"Tony Romo has accomplished so much as an NFL quarterback in such a short period of time. Romo went to the Pro Bowl as a first-year starter with the Cowboys in 2006. He set a franchise record for touchdown passes in 2008 with 36, then established the franchise mark for passing yards in 2009 with 4,483. Romo finally has thrown the necessary 1,500 passes to qualify for the NFL career passing list and debuts in 2010 as the third most-efficient quarterback in history – ahead of Peyton Manning , Kurt Warner , Tom Brady , Joe Montana and Drew Brees. And we still haven't seen the best of Tony Romo. But we have a chance to this season. The Cowboys have surrounded Romo in with the most talented supporting cast of his five-year tenure. Tight end Jason Witten , wide receivers Miles Austin and Roy Williams and halfback Marion Barber have all been to the Pro Bowl. Running back Felix Jones, tight end Martellus Bennett and wide receiver Dez Bryant were all premium draft choices with Pro Bowl traits. There may not be a deeper cast of playmakers anywhere in the NFL. Romo's cast is deeper in quantity than those that won Super Bowls with Roger Staubach at the helm in the 1970s and with Troy Aikman at the helm in the 1990s. So Romo could be in a position to batter his own franchise records and challenge a few NFL marks as well. But that may not be the path Romo and the Cowboys choose to follow if they hope to remain home in February to play the Super Bowl on their home field. History has not been kind to the great passing teams of the modern era. The NFL's No. 1 passing team has played for a championship only five times in Super Bowl history: the 1984 Miami Dolphins, 1999 and 2001 St. Louis Rams, 2002 Oakland Raiders and 2007 New England Patriots. Those teams went 1-4 in Super Bowls, and the 1999 title game ended with Tennessee on the St. Louis 1-yard line. So the No. 1-ranked passing offenses are 1 yard shy of possibly being winless in Super Bowls. In each of those five cases, the quarterback of that top-ranked passing attack was the league MVP: Dan Marino in 1984, Kurt Warner in 1999 and 2001, Rich Gannon in 2002 and Tom Brady in 2007. " http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...s/stories/070810dnspogosselincol.1c918c8.html
