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Should the Bills try & trade for Romo in the offseason?

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Should the Bills try & trade for Romo in the offseason?  

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  1. 1. Should the Bills try & trade for Romo in the offseason?

    • Yes, he would instantly boost the passing game
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    • No, he's too injury prone and too old (call Life Alert!)
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Alphadawg7 Hall of Famer

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I agree that Romo's contract is ridiculous, but he would be an upgrade over Taylor. Watkins and Clay would have career numbers under Romo.

 

I think it's possible the rest of the league has figured out Taylor and try to make him play like a QB. The Ravens know Taylor inside and out as he was their backup for four years and ran the scout team and were able to shut him down. I'm hoping Anthony Lynn will try and put Taylor in situations that utilizes his strengths, but so far this season, he seems like he's a glorified JP Losman (throws a good deep ball, but is very inaccurate with everything else).

 

While I do not disagree with you that Romo thus far has has a better career as a passer, he's also on the downside of his career. Taylor is substantially better IMO than JP, so while I get being critical, that just seems extreme to me.

 

Taylor isn't perfect, but people forget he has just 17 starts under his belt, has basically played a large portion of those starts missing many of the weapons he has or seen them play at less than 100%, not to mention the OL injuries last year and this year. So its not like he has had a chance to build a lot of consistency when guys like Sammy, Clay, McCoy, Karlos, Gillisee, his OL, etc have all been in and out of the lineup or playing hurt during his whole time in Buffalo. Not making excuses, but those are facts and those make his job harder, a job he is still learning and developing at. So lets not just close the book on him just yet, plenty of good QB's were up and down with lots of holes to fix in the first 2 years as a QB. A better gauge for him will be at the end of the year when you can look at the overall body of work and see progress or not.

 

Personally, I think TT is going to be fine and keep improving, so I am not that worried about where to find a QB because I don't think we will need one. But if I am wrong and we need one, Romo is not the guy. We have enough injury prone players on offense...we can't get going as a team because we have so many guys hurt last year and this year...the LAST thing we need is another player we will need to depend on who can't stay on the field. Romo's health is as reliable as Kevin Kolbs was at this point, so he would probably get hurt slipping in the shower too.

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If he's reasonably healthy and the cost is not significant than hell, yes. Same goes for any of the aging starters in the league (not than any others will be available).

 

Romo throws the ball light years better than anyone who's worn a Bills uni in the last 20 years (excluding Bledsoe for about 8 games). Of course that doesn't mean the Bills shouldn't draft a QB as soon as possible but they desperately need a bridge player at the position.

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If he's reasonably healthy and the cost is not significant than hell, yes. Same goes for any of the aging starters in the league (not than any others will be available).

 

Romo throws the ball light years better than anyone who's worn a Bills uni in the last 20 years (excluding Bledsoe for about 8 games). Of course that doesn't mean the Bills shouldn't draft a QB as soon as possible but they desperately need a bridge player at the position.

Knowing the Bills, they'd acquire Romo and refuse to draft a QB until he's carted off 3 years later.

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While I do not disagree with you that Romo thus far has has a better career as a passer, he's also on the downside of his career. Taylor is substantially better IMO than JP, so while I get being critical, that just seems extreme to me.

 

Taylor isn't perfect, but people forget he has just 17 starts under his belt, has basically played a large portion of those starts missing many of the weapons he has or seen them play at less than 100%, not to mention the OL injuries last year and this year. So its not like he has had a chance to build a lot of consistency when guys like Sammy, Clay, McCoy, Karlos, Gillisee, his OL, etc have all been in and out of the lineup or playing hurt during his whole time in Buffalo. Not making excuses, but those are facts and those make his job harder, a job he is still learning and developing at. So lets not just close the book on him just yet, plenty of good QB's were up and down with lots of holes to fix in the first 2 years as a QB. A better gauge for him will be at the end of the year when you can look at the overall body of work and see progress or not.

 

Personally, I think TT is going to be fine and keep improving, so I am not that worried about where to find a QB because I don't think we will need one. But if I am wrong and we need one, Romo is not the guy. We have enough injury prone players on offense...we can't get going as a team because we have so many guys hurt last year and this year...the LAST thing we need is another player we will need to depend on who can't stay on the field. Romo's health is as reliable as Kevin Kolbs was at this point, so he would probably get hurt slipping in the shower too.

 

With Taylor, I expected to see progression this year, instead we've seen regression so far. Maybe that's on Roman trying to make him into a pocket passer and not playing to his strength's, but the biggest knock on Taylor last year was that he did not throw enough over the middle. I think it is fair to see what he looks like at the end of the season before deciding if he can possibly be the franchise QB or to look for another option. I'd like to see him succeed, but we need to face facts, the Bills play in the same division as Tom Brady and Bill Belichek and eight or nine wins is not going to cut it. Last year, we saw the Jets miss the playoffs at 10-6. So if the Bills have any hope of making the playoffs, let alone winning the division, then they need an elite franchise QB to do it and not guys that show some potential here and there.

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That's two more than any other Bills QB since Jim Kelly.

True, judging him to Kelly isn't a great analogy. Some here would be thrilled beyond belief to get in as a wildcard only too get crushed. then all offseason talk about building on simply making the playoffs. others don't fall in that catergory they want a parade with some hardware traveling in downtown Buffalo. I don't know where you fall in all of this.But myself I want a team capable of deep runs for years. This team is not built like that. it is a FO only capable of plugging holes sometimes with wildly varying results. Romo would fall into the current OBD mindset in that sense. an old stopgap QB with zero success in winning with no postseason domination. Kelly at least won 4 AFC rings.

 

Romo at his age, a career playoff flop. (btw i have no problem with his lack of succees since he is a cowgirl.) But having him for single season or 2 would be pointless now. If he can make it through a season. He is who he is. A UDFA QB who had moderate regular season success. I'll pass. stick with the 8-8 seasons. And wait for a competent GM who can find draft and develop players and get this franchise out of medicore hell. I Expect that's still a few years out as the "new era" has too sort through some operational and staffing issues. And learn what a winning culture is. Romo,can't even teach that because he never won anything.

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