Tony Romo should be signed NOW!!!

[TheSport78]

The Romo contract negotiations have been the hot topic as of lately. With this being the most boring time of the year sports wise, I ask the question why isn't Romo signed to a 7 year deal right now? I know he only has 10 career starts and 5 of them weren't very impressive. In fact in every Q&A I read from JJT, Tim Cowlishaw or any article in general, they're always bringing up the "final 5 games." Ok lets get one thing straight. Here are some DEFENSIVE statistics from the final 5 games...

Final 5 Games of 2006 Season (Defense)
Average PPG against: 30.4
Average rushing yards against: 140.2

Those are two very important statistics we needed to succeed in. When your defense is averaging giving up over 30 points a game and over 140 yards on the ground, you aren't giving your QB a good chance to win the game! Especially with it being Romo's first season as a starter, too much pressure was put on Romo. Tony Romo is our franchise QB. Even when the defense was stinking it up week after week in December, Romo still didn't point the finger and actually took the blame a couple times if I remember. This kid has moxie and he's ready to be the starting QB of the Cowboys for the next 10 years. The fans are excited because they know something special has been found with Romo. We'll protect him with an improved offensive line (L. Davis in, M. Rivera OUT), a solid running game, a timing based offense and a more aggressive defense that will cause more turnovers to put the offense in positions to score. It shouldn't even be in question whether or not he deserves a new contract. He's the man.

 

[joseephuss]

Instead of now, how about tomorrow?

Romo did not have a great game in the playoffs. That was a game where the defense did not give up 30 points or very much rushing yards. Romo was not bad, but he was not good in that game.

There does not need to be any rush to sign him. He and his agent are not pressing the issue. A deal will get done if he shows he is indeed a good QB this season. Be patient.

 

[iceberg]

The Romo contract negotiations have been the hot topic as of lately. With this being the most boring time of the year sports wise, I ask the question why isn't Romo signed to a 7 year deal right now? I know he only has 10 career starts and 5 of them weren't very impressive. In fact in every Q&A I read from JJT, Tim Cowlishaw or any article in general, they're always bringing up the "final 5 games." Ok lets get one thing straight. Here are some DEFENSIVE statistics from the final 5 games...

Final 5 Games of 2006 Season (Defense)
Average PPG against: 30.4
Average rushing yards against: 140.2

Those are two very important statistics we needed to succeed in. When your defense is averaging giving up over 30 points a game and over 140 yards on the ground, you aren't giving your QB a good chance to win the game! Especially with it being Romo's first season as a starter, too much pressure was put on Romo. Tony Romo is our franchise QB. Even when the defense was stinking it up week after week in December, Romo still didn't point the finger and actually took the blame a couple times if I remember. This kid has moxie and he's ready to be the starting QB of the Cowboys for the next 10 years. The fans are excited because they know something special has been found with Romo. We'll protect him with an improved offensive line (L. Davis in, M. Rivera OUT), a solid running game, a timing based offense and a more aggressive defense that will cause more turnovers to put the offense in positions to score. It shouldn't even be in question whether or not he deserves a new contract. He's the man.

um...he *is* signed right now.

 

[TheSport78]

Instead of now, how about tomorrow?

Romo did not have a great game in the playoffs. That was a game where the defense did not give up 30 points or very much rushing yards. Romo was not bad, but he was not good in that game.

There does not need to be any rush to sign him. He and his agent are not pressing the issue. A deal will get done if he shows he is indeed a good QB this season. Be patient.

I think the result of Romo not having a great game in Seattle was due to a terrible gameplan and poor coaching in general. With a terribly coached game, Romo still took us downfield in a position to win the game, and I don't think we need to discuss what happened after that lol.

 

[Vintage]

I think the result of Romo not having a great game in Seattle was due to a terrible gameplan and poor coaching in general. With a terribly coached game, Romo still took us downfield in a position to win the game, and I don't think we need to discuss what happened after that lol.

We gameplanned for him to look tentative and make some bad passes/decisions?

Huh.

Guess we were really trying to trick Seattle.

 

[TheSport78]

We gameplanned for him to look tentative and make some bad passes/decisions?

Huh.

Guess we were really trying to trick Seattle.

Our OL didn't have a great game in Seattle either. Parcells was playing the "conservative lets win the close one" game. With a VERY conservative gameplan, Romo still put us in a position to win a playoff game. Who was the last Dallas QB to do so? Yeah it's been a while. And the next week when the Bears played the Seahawks, Grossman torched the Seattle secondary.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Gee another Romo thread... What a surprise..

 

[Doomsday101]

I think the Cowboys and Romo will reach a deal before the start of the season.

 

[Alexander]

We gameplanned for him to look tentative and make some bad passes/decisions?

Huh.

Guess we were really trying to trick Seattle.

He was a jittery QB making his first playoff start. I excuse him more for that. What I do not is the previous five games.

The defense's poor performance may have made us throw more, but he has the responsibility to make better decisions and to protect the football. It is his obligation.

The "he's just trying to make a play" excuse might work for Brett Favre, but not in this case.

 

[carphalen5150]

Our OL didn't have a great game in Seattle either. Parcells was playing the "conservative lets win the close one" game. With a VERY conservative gameplan, Romo still put us in a position to win a playoff game. Who was the last Dallas QB to do so? Yeah it's been a while. And the next week when the Bears played the Seahawks, Grossman torched the Seattle secondary.

Romo had a very bad game against the Seahawks. He was inaccurate and was saved by WRs on some passes. Mark it up as nerves, but to blame the gameplan for his ineffectiveness is poor analysis.

 

[iceberg]

Gee another Romo thread... What a surprise..

i like the emphasis on NOW!!! as if jones will suddenly jump into action.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Romo is what he is...somewhere in the middle of the 5 brilliant games and the 5 horrible games. I'll take that... Does that make him a Pro Bowl QB, we shall see, it was good enough last year in a weak NFC.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

i like the emphasis on NOW!!! as if jones will suddenly jump into action.

Yeah he's really observing forums for opinions..

 

[Alexander]

i like the emphasis on NOW!!! as if jones will suddenly jump into action.

:laugh2:

Jerry Jones needs to start listening to those who put money in his coffers. NOW!!!

I am sure he will get right on it.

 

[Alexander]

Romo had a very bad game against the Seahawks. He was inaccurate and was saved by WRs on some passes. Mark it up as nerves, but to blame the gameplan for his ineffectiveness is poor analysis.

Blame the coaching. That always seems to work for everything else, why not this as well?

 

[superpunk]

Personally, I blame Zimmer.

What's going on in this thread, fellas?

 

[cobra]

I wasn't on board after the all-caps 'NOW,' and the first two exclamation points didn't persuade. But that third exclamation point finally convinced me. Get 'er done Jerry!:mummy:

 

[Doomsday101]

I would not consider Romo outing against the Hawks as horrible after all he was 17 of 29 with a TD pass and no ints for a rating of 89.6. As for the coaches I think they felt that Seattle would be dropping a lot of guys into zone coverage’s to try and hide their weakness which allowed for a lot of success in the Cowboys running game. I think Dallas had opportunities in that game to win but as a team failed to execute in some critical moments

 

[Vintage]

Personally, I blame Zimmer.

What's going on in this thread, fellas?

I blame Parcells. He sucked.

And I blame Anthony Henry and Aaron Glenn. We need to cut these guys.

I also blame Ireland. We should have drafted Merriman. If we had Merriman, we'd have won.

 

[lurkercowboy]

The defense was horrible in those last games of the regular season and that made the offense feel the pressure to score on every possession. That is not a recipe for success. That directly led to ints, forced passes, etc.

Remember that the team averaged over 23 points during the final five games when, supposedly, Romo was awful.

That is enough to win most games in the NFL, except when the team allows an average of over 30 points, like Dallas did in that span.

To point to Romo's play at QB in "the last five games" the sole reason for the 2-3 record as people seem to be doing is wrong.