Roger Staubach calls out Cowboys’ Kyle Orton
By Mike Dyce
Dallas Cowboys back up quarterback Kyle Orton has been MIA during the team’s voluntary off-season workouts that began a week ago Monday. Now he isn’t technically required to be there and is reportedly considering retiring, but it has raised some eyebrows including that of former Cowboys quarterback and Hall of Famer Roger Staubach.
“I don’t know what’s going on there,” Staubach said, via the Dallas Morning News. “If Kyle wants to be with the Cowboys, he should be there. Anything can happen. Tony could get hurt again, and in the last game of the year Kyle did a good job. He should be looking at, ‘Hey, I might need to step in there if Tony’s back gets hurt early in the year.’ You need a backup quarterback who you can count on.”
“So when you go to training camp you know your teammates really well,” Staubach added. “I don’t know what Kyle is thinking. Maybe he’s going to retire. We have to keep Tony Romo healthy all year.”