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Tony Romo won't be threatened if Cowboys take QB in first round
Jean-Jacques Taylor
1:13 PM ET
IRVING, Texas -- Whether Tony Romo wants the Dallas Cowboys to a draft a quarterback with the fourth overall pick is irrelevant.
He doesn't get a vote, nor should he have one.
He's going to get paid $8.5 million, while counting nearly $21 million against the club’s salary cap, to play quarterback and lead the Cowboys to the playoffs for sixth time since he became a starter in 2006.
That said, if the Cowboys draft a quarterback in one of the first two rounds, Romo will be the consummate teammate.
He'll help the new guy on the practice field and in the meeting room. He'll answer questions, and, knowing Romo, he'll give helpful advice whether it's solicited or not.
To do anything else would be fraudulent.
Romo is a top example of Jason Garrett's "right kind of guy." A big part of that is being a good teammate and part of being a good teammate is helping other players improve. Players do it at other positions all of the time.
“If the best player there is a quarterback, then that's what our team needs,” Romo said at the end of the season. “I'm just obviously a player on the football team and I don't have to make those decisions and I'm glad.
“My job is go out and get better and make sure this team wins next year. And I'm going to do everything in my power to ensure that.”
In the 10 seasons Romo has been the Cowboys’ starting quarterback, there hasn't been anything about his personality, attitude or performance to suggest he’s selfish. So don't listen to the narrative about Romo being reluctant to help a first-round QB pick because he doesn't want to train his eventual replacement.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowb...ed-by-dallas-cowboys-taking-qb-in-first-round
Tony Romo won't be threatened if Cowboys take QB in first round
Jean-Jacques Taylor
1:13 PM ET
IRVING, Texas -- Whether Tony Romo wants the Dallas Cowboys to a draft a quarterback with the fourth overall pick is irrelevant.
He doesn't get a vote, nor should he have one.
He's going to get paid $8.5 million, while counting nearly $21 million against the club’s salary cap, to play quarterback and lead the Cowboys to the playoffs for sixth time since he became a starter in 2006.
That said, if the Cowboys draft a quarterback in one of the first two rounds, Romo will be the consummate teammate.
He'll help the new guy on the practice field and in the meeting room. He'll answer questions, and, knowing Romo, he'll give helpful advice whether it's solicited or not.
To do anything else would be fraudulent.
Romo is a top example of Jason Garrett's "right kind of guy." A big part of that is being a good teammate and part of being a good teammate is helping other players improve. Players do it at other positions all of the time.
“If the best player there is a quarterback, then that's what our team needs,” Romo said at the end of the season. “I'm just obviously a player on the football team and I don't have to make those decisions and I'm glad.
“My job is go out and get better and make sure this team wins next year. And I'm going to do everything in my power to ensure that.”
In the 10 seasons Romo has been the Cowboys’ starting quarterback, there hasn't been anything about his personality, attitude or performance to suggest he’s selfish. So don't listen to the narrative about Romo being reluctant to help a first-round QB pick because he doesn't want to train his eventual replacement.
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