I voted that Romo should get his job back when healthy.
Looking at the past results, it has swung over 30 percentage points in a couple weeks since the poll started.
My basis for sticking with Romo is based upon several things. First off, I am a big proponent of the concept that you don't lose your job to injury. The fact is that through camp, Romo was easily the best QB on the team. Everyone talked about how lively his arm looked and until he got injured no one even in their wildest imagination thought he wouldn't be the starter if healthy. Heck, there were people saying Showers looked the best between he, Moore and Prescott.
Second, I hear some talk that this is a young team and that the young players identify more with Dak. I think that is just the media throwing crap against the wall to see what sticks. Romo has been teammates with pretty much everyone on this team for at least a year or two and many for 4-5 years and up. Romo has bailed this team out over and over and over again. How many times has he made palys almost 100% on his own?
Third, people say Dak is the future, which it sure looks like he is, and they want to start that now. That isn't how the NFL generally works. The best guy should be on the field, period. We as fans always lament this, especially because of the perception that the guy's with the biggest contracts are going to play regardless of thier performance. Putting Tony back into the starting lineup isn't really going to hurt Dak. We all know that Dak has a high confidence level and I don't think there is any chance that his spirit will be broken if Romo goes in. And to his credit, Dak has continually said all the right things...that this is Tony's team.
Finally, there is not really anything that Dak is doing at this point that Romo can't do. We aren't succeeding because Dak is being a runner. We are succeeding because we are executing very well, all 11 guys. Heck, we have only had Dak keep the ball a few times in 7 games. It is catching team's a little by surprise because to this point there is no one that is spying Dak. It's not like he is a guy that is going to run 10 times a game. He actually is kind of like Aaron Rodgers in that regard. Rodgers doesn't look to run but if needed he can a few times a game. We are winning by runnng the ball with Elliott and working the play action. So far we really haven't had any success with the deep ball, and Dak's YPA is inflated by a lot of RAC yards. Not a big deal or problem, but it is true. I think a healthy Romo can do everything Dak is doing to this point....AND might add in the deep ball. Romo isn't a runner, but he is a magician in the pocket as far as avoiding the rush as well. So I don't think Dak has any significant advantage there.
The one point that I do wonder is the whole "don't mess with a good thing" concept. There is some truth to it and some fear that if you change things up then it might mess up the overall mojo. I would counter that with the fact that we have had to fill multiple holes at different times, from Dez, to Smith, to Collins and of course to Romo and the results have been pretty damned good.
