Put a frog in boiling water and it will jump out.
Put that same frog in cold water and gradually turn up the heat, and it will sit in that pot until it boils to death.
Danny White cites this anecdote when giving his opinion on the Cowboys' plight in Tony Romo's absence.
"That has happened to this offense, I think, over the course of six or eight years,'' the former Cowboys quarterback said. "The thing that Tony does better than anyone in the league, in my opinion, is improvise. But it's become a crutch.
"It's become their offense.