When Tony Romo signed his huge $108 million extension Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones received a promise that Romo would spend more time at the team facility drawing Peyton Manning comparisons.
That means no more bye-week trips to Cabo.
“Tony is going to have more time, more presence. Not only … in the offseason but when the season starts, beginning Mondays, assuming we played Sundays, he’s going to have more time on the job,” Jones said. “A part of what we agreed with, was extra time on the job, beyond the norm.”
Tony Romo thinks that Jones message was somewhat misconstrued.
“I think that was wrong,” Romo said, via the Dallas Morning News. “(Jones) didn’t want me to spend more time at the facility, I mean, I wear the facility out. He asked me if I wanted to spend more time in the coaches meetings, something I’ve never been able to do before. I told him, ‘Yeah.’ I thought that was a positive for us as a football team.”
“Just any time you can get in there and be involved, in that aspect, it’s a good thing. I was on board with that. I thought it was a good thing, and it’s been great so far.”
Romo is also optimistic about the Cowboys’ potential this season.
“I’m really excited about the way that this training camp has gone. It’s pretty good.”