The Cowboys have ingeniously managed to finish the 2015 draft with a coup. After picking up La’el Collins, who was originally projected to go in the 1st round, as an undrafted free agent, many are thinking they now have possibly one of the best O-lines ever assembled.
Though Tony Romo has been known for injury issues in the past, it appears that he might be thinking the Cowboys beefed up O-line might help extend his NFL years just a little longer.
“I just think the way Jason and Stephen and Jerry have built this team over the last three or four years has been from the inside out and you’re seeing the benefits of that,” Romo said. “We’re still going. This wasn’t a one-year, two — we’re building this for the next five, six, seven years to sustain and any time you get an opportunity to get a guy like Collins you should take advantage of that.”
“When you have a good offensive line like we do the thought definitely crosses your mind to ensure you do everything possible to play longer than maybe what you had envisioned,” Romo said. “We’ll reassess that in a few years. My wife will tell you, I’m talking a little more long term than I maybe had been. So we’ll see.”
Romo just turned 35 in April, so a suggestion that he can continue with the team for 5 or 6 more years is pretty bold. QBs playing past the age of 40 is very rare, and Romo’s past injuries do raise some eyebrows. In addition, if the offensive line continues to perform the way they did last season, keeping them together may prove financially unfeasible for Jerry Jones. Everyone’s entitled to a fantasy I suppose.
[h/t ProFootballTalk]