QB Debate: Tony Romo vs. Eli Manning
Pat Kirwan of NFL.com debates who is the better Quarterback: Tony Romo or Eli Manning. The problem with the article is that Kirwan did not come to a conclusion. Rather, he wants to help you decide which guy you like more and have some facts to back up the opinion in case you run into a Cowboys/Giants argument over the summer. He wrote…
Cowboys fans contend the argument isn’t close, Romo by a landslide. The Giants fans feel the Super Bowl victory ends the debate. Cowboys fans are quick to remind Giants fans that most of the Big Blue faithful were trying to run Eli Manning out of town halfway through the 2007 season. The Giants fans keep asking how can the Cowboys fans be so loyal to a guy who has never won a playoff game? The raging debate has been spirited, to say the least, as fans get emotional. I thought it would be a good time to tag the argument with some facts and figures.
Kirwan provided stats for four categories: Playoffs, Regular Season, Division Play, and Personal Stats. Romo had the advantage in the Regular Season and the Personal Stats while Manning had the advantage in the Playoffs and in the Division Play. You can check out the article for all of the stats.
As a Giants fan, you cannot say Romo is better than Manning until he wins a Super Bowl. Manning was also the Super Bowl MVP. Romo is good for fantasy football which was how Peyton Manning used to be until Peyton finally won the Super Bowl. Plenty of players have great regular season numbers that don’t translate to wins in the Playoffs like Chad Johnson. Romo was solely responsible for the loss up in Seattle in the 2006-2007, and most of the team was responsible for the loss to the Giants in the 2007-2008 season. Romo shouldn’t have been in Cabo when the team was struggling offensively since they beat Green Bay the week after Thanksgiving. Terry Glenn was awful in that game. Wade Phillips decided not to start Barber instead of Jones, but Barber wasn’t durable enough to play an entire game. Phillips got out-coached by Tom Coughlin and Steve Spagnuolo. The blitzes kept on coming. Once Dallas was down, Romo tried to win it on one play on every single down which didn’t work. They lost as a team. They are lead by a head coach that has never won a Playoff game and a Quarterback that has never won a Playoff game.
Remeber that Manning was 0-2 in the Playoffs before heading into this year’s Playoffs. He played poorly in both of those loses. It was Tiki who tried to carry the team to victory against the Seahawks in the 2005-2006 season and the Eagles in the 2006-2007 season, but it wasn’t enough. Even if Manning lost in the Super Bowl, I still think that he would be better than Romo because he won three Playoff games on the road vs. none. Romo can win the Super Bowl in 2008 and you could argue that they are even if Romo is the MVP of the game. Or Eli can repeat so we never have to hear the argument again.
The Champ
vs. The Chump
June 26th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
You cant even have an objective conversation with you HOMERS! When the day is done, and all the cards are on the table who HONESTLY gives your TEAM the best chance to win? Just because Eli got hot at the right time doesnt make up for the last 4 years of avg to below avg play (in terms of who is better). I admit a ring does make up for everything…it always does, but saying he is better QB now bc of a ring is pretty dumb. If that were the case Trent Dilfer would have been a top QB going into the 2000-2001 season….how did that work out for him. C’mmon please be objective!
June 26th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Homers? I had to look that one up.
1. Baseball A home run.
2. A homing pigeon.
Not sure which one you mean. We have Home Boys and Homies up here. I am looking at it objectively because I’m not buying into what the media is saying, nor did I last year. I picked the Giants to be an 11-5 team while the media picked them to come in last place in the division. They ended up 10-6 and won the Super Bowl. I was much more accurate tha the media. The media also said that the Giants would lose every game in the Playoffs. I didn’t buy into that either. I was concerned when they played the Cowboys and the Patriots, but I didn’t think it was a lock. I also said that if the Giants lost in the Super Bowl that I would still have picked Manning over Romo for having a 3-2 Playoff record vs. a 0-2 Playoff record so the ring is not everything. I’m also a Mets fan, and the media said that they were going to win the World Series, and they are in third place in their division. I’m not sure if all of you Cowboys fans should continue to buy into what they’re selling you until your Coach and QB win their first Playoff games.
I wish Trent Dilfer didn’t get a ring so Kerry Collins would’ve.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
wow, this is th e most retarded articel ever “LOL ELI MANNING WINS SOME PLAYOFF GAMES (well the giants D does…) SO HE MUST BE WAY BETTER THEN TONY ROMO LAWL”
September 12th, 2008 at 2:10 am
However they can spin it. All have to say is who has the ring?