The locker room at The Star – the home of the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott’s team moving forward – continues to feature an interesting caveat. Tony Romo’s old locker continues to remain vacant. There is no CBS Sports blazer for him to conveniently come to should he ever need it, despite being fully committed to this exciting new phase of his life.
Instead there is an emptiness that the Cowboys certainly feel due to their franchise quarterback responsible for not only transitioning America’s Team off of a losing carousel of quarterbacks but doing so on his way out as well with total class towards Prescott. Romo has not officially retired from the NFL yet, which makes the seemingly harmless question, “will Jerry Jones go calling to CBS should he need a new starting QB at any point this season?” a legitimate one.
Cowboys’ QB Coach Wade Wilson had to field this question recently, and only added fuel to the Romo narrative fire.
“It’s fun to speculate about that, if Dak were to go down in Week Two, would Tony come back? Do I think he’s capable of coming back and playing? Most definitely. Does he want to or what his commitment is to the network? I don’t know that, so it’s fun to think about, and it’s fun water-cooler topics to talk about [even without] information to make a definitive answer on that.” – Wade Wilson
The Dallas Cowboys do not need definitive answers on Tony Romo. Having not strung together consecutive above .500 seasons since 2008 and 2009, the Cowboys need to be fully committed to their Rookie of the Year under center in Dak Prescott.
Logistically, whether or not the Cowboys are committed to Prescott is hardly a legitimate discussion. He is their starting quarterback entering the 2017 season, and they hope he’ll be their starter for a long time.
The beginning of the Dak Prescott era in Dallas was an improbable of a story as we’ve seen in recent league history, and it overshadowed the descend of Tony Romo to an extent. Even still, Tony is happy with the decision he made to commit himself to the broadcasting field.
Things will work out just fine for the Cowboys. Dak Prescott has been committed since day one to the team that picked him up in the fourth round, not knowing what he would become so quickly.
There’s no need for an empty locker to sit around for Tony Romo though, forcing the Cowboys coaches to continue to talk about a player they truly don’t need right now.
Because stupid ass cowboys fans miss the 9-7 and 8-8 seasons already. Then you got the ones who will never accept Dak because he made the league forgot about old Romo. Then you got fans like me who Wanted Romo released in March. When will you fans stop accepting mediocrity Why are we still talking about a qb who ONLY won two playoff games??
I’ve seen a couple stories about his locker and number still being in place. Well yeah it should be because he is on the roster until after June 1. If it’s still there June 2nd that might be a bit odd.
One more day….. haha
Tony Romo is definitely a top tier quarterback and deserves our respect. In some of those mediocre seasons, we did not have the offensive line we have now. He did a lot with a little and the Cowboys were competitive. He is presently a better quarterback than Dak and would still be the starter except for salary cap problems. Dak Prescott is a great quarterback but not as experienced. I hope he can stretch the field this season and get the ball to Dez more because we need to get the ball to all our playmakers!