BREAKING: Tony Romo deal DONE. 6 year, 108m. 55 mil guaranteed

[ThoughtExperiment]

Like Balt, I think Dallas should have gotten this done about a month ago before free agency started. We've missed out on a lot of great pieces with this new cap space. Fucking JJ.

Seriously. Why did this take so long? Guess they thought they'd somehow bluff Tony into taking less... Or something.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Quit being stupid.

Why, because you've monopolized the market?

 

[superpunk]

Credit where credit is due that was a solid burn bob.

It happens so rarely for you I just had to pay respects.

 

[Jon88]

Tony will need one of these after 6 years.

 

[boozeman]

Guess they thought they'd somehow bluff Tony into taking less... Or something.

I think that is exactly what they did. All that talk about Tony being a "great partner" and stuff. Guess it did not work as well as planned.

 

[marionbarberthe4th]

Love it.

I hope he got assurances that Garrett would be accidentally left somewhere hot without sunblock before the season starts too.

Also, lol @ McNabb--whose career was essentially ended by Romo's cowboys--for his ironic little post. He's one to criticize the contract and career. Please.

Those 2 games never happened . Or so I've been told

 

[Theebs]

I'm happy, he can play his whole career here.

I hope romo witten and ware get the help they need to win a championship and all go out together in the same year.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I'd think about trading Ware.

 

[boozeman]

I'm happy, he can play his whole career here.

I hope romo witten and ware get the help they need to win a championship and all go out together in the same year.

I sure hope Kenny Vaccaro is that good.

 

[Jon88]

I'd think about trading Ware.

No way Jerry does that.

 

[cmd34(work)]

I'm happy, he can play his whole career here.

I hope romo witten and ware get the help they need to win a championship and all go out together in the same year.

All of this is meaningless if we don't upgrade the roster around these guys. Please don't anyone tell me about "improving through the draft" either. I'm pretty sure all 32 teams plan on improving through the draft.

So far we've somehow managed to downgrade (maybe a wash?) Gerald Sensabaugh to Will Allen and we signed a solid 2-down Linebacker in Justin Durant. Not the kind of roster improvements we need to compete against the 49ers, Seahawks, and Packers of the world.

 

[boozeman]

"@adbrandt: Romo deal creates short-term Cap, adds millions to future stacked charges. Leverage gained for future, too much dead $ to cut."

This was a marriage.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Hopefully it gives Jerry pause and he shuts down the Spencer negotiations.

A guy can dream, can he not?

 

[bkeavs]

@SullyBaldHead 2m Make no mistake, Romo didn't sign this deal without assurances the offensive line would be an offseason (i.e. -- draft) priority.

This is total bullshit.
"no i will not accept 55million guarantted diollars unless you fix the offensive line"

More like Romo"what are we gonna do about the offensive line"

Jerry "We will do out best, but we love the potential defensive players in this draft"

Romo "awesome. When do I get my first check"

 

[cmd34(work)]

^because Romo is all about the money? He isn't about the competition at all.

Really?

 

[bkeavs]

^because Romo is all about the money? He isn't about the competition at all.

Really?

Based on the hometown discount he gave us

 

[cmd34(work)]

do you give your employer or clients discounts?

 

[bkeavs]

do you give your employer or clients discounts?

Does Tom Brady?

 

[Cowboysrule122]

Archer: Breaking down Tony Romo's contract

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com


IRVING, Texas -- Why would the Cowboys sign a soon-to-be 33-year-old quarterback to a seven-year deal? The salary cap.


Will Tony Romo play until he’s 39 years old? Maybe, maybe not, but the structure of the deal allows the Cowboys to move some money around in 2014 and ’15.

Here’s the breakdown of Romo’s contract, not including the $25 million signing bonus:

2013: $1.5 million base salary, $11.818 million cap figure
2014: $13.5 million base salary, $21.773 million cap figure
2015: $17 million base salary, $25.273 million cap figure
2016: $8.5 million base salary, $15.135 million cap figure
2017: $14 million base salary, $19 million cap figure
2018: $19.5 million base salary, cap figure
2019: $20.5 million base salary, cap figure

With the high cap figures in 2014-15, the Cowboys can lower Romo’s base salaries to the league minimum and turn the difference into signing bonus. Such a move in 2014 could save the Cowboys $10 million in cap space but add $2.5 million to the cap figures in each of the remaining years.

In the first three years of the deal, Romo will make $57 million for a $19 million average. In the first four years of the deal, he will make $65.5 for a $16.38 average.

Without seeing the specific language, Romo was able to do well in the first three years and the team was able to do well over the first four years. Both sides would call that a win-win deal.

 

[cmd34(work)]

You do know Romo has restructured a total of 3 times to free up cap room for the team?

Brady got a ton of guaranteed up front money ($30M vs Romo's $25M) to help free up cap room as well. He still got paid.