When Romo is healthy should/will he start or Keep Dak as starter **merged**

[LittleBoyBlue]

Romo is starter.

Dak is Backup.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Did it ever occur to you that maybe Romo has been the problem all along? He has been the only common variable over the past 12 years.

Dude, you must be high as a kite or dumb as a box of rocks if you think Romo has been the problem the last 12 years.

 

[Beast_from_East]

To add to your point, we are paying nearly $20 million in cap space to a player who can't even stay on the field for the past 2 years. That part is HORRIBLE mismanagement. They have something so promising that has fallen in their laps. Why not try to take advantage of it?

Dude, you know Dak is not going to turn into pixie dust if he has to sit on the bench and watch Romo the second half of the season, you do realize that?

The Cowboys have his rights for 4 years, so how are they not taking advantage of the situation?

 

[Beast_from_East]

Why not free up cap space and build around a future star? THE future. Time is now. If Romo was going to take this franchise to the next level, don't you think after 12+ years he would have already done so?

Last time I checked this is a team game, but if you want to play the "Qb is the sole reason for wins or losses", we can play that game with Dak as well.

Romo drove the team down the field and beat the Giants in the opener last year, so if Dak is so much better why couldn't he do the same thing this year?

 

[Beast_from_East]

I just don't see a point in putting Romo back in. He's not going to last a quarter. He's no longer the future of the franchise. He's not even the present. He simply can't stay healthy long enough to make a difference.

Let's see what we have in Dak. Maybe he is ... maybe he's not. But give him the opportunity to play the entire year and show us what he has. When healthy, Romo is head and shoulders above Dak. But Romo can't stay healthy.

Dude, you are contradicting your own argument.

You are saying that Romo cant stay healthy and that he is not going to last a quarter, but putting Romo back in is going to impede Dak's development because Dak needs to play the entire season for us to see what we got.

Well if Romo is not going to last a quarter, then isn't Dak going to end up playing the entire season anyways?

 

[Beast_from_East]

I know I'm in the huge minority but I think it should go the last year Peyton/Brock Osweiler route. Keep Dak in until he screws up then put Romo in. But only if Dak continues to play well and we keep winning. The record should be a huge factor in who's the starter when Romo returns if we're 7-1 of course keep Dak 6-2 Dak anything lower becomes murky.

So again, we are judging the QBs by the record of the team and ignoring the other 52 players on the roster?

Ok, I will play that game.

Twill didn't get out of bounds...........too bad...........that loss is on Dak..............his record is currently 1-1 and Romo is 0-0.

 

[dewby]

Would we really want to destroy all this excitement and confidence this franchise is building? You could see how much better the offense was doing in Dak's second start vs the first game. The OL, WR, AND RBs are getting used to Dak and starting to gel.

Romo at age 26-27, maybe we could justify to stick with him. However, now he is older, less durable, slower, etc... Than Dak. Dallas is buzzing with excitement right now... Do we really want to risk destroying all this just for the sake of giving Romo a 13th shot at making the playoffs?

Any thoughts?

Yeah

 

[dewby]

Did it ever occur to you that maybe Romo has been the problem all along? He has been the only common variable over the past 12 years.

No, because, well... We probably watch the games.

 

[noshame]

How we can solve this easily

Trade Romo to a team that's desperate for a quarterback he gets to play and we lose that honking contract it's a win-win

 

[DFWJC]

Romo comes back in only if Dak has a losing record. At .500 and over, Dak should stay in. Cowboys were going to be 8-8/9-7 anyway with Romo. Might as well allow a very promising rookie to grow on game day. Romo is already hanging on by a thread. He's taken Sean Lee's title of the Walking Chandelier....

But in both 2015 and 2014, Dallas won 75% of their games with Romo. So why is .500 all of a sudden acceptable?
I guess if you really think this team (not he 2012 team but this team) would go 7-9 with Romo, then yes, maybe there a point. But this offense is WAY better than those 8-8 teams--as illustrated by the 75% win rate of 12-4 and a battered 3-1.

 

[NumOneQB]

But in both 2015 and 2014, Dallas won 75% of their games with Romo. So why is .500 all of a sudden acceptable?
I guess if you really think this team (not he 2012 team but this team) would go 7-9 with Romo, then yes, maybe there a point. But this offense is WAY better than those 8-8 teams--as illustrated by the 75% win rate of 12-4 and a battered 3-1.

The current defense stinks. Also, you mentioned WITH Romo. Half the battle is staying healthy enough to be on the field. Why impede development in a good thing with Dak?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Have seen a few articles and folks in the media tossing the idea out there that if Dak keeps winning-- you roll with him over a healthy Romo.

Uhhhh. No. You don't.

Romo is a top 7 QB when healthy, and the offense is MUCH more lethal with him at the helm. It is not even close.

Don't get me wrong-- I love Dak and am thrilled with how he has been playing, but under no circumstances should he be the starter with a healthy Romo on the roster.

Sorry-- had to vent after seeing another headline about this issue.

Ill take the bait............But let me first clarify my stance from yesterday and obviously my initial response wasnt relayed properly.

-70% Romo should start when he gets 100% healthy. Dont rush him unless Dak takes a dive.
-I dont think Romo will last long and that should be the end as long as Dak doesnt bomb
-If by some 30% chance we are something like 5-2 or 6-1 by the time Romo returns and Dak is playing lights out, I do NOT make the change. If we are lucky enough to have a rookie playing nearly as well as Romo or close and this team is rocking and rolling, then I roll right into the future. It should NOT be 100% Romo gets his job back no matter what. That 30% needs to hold some weight. Its not 2014, its 2016.

 

[CowboyRoy]

The one downside to a rookie showing up and performing well.

The silly talk that he takes Romo's job and just as bad if not worse, the ardent defense of Romo fans who feel it is their sworn duty to stamp the dumb idea out.

There is no downside to a rookie playing great.

 

[NickZepp]

Dak will be our future. Romo is still our guy and should be. Dak getting PT for the next several weeks will be big for him going forward.

 

[Hawkeye19]

Ill take the bait............But let me first clarify my stance from yesterday and obviously my initial response wasnt relayed properly.

-70% Romo should start when he gets 100% healthy. Dont rush him unless Dak takes a dive.
-I dont think Romo will last long and that should be the end as long as Dak doesnt bomb
-If by some 30% chance we are something like 5-2 or 6-1 by the time Romo returns and Dak is playing lights out, I do NOT make the change. If we are lucky enough to have a rookie playing nearly as well as Romo or close and this team is rocking and rolling, then I roll right into the future. It should NOT be 100% Romo gets his job back no matter what. That 30% needs to hold some weight. Its not 2014, its 2016.

Dak is a young QB with a lot of potential. But he does not give this team the best chance to win now...period. Romo is simply more proficient at running the offense, making the throws, and reading defenses. He gives us the best chance to win this season.

The only grounds for starting Dak at this point-- is if Romo is injured-- which could obviously happen.

If Romo comes back and tanks it 3 games in a row-- then it would be time to consider a change. Until it is clear that Dak is the best QB for this offense-- then Romo should be the starter.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Dak is a young QB with a lot of potential. But he does not give this team the best chance to win now...period. Romo is simply more proficient at running the offense, making the throws, and reading defenses. He gives us the best chance to win this season.

The only grounds for starting Dak at this point-- is if Romo is injured-- which could obviously happen.

If Romo comes back and tanks it 3 games in a row-- then it would be time to consider a change. Until it is clear that Dak is the best QB for this offense-- then Romo should be the starter.

Pretty much exactly what I said.

 

[DFWJC]

The current defense stinks. Also, you mentioned WITH Romo. Half the battle is staying healthy enough to be on the field. Why impede development in a good thing with Dak?

At this point it's fair for anyone to ask whether or not Romo can stay healthy.
If Dak gets the gift of getting to start 6 games, that's an incredible jump-start for his early development.
If he continues to get better, that's a huge relief for all of us.
But I think the offense will be better with Romo for now, and it would not at all surprise me if he plays the remaining 10 games...plus playoffs

The great news and huge difference from before for the team now is that the worry of Romo going down is not what is was before.
They have Dak--who I think we all hope is our eventual long term solution.
I don't see the extreme rush.

 

[Nova]

I think you give Romo one more shot.

But I honestly want him to retire now.

I'm with Theisman on this one.

 

[RW31]

Look, Dak has done a great job so far in terms of not screwing up and not hurting us. But at the end of the day he's not the type of QB who can carry the team on his back and win playoff games, against tougher defenses, better offenses. He could be Denver's guy with the defense they have. But he's not our guy. We can't dink & dunk our way to a superbowl. We need a QB who can score 4-5 touchdowns, throw for 450 yards and so on. Until Dak proves he can do that I don't even want to hear anything about who to start once Tony is healthy. It's not even a question.

 

[fortdick]

To add to your point, we are paying nearly $20 million in cap space to a player who can't even stay on the field for the past 2 years. That part is HORRIBLE mismanagement. They have something so promising that has fallen in their laps. Why not try to take advantage of it?

Who knew Romo was planning to get hurt? What a devious guy Romo is to go out and break his bones just to get paid for not playing!