Dallas Cowboys: Top 5 quarterback seasons in the 2000s

3. Tony Romo, 2009

It appeared that by 2009 the Cowboys had found a franchise quarterback in Tony Romo. Romo had managed to both lead Dallas to the playoffs and get selected to the Pro Bowl in two of his first three years under center. However, it was not until 2009 that the young passer truly blossomed into the (usually) efficient and productive quarterback that fans of America’s Team came to love and admire.

The sixth-year passer once again managed to lead his team to the playoffs with an 11-5 record. Romo also managed to post career highs in passing yards with 4483 and threw for fewer than ten interceptions for the first time in his young career. The Eastern Illinois product also threw for 26 touchdowns.

Romo also managed to win his first career playoff game against Dallas’s rival Philadelphia Eagles, shattering the notion he could not deliver in big moments (though that criticism would follow him for much of his career). He finished the game with 244 passing yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. However, that same critique would be quickly reinvigorated by his poor performance against the Minnesota Vikings the following week.

Once an undrafted rookie with little hopes of ever starting in the league Romo went onto become one of the best signal-callers in the Cowboy’s illustrious history. His 2009 season was arguably the most efficient and productive of his young career and perhaps more importantly it also allowed him to win his first career playoff game. However, there are two seasons’ on this list that were indisputably more efficient and impressive given the circumstances.