He's {Tony Romo} old, he's much slower than he use to be , and he's very fragile.
Get rid of him and clear up salary cap space.
Originally Posted by atf searcher
Hmmmmm.....cutting Romo for XYZ player-to-be-named (ie: Matt Cassell...Johnny Effin' Football....MSU's Connor Cook....etc, etc).......easier said than done, as previously suggested. Let's examine the facts / numbers and see what we're really dealing with:
Romo's base salary in 2015 is $1 million. The (recent) restructure of his signing bonus: $16 million.
The bottom line of his current contract (for 2015) is a Cap Hit of $14,973,000 while his Dead Money Value to the Cowboys' salary cap is a whopping $45,908,000.
(Now remember, "dead money" is not as bad as the name implies.....it's a sunk cost. But it does have it's place as to what you can or cannot do with a player and his contract). Moving along:
Not much better for 2016:
Cap Hit: $20,835,000
Dead Money: $31,935,00
Nor for 2017:
Cap Hit: $24,700,000
Dead Money: $19,600,000
Oh, rest assure, if the Cowboys do cut Tony (today...or the end of the '15 season) it's not like he's gonna ride off into the sunset, sipping on Mai Tai's by the pool in Cabo. There'll be a GM or two ready with pen in hand to tender him a new contract. All it takes is one desperate enough, ya know.....
And in the meantime the Cowboys would be sitting in Cap Hell because of the hit they'd take doing such a foolish thing.
Point is, Tony's here for the foreseeable future, bad back, broken clavicles and all. Cutting Tony Romo? Lol.....you've a better chance watching Jerry Jones sprout wings and fly around AT&T Stadium as the halftime entertainment next home game.