What If DAL Would've Cut Tony Romo In 2004?

[KJJ]

Well, according to some "fans," without Romo, we'd have won multiple Super Bowls from 2006-present. Because Romo is the problem.

Never heard anyone say that before would like to know what QB we would have won those multiple SB's with. According to some FANS Romo would have won multiple SB's had he played with anyone but the Cowboys.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Who knows. Maybe we never address QB and just continue to use journeyman QB's as our QB's. Maybe we draft Aaron Rodgers one year or maybe we stink bad enough to draft Andrew Luck. Hard to know.

 

[Pabst]

I was at the training camp in San Antonio when Romo was a rookie and Parcells was in his first year.

Romo was constantly on the field after practice ended, throwing passes to anyone he could, usually wideouts who had no shot of making the roster. By contrast, Chad Hutchinson, who was also brought in, always left the field as soon as he could, and didn't look particularly good on it. He had the same problems Brandon Weeden currently has: all fastball, no touch, can't really read a defense.

I think Parcells had really soured on "pitcher" quarterbacks after Hutchinson was brought in, and that probably applied to Henson too. I really think the Henson trade was all Jerry. I think they would have tried to keep Romo somehow if Carter had not screwed up, possibly by carrying 4 quarterbacks or trying to stash him on the PS.

Who knows, though. Football is full of "what if's."

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

He would have been in Denver. Shanahan tried to sign him as an UFA. Offered more money. He also tried to sign him after his initial contact was up. That drove why we paid him so much for never having started. Mike Shanahan also went to Eastern Illinois and he also new about Romo.

 

[jrumann59]

There would have been a Tony Romo Rueage Section on the Forums.

 

[mmohican29]

I don't think Parcells viewed Bledsoe as the long term answer. Bill probably saw Drew as the immediate answer, but he still wanted to find a QB that would be around for a long time. That doesn't mean Parcells wanted to draft Rodgers, but no one was counting on Bledsoe to stick around for a decade.

I'm so over the Parcells era. The only positives from that era? Romo , Witten, and Ware. And I thought Terry Glenn was fun to watch for a few seasons.

The players he has been credited for developing in his 3-4 D couldn't stop anyone when it counted, and the choking 2000's Cowboys were born and remained here for Wade's tenure and into Jason's.

 

[joseephuss]

He would have been in Denver. Shanahan tried to sign him as an UFA. Offered more money. He also tried to sign him after his initial contact was up. That drove why we paid him so much for never having started. Mike Shanahan also went to Eastern Illinois and he also new about Romo.

When was Romo's initital contract up? I don't recall how long he was signed for in 2003. I do know Dallas signed him to his big extension during the 2007 season before he became a free agent at the end of the year. Was he under an initial 5 year deal? Or less than that?

Edit:

http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com...-tony-romo-signs-1-year-39-million-extension/

I found my own answer. He was signed to a 4 year deal as a rookie and then signed a 2 year(really 1 year) extension just before the 2006 season.

 

[DeaconMoss]

https://twitter.com/CowboysTalkLine/status/535541326503485441

So now I see where you guys get your news. No Original thought....

 

[big dog cowboy]

If Romo was cut he would have ended up in NO.

What if we had drafted Aaron Rodgers over Marcus Spears?

Great thinking.

 

[TwoDeep3]

What if the refs called pass interference on Deion at the four-yard line and Dallas had the ball deep in the 9ers territory and scored on the next play, pulling within 3 point of them? Think Dallas would have made a game of it then with over six minutes left after spotting the 9ers 21 points?

What if Irvin was not crumpled on the floor of the Vet and was around for the remainder of that season when Dallas was at that point the most prolific offense in the league with a pretty good defense? Would they have beaten the Rams and gone to the SB?

What if I was driving in Austin one night and found Sandra Bullock on the side of the road with a flat tire, and I stopped and changed it for her, and she was so appreciative she invited me back to her house to say thank you, discovered she liked fat old men, and we were married? Think I could hire an assistant to take dictation and type my posts on here as I insult each of you at one time or another while Sandy is off making more millions for me to enjoy?

What if. A sport enjoyed by all that doesn't cause you to break a sweat.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Well, according to some "fans," without Romo, we'd have won multiple Super Bowls from 2006-present. Because Romo is the problem.

While his bad decisions are part of the problem.... Without him and we would gave given Dave Campos 5-11 threepeat a run for it's money....

 

[Risen Star]

Thankfully they missed him lollipopping all his throws in Arizona that preseason.

 

[5Stars]

Without reading this whole thread, if Romo were to be cut back then, or hell, even tomorrow, ufcrules would celebrate like it's 1999 and might finally leave his house to look for a girlfriend....or boyfriend.

 

[erod]

Just look at the quarterbacks taken in the draft Romo's rookie year.

 

[5Stars]

Just look at the quarterbacks taken in the draft Romo's rookie year.

I miss Quincy Carter...he used to be my source.

 

[Hostile]

Thankfully they missed him lollipopping all his throws in Arizona that preseason.

My opinion from that day has not changed. Why don't you ask the other 2 guys who were there and reported the same.

He's accurate, and is a leader. That's all I care about. I'll take that over the canon arm.

 

[joseephuss]

Just look at the quarterbacks taken in the draft Romo's rookie year.

1 1 CIN Carson Palmer
1 7 JAX Byron Leftwich
1 19 BAL Kyle Boller
1 22 CHI Rex Grossman
3 88 HOU Dave Ragone
3 97 TAM Chris Simms
4 110 SEA Seneca Wallace
5 163 PIT Brian St. Pierre
6 192 HOU Drew Henson
6 200 NYJ Brooks Bollinger
6 201 NWE Kliff Kingsbury
7 232 WAS Gibran Hamdan
7 241 SFO Ken Dorsey

 

[Galian Beast]

In 2004, Tony Romo was on the roster bubble and was looking very much like he was going to be cut. Romo was erratic, inaccurate and looked like what an undrafted rookie free agent should look like in camp.

The Dallas Cowboys opened camp with Quincy Carter as their starter, who had just led the team to an unexpected 10-6 finish in 2003. The Cowboys made it to the playoffs, and Carter impressed as he threw for over 3,300 yards and 17 touchdowns to go along with 257 rushing yards and two scores. Carter was just starting to figure things out and nobody knew for sure what his ceiling was in Dallas.

Behind Carter was veteran Vinny Testaverde who was expected to help Carter in practice and in the film room. The Cowboys liked Testaverde a lot as a backup, but never expected him to play. But the player the Cowboys were most excited about was former Michigan quarterback Drew Henson. Henson backed up Tom Brady at Michigan and excelled in 2000 when he threw for 2,416 yards along with 18 touchdowns to only four interceptions.

Read the rest at: http://cover32.com/cowboys/2014/11/...-if-the-dallas-cowboys-cut-tony-romo-in-2004/

If Tony Romo was cut he wouldn't have made it to the Practice Squad, Denver would have signed him, and the Broncos probably would have won a Super Bowl with him.

 

[HoustonSucks]

I was at the training camp in San Antonio when Romo was a rookie and Parcells was in his first year.

Romo was constantly on the field after practice ended, throwing passes to anyone he could, usually wideouts who had no shot of making the roster. By contrast, Chad Hutchinson, who was also brought in, always left the field as soon as he could, and didn't look particularly good on it. He had the same problems Brandon Weeden currently has: all fastball, no touch, can't really read a defense.

I think Parcells had really soured on "pitcher" quarterbacks after Hutchinson was brought in, and that probably applied to Henson too. I really think the Henson trade was all Jerry. I think they would have tried to keep Romo somehow if Carter had not screwed up, possibly by carrying 4 quarterbacks or trying to stash him on the PS.

Who knows, though. Football is full of "what if's."

I was at that camp! My story is crazier. My niece and I (she's a rabid fan like me and only 6 years younger than I am) were watching some practice and then went to the Scrimmage against Houston. She kept saying she thought Romo looked stuck up. So we were eating on the River Walk and lo and behold who comes walking down the walk than Chad Hutchison AND Tony Romo. Well she and my BFF leapt up from the table leaving me behind and chased after both of them down the drag. I couldn't leave because we hadn't paid the bill and they'd left their purses. It was aggravating. But my niece came back after they'd hunted both of them down and said that Romo was cocky and in love with himself. That was my first impression on Romo....

I was also there sitting right in front of th end zone when he threw his first NFL TD in the Houston game. I loved him forever at that point. LOL!

 

[Risen Star]

Who knows. Maybe we never address QB and just continue to use journeyman QB's as our QB's. Maybe we draft Aaron Rodgers one year or maybe we stink bad enough to draft Andrew Luck. Hard to know.

Yep. You've seen Back to the Future. Disrupting the time line can create a paradox the results of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space time continuum and destroy the entire universe.

Granted, that's a worse case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.