Now that the Cowboys have been exterminated like the cock-a-roaches they are.
What happens with Tony Romo?
The odds-on favorites are/were the Broncos, but it appears Elway is too smart to trade for him. Talent aside, Romo comes with significant injury risk, plus they invested in Paxton Lynch. It's doubtful they want to give away additional assets for Romo at this point.
Cleveland? The Browns have additional draft picks after the trade with the Eagles last year, but are they committing to RGIII? If not, and they don't like the upcoming QB prospects, maybe they call Dallas?
If the Jets had any other owner I would say forget about it. As an organization overall, the Jets are not in a position to entertain thoughts of acquiring Romo as they likely need much more than a quick fix. But then there is Woody Johnson. The man is high on big name QBs and low on common sense. If he can make a front page headline, he will definitely try.
Any dark horses out there? Arizona? Houston?
The Browns are too far away, I don't think Elway believes that a top flight QB is necessary. The Jets aren't one Romo (or one anything) away from competing for that division any time soon.
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The Washington Redskins.
Scenario - They don't franchise Cousins and can't reach an agreement with him, so they end up letting him walk. Sign Romo to a short-term deal and try to draft the heir apparent.
I get that you are invested in Lynch, but you also have a defense in it's prime and weapons to spare. He can sit for a bit.
I was about to post the same thing. The problem is his contract. He just had surgery and if he doesn't pass a physical the Bills owe him $24 million. That's a kick in the ass. Pay him then cut him?
Why would Dallas trade Romo to Washington?
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or Houston for the reasons stated above. Think the Redskins are more likely. Romo buys them a year or two to find a replacement for Cousins.
Why would Dallas trade Romo to Washington?
Philly traded McNabb to Wash, it could happen.
Denver - Elway's not dumb enough
Cleveland - they're miles from competing and their "moneyball" GM prefers acquiring additional assets not dealing them for an aging, injury prone QB.
Jets - definitely a possibility. Probably think they can bounce back quickly with better QB play and have some offensive talent. Though I don't think they have the cap space.
Bills - possible landing spot if they see their D turning things around quickly now that Rex is gone. Cutting Tyrod would give them plenty of cap room to make it work.
Maybe the Skins if they can't reach an agreement with Cousins.
Rams could be a wildcard as they have a legit defense and Goff looked awful. Plus they probably want to avoid starting off in LA with two awful seasons especially with SD moving there. So Romo could buy Goff another year or 2 to develop.
That's about it though. There are other teams that could use a QB obviously, but I think they're too far away to give up serious assets. I like the Jags, but I think they'd be better off continuing to build their core and either hope Bortles bounces back or draft another QB to develop.
I think that's the most likely, I just don't see anyone ponying up enough picks to cover the extra $9 million the cap constrained Cowboys could save with the cut. They'll test the market but even if I'm Houston or Denver or the Jets, I'm not giving up a 1st or 2nd for an expensive fragile oft injured 37 year old QB who you'd be lucky to get 2 years out of.
He'd be crazy to go to the JEST !!!!
Denver basically said they aren't interested and like Lynch
True. But they are stuck. That contract they gave Osweiler is an albatross and ensures he will be their QB for AT LEAST 2017.
He wants Broncos and would fit, and given an injured Peyton Elway gambled on and it turned out OK so he might see himself a genius on hope 2-4-2.
Houston might get him a year or 2, if their OL holds(pun intended).
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or Houston for the reasons stated above. Think the Redskins are more likely. Romo buys them a year or two to find a replacement for Cousins.
Why would Dallas trade Romo to Washington?
I thought maybe he'd be released, and if Cousins goes, he might like a place with a decent offense. They will probably lose Garcon and Jackson, but Doctson, a #1 pick, is an additional asset at WR to compensate for those losses.
There's a big cap hit to release him IIRC, and the Cowboys are already over the cap. But the cap is going up, and I wonder as somebody said if they could split the cap hit over two seasons.
I doubt that Tony would renogotiate a reduction in his salary. Therefore, any team that trades for Romo will have a $19,600,000 salary CAP in 2017.
It is possible to convert his salary into a bonus, but,it will cost the team at least $11,000,000 per year.
So what team is a QB away from contending and has at least $19,600,000 in CAP space and will invest in an injury prone 37 year old ?
I doubt that Tony would renogotiate a reduction in his salary. Therefore, any team that trades for Romo will have a $19,600,000 salary CAP in 2017.
It is possible to convert his salary into a bonus, but,it will cost the team at least $11,000,000 per year.
So what team is a QB away from contending and has at least $19,600,000 in CAP space and will invest in an injury prone 37 year old ?
Those are his dead money hits. His base salaries over the next 3 seasons are: $14M, $19.5M, and $20.5M which are what the team acquiring him will have to pay. The acquiring team would not be on the hook for any guaranteed money so those #s will also be his cap hits in 2017/18/19 respectively. That said, since none of those base salaries are guaranteed the acquiring team has 2 options:
1. Keep the deal as is and basically have 3 one year deals with Romo. If he gets injured or his play drops off, you simply cut him and move on with no dead cap space.
2. Re-work the deal entirely, which would likely be preferred by Romo and his agent since it would guarantee them some money. So instead of the 3 one year deals, they could maybe agree to a 3 year/$50M deal with $20M guaranteed. Gets Romo some guaranteed money, and saves the acquiring team ~$5M over the 3 years.
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"His base salaries over the next 3 seasons are: $14M, $19.5M, and $20.5M"
No matter what happens there will be a significant CAP hit for the new team.They can restructure the contract, but Romo will likely want at least $20M guaranteed and a total contract that averages at least $15M per year. Yes the money is not guaranteed but any team that trades anything of value for Romo would want him for (3) years.
Denver, Houston...
Ultimately, I think he goes to Denver. They have nobody at QB and you can't just let the prime years of that D be wasted.
Vikes have Bradford and Bridgewater under contract.
Bears have lots of holes to fill and I imagine will look for a longer term solution via the draft.
If they have the cap room sure I'd go Romo. You are going to have to give up some picks though. Osweiler is uncuttable this year though with a dead cap hit of 25 million. Luckily it was only a 4 year deal they signed him to. His dead cap hits afterward are 6 million, then 3 million. Dallas can demand a number one and then some given what Bradford went for. I do think you can put in some protections though like Romo must play in X amount of games.
Not only the back, but the collarbone/clavicle area. History shows that Romo's body just doesnt hold up well against big hits.
The risk/reward on this is very high both ways.