If it
really matters the Cowboys miss the playoffs again. If they had made it would Tony Romo had done better,
or would he had choked again. Whatever
the case we have our answer. Now I will
admit I have never been a fan of the QB, I have been one of his biggest critics
since his career started. I have never
thought him to be a playoff or a super bowl type player for that matter. But I have to digress on the topic of his
status and bring some other factors to light about his success or lack there of
in the NFL.
Factor
#1: One since the QB has been in Dallas he has not had the line that
really has protected him since being there.
He is more than half the game running for his life in the pocket. Now his mobility helps him get away from most
of it. But what do you expect any QB to do when they have no protection, (just
ask Michael Vick) now his big game status is in question, but it is not all on
him.
Factor
#2: DALLAS has no running game.
So when a QB has to throw the ball as much as Romo does it hurts the
overall team. Any team at any level
needs a solid run game to open up the offense.
Without a running game any QB will suffer the wrath of a sub par career
because of it. Because that means you
have throw 90-95% 0f the time, and all the defenses at any level has to do is
come up with a ok blitz package and you will have problems all game long.
Factor
#3: The last and possibly
biggest factor of all is defense. The
Cowboys to me does not have the championship caliber style defense that they
used to have in the early to mid 90’s that won them a few Super Bowls. They don’t play the same style defense they
had played in those super bowls. Yeah I
am pretty sure it’s not fair to compare these Cowboys to those Cowboys (Smith,
Irvin, Troy, Johnston, Newton, Haley), but whom do we compare them to?
