When Cowboys owner Jerry Jones coined the phrase "Romo friendly", two reactions immediately came to mind. My first reaction was of course, here we (T.O.) again. Owen's public criticism of the offensive play calling lead to a divided locker room last season. The outcome was another disastrous December in Dallas, missing the playoffs after being a pre season Super Bowl favorite. My second reaction was...wow, what has Tony Romo done to deserve such coddling? Romo has won as many playoff games as Ryan Leaf...zero. At least Owens was a machine from a production standpoint in or out of the playoffs.
Give credit to Jerry Jones, he was on to something. The Cowboys, and Romo specifically, have flourished under this new philosophy. And not in the way I originally imagined. The Cowboys are playing like a team now. No super stars, no drama, just football. Team football, The best friend to any quarterback is a sound running game and opportunistic defense. The Cowboys have supplied Romo with both recently. Throw in a couple of special teams touchdowns and the emergence of wide receiver Miles Austin, and you have more than a few bff's at Romo's disposal.
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