Tony Romo: should we keep and start him 2017?

[Cowboysfan917]

It won't happen but I agree with your points. That being said, they made their bed and have to lie in it. It's Dak's team. I was always of the belief that we should've gone back to Romo when he was healthy and just delay Dak's starting for a couple of seasons

 

[KJJ]

I would keep him and let him be starter !
let him have one last chance, and see what happens.
He is going to be the healthiest he has been since 2006, he has had a year off now and by TC it will be 1 1/2 years.
He looked good in phil game, so we could be trading away or throwing away a very good QB, possibly better than Dak.

They could also let Dak start some of the games so it isnt a long 16 game season for either qb.

It is just one year !
and you dont know what you will actually get for tony, possibly nothing, and like a comp pick, and that guy is a bust, you got nothing.

Dak is young he has plenty of time to win SB's and he didnt get it done in 2016,
so I am all for benching him in favor of Tony and just see what he can do.

I would want Dak to start games, and play whole game to keep him in the groove, and rest tony.
Question is which games, and they would need to be spaced .
Some teams Dak might match up better with or just every 5th game he starts.

Many would like to see this, and tony would get one last shot to get a ring with cowboys.
It would also increase his value if it worked out right.
And it might get cowboys a SB win.

If Tony gets hurt, Dak takes over , no problemo !
And I dont think it would bother Dak for tony to get 1 last chance.

I like the idea, what do you guys and gals think ??

I know it wont happen, but maybe jerry hears about this thread, and likes it too lol.

Your idea is hands down the worst idea I've heard and you can mark it down it will NEVER happen. Having Romo start, then allowing Dak to start some games would cause a huge distraction/controversy that would result in a divide amongst the fanbase and the locker room. Both Dak and Romo wouldn't be happy with the situation either and it could put a strain on their relationship. Your idea reminds me of when Landry started both Staubach and Morton in 1971 which neither QB was happy with and the team was so unhappy with the situation they called a meeting with Landry demanding he choose ONE starting QB. A team has to know who their leader at QB is. Romo held a press conference to relinquish his starting job to eliminate the speculation and distraction that was going on.

The team settled on Dak and he did nothing in 2016 to leave any doubts in anyones mind that he's our franchise QB going forward. We have something positive developing with this team with 2 young players at key positions and we need to keep building on it in 2017. We have to go into the 2017 season with our QB situation settled and for their to be no distractions Romo has to be playing elsewhere. Romo will get one last chance but it won't be with the Cowboys. He had 11 years as the starter in Dallas and we only made the playoffs 4 times in those 11 seasons, with only two playoff wins and never got past the divisional round. Not putting all the blame on him but we never got over the hump with him at QB. The team has moved on from him and now the Cowboys are Dak's team.

 

[sean10mm]

I kind of love the pigheaded determination of some folks here to believe in stuff that will never, ever, ever, ever, ever happen.

Romo is not going to be a Cowboy when the 2017 season starts. Y'all might as well make peace with that and get on with your lives. All the whining and complaining and gnashing of teeth about it is just the internet equivalent of yelling at clouds.

 

[Bohuntr97]

Yelling at clouds cracked me up. But I totally agree with your post.

 

[Joe Realist]

No, no, no. Here is the plan:

1. Trade Tony or release him
2. Have Sanchez and Moore battle it out
3. Convert Dak to TE
4. Sign Danny White

 

[haleyrules]

No, no, no. Here is the plan:

1. Trade Tony or release him
2. Have Sanchez and Moore battle it out
3. Convert Dak to TE
4. Sign Danny White

Danny said he wouldn't work with Jerry unless they brought Roger back as QB coach and only then for 5 seasons!

 

[Ring Leader]

No! Tony is the past. Long overdue to move on. Prescott is the present and the future. Pointless to waste any more time on a 37 yr old with serious injuries and who has never won anything when it counted.

Polly wanna cracker?

 

[Jake]

No, no, no. Here is the plan:

1. Trade Tony or release him
2. Have Sanchez and Moore battle it out
3. Convert Dak to TE
4. Sign Danny White

Danny White had his chances and always came up short. It's time to see what Gary Hogeboom can do.

 

[JoeKing]

There should be an open competition at Training Camp for every position!

 

[DandyDon52]

There should be an open competition at Training Camp for every position!

yes there should be , but certain players have guaranteed spots as starters, actually lol quite a few do.

The way it works is, if your not a starter or new, you have to be outstanding to get playing time, unless injurys get you in the game.
Then if your outstanding in games, your still not the starter but get more playing time, then if you just keep being outstanding
or have a great game or 2 then you become a starter for years and years lol .
I always think of miles austin with this.

 

[JoeKing]

yes there should be , but certain players have guaranteed spots as starters, actually lol quite a few do.

The way it works is, if your not a starter or new, you have to be outstanding to get playing time, unless injurys get you in the game.
Then if your outstanding in games, your still not the starter but get more playing time, then if you just keep being outstanding
or have a great game or 2 then you become a starter for years and years lol .
I always think of miles austin with this.

Romo deserves to compete for the starting QB job.

 

[zeke21]

I'm a Romo and Dak fan.. but we blew it big time by not giving Romo his job back last season. However we made the bad choice and now we have to live with it. Absolutely no point keeping Romo around for another season when clapper has made it clear he will not play him.. ever.

So I resigned to the fact that Romo has to move on. Gut wrenching but we are tied to Dak now whether we like it or not.

 

[zeke21]

Romo deserves to compete for the starting QB job.

Most observers will tell you that they can't allow Romo to compete because he would beat Dak in every single skill challenge or drill. Romo is, by a long long long long long way, the better QB. So I don't see why you would let him compete when you already know the outcome.

This organisation has picked its horse.. now we just have to saddle up and hope for the right result. Probably means very little until we get a coach that understands game management anyway though...

 

[TRUTH87]

Most observers will tell you that they can't allow Romo to compete because he would beat Dak in every single skill challenge or drill. Romo is, by a long long long long long way, the better QB. So I don't see why you would let him compete when you already know the outcome.

This organisation has picked its horse.. now we just have to saddle up and hope for the right result. Probably means very little until we get a coach that understands game management anyway though...

guys romos been around the team for a decade. not saying its his fault we havent won it but its time to move on.

if romo was to stay hes not playing 16 games. dak is gona come back in.. i dont wana go thru that qb dilemma again.

 

[DandyDon52]

Romo deserves to compete for the starting QB job.

I think he does, and if he did, and played good, and avoided injury's , it would up his value greatly for a trade to benefit
the cowboys in 2018.
One more year isnt going to matter much, and I like having the 2 good qb's.

Thing is if Romo hadnt got the injury in seattle, cap wise no one would be complaining or saying time to move on.
We would be Tony starter and Dak # 2.
But now we know how Dak can play, so if Tony isnt winning games, then put Dak back in, same if he gets hurt.

I think JG and Linehan wanted to go with dak last season, and may still,so They have a say in whether tony
gets another shot here or not.

With our coaches, I dont think Dak can do any better than tony in playoffs.
But we will find out in march or April what is gonna happen with Tony.

 

[xwalker]

Tony gets 10,700,000 regardless in signing bonus prorated $ no way out of that.
His base salary is 14,000,000 if he is cut or traded, that is what cowboys would have to work with and tony would be gone.
So what if Tony said he would take 4 mil in base salary, if he could start just in 2017 ?
That would make it 10,000,000 that cowboys would have to work with plus tony is still here.
That 10 mil could buy 1 maybe 2 top defensive free agents.
The other thing is we would still have two top qb's and tony could get his last chance as qb of the cowboys.
Plus with dak we dont really need the other bkup qb's.

So getting rid of Romo in that scenario only adds 4 mil, but then part of that has to pay another bkup qb or 2.
If tony plays and doesnt get hurt again, then his trade value goes way up, and they might get a high pick for him after the season.

I don't know what you mean he gets 10.7M regardless. That prorated money is from bonuses that he has already received.

Cap space in 2017 is not an issue. Any decisions on free agents are based on the long term, not 1 year.

The only money that would affect any decisions is Romo's base salary. If he stays then an extra 14M hits the cap as compared to him being gone unless he takes a paycut which is highly unlikely.

People should just pretend that he has a 1-year, 14M contract and quit confusing themselves with the details.

If Romo didn't get injured in the preseason, they would be paying him 14M in 2017. Now they don't have to pay him. They can pay Moore 750k to be the backup. That gives them 13.25M more than they would not have had.

It does not matter which year or years the savings shows up. They save his 14M salary when considering big picture of the cap over multiple years.

 

[sean10mm]

Most observers will tell you that they can't allow Romo to compete because he would beat Dak in every single skill challenge or drill. Romo is, by a long long long long long way, the better QB. So I don't see why you would let him compete when you already know the outcome.

The problem with this line of thinking is that you can't trust Romo's body to make it out of a preseason touch football game.

 

[rambo2]

I think that Romo is better than Dak, but it doesn't look like they are going to let Romo start. It will be interesting to see what happens, It is a big gamble letting Romo go.

 

[sean10mm]

I think that Romo is better than Dak, but it doesn't look like they are going to let Romo start. It will be interesting to see what happens, It is a big gamble letting Romo go.

Disposing of aging quarterbacks with a long history of major injuries is not a big gamble, keeping them on the roster expecting them to start 16 games for you is the big gamble.

 

[fairviewfarmer]

Danny White had his chances and always came up short. It's time to see what Gary Hogeboom can do.

I'm still waiting for Glenn Carano to get his fair shot at no. 1..............