DMN JJT Blog: Tony Romo is the best quarterback in the NFC East

By Jean-Jacques Taylor

Sometimes, we criticize Tony Romo so much that you lose sight of the fact that he's a terrific quarterback.

Now, he has played poorly after December, which skews our view of him as it should. But if you were starting a team in the NFC East and had to pick a quarterback, I'd go with Romo.

Here's my ranking:

1. Tony Romo: Has every athletic gift you want in a quarterback and is entering his prime, but it's time for him to play his best when the games matter most

2. Donovan McNabb: You can come up with a lot of excuses, but he's never quite gotten his team over the hump, though he has been to one Super Bowl

3. Eli Manning: He played by far the best football of his career, during the Giants' Super Bowl run

4. Jason Campbell: Washington spent the entire offseason trying to replace him