[KC_Connection]

Tony Romo critics are running out of things about which to criticize Tony Romo.

The truth is, they didn't really have much material heading into Sunday. Coming out of the Cowboys' 24-20 wild-card playoff win over the Lions, the critics should be coming up empty.

Of course, after Romo engineered yet another successful fourth-quarter comeback to lead Dallas to the divisional round, it got overshadowed by something that took credit away (and put the blame on officials): one questionable call against Detroit.

That's typical. Unless Romo makes one questionable quarterbacking decision that costs the Cowboys, he can't catch a break in the post-game headlines.

It's also appropriate. The fact that Romo isn't being overpraised is a sign that more know and expect him to be clutch in those situations. His coming through with a big second half against the Lions and game-winning touchdown pass to Terrance Williams with 2:32 left seemed almost ho-hum.

But it's just Romo. Only the Packers' Aaron Rodgers has a better fourth-quarter passer rating all-time than Romo's 102.2. Romo is better all-time (No. 3) than Rodgers with his efficiency in the final two minutes (95.7).

Sunday marked Romo's 14th game-winning drive and 11th fourth-quarter comeback over the past three seasons. In doing so, he outplayed the Lions' Matthew Stafford, who led the NFL with five successful fourth-quarter comebacks during the 2014 regular season but ended his second career playoff game with a lost fumble (and threw the game's only interception). Look up, and Romo was rated a blistering 114.0 for the entire game.

Among the quarterbacks still left in the playoffs, only Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have more fourth-quarter comebacks to their credit in their significantly longer careers.

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