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[bikerack]

Welp. Romo is headed to TV.

[bikerack]

From inside the Texans org...

From my understanding, Romo has some concern about his own back and he was done dealing with Jerry and the Cowboys.

Also from what I was told is his wife was really concerned about Romo's health and caring for their family.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by bikerack

Welp. Romo is headed to TV.

Good. The organization can finally move on. Romo hasn't played in 2 years and was not the answer.

[HPF Bob]

We probably dodged a bullet. So, do we sign Cutler, Kaepernick or go all-in on the draft?

[HPF Bob]

Apparently the kicker for Romo was when CBS agreed to let him be part of their golf coverage in year two. Reminds me of when NBC lured Don Meredith away from ABC on the promise he could star in acting roles. It must not have went well because he didn't do a lot of NFL with NBC and he didn't do that much acting either.After a couple of years, he was back on MNF but he was bitter after that and far from the fun-loving cowboy ABC once promoted.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

We probably dodged a bullet. So, do we sign Cutler, Kaepernick or go all-in on the draft?

I'd sign one of those guys if there is less than $1 million a year guaranteed. Give Kaepernick 2 years and $20-25 million with $1-2 million guaranteed. Or better yet, no signing bonus and huge roster bonuses. Then he has to earn it all. Then draft a QB early and another one late. Then toss in Savage and let them all compete for the starting job. If Kaep doesn't win the job in the preseason cut him like Denver did Sanchez last year before he ever played a game. Let all of the other QBs compete for the starting job and the backup jobs. Whoever plays best is your starter. 2nd best is your backup. If the 3rd best shows any promise he's your 3rd stringer, and if not go with a practice squad guy.

[chuck]

I would do all of the above but substitute Cutler for Kaep.

Although I would pay good money to watch the necks in the paper's comments section have a chicken fried meltdown if the team signed Kaep. That'd be outstandiner'n hell.

[nunusguy]

Agree or not with his attitude there's no way McNair is gonna hire any player who's does or ever had issues about standing when the national anthem is played.
So last time I checked Cutler is willing to stand for the anthem and he's also got a tremendous arm. But yea he's flaky and not known as a particular good teammate, but still if the money is right why not consider him ?

[Arky]

I guess we won't have Phil Simms to kick around anymore. Bummer.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Agree or not with his attitude there's no way McNair is gonna hire any player who's does or ever had issues about standing when the national anthem is played.
So last time I checked Cutler is willing to stand for the anthem and he's also got a tremendous arm. But yea he's flaky and not known as a particular good teammate, but still if the money is right why not consider him ?

I agree there is no chance this team employs Kaepernick. We pander to the average fan and do whatever possible to make sure our players don't reflect poorly on the franchise. It's why we wouldn't draft Derek Carr.

As for Kaepernick, I don't think he or Cutler can play. But if I was making decisions, I'd sign Kaepernick and in the negotiations I would tell him I expect him to run the ball 150 times if he's healthy. If he isn't your franchise and your future, then you can take the gloves off and call designed runs and encourage scrambling. If your offense isn't going to be traditionally great, steal first downs anyway you can. And at least a mobile QB might help our redzone issues.

But I agree it's probably Smokin' Jay.