Joe Theismann: Any GM who trades for Tony Romo's 'damaged goods' should lose his job

[Clarkson]

Doesn't matter. People are acting like a team trading for Romo gets the Romo from 4 years ago. You said it yourself......... "potentially".

That "potentially" is a pretty big deal here. They are getting a QB who is 36 and has been shelved for basically two entire seasons with major injuries. People thinking he's more valuable than say Bradford are missing the point. I'd be surprised at this point if he got anything more than a conditional pick that might turn into a 2nd rounder or so if he stays healthy.

Again: I'm not sure what they will get. I think a conditional 2nd is a decent guess. But I have no doubt a team will want to take the chance. I'm pretty much zeroed in on Denver, really. I'd be surprised if they didn't show interest in him this offseason. They're a potentially dominant team with Romo back there. His upside, for a season or two, is much higher than Siemian's.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Tony should retire.

 

[Deep_Freeze]

Really, the Dallas Cowboys haven't been to a Championship game or SB since 1994. Tony gave the team
an identity and chance to win games when the team wasn't really good. Tony being hurt in 2015 showed
how much Tony made the Cowboys the Cowboys. The Cowboys couldn't compete in 2015.
All franchise QB's get paid whether they are good or just manning the position.

I understand all of that. Doesn't mean we should give him away for a bag of chips.

He's under contract and makes us better if something happens to Dak. That's really all that matters.

 

[DallasEast]

You guys are wasting way too much time and effort and brain cells on trying to convince yourselves that Joe Theismann is trying to influence the Cowboys and NFL GMs on how to handle Romo.

Holy hell, people.

lol! Good stuff.

 

[Melonfeud]

And Romo has been injured in three of the last four games he's played in as a Dallas Cowboy......

PRECISELY!,,just think he WASN'T a Dallas Cowboy,,, maybe,just maybe,he wouldn't be taking all those vindictive hits/non flagged B.S. HE'S suffered just because of the star, it's no secret our rivals in the n.f.c. east dreaded having to face our team with him flying the plane,that broken collar bone he suffered against Philly last year was as blatant as could be in the sense of inflicting maximum damage,hell it almost looked like the guy was doing a pool dive belly flop on him,his elbows and knees were intentionally / consciously PULLED back from making contact with the ground,even in the pre season game against Seattle it appeared (at least to me) the dude gave him an extended effort in snapping him down from behind,,,ROMO love rant, over!

 

[Clove]

PRECISELY!,,just think he WASN'T a Dallas Cowboy,,, maybe,just maybe,he wouldn't be taking all those vindictive hits/non flagged B.S. HE'S suffered just because of the star, it's no secret our rivals in the n.f.c. east dreaded having to face our team with him flying the plane,that broken collar bone he suffered against Philly last year was as blatant as could be in the sense of inflicting maximum damage,hell it almost looked like the guy was doing a pool dive belly flop on him,his elbows and knees were intentionally / consciously PULLED back from making contact with the ground,even in the pre season game against Seattle it appeared (at least to me) the dude gave him an extended effort in snapping him down from behind,,,ROMO love rant, over!

You can twist this in any direction you want, the fact is, anyone of those hits Dak took with Washington would have put Romo right into retirement. Now tell me, isn't our line the best line in football? Yeah, this means that teams find ways to get to your QB if they truly want to, and by that, will the QB be able to get up after those hits? And for that matter, the hits he took from Baltimore were devastating hits, not just normal hits.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

There's a difference between thinking Romo could get a 1st round pick in a trade and what Joe's saying. No, at this time I don't expect a team to give a 1st round pick for Romo. But I do think Dallas could get a 2nd or 3rd.

There's still a lot left to be determined from now and the time Dallas needs to make a decision on trading Romo. Romo could find himself spot starting for Dak or start a game if Dallas has everything locked up. What if a team like KC or Denver gets bounced early in playoffs due to poor QB play? I can see Andy Reid deciding that Alex Smith isn't the answer anymore. Also, Romo's salary shouldn't be factored too much into his trade value. I think its safe to say he will redo his deal if it meant going to a team where he can start and compete for playoffs.

Other than, Joe can shove his hyperbole up his rear end. It's small minded thinking like that gets GM fired.

It is safe to say his deal would be redone. It would have to be if he were traded but it is not safe to assume that it would be friendly to anybody. That's wishful thinking, at this point. I have seen nothing suggested by anybody close to the situation that would suggest Tony is going to take significantly less money to play elsewhere or even lessor money at all. No Coach is going to guarantee Tony he is going to start. How can they, he has not finished a season in over two years. Would you give up millions of dollars for a chance (no guarantee because we all know that's not realistic) to compete for a starting job? I don't know that Tony would do that. He's a good guy but he's not stupid by any means.

 

[LittleD]

I understand all of that. Doesn't mean we should give him away for a bag of chips.

He's under contract and makes us better if something happens to Dak. That's really all that matters.

You are right that he's under contract but, he's owed 14million salary next year. Does Jerry want to pay 14million for Tony to
stand around holding an IPAD. Tony would not be too happy with that situation and neither would I. Jerry will treat him right
and just remember, if Tony did come to TC next summer and given a shot, he would likely win the position outright. That
is a controversy that Jerry would probably like to avoid.

 

[DFWJC]

You can twist this in any direction you want, the fact is, anyone of those hits Dak took with Washington would have put Romo right into retirement. Now tell me, isn't our line the best line in football? Yeah, this means that teams find ways to get to your QB if they truly want to, and by that, will the QB be able to get up after those hits? And for that matter, the hits he took from Baltimore were devastating hits, not just normal hits.

Come on Clove.
Romo took a ton of big hits in 2014.
I'm not saying he for sure would hold up, but to think any big hit puts him down isn't true at all.

A fit 23 year old's collarbone can snap just like someone older....unless it's some 70 year old with osteoporosis.
And this year's fluky compression fracture is extremely rare.

Again, maybe those old lower back injuries from prior to 2014 will come back to haunt him. if that's what you mean, I agree, it could happen. But he's taken a bunch of shots on that back since then.

I sure wouldn't give him a big guaranteed deal. Probably something incentive laden.

 

[Kaiser]

Bears,jets will be bidders

I definitely think the Jets will be, on the Bears I don't think Romo goes to a team like that. Its funny because I talked to a friend yesterday that is a diehard Bears fan and very good fantasy football guy, he brought up the Bears trading for Romo and thought they would give up their 1st round pick for Romo even though it was a top five pick. I told him I would be shocked if that was the deal that went through, but I think it also highlights that the idea Romo can't take a leak without breaking a bone is just Internet chatter. If Romo was as big a health risk as some here think, there wouldn't be the rumors about the teams looking to trade for him.

 

[Kaiser]

Come on Clove.
Romo took a ton of big hits in 2014.
I'm not saying he for sure would hold up, but to think any big hit puts him down isn't true at all..

Exactly, and the hit that put him out for 2016 is something he would have played through if it wasn't for him being out last year and the team treating him with kid gloves. Romo wanted to go back in the game but the MRI afterward was a precaution. If the same injury happened before 2015 he would have played through it.

 

[Kaiser]

I have a question for the Salary Cap gurus, if you assume that the chatter here is correct that Romo will suffer a career ending injury the next time he takes any kind of hit - wouldn't that put the Cowboys on the hook for paying the remaining years of his contract?

If he actually was in that poor a shape, wouldn't the team refuse to clear him medically so they didn't get stuck with the remaining 54 Million dollars on this contract?

 

[Plankton]

Well I can't stand Joe either but he's right Tony won't last ten minutes on the football field until he breaks something.

We won't get crap for him in the trade

I think when Linehan leaves at the end of the year Jerry may give his spot to Tony because I'm sure in his heart he knows he's done playing

I would hate that. Romo needs to learn the trade of coaching first. Handing him a coordinator job, no matter how smart he is, would not be a good decision.

 

[Clove]

Come on Clove.
Romo took a ton of big hits in 2014.
I'm not saying he for sure would hold up, but to think any big hit puts him down isn't true at all.

A fit 23 year old's collarbone can snap just like someone older....unless it's some 70 year old with osteoporosis.
And this year's fluky compression fracture is extremely rare.

Again, maybe those old lower back injuries from prior to 2014 will come back to haunt him. if that's what you mean, I agree, it could happen. But he's taken a bunch of shots on that back since then.

I sure wouldn't give him a big guaranteed deal. Probably something incentive laden.

Yup, let's just see then. It's one thing to THINK you can take a big hit, it's another thing to take SEVERAL big hits when you've been injured a A LOT and you're 36 playing in a brutal sport.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I be fine with that, and the way Jerry feels about him, I would not be surprised because Linehan is gone for sure.

LOL you seem hell bent with that silly prediction that Linehan is leaving. It ain't happening.

 

[DallasEast]

Come on Clove.
Romo took a ton of big hits in 2014.
I'm not saying he for sure would hold up, but to think any big hit puts him down isn't true at all.

A fit 23 year old's collarbone can snap just like someone older....unless it's some 70 year old with osteoporosis.
And this year's fluky compression fracture is extremely rare.

Again, maybe those old lower back injuries from prior to 2014 will come back to haunt him. if that's what you mean, I agree, it could happen. But he's taken a bunch of shots on that back since then.

I sure wouldn't give him a big guaranteed deal. Probably something incentive laden.

I think some people believe Romo's compression fracture would have happened in any tackling situation. Physics would state otherwise. All tackles aren't the same or equal.

You hit upon the right thing mentioning osteoporosis. The only logical argument that supports Romo having any propensity for bone injuries would be a physiological deficit like osteoporosis. In other words, his bones would be weaker structurally than average due to something of that sort. Romo could easily confirm whether his skeletal structure is lacking in some way by releasing his medical history but he has zero reason for doing so. Any team seeking his services would have him undergo a medical workup anyway.

 

[Stash]

There's no medical reason to believe Tony will be any more susceptible to injury than any other NFL QB and if he's healthy and has an offseason to blow off the rust, I see no reason to think he'll be anything other than great.

And the same comments were made by some people before the 2nd collarbone break, and then the 3rd. Or after the 1st back injury, or the 2nd. There comes a time whenever people can't cover their eyes any longer.

Minnesota traded a 1 for Sam Bradford and Houston gave Brock Osweiler $72-mil. I can definitely see a team that thinks it's a QB away offering a mid-round pick.

And neither situation is anywhere close to Romo's.

Minnesota felt they were a quarterback away when Bridgewater went down right before the season started and all other options were off the table. That won't be the situation with Romo.

And Osweiler was a young quarterback without the extensive injury history that Romo definitely has. Again, not the same situation with Romo.

Both of these examples are apples to oranges comparisons.

But I can see someone offering a midround pick too. That's not too much to expect for a proven veteran. But I think anyone expecting more than that is setting themselves up for disappointment.

 

[drawandstrike]

I understand all of that. Doesn't mean we should give him away for a bag of chips.

He's under contract and makes us better if something happens to Dak. That's really all that matters.

If he won't take a huge paycut to sit on the sidelines as the back up next season, there's no way he's here. Jerry is not going to pay out this contract for a back up QB no matter how much he may personally like Tony.

If a trade can't be worked out, and he won't take the pay cut, yes, he will be cut. And I'm saying this as somebody who is a huge Romo fan.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I'll say the same thing I said whenever I had to suffer though an NFL game that Theismann was announcing: "Shut the **** up, Joe."

 

[Animosity]

Tony Romo went 12-3 in 2014. He went 3-1 in 2015.

So when I bring up Tonys record in the post season and his record in 'win and get in' games in week 17... its a team game, LOL.