Unconfirmed: Sources says Romo to get "nod" at starter when activated

[plymkr]

Completely disagree. Dak's confidence isn't going to be broken. If Romo doesn't play well, then it's going back to Dak for good.

I agree, I think Dak is too mentally tough to have it hurt his confidence. The last thing I am worried about at this point is Dak's confidence. My concern would be if starting Romo would divide the locker room or cause some grumblings with the players. I don't think that would happen either but that is more realistic than Dak losing confidence.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

How are they going to bench Romo? He would have to be bad beyond belief before that would happen.

Dak has set the bar really high. Romo has to come out on fire from snap one....the rhetoric is going to be 100% against Romo from the media.

 

[DandyDon52]

This would make SAS really happy, he would love it !!
To me it is pure insanity, but I think this article is just click bait.

 

[punchnjudy]

There's no meat on this bone, but I'd been expecting up until this last week that they'd eventually go back to Romo over Thanksgiving (I thought he'd be back much sooner originally, and still think he would have been back after the bye, if we'd needed him more). For whatever reason, after the Browns game, I shifted a bit in my thinking that this really was becoming Dak's team in a way that's hard to dispute--even if you're making the case for one of the very best Cowboys QBs, ever. By week 12, Dak will have put so much into this season that, if we're still riding high, at some point it becomes unfair to him to take it away--even for Romo.

At this point, I really have no idea what they're going to do. Maybe a back-to-back road game loss to PIT makes that a bit easier. I just can't imagine them giving Tony two games in four days with the Ravens and Commanders on Thanksgiving. And if you wait for Thanksgiving, then you're putting Tony back in after all that time off with a short turnaround. If you don't do it until the next week, you're traveling to an excellent defense in Minnesota.

I want to see Tony have a chance to fit back in. Just having a hard time figuring out where to do it. While, the more Dak plays, the better he seems to be getting.

I think they'll just find ways to get him reps in games before he starts (if he ultimately wins the job, which will depend on him and Dak). Since this isn't baseball, and qb's are allowed to return, it shouldn't be that hard to get him some action in case Dak hits a rookie wall. The stadium won't collapse if Tony plays a series here and there. Dak won't be phased by it either, particularly if he knows the plan going in.

The worst thing they could do is keep him completely on ice, and then make him the FT starter after dropping a couple of games. Then a 2 game skid could easily become a 3 game skid because you're playing a qb who hasn't knocked off the mental rust. And you can't do that in practice. Taking that approach is probably the only way they miss the playoffs.

 

[Broges74]

I think this is ballsy and sounds plausible . I've been thinking this was going to happen and grabbed Romo off the wire in my league .

 

[Cowboysfan917]

I am still on the side of Romo coming back when healthy. People like to say "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Nobody is trying to 'fix' anything but preventative maintenance is not a bad thing. You change your oil in your car even though your engine is running fine, right? You do it so you don't have problems later. This is what putting Romo back in does.

He is the much better player right now. Dak is going to be great but he is the future. Romo's experience and mechanics will be key when the games start to tighten up late in the season and the run gets boxed in.

 

[Kevinicus]

I am still on the side of Romo coming back when healthy. People like to say "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Nobody is trying to 'fix' anything but preventative maintenance is not a bad thing. You change your oil in your car even though your engine is running fine, right? You do it so you don't have problems later. This is what putting Romo back in does.

He is the much better player right now. Dak is going to be great but he is the future. Romo's experience and mechanics will be key when the games start to tighten up late in the season and the run gets boxed in.

I have an issue with that "don't fix it" phrase as well. I don't see it as a fix, but an upgrade. It's like having a computer that runs okay with what you have needed it for so far, but it doesn't hurt to throw in some extra RAM. Especially if you expect some more intensive use (down the stretch and playoffs) in the future.

 

[phildadon86]

Why? What's wrong with starting Romo for 2-3 games and if he sucks and we starting losing go back to Dak?

Losing the chemistry that we have established so far.

 

[Kevinicus]

Losing the chemistry that we have established so far.

What chemistry exactly? The chemistry in the locker room? From all accounts, all of these guys are close. On the field? I'd say that Romo has more on-field chemistry with most of the guys as he has been around them longer and they have been through more together. Play well and there will be "chemistry."

I think the idea that this team won't have "chemistry" with Romo is absurd.

 

[Stryker44]

http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Sources-Tony-Romo-to-get-nod-as-starter-upon-practice-results-48845452

Small piece of me wants this to be true.

You have to. Honor. Loyalty. Sacrifice.

 

[Cowboysfan917]

What chemistry exactly? The chemistry in the locker room? From all accounts, all of these guys are close. On the field? I'd say that Romo has more on-field chemistry with most of the guys as he has been around them longer and they have been through more together. Play well and there will be "chemistry."

I think the idea that this team won't have "chemistry" with Romo is absurd.

I was in Cleveland for the game Sunday. During pregame, Romo tossed with Witten, Sean Lee spent a few moments with him and shook his hand , and Zeke snuck up behind him and hugged him and they shared a laugh...just a few of the interactions I observed

Witten being loyal to him, Lee having had injuries to overcome in his career(and being friends with him)...both are captains. I'm not worried about locker room being divided.

 

[KJJ]

The toughest part of our schedule is coming up with the Steelers, Ravens, Commanders, Vikings and Giants, everyone of those teams is at or near the top in their division. The last thing we need to be doing is making a transition from a QB who's playing great football who we're winning games with to one who hasn't played a regular season game in a year and is bound to be very rusty. Our season could start coming apart real quick if our QB isn't sharp and starts turning the ball over. The most critical part of our season is coming up and we need a sharp, finely tuned QB who's been playing and playing exceptionally well all season. You can't throw in Romo and have him try and work off a lot of rust against opponents who are fighting for playoff spots.

It would be the biggest mistake in the Jerry Jones era to bench a young QB who's having one of the greatest rookie seasons ever to go back to an aging, beat up QB who hasn't played a regular season game in a full year. If Romo were to come in and look anything remotely similar to the last time we saw him play a regular season game against Carolina, this dream of a season could come crashing down. We can't afford turnovers and inefficient play from a rusty QB returning from a broken back. You don't even consider making a QB change unless it's NEEDED. We have a hot hand at QB who've we've won 7 straight games with and we need to stay with him. It boggles the mind that we're even having this debate.

 

[KJJ]

Those who want Romo to take over a soon as possible, think about this for a second. Imagine if we benched Dak in the middle of an 8 or 9 game winning streak while he's having possibly the greatest rookie season we've ever seen from a QB and Romo comes in and we start to struggle and our season goes to pot. For the next 30+ years everyone in Cowboys Nation will be thinking about what could have been had we stayed with Dak during the 2016 season. The second guessing will never stop. To be honest I don't think Romo would want to take over with the team playing as well as it is because he'll be put in a position of trying not to screw up what we have going.

If things start to go wrong and the team begins to lose games and slump he'll get all the blame. The pressure he would feel to try and not disrupt what we've developed under Dak this season would probably be too much for him. His best chance of excelling would be in a hero role, of coming in and saving the day in a big game if Dak were to get injured. That's a situation any QB could embrace but to have to come in and try not to screw up a great season and what a team has developed under another QB, I'm not sure any QB would want that kind of pressure placed on their shoulders.

 

[DandyDon52]

I am still on the side of Romo coming back when healthy. People like to say "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Nobody is trying to 'fix' anything but preventative maintenance is not a bad thing. You change your oil in your car even though your engine is running fine, right? You do it so you don't have problems later. This is what putting Romo back in does.

He is the much better player right now. Dak is going to be great but he is the future. Romo's experience and mechanics will be key when the games start to tighten up late in the season and the run gets boxed in.

He hasnt played all year lol and wasnt very good last year, so how do you come up with that ??
Tony has only won 7 in a row one time in 2007, a decade ago !
If dak wins in pitt he surpasses aikman and romo for longest win streak in reg season, and is tied with staubauch !!

I wonder if dak doesnt lose again and wins the SB would some of you still discount him??
All dallas fans and romo should be for dak continuing.
Dak has surpassed the 2014 season at this point too.

 

[DandyDon52]

this is all unconfirmed so it doesnt matter.

 

[Cowboysfan917]

He hasnt played all year lol and wasnt very good last year, so how do you come up with that ??
Tony has only won 7 in a row one time in 2007, a decade ago !
If dak wins in pitt he surpasses aikman and romo for longest win streak in reg season, and is tied with staubauch !!

I wonder if dak doesnt lose again and wins the SB would some of you still discount him??
All dallas fans and romo should be for dak continuing.
Dak has surpassed the 2014 season at this point too.

Have you watched any of the film? Seen Dak's poor footwork and mechanics under pressure? That's not stuff that gets fixed by playing or during the season. That only gets fixed in the offseason. It cannot be tweaked during the season.

Have you not seen the film of him taking a safe throw for a short completion when there is a touchdown pass or bigger completion wide open? It's happening quite often.

The point is that the run game is going to get slowed down at some point and it's going to come down to passing the ball. The Eagles were the first team to show us they could do it and they forced Dak into errors he had not made yet. The team was able to overcome it and Dak made some good plays in OT after throwing an interception in the end zone, saved by Terrance Williams.

There are better defenses than the Eagles and the Eagles almost won that game. Late year football gets a lot tougher. 2014, the Cowboys became a passing team late in the year as the games got tougher. It's a true stat, look it up.

 

[jwooten15]

Late year football gets a lot tougher. 2014, the Cowboys became a passing team late in the year as the games got tougher. It's a true stat, look it up.

They only did that because Murray's wheels started coming off with about 3-4 games left in the regular season.

Dak brings things to the table that Tony can't. And vice versa. I'm good with whatever decision the team makes, but nobody is sure at what level Romo will be able to play.

 

[dallasdave]

 

[dallasdave]

I clicked on the link and there's almost literally nothing on the subject. Click bait defined.

 

[LocimusPrime]