Tony Romos December record as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys is 11-15, and as the team enters the final month of the season, owner/general manager Jerry Jones is mindful of that and said it has to change for the better. I think its real and I dont mean to be trite, Jones said Tuesday morning on his radio show on KRLD-FM in Dallas. You can probably tie that [into] why we have had disappointments in December. Its hard to build up in this time of the NFL. Its hard to build up enough edge to play at that level during December, so you better be moving or having your arrow going up rather than going down. Romo has improved his play in December the past two seasons, but in each of the last two regular-season finales, the Cowboys had a chance to clinch a playoff berth and lost. Romo was 3-2 last December. He had 10 touchdown passes and one interception in the first four games but threw three picks in the finale at Washington, a 28-18 loss. Since 2009, only Green Bays Aaron Rodgers has posted a better passer rating than Romo; however, in that game against the Redskins, Romo finished with a 55.9 rating. The previous season, Romo was 1-3 in December with eight touchdown passes and zero interceptions. In a Christmas Eve game against the Philadelphia Eagles, he suffered a bruised hand on the first series and had to leave the game after attempting just two passes. In the regular-season finale, Romo and the Cowboys lost 31-14 to the New York Giants. Romo has the Cowboys (7-5) on a two-game win streak and is coming off a solid performance on Thanksgiving Day, when he connected on 23 of 32 passes for 225 yards and one touchdown in a 31-24 victory over the Oakland Raiders. Romo, who had a stomach virus last week, is expected to be healthy for next Monday nights road game against the Chicago Bears. With his team in a first-place tie with the Eagles in the NFC East, Jones said its imperative the Cowboys start December strong. We cant expect to be where we all want to be unless we play better than weve certainly played the last two years, Jones said. And weve had a Tony Romo playing well, really the last two years and havent gotten there. Ive often said it is one of the biggest disappointments of my entire time to have Romo as quarterback and not be in better shape for the playoffs as we looked to his career. We need to change that. That was our goal this year, that should have been our goal this year and weve had some setbacks to some injuries, and every other team does too. And we got a chance to do something about it this year.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:03:43 +0000
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