Tony Romo Compared to 8 Greats After 39 Career Starts

[ethiostar]

I compiled these stats for each quarterback at www.pro-football-reference.com.
Here is the W-L-T records regular season after 39 starts. I didn’t have time to look at the playoff numbers.

MARINO 32-7-0

ROMO 27-12-0

MONTANA 22-17-0

P. MANNING 21-18-0

FAVRE 23-16-0

S. YOUNG 15-24-0

AIKMAN 15-24-0

STAUBACH 28-11-0

BRADSHAW 23-16-0

Thanks for doing the work man, much appreciated.

As others have stated, these numbers might not mean much if he doesn't win some playoff games and eventually the big game. Aikman is tied with Young for the lowest W-L record out of this group and he had three rings when he decided to hang it up.

Still, it's good to know that he compares favorably with current and future hall of famers with 39 games under his belt.

 

[silverbear]

I would like to see how he compares in wins and losses.

I will go ahead and say it for his detractors, until he wins in the post season it means nothing. I don't happen to agree with that, but it has now been said.

I agree, and I disagree... at this point, it's way too early to be saying he can't win the big games... but eventually, such talk will begin to become legitimate, if he doesn't get over the hump...

And of course, he doesn't win or lose games all by himself, does he??

 

[silverbear]

As if the bandwagon isn't full enough.

The way I see it, the guy has two posts, and we already know he's not what you'd call a football expert...

It takes a lot longer to figure that out with some noobs... you should be more appreciative that he spared us all this time figuring him out...

 

[Arch Stanton]

Wow!! Imagine if his receivers had less drops....

If only he could throw the ball to himself! Still at least he doesn't have Roberto Duran to throw to this coming season.

 

[zeroburrito]

bradshaw...hahaha. shows you how good his teams were.

 

[BIGDen]

If only he could throw the ball to himself! Still at least he doesn't have Roberto Duran to throw to this coming season.

I like the Duran reference. I think I'm gonna start using that. Good one!

 

[THUMPER]

If only he could throw the ball to himself! Still at least he doesn't have Roberto Duran to throw to this coming season.

That's a good one!

 

[skicat1898]

Romo had a advantage over most of those QBs, he came into a very good situation. A playoff ready team with a Pro Bowl WR and TE.

Also most of those QBs started their rookie years, Romo sat for 3 years and a handful of games his 4th.

Romo has put up some very nice stats, but the standard around here is playoff wins and Super Bowls,,, until puts up some solid wins in post season play, he is Danny White.

A more fair comparison would be to compare Romo to these QBs after 6 years in the NFL,,,, yeah, I thought so,,, changes things quite a bit.

 

[joseephuss]

Romo had a advantage over most of those QBs, he came into a very good situation. A playoff ready team with a Pro Bowl WR and TE.

Also most of those QBs started their rookie years, Romo sat for 3 years and a handful of games his 4th.

Romo has put up some very nice stats, but the standard around here is playoff wins and Super Bowls,,, until puts up some solid wins in post season play, he is Danny White.

A more fair comparison would be to compare Romo to these QBs after 6 years in the NFL,,,, yeah, I thought so,,, changes things quite a bit.

Danny White did put up some solid wins in the post season. He did go to 3 straight NFC Championship games.

I agree that sitting for 3 seasons is a big plus for Romo. Tony's numbers would look much different had he started games beginning his rookie season. They would be a lot worse. He has a lot of positives going for him, but it is the few negatives that are preventing him from getting over the top. Once he improves those aspects of his game I think he will be fine and hopefully the rest of the team improves on its deficiencies as well. Do that and it will produce playoff wins.

 

[skicat1898]

Maybe Danny White isn't a fair comparison either, White was successful in post season play.

White had the luxury of sitting behide Staubach for a few years,,,, he also had the misfortune of also having to replace the legend known as Staubach.

Coach Belick made a very sound point about Favre possibly going to the Vikes and I think the same applies to Romo. He said that if Favre is forced to throw the ball 40 times a game over the course of a season, you are going to have to accept all of Favre, the bad and the good. But with the running game that the Vikes have, Favre should only have to throw around 25 times a game and with that you will get the best of Favre.

I believe that if we have a more balanced offense, where Romo throw less than 30 times a game, we will get the best of Romo and not the forced passes and fumbles.

 

[adbutcher]

The way I see it, the guy has two posts, and we already know he's not what you'd call a football expert...

It takes a lot longer to figure that out with some noobs... you should be more appreciative that he spared us all this time figuring him out...

 

[Doomsday101]

Hopefully his 2 golf Championships over the summer have helped him overcome pressure.

I hope others on the team did the same because it has not been just Romo who has faltered late in the season. Heck in the 1st 2 months of the season Romo was sacked 7 times over the last 2 month of the season a total of 13 with 12 coming in dec alone. Romo has to step it up but for him and this team to have success a lot of people need to step up.

 

[UppityCracker2]

Irrelevant. Most of those guys did that in their early 20s; Romo is 29.

Romo has the potential to be a great QB. To take his place in Cowboy history with Staubach and Aikman. But if he doesn't start winning games in December and January, the stats aren't going to do much for Romo except amplify what a failure he was when the games mattered most.

This is so true. He is running out of time too I think.

 

[Wrangler87]

This is so true. He is running out of time too I think.

He's 29.

 

[Carl23]

Romo had a advantage over most of those QBs, he came into a very good situation. A playoff ready team with a Pro Bowl WR and TE.

Also most of those QBs started their rookie years, Romo sat for 3 years and a handful of games his 4th.

Romo has put up some very nice stats, but the standard around here is playoff wins and Super Bowls,,, until puts up some solid wins in post season play, he is Danny White.

A more fair comparison would be to compare Romo to these QBs after 6 years in the NFL,,,, yeah, I thought so,,, changes things quite a bit.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[ethiostar]

He's 29.

That's what i was thinking. Elway was what 37 and 38 when he got his two rings?

 

[Hostile]

That's what i was thinking. Elway was what 37 and 38 when he got his two rings?

Staubach was no pup. Neither was Jim Plunkett. It's so foolish.

 

[ethiostar]

Staubach was no pup. Neither was Jim Plunkett. It's so foolish.

Yep, first win at 29 and the second one at 35.

 

[TNCowboy]

That's what i was thinking. Elway was what 37 and 38 when he got his two rings?

Elway carried mediocre teams to multiple super bowls before he was 29.

I still have high hopes for Romo, but to even discuss him in the same breath with Elway is a joke.

 

[TNCowboy]

Staubach was no pup. Neither was Jim Plunkett. It's so foolish.

Staubach didn't become a full-time starter until 29, and he won a SB that same year.

Again, not a reasonable comparison with Romo by any standard.