Tony Romo is the most underrated Cowboy ever. Dak is making a case for the opposite

[Clove]

Please stop the Romo threads.

sincerely, Super bowl title fan

 

[mattjames2010]

I swear, people here just don't get it....

Because I've had to school 90% of you for over a year now.

Romo may not have started his "second year", but Romo's issue was mentally. Reading defenses, trying to do too much. That's what he worked on with Parcells, the mental part of the game.

This is NOT THE SAME as what is going on with Prescott. Prescott doesn't have the fundamentals down - bad footwork, bad throwing mechanics, goes noodle arm, has Tebow-like accuracy on some throws. Romo was NEVER that way, at least in the NFL. He may have made some poor decisions early in his career due to his gunslinging mentality, but he was never as bad as Dak has looked in some games.

So please, stop with the "HE'S IN HIS SECOND YEAR" excuse. It's weak and it's not comparable to Romo.

 

[Bleu Star]

I rewatched the last 3 games. Seriously? Wth happened to Prescott. He couldn't even complete passes when he had time.

Can you or anyone help me understand by we keep harping back to the Romo days? I mean.. Unless I'm crazy, he is well retired. Perhaps I should start making threads about the good ol Aikman days.. or those classic Staubach days. I'm sure I could piece together a paragraph or so about those awesome Hogeboom and Hutchinson days too.

 

[whynot]

Can you or anyone help me understand by we keep harping back to the Romo days? I mean.. Unless I'm crazy, he is well retired. Perhaps I should start making threads about the good ol Aikman days.. or those classic Staubach days. I'm sure I could piece together a paragraph or so about those awesome Hogeboom and Hutchinson days too.

I think it’s because it’s become painfully obvious that the front office made a massive mistake in keeping Romo on the bench last year and handing the keys to Dak.

The kid wasn’t really ready and may never be good enough and the future looks a bit bleak.

 

[Blackspider214]

Because for some odd reason, when Dallas lost it was always number 9's fault. For some odd reason, Dak seems to get a pass and we are constantly looking his skill players. Romo took players like Laurant Robins, Miles Austin, Patrick Crayton and made them heroic. Dak can't seem to complete a yard flat to Beasley.

How is he underrated? He's won 2 wild card games in his 13 year career. People rate him accordingly. A guy who will give you some fun games to watch. Put up numbers. But when it comes time to win when it matters, he doesn't. In fact, there are as many people who gave him a pass and excuses everytime we lost with him. It was as equal as the amount of people who blamed him. He put up stats but was not a winner.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I appreciate Romo for what he did for this franchise. But, think that some fans frustrations with Dak's play are starting to have some hype up Romo to the point where some of Romo's struggles or the team's struggling seasons with Romo under center have been forgotten about. Romo had a higher skill set than Dak does now, yet still had those games where he made big mistakes or where the offense struggled.

And some are guaranteeing that Romo would have big games stat wise, even in games where Dak has constantly been hit/pressured. And some believe that Romo in his current state could survive those hits and have an productive game.

I shudder to think how Dak would have performed with some of the offensive line talent Romo worked with. Already he's not particularly accurate when he has a clean pocket which is more often than not. Imagine if a clean pocket was the exception? Imagine if we couldn't run the ball? Imagine!

I remember in 2014 the Romo critics said SEEEEE....he needs a strong ground game to win.

Those same people say.... Let's excuse his play because Zeke was gone (even though we still ran the ball extremely well).

The hypocrisy is a joke.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I think it’s because it’s become painfully obvious that the front office made a massive mistake in keeping Romo on the bench last year and handing the keys to Dak.

The kid wasn’t really ready and may never be good enough and the future looks a bit bleak.

Me last year: "Romo is healthy let's put him in."

Dak fans: "No we can't do that. Hes 'hot' and If we do bench him we'll irreparably ruin the guys confidence."

Me: "if that's true he isn't the qb we need or deserve."

And now we're here.

 

[SultanOfSix]

I think it’s because it’s become painfully obvious that the front office made a massive mistake in keeping Romo on the bench last year and handing the keys to Dak.

The kid wasn’t really ready and may never be good enough and the future looks a bit bleak.

That's an understatement.

I was furious last year when someone like Romo was treated like he was - even wrote a number of posts about - and not that I didn't need any further evidence that Garrett is a mediocre head coach, the fact that the organization listened to what idiots in the media said about "chemistry" and "riding the wave" (whatever that means), and what seemed like Garrett's need to get rid of the impression that Romo was often "bailing" out the offense or keeping less talented teams in contention due to the coach in training, only further solidified it. Garrett is Mr. Deflection. He does little more than walk around and pseudo motivate.

 

[Corso]

Yay... this is the kind of stuff I'm going to get to read for months. Maybe years.
Over and over.
And it will be the same people saying the same things in all of them.

Right on...

Hey @Risen Star , you going to be making threads about the draft? I'll look forward to those.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Can you or anyone help me understand by we keep harping back to the Romo days? I mean.. Unless I'm crazy, he is well retired. Perhaps I should start making threads about the good ol Aikman days.. or those classic Staubach days. I'm sure I could piece together a paragraph or so about those awesome Hogeboom and Hutchinson days too.

It would make more sense because we actually won titles then. Tony won 2 playoff games. As good as he was the Cowboys didn't do much with him.

 

[Gameover]

Just hit me:

Young Demarco Murray
Still very good Jason Witten
Entering prime Dez Bryant
Still effective Miles Austin
Emerging players in Beasley and Williams
Martellus Bennett and other solid contributors

Guess who could get only one ☝️ playoff appearance out of that? And all he needed was a measly 9 wins! 9! And that talent and couldn't get us 9 wins!

Hint: his name isn't Dak

 

[Brooksey]

Me last year: "Romo is healthy let's put him in."

Dak fans: "No we can't do that. Hes 'hot' and If we do bench him we'll irreparably ruin the guys confidence."

Me: "if that's true he isn't the qb we need or deserve."

And now we're here.

Bingo, we jumped the gun big time not putting Romo back in last year, injury prone or not. Dak would have been a great backup with valuable game experience.

 

[Corso]

Bingo, we jumped the gun big time not putting Romo back in last year, injury prone or not. Dak would have been a great backup with valuable game experience.

Who was that crazy guy in your old avi? I liked that one.

 

[Brooksey]

Who was that crazy guy in your old avi? I liked that one.

Lol that was Randy White doing Tide commercials...I can't find that old pic

 

[Corso]

Lol that was Randy White doing Tide commercials...I can't find that old pic

So awesome... I loved it.

 

[Brooksey]

Just hit me:

Young Demarco Murray
Still very good Jason Witten
Entering prime Dez Bryant
Still effective Miles Austin
Emerging players in Beasley and Williams
Martellus Bennett and other solid contributors

Guess who could get only one ☝️ playoff appearance out of that? And all he needed was a measly 9 wins! 9! And that talent and couldn't get us 9 wins!

Hint: his name isn't Dak

You forgot about the bad defense and patched up offensive line

 

[Corso]

You forgot about the bad defense and bad offensive line...

So a QB needs lots of talent around them on both sides to really win?
Cray cray...

 

[Walker]

Pair Romo with Zeke and get him a good receiver and I can guarantee you we will be talking about not only playoffs but Super Bowl contenders. Tony Romo is vastly underrated and one of the best to play this game. Heck even a Romo on the sideline helped this team, imagine his mind in the game. Not to say Dak is terrible, or he wont mature to be a good QB that will be seen in a couple of years, but Romo has the experience today as an elite.

 

[Corso]

Pair Romo with Zeke and get him a good receiver and I can guarantee you we will be talking about not only playoffs but Super Bowl contenders. Tony Romo is vastly underrated and one of the best to play this game. Heck even a Romo on the sideline helped this team, imagine his mind in the game. Not to say Dak is terrible, or he wont mature to be a good QB that will be seen in a couple of years, but Romo has the experience today as an elite.

Like Romo and DeMarco and Prime Dez?

 

[Preoccupied]

How exactly is Tony Romo underrrated?

He ain't

It's that never ending bitter aftermath forum thing that comes every year after failure.

Fire garret
Fire jerry
Fire dez
Fire dak
20 years of waiting
I remember when etc

Etc
Etc

Yawn.....

The simple answer is jerry jones is in charge, he does as he pleases.
And when he goes is Stephen the be all and end all to decisions and fixes.....

I used to entertain these threads but had this Sussed quick hence my low post count.

You admin this stuff but without it what would be doing the forum rounds before the draft anticipation threads kick in.