NFL History: 50 greatest quarterback-wide receiver tandems in NFL history

DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 27: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions celebrates with teammate Calvin Johnson #81 after a first quarter touchdown the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Ford Field on October 27, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

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Tony Romo and Terrell Owens (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

The 46th greatest quarterback-wide receiver duo in NFL history: Tony Romo & Terrell Owens

Their run felt like it happened in the blink of an eye. And they didn’t achieve as much as the majority on this list. But in a short time frame, the Dallas Cowboys had possibly the best duo in the league.

Tony Romo wasn’t an immediate starter but once he got his chance, five games into the 2006 season, he quickly realized that Terrell Owens was essentially his best friend on the field. Romo found Owens in the end zone nine times in the final three-quarters of that season and nearly a thousand yards.

Unsurprisingly, Owens was even better in 2007 and 2008, going for 1,355 yards to go along with 15 touchdowns in the former and 1,052 yards and ten touchdowns in the latter. They were dynamic, electrifying, breathtaking but also incredibly unlucky. In back-to-back postseasons, the Cowboys would lose nail biters. In 2006, Dallas lost by a single point to the Seattle Seahawks. They would then lose by four to the New York Giants one year later in the divisional round again.

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