DMN Blog: What's fair for Romo?

[Mr Cowboy]

What's fair for Romo?

Tony Romo, a bargain at $1.5 million this season, would like to sign a new contract before the season begins.

Jerry has already said he sees Romo as the long-awaited, long-term solution at QB after a painful procession of post-Aikman failures. Jerry backed it up by pulling off the Brady Quinn Con Job instead of drafting a potential franchise QB.

What does that make Romo worth? I can't imagine the Cowboys giving him top-five QB money, which would happen if they had to make him the franchise player. Because of that, it seems like Jerry would also have a sense of urgency to get Romo's deal done before the Giants come to town for the season opener.

The six-year, $48 million deal Matt Schaub, a much less proven commodity than the inexperienced Romo, signed with the Texans didn't do Jerry any favors.


Posted by Tim MacMahon at 11:25 AM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)

 

[5Stars]

Jerry has already said he sees Romo as the long-awaited, long-term solution at QB after a painful procession of post-Aikman failures. Jerry backed it up by pulling off the Brady Quinn Con Job instead of drafting a potential franchise QB.

Am I the only one that questions this? I don't believe for a second that Brady Quinn is going to be a franchise QB...no way!

Why do these writers always proclaim him to be a franchise QB, because from what games I did see him play in, I was not at all impressed!

 

[dmq]

Boy will Ellis be ticked.

 

[DawnOfANewD]

Maybe because "Brady" is one of his names.

 

[dargonking999]

I'll tell you what's fair

a 10 year, 300 million dollar deal.

Now that, would be fair right?

 

[Doomsday101]

I'll tell you what's fair

a 10 year, 300 million dollar deal.

Now that, would be fair right?

I was thinking more along the lines of 6 years 50 mill.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Has the season passed yet? No you say? Then it's not time to talk contract.

Btw, TO is better than Glenn and you're psycho if you say otherwise. :nana:

 

[dargonking999]

I was thinking more along the lines of 6 years 50 mill.

Oh, well i was just throwing a number out there ya know.

 

[iceberg]

Am I the only one that questions this? I don't believe for a second that Brady Quinn is going to be a franchise QB...no way!

Why do these writers always proclaim him to be a franchise QB, because from what games I did see him play in, I was not at all impressed!

no, i hear it a lot on the board i mod from a poster who swears jones did-the-pooch by not taking quinn - a blue-chipper.

then again there are people in the world that will make the world fit their views regardless and if they hate someone, anything they do is wrong.

wild, but reality.

 

[AbeBeta]

My guess is that Romo gets a deal before pre-season is done. I know that many folks will say "wait until mid-season" but that just isn't realistic.

Folks make a big deal about Shaub's contract but his deal breaks down as 6 yrs - 48 mill with ONLY 7 mill in signing bonus. He gets a salary that averages about 4 mill a year for the first three years. So that's a 3 year 20 mill deal to start.

After year 3, there is a 10 mill bonus option with salaries averaging about 6 a year after that. So part two is 3 year 28 million. and that is only if they want to keep him.

My guess is that Romo gets a similar average (8 mill a year) but with less shenanigans. That'd be about 7 years, 56 mill. The big difference is that Romo likely pockets about 15 mill up front. It wouldn't surprise me if the deal went to 60 million overall.

Romo has shown much more in this league than Schaub. Also, he has sex with superstars and gets the Cowboys in the paper all the time.

 

[dargonking999]

My guess is that Romo gets a deal before pre-season is done. I know that many folks will say "wait until mid-season" but that just isn't realistic.

Folks make a big deal about Shaub's contract but his deal breaks down as 6 yrs - 48 mill with ONLY 7 mill in signing bonus. He gets a salary that averages about 4 mill a year for the first three years. So that's a 3 year 20 mill deal to start.

After year 3, there is a 10 mill bonus option with salaries averaging about 6 a year after that. So part two is 3 year 28 million. and that is only if they want to keep him.

My guess is that Romo gets a similar average (8 mill a year) but with less shenanigans. That'd be about 7 years, 56 mill. The big difference is that Romo likely pockets about 15 mill up front. It wouldn't surprise me if the deal went to 60 million overall.

Romo has shown much more in this league than Schaub. Also, he has sex with superstars and gets the Cowboys in the paper all the time.

show me the video proof

 

[Big Dakota]

My guess is that Romo gets a deal before pre-season is done. I know that many folks will say "wait until mid-season" but that just isn't realistic.

Folks make a big deal about Shaub's contract but his deal breaks down as 6 yrs - 48 mill with ONLY 7 mill in signing bonus. He gets a salary that averages about 4 mill a year for the first three years. So that's a 3 year 20 mill deal to start.

After year 3, there is a 10 mill bonus option with salaries averaging about 6 a year after that. So part two is 3 year 28 million. and that is only if they want to keep him.

My guess is that Romo gets a similar average (8 mill a year) but with less shenanigans. That'd be about 7 years, 56 mill. The big difference is that Romo likely pockets about 15 mill up front. It wouldn't surprise me if the deal went to 60 million overall.

Romo has shown much more in this league than Schaub. Also, he has sex with superstars and gets the Cowboys in the paper all the time.

And the up front money, for anyone who knows anything, is what you look at first, then how the base is structured. It could be a 10yr 300 million deal but it doesn't matter if the up front money is 10 million and the first 8 years base is 5 million. A bit of an extreme example but we all know we have to see the way it's structured before we get carried away with dollars and years.

 

[Doomsday101]

And the up front money, for anyone who knows anything, is what you look at first, then how the base is structured. It could be a 10yr 300 million deal but it doesn't matter if the up front money is 10 million and the first 8 years base is 5 million. A bit of an extreme example but we all know we have to see the way it's structured before we get carried away with dollars and years.

True, players want money in hand and that is exactly what the signing bonus is. It is about as guaranteed money as you will get. How that is structured over the course of the contract matters more to the franchise as they contend with the cap.

 

[Bob Dole]

Boy will Ellis be ticked.

Who cares? Romo reached a level of excellence that Ellis can only dream of in just a few games last season.

 

[burmafrd]

Jerrah will take a good look at the cap projections for the next 5-7 years and figure it that way.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Who cares? Romo reached a level of excellence that Ellis can only dream of in just a few games last season.

ah but Ellis will say he never dropped the equivalent to a PAT to cost his team a playoff game.:laugh2:

 

[CrazyCowboy]

ROMO deserves BIG BUCKS!

Pay up Mr. Jones.....this moxie deserves it!