Tony Romo - A Football Life

[diamonddelts]

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?

Fair assessment

 

[nyc-cowboy]

Antonio Bryant says hello.

A knucklehead is a knucklehead - sometimes they can't be helped.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Romo broke my heart more times than I can remember. He was a Good Qb not a great one. I was ready for Dak to replace him. Romo was broken down and finished. Only the total Romo fan can't see this. I think overall Romo is a slightly better QB but what does it mater. They have both choked where it's counted. The only difference is Dak still has a chance to change his legacy. Hope he can do it. Not convinced the Jones boys can ever find an elite QB.

 

[Big_D]

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

Wait, so you're saying Jerry's drafts and free agent acquisitions and trades were any good at that time? He didn't draft a quality Olineman until Romo was 32. lol Meanwhile Dak steps on the field day 1 with 3 all pros and the leagues leading rusher and we'll pretend they dealt with the same things. From 2007, no depth, no development, crap drafts and the ridiculous Roy Williams trade plus the Garrett and Wade Phillips debacle. Jerry was at the height of his stupidity the minute Parcells left.

 

[KJJ]

Wait, so you're saying Jerry's drafts and free agent acquisitions and trades were any good at that time? He didn't draft a quality Olineman until Romo was 32. lol Meanwhile Dak steps on the field day 1 with 3 all pros and the leagues leading rusher and we'll pretend they dealt with the same things. From 2007, no depth, no development, crap drafts and the ridiculous Roy Williams trade plus the Garrett and Wade Phillips debacle. Jerry was at the height of his stupidity the minute Parcells left.

The Cowboys had a good OL in 2007. We ranked third in total offense and scored just under 29 points a game. In 2014 Romo had exactly what Dak had in 2016. In 2014 we had arguably the best OL in the entire league, and we had the NFL’s leading rusher who set a franchise record with over 1800 yards. Dez Bryant was at the top of his game. The defense foiled us against Green Bay in the playoffs just like it foiled us in 2016 against the Packers in the playoffs.

 

[CowboyFrog]

The Cowboys had a good OL in 2007. We ranked third in total offense and scored just under 29 points a game. In 2014 Romo had exactly what Dak had in 2016. In 2014 we had arguably the best OL in the entire league, and we had the NFL’s leading rusher who set a franchise record with over 1800 yards. Dez Bryant was at the top of his game. The defense foiled us against Green Bay in the playoffs just like it foiled us in 2016 against the Packers in the playoffs.

KJJ why cant you see in 2014 it was the defense in 2016 it was Dak.... i read these facts here on this forum....lol

 

[KJJ]

KJJ why cant you see in 2014 it was the defense in 2016 it was Dak.... i read these facts here on this forum....lol

It’s the Dak haters who claim it was Dak in 2016 despite the fact he went toe to toe with Aaron Rodgers and brought us back to tie the game in the final moments. Only to have our defense CHOKE in the final seconds. We would’ve had all the momentum heading into OT but never got a chance because of our defense.

 

[Big_D]

The Cowboys had a good OL in 2007. We ranked third in total offense and scored just under 29 points a game. In 2014 Romo had exactly what Dak had in 2016. In 2014 we had arguably the best OL in the entire league, and we had the NFL’s leading rusher who set a franchise record with over 1800 yards. Dez Bryant was at the top of his game. The defense foiled us against Green Bay in the playoffs just like it foiled us in 2016 against the Packers in the playoffs.

What happened between 2007 and 2014? Pure crap from a managerial standpoint. Jerry ran a good team into the ground... AGAIN! By 2009 they were a joke and by 2010 already a complete mess. I like when people talk about 07, then fast forward to 2014 but not the 6 years of complete crap in between. No these teams are not the same.

 

[mattjames2010]

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.

That team was overrated and it's not surprising most of our pro-bowlers were awful the next season. That team slowed down significantly in the second half of the season, even still, we should have beaten the Giants if it wasn't for the brain fart our defense had before the end of the first half and Crayton screwing up in the fourth.

 

[DandyDon52]

Yes. Parcells didn’t think he was ready his first few seasons.

Tony said he was in no way ready to play his first year with the team. I thought the 2nd preseason he was fairly ready, and
after the 3rd preseason he was definitely ready.
Some of the players on that team have said tony was the best qb on the team at start of season and felt he should be the starter.
But Parcells played Bledsoe to mid season or beyond.

Had tony started that season, they might have been better that 10-6 and they dont play in the WC, or would have faced a team other thant
Seattle, and it would have been in dallas.

 

[DandyDon52]

That team was overrated and it's not surprising most of our pro-bowlers were awful the next season. That team slowed down significantly in the second half of the season, even still, we should have beaten the Giants if it wasn't for the brain fart our defense had before the end of the first half and Crayton screwing up in the fourth.

Actually, they got overconfident, as they beat everyone they played , and had div wrapped up early, then they lost 2-3 game at end.
They had beat giants twice in the season, so they thought they would naturally beat them in playoffs, so hey lets go to cabo !

I just found and watched that game, and it just seemed like dallas felt they could just show up and play , and they would win.
The giants showed up ready to play tough, after having to play a WC game the week before.

I then watched giants knock off GB in GB in a very cold game, and upset them too. Giants defense won that game , and help shut down a dallas team
that had been very good on offense.

 

[KJJ]

What happened between 2007 and 2014? Pure crap from a managerial standpoint. Jerry ran a good team into the ground... AGAIN! By 2009 they were a joke and by 2010 already a complete mess. I like when people talk about 07, then fast forward to 2014 but not the 6 years of complete crap in between. No these teams are not the same.

Not sure what team you were watching, but by 2009 it appeared the Cowboys had turned things around. They went 11-5 and won their first playoff game in 13 years. They went to New Orleans that season and beat the 13-0 Saints and finished the regular season with back to back shutouts. Wade Phillips ran that team into the ground with his soft camp cupcake approach. The team ended up quitting on him in 2010. Dak has had to deal with the same mismanagement under Jerry that Romo did. Don’t act like their situation‘s were totally different. They weren’t!

 

[erod]

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.

Romo carried the team. Dak gets carried by the team. Two entirely different careers.

 

[WillieBeamen]

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.

This is EXACTLY how i feel


No matter how sorry this team was, he gave us a chance

 

[DejectedFan1996]

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.

Let me ask you, does Kobe or MJ go to Cabo even if their coach encourages it?

I’m not buying that excuse. And it’s one of the few reasons I stay quiet on this forum because as much as I love Romo, I’ve never seen some folks in here ever just say “hey he was wrong.” There’s always some caveat to it. “He made a mistake...but that’s for low iq fans and media.”

 

[WillieBeamen]

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 is just a lazy analysis

 

[CowboyFrog]

Romo carried the team. Dak gets carried by the team. Two entirely different careers.

So Romo's yards and TD's and wins are because of him and Dak's similar yards, TD's and wins are becuase of his team..next your going to list off all the horrible WR Romo had and all the HOF WR Dak has had?

 

[Hennessy_King]

So Romo's yards and TD's and wins are because of him and Dak's similar yards, TD's and wins are becuase of his team..next your going to list off all the horrible WR Romo had and all the HOF WR Dak has had?

Let's not forget Romo actually ran the best WR and hall of famer on the team out of town. Also Romo and wittens brokeback mountain love fest is the only reason witten will be considered in the HOF. Witten was average if romo didnt shove the ball down his throat every game.

Also him fumbling the snap caused out best coach to retire since jimmy johnson.

 

[erod]

So Romo's yards and TD's and wins are because of him and Dak's similar yards, TD's and wins are becuase of his team..next your going to list off all the horrible WR Romo had and all the HOF WR Dak has had?

You just have to understand what you're watching.

Stats mean absolutely nothing. They're for moms and fantasy football dorks.

 

[Yoshimitsu]

I love Romo but the excuses are comical. The same debates everybody is having about Dak right now are the same ones people had about Romo. The fan base was divided on Romo just like they are on Dak. It's almost like Dallas fans have forgotten the label Romo had during his career as a choker. And how many times did we defend him until we were out of breath trying to convince people about how he led the league in fourth quarter comebacks.