RomoWatch 2017: What’s Up With Tony Romo And The Denver Broncos
By Steven Kriz
Last Thursday, it was almost expected immediately after the Osweiler trade went down that the Texans would make a second strike. However, the next shoe to fall simply never fell. The Texans, to this point have taken the same hard stance that the Broncos have regarding trading for Romo. That stance? No chance.
Both the Broncos and Texans have stood their ground and called the Cowboys’ bluff. The reasons are twofold; neither team wants to give up draft capital, and neither team wants Romo’s $14 million contract.
From my understanding the Broncos are not interested in trading for Tony Romo.
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 9, 2017
The Texans have an extra 10m to use on their FAs or FA like Romo. They won't trade for him, but they're interested if he's released.
— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) March 9, 2017
Many in the NFL circles think that if there were to be a trade, it would be the Texans who would cave. For now, however, both teams have firmly held their ground. Every day that passes is a stronger statement to the Jones family that a trade is not in the cards. There are too many veteran options on the free agency market for a trade to make a whole lot of sense right now.
The feeling is that the Cowboys are looking to receive a 3rd to 5th round pick in exchange for Romo. This is a price that they are highly unlikely to receive. Some have asked why the Cowboys simply wouldn’t take a late round pick to at least receive something for Romo. The answer is that the additional $9 million the Cowboys would receive in salary cap space by designating Romo a Post June 1st cut is worth more than a 6th or 7th round pick.
So the game of chicken continues for the Jones’ who really have no hard deadlines to cut him until June 1st.