Joe Theismann: "Tony Romo isn't that good"

[huskers1217]

Romo >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tebow

 

[Smart]

Smart. Having an opinion doesn't make you right. But it can make you look like an idiot.

Brett Favre Career QB Rating: 86.0
Tony Romo Career QB Rating: 95.9

Romo Completion Percentage: 64.6
Favre Completion Percentage: 62.0

Romo TD Percentage: 5.6%
Favre TD Percentage: 5.0%

Romo Interception Percentage: 2.9%
Favre Interception Percentage: 3.3%

 

[Smart]

l o fucking l

Favre's got durability on Romo. What else does Favre have? Stats don't back him up. Favre only won one Super Bowl, with a defense that is much better than anything Romo has ever had. Give me an argument other than "Favre is a legend, and people make fun of Tony Romo."

 

[TexasMan]

Tony Romo is better than Brett Favre ever was

 

[ForkEmBucky]

Brett Favre's top 5 QB ratings

107.2 - 2009
99.5 - 1995
95.8 - 1996
95.7 - 2007
94.1 - 2001

Tony Romo's top 5 QB ratings

102.5 - 2011
97.6 - 2009
97.4 - 2007
95.1 - 2006
94.9 - 2010

avg attempts per game... Pretty critical for the ultimately unimportant QB rating, don't you think?

Favre - 33.7
Romo - 25.2

Yards per game

Favre - 237.9
Romo - 201.7

TDs per game

Favre - 1.68
Romo - 1.41

20+ yard completions per game

Favre - 3.42
Romo - 3.29

rushing yards

Favre - 3.6 ypc
Romo - 2.7 ypc

 

[ForkEmBucky]

Number of 30+ touchdown seasons Favre had by his 7th year starting in the league... 4

Number of 30+ touchdown seasons Romo had by his 7th year starting in the league...2

 

[ForkEmBucky]

Give Romo 5 more seasons of mediocre football teams, because Favre had several, and then we'll compare the stats again.

 

[Airraidtech]

IDK IDC Just LOL At the Cowboys. BURN EM, BURN EM ALL.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Not getting involved in the Favre vs Romo debate, but Romo has also had the offensive genius Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett primarily as his head coaches. Once again, Jerry Jones will not hire real coaches. Imagine if the Cowboys had retained Sean Payton as a head coach? Tony Romo would have won a Super Bowl by now if that was the case.

 

[Smart]

avg attempts per game... Pretty critical for the ultimately unimportant QB rating, don't you think?

Favre - 33.7
Romo - 25.2

Yards per game

Favre - 237.9
Romo - 201.7

TDs per game

Favre - 1.68
Romo - 1.41

20+ yard completions per game

Favre - 3.42
Romo - 3.29

rushing yards

Favre - 3.6 ypc
Romo - 2.7 ypc

This would be a great argument if Romo's YPG didn't count the 22 games where he was nothing but a field goal holder.

Romo has thrown 31.54 attempts per game as a quarterback. He has 253 yards per game as a quarterback. Etc. Etc.

Your argument is thus wrong.

 

[bocomo007]

Playoff wins for each?

Romo is a choker, not a winner

 

[fordman84]

Number of 30+ touchdown seasons Favre had by his 7th year starting in the league... 4

Number of 30+ touchdown seasons Romo had by his 7th year starting in the league...2

Funny, isn't Romo in his 7th year as a starter right now?

 

[ugafan6612]

you don't say

 

[ladyrockess]

l o fucking l

This is why I miss rep.

 

[Ragingcroc]

Romo hasn't had an offensive line that can protect him for years.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Romo hasn't had an offensive line that can protect him for years.

Neither has Rodgers, but that hasn't stopped him from having success and winning a SB.

 

[bone3421]

Romo is fine....the cowboys have way more problems
Take away romo and we are drafting luck or rg3 last year,
and a few more high draft picks the last few years

 

[Smart]

This is why I miss rep.

I know, right. Isn't it great when people are faced with facts on a message board, but instead of trying to argue coherently, they just post nonsense? How will this board function without rep to support such great contributions to the sports discussions on these boards?

 

[IPostedWhat]

I know, right. Isn't it great when people are faced with facts on a message board, but instead of trying to argue coherently, they just post nonsense? How will this board function without rep to support such great contributions to the sports discussions on these boards?

Wait, are you being sarcastic Randy?

 

[wartyOne]

The way I look at is half the league would probably kill to have Romo as their QB rather than their current QB. If he is "better" than the majority of his counterparts then he is good.

Denver - No
San Diego - No
Kansas City - Possibly a push, but I'll err on Romo's side and say yes
Oakland - Who freaking knows?

New England - No
NYJ - Probably. Probably easily.
Buffalo - Not sure which of these two QB's is better. They both look brilliant one week, than atrocious the next.
Miami - Too early to tell because of draft pick spent on Tannehill. So no.

Pittsburgh - No
Baltimore - No
Cincinnati - No
Cleveland - Same as Miami. So no.

Houston - No
Indi - No
Jacksonville - Likely
Tennessee - Likely

San Francisco - No. Not because Romo is worse than Smith. He isn't. But Smith protects the ball, and Romo doesn't.
Arizona - Unknown. They seem to be doing pretty well without a gunslinger.
Seattle - Yes
St. Louis - No. 1st pick overall on Bradford two years ago.

NYG - Clearly no.
Philly - Probably no, realistically. But I feel Romo would be an upgrade here, so I'll count them as yes.
Washington - No
Dallas - We'll see by season's end.

Green Bay - Clearly no.
Chicago - Clearly no.
Detroit - Clearly no.
Minnesota - Sure, why not. Ponder isn't a world beater in his second year, but the trade up and high draft pick lean me toward no.

Atlanta - Clearly no.
New Orleans - Clearly no.
Carolina - Clearly no.
Tampa Bay - I don't see any difference in Freeman and Romo, but given that, I'll err on the side of Romo.

By that generous count, I get 7. Realistically, once dollars are involved, that's probably closer to two or three. Romo isn't bad, but he is pretty average. I don't see teams lining up to sign an average QB who has demonstrated he can't win when it matters, and has complete meltdown games like Monday night.

Next season we'll find out. My guess is that this time 2014, Romo is vacationing in Mexico.