Tony Romo would rather never win a Super Bowl with Cowboys, than win else where
By Mike Dyce
The Dallas Cowboys are hoping that quarterback Tony Romo can be the guy to lead them to the Super Bowl. They’ve committed to him with a long term contract, and furthered their commitment by avoiding drafting Johnny Manziel and instead selecting an offensive lineman to help protect Romo.
Romo for his part is equally as loyal to the Cowboys.
“I would rather fight until the end and give everything I have and leave it out there for the Dallas Cowboys than go somewhere else and do something special for a couple years,” Romo said in an interview on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM] in Dallas, via Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News. “It just doesn’t seem that that would be enjoyable at all to me.”
Romo continued with a hypothetical situation.
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“When I say that, I mean you kind of put your heart and your body and your competitive nature on the line in the sense of when you’re playing. Let’s say before I signed this last contract, you go out and say, ‘I’m going to go to this other team and do this.’ Let’s just pretend it was Seattle a year ago or something, I don’t know, we’re just throwing it out. But you go out there and you win a championship. Well, congratulations, you went and picked a spot and you went and won a championship there and it was set up with a lot of the pieces and blah, blah, blah. And then you go back and live in Dallas. I’m just like, I don’t know that that would, ‘Congratulations, a bunch of people in Seattle like you.’
“It’s about the team you grew up with, that you started off with. That is your team. You put everything into it and the joy comes from accomplishing it with so many people, and the fans and the state. I’m going to be here for good.”
His loyalty is certainly commendable, but with their third consecutive season with a 8-8 record and missing the playoffs under the belt they need to take that step forward. The Cowboys have a dominant receiver in Dez Bryant, a 1,000 yard rusher in DeMarco Murray, and a capable tight end in Jason Witten. In the last two drafts they’ve addressed the offensive line to support Romo and he needs to get the Cowboys in contention soon.
There are still glaring holes in the defense that Romo isn’t necessarily responsible for, and he might be required to outscore teams on occasions, but he needs to limit his mistakes. Aside from a plethora of weapons he has an intriguing new offense with new coordinator Scott Linehan who has said the Cowboys can be more vertical in their offense.