Tony Romo isn't participating in the Dallas Cowboys' current mandatory minicamp, but the quarterback, who's had a quiet offeseason overall, still managed to make some noise. While Romo still 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. Soon after, Romo clarified his position to say that he's just not affected by how he's covered and how much attention he gets, 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 isn't practicing for what the team deemed as a "precautionary" measure as he's coming off April surgery that removed a cyst in his back. The Cowboys are just protecting their investment, and for how much Romo was just paid -- including $55 million guaranteed -- the continued intense media scrutiny is a small price to pay. Source: Sporting News
Next time he says that hopefully a reporter will say: " Know what does matter? Not fumbling a field goal snap."
