Tony Romo, QB, Dallas Cowboys

June 29, 2010 @ 13:00:00

By Cory J. Bonini
Edited by Tim Heaney

Tony Romo | Dallas Cowboys | 6-foot-2, 226 pounds | 8th year

2010 Projected NFL/Fantasy Football Statistics

Pass Att		Pass Com		Pass Yds		Pass TDs		Int		Run Att		Run Yds		Run TDs		Tot TDs
Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi	Lo	Hi
533	583	335	385	4183	4583	29	33	14	16	24	34	107	137	0	2	29	35

Pros: Romo enters an age-30 season, and he's coming off a marvelous campaign after a down year in 2008. The Eastern Illinois product racked up a career-best 4,483 passing yards. His 27 total touchdowns mark the second highest total of his career (38 in 2007). The potential for a mid-30s TD output is there. Wide receiver Miles Austin broke out in a big way, giving him a 2007 Terrell Owens-like target. Romo is finally starting to show some slight progress with Roy Williams, and the 'slinger knows he can always count on tight end Jason Witten. Add prized rookie Dez Bryant to an already potent attack and we could see fireworks most every week. Romo tied three-way for the most 40-plus completions (17) last year. The Cowboys' ground game is formidable, regardless of the ball carrier. Romo threw the fewest picks of any single season last year (career high in attempts at 550). He's enough of a threat on the ground to give you a few bonus points each week, too.

Cons: Sometimes Romo just screws up. Every once in a while he makes a boneheaded play trying to do too much. You have to be willing to take the bad with the good. The release of veteran left tackle Flozell Adams leaves Doug Free as the starter, and he's relatively untested protecting Romo's blindside with just seven career regular season starts under his size 54 belt. Less daunting questions include: Was Austin a one-year wonder? Will Bryant have an impact as a rook? Will Romo's off-the-field celebrity status eventually land him in hot water? 

Fantasy tip: It's tough not to like what Romo brings to the virtual table. He's gritty and has the tools fantasy owners look for in their No. 1. Draft him with confidence after the elite names come off the board, and it's arguable that Romo has already crept into this grouping. The mid-fourth round is where he tends to be drafted, on average. It's an acceptable placement, but you'd ideally like to get him in the mid- to late fifth. Don't count on being so fortunate since this year fantasy owners are gobbling up QBs like Cookie Monster at a Nabisco factory.

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Cory J. Bonini

Cory J. Bonini is a senior editor at KFFL. In late 2002, Bonini joined the KFFL staff as a research analyst. He vaulted himself into one of the industry's leading fantasy analysts.

Bonini has been involved in fantasy sports since 1996. A member of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as well as Fantasy Sports Writers Association, he has been featured in print, on the radio and is also a published writer on scores of sites. Bonini co-hosted Big Lead Sports on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio from 2011 to 2012.

Bonini was recognized with the 2010 Best Article in Print Award from the FSWA and was a finalist for the same award in 2011. In '11, he finished first overall in the FSWA NFL experts challenge that featured 60 of the industry's best competitors.

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