DID YOU KNOW that Dallas is the only team ever to lose a player to injury?

[PJ1]

Chopper I couldn't disagree more, Murray running wild is why Dallas is doing well romo has been romo for years, until Murray started this season going bananas they were not even in the conversation! Their offense has been balanced which made it good, romo throwing 50+ times equals disaster!

Yup.

 

[Vermont Maverick]

We won a game that we should have vs a team with it's backup QB. I'm not sure why this should be considered an impressive win.

What's impressive is that the NFL put 8 teams on our schedule so far, and we beat 7 of them. There are 2 teams that played us with our backup QB, and they did not win.

And there is this from PP21:
“That’s probably going to be a topic of discussion, ‘Oh, they didn’t have Tony Romo,’ ” Peterson said. “That’s not our problem. We came here to win a ballgame and that’s what we did.”

 

[Cardiac]

We would beat them even with Romo and the pick six. This team was getting hype because of the job Murray was doing. To say we lose to Dallas after a 1st quarter pick six because the QB is Romo is totally wrong to me and almost down right laughable. Peyton Manning or Brady, maybe in some deep do do but Romo... really? Romo is not much different than Palmer, and Palmer is less without Ellington and Romo is a lot less without Murray. The number one run offense went up against or D today and lost. Dallas is average and if not, then they would have been world beaters the last five years but it is the same Dallas team which had benefited from an improved running game till they met the run defense from the 'Bowles' of hell lol

I would love to agree with you fully but completely discounting Romo almost laughable IMWO. lol

That number 1 rushing O had to duplicate their performance without any resemblance of an NFL QB leading the team. lol

Now I hate you for making me say anything nice about the Cowboys. lol

I'm not saying the Cowboys beat the Cards with Romo at QB but I'm saying that it was a possibility, especially with a pick 6 and 10 point deficit in the 1st qtr.

 

[TJ]

Pro bowl QB to a guy who got cut by Cleveland...hmmm.



Also, look at preseason rankings which generally picked Dallas to be last in their division. No defense in Dallas, and the east was considered a terrible division.



Like it or not, Romo has been a significantly better QB than Palmer. Romo has kept the Dallas Cowboys from being a dumpster fire for years. Romo has made the Cowboys 8-8 with Murray gaining 1000 yards per season. Murray having a better year just makes it easier for Romo to take advantage of defenses. Losing Romo was huge. He covers up all of their warts, and they have a ton. The gap between Romo and Weeden is so much larger than the gap between Palmer and Stanton.



We won a game that we should have vs a team with it's backup QB. I'm not sure why this should be considered an impressive win.

We've played the entire season with a patchwork defense and three games with our 2nd and 3rd string QBs, but are 7-1 despite all of that. This sounds more like an excuse for why Dallas lost.

This is exhibit A on why having depth, solid talent evaluation, and elite coaching are paramount for when these situations arise. Dallas is lacking in each department. Not having Romo hurt, but what hurt more was not having anyone of significance back him up.

 

[Chopper0080]

We've played the entire season with a patchwork defense and three games with our 2nd and 3rd string QBs, but are 7-1 despite all of that. This sounds more like an excuse for why Dallas lost.

This is exhibit A on why having depth, solid talent evaluation, and elite coaching are paramount for when these situations arise. Dallas is lacking in each department. Not having Romo hurt, but what hurt more was not having anyone of significance back him up.

Yes. My point isn't to discount or compare what we have done this season. My point is that people are commenting on the media and announcers not giving us "credit" or "discounting our win". Well, they should discount it. It isn't a "big" win. We won a game which we should have won. Without Romo, the Cowboys are an average team at best. We beat an average team. Great. Where we are getting credit is in having the best record in the NFL. THAT is what is impressive, and is what should be talked about. Not a curb stomping administered to a Dallas team without their startiing QB.

 

[Russ Smith]

I think it's hard to believe that Romo has had a QB rating over 100 one year in the NFL, and yet this year halfway through has his highest career QB rating, highest career QBR, highest career %, YPA, just below his career best TD to INT ratio and that's NOT because of Demarco Murray and the run game?

He's a very good QB, who has a history of choking at big points in games. This year because of that run game they don't need him to make big plays late in games, they have the lead and are running out the clock. In the 2 games this year he played and they needed him to win the game, he lost, SF and Wash.

He is what we thought he was, a very good QB but not the guy you want to rely on at the end of a big game.

But yeah he's much better than Weeden.

 

[CardLogic]

The media, to a large extent, make it appear that the Cardinals beat the Cowboys because they were without Romo; writing headlines like, "Cardinals beat Romo-less Cowboys".

But, keep in mind that WITH Romo Dallas has beaten only one team so far that has a better than .500 record at this point in the season. That being Seattle, which was under .500 at the time they played Dallas.

There is no doubt in my mind that with or without Romo the Cardinals win that game yesterday!

 

[gamebird98]

We score 28 points and had opportunity to score more if not for several dropped passes....don't care if Romo was there or not....he wasn't scoring in the 30's

 

[JS22]

I think it's hard to believe that Romo has had a QB rating over 100 one year in the NFL, and yet this year halfway through has his highest career QB rating, highest career QBR, highest career %, YPA, just below his career best TD to INT ratio and that's NOT because of Demarco Murray and the run game?

He's a very good QB, who has a history of choking at big points in games. This year because of that run game they don't need him to make big plays late in games, they have the lead and are running out the clock. In the 2 games this year he played and they needed him to win the game, he lost, SF and Wash.

He is what we thought he was, a very good QB but not the guy you want to rely on at the end of a big game.

But yeah he's much better than Weeden.

Fun fact: Romo has the most 4th quarter comebacks of any QB in the NFL since making his debut in 2006.

In comparison, a "clutch" QB like Eli Manning has twice the amount of 4th quarter INTs than Romo. But he is considered clutch because of a miracle catch in the SB. Romo gets a lot of crap because he's on the Cowboys. He's had a few high profile INTs late in games. But guess what? Every QB has. INTs tend to go up as the QB is forcing throws because the team NEEDS to score.

I can't believe you're using Washington as an example this year. He came back into the game and was clearly not the same. (Hell, he had 2 fractures in his back!)

It's a shame he's on the circus that is the Dallas Cowboys. If he, for example, played here in AZ he'd be looked at as one of the best QB's in the league. The Cardinals are the exact opposite of the dysfunctional Cowboys. He would have thrived here. And I'd be willing to bet that he'd have gotten a ring by now.