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Meet the new Cowboys starting QB
Put up a poll to see if he has a better body than Romo.
Meet the new Cowboys starting QB
If and when that happens, bank on Sir Jerry's saying that the legal process must play out and we support him as a member of the Cowboys family. Then Garrett will say Zeke is passionate and give him a pat on the butt and clap heartedly.To be honest. I think that is the next shoe to drop.
That's why I don't see him retiring at all. We owe him big time money. At least next couple years he will likely be our starter. If not, he's a well paid veteran backup.
If I could somehow spin this dreadful news, I would say this gives us an opportunity to see if we truly have our future QB in Dak. I thought we were an 8 or 9 team with Romo playing. i didn't think there was a chance he would start all 16 games but I absolutely didn't expect this
This speeds up our obvious choice to finding the heir apparent QB
Maybe it's not such a bad thing
You get 5.1M to replace Romo or to upgrade somewhere else to offset his loss.Not a cap expert but my read of that is it is still a bad situation. $20M of cap room for a player that isn't on the team where that money isn't available for anyone else.
We saw the talent level last year without Romo, presumably they'd need to upgrade a number of positions to get better quick -- and that $20M would be unavailable.
Am I understanding that right?
I wouldn't blame him. He earned that contract and sacrificed his body and health for it. If you dont think he will have chronic pain than youve never injured your back. He put the team first and fought through injury his whole career. Fact is hed play week 1 if they let him. Him being a back up and refusing to retire would most likely be driven by his desire for one more chance, not greed. Hes been a class act and a joy to watch and root for. Ill always respect him for what hes done here. Its a shame, he deserved better. I cant help but think back to him coming out of greenbay and crying with his family surrounding him. I love the game but more so I admire the man hes been while he represented.
I hope it's not the end for Romo but it does look like the beginning of the end.
Are we blaming Free for this? It is entirely on Romo.
the dead money is still a lot smaller than the already projected cap hits if he stays.....that is why they are savingsYep, not blaming the Cowboys front-office contract. I am just questioning a lot of the chatter I am seeing pointing to the 'cap savings' if Romo is gone.
The cap savings are outweighed, IMHO, by the massive amount of dead money.
Again, I am not a cap guy -- I don't fully understand all the implications.
No, you didn't make it clear to people that don't follow the cap issues in detail.that is exactly what I said
Yep, you know that if Tom Brady or Aaron Rogers started a slide and was hit in the back like Romo was it would have drawn a flag. It was obvious he was sliding and no flag. If it was one of the pretty boy QB's then it would have been flagged and Avril wold have been fined.You really don't get it. Opposing defenders have no fear at all with taking borderline shots at Romo because he doesn't draw flags. There was even a thread with some solid statistical facts about this recently in this forum. Defenders won't take the same liberties with golden boys.
Fact is the NFL has gone out of its way to protect QBs. They go the extra mile for some of them and not for others.
The defender had Tony wrapped up before any part of Tony touched the ground. And if by, "followed through", you mean the defender didn't defy the laws of physics and immediately levitate to avoid landing on Tony then I guess you could say he, "followed though".
There's no need to sensationalize - or blatantly fabricate - the sequence of events. Nobody would draw a flag on that play, and nobody should draw a flag on that play. Even if a flag had been wrongly thrown, the outcome doesn't change. He's still injured. The flag does nothing to change that, but I guess it could give someone a villain to direct their hate towards.
Quit lying to yourself.
Are we blaming Free for this? It is entirely on Romo.
actually it did but we'll just disagree.....but if they didn't merge my other thread people wouldn't keep asking the same questions over and overNo, you didn't make it clear to people that don't follow the cap issues in detail.
Your post causes people to just see the 19.6M in dead money and not realize that it actually frees up 5.1M of cap space or more if June 1st cut.
I would. He's been well paid already. And paid while he's missed a good number of names too. All players sacrifice their bodies to okay in the NFL, that's why they get paid millions to do it. It comes with the territory.
I have great respect for him too. I'd hate to lose it seeing him make a money grab move.
Looks like Doug Free's guy to me. Guy has never been able to sustain a block...nor keep a guy in front of him.