CZ POLL Weekly Poll: Do you want Romo to start when healthy or stick with Dak? **ended**

[Romotil45]

no, no. Im asking a hypothetical - If Dak plays out the entire year and into the post season then Tony is either the backup next years as well and stays or asks for a trade.

The question is, do people think Romo will prefer to stay in Dallas as the backup or ask for a trade to start somewhere.

If Tony doesn't get his shot here in Dallas he will definitely look for his best opportunity elsewhere. Denver has everything Tony needs to win now all they need is him.

 

[SDCowboy]

Dak winning by a large margin this time around. Interesting.

 

[KJJ]

Dak winning by a large margin this time around. Interesting.

To be expected after out gunning Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau. I'm shocked anyone would want Romo to take over for Dak at this stage. The love for Romo runs very deep for some. Dak is off to a better start through 6 games than Romo was off to in 2014. He has a higher passer rating and 4 fewer INT's.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

If Romo were to request a trade he prob wants to end up in Denver. Do we really want to play against him in the SB ? That defense won a SB with a broken down Manning. With Romo they would dominate. I would make sure that doesn't happen. Would look very bad if we let Romo go and he beats us in the big game or if Dak begins to struggle. Romo should stay put win a couple SBs for us then he will hang it up. But trade him to a good team like Denver or have him come out of retirement n Jerry and Jason look really bad.

Denver has no cap room.

 

[Virginia-Dave]

Up until this weekend I've been for putting Romo back in when he's 100%, but after the GB game I have to change my vote. I love me some Romo, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If Dak suddenly forgets how to football, and has multiple games where he looks bad, then maybe Romo goes in.

 

[KJJ]

Dak's progress has been nothing short of amazing. He's looks nothing like a rookie, more like a seasoned veteran. The way he goes through his progressions and makes reads is like what you would see with a 10 year veteran and no throw shows it more than the TD throw to Butler in the endzone last week. Nothing seems to shake Dak, he shook off the one INT he had like it never happened. Romo has a huge mountain to climb mentally and physically at this point with all the missed games and injuries he's suffered. The more games he misses the harder it's going to be for him to return to form this season, plus we have no idea what his latest back injury has taken out of him. He's missed 11 straight regular season games since last year. His last regular season game was against Carolina last Nov. He's going to miss a minimum of half this season and there's no way if he has to play that he's going to look as sharp or as efficient as Dak has looked.

If you examine Romo's history the past 3 seasons coming back from injury he turns the ball over. He had 3 INT's vs SF in the opener in 2014 having to spend the offseason rehabbing from back surgery. The team was having to be very careful with him and he was clearly rusty in the 2014 opener. After missing 7 games in 2015 he tossed a couple of picks vs Miami. He wasn't bad in that game but he wasn't sharp. The following week he tossed 3 picks vs Carolina including 2 pick-sixes. One thing Dak has done very well this season is protect the football which is something Romo has had trouble doing his entire career. Turnovers put the defense in a bind.

The best QB on the Cowboys is Dak, he's young, healthy and can run and throw. Romo simply cannot compete with him right now. If Dak continues the amazing progress we keep seeing, Romo will never be able to compete with him. The 2014 Romo isn't coming back so don't even go there. Even that Romo doesn't give you the read option and the ability to run. You lose the read option with Romo which has been an effective element to our offense this season.

 

[Bleu Star]

I refuse to vote with only those two answer options.

How about "I support starting whichever QB the coaches believe performs best in practice once Romo is healthy"

It's silly to think anyone is going to choose a starter based only on Romo's health. With this winning streak, Romo will have to outperform Dak in practice to get his job back.

How about giving participation medals to everyone?

 

[DallasEast]

Poll #1: 358 total votes
Poll #2: 310 total votes
Poll #3: 216 total votes

That's a steep steady decline. Anyways, thanks to everyone who voted in this week's poll!

 

[Silverstar]

HOW BOUT THAT DAK EH? I'LL SEE YALL SOON!

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[ak47kaehu]

Just remember. Dak has been doing this without the services of #88 for the past 3 games.

 

[KJJ]

Just remember. Dak has been doing this without the services of #88 for the past 3 games.

Being without #88 was one of the excuses everyone was using for our play last season. Dak doesn't need #88 to be an efficient QB.

 

[ak47kaehu]

Being without #88 was one of the excuses everyone was using for our play last season. Dak doesn't need #88 to be an efficient QB.

Yes indeed he is thriving without #88. But imagine when they both start to click. It will open up the offense so much more!

 

[Cmac]

Again.....if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Dak at the helm. Give TRomo more time to heal.

 

[KJJ]

Yes indeed he is thriving without #88. But imagine when they both start to click. It will open up the offense so much more!

The fear is he may start forcing balls to Dez which could lead to turnovers. Seems like we have to make an effort to get him the ball. We have looked better without him. Would love to have the Dez from a couple of years ago.

 

[DallasEast]

no, no. Im asking a hypothetical - If Dak plays out the entire year and into the post season then Tony is either the backup next years as well and stays or asks for a trade.

The question is, do people think Romo will prefer to stay in Dallas as the backup or ask for a trade to start somewhere.

I think it would be the latter. Can't say I would blame him.

 

[ak47kaehu]

The fear is he may start forcing balls to Dez which could lead to turnovers. Seems like we have to make an effort to get him the ball. We have looked better without them. Would love to have the Dez from a few years ago.

Yeah if they feel the need to force him the ball it would be disruptive to the flow of the offense. I like that when Dak was questioned about getting Dez more involved, he stated that his focus was running the offense and passing the ball to the open guy. Dez needs to also start playing smarter.

 

[CowboyChris]

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.

You voted for Romo thats fine...but if you have to write a book report to justify it, then you might want to reconsider, and btw spare us the cliche "you shouldn't lose your job to injury"

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

I don't understand the risk of keeping Dak Prescott as the starter? Romo is a brittle injury prone 36 year old QB on the last leg of his career.

I swear, some of you want him to go back in and get injured...or you're just completely ignorant to the facts of life and how things work.

 

[Air Force One]

Voting Dak every week.

Couldn't bring myself to vote in the first one. Just felt it could go either way at that point. I'm firmly seated on the Dak train now.

 

[sean10mm]

I don't understand the risk of keeping Dak Prescott as the starter? Romo is a brittle injury prone 36 year old QB on the last leg of his career.

I swear, some of you want him to go back in and get injured...or you're just completely ignorant to the facts of life and how things work.

I think people see Tom Brady being elite at 39 and take it for granted that Tony can do that too. But Brady has only had 1 major injury in his entire career, and that was 8 years ago. Romo has had 3 major injuries in his last 5 games played, and most starting QBs are 100% done by 36.