Tony Romo & DeMarco Murray Are Still Friends Because Romo Offered to Take a Paycut
DeMarco Murray signed a 5-year, will-never-actually-get-paid-the-entire-$42 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles last month. We already know that the NFL’s leading rusher felt disrespected, but did you know he wanted his star quarterback to take a paycut so he could re-sign with Dallas and remain with the team? That’s the confusing story Tony Romo told during a radio interview. Transcript via Dallas Morning News:
"“DeMarco ended up asking me, ‘Why don’t you take a pay cut?'” Romo said while appearing on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday. “I was like, ‘I will. I will take a pay cut to go do this.’ I was like, ‘They’re going to restructure me and the whole thing,’ that’s the same thing in some ways just for salary-cap purposes. He was like, ‘OK, now we’re back to being friends.’ ‘You’re really worried about me? I would take $5 million less if it meant getting you back’. He knew that.”"
Anyone else wondering what went wrong? DeMarco Murray wanted Tony Romo to take a paycut. Tony Romo offered to take a paycut. DeMarco Murray signed with the Eagles anyway. Could the Cowboys’ organization felt disrespected by Murray? This seems like an epic f—up by Dallas, but what do I know? All that really matters is that Romo and Murray stay friends forever.