He was in the draft room going over prospective draft picks. And during minicamps, as he was in OTAs, he is on the field with the coaches as they call the offense. “We’re just putting together some ideas that we love,” Romo said of his involvement in game planning. “I feel strongly about certain things that are going to help us. It’s just a bunch of guys going to work every day and figuring out ways to be better as a football team,” he said. “Lot of different capacities for players and coaches all the way up, so it’s exciting.” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Romo’s increased involvement was a collective and deliberate decision by the entire organization and a natural evolution for Romo who he called a gym rat. “Tony is very involved in what we are doing and has been for many years,” Garrett said. “But we made the decision early in the offseason prior to signing Tony to really say, ‘Hey Tony, we want you to get more involved.’ We want to be very deliberate from an organizational standpoint to do that. He has certainly embraced that. Tony is a gym rat, always has been. He is always around this place.
Center position doesn’t bother Tony Romo
“I had to focus. We were still in the game. Although they tied the game we still had an opportunity to keep playing. You got to dig down deep right there and stay focused.” Romo threw Freeman two sliders — one ball and one strike — before trying to sneak a fastball past the big first baseman. The left-handed hitting Freeman turned on the pitch, lining the game-winning single to right field. “I just put my foot down and swung when I saw the ball,” Freeman said. “I don’t look for anything. I just put my foot down and swing and hope for the best.” Romo took his third blown save in 19 opportunities. Braves closer Craig Kimbrel (2-1) struck out Hunter Pence to end the ninth with runners on first and second.
For more on the Cowboys’ minicamp visit: Blogging the Boys Romo had minor surgery to remove a cyst from his back in April, and he had hoped to be back in time for the offseason minicamp. However, the Cowboys would rather be safe than sorry when it comes to the health of the most important piece to their offensive puzzle. After his surgery, Romo told David Moore of the Dallas Morning News that he would definitely be ready for training camp in July. Whether or not that’s true, we’ll have to wait and see. The three-time Pro Bowler is coming off an up-and-down season. In 2012, Romo completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 4,903 yards — a personal best — and 28 touchdowns. But, he threw 19 interceptions, and his 90.5 QB rating was the lowest of his career. The Cowboys’ minicamp is set to begin Tuesday. More from SB Nation:
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It’s going to be played out on the field, no matter what we’re going to do we have to open up the football season against the New York Giants and whether you said great things or whether you said the Cowboys are whatever, they’re the best ever, the worst ever, they can’t ever, they can, it doesn’t matter. You still have to show up and you got to play. The biggest beef with Romo people have is his record in the playoffs, when he and the Cowboys actually make it, which currently stands at only one win to three losses, often having terrible games (like in 2009 against the Minnesota Vikings) that go hand in hand with the Cowobys’ painful exits. Every year seems like the last chance for him to prove he can carry this team forward, but there are always other problems with the team that get in the way of isolating him as the sole cause of the Cowboys underachieving. The biggest one? Probably the decisions Jerry Jones, the owner and the GM, makes. I just don’t think what anybody says has any influence on this football team. What anybody would say in those situations is they have their own agendas. They have their own lives they have to live. So for some people, it’s a positive for them to use certain things and use stuff and talk about it and that’s good for them if it helps them get a job or a write up or whatever, that’s positive for them. So I think go ahead use it, I think that’s important for them to get to where they’re trying to go.
Tony Romo to reporters ‘You guys just don’t matter’
While Romo talked to reporters who wanted to know more about an offseason that saw him get a seven-year, $119.5 million contract in March, he dissed them a little, too. “Not to be rude, but you guys just don’t matter,” Romo told those reporters on Tuesday, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Tony Romo says in the end, the opinion of media members won’t affect the only thing that counts—the game. (AP Photo) Soon after, Romo clarified his position to say that he’s not affected by how he’s covered and how much attention he receives, and it’s “just stuff” that comes with playing the highest-profile position on the NFL’s highest-profile team. “I know you guys all have a job to do, and it helps grow the game and there’s a lot of talk about the game, and it’s a wonderful aspect of it,” he said. “But good (or) bad, none of it matters. It’s going to be played out on the field. No matter what, we’re going to have to open up the football season against the New York Giants, and whether you said great things or whether you guys may have said the Cowboys are whatever—the best ever, the worst ever, they can’t ever, they can—it doesn’t matter. You’ve still got to show up, and you’ve got to play.” Romo, coming off April surgery that removed a cyst from his back, isn’t practicing for what the team deemed as a “precautionary” measure. The Cowboys are protecting their investment, and considering how much Romo was just paid—including $55 million guaranteed—the continued intense media scrutiny is a small price to pay. Recommended
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During the season, quarterback Tony Romo had three centers: Ryan Cook , Mackenzy Bernadeau and Costa. A chemistry with all three was difficult for Romo, but he handled it well. With Romo missing the entire offseason work due to his recovery from back surgery, there was a thought he would have problems dealing with another new center in first-round pick Travis Frederick . Romo said he’s got no problems with the new center. Romo is working with Frederick during walk-through periods of the offseason practices to make sure of that. “To me, more than anything, it’s your voice,” Romo said. “Just doing walk-through today and other areas when I had the team, and they start hearing me and the way I do things. I do a little more stuff at the line and some other stuff. It just comes down to a point where they got to get used to your voice fluctuation. Just the different things you say and use.
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71 in 2011. “I know this, I would have a hard time telling you who was great in the AFC last year,” Romo said. “You go by what’s written about and what’s talked about. Once again, like I said, that stuff is fun to talk about. I enjoy taking a peek and seeing what’s happening. OK, cool, then it goes on to the next day.” Bryant made his debut on the list after catching 92 passes for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2012. He caught a touchdown pass in seven consecutive games, with the streak ending in the regular season finale against the Washington Redskins . “That’s pretty cool,” Bryant said of the No. 35 ranking.
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