By Drew Davison
ddavison@star-telegram.com
Tony Romo turns 36 in April. He’s had two back surgeries in the past three years, and has broken his left collarbone three times since 2010. He hasn’t started all 16 games in a season since 2012.
But that didn’t stop owner Jerry Jones from declaring Romo is in the “ideal time of his career” during a radio interview on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) on Friday.
Jones brought up Romo in answering a question about what positives Cowboys’ fans can have going forward in the midst of this disastrous season.
“Frankly I like our quarterback, our starter, Romo,” Jones said. “He's in the ideal time of his career. Well, you say, 'Jerry, wouldn't you like for him to be a little less fragile?' The answer is with the way this year has gone, that's fresh on our minds.
“In general though, knowing Tony, I like what we're going to be looking at over the next several years.”
Romo, of course, has only made four starts this season. He broke his collarbone in Week 2 at Philadelphia, and then re-fractured it against Carolina on Thanksgiving. Romo is not expected to play again this season, although the team has yet to put him on injured reserve until they are officially eliminated from postseason contention.
But there’s no mistaken Romo’s value to the team after this injury-plagued season. The Cowboys went 3-1 in games Romo started, and only 1-8 in games he hasn’t.
Romo had a career year in 2014, garnering MVP consideration in leading the Cowboys to the NFC East title and the second round of the playoffs.
This season, though, fell apart for Romo and the Cowboys, and Jones is the first to acknowledge that. But he cited Romo, as well as the return of cornerback Orlando Scandrick, among the factors for promise going into next season.
Additionally, Jones said the Cowboys are in position to upgrade their team through free agency more than they have been in the past.
“We don’t have the challenges with the salary cap that we’ve had in some years past,” Jones said. “We’ve got some room. We can make some things happen. That’s a credit to the management, starting with Stephen [Jones]. I can sit here and say that we’ve got flexibility as we look forward, but that doesn’t mean we should basically be necessarily over aggressive relative to, ‘Well, we’ve got plenty of money.’
“The facts are, we don’t have a real constraint there. We can do some things. There will be opportunities for us, rest assured.”
Read more here: Jerry Jones: Tony Romo is in ‘ideal time of his career’ | The Star-Telegram
ddavison@star-telegram.com
Tony Romo turns 36 in April. He’s had two back surgeries in the past three years, and has broken his left collarbone three times since 2010. He hasn’t started all 16 games in a season since 2012.
But that didn’t stop owner Jerry Jones from declaring Romo is in the “ideal time of his career” during a radio interview on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) on Friday.
Jones brought up Romo in answering a question about what positives Cowboys’ fans can have going forward in the midst of this disastrous season.
“Frankly I like our quarterback, our starter, Romo,” Jones said. “He's in the ideal time of his career. Well, you say, 'Jerry, wouldn't you like for him to be a little less fragile?' The answer is with the way this year has gone, that's fresh on our minds.
“In general though, knowing Tony, I like what we're going to be looking at over the next several years.”
Romo, of course, has only made four starts this season. He broke his collarbone in Week 2 at Philadelphia, and then re-fractured it against Carolina on Thanksgiving. Romo is not expected to play again this season, although the team has yet to put him on injured reserve until they are officially eliminated from postseason contention.
But there’s no mistaken Romo’s value to the team after this injury-plagued season. The Cowboys went 3-1 in games Romo started, and only 1-8 in games he hasn’t.
Romo had a career year in 2014, garnering MVP consideration in leading the Cowboys to the NFC East title and the second round of the playoffs.
This season, though, fell apart for Romo and the Cowboys, and Jones is the first to acknowledge that. But he cited Romo, as well as the return of cornerback Orlando Scandrick, among the factors for promise going into next season.
Additionally, Jones said the Cowboys are in position to upgrade their team through free agency more than they have been in the past.
“We don’t have the challenges with the salary cap that we’ve had in some years past,” Jones said. “We’ve got some room. We can make some things happen. That’s a credit to the management, starting with Stephen [Jones]. I can sit here and say that we’ve got flexibility as we look forward, but that doesn’t mean we should basically be necessarily over aggressive relative to, ‘Well, we’ve got plenty of money.’
“The facts are, we don’t have a real constraint there. We can do some things. There will be opportunities for us, rest assured.”
Read more here: Jerry Jones: Tony Romo is in ‘ideal time of his career’ | The Star-Telegram
