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[deebro041]

I think Romo is on the field thinking about the next hotspot to wine and dine his lady friends. Oh yeah what quarter is it? Lol

[Ease]

Originally Posted by deebro041

I think Romo is on the field thinking about the next hotspot to wine and dine his lady friends. Oh yeah what quarter is it? Lol

He's married now and she's smokin, so i don't think that's the problem. IMO he's just an average qb, like Scott said, great at times and absolutely horrendous at others. If the pokes are going to win a super bowl with Romo at the helm, they're going to have to get better at o-line and secondary; not necessarily a Dilfer & Ravens situation, as I think he's better than Dilfer was, but he needs more help than he's got right now.

[vintagechris]

The interesting thing is, when they brought up if he would be remembered as a Danny White or Troy Aikman, it hit me, he really is another Danny White. They both put up some really good numbers but couldn't get to the Super Bowl.

[alanu]

The Cowboys were worse before the Hershel Walker trade.

Jerry needs to give up some control to a guy like Gruden or Cower, but it didn't work so well with Parcels.

As for Romo, he's a great golfer, but just an above average QB.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Ease

He's married now and she's smokin, so i don't think that's the problem. IMO he's just an average qb, like Scott said, great at times and absolutely horrendous at others. If the pokes are going to win a super bowl with Romo at the helm, they're going to have to get better at o-line and secondary; not necessarily a Dilfer & Ravens situation, as I think he's better than Dilfer was, but he needs more help than he's got right now.

It's hard for some of us to forget that pre-playoff moment when he was apparently more fixated on Jessica Simpson than on the playoff game - it appeared to me at the time to be a bad sign for the future. But future events showed that he's just inconsistent. But yeah, the Ravens were a very extreme example - I doubt any team will ever again get to a Superbowl with a quarterback like that.

I will even take back my previous statement and say that I think Romo CAN win the Super Bowl, but he would have to have several great games in a row, and I don't think he's capable of stringing together more than two under that kind of pressure. The two major weak spots you mention (o-line and secondary), even if remedied, I don't think will solve the Romo inconsistency issue. But we'll see next year - no way Jones lets us have a third year in a row like this.

[CowboysGuide]

The problem is at the top and not going to go away any time soon. They lack mental toughness and don't have enough 'smart' players to mix with the so called 'talented' players. Without a real GM, the Cowboys will have a tough time putting the right mix of players together. The Jerry/Jimmy combo was great. The only problem was their egos. If they could have focussed on football only, they could of won a couple more Super Bowls.

[RobertGT]

I have been a Cowboys fan since growing up in the NJ suburbs in the early 80s, and I love this team despite the way they kill me almost every Sunday. I can honestly say I've never been more exasperated with this team than I am right now, and I feel like the situation is growing more hopeless with each poor-to-mediocre season.

The problem, as others have said, is NOT Romo. He was the #4 rated passer in the league this year behind Rodgers/Brees/Brady. Put him in good system, take him away from the circus and give him a good coach who can deal with quarterbacks (Andy Reid, for instance) and I bet this guy wins several Super Bowls. He feels like he is forced to make plays on almost every down because the rest of his team is devoid of playmakers, and his defense is atrocious beyond belief. So you are going to get the occasional "NO NO NO!!!" moment with Romo. But without Romo, this is a 2-14 team.

It all comes down to Jerry Jones. We are going on what - 16 years of futility and only a couple playoff wins in that timespan? The one constant is Jones. Most GMs get the chance to pick maybe 2 coaches, and if they don't succeed, guess what? The GM is fired. Not Jerry, he's on his 7th coach and you see the results. Garrett and his poor decisions are directly responsible for 3 Cowboys losses this season. I wish Jones would have enough self-awareness to see he is the problem, he is not a good evaluator of talent, and just swallow his pride and call up Jimmy Johnson and apologize. Of course that will never happen, and this team will continue to wallow in mediocrity or worse.

The worst part of all this is I fear it will continue for the next 75-100 years, as clearly the Jones succession plan is in place with his sons and grandsons.

[Runscott]

I don't think Romo could take ANY team all the way through the playoffs to the Superbowl - he would stumble at some point. I'm not saying he's a bad quarterback, but you don't make a good playoff run just because of your qb rating, and you you generally don't do it with a qb like Romo, even if you've got a great team.

I could be dead wrong about this, but with all the other problems (offensive line, secondary, Jones in general) the Cowboys aren't giving us a chance to find out.

[Mikehealer]

Jeff Hostetler
Mark Rypien
Stan Humphries
Neil O'Donnell
Drew Bledsoe
Chris Chandler
Trent Dilfer
Kerry Collins
Brad Johnson
Rich Gannon
Jake Delhomme
Donovan McNabb
Matt Hasselbeck
Rex Grossman

All of the above players led their team to the Super Bowl and I can't imagine anyone thinking any of these QB's were all that special. Plus if you get rid of Romo, who do you replace him with. It's not like someone better is available.