Tony Romo is Spoiling us and Still Making Progress (Amazing Career Stats)...

[WG5516]

Yeah, you've always been 100% right on the Romo issue.

LMAO... Yall keep pullin' this clowns card. I LOVE IT! :laugh2:

 

[THUMPER]

Kinda. What I'm saying is he is still very young, but being good and young can go either way. Here's a quick list off the top of my head of QBs that started great, but went down the crapper as their careers went on.....

Drew Bledsoe
Marc Bulger
Jeff George
Boomer Esiason
Daunte Culpepper
Brian Griese
Tim Couch
Chad Pennington
Mark Brunell
Byron Leftwich
Phillip Rivers
Ty Detmer

Philip Rivers? The guy is having a phenomenal season! He's the top rated passer in the league right now.

Plus he's only 26 years old, how do you figure that he started out great and went down the crapper as he got older? He hasn't gotten old yet.

I get your point but Rivers is not a good example.

 

[Extreme]

How many of those guys started out their first 3 seasons with stats like Tony? I count only one.

Count again, or look up their stats and see for yourself. Brunell, Bledsoe, Bulger, Esiason and Culpepper were all very similar, if not slightly better statistically at this point in their career.

I disagree 100%. What makes him great is his risk taking. He makes plays that most other QBs don't because he takes risks. The difference is that he's good enough to make all those risk worthwhile because they payoff much more than not, which is why he has the highest career passer rating of any QB in the history of the NFL.

That is meaningless to mention for a 3 year starter. WOW, HE'S GOT THE HIGHEST 3 YEAR RATING EVER!!!!! OMG!!!!!! So, if he fell apart and had a terrible year next year, hypothetically, would he never have a chance at this title again? You can't say someone is the best ever after 3 years, it's absurd. If a QB threw 1 pass in his career, and it was a 99 yarder, you could say he had the highest completion percentage and YPA in NFL history, but like bragging the way you are, it means nothing. Let him get some time under his belt and see how he does.

No, Bledsoe was pretty terrible early on his career.

He had over 14,500 yards and over 75 TDs his first 4 years. Oh yeah, he was terrible

 

[Extreme]

cross your fingers extreme. Just keep hoping.

I can tell you his career wont turn down. he has the smarts and the talent and he is surrounded by young talent on offense. he is going to play with barber, felix jones, jason witten, martellus bennet, miles austin and roy williams for at least the next 4 years.

When he has consistency around him like that he should only get better.

comparing him to detmer, couch, griese, jeff george etc...is foolish.

and your comment on learning to throw it away and take a sack is hillarious, that alone proves you have no idea what your talking about.

My suggestion for you is to go learn the rules of the game, since you clearly displayed 3 weeks ago that you know not the rules of the game. then come back and tell us how are qb is a flash in the pan.

First, learn to use OUR instead of ARE before you try to make me look stupid

Secondly, look at the talent Romo has around him. You can't say he won't slack off or slow down. He can't be surrounded by that much talent forever, and we've never seen how he is without the games top receivers.

You can't judge greatness when they are surrounded by greatness. Look what Marino did, and had almost nothing to work with his entire career. He was great. So far, Romo is very good, not great.

Unless you are a psychic, you do not know for certain how his career will play out. Brady is very good, but he's hurt. He might never be the same. Same could happen to Romo.

As for not knowing the rules of football, what the hell are you talking about?

 

[zeroburrito]

i just looked up their stats....none of them come close in the first 3 years. boomer would be the closest...

 

[theogt]

Count again, or look up their stats and see for yourself. Brunell, Bledsoe, Bulger, Esiason and Culpepper were all very similar, if not slightly better statistically at this point in their career.

No, they weren't.

That is meaningless to mention for a 3 year starter. WOW, HE'S GOT THE HIGHEST 3 YEAR RATING EVER!!!!! OMG!!!!!! So, if he fell apart and had a terrible year next year, hypothetically, would he never have a chance at this title again? You can't say someone is the best ever after 3 years, it's absurd. If a QB threw 1 pass in his career, and it was a 99 yarder, you could say he had the highest completion percentage and YPA in NFL history, but like bragging the way you are, it means nothing. Let him get some time under his belt and see how he does.

Yet, only one other person has put together a 3 year start like this.

He had over 14,500 yards and over 75 TDs his first 4 years. Oh yeah, he was terrible

He also had more INTs than TDs in 2 of those first 4 years, which makes his QB rating atrocious.

The only reason he had gaudy yards and TDs is because he averaged nearly 600 pass attempts per season. The real test is when you look at his yards per attempt, which was abysmal.

Bledsoe was nothing close to Romo.

 

[zeroburrito]

He had over 14,500 yards and over 75 TDs his first 4 years. Oh yeah, he was terrible

did you forget to count the ints? he had 60. that is horrible. 78 td's to 60 ints? hes an equalizer. he also had very low ypa. tons of passes that didn't go very far.

 

[theogt]

did you forget to count the ints? he had 60. that is horrible. 78 td's to 60 ints? hes an equalizer. he also had very low ypa. tons of passes that didn't go very far.

He actually had 73 INTs in his first 4 seasons.

 

[zeroburrito]

He actually had 73 INTs in his first 4 seasons.

wow, even worse.

 

[Cochese]

Simply put..Romo is legend.

His return has almost single handidly turned this season around.

If you are a Cowboys fan who watches him play and STILL has complaints, I suggest you spend an afternoon (This Sunday since there is no Cowboy game) watching the QB of your choice, you will not see a better player than Tony Romo.

Lets not pay any attention to DIAF aka PlayHensonSoonerorLater or whatever his username was before. Your boy looked great on Thursday, diddnt he? Only 2 fumbles? Thats Julius worthy.

 

[theebs]

First, learn to use OUR instead of ARE before you try to make me look stupid

Secondly, look at the talent Romo has around him. You can't say he won't slack off or slow down. He can't be surrounded by that much talent forever, and we've never seen how he is without the games top receivers.

You can't judge greatness when they are surrounded by greatness. Look what Marino did, and had almost nothing to work with his entire career. He was great. So far, Romo is very good, not great.

Unless you are a psychic, you do not know for certain how his career will play out. Brady is very good, but he's hurt. He might never be the same. Same could happen to Romo.

As for not knowing the rules of football, what the hell are you talking about?

LOL.

ARE you going to learn the rules of the game before you start telling people whos qb is not as good as he seems or ARE you going to wait for OUR resident posters to keep correcting you?

and, maybe You cant read either, I said it pretty clearly. He will have Barber, Jones, Choice, Witten, Bennett, Roy Williams, Patrick Crayton for at least the next 4 seasons, and Miles Austin isnt going anywhere either.

So tell me again how he is not going to be surrounded by talent?

Tom Brady is hurt. Ok. What does that prove? What does that have to do with anything? HE has three rings and has had a perfect season. What exactly does he have to do to impress Commanders fans? I mean I know the rich history and tradition of the position in washington....woops maybe not.

Keep wishing and hoping.

 

[Bleu Star]

We all know how awesome Romo is - But did we realize just how awesome (from a stats perspective that is).

I found and put together the stats from www.pro-football-reference.com

Note that Romo is also the leader amongst Career QBs (not just active QBs in many of these categories).

I'll just wait until Romo has the 1,500 attempts to add those in as well. But for now.....

I'm a huge Romo fan and those stats were a pleasure to read. Sure... Stats are stats but those stats are spot on and in agreement with the progression we are all lucky enough to witness every week. Thank you for putting that together.

 

[DIAF]

Hm. Anyone think I'm still wrong?