Where is Romo Going? Thread

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​​The Chiefs are trying to decide if Romo is a better option at QB than Alex Smith, who has already played out the guaranteed portion of his contract. If Kansas City decides to go down the Romo road, Smith would likely be traded.

Some have thought the Cowboys might let Romo walk, but GM's around the NFL think there is a good trade market for him. Dallas could possibly receive a second-round pick in a trade, and possibly another high draft pick based on playing time incentives.

The Broncos still like Paxton Lynch, and want to give him a shot at the starting job. Arizona is considering trading up to get Deshaun Watson, or possibly bringing in Tyrod Taylor to succeed Carson Palmer. And the Texans will find it difficult to fit both Romo and Osweiler's contracts under the salary cap.

The QB carousel is just beginning to spin, and it will become a whirlwind in the coming weeks.

http://www.12up.com/posts/4510177-report-tony-romo-narrows-focus-to-four-potential-destinations?a_aid=40824
 

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Getting just a 2nd, let alone a potential comp pick would be unbelievably great.
 

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Getting just a 2nd, let alone a potential comp pick would be unbelievably great.
Agreed, but the smart strategy is to start the negotiation by asking for a 1st and a 2nd and bullshit your way into making it sound like the market demand is higher than it really is.
 

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I can't see anyone trading at all. Just wait and he'll be a free agent.
 

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I don't understand the title to this thread. The article doesn't say anything about Romo's "Focus" nor does it list 4 teams. What's that about?
 

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I don't understand the title to this thread. The article doesn't say anything about Romo's "Focus" nor does it list 4 teams. What's that about?
Just a bunch of hack sites taking a hack story from LaCanfora and belching it out. Complete crap.
 

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I can't see anyone trading at all. Just wait and he'll be a free agent.
No question in my mind. There will be a couple of tense weeks where dummies will thinK Jerry is holding the cards but ultimately some team will get him for free.
 

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I can't see anyone trading at all. Just wait and he'll be a free agent.
And then you might find yourself in a bidding war with other teams and miss out. If you want/need him that bad, trade for him. You guarantee he ends up in your uniform that way. Nobody knows better than us what farting around with the QB position by trying to get cute can do to you.
 

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Agreed, but the smart strategy is to start the negotiation by asking for a 1st and a 2nd and bullshit your way into making it sound like the market demand is higher than it really is.
:lol

Jerry Jones is incapable of that kind of trickery.
 

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I can't see anyone trading at all. Just wait and he'll be a free agent.
Any time 2 teams are interested you have to trade to get him. Because why wait for a release when you can throw a team a seventh round pick to not have to compete with other teams to sign Romo? Of course the other team would think the same thing and do a sixth instead.

Suddenly you have a bidding war.
 

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Getting just a 2nd, let alone a potential comp pick would be unbelievably great.
Amazing how much his own front office lowered his trade value by constantly claiming injury-risk to Romo as an excuse to help avoid controversy.
 

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I don't understand the title to this thread. The article doesn't say anything about Romo's "Focus" nor does it list 4 teams. What's that about?
Chiefs, Broncos, Texans and Cards were all listed. I count 4.
 

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Chiefs, Broncos, Texans and Cards were all listed. I count 4.
I see that but it someone else's speculation not Romo's thought process. It would have you think that Romo had narrowed his list to four.
 

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I see that but it someone else's speculation not Romo's thought process. It would have you think that Romo had narrowed his list to four.
If you go to the CBS article those are the teams listed as Romo's preference. I can post the article in a few minutes when I'm at a computer.
 

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Here are the front-runners to land Garoppolo, Romo in NFL's QB shuffle

By Jason La Canfora

The jostling for the few intriguing quarterbacks on the market has already begun. The NFL combine is still weeks away, while the start of the league year is over a month away, but deep, internal strategic discussions are ongoing in several quarterback-needy front offices. These clubs are outlining their offseason plans at the most critical position in football, and targets have already been set.

Agent's Take: Pats' Garoppolo options


The Chicago Bears will make a strong, concerted effort to acquire quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo from the Patriots, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The Illinois native is far and away their top offseason priority.

The Cowboys will listen to offers for Tony Romo, sources said, once owner Jerry Jones has his meeting with the Pro Bowl quarterback. Romo prefers to be moved to a contending team -- specifically, the Texans, Cardinals, Broncos or Chiefs. The Bills also have significant interest in Romo, team and league sources said, though they realize that it might be a tough sell. The Bills have not given up hope on retaining Tyrod Taylor on a lesser contract, too, though that might be wishful thinking on their part at this point.

Many teams view Garoppolo as the best option of all potential free-agent or trade targets, and the Bears will have competition. Teams like the Browns, Jets and 49ers could provide opposition, but the Bears' intent and willingness to complete a trade could not be more serious. Quarterback is an acute need -- the Bears are moving on from Jay Cutler -- and jobs are on the line there after two poor seasons from the John Fox and Ryan Pace regime. The Bears have abundant draft picks they could trade -- including picks in the top three of each round -- and while rival executives do not believe the Patriots will land a first-round pick that high via trade, a package including multiple high second-round picks is quite possible. Furthermore, trading Garoppolo out of the AFC would appeal to the Patriots, who expect him to prosper elsewhere.

The Bears have done extensive work on Garoppolo and are very comfortable with him. He shined in the preseason and was exceptional filling in for Tom Brady early this season and has strong roots to that community. He played at Eastern Illinois, where Pace played as well. Romo, Mike Shanahan and Saints coach Sean Payton are also Eastern Illinois products; Pace and Payton worked together in New Orleans and were very high on Garoppolo coming out of college.

The Bears are prepared to engage in talks on Garoppolo at the combine later this month, or sooner if need be. Trades cannot be officially consummated, however, until the league year begins in March. The Bears acknowledge it will be difficult to land much of anything for Cutler, with other teams preferring to not trade for him and instead wait for him to be cut to then sign him to a cheaper contract, though a suitor could emerge.

The Jets have strong evaluations on Garoppolo, but realize it's virtually certain Bill Belichick would not trade the prized young passer within the division. The 49ers are very high on the Redskins' Kirk Cousins, sources continue to maintain, but Washington will franchise the impending free-agent quarterback and is prepared to engage in talks in a lucrative long-term deal with him. It would take a huge haul of picks to pry Cousins away, and new 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, who along with his dad drafted Cousins in Washington, has a ravaged roster with needs at every position. Paying that kind of draft-pick price could be prohibitive. The Bears also have done significant work on Cousins, but with the Redskins going to franchise him and that process playing out perhaps throughout the offseason, the timing may not work out and this team can't afford to be left without a seat in these musical quarterback chairs.

The Browns have stockpiled draft picks (again) and will explore multiple quarterback options, and they and the Jets are highly intrigued by North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky, as we first reported months ago. Texans coach Bill O'Brien is a big believer in Garoppolo as well, but he is stuck with Brock Osweiler's salary for another year, and he is planning on giving Tom Savage every opportunity to win that starting job, sources said. Ownership has already declared the need to draft a quarterback.

Romo's market will be robust as well. The Chiefs have to make a determination on whether he, or any other option, would give them a better opportunity to win a Super Bowl than Alex Smith does. Smith has already played out the guaranteed portion of his contract. If so, Smith would be a trade-worthy commodity as well. While some reported the Cowboys might just let Romo walk, the demand for him should be such that Jerry Jones gets a strong return on his investment. Some GMs opined that the Cowboys would get a second-round pick, plus potentially another high pick based on Romo's playing time (injuries have dogged him in recent years).

The Broncos are likely inclined to give Paxton Lynch, their first-round pick in 2016, every chance to take the starting reins there, so a trade might not match up. Fitting Romo under the salary cap with Osweiler would be a challenge for the Texans. If Carson Palmer retires, Romo could be an option in Arizona, and sources said the Cardinals are very high on Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and could be prepared to trade up to land him this spring. If the Cardinals determine Watson is out of their reach, Tyrod Taylor is very appealing to Arizona and would be a great fit in Bruce Arians' scheme.

Buccaneers backup quarterback Mike Glennon is viewed as the best of the free-agent quarterbacks set to hit the market, and his market will further come into focus after the chase for Garoppolo and Romo concludes.
 
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Just wait, we will get a second for Romo and then turn around and package both seconds and our first for one dumbass player thinking we have that luxury with the extra picks....

But it is exciting to think of the possibilities of having an extra second rounder. Allows you to take a guy like Reddick for example and still get your DE in the first. It's been so long since we had extra high picks.
 

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Should we rename this the "Tony Romo thread"? There are going to be a shit load of these stories this offseason
 

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ESPN:

Romo, Romo, where are thou Romo: As it currently stands, no quarterback has a higher salary-cap number for 2017 than Tony Romo's at $24.7 million. It will not remain that way. No one knows exactly how he will leave Dallas, via release or via trade. But no one expects him to return. So one of the most intriguing storylines this offseason will be where Romo -- the Cowboys all-time leader in passing yards and touchdown passes -- lands. Houston, where there are perpetual quarterback questions, is logical. Denver also makes some sense, though the Broncos have not been interested in the past. Arizona would need a replacement if Carson Palmer decided to walk away from the game. Kansas City always seems to be looking at quarterbacks. Bears general manager Ryan Pace was Romo's teammate for one season at Eastern Illinois, and Chicago could use a quarterback. Romo probably would not opt to go to a team that needs a ton of help (see: Browns, 49ers or Jets). It's hard to know which of these teams will wind up with Romo, but it's clear it won't be Dallas.
 

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If you go to the CBS article those are the teams listed as Romo's preference. I can post the article in a few minutes when I'm at a computer.
Maybe so but this article simply didn't express it in that manner even though the title would invite you to hear it from Romo himself. If you have articles that quote Romo as expressing these views I would like to see them. To my knowledge Romo has not divulged anything about any preferences.
 

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Here are the front-runners to land Garoppolo, Romo in NFL's QB shuffle

By Jason La Canfora

The jostling for the few intriguing quarterbacks on the market has already begun. The NFL combine is still weeks away, while the start of the league year is over a month away, but deep, internal strategic discussions are ongoing in several quarterback-needy front offices. These clubs are outlining their offseason plans at the most critical position in football, and targets have already been set.

Agent's Take: Pats' Garoppolo options


The Chicago Bears will make a strong, concerted effort to acquire quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo from the Patriots, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The Illinois native is far and away their top offseason priority.

The Cowboys will listen to offers for Tony Romo, sources said, once owner Jerry Jones has his meeting with the Pro Bowl quarterback. Romo prefers to be moved to a contending team -- specifically, the Texans, Cardinals, Broncos or Chiefs. The Bills also have significant interest in Romo, team and league sources said, though they realize that it might be a tough sell. The Bills have not given up hope on retaining Tyrod Taylor on a lesser contract, too, though that might be wishful thinking on their part at this point.

Many teams view Garoppolo as the best option of all potential free-agent or trade targets, and the Bears will have competition. Teams like the Browns, Jets and 49ers could provide opposition, but the Bears' intent and willingness to complete a trade could not be more serious. Quarterback is an acute need -- the Bears are moving on from Jay Cutler -- and jobs are on the line there after two poor seasons from the John Fox and Ryan Pace regime. The Bears have abundant draft picks they could trade -- including picks in the top three of each round -- and while rival executives do not believe the Patriots will land a first-round pick that high via trade, a package including multiple high second-round picks is quite possible. Furthermore, trading Garoppolo out of the AFC would appeal to the Patriots, who expect him to prosper elsewhere.

The Bears have done extensive work on Garoppolo and are very comfortable with him. He shined in the preseason and was exceptional filling in for Tom Brady early this season and has strong roots to that community. He played at Eastern Illinois, where Pace played as well. Romo, Mike Shanahan and Saints coach Sean Payton are also Eastern Illinois products; Pace and Payton worked together in New Orleans and were very high on Garoppolo coming out of college.

The Bears are prepared to engage in talks on Garoppolo at the combine later this month, or sooner if need be. Trades cannot be officially consummated, however, until the league year begins in March. The Bears acknowledge it will be difficult to land much of anything for Cutler, with other teams preferring to not trade for him and instead wait for him to be cut to then sign him to a cheaper contract, though a suitor could emerge.

The Jets have strong evaluations on Garoppolo, but realize it's virtually certain Bill Belichick would not trade the prized young passer within the division. The 49ers are very high on the Redskins' Kirk Cousins, sources continue to maintain, but Washington will franchise the impending free-agent quarterback and is prepared to engage in talks in a lucrative long-term deal with him. It would take a huge haul of picks to pry Cousins away, and new 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, who along with his dad drafted Cousins in Washington, has a ravaged roster with needs at every position. Paying that kind of draft-pick price could be prohibitive. The Bears also have done significant work on Cousins, but with the Redskins going to franchise him and that process playing out perhaps throughout the offseason, the timing may not work out and this team can't afford to be left without a seat in these musical quarterback chairs.

The Browns have stockpiled draft picks (again) and will explore multiple quarterback options, and they and the Jets are highly intrigued by North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky, as we first reported months ago. Texans coach Bill O'Brien is a big believer in Garoppolo as well, but he is stuck with Brock Osweiler's salary for another year, and he is planning on giving Tom Savage every opportunity to win that starting job, sources said. Ownership has already declared the need to draft a quarterback.

Romo's market will be robust as well. The Chiefs have to make a determination on whether he, or any other option, would give them a better opportunity to win a Super Bowl than Alex Smith does. Smith has already played out the guaranteed portion of his contract. If so, Smith would be a trade-worthy commodity as well. While some reported the Cowboys might just let Romo walk, the demand for him should be such that Jerry Jones gets a strong return on his investment. Some GMs opined that the Cowboys would get a second-round pick, plus potentially another high pick based on Romo's playing time (injuries have dogged him in recent years).

The Broncos are likely inclined to give Paxton Lynch, their first-round pick in 2016, every chance to take the starting reins there, so a trade might not match up. Fitting Romo under the salary cap with Osweiler would be a challenge for the Texans. If Carson Palmer retires, Romo could be an option in Arizona, and sources said the Cardinals are very high on Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and could be prepared to trade up to land him this spring. If the Cardinals determine Watson is out of their reach, Tyrod Taylor is very appealing to Arizona and would be a great fit in Bruce Arians' scheme.

Buccaneers backup quarterback Mike Glennon is viewed as the best of the free-agent quarterbacks set to hit the market, and his market will further come into focus after the chase for Garoppolo and Romo concludes.
Conjecture and speculation.
 
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