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QB Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys

HT: 6-2, WT: 219, Born: 4-21-1980, College: Eastern Illinois, Drafted: ---

2008 Projections

2007 Game Summaries

Week 1 - Romo had a huge game, especially in the second half. He started poorly, and was unable to connect with Terrell Owens in the first half. Three of his five passes to Owens were uncatchable. Romo did have some success in the first half due to Jason Witten. Whenever Romo needed a completion, he seemed to look for Witten over the middle. Witten caught six of seven targets in the first half, including three for first downs. He finished the half with an 11 yard touchdown reception and was the Cowboys' most targeted player in the half. Romo only threw ten passes in the second half, but every reception was important. All seven completions were for a first down or a touchdown. He found Terrell Owens for scores of 22 yards and 47 yards. The longest touchdown was caught by Sam Hurd for 51 yards on his only target of the second half. Romo also scored on the ground on a nine yard run.

Week 2 - Romo had problems with vision on the field, often forcing the ball into people instead of finding the open man. He had all day against the Miami pass defense, which covered well but put no pressure on Romo. One of the few times the Dolphins did put pressure on Romo, he managed to dump it off for a touchdown pass to Tony Curtis in the red zone. Romo showed great evasion throughout the game to avoid sacks and keep plays alive.

Week 3 - Romo was the story of this game, throwing for 329 yards and two scores in helping lead the Cowboys offense to 27 points. Romo had a good first half, completing ten passes for 140 yards over the first two quarters. At one point in the second quarter, Dallas seemed to abandon the running game, instead showing confidence in Romo and almost exclusively relying on his right arm to move the ball. Romo followed up his good first half with an even better second half, torching the Bears in the third and fourth quarters for 189 yards and two touchdowns. Throughout the game he showed great pocket presence by side stepping the Chicago rush to buy himself time to complete passes. Romo's only interception of the game came on a high throw that deflected off the hands of WR Patrick Crayton and was picked off by S Adam Archuleta.

Week 4 - Romo continued his strong play for the Cowboys, completing 21 of 33 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns through the air, along with 24 yards rushing and a score on the ground. Despite an interception in the first half, and the offense struggling to get going early on, Romo kept his cool and just continued to make plays. On one play in the first half, Romo was in the shotgun, and the snap was centered over his head. Romo juggled the ball after trying to pick it up, and when he got control, was able to turn what should have been a big loss into a short gain that resulted in a first down. He added a 15 yard touchdown run on a scramble play in the first half that put Dallas up 14-7 at halftime. In the third quarter, Romo exploded. He threw three touchdowns, two to WR Patrick Crayton from 59 and 37 yards out, and one to TE Jason Witten from 17 yards out to put the game away. Ahead 35-7, Romo gave way to backup Brad Johnson who finished out the game.

Week 5 - Romo had a very shaky game, despite the decent stat line. He threw INTs on his first two passes, the first of which was returned for a TD. He threw two more picks on consecutive possessions in the second quarter, the second one also resulting in a Buffalo TD. He settled down a little after that, but the turnover bug bit him again in the fourth quarter as he once again gave up the ball on consecutive possessions. And believe it or not, it could have been worse, as Bills defenders whiffed on two other passes that could have been INTs, including a drop by Terrence McGee in the final minutes that would have sealed the Buffalo victory. Yet somehow, despite all the adversity and mistakes, Romo managed to lead the Cowboys to two scores in the final 20 seconds to pull out the win. He struggled on occasion with the Buffalo pass rush, but the disturbing thing about his INTs is that he usually had plenty of time to throw. Romo was forced to scramble a couple of times, and on his last run he fumbled the ball away. Romo ultimately threw to seven different receivers, but Jason Witten was his favorite target by far. WR Patrick Crayton was also quite active, especially in the second half, but Romo seemed out of synch with Terrell Owens the entire evening. RB Marion Barber got most of his looks late, as the Cowboys were scrambling to pull out the win.

Week 6 - Romo entered the game second in both passing yardage and touchdowns. He was at his best running a hurry-up offense on Dallas' last drive of the first half. On the drive, Romo kept the New England defense off balance and completed eight of his nine passes for 104 yards (over 100 due to penalties), including a 12 yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens. His only incompletion on the drive also should have been complete, as Terrell Owens was clearly pushed out before he could get both of his feet down. Romo only completed half of his other 20 passes during the rest of the game, but his eight yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton gave the Cowboys the lead in the third quarter.

Romo's interception in the fourth quarter sealed the Cowboy's fate. Romo was under heavy pressure on the play and threw behind his receiver right into the hands of Junior Seau.

Romo lost one yard on a kneel down play after Dallas had conceded the game.

Week 7 - Romo had an excellent afternoon throwing the ball. He was extremely efficient completing almost 80% of his passes. He had ample time for most of the afternoon to find receivers, who were more often than not, wide open. His lone touchdown pass was to Terrell Owens on the first drive of the game. He looked to Jason Witten most often, using the short passing game in place of the running game. He did not throw an interception.

Week 9 - Romo completed 20 of his 25 pass attempts for 324 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. He started the game completing his first nine passes on his way to an 80 percent completion percentage on the day. While he did not run the ball, he used his mobility to buy time in the pocket throughout the day, though the Eagles pass rush looked far from spectacular. Romo targeted Terrell Owens often in this one, and he rewarded him with a big day. Brad Johnson replaced Romo with 5:27 remaining in the game, but just handed off the ball and kneeled for the Cowboys win.

Week 10 - Romo had another career game as he posted a total of 247 yards and four passing touchdowns. He completed 20 of 28 passes, throwing well from inside and outside of the pocket as he hit many open Cowboy receivers, most of which gained a good amount of yards after the catch.

Week 11 - Tony Romo completed 22 of his 32 passes for 293 yards with four scores and one interception. Romo by his standards was having a slow day through the first half and into the 3rd quarter, but the Terrell Owens show began, and Romo road him for one stretch of three catches, 129 yards, and three touchdowns in the late third and into the fourth quarter for a win. Romo had an interception over-turned, and nearly threw another in the game, but generally played a composed game and had complete control of the offense. Center Andre Gurode had some trouble with shotgun snaps as there were two that sailed over Romo's head. On both occasions Romo was able to scramble back to recover, and get the ball off before taking the sack. Once was deep to Owens that could have been caught, but actually went for his only interception of the game. The other was on third and four, and was caught by Owens for five yards and a first down.

Week 12 - Romo was not spectacular, but still efficient. He was proficient at executing a game plan that called for him to focus more on shorter and intermediate passes, and still managed to show his improvisational skills at times when he had to evade a pass rusher and make a play to keep the drive going. He threw 15 of his 28 passes to Owens and Witten and continued to have a very good rapport with both players. Romo gave way to Brad Johnson with just under four minutes remaining in the game.

Week 13 - Romo came out and looked very good early on leading the Cowboys to two scoring drives on there first couple possessions. But the drives bogged down in Green Bay territory and they had to settle for two field goals. On their third possession, Romo capitalized on a Packers' turnover by finding WR Patrick Crayton open in the back of the end zone on a three yard pass. He was given plenty of time to throw and pick apart the Packers' zone defense. He hit Terrell Owens on 48 yards pass and came back to throw a strike to TE Anthony Fasano on a great pass on the right side for a 26 yard touchdown. Romo did a great job of looking off the safeties and throwing a perfect pass to Fasano over the defender. The Cowboys would draw a big pass interference penalty which would set up Romo's third touchdown pass of the first half with a ten yard pass to Terrell Owens. He finished the first half nine for 15 for 197 yards. In that half, the Packers did not get much pressure on Romo, and he did a great job of finding open receivers.

Romo started off slow in the second half but completed a big 35 yard pass to WR Patrick Crayton on third and 19 deep in Dallas territory. It was a huge play because it looked like the momentum of the game had turned in Green Bay favor, but Romo was able to lead the Cowboys down into Packer's territory. The Cowboys should have had a touchdown but, Owens had the ball hit him in the hands in the end zone and bounce up in the air for a Packers defender to intercept. Dallas got the ball deep in Green Bay territory after a 42 yard interference penalty. Romo would find Crayton again on crossing route for four yard touchdown and his fourth touchdown. Romo played an excellent game and his play was the difference maker in this contest. Also, give credit to the Cowboys offensive line as they gave Romo all day to throw the ball.

Week 14 - Tony Romo continues to enjoy the best season of his short career. He looked cool and calm in directing the Dallas offense, even though he was under pressure for part of the game. The defense took away his deep threats, so he was content in throwing the ball in the middle to Jason Witten and in the flat to Marion Barber III. Romo looked his best in directing the offense in the two minute drill at the end of each half. He was 14 of 16 for 123 yards and two touchdowns combined on the drives that led to two Dallas touchdowns.

Week 15 - Tony Romo completed only 13 of 36 passes for 214 yards with three interceptions. He did not have any touchdowns on the day, and gained 16 yards on the ground. Romo struggled with the Eagles pass rush throughout the game, and came just short on a couple of long plays to Owens on overthrows. Romo's only completions of the first half were to his tight ends. Romo injured the thumb on his throwing hand in the third quarter, and though he stayed in the game he struggled with inaccuracy from that point forward.

Week 16 - Romo bounced back from questions about his thumb and personal press box invites to complete 67% of his passes for an average of 6.6 yards per attempt. Romo was able to throw the ball crisply, though did occasionally have difficulty with the ball sailing on him when he tried to throw across his body. While he was unable to connect with Jason Witten in the first half, he leaned on his tight end heavily in the second half and found other options off the bench. Romo showed good mobility and was able to avoid a few sacks and gain positive yardage.

Week 17 - Romo was only in the game to get a few reps and earn the Cowboy franchise record for completions in a single season. This effort caused some trepidation for Dallas fans, though, as he appeared injured at the end of the first half. Ultimately, he returned to the game, but left after the series on which he set the record. He was intercepted in the first quarter on a pass intended for Terry Glenn. Romo completed less than half of his passes and didn't throw a touchdown.

Week 19 - Romo had a relatively off game, as he only completed half of his passes. To his credit though, his receivers did seem to drop an above average amount of passes. Romo's preferred targets were Jason Witten and Terrell Owens, the former of which led the team in receiving stats, while Owens scored the Cowboys' only receiving touchdown. He also scrambled three times for 17 yards.