Tony Romo or Dak Prescott? A New Take On The Quarterback Debate

Tony Romo is going to get his starting job back, no matter what your opinion or belief is.

One of the strongest reasons being that the Cowboys front office needs to know if Tony has anything left after countless injuries, for business decisions that will be coming next spring.

Romo’s salary cap hit this season is 20.5 million dollars, but next year his cap hit will be almost 25 million.

The year after that, his cap number is actually over 25 million.

With the injuries that Romo has suffered in 2015 and in the preseason of this year, there is no telling whether or not he will be worth those cap prices in the coming years.

If Tony is fully healthy and 100 percent, he is absolutely worth those cap numbers if his previous performance levels are an indication of what he will be when he is back playing.

And if he isn’t the same guy when he returns, it is better to find that out before he eats up 50 million dollars of cap space in the next two seasons.

The best way to know if Tony will be the elite quarterback that deserves that money, is for him to play in a balanced offense that has previously performed at a high level in his absence.

If Romo and the Cowboys struggle, they know that there will be a tough decision that they will have to make in spring of 2017.

If that is what happens, albeit that is not what I expect to happen, Romo will likely be released at that time.

It will cost the Cowboys 10 million dollars in 2017 and 8 million in 2018, meaning they will save 32 million dollars of cap space in the next two seasons if they release him.

Jerry Jones loves Tony Romo and believes in him unequivocally. He believes that Romo can lead this team to a championship and there is no way that Tony doesn’t get that opportunity.

But aside from believing he is the one to lead them to the title this year, the Cowboys need to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Romo can no longer play before they move on from him.