Even though your post wasn’t directed at me, I will respond to a few of your points:

"As bad as Romo played, without him we have nothing. Kitna is NOT the answer" Well, you are probably correct in that Kitna is not the long-term answer. However, when Romo is playing like he did Sunday evening, there is a reasonable chance that Kitna would give us a better chance to win that particular game. But you are missing the bigger point. Benching Romo isn’t about winning that particular game. It is about sending a message in no uncertain terms that his continued gunslinger, devil-may-care approach to playing the game must change.
  
"Tony can definitely improve, but let’s be realistic here. He is never going to sit on the bench, and benching him would only make him worse I think." If you are correct in that "Romo would never sit on the bench and that benching him would only make him worse" ….well, that is a very valuable piece of information. I certainly don’t want the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys to be so mentally immature, fragile and insecure that he won’t stand for sitting on the bench. There is huge value in seeing his reaction to being benched. Does he pout, blame others and go crying to Jerry Jones and the media? Would he even care at all? Or does he man up, admit he is wrong, finally get it through his thick skull that his current style of playing quarterback is a losing proposition, and set out to change.

Can you imagine the media scrutiny? It would out anything T.O. has ever done to shame. That’s the quickest way to make your team completely uncomfortable and start worrying about answering Romo bench questions every single day multiple times instead of preparing for the next opponent." Well, it worked for the Eagles last season and has worked for many teams in the past. Are you saying the Cowboys are so poorly run and are comprised of players who are so distracted by other things that they couldn’t even manage to focus on the task on hand? If you are, that is also pretty damning analysis. Again, there is huge value to seeing how the team reacts. This has been a very unfocused and mentally weak team over the past years. Upsetting the apple cart and then closing ranks to bring the team together might be a huge plus. Or, if the team falls completely into disarray, then management knows for sure that wholesale changes are needed next offseason.

“Relax. If you don’t like Romo, find a new team, because he’s not going anywhere.” First, I’m so sick of bloggers thinking their opinions are so correct that anyone who disagrees with them or offers constructive criticism isn’t worthy of being a fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Cheering for a particular team is a personal choice…having the chutzpah to tell another blogger who you almost certainly have never met to go find another team is rude, arrogant, condescending and childish. Second, unless you are Jerry Jones posting under a double secret name, you simply cannot know that Romo isn’t going anywhere. If his play continues to degrade, he may very well be playing for another team next season.

Finally, a few comments of my own. It is disappointing that a significant number of bloggers are still rationalizing and accepting of the way the team in general, and Tony Romo in particular, plays. Sunday night didn’t change or reveal a doggone thing. This pattern of inconsistent play has been consistent since the day Tony Romo took over for Drew Bledsoe. It wouldn’t be surprising at all to see Romo come out and have a huge game next weekend. But nobody should be fooled by that. Likewise, nobody should be surprised when Romo turns in a few more of these clunkers before Thanksgiving and then really falls apart when the playoff run sets in come December. That is the consistent pattern we have seen and there really isn’t a logical reason to think it is going to change anytime soon. The huge structural problem of how Tony Romo plays the position of quarterback remains the same.
  
The author of this fan post commented on the brilliant play by Sanchez last weekend. How very true. Sanchez, Matt Ryan, Flacco…….rookies and first year players who understand how to play quarterback in the NFL far better than Tony Romo, who has had seven seasons (seven!) to figure this game out. Romo is about gaudy stats and maximizing his media exposure. His laid back camera personality with that awe-shucks attitude and ridiculous hat on backwards screams unprofessional and immature. News flash to Tony: you’re not in college anymore…..you’re all grown-up! Well at least all grown-up physically. It’s time to grow up mentally and stat acting like a mature man and a leader.

The other quarterbacks I mentioned above are about winning. And that really gets down to the most basic problem of all: Tony Romo isn’t a winner. He is an exciting player to watch and has a ton of ability, all of which I could care less about. I want the Dallas Cowboys to win playoff games and win Super Bowls. There are a host of quarterbacks out there who would give Dallas a better chance of that happening this season. Unfortunately, none of them are currently on our roster so we are indeed stuck – yes, stuck – with Romo for the remainder of 2009. I hope Jerry Jones has ordered his scouting department to make the quarterback position Priority Number One this college football season, with all other areas of focus a distant second.

I think that is the concern. You saw a good effort derailed by sloppy QB play. IF one of those turnovers ends up a FG, the Cowboys win the game.

I still have confidence in Romo based on past performance. But if this continues, perhaps Kitna will give the Cowboys a better chance to win.

He benched McNabb cause McNabb was playing awful football. When Romo plays so bad we tie the Bengals because of our pathetic passing offense, I will be all for benching him.

and seriously. Your bias against this guy is so ridiculous obvious, you always see the negatives when it comes to Romo. In the seattle game, he made as big a mistake as any player could make…did he emotionally collapse? no, he came back stronger. DId his play decline in early 2008 after the Cabo criticism garbage? no.

Romo is sure as heck going through a tough time right now. Hes had as many bad games in last last 6 as he did in his first 35 or so. You’re just gonna give up on him? Thank god owners don’t let their fans run the team.

but it depends on the qb…we really have no idea how Romo would react….but if we see early hes having one of those games, I wouldn’t complain if Wade tried it for a series.

Although we see time and time again with this team that when the offense plays well, the D struggles and vice versa

It was ill advised and should not even been called….The game is to be leading when the clock runs out…….we had the lead, the ball, momentum, and the ponies in the stable to ride out the whole 4th quarter clock……

You simply do not allow the game to come down to a low percentage play where it takes a perfect pass to complete. You’re ahead, not behind. Unless Hurd is WIDE open and I mean by at least 5-7 yards, you cannot, under those game circumstances, make that throw.

You check it down, hit someone in the flat, and take your 5 yards. That’s what being a running team means.

Also, when you’ve been highly inaccurate all night, you can’t try to make perfect throws at all.

To get Romo is a groove. Every pass play in this offense is downfield. Use the short passign game when Romo is off like that. He’s got on read, throw to the back or throw it out of bounds.

Or quick slants maybe?

Three steps and throw.

Lots and lots of them. It helps us win football games.

when exactly was ryan leaf 28-12 as a starter?

before the ‘08 season, but come on. The guy is good and he’s proved it. They weren’t trying to hide him at all, they just ran the ball, which is what you have to do to win late in the year. It’s also what we should be doing.

I’d sit him if you can.

weird season

and then can’t. Barber has the same injury Stephen Jackson had last year and that kept him out for a month. Besides, if there are lingering effects in Barber’s quad, he is no use to us. The quad is one of the most vital muscles to a running back and if Barber is lacking burst, he sucks. We saw that last year when he tried to come back from his toe injury, as 5Blings alluded to.

Plus it’s dumb to rush him back considering we have two great backs in Felix and Choice. Hell, Felix could easily be the best back on our team, and this is his time to prove it.

I can criticize him when needed….and right now he deserves to be criticized… point blank…..He does not need to be the focal point of this offense for it to work….execute the basics…plain and simple….I put more blame on Garrett and Wilson than anything.