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Published: 03 October 2011 10:59 PM
Former Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson talked with KESN-FM's Ben & Skin on Monday. Here are a few highlights:
On whether he’s in or out on Tony Romo as the Cowboys’ quarterback:
You really have no choice. Where do you go if you’re not in? If you’re out, then who steps in to replace Tony? We’ve got to live and die with Tony. Jerry has said it. You listen to his teammates in the locker room and their comments after the game about the faith in Tony, we’ve got to support him, and he’s our quarterback. So you’ve got to support him.
The problem with Tony is what Jimmy Johnson said in some of his comments. It’s about situational football. He’s got to understand the situations that he’s in. And in football, and especially in the NFL, sometimes your philosophy has to be “Live to play another day.” You throw the ball away, you take a sack, you do whatever, but you don’t put your team in jeopardy by trying to force things and make things happen, especially when you have a lead in the game. You have to be smarter than that.
I think we’ve got to continue to ride Tony, but for Terry Bradshaw and some other people to start lumping him into the class of Danny White, lighten up man. He is no Danny White. If he was Danny White, the Cowboys would’ve won some more playoff games by now in Tony’s tenure. He would’ve led us to some NFC Championship games. He would not make the same kind of mistakes, he would understand situational football, he wouldn’t throw the football in situations where it didn’t look like he had a chance, and those situations end up affecting the football team. So that’s where I see Tony Romo right now. But here’s the problem: We have no other choice. We’ve got to live and die by him, and that’s why you hear the players still trying to pump up his confidence.
Former Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson talked with KESN-FM's Ben & Skin on Monday. Here are a few highlights:
On whether he’s in or out on Tony Romo as the Cowboys’ quarterback:
You really have no choice. Where do you go if you’re not in? If you’re out, then who steps in to replace Tony? We’ve got to live and die with Tony. Jerry has said it. You listen to his teammates in the locker room and their comments after the game about the faith in Tony, we’ve got to support him, and he’s our quarterback. So you’ve got to support him.
The problem with Tony is what Jimmy Johnson said in some of his comments. It’s about situational football. He’s got to understand the situations that he’s in. And in football, and especially in the NFL, sometimes your philosophy has to be “Live to play another day.” You throw the ball away, you take a sack, you do whatever, but you don’t put your team in jeopardy by trying to force things and make things happen, especially when you have a lead in the game. You have to be smarter than that.
I think we’ve got to continue to ride Tony, but for Terry Bradshaw and some other people to start lumping him into the class of Danny White, lighten up man. He is no Danny White. If he was Danny White, the Cowboys would’ve won some more playoff games by now in Tony’s tenure. He would’ve led us to some NFC Championship games. He would not make the same kind of mistakes, he would understand situational football, he wouldn’t throw the football in situations where it didn’t look like he had a chance, and those situations end up affecting the football team. So that’s where I see Tony Romo right now. But here’s the problem: We have no other choice. We’ve got to live and die by him, and that’s why you hear the players still trying to pump up his confidence.
