Romo: I Would Have Been Willing To Take A Pay Cut To Keep DeMarco

[Simpleton]

For what it's worth I don't think Romo should've taken a cut to sign Murray, I'm more than happy to let him go if the alternative was giving him 8 a year, I'm just saying he should take one so we can upgrade our talent in general.

 

[kidd]

For what it's worth I don't think Romo should've taken a cut to sign Murray, I'm more than happy to let him go if the alternative was giving him 8 a year, I'm just saying he should take one so we can upgrade our talent in general.

I think he would if asked. Romo has never struck me as the greedy type.

 

[NoDak]

For what it's worth I don't think Romo should've taken a cut to sign Murray, I'm more than happy to let him go if the alternative was giving him 8 a year, I'm just saying he should take one so we can upgrade our talent in general.

Where is this talent we could sign with Romo's money? It's not like we've missed out on somebody we tried to sign because we're broke. Seems to me we've signed who we wanted without too much problem.

 

[kidd]

Where is this talent we could sign with Romo's money? It's not like we've missed out on somebody we tried to sign because we're broke. Seems to me we've signed who we wanted without too much problem.

Perhaps he's talking about signing Dez long term.

 

[Simpleton]

Where is this talent we could sign with Romo's money? It's not like we've missed out on somebody we tried to sign because we're broke. Seems to me we've signed who we wanted without too much problem.

We have done what we can within the constraints that we have. How do you know what we would do with an extra 5-10 million in cap space?

Just because we are able to make value signings with the little resources we have doesn't mean that's all we'd do if we had more cap space. For all we know someone like Jerry Hughes or Jabaal Sheard would be a Cowboy right now if we had that extra space.

 

[ravidubey]

Brady has always taken less per year for the team.

Maybe one of the reasons he has 4 rings and Romo has stats.

Bullshit. His team has always been built right and run right and he's benefited tremendously from that.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

We have done what we can within the constraints that we have. How do you know what we would do with an extra 5-10 million in cap space?

Just because we are able to make value signings with the little resources we have doesn't mean that's all we'd do if we had more cap space. For all we know someone like Jerry Hughes or Jabaal Sheard would be a Cowboy right now if we had that extra space.

This is exactly right. If the Cowboys had 30 mil in cap space for example you know damn well they would spend it. It's not like Jerry is one to count his pennies in the corner and stay well below the cap.

 

[NoDak]

We have done what we can within the constraints that we have. How do you know what we would do with an extra 5-10 million in cap space?

Just because we are able to make value signings with the little resources we have doesn't mean that's all we'd do if we had more cap space. For all we know someone like Jerry Hughes or Jabaal Sheard would be a Cowboy right now if we had that extra space.

I'm not losing any sleep over the possibility of signing Hughes or Sheard. In fact, I doubt we even had interest. If so, there were ways to fit them under the cap.

 

[ravidubey]

I'm sure Romo means it, but I believe the team simply didn't want to keep Murray even at the price they offered.

They know his injury history and how after last season's carries that he is probably on the downside of his career. I think they are secretly happy he's crippling the Eagles' cap at the moment.

From Dallas' perspective there is little difference between McCoy and Murray, and Murray takes more punishment and is less of a breakaway threat in space.

 

[Texas Ace]

I'm sure Romo means it, but I believe the team simply didn't want to keep Murray even at the price they offered.

Yea, I think this is true.

Given how firm they were in staying right at the number they had in mind, coupled with Werder's comments about how Jerry wanted to save some money should "an unusual situation to sign a HOF type talent present itself", and you get the impression that the Cowboys weren't really all that interested in bringing him back.

They sure didn't try very hard, at least.

 

[fortsbest]

And they shouldn't have. My bet is they knew the number he wanted when negotiations started and knew they weren't going to pay that much. If you're that far apart, no sense haggling too much.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Romo said on Mike and Mike this morning that he expects to be restructured soon, FWIW.

Don't know if that's him guessing or the team has talked to him, but he put it out there.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Perhaps he's talking about signing Dez long term.

I don't think they would need money to sign Dez long term. They should be saving money under the cap whenthat happens.

 

[ravidubey]

They are going to have to bite the bullet and pay Dez just like they did Romo. The price tag is only going to go up, so I think the whole franchise tag thing is a waste of time and even more money.

Other teams dream of having a QB/WR combo like that.

What scares me is the Cowboys might be thinking to franchise Dez through 2016 then part ways. This way they can hedge their bets based on Romo even being there. If by mid-2016 it looks like Romo will still playing in 2017 they might finally make a real offer for Dez.

This will ensure for at least three seasons they either have both Romo and Dez or neither of them and are freed to completely start over with a new QB, WR, and TE.

I don't think they want to be locked into a monster deal for Dez only to have Romo retire.

I think that's bullshit. Just sign Dez and be done with it. He has earned this payday.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I don't think they want to be locked into a monster deal for Dez only to have Romo retire.

Why? You sure as hell better have weapons out their for your new QB otherwise whoever you get is going to be a bust.

 

[mcnuttz]

Why? You sure as hell better have weapons out their for your new QB otherwise whoever you get is going to be a bust.

And with the OL as young and stout as it is, the future looks pretty good for the guy coming in behind Romo.

 

[NoDak]

Just heard that Romo's contract has been restructured. Don't know the details. Find it yourselves, you lazy bastards.

 

[dallen]

Just heard that Romo's contract has been restructured. Don't know the details. Find it yourselves, you lazy bastards.

/toohostile

 

[dallen]

The Dallas Cowboys have fully restructured quarterback Tony Romo’s contract to create $12.8 million in salary cap space in 2015, according to a source.

The full Romo restructure clears enough salary cap space to officially re-sign linebacker Rolando McClain to a one-year deal and frees up money for the Cowboys to sign their draft picks and possibly make other free agent additions if needed. The additional salary cap space will also make room for more money that could be owed to defensive end Greg Hardy if he meets roster and performance incentives in his one-year deal.

Before the Romo restructure and the McClain deal, the Cowboys had only about $2 million in salary cap space.

The Cowboys haven’t pursued a trade for Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, but if that were to present itself, they now have more salary cap space to work with after the Romo restructure. A source close to Peterson has said the running back won’t take a pay cut to change teams.

Romo was set to make a base salary of $17 million in 2015 and count an NFL-high $27.773 million against the salary cap. But the Cowboys lowered his base salary for 2015 down to about $1 million by converting about $16 million of the money owed to Romo into a signing bonus. That creates $12.8 million in salary cap space for 2015.

This is not a pay cut. A contract restructure doesn’t reduce the amount of money Romo will receive from the Cowboys. It’s just a credit-card approach that teams often use to move money around and save salary cap space.

The downside: An additional $3.2 million will be added to Romo’s salary cap hit in each season from 2016 to 2019. That’s not ideal for the Cowboys considering Romo turns 35 in three weeks and has dealt with multiple back injuries in recent seasons. That means Romo’s salary cap hit in the final four years of his deal look this way: $20.8 million in 2016, $24.7 million in 2017, $25.2 million in 2018 and $23.7 million in 2019.

The Cowboys could have pulled the trigger on Romo’s restructure before running back DeMarco Murray bolted for the Philadelphia Eagles in free agency but decided to stand firm on their $6 million a year offer and allow Murray to leave for an NFC East rival.

The Cowboys didn’t approach Romo about taking a pay cut, but Romo said Tuesday he would have been willing to take a $5 million pay cut to help re-sign Murray.

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2015/04/source-dallas-cowboys-restructure-qb-tony-romos-contract-saving-12-8-million-in-salary-cap-space.html/

 

[Genghis Khan]

Romo said to me this morning that he expects to be restructured soon, FWIW.

Don't know if that's him guessing or the team has talked to him, but he put it out there.

My sources are impeccable!