Originally posted by English:
I have no idea why you are not surprised. I agree that Romo is, on the whole, a better qb but I think that Smith is, on the whole, better under pressure.
And your ability to keep discussing something which is not worthy of discussion is impressive.
Based on what? Check out Romo's 4th quarter numbers. They are solid and Smith is nowhere to be seen. Although, i'm not sure they qualify Smith as a starter when this article was written. Romo is ranked as thee best 4th quarter QB in the league. I'm pretty sure 4th quarter stats are the best measure of "pressure."
Romo is pretty good, even in pressure, except he makes a lot of dummy mistakes in big games. His dumb mistakes keeps him off the "elite" list.
Smith is ok, except when he makes his dummy mistakes. Its other things that keeps Smith off the elite list besides the mistakes.
Starting QBs with at least eight fourth quarter comebacks:
Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Jay Cutler,
Tony Romo, Peyton Manning, Matthew Stafford, Matt Schaub, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Mark Sanchez, Carson Palmer, Michael Vick, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers, Josh Freeman
And at least 15 game-winning drives:
Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler,
Tony Romo, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Carson Palmer, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers
And a career fourth quarter passer rating above 86.0:
Tony Romo, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers
http://blogs.nfl.com/2013/01/28/elite-quarterbacks-in-the-nfl/
[ Edited by Young2Rice on Apr 15, 2013 at 8:11 PM ]