It holds true that some critics overvalue the weight of championships with regards to Hall of Fame consideration. 250 pass attempts (Pro Football Reference), Highest-rated December passers this century, Min. Take a look at our evaluation below. What will help Romo is the fact that, like all those other quarterbacks, he's a good, niceand charitable guy. Playing away from your home field is always tough, and the Cowboys’ all-time leading passer has the record with 41 consecutive games of registering a touchdown pass on the road. Now, we break down where quarterback Tony Romo sits. His senior year, Romo was a consensus first-team All-American and won the Walter Payton Award, given to the best player in the nation in Division I-AA, now referred to as FCS. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. New rules have been put in place that protect the quarterback, limit pass interference and a defenders ability to hit defenseless receivers. He also set a record for games with at least a 135.0 passer rating during a single season with six. He was voted to multiple pro-bowls, voted to the NFLs top 100 list four times and finished 3rd in voting for the 2014 NFL MVP award. Vinnie Iyer is an NFL writer at The Sporting News. No one expected much of this unknown quarterback. (via @NFLThrowback) pic.twitter.com/mplwHQVJym. You could also argue that this era features more great quarterbacks than any other stretch in modern NFL history. When I watched Tony Romo play, I never thought of him as a Hall of Famer. And since 2009, no quarterback has been close to as good in the month of December. ", My talent came from God and I loved the game. Consider that Romo has 25 fourth-quarter comebacks with 30 game-winning drives in 127 starts (23.6 percent). They both deserveto be looked at more as anomalies than as underachievers. In his only sixplayoff games (2-4)he added one more of each. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if Romo were to maintain his current career trajectory while still being left out of Canton. Considering that only seven modern-day quarterbacks have been inducted in the last 20 years, there's a good chance that even if Romo pads his stats and wins some more big games (or maybe even a Super Bowl) between now and the end of his career, he'll have to wait several years before getting enough love from voters. But aside from Haley and Darren Woodson, there really aren't any former Cowboys left on the Hall of Fame radar. With regards to championships and individual statistics when compared to the elite QBs of his generation Tony Romo does not have the resume to justify a Hall of Fame induction. Are the Cowboys making a mistake with Amari Cooper? I've watched Amari and he most definitely, I love Kellen Moore the only thing I see as a die hear fan is the (adjustments )I don't know, FOCO Releases Troy Aikman Dallas Cowboys 2023 Super Bowl MVP 30th Anniversary, Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers : NFC Divisional Round Series, Dak Prescott and Brock Purdy both playing at a high level, FOCO Releases Dak Prescott Dallas Cowboys Wild Card Win Bobblehead, Dallas Cowboys vs Tampa Buccaneers: Post game Recap, Dallas Cowboys vs Tennessee Titans: Pre Game Analysis. Romo leaves the game 29th all time in passing yards. Brad Gagnon has covered the NFC East for Bleacher Report since 2012. Football is the ultimate team sport and one man, not even a QB, can win a championship on his own. Tony Romo is headed to the Hall of Fame. Born: Then consider that Aaron Rodgers has accumulated only 11, 4th quarter comebacks and 17 game winning drives during his career. So havethe guys rankedNo. While the truly elite QBs tend to find a way to win, Romo more often tended to find a way to lose. He went undrafted in the 2003 NFL draft before being picked up by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent. I believe Tony should receive every accolade due him. 17 jersey and inducted him into EIUs Hall of Fame. inSan Diego,CA, Weighted Career AV (100-95-): 95 (198th overall since 1960), PFR HOF Monitor: 45.78 (57th among QB, average HOF QB is 104.14). Only Matthew Stafford (25) had more during that span. I had previously touched upon Romos reputation as a player that chokes during the big games. While there will be those who will point out that he was merely doing his best in a team that just did not have the requisite potential, others will say that a future Hall of Famer should have been able to surmount such obstacles. This site is for informational and entertainment purposes only. That's not taking away from Staubach's exceptional clutch play that gave him the well-deserved "Captain Comeback" nickname. Pearson played his entire career for the Cowboys and finished with three All-Pro selections and 7822 career receiving yards and 48 touchdowns. His work has also appeared at CBSSports.com, Deadspin, FoxSports.com, The Guardian, The Hockey News and elsewhere at Comeback Media, but his day gig has him covering the NFL nationally for Bleacher Report. He lit it up in a high-volume passing offense for much of his career but was only 3-7in six playoff trips over 15 years. All but two have been to at least one Super Bowl and only Warren Moon failed to play in a single conference championship game. Every @tonyromo @DezBryant touchdown there ever was. What if there was a statistic to measure blown saves in football? 101.6: In the 11 years that have elapsed since Romo threw his first NFL pass, 69 quarterbacks have thrown at least 100 passes in the fourth quarter of one-score games. After Nantzs on-air announcement, Romo confessed that the commemorative ball marking his official Hall of Fame invitation had been delivered the day prior. Get NFL player stats, breaking news & analysis. He had his low moments, but his successful ones give him a shot at making football heaven one day, which he rightfully should. Romo will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in five years. Throwing for a lot of yards and TDs is certainly a big part of a QBs job but the most important part of their job is winning football games. 12 in scoring defense and consistently ranked as a top five total defense. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Tony Romo may come to rue the choices he made in staying loyal to the Dallas Cowboys given his compatriot DeMarcus Ware left for the Denver Broncos and won the Super Bowl there. In fact, that should also be the case if we're extending this to perceived clutch stats. Before him, similar credentials didn't hurt Dan Fouts, either. Romo currently has the ninth-best passer rating in league history at 97.3 (all the players currently ahead of him, including Dak Prescott, are still active) and made the Pro Bowl four times throughout his career with Dallas. Not only are passer rating statistics on the rise but it is evident that it is becoming an ever more convoluted measure for QB performance. In 2009, Eastern Illinois University retired Romos No. But Romo has a lot of competition, and most of the guys he's competing with have won Super Bowls. Romo played with mostly mediocre to poorrunninggamesand only one top 10 rushing offense before DeMarco Murray and the offensive line dominated in 2014. 14 in total defense. You always want your signal-caller to have an accurate arm, and Romo had that to a tee. Despite Dallas tending to dynastically dominate, Aikman did manage16 fourth-quarter comebacks and 21 game-winning drives in 165 starts (12.7 percent). 2023 NFL Enterprises LLC. Another factor that will hurt Romo’s case will be the quarterback era he played in. 7.9: Only two qualified quarterbacks in modern NFL history Steve Young and Russell Wilson have a higher career yards-per-attempt average than Romos rate of 7.9. Romo also shared that his sons had gotten to the ball first, before he realized what it was. Instead, it's clear that the key to becoming a Hall of Famer is to be dominant within your era and in comparison to your peers. Meanwhile, the other guys have led the league in multiple categories on multiple occasions as is illustrated in the chart below. He shattered the franchises record for both careers passing touchdowns with 248 and passing yards with 34,183 despite his struggles to stay on the field (it should be noted that Romo played in a more pass-happy league than former Dallas quarterbacks like Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach). That ball actually came to me yesterday, Jim, the former Cowboy said. Since passer rating is an undependable measure and Romos franchise leading passing statistics are skewed due to the era he has played in, we must explore another basis for his Hall of Fame resume. How reliable is that statistic in determining how clutch a quarterback actually is? That season the Cowboys started 2-0 with Romo but finished 4-12 after he missed time with injury with Matt Cassell and Brandon Wheedon at the helm. It is more accurate then to measure the frequency of blown 4th quarter leads measured as a percentage of total games played. Tony Romo had a stellar collegiate career at Eastern Illinois. Staubach played with six fellow Hall of Famers over both sides of the ball during his Cowboys' tenure, not to mention his late greatcoach, Tom Landry. Tony Romo belongs in Pro Football Hall of Fame for Cowboys career, Romo picks CBS over football, but adds 'never say never'. Do you have a blog? Yes, Tony Romo is a good quarterback. Not only is Tony Romo a good quarterback, he's one of the best quarterbacks there ever was. Rarely has a quarterback been able to throw a ball up a field, or attempt to run a ball up a field, depending on the play, quite like Tony Romo. He has that rare combination of strength, agility, speed and intelligence. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Is Tony Romo more of a clutch player than Roger Staubach and Aaron Rodgers? Build your customFanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis onDallas Cowboys and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. Staubach and Aikman did a lot to ensure their teams would get to and win Super Bowls, but they also were on some super teams that played a big part in boostingtheir individualsuccess and winning resumes. In order to determine if Romo is also Hall of Fame worthy, it only makes sense to compare him to the best QBs of his generation. Brady, Brees and Manning have played almost twice as many regular season games as Tony Romo and far more postseason games as well. Tittle, Bobby Layne, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts and Warren Moon. Tony Romo, QB, Eastern Illinois (1999-2002): Romo won the Walter Payton Award in 2002 as the best player at the FCS level and is now the first Eastern Illinois To put that number in perspective consider that Roger Staubach a.k.a Captain Comeback only has 13 career comebacks and 21 game winning drives to his credit. I was like, Hold on! Marinos record stood for almost 30 years but since then 5000 yards passing has been exceeded on 8 different occasions and all within the last decade! Romo played four years at Eastern Illinois University from 1999 to 2002. This was Romos second time being nominated. The Eastern Illinois product went from undrafted rookie to the franchise quarterback for one of the NFLs most historically successful organizations and his improbable rise will, and should, certainly bolster the case for his induction into the Hall of Fame. He was never able to lead the Dallas Cowboys to the conference championship game, never mind the Super Bowl. The Hall of Fame is reserved only for the truly elite of the sport. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. He also saw his career prematurely ended with several significant injuries that eventually led him to be replaced by quarterback Dak Prescott during his final year in the league in 2016. No one should expect to make money from the picks and predictions discussed on this website. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. Weight: 225. When you spend a decade quarterbacking the Dallas Cowboys and the Cowboys win just two playoff games during that run, youre going to be stigmatized by fools who continue to believe that its acceptable to judge individual players based on team accomplishments in the ultimate team sport. And that's before Romo even has a chance to further build his case on another team. Every quarterback ranked in the top seven all timein that metric other than Romo, who's fourth haswon aSuper Bowl:Rodgers, Russell Wllson, Brady, Steve Young, Peyton Manning and Brees. Copyright 2009-2023 Daily Rival - InsideTheStar.com. Furthermore, Tony Romo has only ever led the league in one statistic his entire career (passer rating 2014). Did you know that Tony Romo has blown leads of 10+ pts 11 xs in his career and also owns the distinction of blowing the 2 biggest leads in franchise history? Like Pearson, he played his entire career with the Cowboys. Keep in mind, too, that a flawed, lazy narrative has caused the former undrafted free agent to receive a bum rap for the majority of his career already. Jim Nantz congratulates Tony Romo on making the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 https://t.co/ftZPRSG6Go. Romo finished his career with a 2-4 record in the playoffs and failed to even make an NFC Championship game during his time in Dallas. His last league record has to do with, you guessed it, the fourth quarter. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Romo is the first Eastern Illinois player to have his number retired. Romo is far more underappreciated than he is overrated. WebRomo holds the second-highest fourth-quarter passer rating of all time, just 0.2 points back of Rodgers. First let us consider the argument for. Date of Birth: April 21, 1980. Copyright 2020 www.TheComeback.com - All Rights Reserved - Trademarks used herein are property of their respective owners. If you are a Dallas Cowboys fan, you either love him or hate him and there is nothing in between. Coaching advancements in the passing game and the implementation of technology on the field and on the sidelines allow for QBs to diagnose defenses and make quicker adjustments. Please logout and login again. Several Hall of Fame quarterbacks have failed to win Super Bowls, but the majority of them have. There was a time when achieving a passer rating of over 100 was a rare feat as it was only accomplished 28 times in over 50 years. Tony Romo from Weeks 2-17 in 2014:70.6% completion percentage3,424 passing yards8.60 yards/attempt33 touchdowns6 interceptions118.1 passer rating. Among his other achievements, he made it to the Pro-Bowl four times in his career. "Defenseswin championships." Are you sure its me? Romo quipped. Here I aim to settle the debate with an objective and rational evaluation of all the arguments from both sides and to answer the questionIs Tony Romo a Hall of Famer? Romo’s rating for his career in the final period is the best of all time. Among active quarterbacks, only Rodgers and Manning have higher touchdown percentages. It should be noted that while Romo does hold every major passing record in franchise history, passing statistics are grossly inflated during his era compared to that of his predecessors such as Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach. Tony Romos game-winning TD after a long drive vs. the Giants #ThankYou9 pic.twitter.com/eZVNAvuY2k, Cowboys News (@DemBoyz_News) April 4, 2017. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Forget about which Hall of Famers you might have thought weren't worthy, and remember that when considering them all, Romo belongs. He played for the Cowboys from 2005-2013. 17 in 2009. After all, the argument against Romo remains he didn't win enough when it counted. Whether or not he makes it in is another matter. Romo went undrafted in the 2003 NFL Draft before he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys. With such stellar records, it might seem almost impossible to argue against his inclusion into the Hall of Fame. And since 2009, no quarterback has been close to as good in the month of Find out more. There was a long stretch between early St. Louis and late Arizona when he was neither durable nor efficient, including one tough yearwith the Giants. Your best ability in sports, especially as an NFL quarterback, is availability. Jersey Number: 17. All finalists for the College Football Hall of Fame are, Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. So strip away the championships, the statistics and all the individual accolades and if Hall of Fame worthiness can be determined by that measure alone; Then Tony Romo is not worthy of induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame. To be fair, Tony Romo does not play defense so he cant take all the the blame for those defeats but in the examples above his mistakes certainly contributed. There is one more thing to consider. In 33 starts over three seasons, he threw for 7,816 With Kurt Warner and Brett Favre also likely to be enshrined in the near-future, that leaves nine names on the waiting list for a very exclusive club. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. Its Romo at 101.6, Peyton Manning at 99.9 and then Aaron Rodgers at 98.9. The case against making him a Hall of Famer largely rests on two things, his lack of postseason success and his struggles with injuries throughout his career. His pass completion rate of 65.3 is the same as that of Peyton Manning. You didnt mess up? Please check your email for a confirmation. Romo had his fair share of those from the fumbled field goal attempt in the playoffs against Seattle to the game sealing interception against RGIIIs Redskins in 2012. Despite his lack of postseason success and his struggles with injuries that plagued him for much of his, career Romo was an objectively excellent signal-caller for the Cowboys. Romo was a finalist for the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time in June 2019 for the 2020 class. First-year candidates for the @ProFootballHOF Class of 2022 include: Andre Johnson Steve Smith Sr. Tony Romo DeMarcus Ware Anquan Boldin Vince Wilfork Who will head to Canton next? That kind of snub isn't onpar with former Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, but it's a lot closer than you think. Moreoever, the Dallas Cowboys were a far less effective team when Tony Romo was not under centre. Super Bowl LV shows why Cowboys need to pay Dak Prescott, Cowboys can look to Texans for how not to handle Dak Prescott, 30 Greatest Dallas Cowboys in Franchise History, Scotty Miller Accused of Fumbling Chris Godwin's Phone Into the Water, 3 things Dallas Cowboys must do for a shot at Super Bowl LVI, Another Super Bowl without the Dallas Cowboys; I'll pass. 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