Ozzy Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) That is a crap ton of money just to talk about football. Sure he is fine but he is not that good or that interesting to listen to I feel with all his stupid play predictions. College football announcers do a much better job than any NFL crew honestly. Mike Patrick is a football announcer, Brent Musburger was fun to listen to, not freaking Tony Romo. Collinsworth and Al Michaels are the best crew in the NFL, not freaking Romo and Jim Nance. Again, college football has way superior announcing crews to the crap NFL ones who are usually a lot less entertaining. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson Sean McDonough and Todd Blackledge Tim Brando and Spencer Tillman Steve Levy and Brian Griese Bob Wischusen and Dan Orlovsky Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt Mark Jones and Dusty Dvoracek Joe Davis and Brock Huard Dave Pasch and Greg McElroy Carter Blackburn and Aaron Taylor Tom Hart and Jordan Rodgers Dave Flemming and Louis Riddick Beth Mowins and Anthony Becht Kevin Brown and Andre Ware Clay Matvick and Ryan Leaf Pat McAfee is hilarious and is a real up and comer as well even if he is only a sideline guy. And that is not even including the halftime people with Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Joey Galloway, Maria Taylor, Desmond Howard etc and Fox with Reggie Bush, Brady Quinn, Urban Meyer, Rob Stone, and Matt Leinart etc. Edited February 29, 2020 by Ozzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nex_Gen Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 People getting salty over Romo for getting paid lol. If you want to get a network to pay you $17M a year, no one is stopping you from making it happen. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetFancyMoses Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 1 hour ago, SwoleXmad said: Trent Dilfer more than anyone tbh. Romo was a very good QB once upon a time but injuries/luck/choking made him less than what he could've been. And how many playoff wins/superbowl wins/playoff appearances? Stats do not make a great QB. So Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer are better than Warren Moon, Dan Marino, and Dan Fouts? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 5 hours ago, bzane said: My Goodness! If Tony Romo is worth $17 million, what will the glib and articulate CAM NEWTON command when his career is over? The Gross National Product of Saudi Arabia? If they gave out rings for pouting, Cam would be Tom Brady. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, SwoleXmad said: I like Romo. Does not change the fact he has never lived up to his potential due to a variety of factors and if it wasn't for his personality many people would not defend him from what he actually is. His potential was an undrafted player out of Eastern Illinois and he wound up one of the 50 best QBs in NFL History. His last playoff run he was a 125 rated QB and he was knocked out of the playoffs on the Dez Bryant drop/catch play. catch or drop, the throw was money If that's ruled a catch he has a rating of about 132 and is headed to the NFCCG. This insipid prattle about 'must have ring' makes: Mike Trout a mediocre baseball player, Dan Marino a mediocre QB Barry Sanders and Gayle Sayers mediocre RBs, Calvin Johnson and Julio Jones mediocre WRs, Jackie Slater and Anthony Munoz mediocre OTs. Tony Gonzalez a bad TE and so on. Edited February 29, 2020 by SkippyX 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrILL! Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 6 hours ago, HoboRocket said: At the time of his retirement, Romo had the record for the highest career quarterback rating in NFL history. Mediocre? No. Physically broken? 100% Link? Pretty sure Aaron Rodgers was the career leader before Romo even retired and hasn't looked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, thrILL! said: Link? Pretty sure Aaron Rodgers was the career leader before Romo even retired and hasn't looked back. Romo was 3rd behind Rodgers and Wilson by the end of 2016. He was 1st among retired players if that is what the comment meant. He absolutely brutalized McNabb head-to-head in back-to-back playoff games in 2009. Week 17 was for the division (and a bye at stake for Philly) then the wildcard. McNabb led the Eagles to 7 points in 2 games (Vick also had a TD) Romo had a combined rating of about 105 in those 2 huge games. Combined scores of 58-14 I think that made up for 44-6 the year before. Romo dropped the ball in Seattle. As a starter in his 11th start still holding on kicks for some idiotic reason. He was part of 3 very bad efforts in week 17 divisional clinching games for his NFC East opponents. '08, '11, and '12 He was still a Hall of Very Good QB overall . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Nex_Gen said: People getting salty over Romo for getting paid lol. If you want to get a network to pay you $17M a year, no one is stopping you from making it happen. 100%. It’s more likely Romo is 1000x better at commentating than that person is at playing football. And 17M isn’t even that much. Some of these politic analysts on TV make over 30M. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 37 minutes ago, RaidersAreOne said: I, for one, am very happy for him. Anyone hating is just being a hater. This was obviously a bidding war and I’m sure ESPN’s max bid was 16M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_W Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 good for player safety. with lucrative alternatives to 'playing 1 more year' after injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 4 hours ago, SkippyX said: His potential was an undrafted player out of Eastern Illinois and he wound up one of the 50 best QBs in NFL History. His last playoff run he was a 125 rated QB and he was knocked out of the playoffs on the Dez Bryant drop/catch play. catch or drop, the throw was money If that's ruled a catch he has a rating of about 132 and is headed to the NFCCG. This insipid prattle about 'must have ring' makes: Mike Trout a mediocre baseball player, Dan Marino a mediocre QB Barry Sanders and Gayle Sayers mediocre RBs, Calvin Johnson and Julio Jones mediocre WRs, Jackie Slater and Anthony Munoz mediocre OTs. Tony Gonzalez a bad TE and so on. He was a potential top 5 QB all time and injuries/his inconsistency to make big plays hurt him. But Dez Didn't make that catch and it ended there. I didn't say he had to have a ring, but more often than not he came up short when needed. He's a good QB but people championing him as a great QB need to take a step back, he's worse than Phillip Rivers who at his best was just very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramxel Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Good for him, avoiding the ESPN s*** show. CBS is the right place for him, he and Nantz are perfect together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 6 hours ago, SkippyX said: Romo was 3rd behind Rodgers and Wilson by the end of 2016. He was 1st among retired players if that is what the comment meant. He absolutely brutalized McNabb head-to-head in back-to-back playoff games in 2009. Week 17 was for the division (and a bye at stake for Philly) then the wildcard. McNabb led the Eagles to 7 points in 2 games (Vick also had a TD) Romo had a combined rating of about 105 in those 2 huge games. Combined scores of 58-14 I think that made up for 44-6 the year before. Romo dropped the ball in Seattle. As a starter in his 11th start still holding on kicks for some idiotic reason. He was part of 3 very bad efforts in week 17 divisional clinching games for his NFC East opponents. '08, '11, and '12 He was still a Hall of Very Good QB overall . The thing about Romos "failures" is that a lot of those teams were 3 win teams that went 8-8 because he threw them on his (broken) back. He had 2 really good teams. 2007 and 2014. Those teams should have gotten closer to a ring. 2 hours ago, SwoleXmad said: He was a potential top 5 QB all time and injuries/his inconsistency to make big plays hurt him. But Dez Didn't make that catch and it ended there. I didn't say he had to have a ring, but more often than not he came up short when needed. He's a good QB but people championing him as a great QB need to take a step back, he's worse than Phillip Rivers who at his best was just very good. "Come up short". And another post you called him an underachiever. This argument is absurd. He was an UDFA that literally said he was unable to throw an NFL football until Sean Payton taught him. Football is literally the 3rd best sport he is good at. He over achieved so hard its not even funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: The thing about Romos "failures" is that a lot of those teams were 3 win teams that went 8-8 because he threw them on his (broken) back. He had 2 really good teams. 2007 and 2014. Those teams should have gotten closer to a ring. "Come up short". And another post you called him an underachiever. This argument is absurd. He was an UDFA that literally said he was unable to throw an NFL football until Sean Payton taught him. Football is literally the 3rd best sport he is good at. He over achieved so hard its not even funny. I think highly of Romo and with some better luck/non injuries I think he would've been considered a top 20 QB all time. I consider that an underachiever when all is said and done. Yeah for an UDFA QB he's done well and above what anyone expected. For a QB people insist is a "great" one he's not that, he was a very good QB who never could come up in big moments or consistently win. Granted a bunch of that is on Dallas/Garrett/Jerruh but Romo's failings are still his failings regardless of the excuses everyone brings up for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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