersey bothers me. I think seventeen should be retired. thatz how much I think of don Meredith. GREAT quarterback. so, any ideas on back up qb?

Couldn't agree more with Mr Dorsett

 

[jobberone]

he did but that was him being ready and practicing for weeks as the bkup.
Tony probably could step right in, but dont forget, first dak would have to be not able to play, and I doubt that happens.
*Then cbs would have to be ok with it.
*Then tony would have to want to do it, which I dont think he would.
*Why help JG win in playoffs?? the coach who wouldnt let you come back !
*Tony was miffed at many team dak players and coaches.

Winning SB, lol with our coaches and our defense?, I dont see a SB win with tony or dak.

So that too means not much reason for tony to come out of the booth, risk injury, to try and do what he couldnt
do in 2014 and what they couldnt do in 2016 and no reason to think they could do any better in 2017.

There just isnt any upside for tony, unless they went to sb and won, but that is very unlikely to happen.

Just speculation but I could see him get a call if Dak goes down. I think CBS would play the story up IF Tony agreed to play. He'd be rusty at first but it'd wear off pretty fast. Garrett would probably make the call. Let's see Jason......Tony or what's his name???