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Tony Romo | Quarterback

Team: Dallas Cowboys
Age / DOB:  (33) / 4/21/1980
Ht / Wt:  6'2' / 228
College: Eastern Illinois
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NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports Tony Romo (back surgery) "probably" won't be ready for minicamp.
Romo said earlier Tuesday he was optimistic he'd be ready for June's minicamp, but Rapoport reports the Cowboys are "fine bringing Romo back slowly." They have no reason to rush their franchise signal caller, who should be ready well before training camp. May 21 - 7:26 PM
Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter

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Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

Tony Romo will miss OTAs after undergoing surgery to have a cyst removed from his back last month.

Romo had the procedure done just before the draft and only needs a few more weeks to recover. The 33-year-old is optimistic that he'll be cleared in time for mandatory minicamp from June 12-14, but he'll certainly be all systems go for training camp. Romo says he could play if the season started today.
Source: Dallas Morning News
May 21 - 8:11 AM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

Owner/GM Jerry Jones said the Cowboys' coaches claim Tony Romo has "never had a bad idea."

The Cowboys are giving Romo some swag when it comes to personnel and play-calling this season. "What we want to use more than we ever have, is the kind of thing that (Roger) Staubach contributed on the field," Jones said. "Real input into designing a plan that helps beat that opponent." Romo somewhat quietly put up a career-high 4,903 yards and tossed 28 touchdowns last season. He's a prime target for fantasy owners practicing the "wait on a QB" theory.
Source: NFL.com
May 14 - 9:01 AM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

Tony Romo has scaled back his golf commitments this offseason.

Romo usually gets criticized for playing a handful of amateur events and trying to qualify for some PGA tour events. This year, he skipped the Azalea Invitational and the Adams Golf Pro/Scratch, and won't even attempt to play his way into the Byron Nelson or the U.S. Open. Perhaps it has something to do with the seven-year, $119.5 million contract he signed five weeks ago. Romo has won one playoff game in his seven years as a starter.
Source: ESPN Dallas
May 7 - 8:31 AM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

ESPN's Ed Werder reports Tony Romo will have influence in the Cowboys' "personnel and play-calling" this season, and game-plan with coaches on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Cowboys have found a new and exciting way to undermine puppet head coach Jason Garrett. It's a bit surprising Romo — a 33-year-old eight-year veteran — wasn't this involved in the offense already, but better late than never. It shouldn't have a noticeable impact on the way the offense is run in Big D.
Source: Ed Werder on Twitter
Apr 29 - 12:34 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

Cowboys signed QB Tony Romo to a six-year, $108 million extension through 2019, including $55 million guaranteed.

Romo is 33, so the six-year extension locks him in through his age-39 season. Still a top-ten (regular season) QB, Romo is coming off career highs in attempts (648) and yards (4,903), although he led the NFL in interceptions (19) and absorbed 36 sacks to tie a career high. For Romo's part, he's been a top-nine fantasy quarterback in each of his last five healthy seasons. Romo's record over the past three years is 17-21. Even if "wins" are no way to measure quarterback performance, Romo hasn't taken Dallas to the playoffs since 2009 and has just one career playoff win. We like the extension for the fantasy values of Romo, Dez Bryant, Miles Austin, and Jason Witten. The price is fine -- $18 million per year -- but it's not necessarily a deal that will pay dividends for the future of Jerry Jones' franchise. The $55 million guaranteed surpasses Joe Flacco's $52 million, but comes up $5 million shy of Drew Brees' league-record $60 million guaranteed.
Source: Adam Schefter on Twitter
Mar 29 - 3:59 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

ESPN Dallas' Todd Archer reports a long-term extension between the Cowboys and Tony Romo is "imminent."

The deal could be finalized within "hours." The Romo extension would not only lock in a player the Cowboys have deemed their franchise passer long term, it would free up cap space for Dallas to pursue second- and third-wave free agents. We're interested to see how much money the Cowboys are willing to guarantee a 33-year-old QB who hasn't led them to the playoffs since '09.
Source: Todd Archer on Twitter
Mar 29 - 3:32 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

ESPN's Ed Werder doesn't expect the clause in Tony Romo's contract preventing him from being franchise tagged to have any bearing on long-term talks.

Werder — who's as plugged into the Cowboys as any reporter in the nation — has seen owner Jerry Jones overpay for his own free agents countless times before, and clearly expects him to do so again. Offers his players can't refuse are Jones' specialty, and unless Romo is intent on testing the market, he's not going to get away from Big D.
Source: Ed Werder on Twitter
Mar 29 - 10:23 AM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports that Tony Romo cannot be franchise-tagged by the Cowboys after the 2013 season.

This explains the Cowboys' urgency to get an extension done with their soon-to-be 33-year-old quarterback. Rapoport adds that Dallas is "holding off on other business" until it gets Romo taken care of. Romo holds much of the leverage in negotiations, and he currently counts $16.8 million against the 2013 cap.
Source: NFL.com
Mar 28 - 7:12 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport doesn't "get the sense" that the Cowboys and Tony Romo are close on a possible contract extension.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported over the weekend that an extension will "absolutely" get done, but the Cowboys may have shifted their more immediate attention to locking up DE Anthony Spencer long-term. Dallas has to get an extension done with one of the two players soon in order to free up some cap space. The Cowboys are about $100,000 under the cap.
Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter
Mar 25 - 7:46 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

ESPN's Adam Schefter confirmed Saturday that the Cowboys will "absolutely" sign Tony Romo to a lucrative extension this offseason.

"When you speak to people around the league that is absolutely going to get done," Schefter reported on SportsCenter. "The only question is timing. It could be done in a week or it could be done in a month, but it will be done at some point this offseason."
Mar 23 - 8:15 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

Owner Jerry Jones hinted Tuesday that the Cowboys are closing in on an extension with Tony Romo.

Per NFL.com, the sides have "been talking." Despite a wave of releases and restructurings, the Cowboys are still right up against the salary cap, and can't make any more moves until they reduce Romo's $16.8 million cap charge. Romo's new deal will likely be good for at least 3-4 additional years, and include somewhere in the ballpark of $30-$40 million guaranteed.
Source: Calvin Watkins on Twitter
Mar 19 - 8:22 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

ESPN's Ed Werder believes it's "unlikely" the Cowboys will extend Tony Romo before the start of free agency.

"I had always believed that would be the case," Werder said Saturday. "But the closer we get to the date and given the fact that it's been nothing but denials when you ask if the negotiations have even begun yet, I would have to say that seems unlikely." Romo is owed $11.5 million in 2013, but the Cowboys don't feel the need to rush an extension for cap purposes. FOX Sports' Matt Mosley expects Romo to seek $40-$45 million guaranteed in his new contract.
Source: Dallas Morning News
Mar 9 - 10:06 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

FOX Sports' Matt Mosley believes Tony Romo will seek between $40-$45 million guaranteed in his new contract.

Mosley is a former Cowboys beat writer. That would be a gargantuan amount of guaranteed money for a 33-year-old quarterback with one career playoff victory, but in line with what a 33-year-old Drew Brees landed last summer. With the price for quarterbacks skyrocketing and the Cowboys' love for Romo seemingly undying, it's probably a fair guess.
Source: FOXSports.com
Mar 5 - 5:52 PM
Tony Romo - QB - Cowboys

Owner Jerry Jones believes the Cowboys can get under the cap without a new deal for Tony Romo.

"It’s not necessarily you have to have Romo done before you make these other decisions," Jones said. "It’s not necessarily so but it is what you want to do. But it’s not what you have to do. It’s not all one in the same." Cowboys brass spent much of the first month of the offseason pontificating on how important locking Romo up was, but have reined in the chatter in recent days. Perhaps they realized they had lost all leverage in talks. Big D will have almost no room to operate in free agency if it can't reduce Romo's $16.8 million cap charge.
Source: dallascowboys.com
Feb 25 - 11:09 AM

Depth Charts

Skill Players
PosRoleName
QB1Tony Romo
2Kyle Orton
3Nick Stephens
4Dalton Williams
RB1DeMarco Murray
2Joseph Randle
3Lance Dunbar
4Phillip Tanner
5Kendial Lawrence
GLB1DeMarco Murray
2Joseph Randle
3RB1DeMarco Murray
2Joseph Randle
FB1Lawrence Vickers
WR11Dez Bryant
2Terrance Williams
3Cole Beasley
4Anthony Armstrong
5Carlton Mitchell
WR21Miles Austin
2Dwayne Harris
3Danny Coale
4Tim Benford
5Jared Green
WR31Dwayne Harris
TE1Jason Witten
2Gavin Escobar
3James Hanna
4Andre Smith
5Colin Cochart
K1Dan Bailey