Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo To Retire

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is expected to announce his retirement from football and enter the broadcast booth, according to reports from NFL insiders.

Romo, 36, who has spent his entire 15-year NFL career with the Cowboys, was expected to be released by the organization at the start of free agency, but the release didn’t come.

Instead, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tried unsuccessfully to orchestrate a trade deal with several teams during free agency in the hopes of getting something for Romo.

However, a deal never materialized, and Romo remained on the Cowboys roster.

Although Romo never took the Cowboys to a Super Bowl, he was considered a successful and at times elite quarterback until the injuries began to pile up.

In 2010, Romo broke his left collarbone for the first time and spent 10 weeks trying to recover.

In 2013, Romo suffered a ruptured disc in week 16 and missed the final regular season game after having surgery.

In 2014, Romo suffered two transverse process fractures after he was kneed in the back during a game against the Washington Redskins. He would return to play two weeks later.

Romo spent the early part of the 2015 campaign recovering from a broken left collarbone after a sack in the second regular season game.

The Cowboys relied on Brandon Weeden and Matt Cassell until Romo came back, and he subsequently broke the same collarbone in the week 10 matchup with Carolina.

In 2016, Romo suffered a compressed vertebrae fracture in a preseason game and was projected to be out six to 10 weeks, but he never returned to the field again.

Rookie Dak Prescott, who was deemed a fourth-round project, took over and guided the Cowboys to a 13-3 season and a short playoff run.

With Prescott entrenched as the Cowboys starting quarterback, it became obvious that Romo was expendable.

For months, speculation swirled that Romo could be released and was projected to end up with Kansas City, Denver or Houston at the start of free agency.

During the free agency frenzy, Romo took to social media and posted a recorded farewell message to fans, but his release didn’t come.

On Monday, Jones issued a statement indicating that Romo would be allowed to negotiate and work out for other interested teams, but there were no takers.

So, it was time to walk away.

Romo has drawn interest for broadcasting jobs with CBS, NBC and Fox, so it’s likely his next assignment will involve a microphone as a color analyst

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