The Dallas Cowboys are hoping to retool this offseason and repeat as NFC East champions in 2015 while also taking another shot at their ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl. The team's most notable move so far has been letting star running back DeMarco Murray leave in free agency, and it appears that not everybody was thrilled about the decision.
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Tony Romo recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and told a great story about how he really wanted the team to keep Murray. He gave an impassioned speech to some influential members of the organization, including Jerry Jones, and he not only inadvertently insulted the Cowboys owner, but he also hinted at his timeline for retiring from football.
"A month or two before (the start of free agency), you're trying to tell ownership you want to keep (Murray). We're in the bus in Arizona, after the Pro Bowl -- for Super Bowl week -- and Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones and Jason Garrett are there. And we're talking and I'm trying to push the envelope of keeping DeMarco," Romo said.
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"I think everyone wants to do that and we're just throwing out things, and we'd actually had a few drinks at the time, so there are some passionate speeches going on about what you wanted to do and one of them was my own," he continued.
"I looked over at Stephen, who is probably doing to take over for Jerry as the owner one day and I say, 'Stephen, you've got 25-30 years left to go win championships.'
"I look over at Jason and am like, 'You're the next Tom Landry. You've got 25-30 years left to go win championships.'
"I didn't know what I was saying at the time, but I'm like, 'Me and Jerry, we got 4-5 years left only.' I was trying to push the envelope that we needed DeMarco back but I didn't realize that I was basically telling him, 'You're gonna die in four years.'"
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