Friday, December 22, 2006

Spagnola projects Romo's numbers for entire season

Mick's mail on dallascowboys.com:

Bryan Hunter, Allen, Texas: If you take Tony Romo's current stats and factor them out over 16 games, what do you get, and how would his numbers compare with those of Troy Aikman or Roger Staubach?

Mickey: Now that's a great idea. OK, to be fair to Romo, here is what I'll do. I'll add up the Pro Bowl quarterback's stats for only his eight starts, then factor them out over a 16-game season. Here's what it comes to: 334 of 498 (67 percent), 4,356 yards, 26 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. That would be a QB rating of 101.1. So, that would be the second-highest single-season rating in club history, only Roger Staubach's 104.8 in 1971 better. The 334 completions would tie Danny White's club record set in 1983. The completion percentage would be second to Troy Aikman's club record of 69.1 set in 1993. The yards gain would crush Danny White's club record of 3,980 set in 1983. And the 26 touchdowns would rank fourth behind Danny White's 29 in 1983, White's 28 in 1980 and Staubach's 27 in his final year of 1979. Pretty spectacular, I would say.