That’s why I pointed out that more than half of Romo’s career sacks have been in December. There are more reasons than just Romo for the team’s problems in December, but I think his play is one of the biggies.

But it’s what we have. You can say it’s too early to draw conclusions, but I think a clear pattern has formed. That doesn’t mean that he can’t improve or change the pattern, just that the numbers thus far show a clear trend.

I’m in no way saying that because that is what he has done in the past that is what he must always do. I’m saying that that is what he has done in the past. Until he shows that he can break the pattern, it makes sense to me that people expect him to continue to do the same.

I’m the only person that thinks Romo plays poorly in December? Really? If that were the case, why was this thread started? If that were the case, why does almost every write up about the Cowboys mention Romo’s December problems? Why would you state that his December problems are overblown if I am the only one that thinks they are that bad?

Isn’t your defense of his significant drop off that he has merely regressed? That he has moved back toward the statistical average, and that he plays average against good teams? If he is an elite QB, how is that a defense of his level of play, that he plays about average compared to the rest of the league?

If a quarterback dropped from 125 to 90 for his career, I would consider that a huge drop off, but since the low number is still above average, I would not consider it an implosion. Romo drops from way above average to below average. That’s imploding.

His average rating giving each game equal weight may have been around average against those teams, but his actual rating for the month was 67.89 and the average rating against those 4 teams is 68.4, so he was actually below average against them, even with the outstanding Giants game factored in.

BPS certainly isn’t the only one who thinks Romo’s play implodes in December. I am also in that camp. Once again, it is important to point out that Romo sets such a high standard through Thanksgiving that when he disintegrates in December it is incredibly frustrating.

BPS has done an outstanding job in this thread of stating his position. I will only add that the subjective factors of Romo’s game also take a turn for the worse in December. I see less Leadership from him – more sulking on the sidelines, etc. I see less fire in his game; perhaps the grind of the NFL season wears him out sooner than most. I see poor decision-making in December, both on and off the field.

However, exclusive of the polarizing and uncompromising opinions of Tex and Terry, our collective opinions of Romo aren’t that different. Most bloggers here believe Romo is the Real Deal and are ready to call him our Franchise QB. There is a minority – myself included – that think Romo has needs to improve upon a few things before we are ready to anoint him, but we are excited by the potential and periodic brilliance he has shown to date.

Most importantly, every single on of us wants Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys to succeed. None of us are haters and we are not narcissistic to the point where we would rather see Romo fail so our opinions turn out to be ‘more correct’ than others. This last point gets lost far too often on this blog. We are all on the same team. Far too often, the tone on this board (my posts included) becomes hostile to the point where differing opinions among Cowboy fans make it seem like we are arguing with our hated (but respected) NFC East brethren.

I gave his actual stats. If he throws 8 passes in a game and has a rating of 158.3, but 35+ passes in the other 3 games, and his rating is 50, are you going to say that his average is a reliable indicator of his overall game play? More reliable indicators would be the actual rating for the month or the median rating for the month. Averages for small data sets are unreliable because one number which is vastly different than the others can skew the entire set. In this instance, his rating in the Giant game causes his average to be higher than his actual rating in any of the other games. That doesn’t seem like a fair or accurate assessment of his actual performance for the month, in my opinion.