Leroy Butler on the Subject:
Q. People are making a lot of comparisons between Favre and Tony Romo. Do you see similarities between the two or is Romo his own man?
A. Tony Romo has no similarities with Brett Favre. He's not Brett's size. He doesn't have his arm strength, he doesn't have his savvy. Just because he's from Burlington, Wisconsin, and Brett plays for the Packers, they think there are similarities. Brett's a rare guy and I think Brett will always be the better quarterback. Tony Romo won't get to being the all-time winningest quarterback. With that being in mind, I like my chances with Brett Favre over Tony Romo. But I like Tony Romo a lot. Some good things about Tony Romo are that he's always looking to throw the ball. A lot of quarterbacks look to the first progression or the second progression and then they'll run it. He'll run it, but he's still looking. If you're a safety and you see him scrambling, you have to stay back. You can't go running up because he'll throw it over your head. I think that's the one thing that's killing a lot of people because they see him scrambling around and next thing you know the ball is coming out of there. And he has an awkward throwing motion. It starts almost from the lower waist on up. It's a slower motion. Brett's delivery is nice, stand-tall-in-the-pocket with a lot of velocity. His is move around the pocket, get out of the pocket and kind of wind up and let it go.
Q. People are making a lot of comparisons between Favre and Tony Romo. Do you see similarities between the two or is Romo his own man?
A. Tony Romo has no similarities with Brett Favre. He's not Brett's size. He doesn't have his arm strength, he doesn't have his savvy. Just because he's from Burlington, Wisconsin, and Brett plays for the Packers, they think there are similarities. Brett's a rare guy and I think Brett will always be the better quarterback. Tony Romo won't get to being the all-time winningest quarterback. With that being in mind, I like my chances with Brett Favre over Tony Romo. But I like Tony Romo a lot. Some good things about Tony Romo are that he's always looking to throw the ball. A lot of quarterbacks look to the first progression or the second progression and then they'll run it. He'll run it, but he's still looking. If you're a safety and you see him scrambling, you have to stay back. You can't go running up because he'll throw it over your head. I think that's the one thing that's killing a lot of people because they see him scrambling around and next thing you know the ball is coming out of there. And he has an awkward throwing motion. It starts almost from the lower waist on up. It's a slower motion. Brett's delivery is nice, stand-tall-in-the-pocket with a lot of velocity. His is move around the pocket, get out of the pocket and kind of wind up and let it go.