Troy Aikman: If it weren't for Romo, 'there would be no expectations'

[cboys72]

Is what happens Romo's fault? A lot of times yes. He tries for a lot of plays he shouldn't. Sometimes it works and it's amazing. Other times it doesn't and we have discussions like this.
But sometimes he's just a guy doing his job. In the situation against the Jets where he fumbled by the goal line, I'm willing to bet quite a few well respected NFL quarterbacks would have tried the exact same thing Romo did in that exact same instance. And if they had fumbled after getting hit like Romo did, well, most don't have the "reputation" that he does, so not much would have been said. I've heard quite a few talking heads complain that it was a unnecessary play since Dallas didn't have to have a touchdown there. True, but if that is the arguement why didn't Garrett call another running play and take the risk out of Romo's hands?
Bottom line, he does the best he can with what he has in front of him. Does he drive me nuts sometimes? Yes, to the point that I want to pound the ground, throw the remote and pull my hair out (and there's not much to yank there). But he's our quarterback, and a damn good one compared to what some other teams have. Given where we'd be without him, I'll take my chances with Romo, craziness and all.

Couldn't have said it better

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Parcells was the best thing to happen to Dallas since Jimmy.

 

[NoDak]

I know it's only one game, but If Romo doesn't get his shit straightened out soon, I'd start Kitna in a heartbeat over him.

 

[Cr122]

This is exactly why we shoulda got rid of Kitna and brought in another back up QB. We don't need any QB controversies on this team started by fans or the media.

Romo is the QB for this team... he's the least of our concerns.

The days of Carter, Leaf, Hutchinson, Henson, etc. are still fresh in my mind... Back then fans would kill for a QB like Romo.

He just needs to make smarter decisions that's all, that's what leaders of a football team are supposed to do. I thought those bonehead mistakes would've been behind him seeing he's in his 30's.

Yeah, we know he'll make a mistake here or there, but he just seems to take the life right out of the team at times. Think about it for a minute, we had a 24-10 lead with what 12:00 minutes to go?

Romo should of handle the situation better. No, instead he throws to a wide open Revis for the INT. What's his excuse for throwing that INT? Oh, but they all do it...BULLSHIT!!

Oh, sorry Dez couldn't of reached over another 3 feet on that throw. And if he scrambles why can't he secure the God damn football! That's all we ask out of him. Run.......Tony but for God sakes don't fumble the football!

Here....look at it again, tell me what he could of done better. He threw it right to him for crying out loud.

[video=youtube;qifTnUVW-Ko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qifTnUVW-Ko[/video]

And before all that happened we were up 24-17 and here's the play where Tony scrambled and fumbled. Instead of playing hero, he could of thrown the ball away, and we could've kicked the field goal. We had the damn game for crying out loud.

[video=youtube;bZDJ-KgHtCg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZDJ-KgHtCg&feature=related[/video]

Again...I'm still for Romo, but he needs to cut this bullshit OUT! Everytime he tries something like this I want to throw something at my fucking TV set.

 

[Cr122]

 

[IheartNYG]

Thats your problem, along with other fans, STOP comparing him to our great QBs of the past. The greats like Staubachs and Aikmans don't come around that often.

BTW, doesn't Romo's win-loss record look something like 39W-23L? Yea.. Loser. Right.

Look, I'm not knocking the guy against average competition but in big games, tight games, close games, must win games, playoff games...he's a choker.


Aikman in the playoffs:
11 Wins
5 Losses

Staubach in the playoffs:
12 Wins
7 Losses

Romo in the playoffs:
1 Win
3 Losses

Big wins are what they are...they define QB's, you know that. That's all I'm sayin. This is the Cowboys, man....we are supposed have more to hang our hats on than beating the Skins or Giants in October...

I'm not pining for Kitna but thinking we're going anywhere with Romo is a pipe dream. He's not a leader. He's not a winner.

 

[IheartNYG]

He just needs to make smarter decisions that's all, that's what leaders of a football team are supposed to do. I thought those bonehead mistakes would've been behind him seeing he's in his 30's.

Yeah, we know he'll make a mistake here or there, but he just seems to take the life right out of the team at times. Think about it for a minute, we had a 24-10 lead with what 5:00 minutes to go?

Romo should of handle the situation better. No, instead he throws to a wide open Revis for the INT. What's his excuse for throwing that INT? Oh, but they all do it...BULLSHIT!!

Oh, sorry Dez couldn't of reached over another 3 feet on that throw. And if he scrambles why can't he secure the God damn football! That's all we ask out of him. Run.......Tony but for God sakes don't fumble the football!

Here....look at it again, tell me what he could of done better. He threw it right to him for crying out loud.


And before all that happened we were up 24-17 and here's the play where Tony scrambled and fumbled. Instead of playing hero, he could of thrown the ball away, and we could've kicked the field goal. We had the damn game for crying out loud.


Again...I'm still for Romo, but he needs to cut this bullshit OUT! Everytime he tries something like this I want to throw something at my fucking TV set.

This is what I'm sayin - he's at the age now where he is what he is. He's not gonna change and getting your hopes up that will is just gonna make you need a new TV set sooner...

 

[Plymkr]

This still boils down to a TEAM GAME.

I think it is hilarious how it is all on Romo.

ROmo didn't play O-line when the Vikings D-line completely DESTROYED the O-line. lol. YEP, all Romo..


I agree, his boneheaded plays need to stop.

The defense in the past also let him down bigtime. BUt, no bitching about that. It's always all about ROmo.

And starting Kitna is fucking retarded,

THere is a REASON he has been on how many teams? 4 now? Or, is this his third.

Settle down Chicken littles

15 more games to play.

 

[NoDak]

And starting Kitna is fucking retarded.

Exactly right.

 

[dbair1967]

After hearing it for a couple of seasons, in 2009 Romo responded with a great year and a real emphasis on taking care of the football. Hopefully he reverts back to that form.

 

[IheartNYG]

This still boils down to a TEAM GAME.

I think it is hilarious how it is all on Romo.

He's the one with the ball making decisions every play. And in far too many cases, bad decisions.

Maybe it was someone else who threw that pick to Darelle Revis - RIGHT TO HIM - last week? Was it someone else wasn't ready for the snap at the end of the game?

Chicken little? Hardly...Romo's sky fell a long time ago. I just have the guts to admit it

 

[Maveric]

Look, I'm not knocking the guy against average competition but in big games, tight games, close games, must win games, playoff games...he's a choker.


Aikman in the playoffs:
11 Wins
5 Losses

Staubach in the playoffs:
12 Wins
7 Losses

Romo in the playoffs:
1 Win
3 Losses

Big wins are what they are...they define QB's, you know that. That's all I'm sayin. This is the Cowboys, man....we are supposed have more to hang our hats on than beating the Skins or Giants in October...

I'm not pining for Kitna but thinking we're going anywhere with Romo is a pipe dream. He's not a leader. He's not a winner.

Felix Jones isn't Emmit Smith or Tony Dorsett. Sensebaugh isn't Darren Woodson. Nobody on the 0-line is even close to Larry Allen. Spears and Hatcher will never be Charles Haley. Heck, Garrett isn't a Landry or a Jimmy. See the pointlessness of this line of debate?

 

[Plymkr]

He's the one with the ball making decisions every play. And in far too many cases, bad decisions.

Maybe it was someone else who threw that pick to Darelle Revis - RIGHT TO HIM - last week? Was it someone else wasn't ready for the snap at the end of the game?

Chicken little? Hardly...Romo's sky fell a long time ago. I just have the guts to admit it

Good for you young man. You found your guts. Proud of ya. ..

THIS WHOLE TEAM never had a SKY to fall out of in the first place. It has been a facade.

And the chicken little shit stays, guts or not.

 

[IheartNYG]

Felix Jones isn't Emmit Smith or Tony Dorsett. Sensebaugh isn't Darren Woodson. Nobody on the 0-line is even close to Larry Allen. Spears and Hatcher will never be Charles Haley. Heck, Garrett isn't a Landry or a Jimmy. See the pointlessness of this line of debate?

Notice how plymkr quoted Romo's win loss records? And I quoted back Aikman's and Rogers?

What was Emmit's won loss record? Or Dorsett's? Or Irvin's? Or...etc...

QB is more important than all of those because they have to make decisions on basically every play. And - better or worse - QB gets the credit when things go well and blame when they don't.

 

[IheartNYG]

Good for you young man. You found your guts. Proud of ya. ..

THIS WHOLE TEAM never had a SKY to fall out of in the first place. It has been a facade.
And the chicken little shit stays, guts or not.

We had our chances.

Look, we could beat any team on any day but we don't have a field general commanding the troops. We have Jeff Spicoli with a good arm.

We're one bad loss away from Carson Palmer under center boys.

 

[Cythim]

Look, I'm not knocking the guy against average competition but in big games, tight games, close games, must win games, playoff games...he's a choker.


Aikman in the playoffs:
11 Wins
5 Losses

Staubach in the playoffs:
12 Wins
7 Losses

Romo in the playoffs:
1 Win
3 Losses

Big wins are what they are...they define QB's, you know that. That's all I'm sayin. This is the Cowboys, man....we are supposed have more to hang our hats on than beating the Skins or Giants in October...

I'm not pining for Kitna but thinking we're going anywhere with Romo is a pipe dream. He's not a leader. He's not a winner.

You seem to think the only time a game is big is when we lose. What about Romo's big wins? Have you forgotten them? What criteria are you using to decide if a game is big or not?

How about opening day in 2007? The first game after a long offseason of thinking about Seattle and it was against the Giants. The Boys took the lead in the 2nd quarter and never looked back. Romo threw a late INT that set the Giants up to score, but his 5 TDs and 128.5 QBR more than make up for that one mistake. After the INT he led the team back down the field for another scoring drive to push the lead back to 10.

The 2007 Buffalo game where he played like shit for 3 quarters but came through in the clutch to lead the team to three scores in the 4th quarter? Everything went wrong in that game except for Romo being clutch when the game was on the line.

Then there was the NYG rematch with Romo's 4 TDs and no late turnovers to kill the game.

And the 2007 Thursday night game against Green Bay. Both teams were 10-1 going in and the winner would not only clinch a playoff spot, they were likely to be the #1 seed. A big game on a big stage and Romo leads his team on two 4th quarter scoring drives to seal the victory.

That of that from one season. Big games, close games, games that mattered and Romo performed in the clutch. It happens, it is just hard to remember the good games.


Here is a stat you probably won't like. Late in close games Romo has a 98.8 QBR with 17 touchdowns and 11 turnovers. Compare that to Tom Brady who has a 82.6 QBR with 21 TDs and 20 turnovers. Or Peyton who has a 91.3 QBR with 42 TDs and 24 turnovers.

 

[NoShame]

Look, I'm not knocking the guy against average competition but in big games, tight games, close games, must win games, playoff games...he's a choker.


Aikman in the playoffs:
11 Wins
5 Losses

Staubach in the playoffs:
12 Wins
7 Losses

Romo in the playoffs:
1 Win
3 Losses

Big wins are what they are...they define QB's, you know that. That's all I'm sayin. This is the Cowboys, man....we are supposed have more to hang our hats on than beating the Skins or Giants in October...

I'm not pining for Kitna but thinking we're going anywhere with Romo is a pipe dream. He's not a leader. He's not a winner.

You missed it the first time... STOP comparing him to Staubach and Aikman. You're talking about our two greatest QBs ever to play for us and two of the best this league has ever seen. Most QBs in the league today will look like shit compared to them.

 

[NoShame]

You seem to think the only time a game is big is when we lose. What about Romo's big wins? Have you forgotten them? What criteria are you using to decide if a game is big or not?

How about opening day in 2007? The first game after a long offseason of thinking about Seattle and it was against the Giants. The Boys took the lead in the 2nd quarter and never looked back. Romo threw a late INT that set the Giants up to score, but his 5 TDs and 128.5 QBR more than make up for that one mistake. After the INT he led the team back down the field for another scoring drive to push the lead back to 10.

The 2007 Buffalo game where he played like shit for 3 quarters but came through in the clutch to lead the team to three scores in the 4th quarter? Everything went wrong in that game except for Romo being clutch when the game was on the line.

Then there was the NYG rematch with Romo's 4 TDs and no late turnovers to kill the game.

And the 2007 Thursday night game against Green Bay. Both teams were 10-1 going in and the winner would not only clinch a playoff spot, they were likely to be the #1 seed. A big game on a big stage and Romo leads his team on two 4th quarter scoring drives to seal the victory.

That of that from one season. Big games, close games, games that mattered and Romo performed in the clutch. It happens, it is just hard to remember the good games.


Here is a stat you probably won't like. Late in close games Romo has a 98.8 QBR with 17 touchdowns and 11 turnovers. Compare that to Tom Brady who has a 82.6 QBR with 21 TDs and 20 turnovers. Or Peyton who has a 91.3 QBR with 42 TDs and 24 turnovers.

Loved this game.

 

[NoShame]

We had our chances.

Look, we could beat any team on any day but we don't have a field general commanding the troops. We have Jeff Spicoli with a good arm.

We're one bad loss away from Carson Palmer under center boys.

You really think Romo is our biggest problem on the team??

Our secondary is shit and we have a make shift oline. Seriously, we're not winning because Romo is the QB?

 

[boozeman]

On the pressure Romo faces by playing in the shadow of Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach:

I was removed a few quarterbacks [from Staubach], so that really helped. When I came to the team, the team had been bad for a period of time, it hadn’t been to a playoff game in 12 years or more. And so when we began to win, the fans were really excited. And when we began to win, we won Super Bowls right away. That made things a heck of a lot easier for me and a lot of other players. Whereas for Tony, the team had been struggling since we won our Super Bowls, since ’96 essentially. The team had been struggling for a while, and then Tony took over as the quarterback…And then immediately, the expectations got elevated because of his play at quarterback.

Proof that concussions cause brain damage.

When Troy was drafted we had missed the playoffs for three years. THREE. We had won our division in 1985. We lost to the Rams, but we still won our division. We were six years removed from an NFC Championship game.

I don't know where on earth he came up with this 12 year drought. The only span of not getting to the playoffs for 12 years has been, well, never--unless he is talking about the 12 year gap between playoff wins.