No other QBs legacy comes close. Talk about a leader, eh.

Final thoughts regarding Romo – he never blamed any one else for any loss. But an objective observer has to acknowledge that the defense and the O-line let him down big time. It’s not like he threw 4 INTs and lost 3 fumbles.
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This is not a disrespect of Graham, but plenty of people in the know have ranked Montana and Unitas ahead of him.
For reference: NFL.com had a list of top 100 players in history. They ranked Montana at 4, Unitas at 6, Manning at 8, Baugh at 14 and Graham at 16. ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2152421 (Montana #3, Unitas #6, Elway #7, and Baugh at #10) and I can cite other lists.

In any case, this was not about Baugh. An objective observer (and I watched that game) would say that Romo (along with the rest of the team) embarrassed themselves on national TV with playoffs on the line. A clutch player would raise the game. I don’t know in which universe anyone would consider Romo as a clutch player. There is no “Drive” associated with his name, or any other heroic effort. At least Eli Manning has that clutch game against the Pats in superbowl (I’m not a fan of Eli either). Romo, at best, is ordinary and at worst a choker.

No other QBs legacy comes close. Talk about a leader, eh.

Final thoughts regarding Romo – he never blamed any one else for any loss. But an objective observer has to acknowledge that the defense and the O-line let him down big time. It’s not like he threw 4 INTs and lost 3 fumbles.

This is what I hate about football these days – fans that know so little. The Dallas defense gave up 44 points that day. And YOU blame the QB for choking.
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BTW, Dallas D did give up 44 points but that D was not the reason Romo and the offense score 6 (Six!!!) points. Most likely it’s the opposite, the offense did nothing to keep that Dallas D off the field (hence the 44 points allowed).

The best QB in NFL history (Otto Graham) couldn’t have won that game with the crappy D and the poor O-line. Yes, Romo did not play well, but no one does when they are running for their life all day. To say HE choked is to absolve the whole team. If he missed open WRs when he had all day to pass, and the D was holding them to 14 points THEN you have an argument.
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This is what I can’t stand about our society today. People ready to assign/shift blame elsewhere. All the claims/alibis made about how everyone dropped the ball or the OL was a sieve, etc, etc. Can this be substantiated or just a bunch of BS. You have no idea how Graham (who, in my opinion, was not the best QB in history) would have done.

Firstly, I am way beyond high school (this is so typical of losers: make personal attacks) Secondly, you are absolutely clueless about leadership. A leader (which a QB is supposed to be) does not assign the blame to the WR or the RB or other team mates. It stops with him. If you got Romo to talk he’d be the first to admit that he played horribly in a must win game (if he was a leader).

Talk about a juvenile belief system. Ok, if it makes you happy: Romo AND the Dallas team choked with the season on the line. I’m sure you are not going to come back and say Romo played awesome but the rest of the team let him down. If you do, you are a bigger loser than I thought.

The best QB in NFL history (Otto Graham) couldn’t have won that game with the crappy D and the poor O-line. Yes, Romo did not play well, but no one does when they are running for their life all day. To say HE choked is to absolve the whole team. If he missed open WRs when he had all day to pass, and the D was holding them to 14 points THEN you have an argument.

This is what I hate about football these days – fans that know so little. The Dallas defense gave up 44 points that day. And YOU blame the QB for choking.

Football is not a sport where a Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretski can win championships by themselves. It is the consumate TEAM game.
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While you are correct that football is a team sport, let’s not absolve Romo of the blame. His performance in a “lose and you go home” game was putrid (21 of 39 for 183 yards 0 TD, and 1 INT). He is supposed to be a leader of his team and he laid an egg. So, get off the high horse. I do know about football. You, on the other hand, know nothing about being a leader or performing in clutch.

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Three times, actually.
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Ok, so I lied. That was not my last post
But really. Talk about putting stats out of context. Out of the 3 Dallas wins against Philly in 2009, only 2 were with the season on the line. To perform, with the season on the line, is being a winner (not a choker). With that in mind. Romo has choked 3 times, and won 2 times. In other words, he’s more a choker than a winner.

Also, with the season 4th quarter come backs stats, he’s worse than Vick and Manning (his fellow NFC East QBs). Others being first rounders (and him being an undrafted FA) has nothing to do with whether or not he’s a choker.

This is what I hate about football these days – fans that know so little. The Dallas defense gave up 44 points that day. And YOU blame the QB for choking.

Football is not a sport where a Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretski can win championships by themselves. It is the consumate TEAM game.

Really? Is that a great thing? I don’t think so. The fact that free agency and salary cap have created a “any team can win” situation is ridiculous and, IMO, bad for the game I love.

Instead of teams that work hard, do their draft research, out scheme, and out think other teams in order to win games, you have the opposite situation. There is little relevance to coaching and scheming any more. Just look at the coaching turn-over. Gruden, and Shanahan win SBs and both end up fired. That tells me that they aren’t good coaches – it was just luck that they won. Same with QBs.

I hate the fact that the good management teams get screwed by bad teams that are just hoping for a miracle. There’s no more greatness – just luck.

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Three times, actually.

Most of the other QBs are considered busts or not that good. All the other guys that you trashed have been better than Romo in clutch. He has been a choker compared to the other guys.

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You kind if prove my point. In addition to having worse W/L records and career passer ratings:

Romo = 65 starts/9 4th qtr comebacks = 1 comeback every 7.2 games
Manning = 103 starts = 7.35
Vick = 79 starts = 7.9
Cutler = 68 starts = 6.18
Sanchez = 31 starts = 6.2

Of course these numbers are highly dependent on how often a team is behind in the 4th quarter in the first place, and how many times these guys DIDN’T make the comeback. Only Sanchez had has fewer starts than Romo, and that needs to be mentioned for proper context. And all were drafted in the first round.

Eli Manning: 14 fourth quarter comebacks, 17 game-winning drives
Romo: 9 fourth quarter comebacks, 10 game-winning drives
Vick: 10 fourth quarter comebacks, 11 game-winning drives
Cutler: 11 fourth quarter comebacks, 15 game-winning drives
Mark Sanchez: 5 fourth quarter comebacks, 7 game-winning drives (in two seasons)

Most of the other QBs are considered busts or not that good.
All the other guys that you trashed have been better than Romo in clutch. He has been a choker compared to the other guys.

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You should remember that the networks decide the prime time games and that the commish works for the team owners.

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Do you mean when he beat the crap out of the Eagles 24-0 to win the division, then beat the crap out of them in the playoffs the following week by a score of 34-14 and ended McNabb’s career as an Eagle?

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Wow, live in the past much? That’s what you tell Cowboys fans, isn’t it? “Michael Jordan of Football”? His career passer rating is 80.2 and he’s a convicted felon! That makes him the Fast Eddie Johnson of Football, at best.

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Dude, Romo is .629 as a starter in the NFL! Go pick on some first round picks that haven’t done that well (like Cutler, Boller, Stafford, Carr, E. Manning, Pennington, Sanchez, Vick, and Smith), or something. If you’re going to slam the guy at least come up with something good!
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I’ll give you something: a choker is a guy who’s supposed to win in crunch time but fails. Romo: how many times has he botched up in crunch time. See the seahawks game, then against Philly with playoffs on the line, etc. He’s a choker. How’s that for good!

I hate the Cowboys as much as the rest of you, but the fact is that they get ratings. And this is all about ratings. NFL and networks get much more money from advertisers for a Dallas Giants

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Totally agree. is all about the ratings.. just how it happened for Jerry Rice’s on the hof ceremony.. They headlined E Smith over the best WR and arguably the best player ever.. isnt that a bunch of bs? I do think E smith was a great RB and player.. but do you see him in the top 5 ever? answer is NOPE!! that was a slap on the face to Rice.

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E. Manning has a ring, you should remember moron, he whooped up on Romo IN DALLAS on his way to getting it. Stafford will be fine, Sanchez has had more success in 2 years than Romo has had since birth and Vick only won comeback player of the year, has played in a championship game and has been called “The Michael Jordan of Football”. Tony Romo is the martha Stewart of football. Shut your mouth and just admit Dallas rules primetime because they’re Dallas and Jerruh Jones lives under the commish’s desk

“Unless you are the Cowboys. You get primetime games even when you stink…”

And the sooner you get used to it the sooner you and all the haters will stop whining about it!

Keep on Hatin Haters!!