Romo gets unnecessary heat. It's not his fault we lose games when we score 20-25+ points... I mean, 6 of the games we lost in the 2011-2012 season (finished 8-8), we had a lead in the 4th quarter. Last year we were literally signing and starting guys off the street. Yet Romo is the reason why we suck.
The problem with this team is the horrific offensive line play ever since the 2007-2008 season where we went 13-3. The reason why we were so good and locked up the 1 seed was because Gurode, Flozell, and Leonard Davis all playing at a very high level. Marion Barber had holes to run through, and players like Terence Newman (4), Ken Hamlin (5), and Anthony Henry (6) were able to make plays in the secondary and generate turnovers.
Now, we have Orlando fukking Scandrick getting paid $32mil to get absolutely abused by whomever the opposing team throws out there in the slot. If defensive ends aren't molesting Doug Free, they're just doing inside stunts or blitzes and flying past our piece of shyt interior linemen. We're lucky Demarco is so shifty, because Felix and Dunbar can't consistently get anywhere near the 2nd level of the defense when trying to run behind these dudes.
Romo and TO hooked up for
38 TDs in a 3 year stretch, got Miles Austin paid to the tune of $65mil, assisted Witten with becoming a HoFer and setting a record last year (most catches in a single game by a TE), and has already made Dez a definitive top 10 WR in the NFL, and arguably a top 5 threat. Does he come up short? Yeah. But I've seen plenty of games where Peyton, Eli, Rivers, Cutler, Schaub, and a laundry list of other QBs have played poorly or made mistakes with the game on the line. The way people talk about Romo you would think that every other QB in the NFL never throws INTs or fumbles...
It ultimately comes down to awful o-line play and the pathetic defense not being able to generate ANY turnovers. I hope Cowboys fans realize that we had a whopping
7 INTs all of last season. Romo may not be the best, but there are other gaping issues in Dallas. We could do a LOT worse at QB than Romo. Only reason why we even have the opportunities to win 10 games and win the division is because Romo can consistently get his WRs the ball while he's recovering botched snaps or running for his life since A. there's no o-line and B. usually no running game.