Tony Romo: The Jury Is In

[Wrangler87]

I'd wager that the Chargers certainly wouldn't prefer Romo over Rivers. Rivers has shown more guts in the last 2 playoffs than Romo ever has. And other teams - like the Giants - probably wouldn't either.

The posters who call Romo a choker and say he's terrible go too far, just as the OP in this thread did. The truth is the jury is still out on Romo. Romo is an unproven commodity. From September to November, he's been an ace. In December and January, he's generally played poorly.

How is it relevant how good Romo is 9 months from his 30th birthday, compared to what Peyton Manning's stats were at age 24? We can throw out that Romo's only in his 3rd full year of starting, but the fact remains that this will be his 7th year in the league.

My impression is that the "choker" tag bothers not only Romo, but the team as a whole. If it's not a monkey on his (and the team's) back, it certainly will be after this year. This is a huge year for Romo and Co not to lay an egg at the end of the year and the post-season.

It should bother the whole team, since they are more to blame (as a whole) than Romo is. Funny how Romo so-called struggles in Dec and the playoffs. How did the O-line play during that time period? How much production did the RB's give us? How did the defense do? did they do their job in the Steelers and Ravens game? Didn't Romo have us in position to win both of those games? Wouldn't that have put us in the playoffs?

Maybe Romo could help his reputation by training to play defense and special teams as well. I mean, if he is going to catch the blame anyway for all of their screw-ups that cause us to lose games, he might as well be on the field when they do it.

 

[theogt]

I used to be a Romo fan. Never denied that, but at this point in time he is a shell of his 2006 self.

Yards Per Game:
2008 - 265.2
2006 - 181.4

TD%:
2008 - 5.8
2006 - 5.6

INT%:
2008 - 3.1
2006 - 3.9

Winning%:
2008 - 0.615
2006 - 0.545

Broken fingers:
2008 - 1
2006 - 0

Please, go away now.

 

[TNCowboy]

It should bother the whole team, since they are more to blame (as a whole) than Romo is. Funny how Romo so-called struggles in Dec and the playoffs. How did the O-line play during that time period? How much production did the RB's give us? How did the defense do? did they do their job in the Steelers and Ravens game? Didn't Romo have us in position to win both of those games? Wouldn't that have put us in the playoffs?

Maybe Romo could help his reputation by training to play defense and special teams as well. I mean, if he is going to catch the blame anyway for all of their screw-ups that cause us to lose games, he might as well be on the field when they do it.

I hope Romo can handle criticism better than homer fans can. I recall very few posters who have put the blame for failure solely on Romo's shoulders. I certainly haven't. I fail to see why you try to defend the opposite view of a point I didn't make.

Romo has legitimate ownership of some of the poor play. And being QB, his play, good or bad, will get magnified. That's just part of being a QB, especially in Dallas.

I would say the D did do its job against Pittsburgh, whereas Romo was awful. He wasn't the sole reason, but IMO, he was clearly the biggest reason for the 4th qtr meltdown. And his play in Philly was atrocious. His play in the 2 playoff losses in '06 and '07 was mediocre, at best.

The "ROMO doesn't play D!" and the like defense of Romo is silly and ignorant. He's played average and worse in December and January. Only a total homer would argue otherwise.

 

[TNCowboy]

Yards Per Game:
2008 - 265.2
2006 - 181.4

Without looking, that appears to be wrong. Maybe 281?

 

[sonnyboy]

What's funny is that if you look at the guy's post history, he use to rail against people who were overly critical of Romo.

He pulled a Judas. In order to limit the "downer" from losing they become overly critical and don't allow themselves to get excited about the team.

I hate this mentality. It cowardly and I never could understand it.

You have to be all-in. You have to give your heart and soul to it. The pain you feel from the lows only makes the joy during the highs that much better.

Sure if you want to be safe and play the odds, chances are we wont win the SB in any given year. So if you stand on the outside looking in, you might not get hurt that bad.

But you wont enjoy the roller coaster ride to that final destination either. That's most of the fun anyway. The destination, if it is a SB win is great, but it's short lived.

The journey is all the fun. Sometimes I wonder how old some of the people who fall into this mindset are. Perhaps they are too young to have experienced a Cowboys SB win.

 

[BrassCowboy]

Without looking, that appears to be wrong. Maybe 281?

that was the year romo started and it was mid season, so maybe this guy took all year production of romo and divided by 16 games to come up with 181 average per game.

this would be of course to be fool's math, but you never know with these guys

 

[sonnyboy]

I used to be a Romo fan. Never denied that, but at this point in time he is a shell of his 2006 self.

Your profile says age 25, but your post read more like a child. Not trying to be harsh, but this post illustrates a serious lack of patience and insight.

Romo was a better QB in 2007 than 2006. No debating his overall body of work for 2008 was a step back.

Many factors/valid reasons for this. You think you might want to take these into consideration before you throw him into the wash-up category.

 

[theogt]

Without looking, that appears to be wrong. Maybe 281?

If you take the games he played in, it's 241.9. If you drop the Texans game, it's 260.7. If you look at only games he started, it's 264.1.

In any scenario, it's less that what he threw in 2008.

On NFL.com, the stat includes only games played in 2008, but for some reason includes all games in 2006. Hence the discrepancy.

 

[theogt]

Your profile says age 25, but your post read more like a child. Not trying to be harsh, but this post illustrates a serious lack of patience and insight.

Romo was a better QB in 2007 than 2006. No debating his overall body of work for 2008 was a step back.

Many factors/valid reasons for this. You think you might want to take these into consideration before you throw him into the wash-up category.

I assume you mean a step back from 2007 and not from 2006?

 

[theogt]

Tony Romo in 2008 (before he broke his finger/hand) compared to 2007 and 2006:

QB Rating:
2008 - 103.5
2007 - 97.4
2006 - 95.1

Yards Per Game:
2008 - 281.5
2007 - 265.2
2006 - 181.4

TD%:
2008 - 7.0
2007 - 6.9
2006 - 5.6

INT%:
2008 - 2.5
2007 - 3.7
2006 - 3.9

Winning%:
2008 - 0.714
2007 - 0.813
2006 - 0.545

I think it's fair to say that Romo took a step back in 2008 compared to 2007, but only because of his injury. Otherwise, he was right in line with a natural progression of getting better each year.

 

[zrinkill]

Tony Romo in 2008 (before he broke his finger/hand) compared to 2007 and 2006:

QB Rating:
2008 - 103.5
2007 - 97.4
2006 - 95.1

Yards Per Game:
2008 - 281.5
2007 - 265.2
2006 - 181.4

TD%:
2008 - 7.0
2007 - 6.9
2006 - 5.6

INT%:
2008 - 2.5
2007 - 3.7
2006 - 3.9

Winning%:
2008 - 0.714
2007 - 0.813
2006 - 0.545

I think it's fair to say that Romo took a step back in 2008 compared to 2007, but only because of his injury. Otherwise, he was right in line with a natural progression of getting better each year.

Great great post

 

[cowboyfreak]

You can't wait for us to lose a playoff game so you can jump on your soapbox. I just don't understand fans of a team with an agenda so powerful that it supersedes their hope for that team's success.

If we have another year of no playoff wins I cant wait to hear the excuses if it happens. It's like people dont even demand greatness and wins from the guy. He's just perfect and shouldn't be criticized.