TONY ROMO: OVERRATED OR UNLUCKY?
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2021
- Even though he last played a full season in 2014, Tony Romo's career still inspires intense debate. He had great stats and won 61% of his regular season starts. However, he was injury prone and his teams didn't win in the postseason, going just 2-4 & never even making a Conference Championship Game. That subpar postseason record combined with memorable blunders in high leverage moments caused Romo to be dogged by the dreaded "choker" label for his entire career. I decided to take an in-depth look as to whether or not Tony Romo was truly an overrated choker or a great QB saddled by terrible luck. Enjoy.
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I think people forget that Tony Romo was an undrafted quarterback who was a third-stringer for early on in his career. He wasn’t drafted (at all) to be the Cowboys franchise savior. Yet, despite his bad moments he carved out a very nice career for 8 years. He’s the Cowboys all time leader in passing yards and touchdowns.
Sounds like a good career to me.
8 years is the problem. I dont know if he had the longevity to be considered
@@AEMT-ks4so To be considered a good quarterback?
@@pwx13 I never said he was a HOFamer. I’m just pointing that from his undrafted position, just making a roster is a success. Everything else he’s done is a bonus to that.
@@AEMT-ks4so Yes, only 8 years. But, every single one of them, he had a top 10 passer rating and the best one in 2014 when he was cheated out of the MVP.
@@AEMT-ks4so to be considered for what? Dude had a solid career and was pro bowl-caliber all his starting years. Coming from a Giants fan!
‘Most talented overlooked QB to take Bledsoes job’ is just a classic line
Tom Brady
@@adangbe JP Losman
Fuck tom Brady. He's the most overrated QB I've ever seen
@@24problems I have a lot of different opinions from him, but I wholeheartedly agree with him on Tom Brady
@@kevinvest9693 Lmao what year are you in , you absolute caveman?
I'm not sure an undrafted QB could even be considered overrated.
Undrafted means he was overlooked , once he became the starter it's fair game to rate him as one sees fit.
@@robertmurdock1848 no
@@Zach-cb3so reasonable.
@@Zach-cb3so nah he is right
Yes you can rate him, but if you think an undrafted player is overrated because he didn’t win a super bowl, then every player who was drafted or started and never won a super bowl should be considered overrated. Dan Marino, randy moss, Barry sanders...
Romo was a beast. Numbers don't lie. Guy would throw 500 yards 4 tds and still lose and he would get all the blame lol.
5 TDs. And almost no one remembers that the defense forced ZERO punts. How can a guy be expected to win with that?
Romo is a victim of the nfl media being morons who can't analyze any other stat than wins and losses, and NFL fans being morons who can't analyze any other stat than wins and losses
@@N0TYALC fr
@@N0TYALC no he was just Kirk Cousins the man could put up stats everytime but when it mattered most
100% 12-4 with him 4-12 without. He was robbed of the mvp that year.
"Led by crayon eater Eli Manning" fucking destroyed me Lmaooo
I'm Glad someone else noticed this also. Shit had me rollin hahahah!
I was cryin lmaoo
Sadly, I don’t get it. Care to explain?
@@g.williams2047 Eli is highly overrated. He was barely an average QB that was gifted 2 SB MVPs because the defense shut down many high scoring offenses, many that destroyed the Giants in the regular season to double digit wins. Even in most of those games that his fans call him great, he was still just, "Meh.." He literally never won against a playoff team that scored more than 20 points and his career averages are worst that Jay Cutler, Marc Bulger, Ryan Tannehill, Daunte Culpepper,, Carson Palmer, Jameis Winston, Trent Green, Rich Gannon, and Sam Bradford. You know, a bunch of guys that no one would ever put on the HoF. And Eli was worst than all of them. He was just lucky. Plain and simple.
@@tomknapp6194 He has more rings than Aaron Rodgers. The same amount of rings as Big Ben, Peyton, John Always. He is one of the only 2 people to beat Brady in a Superbowl bowl.
End of the day, Superbowls are the most important stat in football. Still insane that he was able to actually win 2 rings 🤣.
Unlucky and hated for no reason. No help for years, played through injury after injury and numerous heart breaking losses. Dude was that entire franchise for years and he will always live on as my favorite all time player.
By the time he did had a good team, it was too late as his body was already breaking down.
mine too
As a Cowboys fan I loved Romo that 2014 team was my favorite Cowboys team. I was a huge Demarco Murray fan and loved watching those 2 and Dez ball out all year. Love getting to turn on a Dallas game on CBS and hearing Romo and Nantz
He’s hated (like Dak) for the sole reason of being a great QB playing for the Cowboys. Any other team and he’d be seen in the same light as Matt Ryan.
@@cheez__it___7015 dak isn't hated. Its just cowboys fans are tired of his high school level passes and the media acting like he's won 10 super bowls.
As for Romo he was hated because the media said to hate him, and made up a false narrative about him. Plus the nfl as a whole hated him, they never protected him, and he would get head jolting hits after passing the ball constantly, and no calls.
I think he's far from overrated. The guy was able to stand out in a league that featured Drew Breese, Aaron Rodgers Peyton Manning, Big Ben, Phillip Rivers, and Tom Brady, all in their prime
tom brady? whos that?
@@dylanmcmahon5443 probably your teams daddy
He stood out for being a choke artist yeah
Brees*
@@skycrimestv7165 yeah it’s ALL Romo’s fault right
2011 when he rallied on the road against SF with a punctured lung. Legendary toughness moment.
As a Cowboys fan who love Tony Romo, this analysis feels fair
I would like to point out that the interception late in the denver shootout game, one of his linemen got pushed back in the pocket and stepped on his foot while he was throwing the ball. That interception being put on him has always bothered me.
The most important number from that game to remember is ZERO. As in ZERO forced punts. Yet, all fingers point to Romo.
@@tomknapp6194 fr. I was born in 08 so obviously I couldn’t watch the first years of romo live but from what I’ve seen he didn’t look bad. just seems like the cowboys were bad and the blame always fell on him
Truly unlucky
Having grown up a Cowboys fan I spent my childhood defending Romo who people insisted sucked but actually was a good player on a bad team or unlucky team
This is becoming my favourite football channel to watch all the deep dives into players careers is fun to watch
So hypothetically, if Romo playing in, say maybe, New England could he have had a better career? Cause he had the explosiveness people want into a QB, and obviously had the skill. Of course you would have to take into account that his gunslinger style of play led to interceptions, but even then as you pointed out, there were plenty of games that just didn’t swing his way.
Also, I didn’t realize it was only 8 years. It felt like forever with him. Miss him though. As TO said “That’s my quarterback.”
@@standyourground9973 he didn’t really get a HOF online until late in his career and Romo never had a HOF rusher demarco Murray was good but he ain’t HOF but I get your point
@@hallowedsin6641 yeah I thought he would have had a longer carrer in dallas but after he left he was never the same. Maybe shinned a little in a couple of games the following season but once the trio broke apart the team felt entirely different .
Actually he didn't have that many interceptions for the era. Drew, peyton , and ben were actually throwing just as many or more INT's.
Fun fact about that comparison, the same guy who went 11-5 when Brady went down in 2008 went 1-6 with the cowboys in 2015 with basically the same roster Romo had the year before.
@@fernandomoras9160 Romo only played 4 games in 2015 and had 75% of their wins.
“Ray Rice punches it in”. LOL
He really "elevated" the Ravens that season
On the second last play of the 2007 game vs the giants Romo threw a wide open touchdown to a dude alone in the corner and he dropped it,
Blown coverage left the guy alone and it would have won the cowboys the game
Plus another td drooped by Crayton. Plus a clinching first down dropped by Crayton. Plus a clinching first down on third down dropped by Witten. Plus a 50 yard bomb dropped by Terrell Owen's.
Romo actually had 3 drive to put it in for a win. That team of all stars fell apart. Penalties, dropped passes, pressure on Romo. A lot of mistakes were made. But, only Romo gets blamed.
The 2011 home loss to the Giants. The ol "Miles Austin lost it in the lights" game. I didn't sleep that night.
The lazy f**k could have at least dived.
Romo and Witten’s careers were robbed by their defense. The going in argument was a good offense is the best defense, and that doesn’t work in the NFL.
I have always had this nagging feeling that if Parcells doesn’t get run-off by Jerry, then Romo and Witten get a Super Bowl. But as is the story with the ‘boys, Jerry is Jerry’s own worst enemy.
I don’t think Barry mentioned this but people forget. In 2012. The cowboys in the 2nd half at one point were either tied or losing in every single game. Also in every game at one point they were losing.
12 finals scores decided by 7 or less points. 5 are losses.
Can we talk about how freaking good Dez Bryant was?
He dropped a lot of passes. Drew Pearson and Michael Irvin were the better receivers wearing number 88. No denying he was talented. Just wasn't clutch.
@@someperson8151 He did. Two important game winners in his grasp and didn't pull through. One time, the NFL did admit that they were wrong, but the other time when had one finger out of bounds on a game winning catch (vs Giants) is all on him. I'm sure that there were others.
Dez was good but was overrated in his prime.
@@tomknapp6194 no neither of those are his fault the NFL was smoking that good shit and then rotten luck as he did catch it just not in bounds
Dez caught it.
If you didn’t watch every cowboy game during this span and know the roster, you have no idea how good Tony Romo really was. He had so much bad luck and a lot of those interceptions were him trying to make something happen that just wasn’t there. It was always 50/50 for him.
These breakdowns of how unlucky some of these QBs are really makes you wonder why Tom Brady gets so lucky so consistently...
Ikr
Consistently having a top tier defense plays a role I think
Having the greatest coach in the history of football and having Randy Moss and Gronk and Wes Welker, and 15 top ten defenses probably contributed to his success I’d say, he also ran to a stacked roster because he was scared of getting owned by Mahomes in the AFC
He also played in a division that was a dumpster fire for most of his career. A lot easier to get homefield when you are gifted 5 wins a season.
He’s a marketable asset.
As a cowboys "fan" I enjoyed watching Romo much more than Prescott and always thought he had insane potential.
Yeah, Tony was a gun slinger and a ton of fun to watch. Dak can be frustrating and methodical, at least before last year.
I like Dak, but he's no Romo. Coming off a season ending injury is not encouraging, but I'll still want him to do well.
Likewise… remember when romo took over? Was so electric and exciting for years afterwards.. haven’t been that excited about a Dallas cowboys player since or for years before romo for that matter
@@tomknapp6194 and he's doing well!
@@sarath2706 He is. The only thing is that Dak is pretty good when he has support. Take away Zeke or one of the WR and his ability takes a serious hit. But, it is working for the moment. Let's hope it holds out.
Yay more documentaries!!!
Agreed
If there was a UA-cam hall of fame, Barry would be in it
"Ray Rice punches it in" Barry GOATed again
That 2014 Green Bay Dallas game is one to remember
For context there was 4:30 left after Dez, “dropped the ball” so even if the Cowboys score the Packers would’ve had plenty of time to answer. Also the Packers were able to get inside the Cowboys 30 following the change of possession before they even hit the two minute warning. It’s very likely Green Bay still wins the game. Still shouldn’t be blamed on Romo though as he played pretty well. Dallas didn’t have a good defense that year and that was their Achilles heel
I was there at the game 😭😭😭 I saw him catch it right there. I was so sure the call was going to stand I had not even a sliver of a doubt 😖
I would understand no touchdown cuz Bryant slid in BUT NO CATCH IS CRAZY
@@dragonboy141 It is only "very likely" that the Packers win if they scored on every drive up until that point. They didn't.
Shout out to dez for dropping that ball
Please never stop making these.
I don’t see how a QB being a place holder due to injuries and making a mistake hurts his legacy as a QB..I don’t see Tom Brady doing better
Tom Brady has 7 rings 🤷♂️ and im a dallas fan. Romo was trash
@@brownhag Romo wasn't trash foh. Brady wouldn't have gotten a ring if he was a cowboy
@@kylemonsterdrywallfistbump5948 brady led bad defenses to super bowl appearances in 2011 and 2017.
The Cowboys going into Seattle in 2014 for an NFC championship would’ve been a spectacle. A 2nd chance for Romo exercise his demons where the choker narrative began. That 2014 team is still my favorite Cowboys team. Watching the Packers collapse was a pretty great though.
The really unlucky thing is, they were 12-4 in 2014, same as the #1 seed Seattle, and actually BEAT them on the road in the regular season. But because there was a three way tie, the head to head result didn't count and they didn't even get a bye.
This guy knows football. As a color guy, he calls the plays before they are called on the field . He’s worth every penny. I always thought the Cowboys would be a perennial playoff team with Romo as coach and Aikman as GM. They are both that knowledgeable on football.
Jerry would never let that happen
i thought romo was white?
He's unlucky AF. Easily a HOF talent. Even with the Cowboys who never gave him a team he has better stats than a lot of QBs in the HOF
Facts
Not sure he's a for sure HOFer but I can see him getting in later with that veteran selection. It's just he doesn't have the success alot of QBs in the Hall have.
@@dytrus8203 Carson palmer has better stats than Romo I wouldn't say he's had a HOF career.
What? He literally had the best receiver of generations as a teammate. Cowboys fans been holdin the L for 25 years straight 😂😂
@@Soccercrazyigboman lmao Cowboy logic, he was above average at best. I’ll give you a shitty defense but he had weapons for about 5 of those 8 seasons
Once again, if only these guys could inspire their defense like Brady does 🙄
More like marry a super model and take pay cuts like Brady
@@brandoness3542 paycuts dont make brady the goat, having top 10 defenses in all his carreer is more because belicheck scheme and not the paycuts, that's a MYTH
Jesus, thanks for this Barry. I love Romo.
He’s literally the most underrated qb ever...dude never had a defense or coaching
Yet he calls Josh Allen "Mr January" yet he can't even get past Burrow xD
Ahh yes! The washington ████████
I was looking for this comment
Here's the biggest part. This guy says, "...mishaps on Romo's fault..." If you followed Romo's career, you would know that 3 of those 4 playoff losses were absolutely winnable when SOMEONE ELSE screwed up.
This cannot be understated.
"After Dez Bryant dropped it. More on that later"
*pain*
Thank you for making these Tony Romo was one of my favorite QB's to watch on Sundays better then most people remember and had some really bad luck and so missed opportunities
My boy Romo is the anti Brady. He's disregarded in most conversations and the football gods hated him.
I can't help but to feel sad every time I think of his lack of titles. Unfortunately I got into football late is his QB career, but listening to him breaking some plays down makes my Sundays.
The last sentence of the video earned it a place in the hall of fame.
Ik it might be painful but I'd like to see this style of analysis with McNabb and Reid going to five championships and losing to the Bratriots in the Super Bowl.
Goddamn I love this channel, btw. Good, good shit, my man.
Rodgers *breaks collarbone*
Romo "First time huh?"
Every time they hate on Romo I remind them that this man was putting up 300 yards every other game while the league was still averaging 220. I’l
I wish Romo could've played a whole career with Emmitt Smith and those 90s Dallas defenses behind him
That's all I be saying lol
I’ve loved seeing these year over year career breakdowns of these Quarterbacks. It would be cool to see you do similar breakdowns on NBA super stars, and how there success and failure created their media narratives.
“Tony Romo” is just another term for “another untimely interception” is what I’m getting from this video
Best all time 4th quarter/overtime passer rating. If he threw that many late interceptions, how would he have this title?
@@moalston4203 Oh, do you mean 5th highest passer rating of all time at the time of his retirement? Highest 4th quarter/over time passer rating of all time? Do you mean those?
@@tomknapp6194 How many NFC Championships or Superbowls did Tony Choke Artist Romo win
@@skycrimestv7165 Oh, so you think Romo was the problem? He had the 3rd worst defence in 2013 and STILL led the Cowboys to 8-7 and almost a playoff birth. How do you explain this?
@@tomknapp6194 You're dodging the question. How many NFC Championships? Or Superbowl wins?
Out of all the premier quarterbacks from Tony's era (Drew Breese, Aaron Rodgers Peyton Manning, Big Ben, Phillip Rivers, and Tom Brady), he unquestionably had the worst roster and coach around him, but was still no debate better than at least two of those guys, I would argue 3 of them. Do not forget that when Romo started playing, the Cowboys were one of the worst 5 teams in the league and had been for at least 7 or 8 seasons. Even after that, the defense NEVER improved beyond barely mediocre, the coaching only got worse and worse, and his very best two best WRs his entire career were a washed up diva and a notorious pass dropper. Also do not forget that Romo was basically forced to play so risky because he was in almost every game having to come from behind to win because of his pathetic defense and general coaching strategies. If Romo doesn't get drafted into a completely dysfunctional, in tatters franchise with a completely broken front office, he goes down as a top 5 quarterback ever and is a no question hall of famer.
I still argue that Matt Stafford had the biggest gap between his talent and his roster. As such, no one really talked about him much as an elite QB
The journey created him. Years of being QB3 were crucial in his development as a player.
brady not a premier qb.
@@crashstitches79this absolutely must have played a crucial role. The guy spent his most formative years as a player with the threat of getting cut hanging over his head. Who knows what could have happened if they had invested more coaching into developing him as a starter
I've been binging your amazing vids. Great work!
washington fan here. hate the cowboys. but i remember that last time he got injured and i felt so sorry for him. year in and year out he was solid and consistent and i just remember thinking “boy i hope he retires i hate seeing him get beat up like this”
great vid.
He was a good QB but played for a terrible franchise.
ironic
They aren't great now, but I think that having 5 rings disqualifies a team from being a "terrible franchise".
@@flameosaurus1832 in the grand scheme yeah but the past doesn't change what the present currently is
This guy was on the same level as other HoF QBs when he played, it’s just unfortunate that he played for an organization that couldn’t handle true skill and talent.
These vids are rly well done. You should do one on the washington r words (football team) over the past 20 years with dan snyder. keep it up mccockiner
There were numerous seasons where he had next to nothing around him, which led to plenty of implosions. As for the choking, he did have some infamous blunders like the Steelers game in 2008, the Lions game in 2011, and the Packers game in 2013. But I think sometimes his lack of a reliable coaching staff made him look worse than he actually was. I heard once Romo couldn't run audibles in Wade Phillips' offense. That and a bad OL will cook up a disaster, which it did.
LOVED Tony Romo. And the 2011, 2012, 2013 seasons (where they missed the playoffs by one win in every one) almost made me want to quit watching football. I was actually at that 2013 regular season game where they ended up losing to the Packers by 1pt. It was so depressing shuffling out of there in a stupor, I have refused to attend a Cowboys game live again. Having said all that, the feeling I got when the Dez catch was reversed made me want to get in my car and "Thelma & Louise" myself off the nearest cliff.
Great video. Somewhat painful reminder of all the Ls my favorite team took during the Romo years - that 37-36 Packers loss was the most frustrating game I ever watched - but definitely a satisfying summary of Romo’s career. I always hated braindead Cowboys fans who didn’t realize the team would be way worse off if “Tony Homo” wasn’t there.
Besides the 2015 season, wouldn’t you say we’ve done pretty well without him??
@@dakprescott12hunnitnfceast54 Yea I agree but he elevated the specific teams he played on during the years he was there. Not to say he didn't have other good players during their good seasons but he was much better than replacement level.
@@dakprescott12hunnitnfceast54 no
@@dakprescott12hunnitnfceast54 no, I wouldnt
@@dakprescott12hunnitnfceast54 Not really. For some reason the cowboys finally figured out how to build a roster once he retired and now they don't have a QB lol it's so odd how things work
The elevator R&B background music is killing me bro but overall you are funny as hell. Keep up the good work.
I love these videos! Thank you, sir!
Everyone loves how Barry always has AT LEAST one shot at Brady in every... single.... video he makes. 😅😅😅😅
Romo shouldn’t have been the holder while being the starter
That game was won until someone else screwed up (Crayton). Romo still almost won it though.
These are great videos man. Hard work pays off
15:27 this man's comedic skills are unmatched
Most definitely more unlucky than overrated
Why don't you make the comparison of Tony Romo vs Troy Aikman post-1995?
Romo won more games, in both the regular season and the post-season, despite Aikman having a far better defense most years. (Romo's offense was better, but hey, isn't QB play an integral part of an offense's performance?) Once Aikman was no longer surrounded by godlike talent at nearly every position, he won less regular season games than Romo and never won a postseason game.
In fact, by my key criteria of evaluating QB greatness, which is this---when your defense is being shredded, and your running game is being stuffed, you somehow win a game you don't deserve to win because of your QB play---Aikman fails miserably. I can't think of a single time where Aikman won a game like that. Aikman was the ultimate "game manager" QB, he performed flawlessly when all cylinders on the Dallas machine were working, but when they failed, he would join them in the failure. He never overcame a bad performance by the whole team.
By contrast, the great QBs---Brady, Manning, Brees, Rodgers, Marino, Montana, Elway, Staubach, and more--did just that. They won games for their team their team didn't deserve to win. So did Romo. Some QBs (Marino and Elway) doing that was almost a summation of their career (until Elway got a running game in the late 90s).
So in my book, Romo is the #2 QB of all time on Dallas's QB list behind Staubach, with maybe Danny White and Dak Prescott ahead of Aikman.
these videos are always so good
Yo these videos are fire keep going Joe 💯💯
Could you do one on how Philip rivers never got a ring I’m a colts fan and even though he only gave us one year I still love phill
Patrick Clayton blew that playoff game. Watch him stop on the route on 3rd down. Woulda been an easy td still don’t know why he stopped on his route it was a perfect throw
Loved the video I subscribed, keep it up
Great video as always
He just called my qb a crayon eater😂😂😂
You should rank every starting QB going into the this season
This is by far the best video I’ve ever seen on this godforsaken website. Epic ending
I literally just thought that I would love to see you make a video about Tony Romo and you do holy shit.
I've watched the Cowboys since Meredith. Romo was the best.
I spit out my cereal when he called Eli Manning a crayon eater
Thank you Barry
Thank god for your docs Barry.
What gets me is that people use the fumbled snap to judge how good a QUARTERBACK he was (yes, he screwed up, but why is the starting quarterback holding for a field goal?)
and the interception against the Giants which was treated like a choke moment when it was more of a desperation pass.
To me his worst moment was actually 2012, I get his team wasn't that great, but that was such a god awful interception that it was a very hard offseason for Romo defenders like myself.
Which game in 2012?
@@tomknapp6194 Week 17 vs. Washington, the one that ended their season. shown at 15:38
@@lukerbom12 He wasn't perfect, but let's be realistic. He only had 10 games with a worse passer rating in a 10 year career. At some point every QB fails.
Thanks Barry for blocking the old name of the WFT at 5:54, my 2 year old daughter was watching and I was worried she might have to see such a terrible example of systemic racism
I really wanna see u do a QB tier list. Maybe one for current players and one for HoF (in HoF version delete the F tier and name D tier "didn't deserve HoF"?).
great content barry
romo was so good. his last season hurts me the most. if he is playing instead of dak, i really believe the cowboys could have made a superbowl run because that team was extremely strong. ill always love romo and and so happy for him and his family in the future they have secured for themselves!
We all know Romo would not have done better than dak in the divisional.
Let’s be honest though…he’s actually really good at being an announcer
Some amazing commentary 👍🏼
He said “got their shit pushed in”… lmao that line just earned you a new stub… er… sub
Im an eagles fan who actually likes romo a lot
so romo is just undrafted philip rivers
This song in the background is pretty dope. Anyone know the artist?
I wasn't expecting that line at the end I'm dying 😅😂🤣
Best cowboys qb of all time and it’s not really close. He has the franchise record in yards, tds and passer rating. Yet he will never be a hall of famer. It goes to show how much the postseason matters to people. Troy Aikman is a game manager that threw for over 20 touchdowns once in his career but because his team won 3 Super Bowls, he’s in the hall of fame.
Roger staubuch?
Nvm he is overated
I would respectively disagree. I do consider Troy Aikman a better QB than Romo even though I don't consider Aikman the best either. That belongs to Roger Staubach aka Captain Comeback who was known for coming up big in big games. His numbers are not eye-popping because he played in a run friendly and defensive era. Aikman on the other hand is overlooked compared to the QB's like Favre, Elway, Marino, Kelly, & Young is because of Jimmy Johnson's offense being run first with Emmitt even though he considered the most accurate QB and Michael Irvin having several 1000 yard seasons with Aikman as his QB.
@@4392amtrak ehh I never understand why think roger was so good
@@4392amtrak passer rating of 83.9 isn’t great
Underrated actually. Best qb in cowboy history, he just never got what he needed to prove it.
Over Rodger Staubach or Troy Aikman 😬
Despite being 1 of my favorite NFL QBs?!- I see NO lies, here- Once again, GREAT video. Keep spittin’ that FIRE!!!... You’re AWESOME at this Sports Talk Game.👍🏽🖤💯
Dude Romo had so many back injuries because he was fucking CARRYING that franchise for a decade. The cowboys would’ve had as many wins as the Browns if not for Romo. All those 8-8 seasons would’ve been 4-12 seasons easily. They just refused to help him out on defense, special teams, or the o-line. And the one lone year they did all help him out in 2014 the football gods changed the football world forever and took another playoff win away from him. He isn’t a top 10 QB all time or anything but he was 100000% more unlucky than overrated. I’ve never seen such bad luck for any other high profile QB in the league in the past 15 years.
Romo was a very good qb, but was a pro choke artist. Jerry gave him the tools to work with and he always found a way to blow it during crunch time.
At least the cowboys got the better QB in the end.
At a point, performance wise, I always believed Romo and Rivers were twins separated from draft. Both put up numbers, both great years and many subpar and underperforming years, having the talent but never capitalizing off of it, and finding ways to lose games.
You are missing so much about that 2007 divisional game, that game is really Romos career in a nutshell. Go on a brilliant 10 minute drive in the 2nd to basically end the half and the defense gives up a touchdown in the last minute of the half to tie it up. Crayton drops that pass you showed which would’ve been a huge gain and possible a touchdown. In 4th quarter these things happened; TO alligator arms a deep ball which would’ve been at least a 40 yard gain. Both that and craytons drop would’ve been at least a field goal which would’ve made it 21-20 at worst. Then we get bad romo who takes a bad intentional grounding with 4 minutes left which ends a drive. He gets the ball back to end the game where you show the desperation heave to Glenn to end the game on 4th down but watch the 3rd down play; crayton is running down the sideline where romo throws a game winning dime but crayton slows down assuming he won’t get the ball. What a weird game and really sums up his career where romo takes turns with his teammates failing.
One stat that make me say romo is underrated; Tony romo has the highest 4th quarter qbr in history at 100. He can’t be a choker and have that high of a rating in the 4th. Every quarterback has terrible moments in crunch time but his are magnified because he never won a title.
As a Washington fan, I can tell you that Tony Romo was the best quarterback for Washington in the last 20 years.
Not the same for Prescott tho 😏
Romo was 11-9 against the, um, "whatever they are now"s...... Not his best, but still a winning record.
Romo literally was 11-9 againts yall but okay lol
Tony vs Eli, that debate was never supposed to happen. Eli was a first overall pick who had the benefit of refusing to play for the team that drafted him and going where he wanted to go, the heir to the golden boy Peyton. Tony Romo started as a nobody, not even drafted, but he forged his own greatness. The fact we have so many what if’s about his career can make it easy to lose sight of how amazing it is in its own right. Most UDFAs are no-names who become little more than camp bodies. The reasonable best case scenario is maybe they become a surprise contributor. You never expect, or even dare to hope, for the kind of numbers Romo put up. If they’d finished off one of those two big runs (2007, 2014) in the super bowl, Romo has a case for canton. If they’d finished them both off, heck, that’s basically Eli’s career, but with much better stats. And a lot of people think Eli is going into the Hall just off of the two Super Bowl runs. It could’ve been Romo. But the fact that he probably will never make the hall of fame doesn’t take away that he’s one of the greatest stories in NFL history. From UDFA to being among the best of the best. With better team management, could’ve been a world champion too.
elis one of the best 4q qbs ever, doesn't choke, and didn't have much help. the giants d was average in 07 and terrible in 12, but the team was coached well in the playoffs. eli got hammered in 07 but pulled through he's an easy hof based on his play, toughness, and success. he's a definite hof because he won the second most important game in NFL history. on a worse team eli got it done, hof
I can sum Romo's career up very easily. I'm going to compare 2 QBs, but only reveal their identities until after the stats.
QB A:
7 Games
29 points/game
182 Completions
283 Attempts
64% completion
7.69 yards/attempt
19 TDs
6.7 TDs/100 attempts
4 interceptions
104.22 passer rating
QB B:
8 Games (+1)
22.25 points/game (-6.75)
178 completions (-4)
282 attempts (-1)
63.12% completion (-.88)
7.35 yards/attempt (-.64)
15 TDs (-4)
5.3 TDs/100 attempts (-1.4)
2 interceptions (-2)
100.9 passer rating (-3.3)
Looking at these 2 QBs, it seems they are pretty close to the same. But, I think the edge has to be given to QB A. More TDs in 1 less games, better completion percentage, more yards per attempt. QB A is Romo in his 7 losses from 2013 and QB B is Eli Manning from his 2 SB runs. Let's look at some other very important stats:
QB A (Romo):
0-7
Average points given up by defense: 37
Opponents held to 20 or fewer points: 1
Opponents scoring 30+: 6 (OUT OF 7?!?!?!?)
Opposing QB passer rating: 117
Games LOST by 4 or less points: 5
QB B (Eli):
8-0
Average points given up by defense: 16 (-21)
Opponents held to 20 or fewer points: 8 (+7)
Opponents scoring 30+: ZERO (-6)
Opposing QB passer rating: 74
Games WON by 4 or less points: 5
Here is where things don't make sense. Romo was criticized for not doing enough and Eli was called a playoff genius. When the real difference between the two was how their own defense performed. Despite giving up an average of 37 points and an opposing passer rating of 117 (and 2 games in which they forced ZERO punts), Romo still almost won 5 of those 7 games. Meanwhile, Eli's defense gave up a mere 16 point and an opposing passer rating of 74 barely won 5 of 8 games.
Another thing is that Romo's stats above were barely above average. Eli's stats are among the best of his 16 year career and not remotely close to being typical.
Romo is the very definition of a HoF player and Eli was a below average QB that was carried through both playoffs. Eli should never be in the HoF.
Please make a video for Big Ben. Would love to get your take on his overall career and if he is a top 10 qb of all time.