Cowboys' Romo 18 Spots Ahead Of Flacco on NFL's Top 100 Players

by Bruce Raffel on May 16, 2011 7:00 PM EDT

If fans of the Baltimore Ravens were upset when the NFL Top 100 Players of 2011 came out showing that Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco was ranked as the 90th best player and Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman was four slots ahead of him, then they will go nuts when they see that Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo was ranked 72nd on this list.

The NFL Network show just released players 80-71 and the Cowboys QB, who is a nine-year veteran, gets the high ranking despite missing most of the 2010 NFL season, playing in just six games and throwing just over 200 passes before getting injured and missing the final ten games.

The NFL Network crew debated the QB rankings, with twelve QB's in the Top 100. Analyst Jay Glazer said that Romo should be ranked higher than that, but in his own list of the Top 12 QB's in the NFL for 2011, he had Romo ranked 10th and the Ravens' Flacco not even on his list! Remember, this series on the NFL Top 100 Players for 2011 was voted on by the players, not the analysts nor the fans, so if you have a problem with the rankings, it's the players who should know the best of all, right? Well, shouldn't they?

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The list just lost whatever semblance of credibility it had left

How do you justify naming someone to the Top 100 list when they miss over half the season with an injury?

Was Romo providing an invaluable morale boost to the team from the sideline?

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by wtbudlight on Aug 30, 2010 5:54 PM PDT

by IntrepidX on May 16, 2011 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

romo has better #s then flacco

by davver on May 16, 2011 7:27 PM EDT reply actions

I’m unclear on the rules of this list. Some people think it’s “Who were the best players in 2010” and some interpret it as just “Who are the best players, period.” I’m an Eagles fan, and count myself as one of the people in this Universe that has the most hatred for the Dallas Cowboys’ organization, but Tony Romo is unquestionably a better QB than Flacco. If we’re going just by 2010, however, obviously Flacco had the better season, and Romo shouldn’t even be in the top 300.

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by JimmyK on May 16, 2011 7:40 PM EDT reply actions

“Unquestionably”? What’s Romo accomplished that Joe hasn’t?

by JoshuaStein on May 16, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Neither has accomplished that much at all, frankly, particularly in the playoffs. But I’m sure we can probably agree that Romo’s numbers are significantly better, no?

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by JimmyK on May 16, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

They both won the same amount of super bowls

Since that is the ultimate goal.

by TheShadow on May 16, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions

then trent dilfer definately needs to be on this list

by davver on May 16, 2011 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

If he was still playing

I never read the list, but is Eli on it.

by TheShadow on May 16, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Joe has the bigger upside

But I’ll take Tony in fantasy football over Joe! Although his picks kill me.

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on May 17, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions

This just proves that either the players didn’t understand the idea of the voting, or that NFL Network misrepresented the premise of the show. If it’s the top players of 2011, Romo shouldn’t have even been on the list because he was injured all year (same with Dallas Clark). If it’s the best players in general, then maybe Romo should be on the list, but still shouldn’t be ranked ahead of Joe.

by JoshuaStein on May 16, 2011 7:42 PM EDT reply actions

I guess they are thinking

the best and most important for 2011.

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on May 17, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions

i think flacco is better than Romo

Problem is that this is still not Flaccos team as long as ray Ray is there..Fair or not, thats the truth. Flacco MUST lead this team, until then, he won’t get the recognition.

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by nycsteelerfan on May 16, 2011 8:47 PM EDT reply actions

I think its more important that Joe Flacco does his part in just leading the offense

I know Ray Lewis is the overall leader of the Ravens team but I dont think it should hold back Joe Flacco from show casing his leadership. I have seen Mason, Ed Reed, Suggs, Boldin and etc show case their leadership with Ray Lewis still on team

by jazz20 on May 16, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I would have thought Flacco

would have been the one organizing player workouts instead of two old men. This would have given Joe the chance to prove himself as a team leader.

by TheShadow on May 16, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

He did that once already with Boldin, Heap, Mason and Harper in Arizona.

"No disrespect to Patrick Peterson and Prince Amukamara, but I just think I have better cover skills. They get tested a lot, and that’s for a reason. The other team sees something in their game that they want to attack, and me playing in the same league as Prince, we played the same teams and they didn’t attack me the same. So why does that happen?" - CB Jimmy Smith

by Mr MaLoR on May 17, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions

cant really argue with that

romo ahead of flacco is fine with me (for now)….but this freeman bullsh!t isnt. one good year and all of a sudden hes better than joe?please.

by purple_reign2011 on May 16, 2011 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

I really haven't followed Freeman

But Joe has been on incredibly good teams three years in a row. Peyton takes good receivers and makes them better. Brady dumps Moss and gets better and beats us. We bring in a pro bowl receiver and practically destroy his resume. What gives here. Are we the place where receivers come to die.

by TheShadow on May 16, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Boldin still had a good year last year. you speak about how Peyton takes good

receivers and make them better but last year he clearly was struggling with most of his good wideouts gone and having to deal with rookies or players he really didnt have much chemistry with. I guess the great peyton manning could work his magic last year of making any wideout look good..the Ravens offense didnt have much chemistry last year and this was the reason why Boldin stats were little down this year

by jazz20 on May 17, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions

i mean last year

by jazz20 on May 17, 2011 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Incredibly good? Again, we were 5-11 before Joe got here. “Peyton takes good receivers and makes them better.” Makes no sense if they are already good. “Brady dumps Moss and gets better and beats us.” Brady hasn’t won a playoff game in three years. And if Joe is so bad, why are you comparing him to two all-time greats?

by JoshuaStein on May 17, 2011 5:28 AM EDT up reply actions

And we were 13-3 the year before

With an old aging quarterback. Are you ever going to make any sense with your condescending responses.

by TheShadow on May 17, 2011 7:08 AM EDT up reply actions

You just can’t admit it when people continue to prove you wrong. It’s obvious to anyone on this blog you hate the team and use your embittered personality to rail against them. If you don’t like it when people disagree with you and prove your idiotic comments wrong, then don’t contribute.

by JoshuaStein on May 17, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

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by TheShadow on May 17, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions

It was nice of you to show everyone what you do for a living.

by JoshuaStein on May 17, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone has to come behind your remarks and clean them up

by TheShadow on May 17, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, that wasn’t condescending or anything. Hypocrite.

by JoshuaStein on May 17, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Top Players of 2011, not 2010, not overall

Based solely on the title of the list, shouldn’t we assume it should be cataloging the players considered the best heading into next season? It shouldn’t have anything directly to do with actual stats from 2010, especially when an injury is the issue. I thought that was pretty self-explanatory.

Given that, I see no issue with Romo over Flacco. He’s been doing it longer than Flacco has, and he’s put up pretty good numbers. No reason to assume he won’t continue that in 2011. I’m not looking at the stats right now, but both players belong in the lower third of the list in my mind, neither being obviously better the other. I’m quite happy Flacco is considered in the top ~6% of NFL players. Freeman over Flacco seems to be errant to me, but whatever.

by onethingiknow on May 17, 2011 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t really mind people saying Joe is not a top 10 QB, but one thing I freaking hate is seeing people rank Romo over Joe.

by Mr MaLoR on May 17, 2011 10:45 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Romo is a Cowboy.....

the star on the helmet alone is worth at least 15 spots in the rankings, that doesn’t even count the ratings boost from the former relationship to an overrated pop diva

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by PSU RAVEN on May 17, 2011 3:54 PM EDT reply actions

One thing I do not get is that this was the top 100 players of 2011 and Romo didn’t even play last season. He has good career stats, but one playoff victory and that is over a 9 year career.

by Mr MaLoR on May 17, 2011 4:23 PM EDT reply actions