Romo open to reworking contract in a trade

[Nightman]

@bkight13 how would a reworked contract work for Romo here? Doesn't the prorated bonus accelerate onto the cap still? And if he reworked his contract here, how would they get around no signing bonus or not having the new one accelerate on the cap.

You are right about the acceleration........no matter what, if he is traded or cut before June 1st his cap hit will be 19.6m

The benefit to a new deal comes if the trade doesn't happen for awhile which looks highly possible
The new league starts March 9th and Dallas has to be under the cap by then.....re-doing the deal can give DAL some breathing space until they cut some guys and restructure some contracts

If Tony stays with Dallas until the Draft a 1m base instead of a 14m base would create over 10m in cap space......like you said it would all accelerate once he is traded but that is coming no matter what and they would have better plan by then

It might also help DAL find more trade partners once his base salary is lowered for 2017-19

 

[Kaiser]

Everyone is just speculating at this point. The thing that is going to hurt his value is the fact that everyone knows he's going to be cut if he can't be traded. The thing the team needs to counteract that is for enough teams to want him where nobody feels comfortable enough to just wait it out. Romo could be a real PITA here if he wants to and hopefully that isn't the case.

Romo obviously wants to start and that isn't going to happen here, so he is obviously moving on.

And there are a dozen teams that need a QB upgrade. Romo would be an instant upgrade on those teams and his schedule salary for next year is about the average (14 MM) for starting QBs. His health is the obvious question but every team in the NFL will review his medical records if they haven't already.

A pick in 2017 plus a conditional pick in 2018 based on performance is a bargain if Romo is healthy and there are at least a half dozen teams that fit the bill as a trade partner. Romo will be traded, and for more than people here expect.

 

[Cebrin]

It is a totally different dynamic with an "open" competition versus being the savior.

If open competition actually existed, Romo would have returned, and started last season.

 

[gmoney112]

We'll end up getting a conditional 3rd that could possibly turn into a 2nd.

Book it.

 

[AzorAhai]

Romo obviously wants to start and that isn't going to happen here, so he is obviously moving on.

And there are a dozen teams that need a QB upgrade. Romo would be an instant upgrade on those teams and his schedule salary for next year is about the average (14 MM) for starting QBs. His health is the obvious question but every team in the NFL will review his medical records if they haven't already.

A pick in 2017 plus a conditional pick in 2018 based on performance is a bargain if Romo is healthy and there are at least a half dozen teams that fit the bill as a trade partner. Romo will be traded, and for more than people here expect.

I think that's his value. I just think there's a lot of factors making it difficult to extract maximum value. The two biggest are Romo only wanting a real contender and Jerry loving him so much he'll open the market with only a couple of teams he's willing to trade with. Hopefully they can work together so the team and Romo come out ahead.

 

[big dog cowboy]

We'll end up getting a conditional 3rd that could possibly turn into a 2nd.

Book it.

 

[KJJ]

If open competition actually existed, Romo would have returned, and started last season.

He couldn't compete for the job during the season he was injured for half of it. By the time he was cleared to play Dak and the team were on a roll and the Cowboys had become Dak's team. We were too far into the season to go back to Romo and there was no need to.

 

[Kaiser]

I think that's his value. I just think there's a lot of factors making it difficult to extract maximum value. The two biggest are Romo only wanting a real contender and Jerry loving him so much he'll open the market with only a couple of teams he's willing to trade with. Hopefully they can work together so the team and Romo come out ahead.

I hear you, but the old saying is "It only takes one". If you are a team like Denver where Romo could put you over the top - and you have other bidders - its not hard to see them giving up a #3 this year and a conditional pick in 2018 that could be nothing, but could be a lot if you win the Super Bowl.

 

[DandyDon52]

What if Romo redid his contract to stay here ?? and compete for just the 2017 starting role.
And this article really says nothing new, it is all speculation.

 

[KJJ]

What if Romo redid his contract to stay here ?? and compete for just the 2017 starting role.
And this article really says nothing new, it is all speculation.

He's not going want to compete for a job he didn't lose on the field and take a pay cut to do it. Besides the Cowboys aren't going to want to have a QB competition in training camp this summer. They've made up their mind Dak is their QB and that Romo will be traded or released.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

It's been ten years

10 frustrating years.

 

[ghst187]

But the most intriguing to me. It will be interesting to see what this team will in March and April. If Romo is willing to rework his contract, that opens the door for many other options. It helps him and Dallas.

I'm not sure it's possible or not but I have been thinking it really doesn't matter if we get Romo to rework his deal to dramatically lower his cap hit or we trade him for a day two draft pick but the bottom line for us should be getting at least one significant player in return, whether that be because Romo frees up the cap space to sign a FA or we get a draft pick. Either way we have to get another player and upgrade one position in return but it could come one of two ways.

 

[Idgit]

Romo's deal is not all that big for a QB of his stature. And it's not got any guaranteed money. Of course he'd be willing to re-work it in favor of some guarantees. That's sort of a no-brainer, isn't it? I think it's far from a given that we wouldn't be able to trade it as-is, though.

Somebody's going to get him and they're going to look like geniuses. While other teams are going to overpay for lesser players who happen to be younger but can't play. This league is bizarre sometimes.

 

[thisiscowboyscountry]

The Cowboys would be crazy to not get atleast get a 3rd round pick for Romo, based on some of the trades made over the years involving QBs.

The trade I would look at is the Favre trade back in 2008. It started as a 4th rounder, increased to a 3rd for Favre playing 50 percent of the time, to a 2nd rounder for 70 percent and playoffs to a 1st rounder for 80 percent and Super Bowl. Hard to say where Romo's value lies as he 3 years younger than Favre at the time, but also comes with more injury concerns. I still don't see how there is any chance his value is less.

Personally I would hold him for as long as it would take to get a deal done. We know he wants to play which is the best leverage the Cowboys have over Romo. Secondly there are other QB needy teams and we know if you don't have a QB you have nothing. If this plays out past June so be it, the June 1st cap designation doesn't help the Cowboys in free agency and the cap hit is the same just spread out between two years instead of one.

 

[LandryFan]

Getting cap space is not enough of a reason to do anything with Romo because the current FO has proven they are not going to spend on FA.

The reasons to cut or trade are all about getting a draft pick, Jerry's allegiance to Tony, and Dak's/the team's psyche.

We all have to face the fact that this team is not signing a top tier FA for big $$$, no matter how much cap space is available.

We also have to face the fact that as long as the team keeps drafting superb players (O-Line, Zeke, Dak, Brown, Collins), we'll need big $$$ to resign our own.

 

[LandryFan]

Curious the difference between him working out for his next chapter and his typical offseason with the Cowboys. Hope we can't tell he's in the best shape of his life or I will be ticked big time.

It has been reported over the years that Romo works hard every offseason. I don't think he has ever been a slacker (regardless of what that photo in someone's sig says...)

 

[Sydla]

would much rather having him as backup than a 3rd round pick... assuming he is willing
there is plenty of cap space for next 2 years

Ummmm no.

Time to cut the cord. It stinks, but it is what it is. Take the 3rd round pick and maybe another pick in 2018 and continue to build for the future. Romo is the past, unforuntaely.

 

[Sydla]

get a third for Romo fine with me
I still roll with the article saying JJones will release him
let's see

I'd love to get a 3rd this year and then some sort of conditional for 2018 based on the team's success or games played by Romo in 2017.

 

[Sydla]

we have plenty of money.
why not have the best backup in the league?

At the expense of filling other holes?

No thanks.

 

[Sydla]

We'll end up getting a conditional 3rd that could possibly turn into a 2nd.

Book it.

The only way we get just one conditional pick, is if it's for 2018. You can't have a conditional pick in 2017 because what would you base the conditions on? There is no season between now and the draft?

I suspect if he gets traded, it will be a condition in 2018 with another pick this year, maybe even as low as say a 4th or 5th rounder.