Teams thought he would have been cut yesterday afternoon. Every day you hold him and make statements that you are contemplating keeping him, the more doubt creeps into Houston and Denver. They are the one's bluffing when they try to claim they are fine with Simien and Savage leading teams that have playoff aspirations.
Correction: the
MEDIA thought he would be cut yesterday.
In truth, I doubt very seriously the Cowboys had planned to cut Romo the start of free agency. They let that information get leaked out.
Make no mistake about it (and I'm a former reporter who has gotten played), teams know what they're doing. They'll float trial balloons to the media just as the media will run with those trial balloons - especially in this day and age when it's all about information.
And teams pretty much knew the Cowboys wouldn't just give Romo away.
Folks think Jerry Jones is stupid. He may ramble when he gets a little Johnny in him, but he's not stupid nor did he make billions of dollars by being stupid.
And I agree with you, the Texans are definitely bluffing. They basically dug themselves a hole and showed their hand when they traded Osweiler. JJ Watts probably doesn't have too much left in the tank if his back doesn't hold up and they're prime for Super Bowl run. All they need is a near-elite or very good quarterback. And there are none of those left on the market except for Jay Cutler (who is a locker room cancer from reports) and Tony Romo, who is the ultimate teammate and better than Cutler.
The Texans' move yesterday have Romo written all over them. They just think Jerry's going to blink first. But they'd better not trust Jerry's drunk poker face. The man is no push over (finger's crossed).
