..a seat next to Tex in Tex’s new suite. Unfortunately neither of you will be able to enjoy the game because of your intense but opposite feelings towards Romo will have you bickering all day.

wait another year or two.

i think he does have potential but can he ever give us 16 games?

We traded for the rights to Drew Henson AND Chad Hutchinson (who both tried baseball first), didn’t we? I know we got one of them from the Texans for a third rounder but I am forgetting which one it was. That would seem to fall in this category. Obviously neither one worked out.

The tricky thing with “innovative” personnel moves is that, while they can pay big rewards, they have a MUCH lower success rate. Antonio Gates (converted basketball player) is much rarer than Matt Jones (converted QB, apparent bust), Eric Crouch (converted QB, definite bust), etc. For all the talk of how GMs/coaches love guys who are just “football players” or “athletes” like Antwaan Randle El, Troy Smith, Kordell Stewart, and potentially Tim Tebow in the near future, the low risk move is to pick a guy who is excellent or at least competent at his chosen position. Upside is enticing, but there is something to be said for reliability as well. Gambles or “innovative” moves are important but need to be taken rarely and with care.

First, we really run a 3-4/4-3 hybrid right now. So I think worrying about slotting us into one scheme too concretely or “classifying” our defense in the way we often do here is probably a mistake.

Second, I’d be very worried doing anything to mess with a guy who just had a 20 sack season, and I’ve seen nothing to indicate that Kevin Burnett can be a Will LB in a 4-3. I guess he’d have a chance at adjusting, but why make 4-5 of our defensive starters learn new positions? I also don’t think we have much in the way of true 4-3 DTs. We’ve got Rat as our penetrator, but Canty and Spears haven’t shown me much to indicate they’d be good 4-3 NTs. I guess it’s possible they would be, but who knows? Again, why take the risk? We’ve got an excellent 3-4 coordinator as our head coach, and we’ve got pretty good front 7 personnel for the 3-4 base scheme. Why make the chance? Out of boredom?

I really miss Parcells’ press conferences. He always had some nuggets in them.

When we were converting to a 3-4, one of the things he talked about is how tough it is/was to find 4-3 ends. Guys who are big enough to bang with offensive tackles 60-70 plays a game while still having the quickness to rush effectively. Tuna went on to say that its much easier to find 250-260 pound guys to play OLB in the 3-4.

Its the “planet” theory that he talked about when he was with the Giants. There are only but so many people on the planet who are so big, so strong, so fast, and at a certain age. There are more guys in the 260 pound range with the needed attributes than 300 pounders.

Parcells talked about how a guy Ware’s size would get worn down playing across from an OT the whole game. He’s giving up 50+ pounds. Can a Ware-type take on an OT 30 times a game? Yes. Can they do it effectively 60 times? No.

There are a lot of problems on this team. The 3-4 scheme is not one of them. If I’m not mistaken, a 3-4 team just won the Superbowl.

Well I guess you should blow the entire thing up and hope to get a QB better than the one who has a pretty damn good career record.

It’s amazing to me that there have been games where Romo has played tough, the Giants game this year, the Philly game, Pittsburg game(even though they lost.), and yet now he has the moniker of this terrible gutless QB.

I mean was Kurt Warner heartless when the Jets beat the hell out of Arizona in the regular season?

Or was it that they were out executed and just plain outplayed?

And where is this veteran that would force Romo to the bench?

You going to find that Bill Parcells dial up a QB number?

And how is it that you know that there are 500 QBs that would have won a playoff game with the Cowboys over the past three years? Tim Tebow…Rex Grossman..Brady Quinn?

Come on, you really think that? You honest to God think that al those QB’s that you just named are better than Romo?

And technically I don’t believe Tony has ever gone out with Tila Tequila, Tex.

Ben and Kurt both looked good last night.. 370+ yds vs Pitt D Kurt Warner is the deal..

Kurt and Ben both should be in the HOF.

Ben 26 with 2 rings, man..

I think I can safely dismiss anyone’s analysis who sites Tebo as having NFL credentials at the QB position.

Romo in his first 15 starts threw for 4,149 yards. That is the second best start in NFL history.
It a team game… You know, a team. Ever heard of that? A QB kind of needs some form of pass protection to succeed in the NFL. If you honestly think that Testaverde would have done better behind this season’s o-line, you might want to consider analyzing another sport. Maybe go back to checkers and stay away from chess.

But I’d really like the country to remember that the Steelers sucked for 70 years, 70 years of worse football than the Cardinals.

I really like Miller as a LATE round pick. He’s a hard worker, and really over achieved at Texas.

you think picks come to often now, wait tell our QB actually throws just as many INTs and TDs

because Romo is like 1000 times better than Anderson, its not even close. You know you suck when Brady Quinn puts your ass on the bench.

with Derek Anderson?

The same Anderson who had a shot to make the playoffs two years ago and then bombed it against Cincy?

So you want to replace one guy who you say can’t win a playoff game, to another guy who hasn’t made the playoffs?

That makes perfect sense.

Derek Anderson was dead last in the NFL in bad decision percentage in 2007 amongst starting QBs. I know you fear statistics, but check them out some time.

 Colin Cole, Packers. Age: 28.
A monstrous defensive tackle weighing 330 pounds, Colin Cole played in all 16 games but didn’t log a start.

…besides. you were one of those oops players yourself weren’t you Kordell? As far as Palmer’s 40 time, I’ve seen it all over the boards and to be fair, I took the slowest one I found. However, he is said to have good ball skills and I think I read where he picked off a couple of passes during 7 on 7 drills before the Senior Bowl. He’s a big guy for a safety and I saw him as an Adrian Wilson (Cardinals) type guy who can play deep but also give us run coverage. Thong hasn’t really given us much of either lately and Hamlin hasn’t impressed me with his whiff tackles near the line. I think the guy probably will end up being a FA and therefore worth a shot.

I just like Mitch King. I like his motor and his heart, like a poor mans Chris Long. I also like the idea of changing the paradigms of the game by having a guy like that playing behind a Ron Brace and Jay Ratliff and making opposing RBs disappear. I dout if it plays out this way but this is the fun time, to just play, what if….

you’ve probably lost count how many times it’s gotten you laid right?

definately not being sarcastic

atleast you’re actually trying to state a legitimate opinion in there somewhere though, so kudos for that

That you need someone to push Romo, but I think your overestimating the talent or whatever of this team.

And I don’t think you can judge a QB by him getting juked out by a CB.