Joe Theismann Says Tony Romo “Isn’t That Good”
After a 5-interception game and an embarrassing Cowboys loss, you might be surprised a sports talk radio program could locate someone willing to go on record to bash Romo. Well, guess what? They did! Joe Theismann went on Sportsnet 590 The Fan Tuesday to speak with Brady & Lang about Tony Romo, Professional Quarterback.
“Soon or later we have to come to the realization that Tony isn’t a very good quarterback. He throws interceptions that (make) you shake your head. If it’s all the wide receivers’ fault then maybe he should get some new wide receivers, or they need to come up with some new route combinations that guys can understand.”
Dez Bryant is nodding in agreement, but only because he doesn’t understand this would mean he has to move or try to learn new plays.
“What hit me last night is, Tony isn’t really that good,” Theismann said. “Just because he wears a star on his helmet — we all think that people who are Dallas Cowboys, ‘ooh they’re wonderful and ooh they’re terrific, ooh they’re the next Roger Staubach’ or whatever the heck they want to say. They’re full of bologna.”
Remember how people always just assumed that about Jon Kitna, Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson, Vinny Testaverde and everyone that came between Staubach and Troy Aikman?
“Tony makes bad decisions with the football. And I’ll tell you something else; he missed two wide open touchdowns last night that nobody’s talking about. Forget about the five interceptions; he misses Miles Austin and Dez Bryant with easy touchdown throws, and he airmails the ball over their heads.
Great quarterbacks like Tom Brady never miss open receivers. And they certainly don’t make bad decisions.
“You can say, ‘well, everybody has a bad game.’ Tony has too many bad games. Tony Romo is not a very good quarterback. Somebody has to say it so I just did. He should be a lot better, or the reputation he’s carried should have him play a lot better.”
I love to hate on Romo – when the Cowboys are good-ish once every three or four years – but he’s obviously not a “bad” quarterback. When he’s healthy, he puts up strong numbers. In Romo’s three complete seasons, the Cowboys are 32-16 and he has thrown for over 4,000 yards in each. If he was doing this for a less-public team, no one would argue that he sucks. (No one remind Joe Theismann of his 138 picks in 124 starts. Romo has 80 in 81 starts.) Not even Joe Theismann. [Dallas Morning News via PFT]

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October 3rd, 2012 at 5:46 PM
/pulls up chair.
//saves chair next to me for Dirt.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Anything above the Tecmo Bowl playsheet might be above Dez Bryant’s comprehension
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Fixed your egregious slight, Stephen.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:51 PM
If it’s all the wide receivers’ fault then maybe he should get some new wide receivers,
Because that’s within his power, Joe. Getting new receivers is not as easy as changing the pronunciation of your name.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Saying Romo is better than Aikman is laughable.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Nice to see Theismann not kissing ass for once.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:55 PM
I will not stand for this Steve Pelluer bashing. Also, fwiw, the guy who took over for Staubach was actually really good. Better than Theismann, at least. About equal to Romo.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:56 PM
I’m still a Drew Henson believer.
Griffin > Theisman
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:56 PM
I’m still a Drew Henson believer.
In which sport?
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Danny White. Yep, he was pretty good. Sun Devil also.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:04 PM
Soccer Baseball. He can kick low baby bouncies with the best of them.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Aikman wasn’t that good, either.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Romo would love to have Aikman’s O-line
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Best YouPorn comment ever.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:22 PM
Romo would love to have Aikman’s RB to make his O-line seem like a collection of HOFers
/nobody reads the Lisk posts
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:31 PM
Romo’s team would love to have Troy Aikman.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Best YouPorn comment ever.
That reminded me of Team America.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:49 PM
“Great players make great plays.” – Joe Theismann
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Translation: PLEASE SOMEBODY GIVE ME A JOB, PLEAAAAAAAAASE ILL DO ANYTHING
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Joe Theisman is an idiot. I’ve heard more than one interview with him where he completely contradicts himself within 5 minutes.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:07 PM
exactly bowe
and he has already backtracked on these comments
October 4th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Say what you want about Theismann, he brought home the gold in SB XVII, and so will always have a positive credit balance in my book (no matter how many stupid things he says)…
Now for non Skins fans? Yeah, he’d be extremely fucking annoying.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Whoever wrote the subhead to this story is an idiot (“neither is Joe Theisman”). Some of you sports bloggers need to understand that sports existed before the turn of the century when you first set up shop in your mother’s basement. Theisman, in case you didn’t know, won a Super Bowl. Theisman, in case you didn’t know, has about a 6-1 record in the post-season. That video of that one play you posted to symbolize Theisman’s career (the interception by Jack Squirek) came in the Super Bowl of the season Theisman and the Redskins’ offense broke almost every scoring and yardage record in the book until the Rams of Warner, Faulk, etc. came along. Theisman has a right to critique Romo, mainly because Theisman has one more ring than Romo will ever have. And besides, Theisman was right.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
…neither was Joe Namath.
/waitstogetbannedbyJetshomersrunningTBL