Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo Set To Retire

[Kareemovweet]

Some team will need a QB and Tony will come back runnin... If not, best of luck to you Tony! see ya in the booth!!

 

[Doomsday101]

Mainly that had tony gone back to starting last year, Id bet fully he'd be playing this next year.

Maybe, maybe not his health is and was a concern. In my own view can he play? Yes can he withstand the rigors of the NFL I don't believe so.

 

[Deep_Freeze]

He's not going to be able to juggle professional golf and broadcasting. He'll be preparing to broadcast games. He'll have the offseason to work on golf but you're not going to have success as a professional golfer playing serious golf half the year.

Depends on where you live. But I agree its hard, Romo has had a hard way to go his whole career. I would probably be broadcasting and eat popcorn otherwise....up to him.

Just saying he could play, he's old for football, not golf.

 

[SacredStar]

Much respect for Tony. I've met him three times, talked with him at length, sat with his dad and talked with him too. He was a class act, always had time for me and my kids, took many pics, signed a ton of collectibles for me and my kids. Heck, I even made the front page of our newspaper with Tony signing my jersey and hat. He was always friendly, always had a smile, and treated my two kids really well. They really enjoyed the time they spent with him. I wish you nothing but the best and just wish I could shake your hand again and say "thanks".

 

[fishspill]

Great. Now the handful of Romo-or-bust posters will openly cheer for a Dak injury and show the world their backsides.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Good luck Tony. I know you'll be a great announcer. Always a Cowboy. This is the best news there could be. No sense risking your future health by playing.

 

[DFWJC]

You know...

I'm starting to believe that holding Romo was partially his idea.

Why go to free agency if you're not sure if you wanna play for another team, much less football in general?

This

 

[DFWJC]

Good God that came out of left field

Once a jerk.....

 

[tyke1doe]

Aikman is on record as saying Tony Romo is a better QB than he ever was.

That's modesty speaking.

 

[JoeKing]

Separate elements make up the sum total of an individual's life. If the only thing observers knew of Romo's life was the good fortune he enjoys of a loving family and wealth, they would have consumed only the positive perspective presented to them. Yet, money, a gorgeous wife, and beautiful children aren't the sum total of Romo's life. He did not accomplish reaching the pinnacle of his sport--an ambition shared by many of past, present and future peers. That unfulfilled goal will remain a personal regret. Certainly, Romo, like many others, can succeed in the other areas of his life and live life fully with happiness, but that shortcoming will remain a regret nonetheless. Empathy leans some towards feeling compassion for others left with a missing piece of their career puzzle. Not everyone though. Just some.

He was an undrafted player that still managed to have a long prosperous NFL career. Reaching the "pinnacle of his sport" is gravy on top and nothing to morn for not achieving.

 

[tyke1doe]

You're wrong.

If Aikman thought he was a better QB than Romo, he just wouldn't have said anything. Or he would have said Romo is a very good QB. And not compared himself to Romo at all.

Stop trying to frame the narrative in your favor when you have no quotes or evidence to back it up.

It's sad.

To say nothing at all would be awkward.
And it's not changing the narrative. People do it all the time.
You don't know of Aikman was being honest; we don't know if he was being truthful. Either could be correct.
But it's not far fetched to believe Aikman was being nice.

 

[tyke1doe]

He was an UDFA out of Eastern Illinois, probably would have been nothing had the Cowboys not invested the franchise on an initial discount QB.
Guy layed it out, played with a punctured lung, always the competitor but never the champion.
Jerry put 100 mill in his account... and Romo will go make even more now.
Good deal for Romo,
not so much for the Cowboys and their fans.

How much did Romo pocket over his career? All $100 million?

 

[Vinnie2u]

Turn the page.

 

[tyke1doe]

After getting over my initial surprise...this makes TOTAL sense. Why keep getting pounded on? Dude already has MILLIONS and now he bumps out Gspot Phil
to boot! Friggin' brilliant by his agent and Tony. My gosh man....WELL played. Got relatively healthy and rich as HELL. SO he didn't win a SB? Join the crowd.

Finally, he sends a Giant home in the post season.

 

[tyke1doe]

How long until we hear this is an unfair situation? Dallas basically has an unpaid 54th roster spot and an emergency QB that can come in on a weeks notice and be a top 10-15 QB. When the dust settles and it is reported that he has a clause in his CBS contract allowing him to go back the Dallas at any time, people are not going to be happy.

You really think he can sit out of football at his age and with his injury history, go immediately back under center and be a top 15 quarterback?

He'll be back in retirement after his first game.

 

[tyke1doe]

Being part of the younger generation of Cowboys fans, I didn't witness the glory days of the 70s and the 90s. I wasn't alive during the former era and I was just a child during the latter era so I don't remember much of the Triplets and the three Super Bowls. I was merely a 16-year old teenager when Tony came into the game against the Giants in 2006. Despite throwing an interception on his first pass, he managed to display something special that night that would last for the next 10 years. Tony easily became my favorite Cowboys player that season and he brought an excitement to the Cowboys that hadn't been seen since the 90s.

He wasn't perfect and he made his fair share of mistakes, but man I loved watching this guy play. He represented the Dallas Cowboys organization with class on and off the field and in my opinion was one of the fiercest and toughest warriors in the NFL. It's a damn same that Jerry built this great offensive line just a little too late for Tony to benefit from and possibly win a Super Bowl. I know many fans don't like him, that includes other fanbases and of course are own Cowboys fans, but I loved both Tony Romo as a player and as the great man he is. He didn't deserve nearly the hate he had and still currently absorbs and it kills me that Tony never was able to win the Lombardi Trophy.

Cheers to you, Tony. I pray that you enjoy your retirement, kick butt in the broadcast booth and I anxiously await the day your name goes up in the Ring of Honor. Will miss you #9

Great tribute post.

 

[DallasEast]

He was an undrafted player that still managed to have a long prosperous NFL career. Reaching the "pinnacle of his sport" is gravy on top and nothing to morn for not achieving.

lol. 'Morn' may be a bit extreme but okay.

 

[Nightman]

I think the obligatory thing to say when you see a pic of Tony Romo is 'he looks fat.'

It does make you wonder, though, how fat he's going to get now that his career is over. I'm setting theg over/under at 'John Madden.'

How about this on-going joke

 

[Idgit]

How about this on-going joke

Wow. Nice touch on the backwards hat + CBS blazer. Makes you just want to smack him.

 

[tyke1doe]

I've always liked Romo and always thought he was a very good quarterback.
He was Farve-like I'm that he could pull a win out of thin air but throw a costly interception. But I don't necessarily blame him totally. I think Jerry Jones ruined Romo's career by making the offense Romo-friendly. We tried to find receives and running backs to complement Romo, but we should have tried to treat Romo like we did Aikman. Aikman was a cog in the Cowboys offensive machine, but he was not the machine. We made Romo the machine and never adequately built an offense around him that would make him a cog in the greater machine. We should have recognized his Farve-like ability and minimize his penchant for making mistakes. But, alas, history has been written. And so Romo walks a great quarterback who had the talent to win a Super Bowl but who walks away ringless.
So I bid Romo farewell for all he did and all he could have done if Jerry Jones and his coaches knew how to build a team around him.