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NFL Gunslinger Of The Week: Tony Romo Will Be Missed

There’s a well-deserved Gunslinger of the Week Award to dish out, but we’ll get to that in a minute. First, we have more pressing matters to attend to. In case you don’t read the Internet or watch TV or live close enough to Dallas to hear the wailing, Tony Romo — the reigning Gunslinger of […]

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NFL Gunslinger Of The Week: Tony Romo Will Be Missed

There’s a well-deserved Gunslinger of the Week Award to dish out, but we’ll get to that in a minute. First, we have more pressing matters to attend to. In case you don’t read the Internet or watch TV or live close enough to Dallas to hear the wailing, Tony Romo — the reigning Gunslinger of […]

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NFL Gunslinger Of The Week: Romo, Rivers Or Roethlisberger?

If you read my Skeptical Football column regularly last season (which I’m sure you did), you may already be familiar with my “gunslinger” obsession. But in case you’re new, here’s the quick recap: For a quarterback to maximize his ability to win, he has to take risks. Just as a coach failing to go for […]

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NFL Gunslinger Of The Week: Romo, Rivers Or Roethlisberger?

If you read my Skeptical Football column regularly last season (which I’m sure you did), you may already be familiar with my “gunslinger” obsession. But in case you’re new, here’s the quick recap: For a quarterback to maximize his ability to win, he has to take risks. Just as a coach failing to go for […]

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Tony Romo Is Skeptical Football’s Gunslinger Of The Year

In the opening week of the 2014 NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo threw three interceptions against the San Francisco 49ers, all with his team trailing. The Cowboys lost that game by double digits, but Romo’s performance earned him consideration for this column’s inaugural Gunslinger of the Week award. It surely soothed Romo’s disappointment. […]

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