Tony Romo - how many years left

[JackOfNoTrades]

With Romo at age 35 and turning 36 before next season, how many more seasons is realistic for him to play? He theoretically has the Oline in place now and for several years to protect him. His skill and level of play still look to be sharp.

Brady is 38 and looks as good as ever. Everyone knows him saying he's got 10 more years that he doesn't believe it either.

Payton at 39, it looks like he's possibly turned a corner.

It's safe to say they've all taken beatings throughout their careers so what's realistic......3, 4 or 5 years?

 

[goshan]

With Romo at age 35 and turning 36 before next season, how many more seasons is realistic for him to play? He theoretically has the Oline in place now and for several years to protect him. His skill and level of play still look to be sharp.

Brady is 38 and looks as good as ever. Everyone knows him saying he's got 10 more years that he doesn't believe it either.

Payton at 39, it looks like he's possibly turned a corner.

It's safe to say they've all taken beatings throughout their careers so what's realistic......3, 4 or 5 years?

Two more after this year is about as good as you would hope for with his injury history.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Id say 3 if I were gonna bet on it.

 

[rynochop]

3 As well. His back worries me. I saw him wincing in pain after one shot he took, in the back. It wasn't a vicious hit either

 

[DandyDon1722]

I have to agree with three also but I expect they will be efficient years rather than explosive ones.

Defense and the running game will be more important than ever.

 

[bark]

Just like every other NFC player, he is one hit away.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think Tony has two good years left. I think he could play five if he was kept healthy but realistically, I think we have two years to win a championship. After that, we are feeding off of our young.

 

[Common Sense]

Two good years is probably a fair assumption. Less if he takes that one nasty shot that no one wants to see. If he plays beyond that, he probably won't be the same player that he once was.

 

[perrykemp]

Tony Romo has missed games three different times with three different injuries going back the last game of 2013 where Orton failed to get the win and put the Cowboys into the playoffs.

He missed 9 full games in total during that stretch and has been knocked out of 2 others over that span of time where they also lost.

That's 40% of the Cowboy's games over going back to the last game of 2013 where he wasn't on the field.

When you add the two games he played where his various back injuries really contributed to losses -- the 49ers and the 1st Eagles game last season you reach nearly 50% of the Cowboy's last 27 games where Romo's injuries have contributed to losses.

50% is statistically significant.

The questions is whether the Front Office is being anything but hopeful to expect any more participation than that from Romo going forward.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Tony is going to play until Garret and JJ have to hire security to keep him off the field. He will sneak into the huddle and tell whatever QB is in there to hit the bricks.

I would give him 2..maybe 3. I think , if things fall just right, he has a chance at a SB. Both him and Witten, which would be a dream come true for me. Me, like many others here, have watched their entire careers....... And we all know they darn well deserve it. Both of them should go down as all-time great Dallas Cowboys , and all-time great NFL football professionals; Just great football players. Great human beings, and great professionals....cant say enough about those two players. I put them right up there with Payton and Reggie White types.....

Tonys games is to scramble a little..... when he loses that, and loses a little arm strength.....its going to be hard not to think , the backup could do better. Witten is starting to show signs of slowing down

Im saying we dont see a 3rd year after this. 2 years. If were lucky.

 

[vlad]

With our current offensive system, probably a few is best you can hope. If he was running something more contemporary designed to get the ball out more quickly I could see him playing long after that. IMHO this system relies on route concepts that take a long time to develop, so he has a tendency to get smashed. That's why it feels like our qb is always under a collapsing pocket.


Side note...
The crazy thing for as good as he's been I think he'd be much better using his skills to get the ball out quickly, accurately and safely. I wish they'd at least let him run no huddle more often and see the results. My distaste for our passing game design goes back to when JG took over. I'm curious how this system would function if we had say, Cleveland's talent. Right now it's fair to say top 10 qb, wr, te, and o-line. During our injury period that's when the system should be relied upon. I can't blame Jerry for this, we should be scoring more.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Two good years is probably a fair assumption. Less if he takes that one nasty shot that no one wants to see. If he plays beyond that, he probably won't be the same player that he once was.

Yeah, hope we are wrong CS but I fear we are not. Not looking forward to the days of having to find a QB again. I remember the post Aikman era all too well.

 

[robjay04]

I say we should count on 2 and that is based solely on his contract. Anything past two is a bonus at this point.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Who knows? One little injury can slow a player of his age down enough to where he's no longer worth what he's getting paid. I kind of look at him a bit like Matt Hasselbeck in his final days in Seattle. Aboutt he same age and Hasselbeck had '4 years off' according to Jerry logic. But, by the time he was 34 years old he was injury prone and started to not be as effective. He did become a good backup for Indy, but I'm not interested in Romo being a backup.

I just hope to get 2 more good years from Romo. Maybe the organization will wake up and see that Romo isn't superman and how the Packers seamlessly transitioned from Favre to Rodgers.

But, that's sounding more and more like a pipedream.







YR

 

[jmnichols75]

Just like every other NFC player, he is one hit away.

It takes at least 3 or 4 hits to chop down an AFC player...they're tough in that conference.

 

[robjay04]

Who knows? One little injury can slow a player of his age down enough to where he's no longer worth what he's getting paid. I kind of look at him a bit like Matt Hasselbeck in his final days in Seattle. Aboutt he same age and Hasselbeck had '4 years off' according to Jerry logic. But, by the time he was 34 years old he was injury prone and started to not be as effective. He did become a good backup for Indy, but I'm not interested in Romo being a backup.

I just hope to get 2 more good years from Romo. Maybe the organization will wake up and see that Romo isn't superman and how the Packers seamlessly transitioned from Favre to Rodgers.YR

But, that's sounding more and more like a pipedream.

Packers got lucky, it's not everyday a franchise caliber QB that is projected to be a top 5 pick falls to 24. Actually Jerry himself wanted to do something similar last season with Manziel but it seems like it is a good thing he didn't.

 

[jmnichols75]

With Romo at age 35 and turning 36 before next season, how many more seasons is realistic for him to play? He theoretically has the Oline in place now and for several years to protect him. His skill and level of play still look to be sharp.

Brady is 38 and looks as good as ever. Everyone knows him saying he's got 10 more years that he doesn't believe it either.

Payton at 39, it looks like he's possibly turned a corner.

It's safe to say they've all taken beatings throughout their careers so what's realistic......3, 4 or 5 years?

I give Romo two more "good" years (where he can perform at roughly the level he is performing now). Then, 1-2 more "adequate" years where the team CAN win with him, but can't depend on him like they do now. Then, if he isn't "smart" enough to hang up the cleats, a year (possibly two) of trying to recreate some Romo magic, but really only detracting from his legacy through poor play (due to age).

His willingness to take hits to let plays develop or, in some instances, to develop the plays himself has led to some extra mileage being put on his body. That has probably robbed him of a year or two. What might get him to 40 and still playing well is that he sat his first few years in the league. If he hadn't taken those hits, he might have been able to play well until 42 or 43. But, that's (of course) hypothetical and we'll never really know.

 

[Direwolf63]

I don't know how many years he has left but the team has to start looking for his replacement in this upcoming draft. There is no more time to waste.

 

[Hardline]

We simply don't know how many years he has left.

 

[StarBoyz83]

2 at the most. Then dallas will suck for another at least 5 years after that.