Gannon: Romo Will Benefit From Dumping Simpson, Losing TO

This should go over well: former NFL quarterback Rich Gannon ranks the NFC East quarterbacks and he thinks Tony Romo is the best of the bunch. It's hard to get worked up about such lists since they have absolutely no bearing on how the season will unfold. But that's not the point, at least for fans of the Eagles, Giants and Redskins.

Anyway, here's what Gannon said on Sirius NFL Radio (via the Dallas Morning News' Todd Archer):

"I think now that he's dumped Jessica Simpson, he's got the golf clubs in the closet, he's able to focus, he's got rid of T.O., I look for him to have a great year, absorb and take on more of that leadership with the Cowboys. I just think he's got the best skills of all those quarterbacks. ... He's a great competitor. He's got a little bit of that gunslinger mentality like Brett Favre. He's willing to take chances. I really think he's probably going to have his best year in the absence of T.O."

Because, really, you can never blame Jessica Simpson and Terrell Owens enough. I don't actually think either had anything to do with Romo's on-field performance, but Gannon's probably right about Romo taking on more of a leadership role with T.O. now in Buffalo.

Of course, we could do without the "he's a gunslinger like Brett Favre!" cliches because that's hardly a compliment -- even backhanded -- and I'm not convinced Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett actually approves of Romo heaving punts down the field instead taking a sack or throwing the ball away.

To the bigger question: is Romo better than Donovan McNabb, Eli Manning and Jason Campbell? No idea. Romo, Manning and McNabb are all in the conversation, although I'm not comfortable saying one is clearly better than another. What I will readily admit, however, is that Jon Kitna > Colt Brennan > David Carr > Kevin Kolb.

So if Romo re-injures his pinky this year, Dallas won't have to endure three weeks of Brad and Brooks. So there's that.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

8-07-2009 @ 12:13AM

hehe alright.... said...

wow u think that theyll be better without owens?
the year the giants won the superbowl the cow pies had 13 pro bowlers and that got them a 13-3 record and not much else. they suck so much i just love the look on jerry jones' reconstructed face when they lose
go gmen

8-07-2009 @ 12:52PM

samm said...

tony HOMO will have no 1 to throw to cuz jason witten will b covered and tony HOMO will be on his back

8-08-2009 @ 10:50AM

vifon3 said...

HOMO, GET REAL

8-07-2009 @ 1:52PM

cjohn2112 said...

i personally dont think romos anywhere close 2 being as good as hes hyped up 2 be...as much as i h8 TO, romos gonna miss him..roy williams is nowhere near TO's talent, they still have garrett as OC n , their biggest problem, jerry "the moron" jones playing GM....im guessin th boys go 7-9....at best

8-07-2009 @ 3:10PM

h18sticks said...

colt who? has he played a down yet in a real game? kitna > carr > kolb > colt who? on top of that, gannon is such a head case that i certainly wouldn't put any weight on what he said. other jim kelly and mcnabb, who has had more blown opportunities in the playoffs than gannon? maybe the next one will be colt who?

8-08-2009 @ 5:45AM

jessemolson48 said...

let me tell you about .tony homo.hes good for only 8 games .then you see how he sucks. i wished dallas would have traded homo. for derek anderson.well heres another year for the cowboys.no super bowl.,t.o. made homo.now what is homo gonna do without number 81.i hope jerry jones would finally find out homo. sucks .and sucks,,i was amazied this year when homo said this year i am going to be a leader.ahhh,,, homo. when you first took your first snap you should have been the leader at that time, cheesedick.i wonder who is homo going to blame this time since 81 isnt there,,,ohhh i got it maybe jason garrett,,homo you belong where you use to be the third string qb. cause you suck dude ,suckkkkkkkkk

8-15-2009 @ 7:58PM

manny said...

Your command of the english language is very impressive moron!

8-08-2009 @ 5:05PM

pcrwly3 said...

As soon as romo goes down for the count of how many weeks before return, Mike Vick will be a cowboy...

8-08-2009 @ 8:17PM

sirb1azeem said...

Since the cowgirls are the new Raider's, and jerry jones is the new Al Davis, it would not be suprising to see Vick in a cowgirl outfit. Tony Homo has proven he can't handle any type of pressure. he fails, pouts back to the sidelines, and the camera zoom's in on his wittle baby face as he looks so frustrated. It was hillarious to see vick shed a tear for his quarterback losing the game, but T.O put up his number's, where were Homo's? They need to get rid of Al Davis's twin bro, jerry jones, I don't think he know's what year it is, or if emmit and Aikmen are not there anymore.

8-08-2009 @ 8:20PM

Quinn said...

Don't count out the Cowboys this year, that might prove to be a big mistake. If you disagree, don't blame me that Obama and the betting services takes all your money this coming year.

2009 NFC East standings

1)The Star 12-4
2)The Midgets 9-7
3)The Giggles 8-8
4)The City of no shame 6-10

8-09-2009 @ 1:35AM

r u f***** high?!??! the cowboys wont go 12-4 because they dont win in december...and the giants wont go 9-7 andd the skins wont go 6-10...heres a more accurate prediction

1.G-men 11-5
2.redskins 9-7
3.e-girls 8-8
4.cowfags 7-9

8-09-2009 @ 1:36AM

What do u mean the NEW raiders...the raiders r the same old raiders its just the cowfags r another version they havnt replaced the raiders

8-09-2009 @ 11:46AM

Robin said...

What a bunch of asinide comments. Why don't you go to your own team blogs and play. It's the same folks saying the same childish thing on every new Cowboy story. Geez, the 'BOYS' must really worry you! So let me 'PO' you more - GO COWBOYS - AMERICAS TEAM!!!

8-09-2009 @ 11:53AM

Steve! said...

I do believe Gannon has got it all wrong.... it's not Tony Romo that will make Dallas great this year... it's the arsenal of the ground game with Barber, Felix Jones and Choice. Jones is extremely fast and Barber... saw him in the off-season and he is a monster... he's been working out hard. Look for some punishing runs from him.

8-09-2009 @ 11:58AM

too bad wade "dumass" phillips has never heard of running the ball but dont worry he'll be out after this season wen the cowboys go 7-9

8-09-2009 @ 1:11PM

Robin Lynn said...

Samm - Go to your Deadskin blog and be a good little boy. You seem to be obsessed with the Cowboys! If you insist on basing your comments on past history, then your Deadskins will end up in last place again. Do your homework before blogging.

8-11-2009 @ 6:26PM

donthate2795 said...

Im so tired of hearing 4rm ery fat nobody who does nufin but sit on a couch all dae tlk about the cowboys.!
Now yes the cowboyz season lass yr was not as good as it shuld have been but come on give the team a break they are a young team let them progress an get better istead of bein such jackasses about it.!
Jesus its jus a football team people GET OVER IT.!!!

GO COWBOYZ.!!

8-11-2009 @ 10:06PM

robin-i do comment on redskins blogs idiot u piss me off cuz u dont no anything about the cowboys all u no is that theyv won 5 superbowls...give me a legit arguement about waht the cowgirls hhave done in the past 15 yrs and even what the skins have done is more impressive

8-12-2009 @ 8:51PM

deitrade said...

Samm, thank you for giving us a 15 year window. The Cowboys won 2 Superbowls ( 3 if you would have given us a 16 year window ) and played in 3 NFC Championships.
Compared that to your Redskins last 20 yearssssssss, then look in the mirror and see who the idiot really is. For the majority of the past 12 years that the Cowboys have not been to the playoffs, other that the Giants 2007 SB win the NFC EAST has not done so well as a whole.