My point exactly .......what we have remembered Romo was emotionally beat. He was rejected by the only team he'd ever played for and Jerry froze him during free agency hoping to get a draft pick but NO team made an offer. Like I said earlier, the Elway made his interest known but also said he WOULD NOT give a draft pick. So it wasn't just Cowboys who lost confidence in his health, pretty much the NFL. CBS comes alone with not just a broadcasting offer but an offer to be NUMBER 1 or lead dog. Since broadcasting was something he was probably already considering after playing couple more years, a chance as the top dog is an easy decision over Bronco team that doesn't think enough to give up a draft pick.
Well, it's all old news now and mostly speculation.
I told people all along way back then that Jerry would only trade Romo to where Romo would agree to play, so that eliminated about 27-28 teams from even bothering.
He wanted Romo to stay on as a mentor and maybe even rescue the team if things went south, but Romo wanted the honest chance to fairly compete for the starting job...understandably.
People said we should just find the best offer, but that was completely naïve for several obvious reasons.
Nobody will ever know how many (or few) teams would've made trade offers or would've wanted him after he was dropped, because it was made perfectly clear that
1) his top choice was by far to be able to compete fairly in Dallas,
2) and then it was a competition between playing for a contender or going to a network as his 2nd choice.
3) There was no 3rd choice...like playing for a non contender...as he wrote that off 100%
Option 1 was out of his control
It came down to Option 2 and he got the offer of a lifetime and took it.
