Same ol' song & dance. Romo will not be starting next year. INT KING

… let’s not forget how many games he’s won us and the Cowboys record since he’s been our starting QB.

Finally, with all due respect, quarterbacks don’t grow on trees, and they take time to groom and learn a new system.

Yes, #9 pissed me off last Sunday night, but I’d rather someone get more strict with him — to get him to improve — as opposed to starting all over again.

And that’s why I say the problem is the head coach.

Speaking of which, isn’t our head coach supposed to be a defensive guru?

to your day job…

Someone needs to write a “Moneyball” for football to educate these fair-weathered hot-tempered knuckle draggers. Romo is not the
problem.

I’ve been complaining about Wade since he’s been here, but he’s not the reason Romo makes bad decisions. Romo makes bad decisions under pressure. Some people can perform under pressure better than others. Other than hard work and skill set, that is what sets apart the top sportsmen and women.

For example, I have a friends on the Asian Pro Golf tour. He has the skill set and hard work put in to make the PGA. He has won many times on the Asian. He chokes too often to make the PGA. Golf especially, is a mental game. He shoots consitently in the mid to upper 60’s in practice.

IMO Romo will never get over the INT’s. This will always plague him.

SQUASH!!!

You are obviously a Romo “lover”. That’s fine, I hope I’m wrong. He will win some games no question. He is too inconsistent to take this team far into the playoffs. It’s just not going to happen. You just showed your IQ of 70 by the way.

You missed my point entirely though. I am not giving a rash, irrational claim here. Romo has been at the helm for 3 years now. He has shown glimses of brilliance but has always shown his ability to lose big games by making too many mental mistakes. Romo right now at 2 games played is eighth in INT"s thrown with a passer rating of 82.4. In 2007 when Dallas went 13-3, Romo was 4th on the list of INT’s thrown with 19. He was better in 2008 with 14, which was pretty good. Romo threw the game losing INT in the Giants playoff loss in 08. Romo lost the game with the botched hold in Seattle 07. I think Romo is a choker and it is backed up by his performances. This is from the Wikipedia on Romo.

“In what became a de facto third playoff game for Romo shortly prior to its start, on December 28, 2008, Romo and the Cowboys failed to compete against the Philadelphia Eagles in a 44-6 loss. Romo committed three turnovers in the game and went 21/39 for 183 yards and no touchdowns. The loss dropped Romo’s combined record in December to 5-8 and again raised questions concerning Romo’s performance in games of consequence.”

like 5 million people have made the same thread before you right after the game.

Clever and original I presume

… Or at least that’s the notion.

Is it really true? For example, let’s say that the Cowboys found a way to win this past Sunday. Would you put all of the weight of the blame for the loss on Manning? In the end the Cowboys gifted the Giants many of their points either directly or on short fields, but they did end up 0 for 4 in red zone sits… Or do you also blame their Defense because they couldn’t stop the run game? Or the game plan? Preparation? Etc.

That’s what happens when we talk Cowboys, the talk is too QB centric… Football = Team Sport… The Defense could have stepped up to help their struggling QB, I’m still waiting for the Defense to show up.

I posted this in another thread, but for anyone calling for us to find another QB, I really encourage everyone to go back and read the Cold Hard Football Facts article on Romo.

[Romo’s] production is not merely good: It’s spectacular.
 
Just 40 starts into his career, Romo is on pace to challenge or even rewrite the records in some of the most important indicators of quarterbacking success. He’s certainly living up to the standards of a franchise that’s been consistently blessed for more than 40 years with some of the best field generals in the game. But not even Dallas legends Aikman, Staubach or Dandy Don put up these kinds of numbers.
 
Romo is still shy of the minimum 1,500 attempts needed to qualify for official NFL records (he’s attempted 1,334 passes). But he’ll reach that milestone some time in October – and when he does he’ll find himself in very elite statistical company.

Here’s some of the cold hard stats:

Passer Rating
After the Bucs game, Romo was #2 in all-time passer rating leaderboard, which takes into account interceptions. #2 all-time! That’s better than Peyton Manning, better than Tom Brady. Maybe he’ll slip back to #3 after laying the egg last night, but still… And Romo isn’t that far back from Steve Young at #1, and if he can manage to clean up his bad decisions some, this season he could become the most efficient passer in the history of the game. Again, that includes factoring in his interceptions. Yet some are ready to look for a replacement after one bad game so far this season? (And oh btw, after the first 2 games, Romo has a better passer rating than Tom Brady so far this season.)

Yards Per Attempt
Romo is #3 all-time in YPA, which is a good indicator of QB quality and team success. Romo is better in YPA than Brady, better than P. Manning, better than every other QB who has played the game except Otto Graham and Sid Luckman. Yet some are ready to look for a replacement after one bad game so far this season?

Victories
Romo is 28-13 overall, with only Brady and Big Ben having a higher win percentage among active QBs. Yet some are ready to look for a replacement after one bad game so far this season? I call that downright crazy.

Look, I’m as upset at anyone about how poorly he played, and that the ball security focus that he was supposedly working on in the off-season obviously needs more focus still. He deserves much of the blame for that loss, and deserves plenty of criticism.

But I think a lot of fans are really overreacting to this one game, especially given that this was against a defense that is rated as one of the best in the league. What he doesn’t deserve is to have so-called fans calling for his head after one bad game.

I still firmly believe he is one of the best QBs in the game, and his numbers above back it up. #2 most efficient passer of all time. #3 YPA all time. #3 win percentage among active QBs. We are extremely fortunate to have him, and would have an extremely difficult time finding someone even close to his talent to replace him. Good QBs are hard enough to find, elite QBs are a rarity indeed. Go look around the league. Our backup QB is better than a lot of the starting QBs in the league.

Now it remains to be seen as the season unfolds, if his season more resembles week 1 or week 2, but it will take a lot more than just one bad game against a very good defense so far in only his third full season as a starter for me to say that Romo is shouldn’t be our franchise QB for many years to come.

This is Romo’s third year at the helm and this is when he should began to be held accountable for some of his mistakes. They should be improving, but really this year will prove that right or wrong. So please if you jump off the boat, jump quietly.

Food for thought…
         Peyton Manning was drafted in 1998. He didn’t win his first playoff game until 2003-2004. Lost in the Wild Card Round twice before he one his first playoff game after his 5th year in the league. Romo is still young and our expectations of his greatness are sometimes so high that we also come down way too hard when he has bad games. Yes, it is time for them to stop happening so often but this is the year we need to see improvement and in week 2 I’m not ready to throw in the towel.

I have a question.

Who do you grab right now and put in his spot?

Kitna? Not if you are wanting people who don’t take risks.

McGee? He isn’t ready.

So who do you just grab off the street and have a better record than Romo?

1-800 DIAL A QB?

It’s not like they are going to make a QB change… this year. So I’m going to reserve my judgement for the rest of the year on how he’ll be. If he rebounds strongly and Dallas pulls a miracle run or even just wins a playoff game, I think he’s good.

Just feels like a well thought out and written “Romo will never win a big game.” post.

I hold true to mine. Just as sure as the blue sky to me. Fact is, Romo does have good stats. He had Witten, T.O., Terry Glenn to throw to so that helps just a bit. Steve Young had Rice & T.O. One thing I will say about Romo last Sunday, he didn’t have much to throw to. These receivers were not open much. That was another one of my “not thought out” posts. This bunch of WR’s cannot get separation against good defenses. Some fans will eat sh$t for their team and say it tastes good. Romo and the WR’s will have some good games no question. They will also have some bad days, what team doesn’t? Until they can beat the upper eschelon teams in big games well, I stand by my opinions. I was a big Romo believer and now I have changed my mind. May thousands more repeat the down on Romo posts!! Hey Tex, I think you may be right.

if you read the post you would see that I never said ‘this year’. I stated next year if Romo chokes again. He’s a choker.

Funny all these defense of Romo posts. If there wasn’t a bit of truth to it, these guys wouldn’t reply back at all. I think they are a bit worried that Romo isn’t the guy.

Last Dallas Cowboys playoff win – 1996 season against Minnesota, 13 years ago

However, it is time to start taking note of these games and counting them against romo. He has all the skills in the world and that’s why so many, like myself, defend him. There is so much potential and prolonged streaks of great play that you are convinced he is a championship QB. This only makes it more deflating when he shows you that sometimes his bad decision making is enough to seriously hurt the teams chance to win. This is true and being his third year its time to start to way the positives and the negatives. But, Romo has shown me enough that I still have faith. If he simply realizes that he doesn’t have to go for every long shot there would be a huge improvement.

That being said, there were other areas where we could have done better on Sunday that Tony Romo could do nothing about…

Defense… could have stepped up at least one time during the last drive. 1st and 20 at the 15 and was there ever a doubt they were going to march down and kick a field goal? They were decent in the redzone but putrid in the open field with those Wideouts. The secondary was miserable. Ken Hamlin was atrocious on some of those long bombs. The young wideouts both bit pretty hard on some of those double moves and showed spotty tackling at best.

Special teams… Felix’s fumble has barely been mentioned but it was gut-wrenching. He just kinda gets bumped and it pops out. That is unacceptable and even though our special team did well on kickoffs, FGs, punts and coverages that one mistake cost them a lot.

The WRs… were really struggling to get open. The Giants played a safety over the top almost all night and the guys didn’t do a great job of working back to the QB to give him a target. That may be play calling and it might be execution. Either way, giants have a decent secondary but, we will probably face even better in the big games late in the year.

all i got to say is yall need to be real… Every Qb throws INTS, he hasnt led the league in int and fumble lost since he has been starting(go look at ben numbers last year) … But i know he is top 5 in every other stat… and he wins… he might not win all the so call “BIG GAMES” but only big game i kno is the superbowl!!! And as far as i know, only PEYTON, ELI, BEN, AND BRADY!!! have won Bowls recently…. So if we dont have any one of them…. there is no other QB i rather have…. and they are not perfect… ROMO WILL BE THE RIGHTFUL STARTER UNTILL HIS CONTRACT IS Up, baring a serious injury, and opposed to the poll espn did, ROMO will win a SB!!!

P.S.
 he doesnt have a denfense like other QB’s do that bail him out of every dumb decision he makes(big Ben)“like humans do”… Instead he has a defense that after you drive up the feild and give your team a 31-30 lead even with patrick crayton dropping balls as he did in playoffs" year we went 13-3 wit romo and beat giants 2 games, but because of slippery finger recievers" Owens-Crayton" and slippery tacklers who let Jacobs run wild and lost" the defense could have stepped up… i dont care if they did good for 3 quarters, and the giants wouldve have been in the game if romo didnt make bad passes, and ball bouncing off all pros… ive seen defenses allow no Td’s in a whole game , so its not all of him…. So if romo is not starting next year, our defense should have a new look too, they have been top 5!!!!

P.S.S

we shoud have kept Roy W. and Roy E. is a beast!

Good observastions on the WR’s. I saw that in the playoff loss to the Giants in 07. Separation is key and will help Romo’s INT percentage. Romo was not throwing very accurate on Sunday night. Most of all his throws were on the receivers back shoulder. I also noted that he was throwing off balance quite a lot of plays. He wasn’t planting his feet and was throwing off his back foot. The ball sails or floats.

Don Ye,

I hear you. I hope you’re right that Romo will win a SB! I also know that if we did get another QB to start next year that it’s a lot like starting over but at some point Romo needs to be more conservative. When have you EVER seen Romo throw the ball away to save a sack or get rid of the ball because of coverage? Not very often.

Dallas’ defense is playing worse than Romo just for the fact that they are 30th in the league and had two terrible games to Romo’s one. Very dissapointing.

It’s not all about the coach or GM. It is a combination of everything. The recipe has to be just right. The right kind of head coach and staffing, the right talent scouts, talented starters and backups that have the right coachable mind-set. Then after all that, teams need to be healthy going into the playoffs.