You’ll get any arguements about Tony’s competitive fire.
If he didn’t have the will and desire….He’d have never gone from being an UDFA
To the starting QB’s of the most recognizable team in all of sports!!!!

I think as part of his maturation process, Tony will be able to walk that fine line between trying to make something out of nothing and just punting and trusting his D. Cowboys fans just need to be patient, not too many QBs become HOF caliber in less than 4 seasons of play and the ones that have had great championship caliber defenses to trust and rely on.

Romo does try and want to do too much because of his extreme competitive nature and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

I’ve kept out of this argument because I think it’s inane. For better or worse, Romo is our QB for the next 2 or 3 years.

There are only a handful of teams that are not looking for their franchise QB, and even then, most know that they have a lesser talent than is necessary to be a championship team. Sure, you can compensate on rare occasions with a great D, a power running game, and even with a better gameplan. But the single most important position to create a great team is with a great QB.

The question is whether Tony Romo is a great QB. I profer that as of today, he’s not.

To me, he’s comparable to Danny White, Randal Cunningham, Jake Delhome, Drew Brees, and even McScabb. Wonderful talents that simply did not take the next step to become a great QB.

Could he? I don’t know. As a passer, he’s shown outstanding potential and production. You cannot dismiss his record or statistics.

But, to me, he’s limited. Like the draft prospects, there is an upside. I think that Tony’s physical limitations (height, bulk, arm strength, and speed) will not change and are less than “ideal”. These can be overcome, and to a great extent, he has.

But his decision-making, leadership, and poise will determine if he ever becomes great. I’m hopeful, under Red Ball’s tutelage, that he can take the next step. I just don’t know if he has the “it” factor that allows one to become great. Whether you call it inner fire, mental toughness, or whatever; Tony needs to develop “it”, or he will forever be good…just not great.

…the moronic mediots — also known as the msm — will merely fuel the fire for one Antonio Romo.

The key will be the big uglies up front giving him the adequate protection that he needs.

I fully expect a bounce back season — with a vengeance — for our Starting QB in 2009.

The 2 greatest QB’s in Cowboy history have both acknowledged Romo’s talent and his potential to improve but have also questioned his desire and leadership.

Big Ben has ball control? He had 15 int’s and 7 fumbles last season. That’s 1 more pick and just as many fumbles as Romo.

that a lot of his mistakes are the result of pressing too hard to make plays. i think if the O line and the running game give him some help, he’ll be fine.

You mean the same Big Ben that had 22 turnovers this year?

It’s funny how a TEAM wins the Super Bowl, and suddenly their QB is the one to be emulated, like Eli last year. What a joke.

Romo will go down in history as one of the THE BEST QB ever to don the silver and blue,and will definitely break every team passing record currently on the books. Get ready for greatness fellas….It is on the way!!!!

1) Dallas’s defense wasn’t NEARLY as bad as some of you make it out to be. The scoring defense is a little bit worse because of the bad situations the offense put them in sometimes, but you can’t lead the NFL in sacks and be a horrible defense.

The diehard defenders of Romo on here will be like “well he doesn’t have a defense to bail him out.” but he doesn’t have swiss cheese either. I mean the defense did force a fumble to give Romo and company a chance to take the lead in the Philly game. They did force a fumble at the start of the Ravens game to give Dallas a quick 7-0 lead.

They aren’t the Steelers yet, but they are an above average defense.

2) That being said, I am reallllly tired of seeing the “I just want to see Romo win games at the end like Big Ben” type of comments. Ummmm he does it all the time. He just hasn’t done in it in the Super Bowl. Giant’s in 2006, huge pass to Jason Witten for the go ahead field goal. Indy of 06, wanting to keep the Colts off the field… hits Fasano and then they kill the clock. Lion’s of 2007, he leads a game winning drive. And he has often been the king of the 2 minute offense, certainly at the end of the first half.

He has his faults, but I like it how people conveniently forget that the guy has won big games… just not playoff games. Green Bay in 07 was supposed to be a playoff like atmosphere and Romo had probably one of the best games of his career.

3) One player didn’t lose an entire season. Give that up. There is plenty of blame to go around. Every game was close enough this year, besides Philly and the Rams, that one play could have changed the entire atmosphere. Romo throwing ints against Baltimore early on, Dallas’s defense letting up an unexcusable third and long on a screen play against Arizona, a ridiculous touched punt that flipped field position in the Pitt game, there was PLENTY of blame.

My solutions for all of this.

1) Winning. I gurantee all of this isn’t an issue if Dallas wins the majority of its games and makes the playoffs.

2) How do you win? Romo cuts down on some of the goofy turnovers, not all of them, because the gambler in him is one of the things that makes him so good, but useless fumbles and INTS in the red zone.

Penalties.

Defense stays in their lanes, and doesn’t give up crazy third and longs.