Now what owner doesn’t want their quarterback to be like Peyton Manning? While Cowboys QB Tony Romo will never be Peyton, Jerry Jones at least wants him to put in as much time. Read more after the jump.
“Peyton Manning-type time on the job,” Jones said he wants Romo to work, via the Dallas Morning News.
“If Tony, for instance, would be here Monday through Saturday . . . from seven in the morning to six o’clock at night all over this place then that’s better than the way it’s been,” Jones said. “We’ll have more success, and Jason believes that. It’s certainly at quarterback but he believes it at the other positions. Tony is going to have more time, more presence, not only in the offseason but when the season starts, beginning Monday, assuming we played Sundays. He’s going to have more time on the job. A part of what we agreed with was extra time on the job, beyond the norm.”
Romo has taken a lot of criticism for being focused on other things rather than dedicating his time to football and getting better.
Jones said he admires the way Manning doesn’t just do what is required of an NFL quarterback, and he hopes Romo will use Manning as his role model.
“Anybody will tell you that Peyton Manning’s involvement in what they do is a bonus as opposed to what the general commitment is of top quarterbacks in the NFL,” Jones said. “That’s a bonus. Again, because I haven’t been in meetings with Peyton for a long time, but we’re committed and [Romo’s] committed to that type of in-season and off-season approach for these years under his contract.”
Well Romo has a new six-year, $108 million contract to earn. The Cowboys have locked him up and put their faith in him, I think he better adhere to Jones’ suggestion.
