Screw the Rest of the League. Keep Tony

[gimmesix]

If you can get decent draft picks for Tony, then you do so. It is that simple.

Dak is the starter for the foreseeable future and to get draft value for Romo would be part of the windfall that results from finding a rookie pro bowl QB in the 4th round.

This is where I stand for this year. The savings for cutting Romo this year is $5 million, which isn't as significant as the savings next year, which would be around $16 million. If we don't get a good offer for Romo, then I don't see letting him walk just so he can start for another team as a compelling reason to cut him. He has value to this team.

Now, I do believe Jerry will let him just walk if we don't get a decent offer, but I wouldn't. I value having quality depth.

 

[Doomsday101]

No way Dallas is paying 24.5 mill for a backup. I know we have a lot of people who love Romo as do I but come on that would be plain stupid for Dallas to have that much cash sitting on the bench when other areas need to be addressed. Dallas would be screwing themselves not the league. Loyalty is great but Dallas can't afford to keep Tony

 

[DallasEast]

No way Dallas is paying 24.5 mill for a backup. I know we have a lot of people who love Romo as do I but come on that would be plain stupid for Dallas to have that much cash sitting on the bench when other areas need to be addressed. Dallas would be screwing themselves not the league. Loyalty is great but Dallas can't afford to keep Tony

I'm not certain some opinions are driven by personal sense of loyalty or a lack of practicality. Retaining Romo is doable but doing so would be at a cost. I leave it to the salary cap capologists to explain how significant or insignificant that cost might be.

 

[ghst187]

I think we need to change the title of the OP to "Screw Tony, keep him away from the rest of the league"

 

[Doomsday101]

I'm not certain some opinions are driven by personal sense of loyalty or a lack of practicality. Retaining Romo is doable but doing so would be at a cost. I leave it to the salary cap capologists to explain how significant or insignificant that cost might be.

No doubt, it is doable but not smart. I know having the highest paid player on the team sitting on the bench is not a smart move. As I said I have been a big supporter of Tony throughout the years and I will always respect him and what he has done for this team but from a business stand point it makes 0 sense to have that much money sitting on the bench when clearly those rescores can be used to help improve this team

We are not talking a mid level contract, tony is one of the highest paid players in the NFL and a team can't pay that for a backup player

 

[DeaconMoss]

No way Dallas is paying 24.5 mill for a backup. I know we have a lot of people who love Romo as do I but come on that would be plain stupid for Dallas to have that much cash sitting on the bench when other areas need to be addressed. Dallas would be screwing themselves not the league. Loyalty is great but Dallas can't afford to keep Tony

ur gonna pay him 19 million to play for someone else

 

[Doomsday101]

ur gonna pay him 19 million to play for someone else

If it is freeing up money to the Cowboys then yes. Dallas needs to get his contract off the books, in doing so you free up more money for this team to use on other players who can actually help this team.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I agree with the original poster. I think we either need to rape, and by rape I do mean rape, pillage and burn a team who trades us for Romo, or keep Romo with the Cowboys. The $5 million we save in cap room is not worth it to give Romo away. I would plan on him being on the team unless and until someone blows us away with an offer we can't refuse.

5 million dollars is worth it for me not to have to think Sanchez or Moore are on the team. They can't win us a game. No way I cut him. Only a value trade would I let him go.

 

[Doomsday101]

5 million dollars is worth it for me not to have to think Sanchez or Moore are on the team. They can't win us a game. No way I cut him. Only a value trade would I let him go.

It is not just next year he is under contract until 2019. Cowboys need to move on. Yes they need to address backup QB but you sure as hell do not do it with a 24.5 mill dollar QB. no team would do that and hopefully the Cowboys are smart enough to understand that as well.

 

[DeaconMoss]

If it is freeing up money to the Cowboys then yes. Dallas needs to get his contract off the books, in doing so you free up more money for this team to use on other players who can actually help this team.

I can nearly guarantee this. If you hold onto him, someone is going to pick up that phone. He's too valuable and too enticing for a team that needs a QB. Whether its draft day, after the draft, during the season. Someone will need a starting QB, and Romo would have to be the #1 option for someone wanting top level QB play. QB's are so hard to find I can't imagine just releasing one to the streets for no value in return.

 

[Doomsday101]

I can nearly guarantee this. If you hold onto him, someone is going to pick up that phone. He's too valuable and too enticing for a team that needs a QB. Whether its draft day, after the draft, during the season. Someone will need a starting QB, and Romo would have to be the #1 option for someone wanting top level QB play. QB's are so hard to find I can't imagine just releasing one to the streets for no value in return.

I think if he is willing to redo his contract you could get a team interested for a mid rd pick. no one is paying big money for a QB of his age and injury history and giving up top picks. Even Romo knows this which is why he may be willing to work with the Cowboys. I agree QB are hard to find but whom ever signs him will likely do so on a 2 year deal knowing his time is limited.

 

[DeaconMoss]

@bkight13 salary experts - ? - Can Dallas trade Romo for say a 4th round pick and go halfsies on his contract? and then 2018 he has no cap impact?

 

[Kevinicus]

5 million dollars is worth it for me not to have to think Sanchez or Moore are on the team. They can't win us a game. No way I cut him. Only a value trade would I let him go.

The cost for Romo in 2017 is 14 million, not 5. 5 million is just the cap savings for 2017 if he is released or cut, but the overall savings is going to be 14 million. The question is just a matter of which year that savings is felt. Base salary is the number to look at.

 

[Kevinicus]

No way Dallas is paying 24.5 mill for a backup. I know we have a lot of people who love Romo as do I but come on that would be plain stupid for Dallas to have that much cash sitting on the bench when other areas need to be addressed. Dallas would be screwing themselves not the league. Loyalty is great but Dallas can't afford to keep Tony

I would say that if Romo is on the Cowboys in 2017, he is likely the starter (or at least there is a competition - which I would think he'd win). It's also likely that if he is on the team, he has agreed to a pay cut.

I don't think either is very likely, though.

 

[Doomsday101]

I would say that if Romo is on the Cowboys in 2017, he is likely the starter (or at least there is a competition - which I would think he'd win). It's also likely that if he is on the team, he has agreed to a pay cut.

I don't think either is very likely, though.

I don't. Dak is the starter, Cowboys are looking to the future not to go backwards. Cowboys have moved on, only some fans have yet to do the same. I like Tony always have but now is not the time to play this loyalty BS. He is up in age and the hits have taken their toll.

 

[Kevinicus]

I don't. Dak is the starter, Cowboys are looking to the future not to go backwards. Cowboys have moved on, only some fans have yet to do the same. I like Tony always have but now is not the time to play this loyalty BS. He is up in age and the hits have taken their toll.

I don't see it as loyalty, I see it as the best player starting. Again, IF he were to remain on the roster next year which would require a lot of things to happen.

It's never going backward to play the best player.

 

[Doomsday101]

I don't see it as loyalty, I see it as the best player starting. Again, IF he were to remain on the roster next year which would require a lot of things to happen.

It's never going backward to play the best player.

Dak took over and did an outstanding job leading this team and I fully expect it is his job. Just as it became Tony job once he took over. The best player is Dak, he can make the plays and is durable. he lead this team even when guys like Tyron Smith was missing time and yet Dak continued to go out and help this team win. he had no defense he could lean on and yet continued to win. It is his team no question about it. those clinging on to Romo hate to say it but it is over with. Cowboys have made the call

 

[rambo2]

No way Dallas is paying 24.5 mill for a backup. I know we have a lot of people who love Romo as do I but come on that would be plain stupid for Dallas to have that much cash sitting on the bench when other areas need to be addressed. Dallas would be screwing themselves not the league. Loyalty is great but Dallas can't afford to keep Tony

Dak should be the backup. Romo should start. Then Dallas has the best one two punch in the league which will equal the number one position in the NFC.

 

[rambo2]

It is not just next year he is under contract until 2019. Cowboys need to move on. Yes they need to address backup QB but you sure as hell do not do it with a 24.5 mill dollar QB. no team would do that and hopefully the Cowboys are smart enough to understand that as well.

Imagine how smart they would be if Romo started and Dak was the backup. They would have the best qbs in the league with the best running back and the best oline.

 

[Doomsday101]

Dak should be the backup. Romo should start. Then Dallas has the best one two punch in the league which will equal the number one position in the NFC.

Well that is not going to happen. Dak took over and earned the job. People can complain all they want or they can back this young man who did what most said he could not do and he has proven them wrong.