Tony Romo - A Football Life

[nyc-cowboy]

 

[diamonddelts]

yes.....and at one point sean payton wanted to take him to NO to be his starter

Damn what a marriage that would have been.

 

[diamonddelts]

I loved Romo and I love Dak. They are having similar careers but rabid Romo lovers will tear down Dak to build up Romo. To be fair, it happens the other way around too. They will never forgive Dak for taking Romo's job. They root against Dak so Dak can be seen as a failure like Romo is. That's why you see the Romo hate.

BTW, I loved Romo's episode. He's a good dude. He's not a leader though, and you have to be at the QB position. I think that was the only thing he was lacking. I wished they would've included his last TD he threw. I don't know why they didn't. He came in on that drive and marched them right down the field for an easy TD.

Their careers are becoming eerily similar. I agree with you on your entire post.

 

[DFWJC]

Romo was very under appreciated and always took some really bad teams to 8-8.

Having never seen this, I’m a bit disappointed that it was his idea to go to Cabo as many folks on here made it seem like Wade Phillips encouraged him to go.

Also, my issue with Romo was always his mindset if he didn’t win and it clearly shows in this episode. We get your blessed to have had the opportunities that you did but being content with not winning a SB is just something that doesn’t come with being one of the greats and in leadership in general.

His mindset makes sense considering he came from small Eastern Illinois but he was always too much of a “Well, look at the bright side” type of individual. That’s great if you’re the QB of the Cleveland Browns or Jacksonville Jaguars but Cowboys fans don’t want to hear that.

Wade encouraged everyone to go somewhere...not Cabo specifically...but somewhere away from football.
He even had the facilities locked. According to the staff, only one guy talked a janitor into letting him in before leaving town to study film of 2 possible opponents, and it was Romo.

Half the team went to Miami or Vegas or strip clubs in Dallas. A 2 hour flight to Cabo, chilling with friends for a few days, was relatively innocent.

But bad look for some of the low IQ fans and media.
He should have known that, so it was a mistake in that sense. He was not media savvy yet.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Any quarterback that is not a Hall of Fame caliber QB is going to have issues winning with this franchise.

I don't view Prescott as any worse at that special challenge than Romo was.

Both have choked in big time games.

Both have identical 2-4 playoff records with Prescott playing three fewer seasons.

This^^^^

 

[DFWJC]

He didn't have the talent around him, until his last few years. The defense was always an afterthought, so was the Oline. Jerry was more concerned with making splash signings than building a team. I truly believe if we would have let Romo play for 2 more seasons we would have went to a Super Bowl. All the piece were finally in place...

He had a good team in 2007 but that was his 1st full year starting.
He DID throw what should have been the game-winning TD pass in the playoffs vs the Giants.
Some still forget this.


He DID produce what should have been the game-winning, clutch play with 20 seconds left, but Crayton blew it.
So anyone saying he didn't have the stuff to take us further, well, of course he did.

 

[diamonddelts]

I miss the guy so much. He gave me hope when I knew our team was under manned. Now we have the better talent and hope our QB doesn't screw it up... sigh.

He gave you hope that there was a back breaking interception coming in the most inopportune time of games. His apprentice has learned this skill from him.

 

[Alexander]

Just to say "they both choked" is way too easy. Do a deeper dive into the plays before "the choke". How many times did Romo have to go back out when defense caved? How did they get into the situation of NEARLY winning in the first place?

So go ahead and take the easy way if you want. It's fine.

How is it "too easy" to say they both have choked?

Why would any play prior to that individual case of the yips matter?

Are you trying to say that Romo had worse defenses than Prescott has had?

I don't understand what point it is that you think you are trying to make.

All it makes you look like is a relic Romo apologist.

 

[DFWJC]

He gave you hope that there was a back breaking interception coming in the most inopportune time of games. His apprentice has learned this skill from him.

Yet he led the NFL in late 4th quarter, come-from-behind, game-winning drives in his last 6 years starting.
Hmmm, that seems impossible given what you said.

 

[Big D]

Yep. Parcells was an old school
Coach. He believed in the philosophy of letting a QB sit for a couple of years to learn.

Very rare in the modern NFL where most young QB’s are just thrown to the wolves.

There should be a young qb in waiting right now soaking up game from Dak from the sideline and learning our system. I think the team is slipping in that aspect. I don't think Rush or Grier are that guy.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I still believe if we had gone back to him in Dak's rookie season, we'd have played in the Super Bowl.

I agree......said it several times, a healthy Romo at the end of 2016 was better than Dak. Surprised and disappointed they didn't give him a chance to pull out the playoff loss when Dak's inexperience surfaced a bit.

 

[Big_D]

Wade encouraged everyone to go somewhere...not Cabo specifically...but somewhere away from football.
He even had the facilities locked. According to the staff, only one guy talked a janitor into letting him in before leaving town to study film of 2 possible opponents, and it was Romo.

Half the team went to Miami or Vegas or strip clubs in Dallas. A 2 hour flight to Cabo, chilling with friends for a few days, was relatively innocent.

But bad look for some of the low IQ fans and media.
He should have known that, so it was a mistake in that sense. He was not media savvy yet.

Absolutely right. The HC told them to get away for a few days! People rather blame Romo. Maybe he could’ve organized his own practice? Just shown up at the facility and threw the ball to himself. Or get the janitor to run some routes. When nothing is going on and there are no scheduled team activities, what’s supposed to happen at that point? That’s the softness of Phillips and Jason Garrett. A team that was neutered from that moment on.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

How is it "too easy" to say they both have choked?

Why would any play prior to that individual case of the yips matter?

Are you trying to say that Romo had worse defenses than Prescott has had?

I don't understand what point it is that you think you are trying to make.

All it makes you look like is a relic Romo apologist.

I see you one insult and raise you another.

Nah...never mind. I'll be polite.

My point is I think there's more to it than just a single general comment. If you don;t get that, there's nothing more I can say.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I agree......said it several times, a healthy Romo at the end of 2016 was better than Dak. Surprised and disappointed they didn't give him a chance to pull out the playoff loss when Dak's inexperience surfaced a bit.

That moment is inexplicable. They put him in, seemingly to protect Dak? Why else pull the starter? Give him a last hurrah? For ONE series?

He marched the team right down the field. The Dak promptly goes back in.

Just very strange.

 

[CowboyFrog]

It still cracks me up how truths are ok for one player but can not be seen about another player...Romo had good and bad games, Dak has good and bad games...neither has a ring and 1 does not have any chances left and the other needs to get on it because his chances are getting shorter.. how is that bad to either?

 

[Creeper]

I have no issue with Romo but I will never call him a great QB. His penchant for doing something stupid in a big situation kept him from being great. Romo never learned to just throw it away. I am not saying he was a bad QB, just not a top tier QB. At the end of his career he couldn't stay healthy. He'd get hit and some bone somewhere in his body would snap. The Cowboys had no choice but to move on.

 

[KJJ]

No one said "never".

But he made a lof of average (or worse) WR look good. Patrick Crayton? Roy Williams (big money flop!). Miles Austin LOOKED good. With Romo.

Some of the Romo lovers have tried to spin that he never had good teams. They’ll tell you that if he had the teams Dak had the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls. Lol

 

[diamonddelts]

Antonio Bryant says hello.

 

[diamonddelts]

Some of the Romo lovers have tried to spin that he never had good teams. They’ll tell you that if he had the teams Dak had the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls. Lol

Yep

 

[diamonddelts]

I have no issue with Romo but I will never call him a great QB. His penchant for doing something stupid in a big situation kept him from being great. Romo never learned to just throw it away. I am not saying he was a bad QB, just not a top tier QB. At the end of his career he couldn't stay healthy. He'd get hit and some bone somewhere in his body would snap. The Cowboys had no choice but to move on.

Exactly