Romo received what was, and still is, the richest contract in Dallas Cowboys team history
His 2013 contract was 108m total and contained the most guaranteed money in NFL history
Neither Zeke nor D-Law signed a bigger deal and that was 7 years ago!
Rodgers deal, signed the same year (2013), was for 110m, just 2m across the entirety of his deal
The story that Tony was some “aww shucks, pay my o-line, I would play for free because I just want to win”, kinda guy is totally bogus
I was a huge Tony Romo fan. I still am. I love me some Romo, but if you’re going to try to use him against Dak in some way, at least get the facts straight.
For the sake of comparison
- In 2016, Romo accounted for 14% of the Cowboys salary cap
- 2020 cap is projected to be 200m
- Let’s say Dak gets 35m, that’s 17%
- There won’t be a 35m hit though. QB deals are always structured with huge singing bonuses that spread the impact across the contract
- Russell Wilson, 35m - last year, the first year of his new deal, he only counted 26m against the cap
- A similarly structured contract for Dak would make him account for 13% of the cap, less than Romo did in 2016