Tony Romo vs. Donovan McNabb: Who's Really the Bigger Choke Artist?

The definition of a choke artist:

1. One who fails to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension so regularly and to such a grand scale that one becomes synonymous with the word failure, usually in an athletic contest.

2. Someone who is incapable of competing effectively when the situation calls for it.

Okay, you know I'm a Cowboys fan, so we all know where this article will go. But unlike a lot of other Cowboys fans, I will back up my argument will actual stats other than just my biased opinion.

There are two types of football fans in the world, those who love the Cowboys and those who hate them. If you love them, Tony Romo is our next triumphant hero. If you hate them, he has suddenly become the greatest choke artist of all time...after two playoff games.

Come on now, seriously?

What I find funny is that most anti-Romo fans decided to give him that label after the botched hold on the field goal against Seattle—his first playoff game ever. He also did not even start a single game until half way through that season.

Cowboys fans can give you that argument. Romo messed that one up big time. But last I checked, there hasn't been anyone who was labeled a choke artist after one playoff game.

Then you add in two seasons ago, when after a bye week, Romo could not manage to lead his team to victory over the highly underrated Super Bowl Champion New York Giants.

The saddest part of that game was that Romo did lead his team down the field at the end, and threw a beautiful pass on third down in the corner of the end zone to Patrick Crayton for the go ahead touchdown. Oh wait, Crayton stopped his route for some reason, and a perfect pass turned into nothing more than an incomplete pass.

Of course the fourth down pass, which was intended for Terry Glenn was picked off, but it was a complete desperation throw. Romo could not have just thrown it away with all of his receivers completely covered.

So Romo's playoff record is now 0-2. What an incredibly horrible record that is. I mean seriously, two games, and he couldn't even win one! Ouch!

Cowboys need to draft a QB in the first round all of a sudden!

The definition of a choke artist says someone that fails so regularly and on such a grand scale.

So for those of you who want to say Romo deserves the title simply because his team falls apart in December, shame on you.

Did you catch that line?

HIS TEAM falls apart.

If Joe Montana's teams performed on his Super Bowl runs the way the Cowboys have, he wouldn't have a ring to his name, and it would not have been because of him.

The quarterback will take the fame along with the blame.

Two losses can not give anyone the choke artist title. Haters give two-loss players that title.

John Elway lost his first two playoff games. It was not until he continuously "choked" year after year after year that the choke artist label became attached to his name. And when he won the big game, twice, it went away faster than T.O.'s big bowl of popcorn in Dallas.

Peyton Manning lost his first three playoff games. But again, he earned the choke artist name after repeatedly failing to make it to the big game year after year after year...

"Someone that fails so regularly and on such a grand scale...."

I don't think the definition of regularly applies to a two game situation in Romo's case.

And on such a grand scale?

Romo has not failed on the grand scale when he has yet to get through a playoff game, in only two chances.

But let me see...who has?

I do wonder...

The obvious of course has got to be Jim Kelly. Truly a Hall of Fame quarterback, who will undoubtedly live the rest of his life with the choke artist logo because of his four straight Super Bowl losses. That is down right sad.

Dan Marino easily is considered one of the greatest choke artists of all time. To hold every passing record in NFL history practically (until Favre came along) and only make it to one Super Bowl, and lose it, along with losing another two AFC championship games, tsk tsk tsk. Gag gag gag.

My dad always brings up one name when he hears the words choke artist, Fran Tarkenton. Three Super Bowl losses. Congratulations on making the list Tarkenton.

So now if Elway was not given that label after two losses, nor was Manning after three, or even Drew Brees

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