drew bledsoe was the cowboys quarterback before tony romo.
drew bledsoe was the cowboys quarterback before tony romo.
who was the cowboys quarterback before tony romo?
drew bledsoe
romo did not initially receive an invitation to attend the 2003 nfl combine, but received a late invitation to attend as an extra quarterback to throw passes to other prospects during drills. despite intriguing some scouts, he went undrafted by any nfl team during the 2003 nfl draft. throughout the draft, romo was assured by sean payton of the cowboys' interest (romo was also intensely pursued by denver broncos head coach mike shanahan), and shortly afterwards was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the cowboys. romo entered the 2003 training camp third on the cowboys' depth chart behind quincy carter and chad hutchinson. in 2004, the cowboys released hutchinson and signed veteran quarterback vinny testaverde and traded a third-round draft pick to the houston texans for quarterback drew henson. romo faced being cut from the roster until carter was released following allegations of substance abuse. throughout 2004 and 2005, romo served as the holder for placekicks. after vinny testaverde's tenure in dallas ended in 2005, the cowboys signed veteran quarterback drew bledsoe, the team's eighth starting quarterback since 2000.
tony romo
the redskins would go on to make the 2012–13 nfl playoffs after winning their final seven games of the season en route to winning their division championship for the 13th time in franchise history, including defeating the dallas cowboys on thanksgiving day by a score of 38–31, this marked the first time the redskins had won at cowboys stadium as well as the first time washington had defeated the cowboys on thanksgiving, previously 0–5 to their archrival on thanksgiving day. rgiii completed 19 of 27 passes for 304 yards and had 4 touchdown passes and 1 interception on his way to winning the galloping gobbler award issued to the player deemed to have had the best performance in the game. alfred morris also had 113 yards rushing on 24 carries and 1 touchdown while the redskins defense intercepted two passes from cowboys quarterback tony romo and sacked him a total of three times. then in the last game of the 2012 nfl season the redskins met the cowboys in a huge game in prime time on nbc sunday night football at fedexfield in a matchup that was to decide the winner of the nfc east division with the winner advancing to the playoffs and the loser missing the playoffs. the redskins would not disappoint the home crowd and put on a show winning the game 28–18 behind a spectacular performance by redskins rookie running back alfred morris who rushed for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns on 33 carries, while the redskins offensive line only gave up one sack the entire game and held cowboys defensive stalwart demarcus ware, who was playing with a hurt shoulder and elbow, to 0 sacks and just one assisted tackle. the redskins defense, led by london fletcher’s 11 total tackles, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defensed, confused and rattled cowboys quarterback tony romo all game long. the redskins defense had 2 sacks and 3 interceptions in the game with the final one being the most costly, with dallas trailing 21–18 late in the fourth quarter from the cowboys own 29-yard line, romo threw a pass to the flat intended for cowboys running back demarco murray which was intercepted by redskins outside linebacker rob jackson who was pretending he was going to blitz on the play but at the last second dropped into coverage fooling tony romo to make the game changing interception on a play designed by redskins defensive coordinator jim haslett, propelling the redskins to their first playoff appearance since 2007 and their first nfc east title since 1999.
history of the washington redskins