No Respect
by RomoCop on Feb 5, 2012 2:19 AM CST
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Hey, it's been awhile since I've posted been working my butt off, and haven't had too much time to post. But I really felt the need to step up and defend our Quarterback, Tony Romo.
I guess the majority of the public think Tim Tebow is a better QB and more deserving of a award that is centered around your toughness, and unwillingness to quit. I am sorry, throwing a couple lucky passes, and running for a TD is not as impressive or hardcore as playing through a broken rib and leading your team back from a ten point deficit on the road, and tossing a bomb to a reality show WR despite the pain. The one thing that Tony deserved this year, whether it's an empty award or not, was the GMC Never Say Never moment of the year. And he couldn't even get that. Tebow had a huge hand from his stout D, and his excellent kicker in Matt Praeter who kicked the field goals to win half of Tebow's miraculous comebacks. No one in their right mind should even consider Tebow's slow release, and awkward mechanics as qualities of a great or even decent NFL quarterback. His attitude and respect for the game on the other hand I admire. But his QB option schtick won't last past this year. But everyday I keep back this burning desire to slap the white out of his teeth. Never has such a lame QB gotten this much hype. I mean no. 19 on the the NFL all pro team? Really? I can name many QBs who are miles better than holy one, and one of them happens to be Tony Romo. But now that Tebow has a playoff record 1-1 he gets showered with praise. It seems the epic beatdown that the Pats put on the Broncos is an afterthought. Tim Tebow is the future of the NFL. Did Roger Goodell steal a time machine and create a paradox?
Romo gets all the abuse, and most of the blame for every loss this team has had during his tenure. Phillip Rivers has choked in the big stage numerous times and gets a pass almost all of the time. Romo's failures aren't nearly as bad as PR's in my opinion. I don't buy this I made to the AFC championship at least BS. If you make it to the title game two years in a row, and lose, you failed. (Pay attention Dirty Sanchez fans..) I firmly believe if Tony got to the NFC title game he'd bring his A game only to have his defense or coaching screw him over yet again. This man is a warrior. He plays tough, and he brings it. This accepted mentality of him "choking" when it counts is a fallacy. He leads all quarterbacks in fourth quarter passer rating(Yes even the "Unstoppable" Eli Manning and his citizen echo watch..) He ended this season with a ludicrous 102.2 passer rating for the season, He passed for over 4000 yards with 31 TDs, and 10 Ints, and he lead his team to come from behind victories 4 times this season. If anything his team chokes more often than he does. He always gives the team a puncher's chance to win on sundays. And another thing, Stats do matter. If your QB has crappy stats your team's chances of winning aren't too high. Unless you're Tim Tebow..ARGHHHH! God help me, I hate your creation..Tebow's success has just screwed up an age old status quo for NFL QBs if you put up great stats you've got what it takes to win in the playoffs and beyond. Having a top 10 defense to cover up your QB's warts helps a lot too.(I.E. Alex Smith) and yes the Cam Newton's of the NFL world are fun to watch, but did you see his performance in the Pro Bowl?(Ugly is putting it lightly.) As long as Romo continues playing at a high level, our chances of competing for Super Bowl are much greater. So keep padding those stats Mr. Romo.
The biggest pain in my bum is that Romo gets absolutely no respect for the numerous times he has put his body on the line his team. How he single handedly kept this mediocre team in contention for at least a playoff berth nearly every year he's been under center. How he put together his best season behind an offensive line with some serious growing pains, gimpy wide receivers, a carousel of running backs, a defense that implodes when it counts the most, and despite all of that he took the team on his back willed this team to an 8-8 record. Sure, he made a few mistakes, but after that debacle against Detroit(Why no blame on the offensive line's inability to tackle, and L-Ron's faulty route running? Or the Defense folding?) he played the best football I have ever seen him play. And what's really sad is that all of that effort, the blood, the sweat, and the pain that he and only a handful of others(I.E. Sean Lee, D-Ware, Jay Ratliff, Mike Jenkins) played through was all for naught. A playoff berth literally got lost in the lights.
While QBs like Tebow have a solid Defense, and excellent special teams winning most of their battles for them, and they get all the credit. It's like the complete opposite of the spectrum. Tebow gets the glory. Romo get to kiss the goat. I mean even when he lead his team to their first playoff win in 13 years back in 2009, he didn't get all of the love that Timmy is getting after knocking off a beaten down Steelers team in OT. In fact most people seem to have just forgotten that Romo has even won a playoff game.
Tony has done all he can. He's been playing like a top 10 QB every year he's been a starter, making a subpar offensive line look like it's pro bowl worthy, turning other team's trash(Laurent Robinson) into treasure, catching multiple errant snaps from a high school center, and playing the part of both houdini and coach at the same time. How many more rabbits does he have to pull out of his hat to impress the NFL and it's fans? Whether you like him or not, he is a very special talent. Not very many QBs can make the throws that he makes look easy week after week. I think he's done more than enough to earn the respect of his peers. So what if he fumbled away a snap a few years ago(A snap he shouldn't have been holding in the first place...I still think BP's conservative gameplan lost that game..) and had a man named Crayton drop a walk in TD, or an offensive line made out of swiss cheese. He's one of the best Quarterbacks in the league right now, and he's getting the pass for mid tier talent like Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, and Matthew Stafford. I mean it's gotten so bad lately, that even professional draft scouts are picking Ryan Tannehil over him already.
I am tired of preaching to the choir, and seeing games where Romo plays lights out only for his defense, or coaching to let him down. It gets to the point now that sometimes I think he would be better off on another team. I haven't seen a fanbase diss a QB as badly as we do. Every year it's "We can't win with Romo", along with the chants of "Blame Jerry." We should get on our knees and thank god everyday that we have Tony as our field general and not Jimmy Clausen. If Tony was on the Ravens on the Jets the past few years he would have already have a ring or two on his finger. It's an impossible and fruitless task to ask the doubters and haters to give the man credit where credit is due, but I hope I can at least see the front office make some moves and prevent the next set of toe tags to be labeled T.Romo.
So show some respect Mr. Jones and give Romo a reason to stop running for his life. At least give him a decent chance to get King Kong off his back. Get a real center in FA, and a top G. And if you still got some money left over get Cliff Avril or Paul Solai to bring some pass rush in to cover up that glaring hole in the secondary. As for the draft pick up problem child Janorius Jenkins or blue chipper David DeCastro, and hope to find some talent in the later rounds. No need for big trades on draft day. If this team wants to get back on the saddle it needs to stop spending money on tinker toys and buy an erector set. And if we can do that we might get teams to start respecting us, instead of looking at us as pretty boys playing in a giant sandbox with a superstar QB from Cabo.
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thanks for posting this. Romo deserved that award hands down and no one even came close. Let’s see, both teams came back from being down 10 points and ended up winning in overtime by 3. Ok so both comebacks were of the same nature and gravity. So who toughed it out more to say never say never. Tebow did it with 100% health. Romo had to leave the game, comes back and does it against a team that wouldn’t lose again until Thanksgiving and with a fractured rib and punctured lung.
Yeah, I don’t see the contest there. But hey, the way I see it, not everyone agrees with the winner, but everyone agrees with the nominees. Actors, directors and movies themselves still get accolades for “Academy Award Nominee”, as the winner is usually the result of some kind of biased opinion in some way.
In closing, in my eyes Demarco Murray, Tony Romo and Demarcus Ware are all winners tonight (along with all of the other nominees). I would like to see another team with that many different nominees on one team. Good job Cowboys, keep it up and keep improving and getting better. Looking forward to next season.
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious." –Vince Lombardi
Excellent Post RomoCop
While I agree with you in that the award is basically meaningless, it would have been nice to see Tony get the credit he deserves….
Hopefully The Yuglies will grow up some more in the Offseason, and provide him with the time needed to kick this Offense into top 5 status….
Here’s a theoretical play from 2010: Snap. Tony takes 7 step drop. Tony looks left at Miles, who is doubled, and looks right to where Roy Williams should be…but instead sees Colombo on his back and a Defensive End foaming at the mouth jumping over Marc’s carcass. Tony proceeds to run like hell and look for Witten
-by CotySaxman on Jul 11, 2011 7:50 AM PDT
Now, if somebody doesn’t agree with that, that’s cool. I also don’t agree with the fact that I don’t have $10 million in my bank account. But the fact that I don’t agree with it doesn’t make it any less true.
by One.Cool.Customer on Dec 23, 2010 12:00 AM PST
I don't care about the award, but I wanted to point out a couple of things.
Matt Prater’s accuracy was 76% on 25 attempts. Dan Bailey’s accuracy was 86.5% on 37 attempts. Our kicker was more accurate and used more often than Denver’s.
Denver D was 20th in yardage and 24th in scoring. Dallas D was 14th in yardage and 17th in scoring. Our defense was more stout than Denver’s in both yardage and scoring.
I think Romo deserves credit for playing through injury and being a very, very good QB, but it gets tiresome to see the rest of the team constantly slighted by fans to build him up.
by Baked Potato Soup on Feb 5, 2012 3:06 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Just curious. Does it bother you as much that Romo gets an inordinate amount of blame
for team losses? I don’t recall you defending him when the negativity starts. You make an effort to correct every post that gives him too much credit; I don’t recall you doing the same when the opposite happens. But maybe my memory fails me on that.
It IS a team game, but how much of the bad stuff gets blamed on the TEAM when there’s a difficult loss? I’ll say it again, the fact that Romo gets support here is refreshing, give that he gets so little from Cowboys fans and media elsewhere.
We’ve already agreed that arguing that Romo did what he did this year singlehandedly is nonsense. No one wins or loses singlehandedly. Nonetheless, is it hard to understand why some folks might be tired of watching Romo get the snot beat out of him, figuratively speaking, for the bad stuff, even bad stuff that isn’t his fault, but then have to see the good stuff overlooked? I understand the frustration.
Without Romo we would have..
Been a top ten draft pick. Maybe even a top 5! I hate it when people blame Tony for a loss that was clearly defensive! But I see both of your points!
"Fear the Star" -A WISE Man!
by mho on Feb 5, 2012 11:59 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
It's just a common thing I see here about Tebow vs Romo
Look, Romo is a better pure QB than Tebow. Everyone knows that. But for this year, Tebow was able to bring something to the game that was different and remarkable. And there is also something appealing about the guy off the field. I’m pretty sure that he won’t see similar results next year, similar to how the wildcat is not the weapon that it briefly was. But for this year, he brought something unique and special to the game.
I can understand why non-Tebow fans would be annoyed by his coverage, but the Broncos team was not better than ours. There were certain players that stood out, but we have standout players, too. The article claims that Tebow coasted on his great D and kicker, and the fact is that neither of those were all that great. If that’s what people mean when they say Romo needs a better supporting cast, then the fact is that he already has a better supporting cast.
Romo has been around longer, so he doesn’t have the novelty of Tebow or Stafford. He’s not a Super Bowl winning QB, so the media isn’t going to treat him like one. It wouldn’t make sense for the Dallas media to cover other team’s QBs more than they do the local one, just like I don’t see articles dissecting Romo and the Cowboys in my local Florida papers. I feel like Romo got a great deal of positive press this year for playing through injury and for his play in the last half of the season. Not every person in the world is going to support every player, though. I feel like a lot of this supposed Romo disrespect is either imagined, manufactured, or carry over from past years or earlier in the season. Sometimes it seems like any other QB getting any respect is taken as disrespect towards Tony, which is just bizarre to me.
by Baked Potato Soup on Feb 6, 2012 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice comment.
Sometimes it seems like any other QB getting any respect is taken as disrespect towards Tony, which is just bizarre to me
Well, in this instance, people are upset that a pretty heroic performance
by Romo was overlooked in favor of a player who is just doing what any QB is expected to do. They’re entitled to their opinion, and I agree with them. Tebow exceeds expectations, which are very low, so he receives attention and accolades, while a superior player gets jeered. You continue to ignore my point that, whatever goes on here, there is a lot of derision directed at Romo in the press, by fans, particularly Cowboys fans, etc.
I kind of resent this at this point:
I feel like a lot of this supposed Romo disrespect is either imagined, manufactured, or carry over from past years or earlier in the season.
Are you arguing that every person who feels defensive about Romo is simply delusional? Would you like me to start providing links? I can do it. The fact that over the course of a few games, the criticism of Romo eased back (somewhat) doesn’t make up for years of what some feel has been unfair treatment, particularly since it started up again once Manning became the hero du jour. Have you not seen any of the articles bringing up Romo, as if there are no other QBs in the league to compare unfavorably to Manning? I’m sure you’ll argue that it’s inevitable since the Cowboys got beat by the Giants; that doesn’t change the fact that it’s happening.
Romo has been around longer, so he doesn’t have the novelty of Tebow or Stafford. He’s not a Super Bowl winning QB, so the media isn’t going to treat him like one.
Of course. This I agree with. Not sure what that has to do with the original post regarding a particular honor some folks here thought Romo should have. Is it a big deal in the greater scheme? Nope, but it is what it is.
It wouldn’t make sense for the Dallas media to cover other team’s QBs more than they do the local one, just like I don’t see articles dissecting Romo and the Cowboys in my local Florida papers. I feel like Romo got a great deal of positive press this year for playing through injury and for his play in the last half of the season.
Not sure what your point is here. Perhaps you don’t read anything but BTB or the Florida papers and have been sheltered from the sources I’m talking about? Most folks, as far as I know, are talking about the screed they read in the Dallas press, what they see on the ESPN website, on ESPN, the NFL Network, and so on. I’ve discussed this elsewhere; Phil Simms evidently believes Romo is singled out in an unusual way. I can provide you the discussion he had with Warren Sapp asking why Romo is scrutinized more unfavorably than any other QB in the NFL. All Sapp could say was that Romo is the QB of the Cowboys. QED. Yes, Romo got some positive press, as you say. I suppose some of the people who defend Romo (and I’m not talking about the extremists like Terry), are sort of like kicked puppies. At this point, they cringe even when the boot isn’t coming. A couple of months of less negative press doesn’t change years of habit. It also doesn’t make those who defend Romo delusional.
By the way, are you at all disturbed by all the talk about how Manning "carried" his team this year. How they couldn’t have won without him? The same talk about Romo drives you nuts, so I was just wondering.
Honestly, I don't read many articles on the Giants.
I don’t know that much about their team and for the most part, I couldn’t care less. It bothers me when people say that they didn’t deserve the title, or that they aren’t good or that Eli isn’t good, because I think the evidence and results say otherwise. It would seem like their pass rush is being given as much or more credit than Eli, at least from reading this site.
For every recent article that you can link, I can link one too. You can count only the negative ones, or you can take the big picture. After reading your earlier post, I checked ESPN Dallas myself and the 2 articles I saw about Romo were praising him: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4689950/cowboys-position-series-quarterbacks-2
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4689969/cowboys-to-win-it-all-in-super-bowl-xlvii
The last article that I remember seeing on NFL.com about Romo was something about Eminem saying how good Romo is.
Phil Simms, is saying how good Romo is, Trent Dilfer is saying it, Troy Aikman is saying it, ESPN Dallas guys are saying it; that’s CBS, NBC, ESPN, and Dallas writers.
by Baked Potato Soup on Feb 7, 2012 12:36 AM CST up reply actions
Oh, I can provide more and better links on good things said about Romo (that
second one is kinda lame, BPS). They do not exceed the bad ones. Moreover, if we’re going to talk about fans on BTB, then it’s fair to talk about what fans say on other websites, and overwhelmingly, what they say is atrocious. It would take me hours to provide all of those links.
I’m not interested in getting into another pissing match over this, because in the end, it doesn’t matter what you or I say. But you’re wrong that I don’t have the big picture; I seek out positive articles about the Cowboys, including Romo. I’m a Cowboys fan; I don’t want to read unrelentingly negative things about them, so, I’m not just cherry picking the bad stuff. But the bad stuff exceeds the good and has for a long time. A few articles over the last few weeks doesn’t change that. That said, if the tide is turning, awesome. I’d love to able to read articles on the DMN without cringing or feeling like I have to somehow balance the stupidity I read there and elsewhere because it offends my sense of fair play.
It really sounds like you're seeking them out to me.
You know that the DMN loves articles slagging the Cowboys, yet you still go there looking for Cowboys news.
The only Cowboys fan websites where I read the comments are this one and Cowboys Nation. I find that internet comments only serve to make me even dumber on most sites, no matter what the subject.
When I see certain people wrote an article, I take their biases into account before deciding whether to read it, and then how seriously I want to take it.
I know that second article was lame, but it was what I found mentioning the Cowboys and Romo. The team was 8-8 and missed the playoffs. They aren’t going to get much press through the playoffs, and they shouldn’t.
by Baked Potato Soup on Feb 7, 2012 8:01 PM CST up reply actions
Nope. Like I said, I read all sorts of things. I just told you that I do seek
out positive articles; I’m not a masochist (except maybe when I do read comments on most of these sites), and I’d much rather read the good than the bad, but not infrequently, the bad overwhelms the good. I want to read about the Cowboys, and I don’t necessarily need or want everything filtered for me by BTB. I’m a big girl, and I can make up my own mind. If you do a Google search, and I do them quite often, you’re going to see all kinds of headlines; sometimes, I’m just plain curious to know what’s in the articles. I read national press and local press. I listen to the radio. I watch the sports shows. I don’t have time to do it constantly, but I keep up. I’m not going to be an ostrich and wait for articles that blow sunshine up my como se llama. As a result, I get a pretty good sampling of what’s being said about my team.
Oops, forgot this:
As for reading comments, yeah, I often need brain bleach afterwards. But sometimes I want to take the temperature, so to speak, and I look. Like I said, I’m not going to hide out from what’s being said. Thank heavens for BTB, or I would think the Cowboys had the most moronic fanbase in the world. Well, there are morons here, too, but they get more than balanced out by the thinking human beings.
BTW, and I swear, I'm not trying to pick on you, but I find it a little
ironic that you’re telling those of us who think Romo still gets undue criticism to get over it because he’s had some good press for a couple of months, but you wrote the other day that you still cringe when Romo heaves up the kind of bombs Dumb Face was throwing the other day. Why do you cringe? Romo had a great second half of the season and threw very few INTs and none in December. Hell, he threw fewer INTs than Manning this year. So, are you just manufacturing drama in your head when you’re still wincing and saying “No, Tony” when Romo cranks it up? I’m saying this a little tongue in cheek, but get over it!. :)
You must admit that Romo changed his style this year.
He rarely puts up that type of pass since the Detroit game. I’m pretty sure that’s a huge reason why his INT numbers were so much better this year, particularly toward the end of the season.
by Baked Potato Soup on Feb 7, 2012 7:54 PM CST up reply actions
Not that I necessarily agree on this supposed change to his style, but
if that’s true, then even less reason for you to say “Oh, Tony” and cringe, right?
No, more reason.
He doesn’t typically make that play anymore since the Detroit game. He would instead go to a closer target or throw it away. If I saw him revert to that style of play, I would fear for similar results as when he has done that type of thing earlier in his career.
I’m not talking about every time he throws deep, I’m talking about that specific type of play, where the QB is spinning around and shuffling and then just heaves it up. When Romo does it, I am much more dreading that it will turn out poorly for the Cowboys than I am expectant of a big play.
by Baked Potato Soup on Feb 9, 2012 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
Meh, you know what? Never mind. If you want to remind people that no one wins or
loses alone, that’s fine. It’s fair. Hopefully, you’re doing the same kinds of posts when everyone says that Romo lost a game singlehandedly.
Hopefully this next season Jones and Co. will have given Tony some key players that are more like him.
Then after being the winning Qb of the next 2 Super Bowls,Tony might actually get a little of the credit he deserves.
40yr fan who loves his Lord and Savior,Beautiful Wife,kids and 2 Pits,America,and Americas Team.
Searching for at least 2 more Super Bowl wins and more kool-aid.
Totally excited about new coaches and this teams future.
I have those hopes as well!
However, we need more than a solid O-Line to win the SB. CB, S, & a better DE/NT. It would be nice if we could get all of that in one offseason but is it realistic?
"Fear the Star" -A WISE Man!
by mho on Feb 5, 2012 12:03 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Great post!
Rec’d
"Fear the Star" -A WISE Man!
by mho on Feb 5, 2012 4:01 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Also
How did Stafford win Comeback Player of the Year? Don’t you have to have had something to come back to? He was injured most of the time since he came in to the league. I think Romo should have gotten Comeback Player of the Year also. He was number 4 in passer rating, number 3 in completion %, number 7 in yards, number 6 in yards per attempt out of starters who started most of the year, number 5 in TDs, no 6 in INT for starters (didn’t include Tebow because he didn’t start the whole year and barely threw the ball anyway), and no 2 in completion % of passes 21+ yards downfield. Here are his stats compared to Stafford, and Romo actually had a great season in 2009 to comeback to.
Romo 102.5 (PR) / 66.3% (Comp ) / 522, 346, 4184 / 8.0 (YPA) / 31-10 (3.1 TD/INT Ratio)
Stafford 97.2 (PR) / 63.5 (Comp %) / 663, 441, 5038 / 7.6 (YPA) / 41-16 (2.56 TD/INT Ratio)
I am not saying Stafford didn’t have a great year, I am just saying he shouldn’t have been Comeback player because he never had a huge season before.
Here are his stats since coming in to the league.
2009 (10 games) 61.0 (PR) / 53.3% (Comp ) / 377, 201, 2267 / 6.0 (YPA) / 13-20 (.65 TD/INT Ratio)
2010 (3 games) 91.3 (PR) / 59.4 (Comp %) / 96, 57, 535 / 5.6 (YPA) / 6-1 (6 TD/INT Ratio)
At this point, supporting Romo is like tilting at windmills. As Phill Simms pointed out
after the SF game when he was debating with Warren Sapp, for whatever reason, the QB of the Cowboys, unless he has a couple of SB rings, is going to get more scrutiny and less respect than any other QB in the league. People get excited over Tebow doing what he gets paid for simply because he does it somewhat better than expected and then prays a lot. Tebow is this year’s Vick, a fad, only with a cleaner past. Romo could have had a lung removed at half time and come out and thrown 10 TDs, and he still wouldn’t have won this. Fact is, not only does Romo get disrespected by other teams’ fans and media, but he also gets little support from the home base. You can’t win these kinds of awards under those circumstances.
How does Romo deal with this stuff everyday...
by BrickTop on Feb 5, 2012 10:05 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm sure he's developed a thick hide over the years. He knows the score, and, from
what he’s said, he understands that it comes with the job. I would imagine some of it bothers him, but I get the feeling he’s learned to cope with it.
…gives the team apuncher’smucker’s chance to win…
Why? Read and learn. (there, Matt Birk moment handled – for free)
That's one small step...
The worst is , Tony has wasted his career in Dallas.
Sad. Jerry didn’t know how to put a team around him. The 34 dictates the continual drafting of linebackers and his thirst for a dynamic wideout has crippled this team.
I hope Romo wins a superbowl. Right now he doesn’t have a competent gm to acquire the neccessary players it would require.
Jerry is the end all in Dallas.
Look I am a huge Tony Romo fan but why dredge this up again?
Just let it go for a while. Tony is our QB, will be the QB going forward, and there is no point in trying to constantly have a debate about his place in the NFL.
If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.
Gawd, could you go pass that on to the Dallas media? They're still chewing on it, and it'll
get worse if Dumb Face and his team win. I’m with you; I’d love to let it lie.
Exactly.
Let’s just hope the Cowboys can become a better team and have some Super success some time in the next few years. If that happens Romo will get his due until then we should just expect more of the same.
Perception is reality. It's not going to change. So accept, even embrace, it. You're a Cowboys fan so your team will never get any respect.
Every good thing they’ve ever done gets downplayed.
Every miscue gets magnified.
Greatest Teams ever?? Oh, you know, those Packers, those Steelers, those 49ers of the 80’s. Oh, the Cowboys of the 90’s? They just ‘had a great offensive line.’
Greatest coaches ever? Shula. Lombardi. The “Genius” in SF. belechek.
Oh, Landry? Who took over an expansion team and had them in Championship games in 6 years? Who had a winning record 21 seasons in a row, in the days of No Parity?!? Who made the playoffs 17 out of 20 years? Who played Championship games against the Packers, then against Shula’s Dolphins, then against 2 incarnations of the Steelers, and then made it into NFC Championship games even into the 80’s, as all those franchises withered?
Who made up his own defensive system and singlehandedly brought back the shotgun formation?
He never gets a mention.
And then let’s go on about the Hall of Fame….
In today’s media the anti-Cowboys bias is even stronger and Romo is the lightning rod. Some of it he brought on himself those first few years. And you just don’t live down some of the moments he’s had.
I’m starting to wonder if he even wins a SB if he’ll still get respect. The media will come up with some excuse for why the other team lost.
Can’t fight it, so let it go……..
Pessimists say the cup is half-empty, while optimists say it's half-full. Well, the real question is, is it a good beer? Realist Larry, 2011
by Realist Larry on Feb 6, 2012 12:54 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Romo, the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL.
Give the UDFA a break! Unfortunately that would never happen here at big D. You either love the Cowboys or love to hate’em.
HOW TO REALLY MAKE ROMO SMILE (AND COWBOY FANS WORLD-WIDE)!!!!!
FREE AGENCY: Jerrah should sign Carl Nicks (OG), Mario Willliams (DE) or Calais Campbell (DE), and Paul Soliai (NT). With Carl Nicks on the OL and Mario or Calais and Paul added to our DL, we’d SEE a drastic improvement to our PASS RUSH and RUN DEFENSE!!! Yes, we could fit these FA signings into our current Salary Cap…..and they’re ALL young guys….LOL!!!
NFL DRAFT: Dallas should draft a good man-cover CB (i.e. Janoris Jenkins to compete with our practice squad CB Mario Butler), a backup stud RB like Terrance Ganaway (6’1" 241lbs/3rd & short/goal-line battering ram), and the Center from Wisconsin in the DRAFT and pay them at the Rookie Pay Scale rate. NOTE: RB Terrance Ganaway is the ‘animal’ that played with Robert Griffin (Heisman Winner) at Baylor and gained 1,547yds and scored 21 TDs this year alone!!!! If Demarco goes down again this year, this BEAST could pickup the running load without missing a beat!!!
With an improved Pass Rush, these 1st year CBs and our current group of (young but experienced) CBs would drastically improve our secondary. They’d be picking off passes left and right from our improved Pass Rush. With an improved RUN DEFENSE, our Inside LB’ers (with super fast Bruce Carter and Sean Lee) and outside LB’ers would be policing up any RB’s that tried to go inside or bounce outside because with (big-boy) Paul Soliai at NG and (monster) Calais or Mario at DE. You’d also wouldn’t be seeing Brandon Jacobs (or any RB) gnashing us for 6-8yds runs on 1st down or easy runs on 3rd&short/1st &goalline or talking trash about our WEAK ( middle) Defensive Line anymore.
Cowboys Offense: Drafting Terrance Ganaway would make HIM a terror on 3rd&short and 1st& goal-line. Ganaway running behind Carl Nicks and Doug Free would be a gorgeous sight to see for Cowboy fans world-wide. Demarco and Ganaway would be our OWN (Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs) for years to come!!! And did I mention that Romo would have even bigger success with JG’s play-action passing plays.
by Pacerman on Feb 6, 2012 10:35 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
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