WFAA: Steve Young: "He can't be the reason why they lose"

[BrAinPaiNt]

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In a WFAA.com exclusive 1-on-1 interview today, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young had some choice things to say about Tony Romo's debut in the new Cowboys stadium:

"Brett Favre was his hero and I think he is almost too serious about that. He is a smart player that is doing the work. To me, it's sort of like having a niceMercedes Benz. You go out in the morning, but underneath there is oil leaking out. He is leaking oil. He's got to be more careful."

The Cowboys lost yesterday to the New York Giants, 33-31. Tony Romo finished 13/29 for 127 yards and three interceptions.

"He can't be the reason why they lose. That is the thing he needs to avoid," said Young. "If he continues to be that storyline on why they lost the big game, you can't be a great player and do that. Great players find their spots."

Entering his fourth season of playing time, Romo has 85 touchdowns compared to 49 interceptions.

"Tony needs to be able to pull back and recognize that, 'look, I'm making some bad throws. I'm not going to make another one. I'm not going to take this game away from my teammates. I have a very good team and I'm going to let them do some work for me.' He needs to be very careful because he can't be the storyline of why they are losing. No great quarterback does that."

You can see the rest of the Steve Young interview on WFAA.com later tonight.

 

[newlander]

Spot on. Hurts like heck but it's true. Great analogy w/ the benz as I was thinking that the other night while watching the game. He's driving the Benz into a tree however..........

 

[zrinkill]

Spot on. Hurts like heck but it's true.

Yup ...... but Steve Young was like that till his 10th year in the league.

 

[kramskoi]

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Josh Harvey


In a WFAA.com exclusive 1-on-1 interview today, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young had some choice things to say about Tony Romo's debut in the new Cowboys stadium:

"Brett Favre was his hero and I think he is almost too serious about that. He is a smart player that is doing the work. To me, it's sort of like having a niceMercedes Benz. You go out in the morning, but underneath there is oil leaking out. He is leaking oil. He's got to be more careful."

The Cowboys lost yesterday to the New York Giants, 33-31. Tony Romo finished 13/29 for 127 yards and three interceptions.

"He can't be the reason why they lose. That is the thing he needs to avoid," said Young. "If he continues to be that storyline on why they lost the big game, you can't be a great player and do that. Great players find their spots."

Entering his fourth season of playing time, Romo has 85 touchdowns compared to 49 interceptions.

"Tony needs to be able to pull back and recognize that, 'look, I'm making some bad throws. I'm not going to make another one. I'm not going to take this game away from my teammates. I have a very good team and I'm going to let them do some work for me.' He needs to be very careful because he can't be the storyline of why they are losing. No great quarterback does that."

You can see the rest of the Steve Young interview on WFAA.com later tonight.

...49 int's in 41 games...i don't care what anyone says, the Cowboys are too talented on offense to be giving away games like this...Steve Young is echoing the consensus opinion and probably part of his own with this statement...a prouder quarterback i've never witnessed besides Troy Aikman...Romo must shake his impulse to be the hero when he does'nt need to be...there will be times he will have to put the team on his back...sunday night was'nt one of those...

 

[theebs]

Yup ...... but Steve Young was like that till his 10th year in the league.

Yep, I always find it funny when he talks about this stuff.

He was a turnover machine too at times. Especially in that first playoffs he took the niners too, he turned it over like 3 or 4 times against washington but they still won and then against us he turned it over and ran around like he didnt know what he was doing.

Romo does need to clean it up though, young is right about that.

 

[zrinkill]

He was a turnover machine too at times.

I would also like to point out that with the same number of starts under their belt .... Tony "turnover" has exactly ONE more interception than the most accurate passer of all time Troy Aikman did.

Not making excuses ...... just trying to show the worriers that Romo is still ahead of the curve and we should be nowhere near to giving up on him.

 

[WoodysGirl]

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In a WFAA.com exclusive 1-on-1 interview today, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young had some choice things to say about Tony Romo's debut in the new Cowboys stadium:

"Brett Favre was his hero and I think he is almost too serious about that. He is a smart player that is doing the work. To me, it's sort of like having a nice Mercedes Benz. You go out in the morning, but underneath there is oil leaking out. He is leaking oil. He's got to be more careful."

The Cowboys lost yesterday to the New York Giants, 33-31. Tony Romo finished 13/29 for 127 yards and three interceptions.

"He can't be the reason why they lose. That is the thing he needs to avoid," said Young. "If he continues to be that storyline on why they lost the big game, you can't be a great player and do that. Great players find their spots."

Entering his fourth season of playing time, Romo has 85 touchdowns compared to 49 interceptions.

"Tony needs to be able to pull back and recognize that, 'look, I'm making some bad throws. I'm not going to make another one. I'm not going to take this game away from my teammates. I have a very good team and I'm going to let them do some work for me.' He needs to be very careful because he can't be the storyline of why they are losing. No great quarterback does that."

You can see the rest of the Steve Young interview on WFAA.com later tonight.
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*Still looking for vid on wfaa.com*

 

[theebs]

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Just kidding!!!!

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I hate Steve Young.



I completely agree with Steve Young.

 

[WoodysGirl]

repost repost repost...


Just kidding!!!!

Is it really?

Dang.. I'll find the old thread.


*merge*

 

[theebs]

Is it really?

Dang.. I'll find the old thread.


*merge*

yea, but I was just goofing around.

 

[FCBarca]

I would also like to point out that with the same number of starts under their belt .... Tony "turnover" has exactly ONE more interception than the most accurate passer of all time Troy Aikman did.

Not making excuses ...... just trying to show the worriers that Romo is still ahead of the curve and we should be nowhere near to giving up on him.

Perhaps what the stats does not show is how the QBs compared in 'big' games, eh?...Throwing INTs in games against inferior opposition or doing it late in games when it's tight?...Somehow I don't think that will reflect Troy's performances.

 

[TwentyOne]

"Brett Favre was his hero and I think he is almost too serious about that. He is a smart player that is doing the work. To me, it's sort of like having a niceMercedes Benz. You go out in the morning, but underneath there is oil leaking out. He is leaking oil. He's got to be more careful."

The Cowboys lost yesterday to the New York Giants, 33-31. Tony Romo finished 13/29 for 127 yards and three interceptions.

If your Mercedes Benz looks like that i don't wanna have a look at one of your FIATs then Steve-O.

It is always said that Romo has all the talent and can be a great one. Translated that means: He may become a Mercedes Benz once but right now he is not. Small but significant difference.

IMO the biggest "problem" in judging Romo's ability is his personality. Inside in his heart he is a naive little kid. He tends to being very honest and therefore is very likable for people. Honesty is something missing in (not only todays) world. So i think people judge him wrong just because they want him to be successful. They want him to be the one who not only has advertised talent - no; They want him to be the one who really has the talent.

People want good persons to have success just because to many bad ones show them that the world isn't exaclty they way they want it it to be. And with that - not being able to accept the world like it is. Romo must have success for them so they don't have to accept the world as it is.

But the thing is Romo proves them wrong again and again but they won't realize. This kid has talent to be a good quaterback btu not a great one. To be a great QB talent for the position is not the only thing you need. You need also "soft-skills" those are also a talent. To me Romo is missing that badly.

But i don't want to paint everything black. Everyone can change. But changing your habits and the way you see life is a big challenge and it isn't made in 1 or 2 years. So i don't think Romo is able to change his character in time in his professional carreer. After that maybe but for us it's to late then.

I think we all must accept the idea that this Romo will be the Romo we will get as our future QB. He may work at his mechanics and be more acurate with his passes. He may cut down his INT ratio. But he will never be a person who grows with his duties. He will never be a QB who plays constantly big in big games (like for instance Eli does on sunday). But those are the things you expect from a great QB.


PS: Ah one more thing. I think it's not a surprise that s statement like this comes from a player who was always carried by the talent around him.

But Steve Young - even if he is one of the more overrated QBs in the NFL to me - has something in common with Romo. He busted his but of in games and sometimes has the same naivity like Romo does. Likeable person but not a great player at his position.

 

[Alexander]

I would also like to point out that with the same number of starts under their belt .... Tony "turnover" has exactly ONE more interception than the most accurate passer of all time Troy Aikman did.

So what you are saying is that the teams Aikman played on during his first 41 starts are just as talented as those Romo has played on?

 

[zrinkill]

Perhaps what the stats does not show is how the QBs compared in 'big' games, eh?...Throwing INTs in games against inferior opposition or doing it late in games when it's tight?...Somehow I don't think that will reflect Troy's performances.

So when is it ok to throw interceptions?

You must not have seen the first 3 years of Troys career ..... the year before Troy won the Superbowl, people were calling for Steve Beuerline to be made the starter ...... when Troy cam back from injury to play the playoff game against the Lions ..... the fans went nuts when he played poorly.


In his 4th year as a starter is when Troy started to shine.


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[zrinkill]

So what you are saying is that the teams Aikman played on during his first 41 starts are just as talented as those Romo has played on?

Yes. Shall I show you?

1991/2009 cowboys rosters

QB Troy or Romo - winner 1991

RB Emmitt or MB3/Felix - winner 1991

WR Irvin or Roy - winner 1991

WR Harper or Crayton - winner 1991

TE Jay or Witten/Bennett - winner 2009

FB Moose or Cricket- winner 1991

LT Tuinei or Flozell - winner 1991

LG Gogan or Kosier - winner 2009

C Stepnoski or Gurode - push

RG Gesek or Davis - winner 2009

RT Newton or Columbo - winner 1991

 

[Alexander]

If your Mercedes Benz looks like that i don't wanna have a look at one of your FIATs then Steve-O.

It is always said that Romo has all the talent and can be a great one. Translated that means: He may become a Mercedes Benz once but right now he is not. Small but significant difference.

One day it might be realized that perhaps, just perhaps, Romo isn't as "talented" as we think and that the expectations are too high because of the success he had so quickly in his career.

In terms of the mental approach to the game, I don't believe he is that talented. In fact, he's almost an overachiever. His reputation as a young player was that he wasn't that talented and he had to scrap, claw and work for it. He was blue collar and a grinder. He was a gym rat and a film junkie. Now all of the sudden, he's this "talented" superstar who is underachieving? To use the car analogy, he might just be a Mercedes-Benz body with a Ford motor.

I just get the sense that some think he is underachieving. That might not be the case. This just might be the best he can be. The question then becomes when is that realized and what do you do about it.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I think Tony is more like a Camry.
Affordable, good overall performance but he's no beemer, M-B or Jaguar.

 

[Hoofbite]

Yup ...... but Steve Young was like that till his 10th year in the league.

Yep, I always find it funny when he talks about this stuff.

He was a turnover machine too at times. Especially in that first playoffs he took the niners too, he turned it over like 3 or 4 times against washington but they still won and then against us he turned it over and ran around like he didnt know what he was doing.

Romo does need to clean it up though, young is right about that.

I don't really think that matters. He's paid to offer opinion and this case he is spot on.

If having an amazingly successful and unblemished career was a prerequisite to being an analyst Trent Dilfer, Marcellus Wiley and a whole bunch of other guys wouldn't have a job.

Hopefully Tony will figure it out.

 

[theebs]

I am also interested to see the numbers and the response from the media of all the quarterbacks that play the giants defense.

From what I am reading about what romo should have done, most qbs should go for over 300 and 30 points on them. So lets all just keep notes on what the rest of the qbs that face them do.

Just like last year with the baltimore game. After that game it was a known fact that all teams score in the 30s and qbs go for 300 on the ravens right? I mean everyone does that. Funny how every other week of the year the ravens defense was known as one of the best in the business, one of the toughest to figure out and absolutely one of the hardest to score on.

when mcnabb was absolutley dreadful against the same ravens defense he was benched and the national media said he played bad but it was baltimore......

Romo had never even faced that d before unlike mcnabb.

so lets all keep track of how many times the giants give up 30 points this year and how many qbs go crazy on them.