tr1 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/2009/09/23/0923golden.html Wednesday, September 23, 2009 One should never fault a person for not being who you want them to be. We're all wired differently, after all. In the case of Tony Romo sits to pee, he's being asked to be someone he's not. Romo sits to pee isn't Staubach. He isn't Aikman. He isn't even Danny White. Yeah, that Danny White. The one who quarterbacked Dallas to three NFC title games. Romo sits to pee plays hard and tries his best, but trying hard and putting out an honest day's effort doesn't mean he'll lead the Dallas Cowboys to a Super Bowl. Long before Romo sits to pee completed 45 percent of his passes for a paltry 127 yards with three interceptions Sunday, I already considered him average at best. And while the Giants rank as one of the NFL's premier defenses, the book on Romo sits to pee is easy to figure out. He's good against bad teams — he was Marino-esque with 353 yards and three touchdowns in the opener against Tampa Bay — and he's not so good against very good teams (see Giants). So let's not ask him to change the script. He is who he is. Romo sits to pee is the fun-loving, backwards-cap wearing jock who appears more comfortable doing commercial spots for "SportsCenter" than he does running the two-minute offense with his team trailing. He looks the part of an NFL quarterback, but doesn't always play the role well. The ESPN folks conducted a poll on their Web site at halftime of Monday night's game and posed this question: Will the Cowboys win a Super Bowl with Romo sits to pee at quarterback? Eighty five percent responded in the negative. The results came one night after Romo sits to pee's opponent, Eli Manning, the youngest member of football's first family, left Arlington with an important division win, spoiling an open house for 105,000-plus fans. Manning stood strong in the face of a fierce pass rush, and made the plays when he had to make them. This Eli Manning is better than the one who won a Super Bowl two years ago. Romo sits to pee hasn't progressed over the same time frame. In short, Manning played like a first-round draft choice leading a confident offense down the field with the game on the line. Look at what the Giants do. They run the football. Then they run it some more. And when the time comes for the quarterback to move the offense with his arm, Manning has shown himself capable. While Manning cut his teeth at Ole Miss against SEC defenses, Romo sits to pee played at Eastern Illinois, not exactly a quarterback factory. By and large, most good NFL quarterbacks were tested in college. For every Kurt Warner who showed up 11 years ago as an unknown from NFL Europe by way of Northern Iowa, there are 100 others who arrived in the league with a semblance of a pedigree. So, again ... let's not blame Romo sits to pee for being who he is. If you must assess blame, Jerry Jones gets a big chunk. He gave Romo sits to pee nearly $70 million and with that came expectations. Expectations of a first playoff win since 1996 and of a first Super Bowl appearance since 1995. While we're at it, let's not blame Romo sits to pee for cashing that lottery ticket — that's what we do in America — even after last year's season-ending 44-6 embarrassment in Philadelphia, when he told us media types that if not making the playoffs was the worst thing to happen to him, then he would be fine. That's never a good thing to say on a day your team didn't score a touchdown. What followed was a torrent of criticism from all directions in the offseason, including some pointed words from Cowboy legend Emmitt Smith, who indicated during a preseason radio interview that he didn't view Romo sits to pee as a quarterback who would get after a teammate during a game for not playing well. Smith is right. I never considered Romo sits to pee a huge leader and Sunday was an example of why it will be difficult for the Cowboys to ever win anything substantial with him behind center. And while the departed Terrell Owens posted on his Twitter account that "Dallas just found out it has T.R. problem and not a T.O. problem," the real responsibility falls at Jones' feet. Romo sits to pee is the guy he plucked off the practice squad and made a millionaire. It's obvious he paid too much for this young clunker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 I believe I made this assessment three years ago. Now, everyone is on the bandwagon. :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairRedskin Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The Statesman is a good paper. That's probably because Austin is a great city. I think a lot of Cowboys fans are down on Romo sits to pee around here. You hear a lot of kvetching about him on the radio and just about every fan I talk to shake their head when he come up in conversation. Cowboys fans are exasperated by his bone headed throws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I told some of my Cowboy friends that his TD production will drop and his INT's will rise higher. They didn't believe me this summer, now it looks like my prediction will be right. He's overhyped. Wonder how the local Cowboy fans will spin this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I believe I made this assessment three years ago.Now, everyone is on the bandwagon. :rotflmao: You have a funny knack for nailing predictions. I think you should become an NFL type Miss Cleo figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideshow24 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 "young clunker". HA!! Jerry got in early on the cash for clunkers program. Except he got it backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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