ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith teed off on CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo following comments from the latter on his old team.
Romo made headlines earlier this week when he suggested that the Cowboys, who last played in an NFC Championship Game 28 years ago, are close to winning a Super Bowl.
“The Cowboys are close,” Romo told reporters, via David Moore of The Dallas Morning News. “I think the Cowboys, in some ways, they just need to go out and do their job. They’re knocking on the door. You can’t be this good year in and year out without breaking through at some point.”
Smith, a notorious critic of the Cowboys, had a problem with Romo’s comments (h/t Matt Ehalt of the New York Post):
“You of all people — when he was the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, you didn’t get the job done. What are you talking about?
At some point, we’re going to break through.’ You that some point. You once were, you didn’t get it done, and then we’re watching this team and we’re watching the talent level that as far as I’m concerned, has gotten better and better and better throughout the years and you still haven’t been able to get it done. People who don’t get it done don’t need to be talking about people needing to get it done…
“But Tony Romo. What? You can’t say that. At some point in time, some self-awareness is mandated because when you hear that from Tony Romo … at some point when you listening to those quotes, you gonna go like this: ‘Who said that? Who? Him? Come on, now. Stop.”
Romo went a disappointing 2-4 in playoff games during his decade-long tenure as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback (2006 to 2015). On top of that, he was the starting QB for three win-or-go-home Week 17 contests that the Cowboys lost (2008 to Philadelphia, 2011 to New York Giants and 2012 to Washington).
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Romo’s successor, Dak Prescott, hasn’t fared any better in big game moments. Prescott is 2-5 in playoff games, having also failed to guide his Cowboys to a single NFC Championship Game appearance.
In a move that surprised many, Dallas owner Jerry Jones opted to bring back head coach Mike McCarthy for 2024 despite a humiliating 48-32 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round.
