Cap hit if Romo retires

[Stash]

you think i want any less?

i've been wanting this since he came in FINALLY for bledsoe. i've been on his side his entire career and get into it with my friends who rail on him w/o mercy and put all our problems on him. between romo and witten - i can't think of (2) more deserving of a ring cause of what they've had to endure.

but for all i want of this - nothing changes what it is.

week 2 - he's out.
come back and makes it to the 3rd quarter and is out for the rest of the year.
he has time to heal
he gets 3 plays into a freaking pre-season game - and is out for 1/2 a year.

so in 2 years he's not played 2 1/2 complete games. this isn't hate, this is reality. as much as i'd LOVE to see him win it all, i'd also like to see him in a booth one day doing color commentary and being able to walk and function as a normal person. he must think about that to and honestly, put that above how you and i feel.

Yeah, nobody is rooting against him. We're just facing the realities of the situation. As difficult as that is to bear.

 

[KB1122]

Or maybe the professional cap people planned for the sudden exit of an aging, oft injured QB and heavily loaded his base pay knowing that money would be nullified upon his exit. It's odd to sit here calling the cap plans stupid while celebrating our new found cap space.

Any multiple-year contract for a non-elite quarterback past age 34 is mismanagement. I don't care what they pay him.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Any multiple-year contract for a non-elite quarterback past age 34 is mismanagement. I don't care what they pay him.

Oh, I see, this is a trash Romo hate post,,, sorry I wasted my time.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Any multiple-year contract for a non-elite quarterback past age 34 is mismanagement. I don't care what they pay him.

So if Romo had a ring like Trent Dilfer, his contract would be fine? I'm trying to follow your logic, but my IQ apparently isn't low enough.

 

[rd26]

Any multiple-year contract for a non-elite quarterback past age 34 is mismanagement. I don't care what they pay him.

Please define elite for this magical 33 yr old cut off.

 

[Jstopper]

To clarify,

His last contract ran through age 33. What the Cowboys should have done is franchise him for one year and then see, with a strong preference for releasing him unless we won a championship. Instead they signed him to a six-year deal that ran to age 40 and has guaranteed money through the next few years. That was criminal mismanagement, cause by the Jones' overinvestment in Romo, both financially and emotionally.

That would have been stupid. Romo hadnt had any serious injuries at that point and was relatively healthy and a top qb. We had just had the 3rd worst defense in NFL history and he still dragged that carcass to 8-7. And we should have given him 1 year to win a SB or cut ties with him? Man go on somewhere with that.

 

[Jstopper]

Read his post again.

I read it again. It's just as stupid the 2nd time around.

 

[iceberg]

Any multiple-year contract for a non-elite quarterback past age 34 is mismanagement. I don't care what they pay him.

you should sue the public school system.

"Romo's new contract also gives the Cowboys more salary-cap room, which was an issue earlier this week when the team tried to sign free agents. According to NFL.com's Albert Breer, Romo's previous cap number was $16,818,835. With a $1.5 million base salary for 2013, $5 million prorated off his $25 million signing bonus and $5,818,835 due in dead money prorated off the old deal, Romo's new 2013 cap number is $11,818,835. So Dallas saves exactly $5 million on the cap."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap10...-romo-signs-108m-contract-with-dallas-cowboys
The Cowboys had been talking with Romo's camp on and off after hoping to sign the 32-year-old quarterback to an extension last summer."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...ee-six-contract-extension-201326875--nfl.html
Romo, who turns 33 in April, is scheduled to earn $11.5 million base salary in 2013, which is the final season of his current contract. Romo is technically signed through the 2016 season, but the final three seasons of that contract will void after this season.

so - he was 32 when he signed it.

at least understand the anger. it helps.

 

[Joe Realist]

He is with team through 2017, then maybe they can release him.

 

[CowboysRule]

you think i want any less?

i've been wanting this since he came in FINALLY for bledsoe. i've been on his side his entire career and get into it with my friends who rail on him w/o mercy and put all our problems on him. between romo and witten - i can't think of (2) more deserving of a ring cause of what they've had to endure.

but for all i want of this - nothing changes what it is.

week 2 - he's out.
come back and makes it to the 3rd quarter and is out for the rest of the year.
he has time to heal
he gets 3 plays into a freaking pre-season game - and is out for 1/2 a year.

so in 2 years he's not played 2 1/2 complete games. this isn't hate, this is reality. as much as i'd LOVE to see him win it all, i'd also like to see him in a booth one day doing color commentary and being able to walk and function as a normal person. he must think about that to and honestly, put that above how you and i feel.

You forgot the Dolphins game.

 

[Sandyf]

Lots to say about nothing. Romo isn't going to retire or be released this year and most likely not next year. Bring this up after the 2017 year and maybe it will thread water but it is all fantasy right now.

 

[Sydla]

I read it again. It's just as stupid the 2nd time around.

Putting aside the validity of his beliefs, you misread his post. He said don't sign a QB that has a contract longer than a year past 34 years old. He didn't say don't sign a guy who is already a year past 34.

 

[bodi]

Lots to say about nothing. Romo isn't going to retire or be released this year and most likely not next year. Bring this up after the 2017 year and maybe it will thread water but it is all fantasy right now.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/greatness-eludes-tony-romo-for-the-last-time-and-thats-a-shame/

Greatness eludes Tony Romo for the last time, and that's a shame
The end of Tony Romo's career -- and make no mistake, it is the end -- serves up a vivid reminder of a hard, cold truth about professional sports: Greatness remains a truly elusive thing.

Tony Romo is 36 years old. His latest injury seems like a further curse against one of this generation's greatest quarterbacks who will accomplish nothing, not really, not in the context of his otherwise stellar career. It is simply, and unfairly, another illustration of his wasted time in the league. Forget this season. Forget next season. Romo has been ailed with bad luck, missed extra-point holds, injuries -- snakebit in a sport where even a little venom is enough to undermine an uber-talent's possibilities.

That's over now. A 36-year-old quarterback with a history of back issues cannot and should not be counted on when he breaks a bone in his back. In a random preseason play. The end is nigh. The Romo era has drawn to a close.

It is a real, true shame. Romo has played 12 seasons in the NFL, and yet he has been able to make the playoffs just four times. He has won two -- two -- postseason games. That's simply atrocious.

That will not be true for Romo. He will not break through. He will not win the validating Super Bowl that so many greats have achieved at the end of their otherwise wonderful but until-then incomplete careers. He will not have his moment of validation.

 

[Vinnie2u]

I have no issues with the contract given to Romo. He earned every cent.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I have huge issues with that contract, always have. It was flat stupid to give Tony that contract IMO. The historical data was all there. His injury history was staring us right in the face. The cap implications were like lights in a train tunnel.

Sure, you can say he deserved it and that's fine, he probably did but how is that a good reason for the team to make such a stupid decision? Lots of people deserve stuff and they never get it. They don't get it because, while it might be deserved, it's not smart business.

I'm too pissed off about this issue to be balanced I guess. Apologies in advance.

 

[iceberg]

You forgot the Dolphins game.

and suddenly my world view is altered and corrected.

 

[CouchCoach]

I can just see Romo getting released here like Kurt Warner did with the Rams and then go to some other team that is a QB away and just light it up.


All of you wanting Romo to hang it up make me sick on this Monday morning!

Dallas has an Offensive Cadillac and I want Tony Romo driving this thing all the way to the title!

I can just see Romo getting released here like Kurt Warner did with the Rams and then go to some other team that is a QB away and just light it up.


All of you wanting Romo to hang it up make me sick on this Monday morning!

Dallas has an Offensive Cadillac and I want Tony Romo driving this thing all the way to the title!

But it is Monday morning so you were probably already thinking about being sick.

I like Tony and his competitive spirit and courage; however, I do not think he can protect himself from injury. He is no longer Houdini. I watched that hit on him again and he was in that position because he is already hampered by a problem back and wasn't able to slide properly.

If they put him back there, they might as well put a bulls eye on him. If he comes back, he will go out again. Four seasons in a row that are incomplete from him are too many.

 

[Aven8]

Romo is not getting released anytime now folks. Move along. People forget who are Owner is and his loyalty. Ware was one thing, but this is a different animal.

Now if he comes back and plays this season and gets knocked out again he should definitely consider retirement for his own sake.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

That would have been stupid. Romo hadnt had any serious injuries at that point and was relatively healthy and a top qb. We had just had the 3rd worst defense in NFL history and he still dragged that carcass to 8-7. And we should have given him 1 year to win a SB or cut ties with him? Man go on somewhere with that.

IMO this is the biggest problem for Romo....not having nor ever having an elite defense. Jerry has always believed that Romo is all he needed to win. From saying that he didn't need to invest on an OL because Romo made them better with his style of play to somehow believing that hiring the right Def Coordinator, without giving him elite players will make the defense better, because we have Romo. In his advanced age, (for an NFL QB), he still doesn't have an elite defense, not will he have one, and he is breaking down.

Say what you want, but a championship caliber defense is not walking through the door anytime soon, and without it, Romo is not winning a ring. I love Romo as much as his most ardent supporters, always have. But the reality is that he has had back surgeries, broken bones in his spine, and now this. For his own well being, and for his life after football he should seriously consider walking away, regardless what we think or want.

The Cowboys should start looking at life after Romo, if Dak is the man, great, they need to find out.

 

[LittleD]

you think i want any less?

i've been wanting this since he came in FINALLY for bledsoe. i've been on his side his entire career and get into it with my friends who rail on him w/o mercy and put all our problems on him. between romo and witten - i can't think of (2) more deserving of a ring cause of what they've had to endure.

but for all i want of this - nothing changes what it is.

week 2 - he's out.
come back and makes it to the 3rd quarter and is out for the rest of the year.
he has time to heal
he gets 3 plays into a freaking pre-season game - and is out for 1/2 a year.

so in 2 years he's not played 2 1/2 complete games. this isn't hate, this is reality. as much as i'd LOVE to see him win it all, i'd also like to see him in a booth one day doing color commentary and being able to walk and function as a normal person. he must think about that to and honestly, put that above how you and i feel.

A little premature aren't you. Aikman took just as much punishment, his back also led to his retirement, and he has done fine booth work for
years. Romo could do coaching or booth work and I suspect he will do just fine.