Why Romo is better than Prescott

[nalam]

Yes there is a lot of knuckleheads that think dak is better, the only thing he has is youth and time to grow. Romo is one of the top 3 QBs in my opinion. Dak's 69.. is a good rating and he did play well for a rookie. Garrett is not the achilles heel of this team , he is the reason this team is as good as it is right now and the reason it will be even better

It was also not his fault , that 2 TDs dropped , otherwise , he would have a victory and much better rating !

 

[mattjames2010]

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/what-if-dak-starts-the-season-6-2.355018/

Did you even read the title of that thread? Here, I'll type it out for you

"What if"

Actually, that's where we'll stop. It's a hypothetical thread. What are you on about?

 

[aria]

I'm not arguing that Dak is even close to as good as Romo but with all Romo's experience and expertise can someone remind me how many int's he threw against the Giants last year?

 

[Cowboysfan917]

I think they're just totally different playing styles. Romo is Favre-like... He can pass in the pocket, gunsling, and improv plays.
Dak reminds me of McNabb.

Then there's the experience factor everyone has mentioned.

 

[JDSmith]

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/what-if-dak-starts-the-season-6-2.355018/

I just re-read that thread and there might have been 2 people who were really of the 'move on from Romo no matter what' ilk.

 

[mattjames2010]

I'm not arguing that Dak is even close to as good as Romo but with all Romo's experience and expertise can someone remind me how many int's he threw against the Giants last year?

2 tipped for INTs.

He also won the game. Kind of important.

 

[cowboys2233]

Why Romo is better than Prescott: 10 years experience as a starting QB in the NFL.

I could have saved you a lot of typing.

Then why isn't Cassel better than Prescott? Yeah, it's just that Romo has "experience," sure. Or...Romo is a HOF level QB. That might be it. Quickest reaction, quickest release, incredibly accurate, great field awareness, etc. etc. etc.

 

[JDSmith]

I'm not arguing that Dak is even close to as good as Romo but with all Romo's experience and expertise can someone remind me how many int's he threw against the Giants last year?

2, both off of receivers. One Witten tipped, the other Street coughed up.

Not really a good argument.

 

[JDSmith]

Then why isn't Cassel better than Prescott? Yeah, it's just that Romo has "experience," sure. Or...Romo is a HOF level QB. That might be it. Quickest reaction, quickest release, incredibly accurate, great field awareness, etc. etc. etc.

I know. But the first post was just so damned long winded that I went for the shortest answer.

 

[noshame]

Lets put the shoe on the other foot? If that was Romo out there and he had 2 tds dropped and his WR did not run out of bounds and eliminated a great chance for pulling a forth quarter comeback Romo would be the ultimate hero screwed by his teammates. But since that wouldn't fit the narrative, we'll just go with the rating.

But keep living in the past with the "old guy".

What a naive attempt, Dak is the better QB because he's ON THE FIELD.

 

[cowboys2233]

I know. But the first post was just so damned long winded that I went for the shortest answer.

LOL, fair enough.

 

[aria]

2 tipped for INTs.

He also won the game. Kind of important.

And one was a pick 6 IIRC but I could be wrong. He won the game against the leagues worst defense as did 8 other qbs last year who did it in the same time or less. Not as impressive most people think, plus they never would have never been in that position if it weren't for those int's and Eli's horrendous clock management.

 

[Aven8]

Prescott might have a better arm than Romo and he can certainly scramble better than Romo can or could ever.

And that really excited a lot of fans who don't know football well enough.

The reasons Tony Romo is such a good quarterback really evades a lot of minds out there. The first is the pre-read. Romo is a veteran QB, you would think that after the year we had last year, people would have learned to appreciate him more, but they were still ready to write him off at a rookie played well against vanilla defenses that weren't going 100 percent.

Romo is 10th in the league among active players in pass attempts... He knows how to read a defense both before the snap and after. His ability to extend the play differs greatly from Prescott's and we saw that on full display Sunday, where Prescott would extend the play but without greatly positive results. When Romo extends the play, he is still reading the defense. When players get open Romo delivers the ball. It means first downs instead of punting and it means touchdowns instead of field goals.

The recipe to our success in 2014 was the fact that we had an extremely high 3rd down completion percentage and Romo was excellent in the second half.

People are saying Dak was decent for a rookie. That isn't the case. He had a 69.4 quarterback rating, which could have been worse on the high balls he threw that could have been picked off, but worse was the fact that his second quarter QB rating was 52.2...

Dak started struggling in the second quarter, and Garrett in all of his genius started passing the ball more rather than running it. Even when we had the lead in the 4th. Garrett has no experience with a rookie quarterback and it shows. The guy has no idea what he is doing. He thinks he is the smartest guy in the room, but anyone could have told you that Dak should have had 20 or fewer attempts this game instead of 45...

Dak needs time to grow, but Garrett is always going to be this team's Achille's heel, especially without Romo to save his bacon. How he thought it would be appropriate to play his sacred cow in that 3rd preseason game is beyond me.

We all know Romos is way better, which he should be. However he's not here right now so the point is moot.

Had Beas and Dez got there respective TD's, which were very catcable balls, his completion percentage would have been 60% and QBR of 90. Not bad for his first start!

 

[cowboys2233]

We all know Romos is way better, which he should be. However he's not here right now so the point is moot.

Had Beas and Dez got there respective TD's, which were very catcable balls, his completion percentage would have been 60% and QBR of 90. Not bad for his first start!

Yeah, just because I think Romo is a great QB doesn't mean I don't like Dak. I am very excited from what I've seen from him and definitely thought he played well enough to get us the victory. I think Dak has a big future in this league.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Garrett is not the achilles heel of this team , he is the reason this team is as good as it is right now and the reason it will be even better

I spit soda on my keyboard....this team is good? because of Garrett?

 

[JDSmith]

And one was a pick 6 IIRC but I could be wrong. He won the game against the leagues worst defense as did 8 other qbs last year who did it in the same time or less. Not as impressive most people think, plus they never would have never been in that position if it weren't for those int's and Eli's horrendous clock management.

Wasn't a pick 6, knocked out at the 1. They ran it in the next play. The 6 point turnover was the Beasley fumble that went 54 yards.

But really, do you think Romo would throw a lot of interceptions if he was averaging 5 yards per attempt?

Look at it this way, Dak threw 45 passes on Sunday for 227 yards. Last year on opening day Romo threw 45 passes for 356 yards.

 

[Aven8]

Yeah, just because I think Romo is a great QB doesn't mean I don't like Dak. I am very excited from what I've seen from him and definitely thought he played well enough to get us the victory. I think Dak has a big future in this league.

I think so too. IF they use him correctly! This dude is a weapon, use it!!!

 

[mattjames2010]

And one was a pick 6 IIRC but I could be wrong. He won the game against the leagues worst defense as did 8 other qbs last year who did it in the same time or less. Not as impressive most people think, plus they never would have never been in that position if it weren't for those int's and Eli's horrendous clock management.

It wasn't.

Once again, tipped pass and one where Witten popped up a ball that should have harmlessly hit the ground.

Romo overcame adversity which Dak has yet to do in the NFL. He won the game with a little over a minute left on the clock with 4-5 passes. You're simply not going to win this here, Romo despite throwing two INTs had us in that game all the way and found a way to win. PERIOD.

 

[BrassCowboy]

what is the purpose of this thread?

Why is anyone making this a Romo vs Dak thing? Do you fear Dak, that he might take over Romo's job or something? I mean the only way that happens, outside of injury concerns of course, is if Dak becomes as good or better at reading defenses, accuracy, comfort-ability with this offense, playbook, etc......

as far as your downplaying of Dak's skills because of "stats" go, he is a 4th round draft pick rookie who came in and played as good as he did so fast..... how can one confuse that with a 10 year vet though? Dak is the future yes, Romo is now, well soon-to-be now as long as he can remain healthy enough.

 

[Jake]

I don't think anybody is saying that Prescott is better than Romo. The problem is Tony's age and health. I still can't believe some think Dak should play like a 10 year veteran.

Folks got excited about preseason and the prospect of finally having a successor. I'm still excited about Dak, but he's not ready to take over as long as Tony is able to play.