I'm not an insider, but in the course of my business I met with the senior guy for the Broncos a couple of weeks ago. He said Elway wanted Romo, so I believe we'll have a fight when he becomes a FA. Jerry is trying to convince Elway and Smith to give him a draft choice and I doubt either one bites.
Schefter: They won't be able to trade him. When will they throw in the towel on that then? I would think sooner rather than later. Denver, Houston or anyone else with interest, there isn't a team out there that is planning this season with Tony Romo as their starting QB. We'll use Texans as an example. Tom Savage, Brandon Weeden - are they long term answers? We don't know. We'll even say no. Number one, you can't count on signing Romo. Number two, having him last for any extended period. You go about your plans as if you won't have Tony Romo anyways. Broncos, Texans or any other team. Tony Romo is a bonus, a dessert, something you didn't expect to have. They'll have to release him here at some point. I would expect him to land somewhere. The only other way he wouldn't is if he decides upon talking to these interested teams, it's not worth doing it at this price, with this contract, I'll go in TV & become a broadcaster. That has not been the plan. But again, last year at this time, Matt Hasselbeck thought I'm gonna play football & the opportunities weren't what he thought & took the TV job. These things are fluid & change. Right now, Tony Romo wants to play. That's the plan. He wants to talk to teams. He has to be released. Then go from there.
Jay Glazer: Everyone is applauding Houston for getting rid of Osweiler. Why are we not killing them for doing this in the first place? The biggest problem GMs get wrong is they get players they want. It doesn't make sense to get a QB you like if your head coach doesn't like him. So they wasted a season? Yes. The Texans signed a guy Bill O'Brien didn't even meet with. You may love a guy & think he's your franchise QB but if your head coach doesn't think it & won't use him that way...kinda like with the Rams & Goff. Doesn't make sense to take a guy & fit him in your offense. Instead of applauding Houston, we should not be applauding. They got it wrong last year. I feel bad for Bill. This wasn't Bill. At all. This was the front office. Make sure you get players your head coach wants to use. Jimmy G? New England is playing the smart move. They are telling teams, "Nope, not for sale." They're telling everyone "We'll hold onto him." The big trades happen closer to the draft - when you trade everything away for RGIII & Goff. They're being smart about it. That's not to say they won't trade him because I think in the end they do. They're saying "Lets have all these kids have their workouts & lets get the market to dry up & get teams more desperate than they are right now." Why are people so certain on him? Coming into that draft, there was love for Garropolo. Patriots should trade him now. They can get a king's ransom. If you don't have a QB, it's terrible. Now is the time to trade him. They can build people up in that system. They'll always get other guys in there. To learn from Brady, that's why you can move on from a Garropolo and bring someone else in as long as they learn from Tom. 24 hours from now, Romo still a Cowboy? I don't know. Romo news is why I Hate FA. Everyone wants to be so first. It's maddening. I like to be right. Biggest thing here with Tony: Denver, Cleveland likes him too, Houston - Tony needs to change his offseason workout program. He needs to build up his body. He's had a few broken collarbones. Every time you break it, it gets weaker & weaker. I'm the king of back injuries. Tony, we're looking at him like he's the savior. He could if he's healthy but he hasn't been healthy in a couple of years. We're looking at Tony as the valuable guy to come save your franchise. It's not whether or not he can play, it's whether he's gonna get hurt for you again.
I just.......... This doesn't add up for me. First of all, there are few, if any, of Smith's fingerprints on Fitzpatrick, Mallett and/or Hoyer. Did McNair strip BOB of any QB input moving forward after the playoff loss to KC? I guess that's possible. But if Osweiler was Rick Smith's idea - if he did it without BOB's knowledge, input and/or buy-in - then who pushed yesterday's trade? If there's a power struggle, there's NO WAY Smith capitulates and deals HIS guy.... he'd fire BOB before admitting Osweiler was the problem, right? He neuters himself in that situation and essentially hands the keys of the franchise to BOB. The only way I'd believe this is if, in the next several weeks, Smith is either "promoted," outright demoted or fired/leaves. Otherwise, I can't believe there's a scenario in which BOB would work for a team that forced his hand like that.......
