Romo is the Problem

Ehsan Azad

Romo is the Problem

            For those who know me pretty well know that I am one of the biggest Romo apologists out there. I still think he has the talent of a top ten quarterback in this league. But, after tonight, it had finally sunk in that he has no clutch gene in his body. He can’t win the big game. Tonight proved it to me and to the rest of the world.

Romo will be in his final year of his contract this summer and of course the Cowboys will have no choice but to re-sign him to a new deal. What choice do they have? There is not an Andrew Luck or RGIII out there in the draft that they can snag. They don’t have the cap room to go out and outright sign a bad ass QB in the open market. They are stuck with Romo. While I still think that he will do pretty well statistically next year and in the future, I just don’t see him going and hoisting that trophy at the end of the year. People can try to point out that he has a bad defense, a bad running game, or a sub-par offensive line, but in the end the constant is still Romo.

Take for example tonight’s game.  Tony threw three picks, including one that was late in the fourth quarter deep inside their own territory on a really bad screen. Terrible call from the beginning, but as a veteran QB he needs to know to change that play. Also, Romo had no zip in his ball and was too reckless with his throws. Give credit to Romo for leading them within 3, but his mistakes are what cost the game for him. You could blame the defense all day for allowing the Redskins to run up and down the field, but they still got a huge stop for the team to give Romo a chance to take the lead. In the end, Romo’s decision is what ended the season.

So the Cowboy’s hopes are in limbo yet again. They have to go with their QB now until the future one somehow appears. Jerry Jones doesn’t want to go back to the old days when they went six years without an heir to Troy Aikman. Romo will be extended and the Cowboys will say that they have their guy. But, in reality they will be searching high and far for the true heir to Aikman. All they have right now is Danny White’s heir.