Why Does Tony Romo Have Leverage Over Anyone?

[03EBZ06]

I just don't understand after all these years and all the things that have happened how Romo even has a job. Quarterbacks who have done much more than Romo have been cast aside for much less. Jerry must be desperate to win a title in his golden years and sees Romo as his best chance to do so. Won't say anymore on this...don't wanna beat a dead horse.

Wow, are you serious?

So in your mind he never did anything right, correct? If he was a FA, there are number of teams who would give him lot of money to be their QB.

People like you can't be reasoned with or have conversations with.

smh

 

[Super_Kazuya]

However what I don't understand is why the guy cannot seemingly run away from the wrong play. He has to play the hero. Prime example is that Detroit game last year. The Cowboys had the game in hand. They didn't have to make any more big plays. In fact if anything they just had to keep running the ball. But Romo and the coaching staff just had to prove a point and they gave the game to the Lions.

Why do you remember "wrong" plays from years ago but can't remember anything good to the point that you're clueless why Romo even has a job?

From Nov. 4 to Dec. 30 last season, Romo had 17 TDS and 3 INT in that stretch. Surely by your logic, there had to be dozens of "wrong" plays in that stretch. What were they?

 

[ufcrules1]

We're dead last in rushing in part because the a majority of plays are designed around Romo. Jason Garrett doesn't make a game plan for Demarco Murray. Murray is the way distant third option on this team. It also has to do with the seemingly unending amount of injuries that guy seems to accrue but thats a different topic for a different thread. You could definitely make the argument that Romo's stats are inflated due to the fact that he's throwing so much. In that sense you understand why he turns the ball over because so much is being asked of him.

However what I don't understand is why the guy cannot seemingly run away from the wrong play. He has to play the hero. Prime example is that Detroit game last year. The Cowboys had the game in hand. They didn't have to make any more big plays. In fact if anything they just had to keep running the ball. But Romo and the coaching staff just had to prove a point and they gave the game to the Lions.

I just don't understand after all these years and all the things that have happened how Romo even has a job. Quarterbacks who have done much more than Romo have been cast aside for much less. Jerry must be desperate to win a title in his golden years and sees Romo as his best chance to do so. Won't say anymore on this...don't wanna beat a dead horse.

Excellent post. Also, how the heck did Andrew Luck do so good with the Colts? Led them from 2-14 to an 11-5 record and the playoffs. How did that happen? Who was even the running back in Indy? Vick Ballard? Donald Brown? lol.... Also, Wilson was a big reason his team went as far as they did.. guess what? Seattle had a good running team in 2011 too. Wilson is a freaking stud rookie QB, but with that said his coach knows how to win games and that doesn't mean having Wilson throw 50 times a game.


Jerry is desperate and in his mind we are "close" to going to the super bowl with the players we have. We are about to majorly over pay for Romo and will pay for it for many years. Sure, Romo could find a handful of teams that would pay him stupid money but that doesn't mean he is worth it.

 

[Idgit]

...I just don't understand after all these years and all the things that have happened how Romo even has a job. Quarterbacks who have done much more than Romo have been cast aside for much less. Jerry must be desperate to win a title in his golden years and sees Romo as his best chance to do so. Won't say anymore on this...don't wanna beat a dead horse.

If you really feel this way, then it's got to be one item in a very long list of football-related items you don't understand. No QB has ever been cast aside for doing more than Tony Romo has at a point where he's still playing at a very high level.

Even our competitors understand what a really good player Tony is.

“I think he is highly criticized,” Griffin said of Romo. “But everyone said it, he’s not the problem. He’s played well for that team for a long time and his own teammates say he’s not the problem. I think people need to understand that. People on the inside probably know it better than people on the outside.

“But that’s what I told him after the game and I forgot I was miked. I told him, don’t worry about what anyone else said. You can use whatever you want for fuel. But whenever you get criticized as much as Tony does, you have to block it out and know that what you’re doing is the right thing. And that you are a good player and your teammates love you and move from there.”

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/a...ts-Romo-/0e845a3e-d03c-4728-a3d0-f637b9ed8202

 

[DABOYZ]

Wow, are you serious?

So in your mind he never did anything right, correct? If he was a FA, there are number of teams who would give him lot of money to be their QB.

People like you can't be reasoned with or have conversations with.

smh

Name just one team that is willing to pay him 16 mil right now.

 

[dstone2962]

If you really feel this way, then it's got to be one item in a very long list of football-related items you don't understand. No QB has ever been cast aside for doing more than Tony Romo has at a point where he's still playing at a very high level.

Even our competitors understand what a really good player Tony is.

Griffin is a class act. Hes not gonna say that Romo Peed the bed in front of a national audience. Answer me this. What would it take for you to want to move on from Romo, if anything at all?

 

[Idgit]

Griffin is a class act. Hes not gonna say that Romo Peed the bed in front of a national audience. Answer me this. What would it take for you to want to move on from Romo, if anything at all?

And with one act of pretense, a whole imaginary world is saved from distruction.

What would it take for me to move on from Romo? Replacing him with a better current player, of which there is none available, or a legitimate shot at a rookie franchise player--which would cost at least two 1sts, one of them being a top-10 pick and would have to happen next year at the earliest.

 

[Tabascocat]

There is no QB that the Cowboys can get that is better than Romo, that can't even be debated IMO. The earliest they can think about a franchise QB would be in 2014 and that is pushing it.

If Dallas traded away Tony, it would be one of the worst mistakes they ever made(assuming they don't get multiple high picks). He is plenty good enough to lead them to a superbowl, but he can't do it duo with Witten.

Give the man a good off line and I believe he will achieve more success. He is handcuffed in what the offense can and can not do at this point and it all leads back to an atrocious line.

Even if they were to draft some young blue chipper like Luck, Griffin, etc, who's to say that QB can play well for the Dallas Cowboys in his first season? There is a bit more pressure in Dallas over Seattle, Wash, Indy and the like.

 

[GusTheo]

I'm sure teams like the Cardinals, Vikings and Jets, just to name a few off the top of my head, would love to have Tony Romo.

 

[proline]

I am confident that he has a chance to do that when he has the same pieces in place that Eli did. Can you imagine how good he could be with a competitent offensive line and a balanced offense?

Look back at the Pittsburgh game for example. I felt that the line played pretty well, we had play action in our back pocket. Who made the critical interception at the end of the game? It wasn't Romo. He played damn good.

That's what I don't get with Cowboys fans. Did you forget all the games that he played well in just to get an opportunity to win the East? Did he play well against Washington? No, but are you comfortable with Garret's adjustment to the blitz in that game?

I guess I am just as confident as you are with his replacement......

After we lost to Washington, I had a co-worker who is a Pittsburgh fan asked me, "So, are you finally ready to give up on Romo?"

I told him, "Are you ready to give up on Roethlisberger? He did the exact same thing Tony did. He threw a pick that ended their season, only he did it two weeks earlier!"

 

[randy932]

Wow, are you serious?

So in your mind he never did anything right, correct? If he was a FA, there are number of teams who would give him lot of money to be their QB.

People like you can't be reasoned with or have conversations with.

smh

Why don't you be honest and say what you really mean ... that you can't/don't want to, talk to someone with a differing opinion than yourself.

 

[Hook'em#11]

And THIS is where the tire hits the road. Are you (we) prepared for years of "maybe...just maybe..."?

I just don't think any of us are ready to take our bumps yet. We may have to at some point, but not now, not when we have a chance with Romo and in a 3 point league all you need is a chance...

The bumps I could take. ..

It's the complete heart rip outs that this WHOLE team has handing us fans for the past 7 or so years that are doing me in.

And, "the QB" has had his fair hand in some of those..

So, Yeah, ready for the bumps along the way. And hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel will be seen.

 

[Hook'em#11]

The game in and game out part tells me you are over-the-top clueless.

He had a four or five game stretch just late in the season last year where possibly nobody in the league was playing better.
His worst mistakes don't happen every game or even close to that.

And, I am clueless...

Just stop now.. Really...

I am not one to say that Romo hasn't brought this team out of the bottom of the league..

And, hell yeah. He has had some great games no doubt.

He also has some games and blunders in the worst times. Costing this team. And , yes, he has been on the stinky side of the stick as well, playing great only to lose because of bad play elsewhere. It goes both ways.

And, I am just tired of it. Tired of him.

Do I hope he and the team succeeds? Of course, every year. And this year will be no different.

I just think Romo has rode his time here. Is all. The same routine mistakes keep happening with him.

Sooo.... it's time to start looking for his replacement. Not sure why this is such a big deal.

 

[03EBZ06]

Why don't you be honest and say what you really mean ... that you can't/don't want to, talk to someone with a differing opinion than yourself.

There is difference between differing opinion and close minded people.

 

[DFWJC]

And, I am clueless...

Just stop now.. Really...

I am not one to say that Romo hasn't brought this team out of the bottom of the league..

And, hell yeah. He has had some great games no doubt.

He also has some games and blunders in the worst times. Costing this team. And , yes, he has been on the stinky side of the stick as well, playing great only to lose because of bad play elsewhere. It goes both ways.

And, I am just tired of it. Tired of him.

Do I hope he and the team succeeds? Of course, every year. And this year will be no different.

I just think Romo has rode his time here. Is all. The same routine mistakes keep happening with him.

Sooo.... it's time to start looking for his replacement. Not sure why this is such a big deal.

Should have said your statement was clueless...my bad.

My response was to the fact that you said Romo does the same thing "game in and game out"--which could not be further from the truth.

Any honest fan knows he (like every other QB that ever played) has strung together some really bad plays. The frequency of the episodes is where so lose touch with reality. It's not nearly as frequent as some say.
And if people would just watch other teams more than once or twice a year, they would quickly learn than the vast majority of very good QBs have a few disaster games each year.
Brees with 5 picks, 0 TDs for example. Romo has never pulled that one off...and Brees is the better player, imo.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Should have said your statement was clueless...my bad.

My response was to the fact that you said Romo does the same thing "game in and game out"--which could not be further from the truth.

Any honest fan knows he (like every other QB that ever played) has strung together some really bad plays. The frequency of the episodes is where so lose touch with reality. It's not nearly as frequent as some say.
And if people would just watch other teams more than once or twice a year, they would quickly learn than the vast majority of very good QBs have a few disaster games each year.
Brees with 5 picks, 0 TDs for example. Romo has never pulled that one off...and Brees is the better player, imo.

Look, it's really not that hard to understand.

I don't think Romo can get it done for Dallas. That is it. If he proves me wrong great. That would be awesome. So far, he hasn't.

Romo picks the worst times to have bad games. Yah, Duh.. QBs have bad games, thanks. Never would of figured that one out.

And, yes, the only thing we can agree on. Brees is a better QB than Romo.

 

[ufcrules1]

Look, it's really not that hard to understand.

I don't think Romo can get it done for Dallas. That is it. If he proves me wrong great. That would be awesome. So far, he hasn't.

Romo picks the worst times to have bad games. Yah, Duh.. QBs have bad games, thanks. Never would of figured that one out.

And, yes, the only thing we can agree on. Brees is a better QB than Romo.

Yup, different opinions for different people. Not sure why posters have to attack other posters who have a different opinion? I have been down the road of being a big Romo fan but after watching him for a long time I see the same mistakes made over and over from him, throwing off his back foot, not taking a sack when he should, not throwing the ball away when he should, waiting until zero seconds to snap the ball, melting down in huge games, etc. I think locking him down for 5-6 years is a HUGE mistake but time will tell.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

You do know that ufcunrules1 loves you right?

Both of you hate Romo.

And you don't know what you got till it's gone.

And, like the one that loves you, you only remember the last game.

Actually, you are making a lot of Romo haters love you. Keep up the good work.

:shades:

So, you are saying, if you can't be with the QB you love, love the one you're with? Damn, son, he is hard to love when Romo keeps trampling on my dreams.
But I will perci . . . persu . . . persiv . . . i will keep keeping on.

 

[weaver21]

I can understand why people have given up on him and don't think he has what it takes to win, I really do. His past performances in close games prove that and I have no problem with people believing that. I have a problem with people placing ALL the blame on Romo when that is far from truth. I know some people don't do that, but some actually do and that irritates me. Yes, Romo is a big a part of why we can't win close games and have success in the playoffs, but he's not the only reason. I can easily point out something that went wrong in every close game that he's been a part of that doesn't apply to Romo.

The Giants game in 2007... offensive line completely evaporated in the 4th quarter and gave no time for him throw at all. Add in the Crayton and Fasano drops and clearly Romo wasn't the only one at fault in that game.

Eagles in 2008... basically everyone was terrible in that game so I don't need to list specifics.

Vikings game in 2009... once more after Flozell went down, Allen ate up Free and the rest of the offensive line faltered as well. Romo didn't play well either so he's a main reason we lost that game as well. The defense also didn't play like they were the previous weeks so that didn't help.

Giants game in 2011... Romo actually played well in that game besides the one interception, but no running game and a crappy defense didn't help him out. However, Romo didn't play well in the first half so that can contribute to the 21-0 hole we dug ourselves. He did have a hand the size of a damn football so he wasn't exactly 100%.

Commanders game in 2012... this is probably the only game where I can honestly say that Romo is the main reason we lost. Yes, the defense gave up 200 yards rushing and Garrett didn't exactly call the best game and adjustments for the blitz. However, Romo just flat out sucked in that game and clearly wasn't confident. The first interception cost us at least 3 points and the second one he throw a 40 yard bomb on a 2nd and 5. I don't need to comment on the third one, he simply choked and was fooled big time by Jackson. This was probably the game that closed the door for many Cowboys fans for Romo so I can understand why most don't trust him after this game.

You can see my point... Romo plays a major part in all these losses, but he's not the MAIN reason we lost. I can't stand when people blame everything on him because it's so far from the truth.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think Romo has every intention of being a Dallas Cowboy and the Dallas Cowboys have every intention of having Romo as their QB. A deal will get done