Dallas quarterback Tony Romo (9) visits with Cowboys executive Stephen Jones on the sidelines during Dallas Cowboys minicamp held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Thursday, June 19, 2014. (Louis DeLuca/Dallas Morning News)
Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin doesn’t think Tony Romo is getting the credit he deserves for playing through his back problems Sunday in London.
The former Cowboys superstar said if Peyton Manning or Tom Brady were coming off back surgery and then played with two transverse process fractures, they would’ve been praised so much that President Obama would be fielding questions about their heroic efforts.
Why isn’t Romo getting more love nationally?
Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones said Wednesday that it’s because Romo hasn’t had the same postseason success as Manning and Brady.
“I think the only thing missing is the ring, the championship,” Jones said Wednesday on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM]. “I think that’s going to ultimately come for Tony. I hope sooner than later as I know we all do. At the end of the day, all these quarterbacks, more important than any of their numbers, any of their accolades, any Pro Bowls, any All-Pros, is to win championships. I think when Tony ultimately gets his then I think certainly at that point there will be no second-guessing anything.
“But I think he’d be the first to tell you, anybody would, the only thing missing on his resume at this point is a championship, and certainly that doesn’t sit in Tony’s lap, that sits in our lap, Jerry [Jones] and our family’s lap. In terms of the organization, we have to do better at putting better people around him. It falls on our personnel department, the coaching staff and the players around him. It’s a team effort.”
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