Quote Originally Posted by the_idle_threat
Quote Originally Posted by Tyrone Bigguns
Dude, where do get the LAST YEAR. That isn't anything Sal Pal said, that was as usual your interpretation.

Here is the exact quote from JS:

He barely made the team, and after one season of play he became a full-fledged superstar without really accomplishing anything to deserve it.

That by no means says last year. Try to stay with the rest of the class.

His point is THE SUPERSTAR. Sal isn't denigrating his ability or right to start or making the team. But, being annointed a SUPERSTAR after ONE season.

You need to work on comprehension.
When was that "one season of play"? That's right, class, it was last year.

Don't go projecting your reading comprehension problems on me. :P

And it's mind-boggling that anyone can't understand why Romo's star rose so fast.

He plays a marquee position, he put up outstanding numbers, and he led a popular and success-starved franchise to some huge wins, and into the playoffs. Several of his best performances were in nationally-televised games, such as his first start in a Sunday night game, a victory over the previously-undefeated Colts, and the Thanksgiving game in which he threw 5 TDs and no INTs. All this as essentially a rookie---and one that started the season completely off many people's radar.

What else would a guy have to do in order to "deserve" being hailed a young star? It's not like his performance so far this season suggests it was a fluke.
You are using the term star. Pal uses the term superstar. There is a difference.

I understand why the hype on Romo. But, to annoint him a superstar in the same class as brady, favre, manning just proves Pal's point.

Pal isn't saying he is a bad player. Just overrated. Pal isn't saying don't call him a rising star..just that the superstar hype makes him overrated.

If Romo wasn't playing for Dallas he would be in the same category as Rivers who, prior to this year, accomplished as much. Why isn't rivers on this list?

You are missing understanding the comma in Pals sentence. He isn't saying it that he barely made the team last year. He is talking in the past. If he wanted to say that it all happened in the same year he leaves out the comma. You use a comma to separate ideas. This is standard english.

He came into 06 as Bledsoe's backup. He didn't just barely make the team. He is referring to the previous year when he did just barely make the team.