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I haven't looked at the stats. I only meant that he may have more TDs or yards passing than other QBs that haven't been in the league or starting. But, like I said I haven't actually looked at the stats. But none of them matter to me, wins/losses only. He can't even get them to the playoffs anymore.

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There are lots of better quarterbacks, but Romo's not the reason Dallas doesn't have playoff appearances or success. If non-Top5 QB's categorically blew it for teams' playoff success, then the Niners wouldn't have made it to within one play of the Super Bowl and the Bucs never would've won theirs.

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The team has lost faith in him anyway. Once that happens, it's over. They'll play harder for Orton.

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Neither of those are true statements.

Dallas has two major problems, and neither of them are tied to any particular position, per se. They have no heart and their GM sucks. The GM is the Owner, and so that one's not going away until Jerry croaks, and then if you're a Cowboy fan, you have to hope that Stephen's either a hell of a lot better, or will actually hire a football professional.

The lack of heart is a locker room problem, but even if you had Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, Larry Fitzgerald, and Brian Urlacher in that locker room, their leadership would be neutered by the lack of discipline engendered from the Owner down. The coach is similarly defanged, regardless of how good (or in this case, not good) he may be. Romo's an easy target, especially on days when he fails to hit very many of his own, but that's a sideshow issue with statistical fallacies to begin with.

The problem is at the very top.

Quote by Nikki703
I agree that Romo isnt a clutch QB but you are giving him way too much blame for Dallas' problems. How many passes have his receivers dropped that he put right in their hands? Dez dropped a sure TD last night. What happened to the running game? Seems like the line cant block for the running game. And the defense? They never seem to make the big stop when they need it.

Romo will never be compared to Tom Brady, but you can do a lot worse (see NY Jets)!

Edit: Isnt it great that more women here talk football with passion than the men do. LOL

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We'll never know the whole inside story. You're right, the team has no heart. But I see it being that way because deep down they know they can't win with Romo. I'm not bashing the Cowboys, I like them. Much better than i like the Giants (that was for Nikki). Jones needs to man up and be as decisive and tough as he was when he bought the team. Gutted everyone and was hard nosed. Garrett is too sweet, that team needs a tough coach. They don't respect Garrett. JJ sends a message, fires Garrett and lets Romo go after the season. Isn't his contract up after this year?

Btw, if Ray Rave were on that team he'd pull that team together quickly. He wouldn't put up with all this no heart shit.

Quote by cocokisses
You know what I call that team in Dallas? The Chokeboys, from the top down they lack heart, coaching and consistency. A lot of it is Jerry Jones and the way he's cultivated the culture there. I didn't read all of the debate here but that's my two cents.

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If I owned the Cowboys, I'd deal Romo away.

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The team has lost faith in him anyway. Once that happens, it's over. They'll play harder for Orton.

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Obviously, you've never followed Orton's career. He single-handedly nearly ruined football in Chicago and he spent the next few years, wrecking the Denver Broncos and making everyone want to punch him in the face.

This farce is hilarious (ongoing for the past few years): https://twitter.com/KingNeckbeard

Kyle Orton will lead your team to the red zone, then he'll cut your heart out, time and time again. He's an improvement over Matt Cassell, but hell, so is Mark Sanchez.

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Obviously, you've never followed Orton's career. He single-handedly nearly ruined football in Chicago and he spent the next few years, wrecking the Denver Broncos and making everyone want to punch him in the face.

This farce is hilarious (ongoing for the past few years): https://twitter.com/KingNeckbeard

Kyle Orton will lead your team to the red zone, then he'll cut your heart out, time and time again. He's an improvement over Matt Cassell, but hell, so is Mark Sanchez.

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The Tebow train cometh. Maybe God really is watching.... according to YahooSports....

"Sanchez, who wears jersey No. 6, has 6 touchdown passes and 6 interceptions so far. He's averaging 6.6 yards per attempt, and his longest completion is 66 yards. His passer rating: 66.6.
Throw in a pregame tweet from Tebow noting that the Jets-Texans clash was the 666th Monday Night Football game, followed by the obligatory biblical passage, and the NFL might as well start printing Satanchez jerseys in green-and-white."

There you have it. Tebow is on God's team. Satanchez plays for the devil.

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Saints fans file class action lawsuit against NFL and Roger Goodell

EW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans Saints fan is taking NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to federal court, seeking in excess of $5,000,000 in the damages. (See lawsuit)

David James Macina, a St. Tammany resident and Saints season ticket holder, filed a class-action lawsuit against Goodell and the National Football League in the U.S. District Court for the punishments meted against Saints players, coaches and management for their roles in the bounty scandal.

The judgment that the plaintiff is seeking comes from the damages brought on by Goodell and the NFL from gutting the team through suspensions, which devalued tickets, and the emotional hardship fans have had to endure during the scandal.

The lawsuit contends that Mancina and other season ticket holders “purchased their tickets with the representation, and expectation, from the Commissioner and the League that the Saints would be capable of competitively fielding a contending team comprised of the finest athletes, and the best coaches, under contract with the New Orleans Saints, or available to them through normal trades and draft choices, without dictatorial, unreasonable, vindictive, and unfounded, interference from the Commissioner and the League, devoid of due process.”

However, after the season tickets were purchased on March 21, 2012, the league didn’t inform Mancina and others season ticket holders that an investigation had been ongoing since 2009 into the illegal bounty program.

Also, that head coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith were suspended by the league “without due process, sufficient evidence, and without consideration for the rights of the paying ticket holder Plaintiffs, and the 85,000 members of the class, summarily, without due process or credible evidence,” says the lawsuit.

“(D)ue to the unfair, prejudicial, unreasonable, and vindictive” actions by Goodell and the NFL, those suspensions severely damaged the on-field product and the value of the season tickets to Macina and other Saints fans.

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This right up there with suing over coffee being too hot!! I lost picking the Saints in a football pool, can I get in on this too?

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Ha, funny you say that. If I remember correctly, the lady that sued over the too-hot coffee won the case.

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I have either the 49ers/Eagles vs Ravens in Superbowl.

Sorry Coco, I know Houston is hot right now, but I think the Ravens will beat them in the playoffs.

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Not only do the Eagles not make the Super Bowl, I say they dont even make the playoffs.

49ers/Giants vs Texans/Patriots

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Now that prediction I can completely agree with; I've said the very same thing since game 1. And I do hope I'm right because I am eying some very sexy shoes as payment for a bet!