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I highly recommend listening to Monday's Thundering Herd podcast. Colin Cowherd provides some really good perspective on Romo's performance Sunday, and also get some interesting takes from Brian Billick, Trent Dilfer and Herm Edwards. (Mixed in with discussion of Cam Newton and Mark Sanchez.) Very worth a listen, especially if you're overwhelmed with some of the overreaction taking place. Interesting how Billick, Dilfer and Edwards all respond to Colin's questions about Romo with an implicit dual standard in their evaluation of him. They respond in terms of how he is perceived by the fans based on the high standards and the spotlight on him because of the team and situation, and what he needs to do to satisfy his critics from that perspective. But then they also respond in terms of pure football analysis, which is much more objective and more favorable when you look at it with the same standards you'd hold any other NFL QB to.