Tony Romo Vs. Dak Prescott
I made a comic about the Jets QB fight a few weeks ago that used the Dak/Tony debate as a set up and then everyone just talked about the Dak/Tony debate in the comments anyway, which made me feel bad for the Jets. So here we go, lets talk about Dak Prescott and Tony Romo and all the commenters can recycle their comments.
I’ve kind of held off talking about Dak Prescott(and Carson Wentz) mostly because I hate snap judgements on players. 1 year (let alone a few games) cannot define a player in this league. But at this point it’s hard to argue against both Dak and Wentz not probably being legit. I think Wentz is the real deal stuck in a tougher spot, with nobody to throw to. I’m still unsure about Dak, but I’ve come around to thinking he’s at least going to stick around for a bit now. Dak has been good. He’s even been great. But you cannot deny that he’s in a much more favorable spot. The Cowboys O-line is the best O-line in football again, and on top of that they drafted a stud RB who is lighting the league on fire. It’s much easier to be a QB when you got teammates like that backing you up. Dallas was a playoff team that drafted top 5 because they lost Romo last year. All Dak had to do was not be Brandon Weeden or Matt Cassell, and he’s proven he can be that, and more. So I’m still hesitant to call him jesus and I still think Romo is a better QB and the playoffs might come back to haunt Dallas if they keep Dak in.
However, I think at this point you can’t start Romo anymore and I hope he retires at season’s end. This is Dak’s team. Romo hasn’t been able to stay healthy for several years now. It’s weird to think about, but Romo’s career might end the same way his own started. Romo was a nobody who was thrown into a game to replace Drew Bledsoe, and from then on it was Romo’s team. Now Dak was thrown in to replace Romo, and it’s clear that it’s now Dak’s team. Kind of poetic.
I really want the Cowboys to win a Super Bowl with Romo on the team. At this point, he’s taken so much flak for the Cowboys that he deserves to have at least one ring from them.
Or, you know, he could be Ringless Romo, to go with Ringless Rivers.
As Romo tried to beat up that kid, his back broke again
inexplicably, halfway through beating the shit out of that kid, romo breaks a bone. choose a bone, any bone. doesn’t have to be one bone
I’d still start Romo in the playoffs though, get some veteran experience behind center. Also I feel bad because Romo deserves better than to be Bledsoed.
I’m at least glad people here on the Draw Play seem to see Romo’s talent and how he’s carried the team. I wish the Cowboys won a super bowl with Romo, but it looks like it’s just not happening. In Dallas it seems like folks have forgotten the last two years and the worst of us still think Romo sucks. You deserved better than Dallas, Romo. I hope he retires for the sake of his own health.
-Huge Romo Fan
I’m just shocked at how easily Pittsburgh gave up their final drive. That game was VERY dramatic.
Also I am pissed off with Green Bay apparently taking a turn for the worse, and no one is accountable for SHIT.
Sorry, man. We gave them Duval Disease in that first game.
Pittsburgh didn’t give up on the final drive, they actively went out of their way to ensure that Dallas scored. Two face masks on consecutive plays (1 uncalled, somehow)? Letting Elliot get a 30 yard TD untouched?
Ben’s fake spike TD was completely wasted.
That fake spike play was bullshit. I call it cheating all the way around. It’s exactly like taking off on a race before the race even starts. So let’s call the Cowboys win a case of instant karma for Ben and his cheating ways. If they were really good, they wouldn’t need to resort to that kind of shit. Nuff said.
HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!
The fake spike has been done so many times, that at this point, if you fall for it, you’re an idiot and you deserve to look foolish. It’s absolutely not cheating, and it’s not at all like taking off on a race before the race starts because it’s not against the rules. Honestly, the DB wasn’t even fooled – it took a great throw and catch from Ben to make it work!
Yeah! No fair being sneaky! And while we’re at it, let’s eliminate all other sneaky plays. Quarterback sneak? Eliminated. Fake punt? Get rid of it. Surprise onside kick? Just accept you lost, losers. The draw play? Too deceptive!
Don’t worry Romo, Dak may be be the new favorite, but the fans will turn on him the moment he loses in the playoffs, just like they did you.
Romo to Beleiveland in 2017 after 1 last Romo-ception in the nfc title game
…by Landon Collins.
Yes; 16 Cowboys = 99 jags
No, the Browns will take Watson number 1, or maybe Trubisky at 15 if he lasts that long.
Dak is in the perfect position for a young quarterback to have a great team around him a la Tom Brady or Russell Wilson. He can slowly work his way toward becoming an elite quarterback instead of having to try to be one from day one. One day he will be thrown into the deep end and asked to carry the team more, but that time is not now. If I’m the Cowboys I don’t go back to Romo even in the playoffs, unless Dak starts sucking or gets injured. He hasn’t given you any reason to doubt him yet.
I am firmly in the Pro-Romo Camp in that I think he has been way better than people ever give him credit for, but at this point, he simply can’t stay healthy. I feel bad for him, because he’s never been treated fairly and now, their success this year with Dak is only going to galvanize those people dumb enough to not believe in Romo’s ability.
At this point though, I just don’t see how you could go back to Romo, given that the team is absolutely rolling with Dak. I think with Zeke and more importantly this offensive line, Romo could still play great football, but given his injury risk especially I wouldn’t disrupt their rhythm.
I’m kinda glad this happened. The Cowboys aren’t winning the super bowl with this defence, especially not with a rookie under centre. Then Romo will have a chance to get a ring with a team that isn’t the Cowboys and I’ll be able to root for him.
Browns?
Worth noting: Kaepernick looked as good if not better than Dak when the Niners had Frank Gore and Vernon Davis in their primes, to go along with a great offensive line.
That said, I like Dak much more than I did Kaep. Played in a pro-style offense in college against SEC competition rather than MWC competition, much more of a pass-first guy than Kaep, his mechanics could use some work, but that’s coachable, especially with as picture-perfect a guy as Tony to learn from. Good decisionmaking, and in spite of having one of the greatest security blanket TEs ever to go along with a dominant outside receiver, he spreads the ball and doesn’t force it to Dez or Witten.
I always pump the brakes on rookies, especially rookies in as ridiculously good a situation as what Dak has to work with in Dallas, but I really like what he’s done so far.
No rookie qb has ever led his team to the super bowl, and only a handful have won their first playoff game.
2 of the 4 rookie qbs who made it to a conference championship did not have great careers (Shaun King, Mark Sanchez) and one of the other two has been good but not in the elite category IMO (Joe Flacco). The fourth (Roethlisberger) will probably be a HoF qb.
The playoffs ratchet up the difficulty level and rookies have not thrived. History is not on the Cowboys’ side for this year with Prescott playing.
True, but look at this:
Mark Sanchez: 12 TDs, 20 INTs (15 starts)
Shaun King: 7 TDs, 4 INTs (only 5 starts)
Joe Flacco: 14 TDs, 12 INTs
Ben Roethlisberger: 17 TDs, 11 INTs (13 starts)
Dak Prescott: 14 TDs, 2 INTs (7 games to go!)
Dak has already proven he is having a far better rookie season than all of those guys who really got to the conference championship because of their defenses (each one had a defense in the top 3), even though Flacco and Ben played pretty well. Dak is incredibly careful with the football and doesn’t make many mistakes, which gives you confidence he could do well in the playoffs. Especially when it’s not all on him, he has the best O-line in football and the leading rusher backing him up.
RG3 and Russell Wilsob’s stats are closer to Dak’s. Neither even made it to the championship game.
Neither has a playoff bye
It’s way too early to be thinking about byes. There’s still a month and a half left in the regular season. That’s a very long time in football.
Did either RGIII or Wilson keep their team from the championship game because of their own poor play? RGIII got hurt, and Wilson played very well and gave his team the lead but his defense allowed a field goal drive in the last 30 seconds. Just looking at losses is not indicative of how the rookie played and whether or not they were the main factor responsible for their team losing. The Cowboys may not make the NFC Championship, but if that were to happen right now I’m betting that would not be because of Dak Prescott.
I am from the Dallas area and I was there when Romo took over for Bledsoe. I like Romo, I always have liked him. I cheered for him to be the starter until a few weeks ago. Dak and Zeke have a chance to grow together and be the leaders of the Cowboys for a decade to come. I know injuries happen, I know greatness can be temporary…but this feels like it did when Romo took over.
I am sad that Romo never got a ring as a starter. I hope he goes to a team in need of a bridge QB with a good cast around him. A Ware and Romo reunion in Denver would be nice. If I were a QB that just needed to game manage to win, I would definitely choose Denver. The Jets might also be a good fit if they draft a QB and want him to learn behind Romo/replace him when they are out of contention. It would be pretty amazing if he managed to lead a team to the Superbowl and ended up facing the Cowboys. Though it would be sad to see him get hurt and replaced by a young guy again (even more like Bledsoe) in another team. Whatever happens, I think the right decision has been made to make the Cowboys a better contender.
I feel like Prescott is gonna end up in the Flacco-zone, where he’s good enough that replacing him on a contract year is out of the question, leading to him getting way more money than he deserves, leading to the people around him not getting paid, leading to a team far weaker than the one that put him in the big money in the first place.
Poetic, you say?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Dak is The Man
Romo? Screw you.
Romo’s cap hit over the next three years is $24.7 mil, $25.2 mil, and $23.7 mil, and his dead cap hit for next year is $19.6 mil. You can’t commit that kind of money to a backup qb.
The Cowboys have the worst cap situation in the league for 2017 – they are already $9+ mil over the estimated 2017 cap. They’ve already kicked the can down the road a few times with him, I suppose they can extend and restructure Romo again or some other players, but geez. They’ve got to clear space for the rookie pool, and many of their highest paid players have negative cap savings if cut or traded.
The Cowboys might look a lot different next year. Take away some of Prescott’s weapons (looking at you, Witten) or mess with the o-line, and maybe his prospects aren’t so rosy.
Now lets use this to talk about the jets qb situation 😀