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Screw stats. Romo sucks. In past years he's had a penchasnt for blowing it at the last second. The anti-Brady. Belichick can make it work with almost any kind of QB. Except a gunslinger who crumbles under pressure. Which is what Romo is. I want Garappolo to be very different than that.
And ESPN is not influencing my opinion at all. I've thought Romo is severely overrated for years. A strong dislike for the Cowboys doesn't hurt either.
"Screw stats" basically means "I'm going to buy the narrative" since the stats show something completely different.
Romo has a higher career 4th quarter QB rating (in fact, the highest among active QBs) and more 4th quarter comebacks since 2011 than Brady. That's not to say he's better than Brady - he clearly isn't, they're not even in the same league, but who is? - but to say that he's certainly a top QB.
The "he's not clutch" narrative is entirely that, a manufactured narrative that only comes out to play when a comeback doesn't happen. Guess what? Brady fails to make comebacks happen too. As does Manning. As does Rodgers. As does Brees. And, along with Rivers, those are the only guys I'd take over Romo in the time he's been in the NFL.
If Jimmy G is a Romo-caliber Pro Bowl quarterback for the Patriots for a decade, they've put themselves in a pretty good spot to continue to contend. There's a large number of quarterbacks who totally flame out and a small number of historically good QBs in the league at any given time. Don't expect another Brady... ever, maybe.