Johnny Manziel was the most popular college football player in the state of Texas last season, but his popularity still takes a back seat to that of Tony Romo.
Thelandryhat.com on Saturday posted a poll asking Dallas Cowboys fans whether they favored trying to trade Romo, who's coming off his second back surgery in two years, for Texas A&M's Heisman Trophy winner who last week declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft.
Thelandryhat.com was in favor of the move.
"Yes, this is a bit of fantasy football. But I did write an article two years ago about how the Cowboys should have traded up in that draft for Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, if at all possible. And I think Dallas would be in a far better position today with Luck at quarterback over the aging Tony Romo. That being said, Manziel has more question marks surrounding him than Luck. And it appears most experts are simply polarized about the kid. Either he is going to be the greatest player ever or a bust. I like the kid myself. I think Dallas would be wise to trade Romo and their first round pick for Manziel, especially considering Tony's age and recent back injury. It won't happen, but it doesn't mean it wouldn't be a great move for the future of the franchise."
The reason it won't happen, according to the Dallas Morning News' Tim Cowlishaw, is that quarterbacks with hefty contracts - Romo will be in the second year of a seven-year, $119.5 million contract with the Cowboys in 2014 - can't be traded because no other team would take on that money and Dallas wouldn't be able to afford the cap hit it would take.
But even if a trade somehow could be worked out for the Cowboys to be in a position to draft Manziel, Dallas fans would be against it.
As of Sunday morning, fifty-five percent of the people who voted in the poll indicated they would not trade Romo for Manziel.
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