By now everybody knows about the debacle that happen in Dallas Sunday night. Whether you watch the game, caught the never ending discussion on Sportcenter or the NFL network about how they blew a 23 point lead in the second half, and who fault it was. I'm not here to put blame, I'm here to figuare out is Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys the right fit. Yes I know the Cowboys invested $55 million in guarantee money to Romo this off season, does not mean the Cowboys are hand cuffed to Romo until the latter part of his contract. They already gave him his money, so the money he is getting in his contract is not a big deal.
The way Romo was playing earlier this year, I was hearing a lot from the Cowboy fans that Romo should be known as a top 5 quarterback, and they would start throwing out a whole bunch of numbers to back up their case. You can't just go by the numbers to decide if he is top 5 material or not. Romo puts up numbers in the regular season with the likes of a Brees, Rodgers, and Peyton Manning, but he does not win division titles like Brady. Those four quarterbacks have played in a combined 59 playoff games to Romo's 4. Romo has one playoff victory under his belt out of the eight years he has been the Cowboys starting quarterback. Any other quarterback would have seen the door, or the organization would had spent a high draft pick on a quarterback. Before Joe Flacco won his ring last year there was talk about how the Ravens wanted to see vast improvement from Flacco. They wanted more from their quarterback who at that time was in his 5th year as a starter, and played in more playoff games then Romo also. My question is why is Romo who is has not won anything in his 11 year career held to a higher standard then any other quarterback?
Looking back at the quarterback history of the Cowboys of the last 20-25 years can explain why the Cowboys are still holding on to Romo. Since they drafted Troy Aikman back in 1989 the Cowboys have had 13 quarterbacks start at least three games in one season, six has played at least one. An since Aikman last suited up in 2000 Jerry Jones have not had that star studded quarterback until Romo fell in his lap in 2006. Now this has nothing to do with the sport of football, but Romo has that look that Jerry has been looking for to play quarterback for his team. Which makes you think that at his age (71) Jerry Jones seem to be more concerned with making money then winning titles. As a owner of a football team you would expect him to want both.
As a New York Gaints fan, I hope every off season that this is not the year that Romo and the Cowboys finally get it together becoming the Cowboys that I hated from the 90's. The best thing is that the Cowboys have not had a head coach like Jimmy Johnson who led them to two titles. Romo is on his third head coach since taking over for the Cowboys, he is also on his third offensive coordinator, which is a lot for a quarterback with the talent of Romo. That can explain why Romo is having a problem succeeding in the playoffs and late in the season. When you have a new offense every few years or a new offensive coordinator comes in and wants to change something about your mechanics or way of thinking during a game, it can affect you mentally. Plus all these changes affect the identity of the team. The Cowboys is the only team who can still make the playoffs, who change their game plan every week no matter who they play. They never seem to have any balance, whether they throw too much or they they run too much and choose not to pass.
If we was talking about a star in the NBA or the MLB we would be talking about how a change of scenery could be a good thing for both. I'm not sure why nobody is bringing it up in this situation. I personally think that Romo can be successful somewhere else. I believe that the star on the helmet is becoming too much for Romo. Plus I don't think Jerry is going to change his ways on how he run the team anytime soon. So to sum it all up and answer the head line question, I think it is the best move for both to part ways cause the last nine years have not produce anything but headlines. Which does add up to wins or titles in the NFL.
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