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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension  Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:04 pm |
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I like Romo. That said:
Al Davis -> Carson Palmer; Jerry Jones -> Tony Romo
Everyone knew that Oakland overpaid for Palmer, and the reason was clear- Al Davis knew he didn't have long to live and wanted to make one last push for a title. Jerry Jones is no spring chicken himself, and if he wants to build a new contending team from scratch he needed to start yesterday. I never blamed Romo in the past for all the 8-8 or 9-7 seasons, but pretty soon, they'll be having mediocre seasons because of Romo instead of having them despite him.
Here is what I hate about this deal. Tony Romo would have been a free agent next year. He would have hit the market a month before his 34th birthday. What's the going rate for a 34 year old QB, especially one with Romo's image problem? I'm thinking if Romo had been available in open free agency, you're looking at Kolb money, max.
Instead, they pay him close to Manning/Brees money, on a deal that keeps him under contract until he's almost 40. The soonest they can get out of the contract without eating dead money is 2019, Romo's age 38 season.
I've defended Jerry Jones many times, but this was a big mistake. At the very worst, you could lose Romo next offseason and still draft a QB like Manziel, Bridgewater, or Boyd in the 2014 draft by moving up. This was not only a poor long term decision, but a poor use of resources, IMO. If you are willing to give Romo that kind of money, you could at least wait til UFA because no other team would offer money like that.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:51 pm |
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Jones' biggest mistake wasn't the deal itself, but for painting himself into a corner and making it necessary: Quote: John Clayton
@ClaytonESPN: The Cowboys had to do a Tony Romo deal. They had $24,000 of cap room. Plus, they needed to secure their starting QB. Much needed. And with the way Romo's old contract was structured he couldn't be franchised next year. Romo had all the leverage.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:21 pm |
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Hey Kip they could lose Romo next year and not have a decent backup for him and no money to get one. I wouldn't wish bad on Romo but that would really chap the 'Boys chances. Romo's been lucky but if he gets hurt during that time they are in a huge world of hurt. Not that that's a bad thing.  _________________  The SuperB owl ladys have left the building with our thanks.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:19 pm |
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Got to go check out the Cowboys boards, this is hilarious!
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:32 pm |
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Should have traded Romo to KC for their #1 and used a 3rd/4th to acquire Flynn. Would they really have been worse off?
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:57 pm |
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Shadowhawk wrote: $55 million guaranteed. $55 MILLION GUARANTEED.
The Cowboys will never win another championship until Jerry Jones either dies or swallows his pride and hires a GM. This is pure, delicious Shadenfreude, and I'm lovin' every minute of it. The irony of it is this is one thing both Seahawks fans and 49ers fans are equally ROFL'ing about. I'd speculate Romo has to have incriminating picture of Jerrah to pull this contract off, but urp, seriously, ughhhhh... gah! 
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:52 pm |
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Love this move. Too bad we won't get to see the Cowboys this season, or in the playoffs so I could truly enjoy it...
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:18 am |
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Romo is a great QB. People have ridiculous hate for him because he hasn't won any SBs as a Cowboys QB and the spotlight is on him 24/7. I also think he has just been WAY overpaid. Should have been guaranteed a lot less. Looking at the market, and the future, Jerry made the right choice keeping him around. The money was the only problem.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:23 am |
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MrCarey wrote: Romo is a great QB. People have ridiculous hate for him because he hasn't won any SBs as a Cowboys QB and the spotlight is on him 24/7. I also think he has just been WAY overpaid. Should have been guaranteed a lot less. Looking at the market, and the future, Jerry made the right choice keeping him around. The money was the only problem. He is a great QB, but they overpaid? K.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:38 am |
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MrCarey wrote: Romo is a great QB. People have ridiculous hate for him because he hasn't won any SBs as a Cowboys QB and the spotlight is on him 24/7. I also think he has just been WAY overpaid. Should have been guaranteed a lot less. Looking at the market, and the future, Jerry made the right choice keeping him around. The money was the only problem. He's won one playoff game, and is the biggest choke artist this planet has ever seen, "great" isn't a word i'd use to describe Romo. _________________  3elieve
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:24 am |
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I don't know, Throw. I think it's pretty great that he's only won one playoff game and that he chokes all the time.
You disagree?
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:57 pm |
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Hard to win it all when the team around you is terrible. He wasn't scoring all those points against his own team. He had a few too many turnovers, but that is him putting too much pressure on himself because his defense won't do their job. Needs a healthy run game, too.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:35 pm |
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Interested to hear John Shango's reaction.
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:47 am |
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108 million per playoff win. Wow that's a lot.
But.
That's his quarterback (sniff, sniff). That's....his......quarterback. (tear streams slowly down cheeck.)
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:36 am |
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Greenhell wrote: Jerah jones is an idiot!
No link, just saw breaking news on NFL Network. Jerry Jones is the worst GM in the NFL and maybe in all of pro sports! I heard when Tony Romo signed his 6 year contract he saw his shadow which means 6 more years of choking for him and the cowboys! 
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:44 am |
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I would rather pay that money for Romo then I would Flacco 
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:07 am |
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MrCarey wrote: Romo is a great QB. People have ridiculous hate for him because he hasn't won any SBs as a Cowboys QB and the spotlight is on him 24/7. I also think he has just been WAY overpaid. Should have been guaranteed a lot less. Looking at the market, and the future, Jerry made the right choice keeping him around. The money was the only problem. Romo is not a great QB, he is a great FANTASY FOOTBALL QB! And he has had some good teams around him. Romo is a choke artist plain and simple, his playoff record tells he whole story!
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:44 pm |
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kidhawk wrote: It's on the NFL.com website as well. Front page. I for one am happy to see it. More Romo means no worries about a Cowboy Championship anytime in the near future. BINGO!
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:47 pm |
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MontanaHawk05 wrote: Interested to hear John Shango's reaction. That should be an instant classic! 
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Post subject: Re: Romo gets 6 year/108 mil extension Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:26 pm |
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