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Tony Romo training camp picture leads to fat jokes, concern

July 30, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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An unflattering photo of Tony Romo taking the field at Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif. on Saturday went viral and led to concern from some fans that the quarterback is overweight.

Photographers and other media members took pictures and video of Romo and other Cowboys running onto the field Saturday:

Tony Romo and the #Cowboys take the field for the first time this camp. Coverage continues all day on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/YARrDnjxFF

— Omar Ruiz (@OmarDRuiz) July 30, 2016

It’s one particular photo of Romo that led to concerns from fans that the quarterback is overweight. Rather, it led to tons of mocking.

Take a look at all the fat jokes folks on Twitter were cracking:

Tony Romo ain't taking the Cowboys to the Super Bowl he taking them to the burger shop pic.twitter.com/dGh4rHY2pE

— #LongLiveTheKing (@King_Isaih) July 30, 2016

Tony Romo's been on the JaMarcus Russell offseason diet plan

(pic via @not_romo) pic.twitter.com/zDOVXxhM34

— NOTSportsCenter™ (@NOTSportsCenter) July 30, 2016

Tony Romo went 4 for 4 on the field and 4 for $4 at Wendy's pic.twitter.com/3gvSVurc2e

— Grant Goldberg (@grantgoldberg) July 30, 2016

Tony Romo is trying out for offensive line this year. pic.twitter.com/t29wrTE94e

— The Good Tweet Guy (@SportsTalkJoe) July 30, 2016

Eddie Lacy lost some weight and Tony Romo found it pic.twitter.com/YqY3CnHy8A

— Blair (@blairupthere) July 30, 2016

Tony Romo ate all the NFC East QB's pic.twitter.com/dWmLFKgR7C

— Seph (@Breakemdownseph) July 30, 2016

Cowboys have a new Fullback to protect Zeke, he looks a lot like Tony Romo pic.twitter.com/74o0BRdUDB

— #FlyEaglesFly (@phillybirdzz) July 30, 2016

Why does Tony Romo look like he spent the offseason watching every episode of Friends on Netflix though pic.twitter.com/ieNL1pEniF

— Jordan Zirm (@clevezirm) July 30, 2016

So…we're all gonna sit back & ignore the fact that Tony Romo ate Dallas in the offseason?? #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/UM26zSGsNy

— Brooke (@Brooke_Cale) July 30, 2016

Is this just a bad pic or did Tony Romo go on the Shawn Kemp Offseason Training Program? pic.twitter.com/9MwqRQkc72

— Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) July 30, 2016

Dez dropped it, but Tony ate it pic.twitter.com/cIwWeoHnk5

— Not Robert Griffin (@Pseudo_RGIII) July 30, 2016

Did Tony Romo really get fat during the offseason? Did he put on a ton of weight? We thought that seemed unlikely and that it was more likely the photo was just taken at a bad time or from a bad angle. After all, this is how he looked a few nights ago, and he seemed fit:

I think Tony Romo is wearing extra pads folks this was him a few nights ago with our police chief pic.twitter.com/KzWzShnkew

— Jen316 (@jenmisstx) July 30, 2016

And Michael Irvin had this to say:

Just talked to @michaelirvin88 about the Tony Romo "fat" pic. Michael: "I just had lunch with him last Tuesday. Tony looks fine."

— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) July 30, 2016

Worst case scenario: If Romo put on the weight, the Cowboys could just have him do this to shed the pounds.

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