Romo Christmas??

We all know how historically great Tony Romo is in November, posting a 19-2 record as we wrap up this year's month of November. The landscape starts to change as we enter December though... Romo is a mere 9-12 in the months of December and January(not much action in January so might as well use it in the stats). Year after year the question arises, is this the year? and year after year the team as well as Romo tends to disappoint.

For some reason this season the culture seems to have shifted, Romo is a much more vocal leader, has been poised through his struggles at the beginning of the season and has continued to make everyone around him better, i.e Laurent Robinson and DeMarco Murray. Although we have seen this trend throughout his career in November we can only hope these changes will carry on into December and into the playoffs.

The team hasn't changed much since their best team in years in their 2009 squad but maybe the experience will factor in this year. They now have a formidable and demanding head coach in Jason Garrett, a hard nose defensive coordinator in Rob Ryan who only expects the best from his defenses and a much younger offensive line, not to mention a consistent running game. I would go further and say that Tony Romo is playing the best football of his career this year and I don't expect him to slow down.

Romo has always been an improvising king much like his idol Brett Favre, being able to move outside of the pocket and make plays is a huge plus for your team, especially for a team that has so many threats on the outside. Numerous times this season we've seen Romo escape pressure and make key first downs and touchdowns with the game on the line. We all know of the horrendous start to the season with the late game interceptions but ever since the bye week it has seemed like Romo has only used those faults as motivation and has been merely perfect the rest of the season, with a big pat on the back to Demarco Murray for finally taking some pressure off of him.

With Arizona this Sunday, NY Giants twice and struggling teams in Tampa Bay and Philly, the Cowboys are in line to win give straight if they take care of business this Sunday and finish 11-5 saying the giants are able to get one from them. With their potent passing attack and now power running game starting to take form the Cowboys can compete this year barring any setbacks by injuries, secondary troubles, or a complete meltdown. Time will tell whether or not this is Romo's year to silence all the critics but Cowboy's fans can only hope for a Romo Christmas.

Cory Walton