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That is actually an excellent question often avoided or indirectly addressed. In my opinion, it was highly likely he would have moved on.Romo retired at 36 instead of going to another team and having to start over and he also got an offer for a comfy commentating job that pays good money. You think Romo would have retired if he got his job back in 2016?
The front office had made it crystal clear it preferred going in a new direction at the position. Hindsight suggests CBS would have recruited him regardless.
Romo would have been in the position of both having a former fully supportive front office seeking his replacement sooner than later and a top network broadcaster offer sitting on a silver platter. I believe he would have retired no matter if he had not finished the regular season due to another injury or had gotten benched in favor of Prescott after poor performance, led the team perhaps as far as the title game, or helped win the whole darn thing.