Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins at Cowboys)

[mooby]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I get that the Skins are a "closed media" team and would agree that it is to their detriment.

I get that Romo is a very good QB.

But dear God - the swooning over Romo last night and in the media is just disgusting. I swear it's like he is the second coming. He has won ONE playoff game! ONE! He has choked in the same number and his team has never made past the first round of the play-offs. Can we wait to annoint him until AFTER he has won something significant.

Listening to Jaws and the rest swoon over him last night was sickening. I swear they all had to change their shorts mid-telecast.

You didn't get the memo? He is the second coming. First quarterback ever to play with a broken rib. Didn't you see the pain on his face? That's the kind of pain no other quarterback in the history of the game has ever had to deal with. Didn't you see the way he led his team down the field repeatedly and failed to get into the end zone? No other qb can do that the way he did. What a warrior. Oh my gosh. Did you see the way he told the other 10 offensive players to hop on his back so he could piggyback them down to the end zone? Boy you missed out.

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by mooby

You didn't get the memo? He is the second coming. First quarterback ever to play with a broken rib. Didn't you see the pain on his face? That's the kind of pain no other quarterback in the history of the game has ever had to deal with. Didn't you see the way he led his team down the field repeatedly and failed to get into the end zone? No other qb can do that the way he did. What a warrior. Oh my gosh. Did you see the way he told the other 10 offensive players to hop on his back so he could piggyback them down to the end zone? Boy you missed out.

And what a class act! Even though the rookies made tons of mistakes, he refused to sell them out on national tv, instead waiting til the sidelines or the huddle to state his case. He even took some of the miscommunication blame on himself, he is the QB after all. What a crock...

Ok sorry for the ranting but I think I've finally vomitted all the Romo gayness out of my system. :vomit: Ready to move on.

[skinsfaninok]

ESPN has never been big on the Redskins but then again we haven't been good in 100 years

[skinsfan69]

As much as I hated all the gayness over Romo, he was out there with a broken rib getting the crap knocked out of him. He didn't even practice all week. My hat is off to him. He's one tough SOB.

[SmootSmack]

The praise of Romo may be a bit much at times (though conveniently people dismiss when he's criticized), but in the wake of receivers who didn't know their routes and a center who couldn't snap coupled with his injuries he was pretty solid yesterday.

[dgack]

I actually don't envy the Dallas media limelight. It turns the team into a bunch of divas and look how they respond? They played terribly, made gag-reel worthy mistakes all night long and the media covered for them.

Anyone think that actually does any service to the team or the players? Romo will come away from this game feeling like he did a good job instead of being disgusted.

I prefer the Gilbert Arenas school of motivational psychology, personally. (Though not the Arenas school of PR): "They all hate you, they all want to see you fail. F' em. Stick it in their faces. "

On the PR side I'm all Art Monk:

"Do your work, pound the other guys, and when the fickle media wants to do an interview and hear you talk about how awesome you are, you say "just doing our jobs, nothing more."

[JoeRedskin]

He did a great job - Undoubtedly - and deserved praise for his toughness. The praise, though, was over the top before and after. I hope the announcers go back and listen to themselves. Praise is one thing, gushing man-love is another.

As for the criticism, when it occurs, is generally fair and deserved. At the same time, I have yet to see anyone castigate him on a regular basis or fail to quickly forget his faults after he has a good game. Everyone has forgotten about his week one choke in light of his epic brilliance. None of this - "He's tough and played a great game but he's done that before - he has to show he can do it all year long"

Again, he played a helluva game. However, IMHO, he needs to do a lot more to justify the demi-god status he is being accorded.

Sorry, even considering the adversity he played under, to me the announcing last night was just wayyyyy over the top.

[CrazyCanuck]

D.Hall - already cursed him in the other thread so won't rehash. In summary he's a #2 CB with a big mouth.

Brown - still trying to figure out what makes this guy so special and deserving of a new long-term contract...

Rex - was really hoping he'd use this game to silence the critics and make them eat their words. Instead he reconfirmed their views.

Rob Jackson - not sure why you're busy tackling the blocking FB while the RB is running for 50 yards behind you.

O playcalling - we had multiple drives in the 4th quarter where we could have sealed the game with a score but failed. Rex is partly to blame but the coaches gotta find a way to score on one of those drives.

[sandtrapjack]

This just in:
Last night Tony Romo helped an old lady across the street, rescued a kitten from a tree, saved a family of 4 from a burning building, cured cancer, erased the national deficit, and discovered the formula for cold fusion.

Somewhere in between, he managed to squeeze in a football game.

He is taking Tuesday off because his cape is at the cleaners.

[warriorzpath]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

This just in:
Last night Tony Romo helped an old lady across the street, rescued a kitten from a tree, saved a family of 4 from a burning building, cured cancer, erased the national deficit, and discovered the formula for cold fusion.

Somewhere in between, he managed to squeeze in a football game.

He is taking Tuesday off because his cape is at the cleaners.

You know what-- he could be the greatest player in NFL history, but he has such a goofy look that I can't ever take him seriously. Even when he winces in pain, he looks goofy -- like he's about to say just joking.

[Gtothearry]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

This just in:
Last night Tony Romo helped an old lady across the street, rescued a kitten from a tree, saved a family of 4 from a burning building, cured cancer, erased the national deficit, and discovered the formula for cold fusion.

Somewhere in between, he managed to squeeze in a football game.

He is taking Tuesday off because his cape is at the cleaners.

Hilarious........the media is on that boys jock like no other in recent memory.

[dgack]

Originally Posted by Gtothearry

Hilarious........the media is on that boys jock like no other in recent memory.

I think #4 might have something to say about that...

[Gtothearry]

Originally Posted by dgack

I think #4 might have something to say about that...

Oh, how quickly we forget.....lol

[freddyg12]

I didn't like the 3rd & 21 call, just seems too risky & I definitely don't think Hall should be out there 1 on 1 w/no safety help. Have to wonder if Haslett was thinking it might be 4 down territory if they could gain much of it back on that 3rd down?

That said, the D played a really good game, but why did Romo take no hits in the 1st half but they had a lot less yardage? I wonder if the blitzes backfired on more than just that one big play. I'd have to watch most of it again.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

I didn't like the 3rd & 21 call, just seems too risky & I definitely don't think Hall should be out there 1 on 1 w/no safety help. Have to wonder if Haslett was thinking it might be 4 down territory if they could gain much of it back on that 3rd down?

That said, the D played a really good game, but why did Romo take no hits in the 1st half but they had a lot less yardage? I wonder if the blitzes backfired on more than just that one big play. I'd have to watch most of it again.

He was probably going for the kill shot, hoping to force an INT. He's a blitz happy coordinator, and he's not the only one. As we all know, that philosophy will burn you sometimes, but pay really nice dividends when it comes together.