To encourage Dallas to stop wasting everyone's time and release Romo. No one is trading anything for him.
I don't see the Texans or the Broncos trading for Romo. If you trade for him, you don't get an opportunity to work him out before signing for him. It's just to risky a move, without kicking the tires first.
Quick resolution to Tony Romo's future with Cowboys now unlikely Spoiler A quick resolution to Tony Romo's future now appears unlikely. Barring unforeseen movement on the trade front, sources said nothing is expected to happen with the veteran quarterback this weekend. One source went as far as to say "it's optimistic'' to suggest Romo's status with the Cowboys will be determined in the next week. This doesn't mean the club has altered its position. The Cowboys intend to release Romo if a trade partner isn't found. Owner Jerry Jones informed Romo of this stance in a meeting on Wednesday, according to sources. What the Cowboys do by extending this timeline deep into the month is acknowledge a changing NFL landscape. Denver and Houston are considered the leading candidates to land Romo. A few hours before the start of free agency on Thursday afternoon a report surfaced that the Broncos had an interest in trading quarterback Trevor Siemian. A short time later, the Texans did trade quarterback Brock Osweiler to Cleveland. Both clubs have conceded an interest in Romo if he hits the open market but have indicated they have no intention of trading for him. The Cowboys appear determined to test that resolve. Club officials are willing to let this play out after Thursday's developments. Owner Jerry Jones has made it clear no trade will occur without Romo's consent. The Cowboys also retained starting wide receiver Terrance Williams and signed three defensive players late Friday afternoon. Dallas did this with Romo counting $24.7 million on the salary cap, shooting down any notion that the club needs to make a move with him immediately to free up $5.1 million to maneuver in free agency. Put all this together and the Cowboys and Romo find themselves in a holding pattern. It looks like it could stay that way for awhile.
I knew it. They were going to release Romo and then then Brock trade happened. They are now convinced that we will give up something for him at some point.
Let me interject here with two major points: Point #1: Tony Romo's injury history over the past 5 years: 2011 -- In 2011, he suffered a broken rib and punctured lung against the San Francisco 49ers, but he did not miss a game. 2013 -- Ruptured disk. Romo missed a winner-take-all meeting in Week 17 against the Eagles after undergoing a discectomy two days before the game. Romo actually suffered the injury in a thrilling 24-23 win against the Washington Redskins in which he delivered the game-winning touchdown pass on fourth down. With Kyle Orton starting, the Cowboys lost to the Eagles 24-22. 2014 -- Two transverse process fractures. He missed the Nov. 2 meeting against the Arizona Cardinals after he was kneed in the back by Washington linebacker Keenan Robinson. He returned for the final two series after X-rays were negative. Brandon Weeden started against the Cardinals, and the Cowboys lost 28-17. 2015 -- Broken left collarbone. Romo suffered the injury in the second game of the season when he was sacked by Eagles linebacker Jordan Hicks, who landed on top of him in the third quarter. The Cowboys beat Philadelphia but lost the next seven games with Weeden and Matt Cassel as their starting quarterbacks. 2015 -- Broken left collarbone. In his second game back, Romo was knocked out on the final play of the third quarter, when he was sacked by Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis. While Romo's previous fractures had healed, he suffered a re-break in the healed portion. He missed the final five games of the season. The Cowboys won just once (at Washington) without Romo all season. 2016 -- Compression fracture, L1 vertebra. On the third play of Thursday's preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Romo was driven into the turf while sliding by defensive end Cliff Avril. After the game, Romo said he felt good and Jerry Jones said he expected Romo to be ready for the regular-season opener. Romo had an MRI on Friday, which showed the break. A source said he is looking at a 6-10 week recovery period. Rookie Dak Prescott will start in Romo's absence. Now, if this was the injury history of - say an offensive or defensive lineman that the Texans were after, this BBS would explode. Yet the desperation here is so pervasive that far too many folks are pretending that it doesn't matter for the one position that impacts this team's success more than any other. Point #2: Agents Both Osweiler and Romo have the same agents representing them. That should really help the Texans if they choose to ignore the details of point #1 and decide to pursue Romo. Especially after they just dumped Brock to Cle and lit up the Internet with Brock memes and jokes. I'm certain that won't affect their chances at all...
Neither of these guys will solve our o-line problem tho...we need a mobile QB since we don't have a strong enough line for a pocket passer.
If it were an offensive or defensive linemen, no one would care. There are two silver(ish) linings in all of Romo's health concerns : 1) other than the collarbone, his injuries do not appear to be recurring. But the collarbone is, admittedly, concerning as it IS very vulnerable; 2) he hasn't, more or less, played a football game in what will be nearly two years this fall. Ample time for ALL of his bumps and bruises to heal. Not insignificant for 37-year olds. Who cares? It won't make an ounce of difference if a) Romo wants to play for the Texans; b) they meet his financial expectations.
I could see Jerry just keeping him as the overpaid backup. We're not doing much in free agency. I assume were addressing most of the defensive deficiencies in the draft...along with a replacement o-line man to replace Free (who retired). Jerry would be throwing away money regardless of if we keep him as a backup or release him. I don't really care what Romo wants and neither should Jerry. He can be a disgruntled backup qb or retire. Cowboys can pretend they have decent backup QB candidates but they really don't.
I posted the same thing. About him retiring. He's loaded already, doesn't need the money, but he also probably likes the ability to walk. Maybe he doesn't want to be on another team and wants to be a career cowboy? And, as you said, he'd make more if he just retired. Maybe Jerry is trying to screw the Texans and the Broncos out of free agency, for some reason, while they wait for Romo to be released, only to have Romo just retire.
If he retires he'd get just under 13 mil, I think he'd make more than that if he played another 2 seasons....also if he chose to retire, the Cowboys could call on the Barry Sanders rule and force him to pay back part of his signing bonus to cover part of the cap hit to the team. I don't think they'd really do that, but they could. Honestly I think he wants to play at least one more year so I don't see him retiring.
The Cowboys would free up ~$5MM in cap space this year; ~$20MM each of the next two years. They'd be fools to sit on that money. Nope; not only would the team create cap space outlined above but he'd pocket the $14MM he'd no longer owe Romo this year.
