Cowboys are botching the Romo situation.

[Fountain City Blues]

Didn't the Broncos get someone?

They have Siemian of course, but I don't think many see him as a guy who can be as good as he needs to be for the Broncos to have a good shot at winning the division, let alone the playoffs. Paxton Lynch is there, but he looked pretty bad to me (not unusual for a rookie) but for a team that wants to win right now- that doesn't seem to be a good option really either; and there's the issue if he turns out to be anything at all which we don't know either way.

TLDR: Siemian and Lynch are not roadblocks for signing Romo. Houston, however, would be.

 

[RobToxin]

Good ol' Houston, lol.

 

[Danny Noonan]

They have Siemian of course, but I don't think many see him as a guy who can be as good as he needs to be for the Broncos to have a good shot at winning the division, let alone the playoffs. Paxton Lynch is there, but he looked pretty bad to me (not unusual for a rookie) but for a team that wants to win right now- that doesn't seem to be a good option really either; and there's the issue if he turns out to be anything at all which we don't know either way.

TLDR: Siemian and Lynch are not roadblocks for signing Romo. Houston, however, would be.

True... I do see them leading this team very far

 

[fastforward]

Unless the Cowboys have an immediate need for cap space they have nothing to gain from releasing Romo. For now they get to mess with every QB needy team that holds cap space back in the hope of signing Romo.

 

[GNG]

They should just release Tony R and let him decide what's best. They aren't going to get a good return for him in a trade and they're only creating friction.

Romo is fine with the situation so why would you care?

 

[starbigd]

Being a non Dallas fan, I completely disagree with the bolded parts. If TR had a healthy injury history, teams would be fighting for the chance to trade for him. He would be worth roughly $20M annually.

You can't name 10 QBs in this league that put up more yards, TDs, in a fully healthy season for Romo - because they don't exist.

His career numbers are absolutely ridiculous. He's top 10, arguably top 5......but if you don't know his numbers you'd never guess that due to what haters opinions of him are.

Hell he has the highest 4th quarter rating of any QB in history, ALL TIME. He has more comeback wins than virtually any other QBs. And until they found Prescott, that team couldn't win without him.

I've never understood outside of just Cowboys hate the irrational, illogical arguments people make about Tony Romo.

 

[MileHigh64]

You can't name 10 QBs in this league that put up more yards, TDs, in a fully healthy season for Romo - because they don't exist.

His career numbers are absolutely ridiculous. He's top 10, arguably top 5......but if you don't know his numbers you'd never guess that due to what haters opinions of him are.

Hell he has the highest 4th quarter rating of any QB in history, ALL TIME. He has more comeback wins than virtually any other QBs. And until they found Prescott, that team couldn't win without him.

I've never understood outside of just Cowboys hate the irrational, illogical arguments people make about Tony Romo.

Outside of hate for the Dallas Cowboys, there are two distinct reasons that people don't see Romo as a top quarterback: Injuries and lack of success in the playoffs. That's it.

No doubt when healthy, his numbers are pretty spectacular. His statistics will go down as great but without that ring and the ability to play 16 games every year, he'll always have a stigma of not being one of the greats.

 

[starbigd]

Outside of hate for the Dallas Cowboys, there are two distinct reasons that people don't see Romo as a top quarterback: Injuries and lack of success in the playoffs. That's it.

No doubt when healthy, his numbers are pretty spectacular. His statistics will go down as great but without that ring and the ability to play 16 games every year, he'll always have a stigma of not being one of the greats.

That was my original point.....IF he had a ring this would be a no brainer. Hell he's 4th ALL TIME in QB rating.....that's better than Peyton Manning, Steve Young, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Kurt Warner......

His numbers are undeniable. The only people that make the feeble attempt are simply Cowboys haters. We wouldn't even be having this discussion if he played for literally ANY other franchise.

 

[handicappers]

They should just release Tony R and let him decide what's best. They aren't going to get a good return for him in a trade and they're only creating friction.

wrong

 

[Niner Outlaw]

Romo is fine with the situation so why would you care?

That's just it. I don't think he's fine with the situation even though he's publicly said all the right things.

 

[JMR]

According to overthecap, Dallas currently has only about $5M in cap space available. Cutting Romo as a post-June 1 move would bring them to nearly $20M in cap space. So yeah, there definitely is a good reason for Dallas to make the move now instead of hold onto him with some slim hope that there would be a trade partner...and a trade would only free up $5M in cap money.

 

[PDay8810]

According to overthecap, Dallas currently has only about $5M in cap space available. Cutting Romo as a post-June 1 move would bring them to nearly $20M in cap space. So yeah, there definitely is a good reason for Dallas to make the move now instead of hold onto him with some slim hope that there would be a trade partner...and a trade would only free up $5M in cap money.

Dallas was never going to be big players in this year's FA. Just wasn't going to happen.

Post June 1st gives then the cash to extend Martin.

 

[shopson67]

According to overthecap, Dallas currently has only about $5M in cap space available. Cutting Romo as a post-June 1 move would bring them to nearly $20M in cap space. So yeah, there definitely is a good reason for Dallas to make the move now instead of hold onto him with some slim hope that there would be a trade partner...and a trade would only free up $5M in cap money.

Who's left to spend that cap space on at this point?

 

[JMR]

Who's left to spend that cap space on at this point?

Extensions for current players?

 

[shopson67]

Extensions for current players?

I suppose. Could absorb some signing bonuses.

 

[cowboycolors]

Just drivel from someone just looking for thread clicks

nothing to see here move along move along

 

[Uhsplit]

That was my original point.....IF he had a ring this would be a no brainer. Hell he's 4th ALL TIME in QB rating.....that's better than Peyton Manning, Steve Young, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Kurt Warner......

His numbers are undeniable. The only people that make the feeble attempt are simply Cowboys haters. We wouldn't even be having this discussion if he played for literally ANY other franchise.

He does put up big numbers and there is no denying that. His rep is that he doesn't show up in big games and there is no denying that either.

 

[Dolemite censored]

In FA- might well be down to the Texans and Broncos.

Elway took a gamble on Manning's neck, I think he'll go after Romo.
Established older QB itching to win.

I say Broncos.

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

I'd trade the Cowboys a third rounder for Romo and a first if they pay half of Romos remaining salary.

 

[molsaniceman]

According to overthecap, Dallas currently has only about $5M in cap space available. Cutting Romo as a post-June 1 move would bring them to nearly $20M in cap space. So yeah, there definitely is a good reason for Dallas to make the move now instead of hold onto him with some slim hope that there would be a trade partner...and a trade would only free up $5M in cap money.

so would a release still counts 19 mil towards the capif they wait till after june 1 it will save 14 mil


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