You can want Dak to keep the job and respect and appreciate the career of Tony Romo

[Westcoasthabsfan]

I am a long time Romo fan and still am.
I do think in 2007 Tony was overconfident and was not taking things seriously .
In the giants game, he was laughing about things until late in the game.
That was his shot, and he sort of blew it by not being really serious.

Then 2014 he had another shot, and just didnt play well enough.
Not saying either game loss was his fault, but had he played better or made better decisions, he might have made it to
a SB.
Tony is still a good QB, and I too would like to see him win a SB, but even if he comes back this year, and plays 2 more years,
he still may not do any better or even get to nfc champ game, much less a SB.

The main thing to me is this should be about the Cowboys winning as a team, So to say this is tonys team, and he should be starter
regardless, and we win or lose with him, just doesnt make sense to me.
I think the best players should be playing, and by best I mean the ones who are producing right now.
If that means sitting Romo and or Dez then so be it.

If Dak is leading the team to win after win, he should not be benched for Tony who has hardly played at all since 2014,
and didnt play very good last year.
I think Dak has the right attitude, a winning attitude, and it is rubbing off on this team that is used to losing , and watch the tape and
get better attitude.
Daks style of play, and long drives, helps the defense and it shows if you look at the scores.

Dak has 2 more games to show he is the guy for this season, and he needs to win both games to prove he can win
against teams people see as good teams.

Just imagine if you are Dak, and you want to be the starter for Cowboys, but there is The legend Tony Romo, The Jones boys, all the
fans and media watching, just waiting for you to make mistakes, lose, be like a rookie , throw ints, etc, and you havent yet,
but now you play Cin and GB with another legend aaron rodgers.
The pressure to not fail is enormous on Dak and so far he has held up, and got the wins, and no ints, no big mistakes,
and has looked good doing it.

Dak is going 100% and is all in doing his absolute best, and is dead serious about winning games, and the other players
have to see that, and are starting to respond to it and believe in him.
I hope he can win the next 2 just for him and the effort he is putting in, and then if they put Romo back in,
it was not because he failed in some way.
I find myself being inspired by Dak, so I know it is having a effect on the other players.

So in closing, I am not saying toss tony aside, or make Dak the definite future QB of Cowboys, I am saying if he wins the next 2
games, let him keep playing , and maybe give him the rest of the season to see what happens, and then
next year they can go back to Tony and give him another shot, and by then tony should be fully healed up.

If Dak keeps winning then I would just roll with it. It is about the TEAM winning, not any individual player.

Dak knew at draft day that he was going to be the backup, I don't think he would be upset at all if he went back to the bench when Tony is fully healed. His time will come....

 

[Frozen700]

If we would have got another WR the year our O-Line took off, and Murray broke records.

We might be talking about a different career for Romo.

Fact is, Romo didn't really get the job done, and the Cowboys also didn't go balls to the wall, to help him either.

Should have kept LR

 

[DakotaReign]

I just wish we could have given Romo the talent that he deserved so that he could have won a couple championships vs having to play over his head all of the time. Even this year we didn't give him a defense that could carry the team if something went wrong. We have been very lucky to get Dak who I hope if we don't win it this or next year will be given more cards to work with than Romo has.

If we trade Romo he'll have a few more Aces in his deck.

 

[WoodysGirl]

There have been a couple other examples, although not quite the same.

1. Steve Young taking over for Joe Montana who was not ready to retire. Montana played with the Chiefs for a couple of seasons at the end of his career if I remember correctly.

2. Aaron Rogers and Bret Favre where the switch was made before Favre was ready to retire. Favre played with Minnesota and the Jets his last couple of seasons.

3. There was Luck taking over for Manning although they were never teammates and Manning was released when they drafted Luck. Manning of course went on to win a SB with the Denver Broncos.

4. You had Phillup Rivers taking over for Drew Brees, who was released after a severe injury to his throwing shoulder. Brees signed with the Saints and ended up winning a SB with them.


Of course each of these instances were different, but the point is that in most situations like this, the team keeps the young guy and the old guy finishes his career with another team. So will the next entry in this list be that the Cowboys kept Dak and Romo went on to finish his career with another team?

We shall see.

The one thing in common with all those scenarios is that each young QB replacement sat for a couple years.

 

[theebs]

I'm happy that we have someone who brings the following things to the table.

• Leadership through adversity
• An elusive pass first mentality
• The strength of an ox
• A "my way or the highway mentality in the huddle
• Incredible smarts recognizing sets and changing plays at the LOS in his rookie year
• An unshakable mentality
• A propensity to avoid heartbreaking INTs
• A media savvy unheard of for a rookie
• Franchise player written all over his jersey
• The compassionate nature to say all the right things ie "this is Romo's team.. period" (compassion is a landmark quality of a leader imo)
• Moxie
• Moxie
• Moxie
• Again, an innate early ability to avoid breaking my heart
• Says it. Does it.
• Leads by example. . . Simply one of the hardest working guys in the locker room.
• I could go on. . .

Romo possesses many of these same qualities but he is also old as dirt coming off of yet another major back surgery in three years. All things being equal, I continue to ride the hot hand because that hand is our future and it is guiding something special in big D.

except Romo didn't have another major back surgery and you have hated the guy from day 1. Every chance you get you look to flush him. You along with many here blamed him for everything then wanted Kitna to compete with him for his job in 2011 even though Kitna went 5-5 and played horribly at times.

All you guys are gong to get your wish, Romo's career will soon be over. Then you can have your party. But not yet.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I don't know why people really care about players' feelings. I'm a Cowboys fan before a Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, Jason Garrett, Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman, Tony Romo, Emmitt Smith fan. I want what's best for the team. Right now, what's best for the team is Romo's money off the books so we can build a good team around Dak while his salary is still low. That's what Seattle did. This team isn't good enough for Romo or Dak to win.

 

[Daillest88]

I'd love Romo to come back and destroy the eagles.. plus I believe dak would learn Alot on the bench also

 

[BrassCowboy]

Romo is never going to get the credit he deserves outside of Dallas Cowboys circles. The national audience will always remember the botched conversion and lack of playoff appearances, and conveniently forgot the incredible stats, the comebacks and clutch performances. As the QB of the media spectacle that is the Dallas Cowboys, he was never going to get a fair shake.

But that shouldn't be the case in Cowboys circles. We saw the incompetence that was (and is) Jerry Jones - and how it put so much pressure on our best players - Romo, Witten and Ware. (None of the 3 were drafted as one of Jerry's boys, BTW.) We should respect and appreciate these guys - especially Romo. The deck was always stacked against them as Jerry's ego continually handcuffed the team, but they won a lot of football games despite that.

All that to say this: You can want Dak to keep the job AND respect and appreciate the career of Tony Romo.

It's disgusting to see so much of the fanbase turn on Romo for the shiny new toy. I know most of the fanbase is appreciative, but there's a loud and growing minority that's adopting the national, ESPN, TMZ narative on Romo to justify their stance on the current QB situation. Can we stop with that?

I agree with what you say, but this does go both ways and I have seen it. there are fans out there who say "hold the brakes" and just down on anything Dak does out of fear that appreciating his talent somehow means Romo will be relegated to backup duty.

I always liked Romo, and he is a top notch QB. I also absolutely believe we have our future QB in Dak. Whether that happens now or in a year or two is up to what is best for Dallas Cowboys, plain and simple.

 

[Idgit]

I don't know why people really care about players' feelings. I'm a Cowboys fan before a Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, Jason Garrett, Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman, Tony Romo, Emmitt Smith fan. I want what's best for the team. Right now, what's best for the team is Romo's money off the books so we can build a good team around Dak while his salary is still low. That's what Seattle did. This team isn't good enough for Romo or Dak to win.

It's not about players' feelings. It's about being a fan base that appreciates that these are still people we're talking about and that they're working very hard to be as good as they can possibly be at things are are very, very hard to do at a high level. For guys who run 8.5 forties to sit back and anonymously mock a guy's 4.5 while a bunch of other 8.5s pile on because they can is just embarrassing on some level, don't you think?

Breaking a rib, puncturing a lung, and still winning a game earns respect from people who understand how hard those things are to do. It earns a label of 'chicken' or 'old man' from people who do not. Being in the former group, when I see the latter happening, I'm going to point out how little respect I have for those labels.

 

[Bleu Star]

except Romo didn't have another major back surgery and you have hated the guy from day 1. Every chance you get you look to flush him. You along with many here blamed him for everything then wanted Kitna to compete with him for his job in 2011 even though Kitna went 5-5 and played horribly at times.

All you guys are gong to get your wish, Romo's career will soon be over. Then you can have your party. But not yet.

Correction. I've never hated Romo. I've hated the heartbreak I have experienced time & time again due to his untimely turnovers (primarily INTs). That's not hate. It's pain.

 

[Bleu Star]

I just don't understand why there's so much hand wringing over Romo. But I guess that's why I'm not working for the Smithsonian.

 

[clff15701]

Some of you guys must have forgotten the bonehead INTs where Romo tosses the game. Id rather go with the guy who will always be available and doesn't throw picks.

 

[Diehardblues]

I've never understood the emotional attachment to any part of this era. I'm so ready to put the frustration and disappointment behind me .

That's not a slam on Romo. That's a slam on the teams we've had this era .Thats a slam on the leadership this era.

I take no issues with the players . They are simply a product this administration put together.

Romo has been a big part of attempting to keep this team relevant but not great enough to elevate then further. Elevating a 4 win team to 8 win team doesn't excite me terribly.

 

[Craig]

It works both ways.

 

[Craig]

Some of you guys must have forgotten the bonehead INTs where Romo tosses the game. Id rather go with the guy who will always be available and doesn't throw picks.

You'll be forever disappointed. That guy doesnt exist.

 

[Diehardblues]

Furthermore , Romo's elevation of this team this era has masked or disguised our weaknesses and prevented us from hitting rock bottom like in the 5-11 funk which would have brought about more change in our front office and coaching staff .

Romo has allowed Jerry to continue his foolishness on strangeholding this franchise with his insistence of bestowing his football expertise on operations.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Dak can start when he demonstrates he can play at the high level Romo has demonstrated throughout his career or when Romo shows he no longer plays at that level.

Neither has happened yet.

 

[clff15701]

You'll be forever disappointed. That guy doesnt exist.

Romo has a back problem that will never go away. It is what it is. He has been hurt in everygame recently.

 

[Gabe]

Romo is never going to get the credit he deserves outside of Dallas Cowboys circles. The national audience will always remember the botched conversion and lack of playoff appearances, and conveniently forgot the incredible stats, the comebacks and clutch performances. As the QB of the media spectacle that is the Dallas Cowboys, he was never going to get a fair shake.

But that shouldn't be the case in Cowboys circles. We saw the incompetence that was (and is) Jerry Jones - and how it put so much pressure on our best players - Romo, Witten and Ware. (None of the 3 were drafted as one of Jerry's boys, BTW.) We should respect and appreciate these guys - especially Romo. The deck was always stacked against them as Jerry's ego continually handcuffed the team, but they won a lot of football games despite that.

All that to say this: You can want Dak to keep the job AND respect and appreciate the career of Tony Romo.

It's disgusting to see so much of the fanbase turn on Romo for the shiny new toy. I know most of the fanbase is appreciative, but there's a loud and growing minority that's adopting the national, ESPN, TMZ narative on Romo to justify their stance on the current QB situation. Can we stop with that?

There are many times someone will make a FACTUAL post about Romo and people here will go off on them. It bothers me zero, but for example I made a thread yesterday that simply stated "Romo 2015 stats" with his stats listed and a lot of people went off on me.

I don't know why posting something factual with the purposes of debating it is considered wrong in any way. We are just fans and all of us have different opinions. I don't think Romo has accomplished anything of significance other than underachieving with a stacked deck his whole career.

Just my thoughts, I wish nothing bad on Romo, just don't think he is an NFL quality QB.

 

[Craig]

Romo has a back problem that will never go away. It is what it is. He has been hurt in everygame recently.

The cowboys jerseys are blue. Now that we have each spouted off random information, lets go back and address what was actually said.