When, if ever, will Romo be ready?

[LandryFan]

I've read many posts saying that there is no way BP would count on Romo to back up Bledsoe for more than a game or two should Bledsoe go down this year.

My problem with that train of thought is this: Romo is starting his fourth year with the team. He certainly ought to have the playbook/system down pat by now. He was good enough to be the # 2 QB last year. If Drew goes down, here comes Romo. What veteran FA capable of saving the day was waiting in the wings to sign with Dallas if Drew did go down? If BP and JJ were willing to ride out the year risking that Romo could do the job if need be last year, then why not this year?

If experience is, indeed the major problem with relying on Romo, the he'll NEVER get into a game. It's a Catch-22 situation. BP won't play him due to lack of experience, but he would have to play to get the experience.

How much bench time and practice does it take for a coach to say a guy is ready to play? Even for an UDFA, if he's not seriously ready to compete this year, he probably won't ever be. Thoughts?

 

[wileedog]

Parcells said he'll get a lot of playing time in pre-season, and sounded fairly upbeat about him.

Reading between the lines they may think he's ready. Although between the lines is always a minefield when Parcell's talks.

We'll know in a couple of months one way or the other.

 

[CactusCowboy]

Who says he's NOT ready? There was not a situation where he was required to play last year. Me thinks he is ready.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

But Parcells has said before that he was going to play players, and then never did.

We've gone three years now without our starting QB missing even one entire game, and that's almost unheard of. As tough as Bledsoe is, that luck almost has to run out at some point.

 

[Doomsday]

Im excited to see what Romo can do this preseason I have been impressed with his on field awareness, poise and cant wait to see him how much he has progressed from last season.

 

[JackMagist]

Romo will be ready this year if he is needed. He might well have been ready last year had the occasion arisen. We will never really know as long as Bledsoe is here and healthy because Pre-Season just isn't the same as regular season.

 

[Angus]

Bledsoe probably has a pretty good idea of how good Romo is or is likely to be if he ever gets in a game. It may be hard for Parcells to get Bledsoe to come out of a game, even if he's hurt. Bledsoe would probably move heaven and hell to avoid being replaced by Romo the way he was by Brady.

 

[Zippy Speedster]

Something just tells me that this guy, Romo, has the head nessacary to be a quarterback in this league. I believe this is what Parcells has seen which tells him that he's his guy and not Henson. I know this much, he won the backup slot last year in preseason and Henson didn't do very much to convince it should be the other way around instead. He's consistantly risen himself up through the ranks from his unknown rookie status,. something his competition could never boast as the same. And most importatnly he hasn't whined and cried, alienating, Bill, in the process. He's quite simply shown up for work everyday and done his job, constatnly pushing himself to be better. Just no place, imo, for this "fair" crap that fills the Henson camp and their boyfriend. He is in the spot he is in for a reason. And obviously reasons many of the fanbase would just as soonly ignore then take for truth. Amazing how Parcells is a man-of-his-word, one of the biggest straight-talkers to hit this league, yet when it fits, everything he says is just a "mind-game" made up to induce some sort of reverse-inspiration, lol.

For instance;
Bill tells the press he's not going to talk about TO until training camp, period, then end, the fanbase stands up and cheers because noway the press is going to crack him...YEEHAW! A couple of breathes later he says he's not overely impressed with Henson's progress...woosh...Bill is playing "mindgames" and doesn't really mean what he says.

The only players Bill plays headgames with are his top draft picks or starting quarterbacks (emphasis on "starting") who are getting ahead of themselves due to the quality of topnotch play they're showing. He doesn't want it to get into their heads so he messes with them and makes them prove to not only him, but to themselves, that they can be everything everyone is making them out to be. Curtis Martin, prime example. Roy Williams, even though he wasn't one of Bill's personal picks, though still young, another example. Terrance Newman. And I'm willing to bet it's already started for Ware and Spears. No, actually we already know it's started for Ware, and the results are beingn shown in how much he's bulked up this offseason. Bill just doesn't waste his time on players who will let him down anymore, he learned his lesson with Bryant. Henson began letting him down since Thanksgiving Day 2 years ago, if not a whole lot sooner. In turn, Romo, has become "his guy".

 

[JackMagist]

Something just tells me that this guy, Romo, has the head nessacary to be a quarterback in this league. I believe this is what Parcells has seen which tells him that he's his guy and not Henson. I know this much, he won the backup slot last year in preseason and Henson didn't do very much to convince it should be the other way around instead. He's consistantly risen himself up through the ranks from his unknown rookie status,. something his competition could never boast as the same. And most importatnly he hasn't whined and cried, alienating, Bill, in the process. He's quite simply shown up for work everyday and done his job, constatnly pushing himself to be better. Just no place, imo, for this "fair" crap that fills the Henson camp and their boyfriend. He is in the spot he is in for a reason. And obviously reasons many of the fanbase would just as soonly ignore then take for truth. Amazing how Parcells is a man-of-his-word, one of the biggest straight-talkers to hit this league, yet when it fits, everything he says is just a "mind-game" made up to induce some sort of reverse-inspiration, lol.

For instance;
Bill tells the press he's not going to talk about TO until training camp, period, then end, the fanbase stands up and cheers because noway the press is going to crack him...YEEHAW! A couple of breathes later he says he's not overely impressed with Henson's progress...woosh...Bill is playing "mindgames" and doesn't really mean what he says.

The only players Bill plays headgames with are his top draft picks or starting quarterbacks (emphasis on "starting") who are getting ahead of themselves due to the quality of topnotch play they're showing. He doesn't want it to get into their heads so he messes with them and makes them prove to not only him, but to themselves, that they can be everything everyone is making them out to be. Curtis Martin, prime example. Roy Williams, even though he wasn't one of Bill's personal picks, though still young, another example. Terrance Newman. And I'm willing to bet it's already started for Ware and Spears. No, actually we already know it's started for Ware, and the results are beingn shown in how much he's bulked up this offseason. Bill just doesn't waste his time on players who will let him down anymore, he learned his lesson with Bryant. Henson began letting him down since Thanksgiving Day 2 years ago, if not a whole lot sooner. In turn, Romo, has become "his guy".

I'm with you on the statements you made about Tony Romo. I think he is a good guy who works hard and does his best to overcome whatever shortcomings he may actually have or may be perceived to have due to his UDFA status. I think he is a solid, smart football player who has a very good shot right now of becoming our QB of the future.

But the rest of your anti-Henson rhetoric has little basis in any factual information. Anyone who calls Bill Parcells "one of the biggest straight-talkers to hit this league" just isn't paying attention to what is really going on. I simply cannot buy into your agenda driven disparagement of Drew Henson.

 

[Bluefin]

I get the feeling Bill Parcells thinks Tony Romo is ready to start if need be and that's why he's planning to give the quarterback plenty of reps come pre-season.

Sink or swim.

The biggest question to survival for a young QB is self confidence, IMO, and Romo reportedly has it. He believes he is ready to play.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen said it wouldn't surprise him if Romo played his way onto the field this season right after the draft.

Bledsoe would probably move heaven and hell to avoid being replaced by Romo the way he was by Brady.

No doubt.

I hope Bledsoe has a healthy and productive season with the Cowboys, but I'll admit to wanting to get a good idea of what we have behind door number 2.

If the running game and the offensive line are improved, Bledsoe should be able to get through the schedule unscathed and have a solid shot at a 4000 yard passing season.

Improving in those areas would also greatly help Romo if he were called or forced into action.

Dallas has been awful at developing offensive skill players since drafting the triplets, it'd be nice to see we finally did it right with a player like Romo.

 

[AbeBeta]

Bledsoe would probably move heaven and hell to avoid being replaced by Romo the way he was by Brady.

Romo = Brady?

 

[wileedog]

The biggest question to survival for a young QB is self confidence, IMO, and Romo reportedly has it. He believes he is ready to play.

He's going to need it, because the Dallas fanbase and media generally does not suffer less than Royalty from their QB.

He's going to have a much, much shorter leash than most when he finally does step on the field, and because of his draft status (or lack thereof) an awful lot of people are not going to take him seriously until he wins something. If he struggles early there will be quick calls for Henson (if he's still here) or whatever vet is on the roster behind him.

 

[jterrell]

Romo = Brady?

He didn't say that. And Brady was not the player he is now when he beat out Bledsoe.

Bledsoe was a franchise Qb for the Pats and they built around him but the OL started to really fall off and Bledsoe started taking lots of hits. LOTS. His play declined. Brady was able to step in and avoid those hits. He didn't make great passes but he drove the bus and avoided mistakes. He was cheap as a QB can ever be and young. He occasionally made plays out of absolute nothing and was a better fit with a shaky OL than Bledsoe was ever gonna be. He's gotten better each season since then to be what he is today.

His point was that once you get beaten out because of injury you are unlikely to ever let an injury sideline you again unless its impossible to play through. BP likes that mentality and Bledsoe displays it. So did Aikman, fwiw.

The backup QB regardless of who it is will play only if Bledsoe is seriously injured once we get passed pre-season.

I do believe BP has decided the open competition between 2 and 3 is closed so the 2 can get more reps. As to the decision itself, we will see. BP has been wrong before but he didn't make this decision overnight and sees more of both QBs then we ever will as fans. Its quite possible both guys have NFL futures as they have been developed smartly IMHO, with practice time and film room time before being tossed to the wolves. Its really the way Brady was developed and its the way Ron Wolf develops guys.

 

[Glenn Carano]

We can all sit here and guess if Romo is or is not ready. The bottom line is we'll never know until he takes snaps in a real NFL game.

 

[JackMagist]

Romo = Brady?

People are really twisting everything anyone says today.

 

[Vertigo_17]

We can all sit here and guess if Romo is or is not ready. The bottom line is we'll never know until he takes snaps in a real NFL game.

I'm really looking forward to pre-season so we can get a look at Romo, although it's still not even close to regular season speed.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Before Drew Henson

 

[t.o.boys81]

At least we now know we have a reliable guy behind Bledsoe if we need him. That's pretty important. I feel good about the situation.

 

[BigDFan5]

Before Drew Henson

Hey look, a post from you that has nothing to do with the topic. Nope no agenda from you huh

 

[The30YardSlant]

Hey look, a post from you that has nothing to do with the topic. Nope no agenda from you huh

Question:

When, if ever, will Romo be ready?

Answer:

Before Drew Henson

Pretty simple really