TONY ROMO: OVERRATED OR UNLUCKY? 

‘Most talented overlooked QB to take Bledsoes job’ is just a classic line

I think people forget that Tony Romo was an undrafted quarterback who was a third-stringer for early on in his career. He wasn’t drafted (at all) to be the Cowboys franchise savior. Yet, despite his bad moments he carved out a very nice career for 8 years. He’s the Cowboys all time leader in passing yards and touchdowns. Sounds like a good career to me.

Romo was a beast. Numbers don't lie. Guy would throw 500 yards 4 tds and still lose and he would get all the blame lol.

I'm not sure an undrafted QB could even be considered overrated.

"Led by crayon eater Eli Manning" fucking destroyed me Lmaooo

Unlucky and hated for no reason. No help for years, played through injury after injury and numerous heart breaking losses. Dude was that entire franchise for years and he will always live on as my favorite all time player.

I think he's far from overrated. The guy was able to stand out in a league that featured Drew Breese, Aaron Rodgers Peyton Manning, Big Ben, Phillip Rivers, and Tom Brady, all in their prime

2011 when he rallied on the road against SF with a punctured lung. Legendary toughness moment.

As a Cowboys fan who love Tony Romo, this analysis feels fair

I would like to point out that the interception late in the denver shootout game, one of his linemen got pushed back in the pocket and stepped on his foot while he was throwing the ball. That interception being put on him has always bothered me.

“Ray Rice punches it in”. LOL

Having grown up a Cowboys fan I spent my childhood defending Romo who people insisted sucked but actually was a good player on a bad team or unlucky team

So hypothetically, if Romo playing in, say maybe, New England could he have had a better career? Cause he had the explosiveness people want into a QB, and obviously had the skill. Of course you would have to take into account that his gunslinger style of play led to interceptions, but even then as you pointed out, there were plenty of games that just didn’t swing his way. Also, I didn’t realize it was only 8 years. It felt like forever with him. Miss him though. As TO said “That’s my quarterback.”

On the second last play of the 2007 game vs the giants Romo threw a wide open touchdown to a dude alone in the corner and he dropped it, Blown coverage left the guy alone and it would have won the cowboys the game

Romo and Witten’s careers were robbed by their defense. The going in argument was a good offense is the best defense, and that doesn’t work in the NFL. I have always had this nagging feeling that if Parcells doesn’t get run-off by Jerry, then Romo and Witten get a Super Bowl. But as is the story with the ‘boys, Jerry is Jerry’s own worst enemy.

This is becoming my favourite football channel to watch all the deep dives into players careers is fun to watch

The 2011 home loss to the Giants. The ol "Miles Austin lost it in the lights" game. I didn't sleep that night.

I don’t think Barry mentioned this but people forget. In 2012. The cowboys in the 2nd half at one point were either tied or losing in every single game. Also in every game at one point they were losing.

If you didn’t watch every cowboy game during this span and know the roster, you have no idea how good Tony Romo really was. He had so much bad luck and a lot of those interceptions were him trying to make something happen that just wasn’t there. It was always 50/50 for him.

As a cowboys "fan" I enjoyed watching Romo much more than Prescott and always thought he had insane potential.

Can we talk about how freaking good Dez Bryant was?

"Ray Rice punches it in" Barry GOATed again

The Cowboys going into Seattle in 2014 for an NFC championship would’ve been a spectacle. A 2nd chance for Romo exercise his demons where the choker narrative began. That 2014 team is still my favorite Cowboys team. Watching the Packers collapse was a pretty great though.

Yay more documentaries!!!

I don’t see how a QB being a place holder due to injuries and making a mistake hurts his legacy as a QB..I don’t see Tom Brady doing better

That 2014 Green Bay Dallas game is one to remember

This guy knows football. As a color guy, he calls the plays before they are called on the field . He’s worth every penny. I always thought the Cowboys would be a perennial playoff team with Romo as coach and Aikman as GM. They are both that knowledgeable on football.

Please never stop making these.

Once again, if only these guys could inspire their defense like Brady does 🙄

These breakdowns of how unlucky some of these QBs are really makes you wonder why Tom Brady gets so lucky so consistently...

My boy Romo is the anti Brady. He's disregarded in most conversations and the football gods hated him. I can't help but to feel sad every time I think of his lack of titles. Unfortunately I got into football late is his QB career, but listening to him breaking some plays down makes my Sundays.

Ahh yes! The washington ████████

Jesus, thanks for this Barry. I love Romo.

Here's the biggest part. This guy says, "...mishaps on Romo's fault..." If you followed Romo's career, you would know that 3 of those 4 playoff losses were absolutely winnable when SOMEONE ELSE screwed up. This cannot be understated.

He's unlucky AF. Easily a HOF talent. Even with the Cowboys who never gave him a team he has better stats than a lot of QBs in the HOF

He’s literally the most underrated qb ever...dude never had a defense or coaching

Thank you for making these Tony Romo was one of my favorite QB's to watch on Sundays better then most people remember and had some really bad luck and so missed opportunities

Out of all the premier quarterbacks from Tony's era (Drew Breese, Aaron Rodgers Peyton Manning, Big Ben, Phillip Rivers, and Tom Brady), he unquestionably had the worst roster and coach around him, but was still no debate better than at least two of those guys, I would argue 3 of them. Do not forget that when Romo started playing, the Cowboys were one of the worst 5 teams in the league and had been for at least 7 or 8 seasons. Even after that, the defense NEVER improved beyond barely mediocre, the coaching only got worse and worse, and his very best two best WRs his entire career were a washed up diva and a notorious pass dropper. Also do not forget that Romo was basically forced to play so risky because he was in almost every game having to come from behind to win because of his pathetic defense and general coaching strategies. If Romo doesn't get drafted into a completely dysfunctional, in tatters franchise with a completely broken front office, he goes down as a top 5 quarterback ever and is a no question hall of famer.

Ik it might be painful but I'd like to see this style of analysis with McNabb and Reid going to five championships and losing to the Bratriots in the Super Bowl. Goddamn I love this channel, btw. Good, good shit, my man.

I’ve loved seeing these year over year career breakdowns of these Quarterbacks. It would be cool to see you do similar breakdowns on NBA super stars, and how there success and failure created their media narratives.

"After Dez Bryant dropped it. More on that later" *pain*

He was a good QB but played for a terrible franchise.

I've been binging your amazing vids. Great work!

I wish Romo could've played a whole career with Emmitt Smith and those 90s Dallas defenses behind him

The last sentence of the video earned it a place in the hall of fame.

Every time they hate on Romo I remind them that this man was putting up 300 yards every other game while the league was still averaging 220. I’l

There were numerous seasons where he had next to nothing around him, which led to plenty of implosions. As for the choking, he did have some infamous blunders like the Steelers game in 2008, the Lions game in 2011, and the Packers game in 2013. But I think sometimes his lack of a reliable coaching staff made him look worse than he actually was. I heard once Romo couldn't run audibles in Wade Phillips' offense. That and a bad OL will cook up a disaster, which it did.

Great video. Somewhat painful reminder of all the Ls my favorite team took during the Romo years - that 37-36 Packers loss was the most frustrating game I ever watched - but definitely a satisfying summary of Romo’s career. I always hated braindead Cowboys fans who didn’t realize the team would be way worse off if “Tony Homo” wasn’t there.

Why don't you make the comparison of Tony Romo vs Troy Aikman post-1995? Romo won more games, in both the regular season and the post-season, despite Aikman having a far better defense most years. (Romo's offense was better, but hey, isn't QB play an integral part of an offense's performance?) Once Aikman was no longer surrounded by godlike talent at nearly every position, he won less regular season games than Romo and never won a postseason game. In fact, by my key criteria of evaluating QB greatness, which is this---when your defense is being shredded, and your running game is being stuffed, you somehow win a game you don't deserve to win because of your QB play---Aikman fails miserably. I can't think of a single time where Aikman won a game like that. Aikman was the ultimate "game manager" QB, he performed flawlessly when all cylinders on the Dallas machine were working, but when they failed, he would join them in the failure. He never overcame a bad performance by the whole team. By contrast, the great QBs---Brady, Manning, Brees, Rodgers, Marino, Montana, Elway, Staubach, and more--did just that. They won games for their team their team didn't deserve to win. So did Romo. Some QBs (Marino and Elway) doing that was almost a summation of their career (until Elway got a running game in the late 90s). So in my book, Romo is the #2 QB of all time on Dallas's QB list behind Staubach, with maybe Danny White and Dak Prescott ahead of Aikman.

LOVED Tony Romo. And the 2011, 2012, 2013 seasons (where they missed the playoffs by one win in every one) almost made me want to quit watching football. I was actually at that 2013 regular season game where they ended up losing to the Packers by 1pt. It was so depressing shuffling out of there in a stupor, I have refused to attend a Cowboys game live again. Having said all that, the feeling I got when the Dez catch was reversed made me want to get in my car and "Thelma & Louise" myself off the nearest cliff.

These vids are rly well done. You should do one on the washington r words (football team) over the past 20 years with dan snyder. keep it up mccockiner

Rodgers *breaks collarbone* Romo "First time huh?"

This guy was on the same level as other HoF QBs when he played, it’s just unfortunate that he played for an organization that couldn’t handle true skill and talent.

“Tony Romo” is just another term for “another untimely interception” is what I’m getting from this video

washington fan here. hate the cowboys. but i remember that last time he got injured and i felt so sorry for him. year in and year out he was solid and consistent and i just remember thinking “boy i hope he retires i hate seeing him get beat up like this” great vid.

I love these videos! Thank you, sir!

Everyone loves how Barry always has AT LEAST one shot at Brady in every... single.... video he makes. 😅😅😅😅

Most definitely more unlucky than overrated

These are great videos man. Hard work pays off

The elevator R&B background music is killing me bro but overall you are funny as hell. Keep up the good work.

Romo shouldn’t have been the holder while being the starter

Patrick Clayton blew that playoff game. Watch him stop on the route on 3rd down. Woulda been an easy td still don’t know why he stopped on his route it was a perfect throw

these videos are always so good

Great video as always

I've watched the Cowboys since Meredith. Romo was the best.

I spit out my cereal when he called Eli Manning a crayon eater

Loved the video I subscribed, keep it up

Yo these videos are fire keep going Joe 💯💯

He just called my qb a crayon eater😂😂😂

Could you do one on how Philip rivers never got a ring I’m a colts fan and even though he only gave us one year I still love phill

I can sum Romo's career up very easily. I'm going to compare 2 QBs, but only reveal their identities until after the stats. QB A: 7 Games 29 points/game 182 Completions 283 Attempts 64% completion 7.69 yards/attempt 19 TDs 6.7 TDs/100 attempts 4 interceptions 104.22 passer rating QB B: 8 Games (+1) 22.25 points/game (-6.75) 178 completions (-4) 282 attempts (-1) 63.12% completion (-.88) 7.35 yards/attempt (-.64) 15 TDs (-4) 5.3 TDs/100 attempts (-1.4) 2 interceptions (-2) 100.9 passer rating (-3.3) Looking at these 2 QBs, it seems they are pretty close to the same. But, I think the edge has to be given to QB A. More TDs in 1 less games, better completion percentage, more yards per attempt. QB A is Romo in his 7 losses from 2013 and QB B is Eli Manning from his 2 SB runs. Let's look at some other very important stats: QB A (Romo): 0-7 Average points given up by defense: 37 Opponents held to 20 or fewer points: 1 Opponents scoring 30+: 6 (OUT OF 7?!?!?!?) Opposing QB passer rating: 117 Games LOST by 4 or less points: 5 QB B (Eli): 8-0 Average points given up by defense: 16 (-21) Opponents held to 20 or fewer points: 8 (+7) Opponents scoring 30+: ZERO (-6) Opposing QB passer rating: 74 Games WON by 4 or less points: 5 Here is where things don't make sense. Romo was criticized for not doing enough and Eli was called a playoff genius. When the real difference between the two was how their own defense performed. Despite giving up an average of 37 points and an opposing passer rating of 117 (and 2 games in which they forced ZERO punts), Romo still almost won 5 of those 7 games. Meanwhile, Eli's defense gave up a mere 16 point and an opposing passer rating of 74 barely won 5 of 8 games. Another thing is that Romo's stats above were barely above average. Eli's stats are among the best of his 16 year career and not remotely close to being typical. Romo is the very definition of a HoF player and Eli was a below average QB that was carried through both playoffs. Eli should never be in the HoF.

Thank you Barry

What gets me is that people use the fumbled snap to judge how good a QUARTERBACK he was (yes, he screwed up, but why is the starting quarterback holding for a field goal?) and the interception against the Giants which was treated like a choke moment when it was more of a desperation pass. To me his worst moment was actually 2012, I get his team wasn't that great, but that was such a god awful interception that it was a very hard offseason for Romo defenders like myself.

You should rank every starting QB going into the this season

Dude Romo had so many back injuries because he was fucking CARRYING that franchise for a decade. The cowboys would’ve had as many wins as the Browns if not for Romo. All those 8-8 seasons would’ve been 4-12 seasons easily. They just refused to help him out on defense, special teams, or the o-line. And the one lone year they did all help him out in 2014 the football gods changed the football world forever and took another playoff win away from him. He isn’t a top 10 QB all time or anything but he was 100000% more unlucky than overrated. I’ve never seen such bad luck for any other high profile QB in the league in the past 15 years.

great content barry

so romo is just undrafted philip rivers

Let’s be honest though…he’s actually really good at being an announcer

Some amazing commentary 👍🏼

I literally just thought that I would love to see you make a video about Tony Romo and you do holy shit.

Best cowboys qb of all time and it’s not really close. He has the franchise record in yards, tds and passer rating. Yet he will never be a hall of famer. It goes to show how much the postseason matters to people. Troy Aikman is a game manager that threw for over 20 touchdowns once in his career but because his team won 3 Super Bowls, he’s in the hall of fame.

Im an eagles fan who actually likes romo a lot

I wasn't expecting that line at the end I'm dying 😅😂🤣

Thank god for your docs Barry.

At least the cowboys got the better QB in the end.

Thanks Barry for blocking the old name of the WFT at 5:54, my 2 year old daughter was watching and I was worried she might have to see such a terrible example of systemic racism

You are missing so much about that 2007 divisional game, that game is really Romos career in a nutshell. Go on a brilliant 10 minute drive in the 2nd to basically end the half and the defense gives up a touchdown in the last minute of the half to tie it up. Crayton drops that pass you showed which would’ve been a huge gain and possible a touchdown. In 4th quarter these things happened; TO alligator arms a deep ball which would’ve been at least a 40 yard gain. Both that and craytons drop would’ve been at least a field goal which would’ve made it 21-20 at worst. Then we get bad romo who takes a bad intentional grounding with 4 minutes left which ends a drive. He gets the ball back to end the game where you show the desperation heave to Glenn to end the game on 4th down but watch the 3rd down play; crayton is running down the sideline where romo throws a game winning dime but crayton slows down assuming he won’t get the ball. What a weird game and really sums up his career where romo takes turns with his teammates failing. One stat that make me say romo is underrated; Tony romo has the highest 4th quarter qbr in history at 100. He can’t be a choker and have that high of a rating in the 4th. Every quarterback has terrible moments in crunch time but his are magnified because he never won a title.

15:27 this man's comedic skills are unmatched

romo was so good. his last season hurts me the most. if he is playing instead of dak, i really believe the cowboys could have made a superbowl run because that team was extremely strong. ill always love romo and and so happy for him and his family in the future they have secured for themselves!

Romo was a very good qb, but was a pro choke artist. Jerry gave him the tools to work with and he always found a way to blow it during crunch time.

This is by far the best video I’ve ever seen on this godforsaken website. Epic ending

Despite being 1 of my favorite NFL QBs?!- I see NO lies, here- Once again, GREAT video. Keep spittin’ that FIRE!!!... You’re AWESOME at this Sports Talk Game.👍🏽🖤💯

Tony vs Eli, that debate was never supposed to happen. Eli was a first overall pick who had the benefit of refusing to play for the team that drafted him and going where he wanted to go, the heir to the golden boy Peyton. Tony Romo started as a nobody, not even drafted, but he forged his own greatness. The fact we have so many what if’s about his career can make it easy to lose sight of how amazing it is in its own right. Most UDFAs are no-names who become little more than camp bodies. The reasonable best case scenario is maybe they become a surprise contributor. You never expect, or even dare to hope, for the kind of numbers Romo put up. If they’d finished off one of those two big runs (2007, 2014) in the super bowl, Romo has a case for canton. If they’d finished them both off, heck, that’s basically Eli’s career, but with much better stats. And a lot of people think Eli is going into the Hall just off of the two Super Bowl runs. It could’ve been Romo. But the fact that he probably will never make the hall of fame doesn’t take away that he’s one of the greatest stories in NFL history. From UDFA to being among the best of the best. With better team management, could’ve been a world champion too.

Underrated actually. Best qb in cowboy history, he just never got what he needed to prove it.

I really wanna see u do a QB tier list. Maybe one for current players and one for HoF (in HoF version delete the F tier and name D tier "didn't deserve HoF"?).

Romo was a great QB , yeah he had some bad picks but he also had a lot of come from behind wins , he was not a choker just unlucky , he carried some bad teams that had no business winning 8 games , he's much better than Dak! if we had Romo this year we're Superbowl champs period !! Same with 2018 and 2016

Barry is a class act

As a Washington fan, I can tell you that Tony Romo was the best quarterback for Washington in the last 20 years.

This song in the background is pretty dope. Anyone know the artist?

He said “got their shit pushed in”… lmao that line just earned you a new stub… er… sub