Very serious question about Tony Romo heading into the 2009 season

[Hostile]

The amount of money Jerry's paying Romo makes your question kinda moot. IMO, five full years as the starter is a fair "audition." But remember, Jerry is loyal to a fault.

Romo has had 5 full years as a starter?

That's news to me.

 

[CowboyMike]

Romo has had 5 full years as a starter?

That's news to me.

I think the good man bbgun was trying to say that once Romo has 5 years starting, we may form a reasonable evaluation of whether he stays or goes.

 

[Monster Heel]

I'm a Tony Romo/Peyton Manning comparison from my head exploding.

Romo isn't and will probably never be in Peyton's galaxy of QB play.

 

[Hostile]

I'm a Tony Romo/Peyton Manning comparison from my head exploding.

Romo isn't and will probably never be in Peyton's galaxy of QB play.

No one is comparing their QB play. They are talking about the heat Peyton faced before he finally proved he could win in the post season.

It really isn't that hard to follow along and heads don't need to explode.

 

[bbgun]

I think the good man bbgun was trying to say that once Romo has 5 years starting, we may form a reasonable evaluation of whether he stays or goes.

Correctamundo. He still has 2009 and 2010 to play with. Of course, Jerry might have other ideas.

 

[stilltheguru]

Common sense would be to compare Romo and the Cowboy first playoff trip together with Peyton and the Colts first playoff trip together. 06-08 with 2000-2002.

Why the hell would I compare the 2003 Cowboy with the Colts when Romo was chilling on the bench and that team was totally different than the 2006 Cowboys.

 

[Hostile]

Common sense would be to compare Romo and the Cowboy first playoff trip together with Peyton and the Colts first playoff trip together. 06-08 with 2000-2002.

Why the hell would I compare the 2003 Cowboy with the Colts when Romo was chilling on the bench and that team was totally different than the 2006 Cowboys.

Common sense would lead someone not to make a silly claim that Dallas has had better teams than the Colts. All evidence to the contrary and cherry picking one season is beyond silly.

 

[stilltheguru]

Common sense would lead someone not to make a silly claim that Dallas has had better teams than the Colts. All evidence to the contrary and cherry picking one season is beyond silly.

One year? From 06-08 the Cowboys teams were way more talented than the 2000-2002 Colts. On defense its not even a contest as evident by the Colts losing 41-0 in a playoff game and letting C Pennington throw 19-25 and the Jets compiling 400 total yards. Meanwhile Romo had two very close games that he didn't pull out. The truth hurts. Stop comparing Peytons failures to Romos because the circumstances are totally different.

 

[Hostile]

One year? From 06-08 the Cowboys teams were way more talented than the 2000-2002 Colts. On defense its not even a contest as evident by the Colts losing 41-0 in a playoff game and letting C Pennington throw 19-25 and the Jets compiling 400 total yards. Meanwhile Romo had two very close games that he didn't pull out. The truth hurts. Stop comparing Peytons failures to Romos because the circumstances are totally different.

One of these days you might actually get it.

From the looks of this that day is still on the far horizon.

 

[LandryFan]

because his team was consistenly making the playoffs.

The above statement by you was in response to my question of "How,exactly was Manning 'headed in the right direction'?", as opposed to Romo.

If I'm not mistaken, Manning made the playoffs 4 of his first 6 years for a .667 percentage. Romo has made the playoffs 2 of his first 3 years for a .667 percentage.

Look, I'm not saying Romo is going to be another P. Manning. But if you're going to argue that Manning was headed in the right direction for getting into the playoffs 67% of the time in his first six years, thus being deserving of his extended opportunity, then you have to give the same extended opportunity to Romo because he has been to the playoffs 67% of the time, also. Just sayin'...

 

[TwoDeep3]

I am amused by responses that Romo isn't the only guy on the team and therefore can't be held responsible for the results.

I also remember this board blowing up over Bledsoe and how everything was his fault.

I guess some meaningless regular season stats are all it takes for some to talk out of both sides of their mouths.

Just an observation.

 

[Hostile]

I am amused by responses that Romo isn't the only guy on the team and therefore can't be held responsible for the results.

I also remember this board blowing up over Bledsoe and how everything was his fault.

I guess some meaningless regular season stats are all it takes for some to talk out of both sides of their mouths.

Just an observation.

 

[coach316]

two major stains on his resume which is winless as a QB in the playoffs and the Chief of Collaspe in December.

If that were a true measuring stick as to when to dump a QB....the league would have given up on what I can only imagine would be a large number of QB's considered above average or better.

 

[Zaxor]

I am amused by responses that Romo isn't the only guy on the team and therefore can't be held responsible for the results.

I also remember this board blowing up over Bledsoe and how everything was his fault.

I guess some meaningless regular season stats are all it takes for some to talk out of both sides of their mouths.

Just an observation.

BWahahahahaha that is so lame...

You have a guy that takes the snap from center takes his 5 step drop and just stands there and stands there and stands there....now when he is sacked (not if) you want to blame other parts of the team....Hey the WR's aren't open, the Oline didn't block, the coaches didn't call the right play etc..

Intelligent posters questioned whether it could not be Bledsoe's problem.

They were proven somewhat correct when Romo came in and suddenly the oline could block better, the RB's could run better, the WR's were open, the play calling was great.

There are certain things to look for in good QB play and you probably don't know what they are...


Does Romo need to take better care of the ball? You bet he does. Outside of that there aren't many if any major flaws in his game... but don't take just my word for it....
I give you John Madden... during the GB - Dallas game of 2007 in the 4th quarter... John says and I paraphrase at this time...there aren't many QB's in the history of this game that can do the things that Romo does.

 

[Zaxor]

If that were a true measuring stick as to when to dump a QB....the league would have given up on what I can only imagine would be a large number of QB's considered above average or better.

Bingo


why is that so hard for the masses to understand coach?

 

[BIGDen]

Romo has had better teams than Peyton did for most of his early years with the Colts. Peyton didn't even have a defense his first few years in the league. I love how you guys keep bringing him up to defend Romo. Pretty funny stuff though. Manning won a playoff game in his 6th year. I wouldn't even count his rookie year because he took over a crappy team. So 3 years he lost in the playoffs and 1 year he didn't make it. But, as I said Romo has had way more support on his team than Peyton had on both sides of the ball.

Hey "guru" (of what?), what is your problem? Go watch the playoff games against Seattle and NY again. Romo was NOT the reason we lost those games. If you think he was the reason, then you do not know football. Romo threw the passes to win the Giants game, but his receivers didn't come through. P. Manning was horrible in those early playoff games. He threw multiple picks and was a big part of why they lost those games.
Did Romo steal your girl or teddy bear or something? Your posts are just full of nonsense criticism and jibberish. I mean that in the most positive way possible, of course. I'm off to work, so don't expect a back and forth. Try to have a nice day and don't kick any kids or small animals on your way to school or work, ok?

 

[Four]

I want pancakes for breakfast.

or bunny.

 

[jswalker1981]

Did Romo steal your girl or teddy bear or something? Your posts are just full of nonsense criticism and jibberish. I mean that in the most positive way possible, of course. I'm off to work, so don't expect a back and forth. Try to have a nice day and don't kick any kids or small animals on your way to school or work, ok?

 

[rathalarge]

In payton's defense he was always heading in the right direction. Even though he was winless in the playoffs he was not faling apart in December. And in all honesty I don't want to compare Romo to Peyton Manning or Brady or Mcnabb.

Give me someone else like Rivers or Brees

In Romo's defense, he only hit anthony Fasano dead in the chest against the Giants in the Divisional Playoff game. In Romo's defense, he only had a wide open Patrick Crayton stop on a for sure TD route. In Romo's defense, he only watched the 'D' allow the Giants a 1st half ending scoring drive, after giving the Cowboys the lead at 14-7 in the same game.

 

[Clove]

My lips are officially sealed on this conversation.