Dallas Morning News staff predicts what's next for Romo

Nightman

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We'd have to renegotiate his contract to save money. A restructure just pushes the $14mm into the future.
I was responding to his idea that the salary cap hit is all that matters

There is clearly much more than that to consider

I laid a detailed plan to re-do his contract that would help us if he stayed and help Romo if he was traded........it would give us immediate cap relief in March and guarantee Romo's 14m base salary which is not guaranteed right now
 

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I was responding to his idea that the salary cap hit is all that matters

There is clearly much more than that to consider

I laid a detailed plan to re-do his contract that would help us if he stayed and help Romo if he was traded........it would give us immediate cap relief in March and guarantee Romo's 14m base salary which is not guaranteed right now
Romo stands to make much more than $14mm if he were released. Re-negotiating his contract would be something he did out of the kindness of his heart. This isn't the kindness of heart business.
 

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OK then restructure Romo's 14m and lower his cap hit from 24.7m to 16m

We keep him as a backup and prevent him from hurting us in the future while saving 8.7m on the cap immediately
Do you think Romo wants to stay as a backup?
 

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Do you think Romo wants to stay as a backup?
He might..............anyone that says they know is just guessing

Restructuring his 14m is the last case scenario if nothing else can be worked out........ it is not a terrible outcome
 

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If Romo leaves there is a good chance he plays against us..... I will not be rooting for him or his new team
Good point, and i would imagine Jerry would like to avoid that scenario, if possible.
 

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He might..............anyone that says they know is just guessing

Restructuring his 14m is the last case scenario if nothing else can be worked out........ it is not a terrible outcome
I wouldn't know, though I have heard a few things though family connections....not my place to say....and it's be total speculation if I did.

Who knows, maybe the love he has for Dallas and the team, the fact that he and Candice want to stay here to raise their kids, and that his kids' grandparents are here? I guess we can't rule it out completely that he'd stay in a backup role.
 

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I wouldn't know, though I have heard a few things though family connections....not my place to say....and it's be total speculation if I did.

Who knows, maybe the love he has for Dallas and the team, the fact that he and Candice want to stay here to raise their kids, and that his kids' grandparents are here? I guess we can't rule it out completely that he'd stay in a backup role.
C'mon don't play that insider card................ you wouldn't even bring it up if you didn't have something
 

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Releasing Romo saves 14M against our cap.

That's cash, not cap space. I don't care about Jerry's cash.

Then you pay some guy $3 million to be the backup, and voila, you have enough left to buy a rotational defensive tackle.
 

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That's cash, not cap space. I don't care about Jerry's cash.

Then you pay some guy $3 million to be the backup, and voila, you have enough left to buy a rotational defensive tackle.
No it's not.

If we pay Romo $14mm in cash base salary in 2017....do you think that's somehow exempt as a use of cap space?

Come on man people please think critically.
 

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No it's not.

If we pay Romo $14mm in cash base salary in 2017....do you think that's somehow exempt as a use of cap space?

Come on man people please think critically.
You're not taking into account the signing bonus money that comes due from the remainder of the contract.
 

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You're not taking into account the signing bonus money that comes due from the remainder of the contract.
He was already paid his signing bonus. Signing bonuses are paid out upon signing a contract. It's why they have that awesome name. And why guys fight for big signing bonuses (money in their pocket up front). NFL teams are allowed to spread out the signing bonus cap hit over 5 years, for cap purposes. It is why new contracts are usually at least 5 years long on the big money guys.

If Romo does not have his contract touched he will earn exactly $14mm this year and not a penny more.
 

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He was already paid his signing bonus. Signing bonuses are paid out upon signing a contract. It's why they have that awesome name. And why guys fight for big signing bonuses (money in their pocket up front). NFL teams are allowed to spread out the signing bonus cap hit over 5 years, for cap purposes. It is why new contracts are usually at least 5 years long on the big money guys.

If Romo does not have his contract touched he will earn exactly $14mm this year and not a penny more.
If they release him, the signing bonus money that was spread to 2018 and 2019 comes due. That is about $8-9 million total. Subtract that from the $14 million salary savings, and you get a $5 million net cap savings.

That's all I'm saying. I want to keep him here.
 

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If they release him, the signing bonus money that was spread to 2018 and 2019 comes due. That is about $8-9 million total. Subtract that from the $14 million salary savings, and you get a $5 million net cap savings.
Yes. But those prorated dollars are sunken cost. They are owed no matter what you do with Romo.

We don't need 5mm in savings that a release would generate. Nice to have. Great. But we can manufacture cap space and manipulate any free agent we want irrespective of what we do with Romo.

So the real question is do you want to pay him 14mm or not. Or more accurately does a contender want to pay him 14mm.
 

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I laugh at the idea that writers think teams will fight over Romo as a FA but won't pay him 14m but also that he is the missing piece but won't trade for him to secure his rights over getting into a bidding war

The whole OP is chuck full o misinformation........ a June 1st release is probably the worst case scenario for DAL but it saves 14m that can't be used until June 2nd, not 5.1m right away

Exactly. There is only one scenario that is virtually guaranteed to not happen - a June 1st cut. Until June 1st, the team has to carry his entire cap hit and they are currently over the cap by the same $5 M they save by cutting him. So they would have to restructure other deals, just get under the cap, leaving them virtually nothing for free agency. To then cut Romo anyhow after June 1 to save more cap money that they can no longer spend on anyone worth signing.

The decision on Romo will likely be made on or around the beginning of the cap year on March 9.
 

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OK then restructure Romo's 14m and lower his cap hit from 24.7m to 16m

We keep him as a backup and prevent him from hurting us in the future while saving 8.7m on the cap immediately
What?! The total remaining cap hit(s) for Romo's current contract is a full $54 million over the next 3 years. You're really suggesting they take a 36 year old QB and kick that can FURTHER down the road ? Romo isn't taking less money. The NFLPA wouldn't even let him if he wanted to. So you want to convert more of his existing salary into a restructure bonus and extend him for 2 more years ?

Insane.
 
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