ESPN: Cowboys not expected to trade QB Tony Romo

[Beast_from_East]

Because of pressure from fans or the media? If Jerry releases Romo it will because Jerry made up his mind.

Jerry doesn't care about pressure from the fans or media, if he did then Garrett would have been shown the door years ago.

Jerry is going to "do right" by Romo because he considers him his adopted son and he knows Romo wants to still play. The article stated that Jerry was not willing to trade Romo to a team he didn't want to play for. So if it was just a matter of shipping Romo over to some NFL wasteland like Cleveland, then yes, we probably would have a deal by now, but Jerry is not going to do that to Romo.

Romo is going to get released this week, everybody needs to just accept it at this point and move on.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

This is being handled all wrong. Give Romo the right to negotiate with a team he wants to go including compensation and renegotiated contract. If he can't come back with some sort of compensation package we will trade him to the highest bidder. That is about as gentlemanly as i would get.

I agree, this is about how to make the Dallas Cowboys better. I don't see any players name in Dallas Cowboys

 

[Daillest88]

I don't believe this cause Romo said he would be willing to renegotiate his contact

Yup he sure did

 

[cowboy_ron]

Jimmy would say...

"You aren't going to get much for a 37 year old quarterback who's had 3 serious injuries in his last 4 games and hasn't played in two seasons"

It's unbelievable the value people put on a frail quarterback a hit from retirement.

This is just one example, there are many other examples of his inability to generate a trade where he actually succeeds at....meaning better upside than your trade partner.

 

[4lifecowboy]

Not true or Romo would already be in Houston

Yeah he do have too much say, which is why teams aren't giving anything. The Texans wouldn't have trades osweiler without knowing they had an alternative.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Why would an NFL player restructure his contract to take less money if a team just traded for him? His new team would have no leverage at all after trading for his contract. It's not just about the salary cap but also the money.

Players restructure contracts to get future money up front as a signing bonus or to get an extension. His new team is not looking to rearrange his contract or extend it. They are wanting to sign Romo to a lower guaranteed contract with incentives based on playing time.

Romo (nor any NFL player) is going to tear up their current contract for less money unless they are about to be cut and given an option to take less money to stay. In this case, if a team trades for Romo, they are not about to cut him, since they actually wanted badly enough to trade for him, so there's no reason at all for Romo to take less money and the Texans are not going to want to pay him a lot of guaranteed money or extend him past his 40th birthday. Otherwise, they would be better off just keeping the current contract and seeing how he plays in 2017. At least with the current contract, there's no pro-rated signing bonus for them so they could go year to year.

Given that ther's no guarantee Romo will last a full season, and he's going to be 37 years old this season, it would be foolish for any team to trade for him at this point even if the Cowboys didn't ask for anything in return. The contract itself is the barrier more so than the picks.

Exactly..............this is plain as day, but a lot of folks choose to believe the fairly tale that we are going to get a chit load of picks

 

[robjay04]

This is just one example, there are many other examples of his inability to generate a trade where he actually succeeds at....meaning better upside than your trade partner.

We just don't do trades at all.

The last time I remember a player we traded was Antonio Bryant. I think we may have traded a tight end at some point.

 

[Beast_from_East]

At this point Id call up Denver and take as low as a 6th rounder just to stick it to Houston. No way Jerry wants to see Romo winning with another Texas team.

Im ok with him in Houston for a 3rd round pick, aside from that screw Houston. Id like to say the same about Denver but I haven't been conditioned over the years to hate them.

Yea, I hear you bro...............I would do the same thing, just call up Elway and say you can have Romo for a 7 at this point. Screw Houston, let them play the year with Savage or Weeden under center. Serves that trash franchise right.

 

[rambo2]

The Dallas Cowboys are not expected to find a trade partner for veteran quarterback Tony Romo, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Possible interested teams in Romo appear unwilling to take on the 36-year-old's contract or overpay for a quarterback who has started four games during the past two seasons because of injuries, sources told Schefter.

Sources also told Schefter that the Cowboys are unwilling to trade Romo to a city in which he does not want to play. Teams interested in Romo believe the Cowboys will eventually release the four-time Pro Bowler, and are willing to wait until that happens before pursuing him as a free agent, sources said.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...not-expected-find-trade-destination-tony-romo

What the Cowboys should do is go into the mindset that they are going to keep Romo. Then they will eventually get the offers that they want. They could then gamble that Dak doesn't get hurt with Moore as the backup and Showers as the emergency guy. Do not release Romo. Don't do it.

 

[TheCount]

Let's trade him to Fox Sports.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

League sources are not the Cowboys. They are Tony's agent or Houston and Denver. Those two are likely colluding but given time and pressure I have zero doubt they would backstab one another for a chance to win the SB.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I can't think of a time in NFL history where a team held on to any player, much less your former franchise quarterback, throughout the duration of the offseason solely to get a trade with zero intention on keeping him.

Yes you're screwing over Romo, that's not even the biggest part of the equation...you are sending a clear message to the rest of the players around the league and in your locker room how we do business. We hold players against their will that have no value hoping harm on another teams player so we can work out a deal.

That is why Jerry is not going to do this.............Its just a fantasy some posters want to believe. There is no way in hell Jerry is going to do that to Romo and it doesn't matter how many times somebody post on a message board "I would just hold onto Romo", its not going to happen.

The bottom line is that it is Jerry's team, Jerry's money, and Jerry's relationship with Romo and Jerry frankly doesn't give a dam what fans post on a message board. He is going to do what the thinks is right and that is to "do right" by Romo. How anybody in their wildest dreams can listen to Jerry say he is going to do right by Romo and then actually think for a second he is going to hold onto Romo until training camp just boggles the mind.

This may last a week or two and that's it, Romo will not be on this roster come draft day.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Yeah he do have too much say, which is why teams aren't giving anything. The Texans wouldn't have trades osweiler without knowing they had an alternative.

I think Houston would have traded him just to be done with that entire ordeal. Even if they don't have a starter, they are still ahead of the game by ridding themselves of that horrible contract IMO.

 

[willia451]

Fake News. Just keep telling the stupid there is value and let them slobber it up like biscuits and gravy.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet where the adults are having a conversation............things are different.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I think Houston would have traded him just to be done with that entire ordeal. Even if they don't have a starter, they are still ahead of the game by ridding themselves of that horrible contract IMO.

That is the mistake everybody is making, Houston didn't move that contract to open room for Romo, they did it to rid themselves of that horrible contract. They would have done the trade with Cleveland even if Romo was not available.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

That is the mistake everybody is making, Houston didn't move that contract to open room for Romo, they did it to rid themselves of that horrible contract. They would have done the trade with Cleveland even if Romo was not available.

I agree. They would have been stupid not to IMO and for the life of me, I can not understand why Cleveland would do that.

 

[sweetness0986]

 

[Little Jr]

Why do you believe this?

I think the Texans' interest adds a new wrinkle to this situation.

That's a little too close to home for the Jones family.

Jones want do it to Romo.

 

[Zordon]

That is the mistake everybody is making, Houston didn't move that contract to open room for Romo, they did it to rid themselves of that horrible contract. They would have done the trade with Cleveland even if Romo was not available.

I agree. They would have been stupid not to IMO and for the life of me, I can not understand why Cleveland would do that.

Is the contract really that bad? They can cut him after '17 with no dead money. Seems like Texans want to do something asap before Clowney hits the market.

 

[Deep_Freeze]

We are dumb.

Kinda hard to move on from being dumb again, but that's life. Dumb isn't something you can grow out of though.