Farewell Fragile Prince

As you may have heard today the Dallas Cowboys are going to release Tony Romo.  Doing so will save the Cowboys $14 million against the cap this coming season, although over the next two years Romo will cost them $10.7million and $8.9 million respectively, so don’t expect Ol’ Double J to start refunding PSLs at Jerrah World just yet.  Or ever.

The Cowboys, (read: Jerry Jones), delayed the inevitable on this move, apparently hoping that someone, anyone, would offer them something for a 37-year old QB with two broken backs and 1 TD pass in a year who had a ginormour contract but not even the Browns, (I know, right?  I was surprised too!), were going to be that stupid and so Romo was cut loose to move to a farm up north and play with all the other quarterbacks.

By which I mean that he’s going to sign with Denver.  By which I mean he’s going to break his back for a third time, (for the sake of symmetry let’s say in Week 3), because last I checked Denver’s O-line looked a lot like a NYC subway turnstile in that when people weren’t running through it they were jumping over it.  Best of luck with that Tony, and maybe take a hard look at Houston before packing for the north.

A few words about Tony.  As a Cowboys fan since the days Roger Staubach was completing Hail Marys to a not-at-all-interfering-with-the-defender Drew Pearson I know something about the whiplash effect watching your team have no real back-up plan for a the retirement/injury/rape conviction of their really, really good QB.

Staubach was followed by Danny White, who punted when he wasn’t QBing, and that went so well that there was a QB controversy over whether White of Gary Goddamn Hogeboom should be the quarterback.  While I personally voted for Hogeboom, because I am an idiot, the answer, of course, was neither.  After those two the Cowboys were led by people named Steve Pelluer and Kevin Sweeney and those two could literally be living right next door to me and I would not know who they were.  This was early in my college career and it’s quite possible that I would have been blackout drunk anyway but given how the Yankees and Cowboys, (and God bless them the Whalers), were doing at the time it seems just as likely that I was drinking to forget that my teams sucked a collective bag of dicks.

Pelluer and Sweeney did so well that the Cowboys got a high enough draft pick, (#1 in 1989.  There were literally no teams worse than the Cowboys in 1988), to draft Troy Aikman.  Aikman led the Cowboys to 3 Super Bowl wins and probably would have had a fourth if the referees hadn’t let Deion Sanders molest Michael Irvin in the NFC championship game in 1994.

Aikman also generally led the league in landing on his head and retired after 8 diagnosed concussions and probably 10-3,000 times that many that went undiagnosed.  He is now the color man on Fox’s #1 team with the beloved Joe Buck and shows absolutely no ill effects from getting slammed on his head over and over and over.

Well, at least not when compared to Phil Simms he doesn’t.

The Cowboys prepared well for Aikman’s retirement by drafting Quincy Carter and pairing him with, among others, Ryan Leaf.  We all know how well that worked out.  Carter’s inevitable washing out, (to say nothing of Leaf’s inevitable washing up in prison), was followed by retreads like Vinne Testaverde, (I remember he was rumored to be colorblind and while I don’t know if that was true to my recollection he had a hell of a time remembering what color his team was wearing from one game to the next), and Drew Bledsoe.  The less said about those years the better.

Romo went undrafted in 2003 but signed with the Cowboys thanks in part to the efforts of Sean Payton, who went on to not do anything worth mentioning in football again.  By 2006 he had become the starter as the scar tissue on Drew Bledsoe had grown to the point that not even noted sushi-enthusiast Bill Parcells could ignore it.  Romo got the Cowboys into the play-offs and promptly dropped a late FG snap, leading to him getting tackled at the 2 and the Cowboys losing.

It was the first of many such late season late-in-the-game snafus for which Romo would become famous.  While the talking heads never seemed to tire of telling us how many late game comebacks, and to be fair he had his share, but they never seemed to mention that when the season was on the line, Romo had a knack for finding a way to ensure that the Cowboys made their early tee times with a minimum of fuss.  To be fair, (but really, how much fun is that?), in some seasons, (notably 2010), Romo played hurt when he probably shouldn’t have, except that the back-up was Jon Kitna or someone named Stephen McGee; in others, (2015 springs to mind), the entire team just sucked and while he may not have played that well, no one else did either.

Despite his propensity for season ending dipshittery Romo was entertaining.  He gave my team a chance to win when he was healthy and not surrounded by cast-offs, has-beens and never-weres.  He also gave my team a chance to lose, especially late in games, and really, why watch sports if you know how it’s going to end.  Might as well just say “fuck it”, sell your soul to Satan, join the Klan and root for the Patriots.  No, fahck you!  Youah mawm’s a whore!

Romo retires as the Cowboys all-time leader in passing yards and TDs.  He is tied with, among others, Brandon Weeden for number of Super Bowls won played in, with zero.  When all is said and done he’ll have made well over $100 million from football and my thanks for making my team somewhat relevant and worth watching again.  Also he never got Jerry Jones another Lombardi trophy and while I do indeed root for the Cowboys there’s certainly something to be said for that.

So well done Tony.  Good luck in the future and for the love of God you hopeless idiot, you’ve had two back surgeries already, your wife is gorgeous, you have more money than you could spend in three lifetimes, (assuming you’re not Bernie Kosar), STOP PLAYING FOOTBALL!!!

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blaxabbath

The man who started it all….

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Cuntler

Oh, oh . . . Do a “A Requiem for a Pussy . . . Cat” next!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
jjfozz

Oh Tony, so brittle, so easily broken, only the crumbs of your career are left. You’re a nacho chip at the bottom of the bag.

LemonJello

Fun fact: “nacho chip” is what all of Mark ‘El Shitbox’ Sanchez’s dates have to do to their backs the next morning.

King Hippo

So, apparently DAL’s backup to Murder Guy ™ has signed for DEN and will play LG. We still have no tackles, unless we plan to insanely try to put Schofield back at RT again. I don’t think Max Garcia can play RT, perhaps they are worried he will have to be used at C if our starter is slow to recover from his double hip surgeries (ouchie)…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Ease ‘er down there big boy; this will tak all spring to work itself out.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Eh sure, on the best line in the NFL. He is a substantial upgrade to either of the Donk guards. He graded out better than La’el Collins by the end of the 13 games he started. He didn’t allow a sack in those games. He is serious upgrade in run blocking over Garcia or Schofield. He isn’t as good as Kevin Zeitler is who reportedly will sign a 5-year, $60 million deal with Cleveland…… but there is a substantial price difference too.

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Cuntler

Testeverde literally means green balls ppl forget that.

King Hippo

BANNER this Cunt(ler) already ,, smh

Fronkenshteen

Jets are pursuing Trevor Siemien & Jay Cutler.
How do they get anyone to buy tickets?
Shameful.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Who else would you like them to go after for starter and backup? Here is the list:
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/quarterback/

Unsurprised

*whisper* Tebow *whisper*

Clifton Morehead III

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I think Foles has been regulated to a backup a little too quickly. I’d consider him over most of the guys on that list, but probably not ahead of Siemien or Jay. Certainly rather have him than Mike Glennon.

King Hippo

BLASPHEMER. The Giraffe is CASH MONEY.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m not so sure; I think that Foles may be what he is; i.e. low potential for improvement, where as Glennon has more potential, a stronger arm and better accuracy. That and he is easier to make fun of as a starter.

King Hippo

They definitely don’t want Catler and should trade the Donks an excellent pick FOAR a cap-controlled young starter.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Hold the phone, folks!

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys-reportedly-working-on-a-tony-romo-trade-to-broncos-texans-at-last-minute/

No, seriously! Get the phone away from the Double J!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I wonder what the percentage of manufactured rumors are by teams (red herring to throw off other teams), click-bate by reporters, or actual team discussions internally of with other teams that just falls through for whatever reason.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Danny White was a pretty good QB until he got his throwing hand turned into toothpaste by Carl Banks. Following Roger the Dodger makes Dallas fans even less analytical than they normally are.

ballsofsteelandfury

Danny White was a damn good QB who had the misfortune of following a legend. No matter what he did, he could never live up to the expectations.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Don’t be so sure on the Broncos.

The guy from Dallas they are interested in is

Adam Schefter‏Verified account @AdamSchefter

Cowboys G Ron Leary plans to sign with the Denver Broncos assuming no last-minute negotiating snags, per sources.

Spur

The best for Romo is to go to the Texans. He’s better then any QB they have had in years. A great defense to help. Plus a still somewhat weak division.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

How can they possibly pay him though, with all of their funds tied up in Lobster for the next 3 years?

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Appropriate gif ALERT!!!

*Unless crayfish.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Speaking of lobsters, I have an old email from Danger Guerrero where he mentions needing to get back to work on Lobster Cops. I wish he’s hurry up and produce it!

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I wouldn’t want to be the Hard-boiled Lobster Cop.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Charles Robinson

@CharlesRobinson

Pending free agent pursuit of #Cowboys Tony Romo feels far more laid back than I expected. #Broncos lukewarm. #Texans? Maybe out altogether.

Two things; the management would have admit that Brocky was a complete mistake and project that he will never get better. Then there is the guarantees in his contract; if they cut him that would be a shit tonne of dead money this year. It’s just not that easy.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Unsurprised

I would say “the one you can eat” but …

Spur

Romo will always lead the league in smiles.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

He’s also up there in grimaces, though it’s unlikely he’ll ever be able to catch Jamarcus Russell.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Russell also beats the shit out of Romo in career Purple Drank.

Unsurprised

For some sick reason I always associate smiles with strokes, and well … We all know who leads the league in all-time strokes.

Charles Haley

(Can’t bear to make a Kubiak joke)

Gratliff

I feel like we should say more about the Testaverde/Bledsoe years. I like a Cowboys team that makes the Eagles look like the ’85 bears for the better part of a decade.

litre_cola

You take that back Seth Joyner is a god amongst men!

Unsurprised

Romnobyl’s future rest home.
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Don T
Spur

And now his watch has ended

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[cradles Mickey Mouse watch tightly to chest in realization it may stop working someday]

– Eli Manning

King Hippo

This is a very well-done, fitting send off. Sorry in advance for teh Mile High crippling.

nomonkeyfun

Also, he got Jessica Simpson when she was 27. Just after Dukes of Hazzard.

So yah, I wouldn’t mind having my back broken twice and my brains scrambled from trying to understand the old JJ.
Plus, I’m sure he was able to get primo Dallas hooker tail on Jerrah’s plane.

In conclusion, I don’t feel sorry for Romo, I will just miss seeing him on Thanksgiving Day. Maybe the Broncos will get Dallas this year for return/sendoff.

ballsofsteelandfury
nomonkeyfun

You, suck balls. (giggity)

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

With her mental capabilities I don’t think it was at all difficult for him to talk her into it.

Or into anal.

Shogun Marcus

Honestly I feel Romo deserves a nice sendoff. He has earned it. Living with JJ that long, who would argue? He kept you relevant and destroyed his spine in the process.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

“He is tied with, among others, Brandon Weeden for number of Super Bowls won played in, with zero.”

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jjfozz

I would rather get slammed in the head 88 times instead of spending a minute within two feet of Joe Buck. Actually, getting that many concussions might make me like Joe Buck, and then forget i liked him a few seconds later.

For the record, I would like to see Joe Buck’s head dipped in liquid copper.

Shogun Marcus

I did try something similar.

Enrico Pallazzo

With all due respect, Chad Hutchinson was better.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I could care less about Chad Hutchinson strugg-a-ling.