http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboys/2016/11/18/dale-hansen-tony-romo-cowboys-losing-troy-aikman-roger-staubach-losing-danny-whiteWFAA-TV sports anchor Dale Hansen offered his thoughts on Tony Romo during his unplugged segment on Ch. 8 recently. Here are some highlights. It's hard for Romo now -- he says he's in a dark place. Maybe his darkest place ever, but I know millions of Americans who live in an even darker place. Millions of Americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. And don't have Romo's bank account to fall back on either.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has paid Romo almost $100 million, saying he has at least four or five good years left. And it turned out to be only one.
Ten years a starter, and only two playoff wins. The Cowboys aren't losing Troy Aikman or Roger Staubach, they're losing Danny White. He was every bit as good, and he won more.
I've never been impressed by the pinball machine numbers Romo has put up. He says quarterbacks are judged by the championships they win. And while I don't think that's always fair, it is the reality of playing any game in America.
Romo's problem is the problem that so many great athletes have. Very few get to leave on their own terms. Because their terms would be that they never leave.
When the Cowboys lost a game in Philadelphia, knocking them out of the playoffs, and Romo was getting much of the blame as he always did, it was Tony Romo who said, "If this is the worst thing that ever happens to me, I will have lived a good life."
I hope he can remember that, because I would say the same thing to him now. Tony Romo has lived a very good life. He's been a very good quarterback, and it's not over yet.