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Amani Toomer favors Tony Romo


Former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer says Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is better than Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

What makes this interesting is that Toomer played with Manning for five seasons in New York.

"Tony Romo is probably, if you look at it, statistically, he's probably the best quarterback in the NFC East," Toomer said on the "Movin' the Chains" show on SiriusXM NFL Radio. "You look at Eli Manning and what he does in the fourth quarter, but you talk about consistency, talking about 31 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions, that guy (Romo) can play."

Romo is 18-19 in his career against the NFC East and 5-7 against the Giants, including three losses at Cowboys Stadium.

Manning, fresh off his second Super Bowl title, is 26-20 versus the NFC East and 9-6 against the Cowboys. He never has lost at Cowboys Stadium.

"I'm talking about for me, if I wanted a guy that is going to throw less interceptions and be more productive, higher completion percentage, I'm going to go with Tony Romo," Toomer said.

Yet, the receiver backtracked slightly when told of Romo's late-game struggles.

Manning has 21 fourth-quarter comebacks and 25 game-winning drives, with four of the victories coming against the Cowboys, including one this past season.

Of Romo's 13 fourth-quarter comebacks, only one has come against the Giants.

"At crunch time, he's not as good as Eli," Toomer said. "But every other time, he's pretty darn good."

Toomer did not address Manning's 2-0 edge over Romo in Super Bowls. Manning has eight playoff wins in his career, including a road victory in Dallas, compared to Romo's one.

While Manning is undefeated in NFC title games, Romo has yet to reach one. Manning also has the head-to-head edge against Romo, winning the past five starts against him.

NFL players also would seem to disagree with Toomer.

In the NFL Network's "Top 100" list voted on by the players, Manning came in at No. 31, ranking him as the fifth-best quarterback in the league. Romo was ranked 91st, putting him as the 12th-best QB.

Giants vice president of communications Pat Hanlon, who is not shy about tweeting his thoughts, not surprisingly took the side of the Giants' quarterback. He retweeted a tweet about Toomer's comments asking whether Romo was better and added, "QB or Golfer?" at the end. Romo is known to be a good golfer.

Giants cornerback Terrell Thomas, a former teammate of Toomer, also backed his quarterback, tweeting: "Man toomer my dog and a great giant, helped me a lot as a young rook but aint no way romo better then Eli...both good QB's but... Well."

Toomer's comments could draw the ire of Giants fans, who did not react well to Tiki Barber after he criticized Manning after the running back's retirement in 2006. When Barber, perhaps the franchise's greatest running back, was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor in 2010, the crowd serenaded him with boos for his negative comments about Manning and his other rips on coach Tom Coughlin.

Defensive end Osi Umenyiora wouldn't be surprised if Toomer is treated the same way.

"They will be booing my guy Toomer at Giants Stadium," Umenyiora tweeted at ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. "That we can agree on."

Manning and the Giants will host Romo's Cowboys in the first game of the season on Sept. 5.

Matt Ehalt is a frequent contributor to ESPNNewYork.com.
 
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Amani Toomer and Tim Ryan, from the SiriusXM Sports Broadcast discussing Tony vs. Eli:

AT: "You gotta call it like you see it."

AT: "Tony Romo is probably, if you look at it statistically... he's probably the best quarterback in the NFC East."

AT: "You look at Eli Manning and what he does in the fourth quarter, but you talk about consistency, talk about thirty-one touchdowns and only ten interceptions ... that guy can play!"

AT: "And all the Cowboy fans out there that are saying he can't play, saying they don't like him... you gotta really look at what you're getting and you can't replace a guy like that because he is a top, upper echelon quarterback, and I just don't see why he's getting blamed for a lotta these things that kinda aren't his fault."

TR: "Yeah, I agree with everything you said with the exception of the best quarterback in the NFC East. If I started a team and I had to get one of the quarterbacks in the East, tomorrow, it would be Eli Manning."

AT: "Yeah, okay, that's fair. That's fair. But I'm talkin' about, for me, if I wanted a guy that is gonna be, throw less interceptions and be more productive, higher completion percentage, I'm gonna go with Tony Romo."

TR: "I want a guy who's droppin' dimes at crunch time."

AT: "Yeah, that's, ya know, at crunch time he's not as good as Eli, but every other time he's pretty darn good."
 

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man he should start charging royalties on his name. As always when we hit the slow period romo becomes a topic of discussion for all these brain dead radio guys who cant fill there time slots with real stories.

they all have nice things to say to get attention in the summer and then all do a 180 once camps open and its all for attention.

oh and pat hanlon can go fuck himself. that guy is an ass beyond comprehension.
 

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I didn't think it was possible to hate a team as much as I hate the Giants.
 

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I didn't think it was possible to hate a team as much as I hate the Giants.

I have/did hate the Redskins more, but that's sorta fell as their irrellivence rose. Hating them right now is kind of like hating a four legged spider...
 

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I hate Eli but i dont know if he's better or worse than Romo, but i do know is the guy is clutch. Something that caught my eye from what Toomer is comparing them on is stats. But says Eli benefits from a better supporting cast and coaching. Shit give the cowboys that and i wouldnt give a damn about Romo's rating being lower if it led to a superbowl win. Stats are good for the individual, too bad football is a team sport. So keep the stats, give me the wins.
 

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I hate Eli but i dont know if he's better or worse than Romo, but i do know is the guy is clutch. Something that caught my eye from what Toomer is comparing them on is stats. But says Eli benefits from a better supporting cast and coaching. Shit give the cowboys that and i wouldnt give a damn about Romo's rating being lower if it led to a superbowl win. Stats are good for the individual, too bad football is a team sport. So keep the stats, give me the wins.


Elis is in a better system than Romo. If you put Eli with the Cowboys, I still do not think the Cowboys win a Super Bowl. Eli would not be able to win with Wade.
 

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Elis is in a better system than Romo. If you put Eli with the Cowboys, I still do not think the Cowboys win a Super Bowl. Eli would not be able to win with Wade.

Which is why i say forget the stats give me a system.
 
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