Romo did everything for the Cowboys during his playing days, except the one thing he was brought there to do.
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo did nearly everything in his 13-year career.
Romo had the passing numbers (34,183 yards), posted 248 TDs, and had a 78-49 record, all of which are nothing to sneeze at.
But like every other quarterback, Romo wasn't judged on what he did in the regular season; he was judged on what he did in the playoffs, and it is here that he loses a little.
In his four playoff runs, Romo was 2-4, threw for 1,816 yards, 8 TDs, and just two interceptions.
That 2-4 record is what most fans - who see Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman as the standard-bearers - cling to. For as good as Romo was, and he was good, when it came to pushing all the chips into the middle of the table, he just couldn't get it done.
And of course, he isn't alone there, as most quarterbacks suffer in the playoffs (including Dak Prescott) ... but when you are the leader of the Cowboys, everything is magnified.
On Pardon My Take, Romo said he had some juice left in the tank before he retired and detailed his biggest regret.
“I’m not a guy with big regrets, I guess you could say, the only regret I guess I would have is that my job was to bring a Super Bowl to Dallas, and I didn’t do it,” Romo said. “So that always sticks with me a little bit. Because you give your whole body, heart, soul, everything into it, and you just wanted that for all the fans, the Joneses, for everybody that you’re around.
"And so that one always sticks with me a little bit just because I had that opportunity and just wasn’t able to do it. So that part of it kind of still sits there.”
Not bringing a Super Bowl to Dallas is Tony's biggest regret, and it isn't like he didn't have a good chance to do so.
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That team in 2014 had all the tools to go all the way, and the infamous "Dez caught it" play in Green Bay haunts fans.
In 2007, Dallas posted a 13-3 record and lost to the New York Giants 21-17 to be one-and-done, so there were chances that the Cowboys had with Romo to go deep into the playoffs, and they just didn't.
Not winning a Super Bowl is likely the top regret for NFL quarterbacks and for Romo, having done a lot in his career, failed to do the one thing he was brought there to do.
