Tony Romo: A Clown's Clown

If you haven't watched the Game of the Week on NFL.com yet. Do it. It's good for a few reasons:

1. Any time the Redskins get the NFL Films treatment, hey, good times.
2. Those astute NFL films editors did a fantastic job of illustrating the extent to which Tony Romo was obviously forcing the ball to Terrell Owens throughout the game. Romo was staring Owens down on a lot of throws, and they make a point of highlighting some of those in the recap. Good job.
3. Unlike many NFL observers, a lot of media assholes, and the entire Dallas fan-base, NFL Films took note of the fact that the late Dallas touchdown was nothing more than window-dressing. From now on, NFL Films, we're tight. We're like this.
4. Without a doubt, the single best and most illuminating part of the entire recap is a quick shot of Tony Romo on the sidelines after the Cowboys scored on the opening drive of the third quarter. This is a priceless little glimpse at what makes Tony Romo a shit-ass loser, why he's not capable of leading on this Cowboys team, why he can't win playoff games, and why he gets bullied around by his receivers, fans across the nation, and the sports media at large, even while they're sucking his balls. After his offense has been on the field for only about a third of the total game, after his defense spent the first half getting bent over and forcibly sodomized, after the Redskins defense had only been on the field for something like 10 minutes of game time and had given up one of Dallas's scoring drives by going to a 3-man rush Prevent defense, this douchebag, this sorry, sad-sack piece of worthless Fantasy Stat garbage has the gall to tell his teammates on the sidelines, "These guys are tired. That was . . . they're done. We can do whatever now."

Hey Romo, what game were you watching?

Fuckin' stat boy. Gimme a break. This guy's offense has managed two decent drives sandwiched around half-time, they have a total of like 15 yards rushing, and they've been on the field for something like 13 of the game's 35 minutes to that point, and he thinks Washington's defense is tired? Done? Does this guy know a damn thing about football? I say no. Maybe that's why he came out and fired an ugly duckling of an interception in his next series. Because he's crap, and all his success comes out of the fact that he's got an innovative offensive system, the biggest offensive line in the world, one Hall of Fame receiver, and an elite tight end. He's got all day in the pocket against most teams, and stares down his targets. He's crap.

Here's what separates a team leader from a stat-boy piece of useless shit like Tony Romo. After his team scores to draw even with a division opponent in a game in which they've been thoroughly dominated on both sides of the ball, a leader is walking around the sidelines, getting in his teammates' ears, firing them up, keeping them focused, warning them that it's not over, or he's pouring over the playbook with coaches. A douchebag, a fan, a total loser like Romo is sitting on his ass with a smug look on his face, making bold proclamations that fly in the face of virtually all evidence on the field. I doubt even semi-savvy Dallas fans (notoriously among the more absurd, least knowledgable fans in football) would have made such a ridiculous statement at that point in the game. Unbelievable. Nothing in the world makes me more confident in stating that the Cowboys will yet again fail to go deep in the playoffs than the fact that Tony "Don't Know Much About Football" Romo is their quarterback.