What if Romo wants to compete for the starting job next year?

[KJJ]

Pretty unamerican not to be given a chance. That's actually age discrimnation

Romo's been given 10 years, he's missed games the last 4 seasons with injuries and his collarbone injury in 2015 cost us our season. Being injured once again gave Dak an opportunity and he took Romo's job. Things like that happen in the NFL all the time and because of Romo's age and health concerns it's time to move on. There's nothing un-American or discriminatory about what's happened with Romo, it's part of life in the NFL.

Teams do what's in the best interest of their organization and moving forward with a young, strong QB who had a great rookie season is in the best interest of the team. Many QBs never get the chance Romo had to lead a team for as long as he did but every QB reaches the end of the road with a team, it happened to Aikman due to injuries and now Romo has reached the end. He'll get an opportunity with another team that doesn't have a Dak Prescott and hopefully he can stay healthy and be depended on.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Romo's been given 10 years, he's missed games the last 4 seasons with injuries and his collarbone injury in 2015 cost us our season. Being injured once again gave Dak an opportunity and he took Romo's job. Things like that happen in the NFL all the time and because of Romo's age and health concerns it's time to move on. There's nothing un-American or discriminatory about what's happened with Romo, it's part of life in the NFL.

Teams do what's in the best interest of their organization and moving forward with a young, strong QB who had a great rookie season is in the best interest of the team. Many QBs never get the chance Romo had to lead a team for as long as he did but every QB reaches the end of the road with a team, it happened to Aikman due to injuries and now Romo has reached the end. He'll get an opportunity with another team that doesn't have a Dak Prescott and hopefully he can stay healthy and be depended on.

Technically you're right

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Pretty unamerican not to be given a chance. That's actually age discrimnation

Okay.

 

[xwalker]

I was posting on a board in 2002 where a couple of Landry FANS claimed that had Jerry not fired him we could have won more than 3 SB's during the 90s. There's already been one Romo FAN claim we would be playing in the SB on Sunday if Romo would have been our QB in the playoffs, despite the fact he's never led the team past the divisional round. Some still want Romo to have one last hurrah, they've become attached to him. Some don't like Dak's short passing game despite how efficient and effective it was.

They like Romo's gunslinging style better that produces more big plays/TD passes regardless if it means more INT's/turnovers and sacks. Dak only took 25 sacks which was one fewer than Romo's career low in which he played at least 15 games. Fewer sacks and INT's led to a very efficient offense in 2016. The big plays will start coming with Dak as he gains experience and we add a speed threat to help stretch the field.

I think @percyhoward shows stats to dispute that Dak played a true Dink-and-Dunk style.

It is similar to a Farve- Aikman comparison. Media and fans loved Farve across fan bases because of his gun slinger style but Aikman is the guy with 3 SB rings.

 

[xwalker]

Yea I think so too. The dak, dez, zeke trio thing is just too juicy they aren't going away from that

In hindsight we should've started romo against gb and I'm serious.

The big penalties on offense and the defense caused the loss. The water boys should get more blame for the loss than Dak.

 

[xwalker]

I can't prove I'm right but you can't prove I'm wrong either. They lost. First game.

Finishthefight

Do you know anything about debate teams?
They judge winners and loser in debate competitions based on things that can't be proven.

You are losing the debate.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Individual players don't win playoff games.

Favre never won a playoff game. Manning never won a playoff game. Their teams did.

Would you agree or disagree that Favre, Manning and Montana were better QBs than Romo? Were all 3 let go by there original team? What would we be hanging on for? Do we have a MORE than capable replacement? Do the economics make this a NO BRAINER? Again....we are not cutting a Super Bowl winning QB folks! And I am a big Romo fan. But I am a BIGGER Cowboys fan. And getting past the divisional round and playing and winning a conference title game to get a chance to win a Super Bowl means a lot more to me than agonizing over players who have been given plenty of time to get it done....but for whatever reason....have not gotten it done!

 

[Sarge]

What if he lost the competition?

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Would you agree or disagree that Favre, Manning and Montana were better QBs than Romo? Were all 3 let go by there original team? What would we be hanging on for? Do we have a MORE than capable replacement? Do the economics make this a NO BRAINER? Again....we are not cutting a Super Bowl winning QB folks! And I am a big Romo fan. But I am a BIGGER Cowboys fan. And getting past the divisional round and playing and winning a conference title game to get a chance to win a Super Bowl means a lot more to me than agonizing over players who have been given plenty of time to get it done....but for whatever reason....have not gotten it done!

I never said we should hang onto Romo.

I'm just not willing to engage in the silliness that is giving individual players win loss records.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

I never said we should hang onto Romo.

I'm just not willing to engage in the silliness that is giving individual players win loss records.

The original question basically said should we hang on to Romo and let the 2 QBs battle it out during training camp. My response was basically "For what"? If this was New England...and Dak had stepped in for Tom Brady and did a great job...that would be a real conversation about should you cut Brady and go with the young guy..or let the 2 compete for the job. My point is...this is not Tom Brady. Romo has been a very good QB. He unfortunately has seen his best years spent with a front office/coaching staff that did not have a clue. But that is how it goes sometimes. No one said it is fair. No one is saying it is Romo's fault. But Romo does not have enough skins on the wall to hold a competition this summer...when all the factors are considered. The run is over.

 

[KJJ]

I think @percyhoward shows stats to dispute that Dak played a true Dink-and-Dunk style.

It is similar to a Farve- Aikman comparison. Media and fans loved Farve across fan bases because of his gun slinger style but Aikman is the guy with 3 SB rings.

Percy has stats that show our running game in 2015 was actually better than in 2014. Dak's 3667 yards passing was more yards than Favre produced in 6 of his 20 seasons.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

The original question basically said should we hang on to Romo and let the 2 QBs battle it out during training camp. My response was basically "For what"? If this was New England...and Dak had stepped in for Tom Brady and did a great job...that would be a real conversation about should you cut Brady and go with the young guy..or let the 2 compete for the job. My point is...this is not Tom Brady. Romo has been a very good QB. He unfortunately has seen his best years spent with a front office/coaching staff that did not have a clue. But that is how it goes sometimes. No one said it is fair. No one is saying it is Romo's fault. But Romo does not have enough skins on the wall to hold a competition this summer...when all the factors are considered. The run is over.

Dumbest thing I've ever read. If Romo doesn't have the skins on the wall to hold a competiton, then neither does a 4th round dink and dunk rookie who went one and done and didn't even earn the job in the first place (two people had to get hurt for him to even be considered). Laughable.

 

[4lifecowboy]

What if he lost the competition?

Good question, most assume he would win even those that wouldn't want him to.

 

[DallasEast]

What if he lost the competition?

Prescott would have won. Romo would have lost. Some fans would have still debated that particular outcome but the number of speculators would likely be far fewer in number than present.

Romo will not be in Dallas for 2017 so the entire Gladiator Combat! Prescott vs. Romo! fantasy is totally moot. It's unfortunate that the current speculation wasn't nipped in the butt at the time Romo was certified healthy enough to resume the starting position. He wasn't re-installed as the starter because Prescott was believed to be the answer that would advance the team beyond the divisional round in the playoffs--also known as the Don't Mess With The Chemistry Or Else conclusion.

The conclusion had a foreseeable (and occasionally noted) error in judgment. Quarterback wasn't the problem for the team not advancing in the playoffs. That hasn't been the case during the Romo era. Unfortunately, the end of the 2016 season proved again that the real deficits exist beyond the quarterback position. I hope, for Prescott's sake, the team finds the true overall winning (e.g. NFC championship and Super Bowl appearances) formula with its roster (and with its coaches also).

And it will not hurt if we can get the referees to cooperate also.

 

[erod]

If he gets to compete for the job, he easily wins the job.

The Cowboys want to move to the future, so he won't get that chance.

And one day, they'll look back and regret it. Lost opportunity.

 

[KJJ]

If he gets to compete for the job, he easily wins the job.

The Cowboys want to move to the future, so he won't get that chance.

And one day, they'll look back and regret it. Lost opportunity.

There's no way he "easily" wins the job, you make it seem like Dak is just a JAG. Get real for a change! Romo can't compete for a job he needs days off to try and keep him healthy and you can't play him much in preseason in fear of him being injured. The team was so terrified he would get injured again they gave him only one series against Philly and he's our backup QB. You can't be trying to protect a QB from injury, giving them days off when they're competing for a starting job. There's not going to be any looking back regretting anything once Romo is gone because he can't stay healthy and we have a terrific young QB. Romo had a great opportunity with the Cowboys for a decade and it's time to move on.

He can't be depended on to play a full season, he hasn't gotten past 2 full games the last 3 times he's seen significant action before coming up with an injury. We have a solid young QB we're building something with and if some of you want to continue being stuck in the past with Romo who led the team to the playoffs only 4 times and never got us past the divisional round, go ahead.

 

[erod]

There's no way he "easily" wins the job, you make it seem like Dak is just a JAG. Get real for a change! Romo can't compete for a job he needs days off to try and keep him healthy and you can't play him much in preseason in fear of him being injured. The team was so terrified he would get injured again they gave him only one series against Philly and he's our backup QB. You can't be trying to protect a QB from injury, giving them days off when they're competing for a starting job. There's not going to be any looking back regretting anything once Romo is gone because he can't stay healthy. He had a great opportunity with the Cowboys for a decade and it's time to move on.

He can't be depended on to play a full season, he hasn't gotten past 2 full games the last 3 times he's seen significant action before coming up with an injury. We have a solid young QB we're building something with and if some of you want to continue being stuck in the past with Romo who led the team to the playoffs only 4 times and never got us past the divisional round, go ahead.

The health is the only think Dak has on him as of right now. The rest is dramatically in Romo's favor. However, health is a really big deal, I agree.

I just hope Cowboy fans are ready for growing pains next season they don't currently see. The offense carried him quite a bit this year, and next year, defensive coordinators will be more than ready for him.

We're going to miss Romo next year. Watch.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

WE already went through this this past season. What makes you think that anything different happens the second time around?

 

[DallasEast]

If he gets to compete for the job, he easily wins the job.

The Cowboys want to move to the future, so he won't get that chance.

And one day, they'll look back and regret it. Lost opportunity.

Eleven teams regret all kinds of things during the playoffs every season. Only one team celebrates in the end. The team still lacks enough consistent playmakers--players who will make enough crucial catches, blocks, tackles, interceptions, even coaching calls, etc.

Right now, Prescott is in the same boat as Romo has been for years. The past cannot be changed. The future must be addressed. What the team must do is acquire players who WILL catch perfectly thrown touchdown passes, players who WILL catch a tipped pass begging to be intercepted, players who WILL block bull rushers long enough to count to the number three while not shuffling their feet in slow motion, etc. These shortcomings and more must be fixed so that the team can advance and have opportunities to celebrate in the end again.

 

[jwitten82]

If I was Dak, id go up to Romo and Id bust him the mouth