people who have watched him every single play expect greatness. Ever since the GB game he’s looked a little different on the field. I don’t know what’s causing it, but I think he’ll get it together.

He’s just spoiled us as fans and now we’ll get our wish, when we see BJ for 3 games. I don’t think people will complain about Romo ever again after the BJ Era.

Many times this year, he’s just looked out of it on the sidelines. On the field, he still does the ‘jump into an OL’s arms’ TD celebration, but something just seems off with him.

And I’m not talking about his game. I think he’s fabulous. I’m not far behind Terry in my defense of Romo.

But something isn’t the same…

I think it’s a combination of #3 and #4. The memory of those playoff losses is hard to get past, especially the way the Seattle loss has gone down. He has had meltdown-style games that are scary (although he almost always recovers to get the W – or comes close to it). I think the combination of those bad memories has put the gut feeling in place.

That said, I think Romo is great. Not perfect, but a top QB for sure. I remember what it was like before him. The difference is unquantifiable even vs. Bledsoe, who was the best of the geezer/washout parade that manned the position ever since Aikman retired.

As for mhuff’s comment, I do think Romo is feeling the pressure a little bit this year. It comes with high expectations and being a leader, and honestly, he is the only vocal leader I see on the offense.

but the last few games he has played, he seems to have lost his “spider sense.” Too much standing around in the pocket when he should be rolling out or moving around. This leads to too many fumbles

I sincerely hope that sitting down for a couple of weeks will let the dust settle in his head and he comes back out and plays “his” game, the one that won all of our hearts. He is not Tom Brady and shouldn’t try to be, just keep riffin and be the Tony we love.

I believe he was also the lowest rated QB in the red zone last year. I love Romo, but he needs to settle down and play better in critical situations. The knock on Romo is the same knock that Peyton Manning carried for years – can’t win the big one. Favre had it, too. Eventually they both did, and have gotten and are getting the benefit of the doubt for the rest of their careers. When Tony does it, he will too. Until then, he’ll be criticized. Fair or not, that’s how it works for all QBs, not just Romo.

I personally don’t get everyone’s penchant for dissing Tony Romo. Not only does he produce statistically, but he is an absolute joy to watch on the football field. Sure, there is the occasional goof ball play, but that is part of who he is. I LOVE the gunslinger mentality.

I personally think that as Cowboys fans…we’re spoiled. We have these incredibly high expectations because of the history, and the QB’s that have played for this franchise…no matter what TR does, it sadly will never be enough. Until he wins a Super Bowl, anyway.

I wonder if those people who think Romo is a slouch are waiting for Chad Hutchinson, Drew Henson, Vinny Testaverde, Clint Stoerner, Quincy Carter, Ryan Leaf, or Drew Bledsoe to walk back through the doors of Valley Ranch. Now that was a period of sub-mediocrity for our QB position.

For what it’s worth, I believe it is fate that has made Tony Romo our QB. He is the 9th different QB to start for the Cowboys since Troy Aikman. Troy Aikman wore number 8. Tony Romo wears number 9. As we all know, 8 is followed by 9. The rest of those slouches were just warming the spot for TR.

Get well Romo. You have an arsenal of weapons waiting for you when you get back.

I still don’t get it. If Tony Romo has a few sub-par games, which in my opinion he has, I’m going to say it. Just like I would about any other player. I’ll never look back and say I shouldn’t have criticized Romo. I’m not talking about his career, I’m not saying he’s not an elite QB, and I absoulutely want him as the Cowboys QB, I’m just saying he hasn’t been as good in the past few weeks. I really don’t get what the big deal is on this subject.

He’s not the prototypical height for the position in the NFL, and his line is huge. I think by standing in the pocket more this year instead of moving around, his sight lines have been affected.

Has to do with #2. People watch and listen to too much of the main stream media and those media sources that sensationalize everything. I am sometimes hesitant to talk to self appointed “die hard” Cowboys fans because I often find that most of their knowledge comes from these sources and I feel it can cloud their judgement.

For instance, I was talking to a guy the other night that I have briefly talked Cowboys with before and he was saying that Romo sucks because he turns the ball over too much. Really? I agree that he does turn the ball over and needs to work on it, but the guy was essentially saying that Romo is holding the team back. He either has a short memory or he just reads the sports page on Monday mornings and gets his opinions and information from ESPN.

Hold On To The Football. That’s the golden rule in football. The number one biggest deciding factor in football games is turnovers. You can throw for 300 yards every week, but on the weeks that you hand the ball over to your opponent for easy touchdowns,………you will lose! I love the potential of Tony Romo, but until he can hold onto the football our beloved Cowboys have the potential to lose to anyone, anytime. That’s not how champions are born.

Thats the problem in a nutshell, they expect him to be super human. For example, Grizz points out that he had a few"sub-par" games. Well, I say, what’s sub-par?

His lowest qb rating this season has been 82, which for the vast majority of QBs in the league would be a pretty good day. The remaining games have been 90 or higher. However, because most fans expect such greatness each and every week, when they don’t get perfection, they want to criticize. I just think thats ridiculous. Pointing out he hasn’t won a playoff game is even more ridiculous since he’s only played in 2 so far!

Favre said it the best saying Romo is one of the 5 best players in the league regardless of position, not just QBs and he’s absolutely right and a lot of fans don’t appreciate that fact. He’s the primary reason the Cowboys were considered such a strong SB contender this season and why they won 4 games so far.

Cowboys fans will soon realize just how good he really is when Johnson will be lucky to put up 17 points per game the next few weeks and I’m being generous with 17 points.

So the college kid getting his fingertip cut off doesn’t help our boy this week at all. As usual, ESPN is having a field day with Romo. While I don’t have any links (I could probably get them, but I’m too busy pretending to do work), I was watching SportsCenter this morning and a little NFL Live late last night. NFL Live not only trashed Pacman (deservedly so), but basically called Romo a wuss. As did SportsCenter. I believe the one anchors opening line was something to effect of “Before we get to the ALCS, we’re going to pinky swear not to make fun of Tony Romo’s injury.” Most of them are taking Brett Favre’s phone call and a way of calling Romo out- sort of a “I played with a broken thumb and you’re being a sissy because it’s only your pinky,” comment. I gotta say, I’m pretty freaking pissed…
I want Romo to have the week off. Chill out, let Jessica gorgeous behind give you a nice rub down, watch film, ice the hand. Everyone’s talking about his 30 game streak. I say who gives a damn? Brett’s the ironman for a reason. Cal Ripken didn’t get into the Hall because he was the best third basemen ever (All of Baltimore just started throwing rotten vegetables at my office haha). I don’t expect Romo to play every game for us. After the beating he’s taken in the past few weeks, hell, I want a break for him. We’re lucky it’s just a broken pinky.

Anyways, I have to actually work now, so to avoid any further ranting… ESPN is garbage, or have we already come to that consensus?