Who is Tony Romo?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SkinsTerps424

Im sure people who watched the NFL network broadcast last night saw them pushing this "Who is Tony Homo?" program that will be aired tonight. Seriously this makes me sick, he's had a couple of good games, but I could really care less who he is. I really hate how the NFL does this, why are they pushing this guy so much. I mean im not just being a bitter skins fan, I mean come on the guy wins a couple games with loads of offensive talent around him and everyone is hanging from his nuts. I really hope he starts blowing it. Someone needs to tell the NFL network no one outside of Dallas cares. I can deal with a program about an established qb, someone who has proven he is good maybe. but come on. I don't know it just really pisses me off.

Actually, I feel they push any Cowboys player.
Look at Aikman...come on, he's not very good as a commentator.
Emmitt Smith, he's still everywhere for some reason, always making guest appearances.
Jimmy Johnson is a constant on the Fox pregame show.
Worst of all, Michael Irvin...holy cow this guy could murder someone and still be on TV.
At least Aikman and Smith are decent people, but Irvin?


Why has Jason Campbell received NO publicity, but Romo received god like status? I hope Romo chokes on TO's pickle.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Look at Aikman...come on, he's not very good as a commentator.

Gotta disagree with you there, Aikman is one of the better color guys around.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Gotta disagree with you there, Aikman is one of the better color guys around.

I feel Aikman plugs himself too much, and when he does talk about the game he has to talk about too many personal issues/excuses, like "the reason Johnson couldn't hit the hole there was because he had an issue with his wife this morning." I don't think he adds value. But maybe that's just me.
Also, his monotonus voice makes me want to fall asleep, and he has a cartoonish head. haha

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Actually, I feel they push any Cowboys player.
Look at Aikman...come on, he's not very good as a commentator.
Emmitt Smith, he's still everywhere for some reason, always making guest appearances.
Jimmy Johnson is a constant on the Fox pregame show.
Worst of all, Michael Irvin...holy cow this guy could murder someone and still be on TV.
At least Aikman and Smith are decent people, but Irvin?


Why has Jason Campbell received NO publicity, but Romo received god like status? I hope Romo chokes on TO's pickle.

If you could find the numbers (stats) to show why JC should have all the attention please post them as I would be intrested to see what your looking at. I'm not saying that he is not improving with each game but its not like he is doing what Young is doing in Tenn.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by firstdown

If you could find the numbers (stats) to show why JC should have all the attention please post them as I would be intrested to see what your looking at. I'm not saying that he is not improving with each game but its not like he is doing what Young is doing in Tenn.

I'm not saying he should be a pro bowler or anything like that, just that NO ONE is talking about him and they have raised Romo to the status of Cult hero. You practically can't turn on the TV without hearing the name ROMO.
Tony has 17 td's and 12 int's, so while the TD's are good, he would project to 21 int's over the course of a full season. How come no one talks about that?
So I'm not saying JC should get all the attention, or even more of the attention, my point is to say that Romo should NOT get all the attention and most certainly not be a pro bowler.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by jsarno

I'm not saying he should be a pro bowler or anything like that, just that NO ONE is talking about him and they have raised Romo to the status of Cult hero. You practically can't turn on the TV without hearing the name ROMO.
Tony has 17 td's and 12 int's, so while the TD's are good, he would project to 21 int's over the course of a full season. How come no one talks about that?
So I'm not saying JC should get all the attention, or even more of the attention, my point is to say that Romo should NOT get all the attention and most certainly not be a pro bowler.

Amen. Homo has been showing that he is not infallible. Now, he certainly wasn't helped by TO suddenly playing defense against him and knocking down his passes instead of catching them, but Homo by no means looked like Pro Bowler out there yesterday.

[Blue Star]

Originally Posted by jsarno

I'm not saying he should be a pro bowler or anything like that, just that NO ONE is talking about him and they have raised Romo to the status of Cult hero. You practically can't turn on the TV without hearing the name ROMO.
Tony has 17 td's and 12 int's, so while the TD's are good, he would project to 21 int's over the course of a full season. How come no one talks about that?
So I'm not saying JC should get all the attention, or even more of the attention, my point is to say that Romo should NOT get all the attention and most certainly not be a pro bowler.

and still no stats on Jason posted but more Romo crying. Jason gets coverage people talk about him.
Look stats are really just that. Romo has produced some wins for the cowboys which is better than stats.
EX.
Matt may have better numbers than Vince but Matts team is in no position to make it to the playoffs and they play in the NFC WEST! Vince team plays in the AFC SOUTH and is right in the thick on things.

If you dont want to hear about Romo turn off your tv and then write to ESPN instead of crying about it on hear.
Romo has hit some bumps lately but hes a lot better than what Dallas had a QB.

Now that Jeff Garcia is hot your going hear a lot about him. I guess your mad at him now.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Blue Star

and still no stats on Jason posted but more Romo crying. Jason gets coverage people talk about him.
Look stats are really just that. Romo has produced some wins for the cowboys which is better than stats.
EX.
Matt may have better numbers than Vince but Matts team is in no position to make it to the playoffs and they play in the NFC WEST! Vince team plays in the AFC SOUTH and is right in the thick on things.

If you dont want to hear about Romo turn off your tv and then write to ESPN instead of crying about it on hear.
Romo has hit some bumps lately but hes a lot better than what Dallas had a QB.

Now that Jeff Garcia is hot your going hear a lot about him. I guess your mad at him now.

Wow, what an asanine post. You are actually comparing a QB with 20,000 passing yards, 130+ TDs with a guy who has started in 8 games, and has been mediocre at best in 3 of those?

The only thing anyone has said is that Romo backdoored his way into the Pro Bowl, and that the media is going a little crazy over him before he has actually proven himself. If he maintains his level of play, he is going to be a very good QB for the Cowgirls for a long time. But make no mistake - he ain't the second coming.

[Blue Star]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Wow, what an asanine post. You are actually comparing a QB with 20,000 passing yards, 130+ TDs with a guy who has started in 8 games, and has been mediocre at best in 3 of those?

The only thing anyone has said is that Romo backdoored his way into the Pro Bowl, and that the media is going a little crazy over him before he has actually proven himself. If he maintains his level of play, he is going to be a very good QB for the Cowgirls for a long time. But make no mistake - he ain't the second coming.

what are you talking about and reading? I didnt compare Jeff to Tony. Just saying that fella will probably be making post about Jeff now because hes getting more attention than Jason Campbell.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Blue Star

what are you talking about and reading? I didnt compare Jeff to Tony. Just saying that fella will probably be making post about Jeff now because hes getting more attention than Jason Campbell.

Garcia should get more attention than either of these players, because he has actually accomplished something, and is, now, actually accomplishing something. Homo is 6-3, which is fine, but 2 of those wins (Carolina and the Vagiants) had nothing to do with him.

[CanadianSkin]

Here is a little comment on the subject from ESPN. Looks like not everyone there thinks he is the second coming. I totally agree with Gregg Easterbrook on this one.

" Romo: From Zero to Hero to 56 Percent All-Pro: Perennially, Tuesday Morning Quarterback complains that the Pro Bowl voting is a popularity contest, not an attempt to determine who's had the best seasons. One indicator is that voting closes after 14 games -- why don't the final two games count? Because voting closes after 88 percent of the action, TMQ calls the chosen the 88 Percent All-Pros. Pro Bowl absurdity reached new lows last month, as Tony Romo was chosen as an NFC quarterback despite his having a career total of nine games on the day voting closed. That made Romo a 56 Percent All Pro. Sure, the NFC is weak at quarterback, and Romo looked swell in several of those nine games. But would anyone have voted for Tony after watching his 10th outing? Hard upon being awarded a free ticket to Hawaii, in his 10th outing Romo led the Cowboys to just seven points at home against Philadelphia in a game that cost Dallas control of the NFC East, in the process recording a quarterback rating of 45.5, which is only slightly better than the rating you get for hurling the ball into the ground on every play. (If every pass clangs to the ground incomplete, an NFL quarterback gets a 39.6 rating.) In his next game, Romo again lost at home, this time to woeful Detroit, and his two careless fumbles were the game's decisive plays. Naming a guy who has played only nine games in his career to the Pro Bowl roster is a satire of the superficiality of Pro Bowl voting. Had Pro Bowl voting had closed after the 16th game, rather than the 14th, there's no way Romo would be Hawaii-bound. Thanks, Tony, for immediately proving my point on national television.
Romo note: All that media froth about the astonishingly unstoppable Romo was based on his first few games, when defenses seemed to relax for him and beginner's luck was in play. For the month of December, Romo finished with eight interceptions, seven fumbles and a pedestrian 77.1 passer rating.
Hawaii note: One reason voters "reached" for a gent who had played only nine games is that the Pro Bowl takes three quarterbacks; Romo was the third chosen. Annually a total of seven running backs and quarterbacks are sent to Hawaii from each conference, along with a total of eight offensive linemen. In football, there are twice as many offensive linemen as quarterbacks and running backs on the field. This means quarterbacks and running backs are significantly overrepresented at the Pro Bowl, compared to offensive linemen. Why wasn't the slot awarded to Romo as third quarterback instead granted to Jamar Nesbit of New Orleans or Ruben Brown of Chicago, blockers who've had Pro Bowl-caliber seasons and were shut out by the event's bias against offensive linemen?"

[ncskinsfanec]

Will this thread ever die? Who cares? All he is, is just another mistake prone young QB. He really isn't anything special enough to talk about.