Jason Garrett openly questions Tony Romo’s durability

Tony Romo will likely be looking for work in the coming weeks, and his current coach isn’t exactly doing him any big favors when it comes to boosting the quarterback’s chances of future employment opportunities.

While speaking with reporters on Thursday, Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett praised Romo for being a “great football player” but also brought up Romo’s inability to stay healthy.

“Durability has been an issue the last couple of years,” Garrett said, per a video posted by Clarence Hill of the Star-Telegram. “Nobody really knows how he can handle the course of a 16-game season, but that’s true for everybody. You take that risk with every player on your roster.”

The questions about Romo’s durability were unprompted. Garrett did pay Romo a bunch of compliments, but that’s probably not the type of thing the QB wants his coach calling attention to. While we all know about Romo’s multiple back procedures and the various injuries he has suffered, he probably would have preferred if Garrett said something along the lines of “he looks healthy and any team would be lucky to have him.”

With only the Houston Texans and Denver Broncos (possibly) being interested in Romo, it would not be shocking if the veteran decided to retire. Romo supposedly has at least one very appealing television job waiting for him if he calls it a career.