Cowboys Sign Romo to $108M Deal: Skins Fans Rejoice!

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

The guy is classless. Hard to believe we didn't see it before when he was a media darling. He's actually the reason when I'm channel surfing that I don't stay on NFL Network seeing as how Playbook, one of my all time favorite shows before McNabb, is on usually when I get back from work.

Yeah I don't care much for him either

[JoeRedskin]

Looking at the contract, it's clear Romo is their QB through 2015. In the 4th year the cap hit for cutting him v. keeping him looks about the same. Year 5, is the first year of the contract that his release hit is significantly smaller than the hit for keeping him.
Of course, if they have to restructure in years two or three, they could be stuck with him an extra year.

[VegasSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

As I stated earlier. I think either Jason Witten, DeMarcus Ware, or Miles Austin will be gone in two years.

Considering thier age that would likely happen anyway

[Pigskins]

I dont want a QB who is going to win me Regular season games, if RG3 went undefeated every season and lost the first playoff game for the next 5 years, I would have to say he doesnt deserve 100 million

[FRPLG]

I mean what is Dallas supposed to do? He's good enough to keep (who do you replace him with?) and bad enough to know there's a good chance you never win with him. Money wise he got a market deal. Dallas can thank Baltimore. So can we...of course if he is worth that much imagine what we'll be paying our QB in a couple years. At least I hope he's been good enough o have that type of problem.

[That Guy]

i dunno... the whole kolb thing is pretty stupid too.

[skinsfan69]

I can't stand it when qb's are based a W/L record. Since when does the QB go out and play against all 11 guys by himself?

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I can't stand it when qb's are based a W/L record. Since when does the QB go out and play against all 11 guys by himself?

I don't think its necessarily the win lose record, I think it is more of the fact if the quarterback puts his team in the best position to win the game. That is why I believe stats are overrated as well. Stafford/Romo/Rivers are perfect examples of players who do not always put their team in positions to win games, but they do fill up a stats sheet. I never expect a quarterback to win a game by themselves (and if they do that means they are elite, like Manning, Brady, Rogers and Brees), but I do expect a quarterback to put their team in the best position to win a game by not throwing pics at the worst times during a game.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by donofriose

I don't think its necessarily the win lose record, I think it is more of the fact if the quarterback puts his team in the best position to win the game. That is why I believe stats are overrated as well. Stafford/Romo/Rivers are perfect examples of players who do not always put their team in positions to win games, but they do fill up a stats sheet. I never expect a quarterback to win a game by themselves (and if they do that means they are elite, like Manning, Brady, Rogers and Brees), but I do expect a quarterback to put their team in the best position to win a game by not throwing pics at the worst times during a game.

Again though, u can't really put romo in that category because he leads to league in forth quarter wins since 2009. Pretty much Tony is really good until it's an elimination game which is y he's not elite, but he's also not a sorry bumb either. He's pretty good

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Again though, u can't really put romo in that category because he leads to league in forth quarter wins since 2009. Pretty much Tony is really good until it's an elimination game which is y he's not elite, but he's also not a sorry bumb either. He's pretty good

I don't think Romo is terrible, I just do not think he is worth 55 million guaranteed. But the cowboys were stuck. Its good for the Skins because I do not see a superbowl win with him because like you said, he seems to save his worst games for most important times of the year.

[Ruhskins]

Romo has proven over and over again that he can't win when it matters the most. While I agree that he is a somewhat steady presence at the QB position for the Cowpukes, getting paid more than QBs that have won when it mattered is ridiculous. Throw on top of that the fact that Dallas is being ran by one of the worst decision-makers in the league, I don't know how anyone here can defend this contract with a straight face.

It is my understanding that NFL players get paid on production and potential. Romo has provided the team with slightly above average production, something that won't cut it in a team with such high expectations from the media, their "fans", and their front office. Nor will it cut it in a team where being "good enough" gets fired. Also right now, there is nothing that tells me that Romo has the potential to be better than what he has done his whole career.

The Cowpukes are definitely stuck with Romo, but NOTHING he has done justifies the money in this contract.

[GTripp0012]

But now that the conversation has been steered towards 'meaningful', I really think that paying for Romo's age 34-39 seasons is foolish. It's basically the Alex Rodriguez contract, given the current financial state of the Cowboys. It's not that Romo isn't worth it: his market value is his market value. But why the Cowboys waited to this point to give their quarterback a market value contract makes no sense.

The decline rate among non-elite quarterbacks is pretty sharp starting right around the age Romo is now. Steve McNair was a co-MVP of this league in 2003, but he was completely toast as a player by age 34: the point which this Romo contract starts(!). Trent Green was awesome through age 35, then completely done. Kurt Warner appeared for all the world to be toast by age 35. Really, of all Romo's closest comparables, Favre had MVP seasons in his late thirties and early fourties, and no one else was even remotely successful beyond what amounts to the second year of this extension, or 2015.

If Romo makes this contract looks good, he's a no question first ballot hall of famer. But that's such a tall task. I think the more likely outcome is the Cowboys are the Cowboys for two more seasons (7-9, 8-8), and then they tear down and rebuild while Romo quarterbacks a losing team. He might never appear in the playoffs over the course of the deal, unless they pull a Favre 2007 type rebuild. That's best case scenario for the Cowboys right now.

[That Guy]

so is that, "I was wrong, but not because of anything anyone else said, I'm just so smart that I outsmarted myself when I said it was a good idea yesterday."

it's a bad deal for the roids. romo should be happy, cause no one else was going to pay him that much... meaning that it's not really his market value.

that's too much guaranteed money for a guy that's above average but just not notable in any way.

[Evilgrin]

Originally Posted by That Guy

so is that, "I was wrong, but not because of anything anyone else said, I'm just so smart that I outsmarted myself when I said it was a good idea yesterday."

it's a bad deal for the roids. romo should be happy, cause no one else was going to pay him that much... meaning that it's not really his market value.

that's too much guaranteed money for a guy that's above average but just not notable in any way.

I think he's better then above average, what kills him is the critical errors. To be fair, people forget alot of Dan Marino's brainfarts.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by That Guy

so is that, "I was wrong, but not because of anything anyone else said, I'm just so smart that I outsmarted myself when I said it was a good idea yesterday."

it's a bad deal for the roids. romo should be happy, cause no one else was going to pay him that much... meaning that it's not really his market value.

that's too much guaranteed money for a guy that's above average but just not notable in any way.

I reacted to the Eli Manning extension yesterday, apparently.

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