Official Tony Romo thread

[FuzzyLumpkins]

So is Revis going to be the name du jour? This is not 2010 people.

 

[Gameover]

I could easily see the Texans giving up a high pick. That team is a Romo caliber QB away from being scary good

Yep.

Best defense in the league. Kicked Brady's butt, the last team to hold GB under 30(21).

They should be willing to give up the 25th overall pick for Romo.

 

[Hoofbite]

Romo will choose his next team because Jerry is weak like that.

Dallas will get nothing but the pick and freedom of having to pay his base salary. Those are pretty much guaranteed no matter what he and another team work out.

 

[Hoofbite]

14 mill salary to 5.. yikes. 0% chance he goes for that.

You'd have to inflate his salary back to 14 mill if he's on the roster opening day or something. I doubt he's going to take a 1/3 of his salary to be a backup as the fallback.

Take salary down to 1 mill with a trade activated bonus, then a roster bonus back to his original salary if he's not traded or released.

We get flexibility to trade him, other teams more likely to deal, if we just keep him he covers his own ***.

0% chance that's even a discussion. He's not going to negotiate with his next team through the Dallas front office. Who would? That's not how it works. Dallas is on the hook for all the dead money regardless of what happens with another team. What his terms are with another team doesn't have any impact on Dallas' bottom dollar. He's going to be traded. The only question is for what compensation.

 

[AzorAhai]

Romo will choose his next team because Jerry is weak like that.

Dallas will get nothing but the pick and freedom of having to pay his base salary. Those are pretty much guaranteed no matter what he and another team work out.

If Jerry is just going to do exactly what Romo wants, why is he being traded at all? Romo would want a new deal with new guarantees in it as opposed to the zero guarantees he has now.

I know it sounds good to bash Jerry, but either Romo is giving them a list of teams he wants, or he's getting cut. This picking his team crap is nonsense and would be a waste of time for everyone who's involved.

You can't have it both ways. Either Jerry is going to try to get a deal done to the Cowboys benefit, or he's going to do what Romo wants and release him, since you know, there's already been reports that Romo would prefer a release months ago.

 

[baltcowboy]

After listening to Jerry today, I am not so sure that Romo is definitely gone. I think Jerry might be considering an open competition for the QB position and the loser is the backup.

Now maybe its just Jerry trying to increase trade value with his statements, but what if its not?

I hear you on the QB battle possiblity but Jerry is also trying to trump up trade value. Romo can be Aaron Rodgers talk. Plus it totally decide the team and eventually cost us both players. Then again the Cowboys would be the talk of the offseason.

 

[Sarge]

So is Revis going to be the name du jour? This is not 2010 people.

Revis is done. The guy sucks now.

 

[Sarge]

Romo will choose his next team because Jerry is weak like that.

Dallas will get nothing but the pick and freedom of having to pay his base salary. Those are pretty much guaranteed no matter what he and another team work out.

Romo is not going to "choose his next team." He may choose where NOT to go but that is the extent of it.

 

[Coy]

I could easily see the Texans giving up a high pick. That team is a Romo caliber QB away from being scary good. Plus they probably have a Patriotesque walk to the division title for a couple of years with Romo.

A younger Dez in Hopkins, a deep threat in Fuller, someone with Beasley like change of direction in B. Miller and a defense that should have a healthy Watt and Clowney who's starting to show why he was the number 1 pick. They also have a pretty good RB down there to alleviate the stress of doing it all in the air.

I know everyone assumes Denver is the place he'll end up, but to me Houston makes a ton of sense. He'll be close to his home and family, have a great defense and all the offensive firepower he'll need. Plus he won't have to deal with the cold weather, a stacked division or another QB who was picked to be the future.

I could easily see Houston giving a 1st or 2nd for Romo if the Cowboys are smart and pit the 5 teams who might trade for him against each other.

This should be his best landing spot, they just have to make the numbers work because of the poor (to say the least) decision they made in getting Brock.
If they somehow get Romo, they are instantly in rhe SB discussion.

 

[daveferr33]

Jerry aint going to trade Romo to some NFL wasteland like Cleveland because they offer a high pick. He is not going to do that to Romo, if you listened to the way Jerry talks about Romo its like how a dad talks about a son almost.

Jerry is also being serious when he talks about how Romo is elite like Rogers and can make plays like Rogers. He aint saying this about Dak, he said Dak probably had the greatest rookie season a QB has ever had and ended it there. In Jerry's mind, Romo is a lot closer to Rogers than Dak is. Now many will disagree with this, but it doesn't really matter what all of us think, like he said, he is the only one making the decision so it is what he thinks that is important here.

I don't think Jerry was ever fully on board with Romo's benching. I think it was all Garrett and Stephen. Garrett is a snake in the grass and wanted to prove to the world that he could win without Romo. That's what Romo's benching was--a resentful Garrett getting back at Romo because the narrative was that Garrett was a failure without Romo. Don't forget, Garrett is a petty and small man whose career is a history of backstabbing and betrayal. Romo was just the latest.

Jerry reluctantly went along with it all and now regrets his deference.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

It may not make sense...but there is something in my gut that keeps saying that Jerry isn't done with Romo as our QB just yet.
I'd put the odds at 25/75 that Romo is our QB next year...but still something there.

I'm not saying this is the right thing to do....because it's not...
I'm not sure why you need to bash Romo in order to sell Dak though..Dak has done a good enough job selling himself.

If you read my posts on Romo especially prior to his injury it has been full support.
I've been says no get him his Terrell Davis. We did in Zeke. But Romo got hurt.

I've expressed deep regret that he couldn't win us a super bowl. I really really wanted it for him.

He had multiple chances. Some he blew, sone his team mates / coaches blew.

Dak is starter next year. Anything else is irresponsible.

 

[superonyx]

If you read my posts on Romo especially prior to his injury it has been full support.
I've been says no get him his Terrell Davis. We did in Zeke. But Romo got hurt.

I've expressed deep regret that he couldn't win us a super bowl. I really really wanted it for him.

He had multiple chances. Some he blew, sone his team mates / coaches blew.

Dak is starter next year. Anything else is irresponsible.

I agree. It has taken me a long time to accept it. In fact I'm such a Romo fan that if he is playing anywhere else next year I will have a second favorite team for the first time in my life. I also still have a feeling that Romo is the better QB today.....that said I agree that it's Daks job now.

I'm not a gambling man at all.....but I've said and felt all year that anything less than a Super Bowl for us this year opens the possibility that they open camp next year with a competition at QB between Dak and Tony.
By listening to both JG and Jerry they say nothing that changes this feeling I have. In fact Jerry makes it even stronger. The only way I see this not happening is if Tony tells Jerry that he doesn't want the option to compete for the job next year.

How confident are you that Tony is not our QB next year? I put the odds at 25% that Tony is our starting QB week 1.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I agree. It has taken me a long time to accept it. In fact I'm such a Romo fan that if he is playing anywhere else next year I will have a second favorite team for the first time in my life. I also still have a feeling that Romo is the better QB today.....that said I agree that it's Daks job now.

I'm not a gambling man at all.....but I've said and felt all year that anything less than a Super Bowl for us this year opens the possibility that they open camp next year with a competition at QB between Dak and Tony.
By listening to both JG and Jerry they say nothing that changes this feeling I have. In fact Jerry makes it even stronger. The only way I see this not happening is if Tony tells Jerry that he doesn't want the option to compete for the job next year.

How confident are you that Tony is not our QB next year? I put the odds at 25% that Tony is our starting QB week 1.

It's really sad for me that Romo didn't win us super bowl. I wanted so bad, so desperately to rub in all the New Yorkers faces. *****!

If he goes to another team I can't say the same. If he's not a cowboy I don't want him to win super bowl.
It becomes a cowboy issue. He couldn't win it with Cowboys but won it with....? Nope. "Thanks for the memories.... thanks for the memories" is all.

Romo may be the more seasoned better QB but Dak is growing and leaning at an exponential rate.
Out of the box he flat out makes better less careless decisions. I live that. Aikman was very disciplined. Dak is too. After watching Favre INT his teams chances away every year... when we got Romo.... that is what I didn't like about him.

100% sure Dak is starter. You cannot justify anything else.

 

[sean10mm]

I don't think Jerry was ever fully on board with Romo's benching. I think it was all Garrett and Stephen. Garrett is a snake in the grass and wanted to prove to the world that he could win without Romo. That's what Romo's benching was--a resentful Garrett getting back at Romo because the narrative was that Garrett was a failure without Romo. Don't forget, Garrett is a petty and small man whose career is a history of backstabbing and betrayal. Romo was just the latest.

Jerry reluctantly went along with it all and now regrets his deference.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Is this some kind of troll or performance art thing, or are you really for real here?

I've been sticking up for Romo since 2006, but he's old and busted and it's time to move on. And he was never the infallible franchise savior the lunatic fringe keeps trying to spin him as.

The second he was benched the loudest idiots did a 180 from hating Romo no matter what to begging for him to come back and save them from the young, durable Pro Bowl rookie.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

You act like Brady would have a ring with this clown show of an organization

I had Romo in mind.
But let's never again use the names Brady, Aikman, Montana etc. With the likes of Romo.
Romo is simply not in that echelon.
Romo, as made clear by the Cowboys this season, is not even on par with Dak.

 

[Deep_South]

I think Jerry was for Romo all along. He even said Tony was the number one QB not too long before he was benched. I don't think Jason Garrett and Stephen Jones did anything but look at the contract situation and convince Jerry how it would be with Dak if Tony were to come back in as starter and Dak sat on the bench for a few years. At that point, Dak, who had already showed he was a high-quality NFL starter, could have simply played out his contract and gone with the highest bidder. No option year on a 4th rounder, so better to get Dak established, make sure he's for real, then extend him for big bucks long before he hits the open market.

 

[pugilist]

Don't laugh, but I think Jerry might actually be considering an "open competition" for the QB job next year. Let Romo and Dak go at it and let the best man win. If Romo wins the job, Dak is told that he is the backup.

Jerry would view it as what is fair. Romo stepped aside and let Dak start all season so now Dak steps aside and lets Romo start all season, or at least until he gets hurt.

I know you guys are going to say this is just fantasy and is not going to happen and that all this talk by Jerry is just him trying to drive up the trade value.............but what if its not?

i guess i'm just too conservative.. i don't see the point in letting a valuable commodity go for cheap. Jerry is a lot of things, but a stupid business man he is not. If the market dictates you cannot recoup your perceived value for said commodity, then you hold on to that commodity until the market changes, or until a buyer offers you your sale value. The one thing we need to know in this whole equation is what Jerry, Stephen, and McClay THINK Romo is worth..

me, personally I think Romo is worth at the very least a 1st round pick (and I know I'm in the minority).

 

[Nightman]

0% chance that's even a discussion. He's not going to negotiate with his next team through the Dallas front office. Who would? That's not how it works. Dallas is on the hook for all the dead money regardless of what happens with another team. What his terms are with another team doesn't have any impact on Dallas' bottom dollar. He's going to be traded. The only question is for what compensation.

Neither side gets what they want with your plan

He negotiates with DAL because they both benefit........he gets 0 guaranteed right now but if he wants to still start he get 15m guaranteed and gets the choice of teams.....if he wants to stay in DAL it can't be for 14m, no chance.... he only made 8.5m this year so you can't say he won't take 5m to be a bench coach

Either way there will be no quick resolution that benefits DAL without a big trade or a renegotiation

 

[Kevinicus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Is this some kind of troll or performance art thing, or are you really for real here?

I've been sticking up for Romo since 2006, but he's old and busted and it's time to move on. And he was never the infallible franchise savior the lunatic fringe keeps trying to spin him as.

The second he was benched the loudest idiots did a 180 from hating Romo no matter what to begging for him to come back and save them from the young, durable Pro Bowl rookie.

I think you are confused. The Romo haters still hate Romo and have been ridiculing him and making Dak out to be the savior.

 

[tyke1doe]

Yep.

Best defense in the league. Kicked Brady's butt, the last team to hold GB under 30(21).

They should be willing to give up the 25th overall pick for Romo.

And have two overpaid quarterbacks on their roster? Aint gonna happen.