This is a legit retirement folks. I tried telling this board back in Feb. that he was seriously considering this and some people were too busy counting draft pick compensation to listen. Then there was the "Jerry bungled this" crowd which was just as clueless. Jerry knew he was seriously considering retirement and knew that he could have his cake and eat it, too. Now Jerry gets to restructure and save cap money and Romo is basically an unpaid emergency QB in case Dak gets hurt and we are a contender.
There's no doubt that the lukewarm market is playing into this at least a little. It helped Tony finalize his decision. Given the physical investment playing would be, he wouldn't want to make that commitment unless someone stepped up and said "you're our guy". That wasn't going to happen and when it didn't that made this decision that much clearer for him. But even before the circus and his market had been established he was thinking hard about retiring. That's why his agent reached out to the networks and why he will be landing a sweet broadcasting gig.
