Jerry Jones continues to float the possibility of drafting a young quarterback to groom as Tony Romo’s eventual successor. Now, he’s likening such a scenario to how Green Bay transitioned from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers.
“You look at examples of Rodgers and you look at the example that he got to come in there and work behind Favre,” Jones said, via ESPN’s Todd Archer. “Rodgers came from a different system in college. He saw the most freewheeling successful quarterback there’s ever been in this league. He saw that work. He added that to his game. It helped him become even more the type in that system than when he came in. Something like that could happen if we decided to go quarterback at some level. I emphasize that – at some level.
“If a player came in here and played behind [Romo] 3-4 years, he would come out with a Harvard degree in how to play quarterback, in my mind,” Jones added. “He would be that influential. And it would open up an area of how to play the game that we all would agree has a certain unique style to it, Romo. Just like, say, Favre did with Rodgers. That’s in my mind. That can be very impressionable and really be a big positive. So when I’m sitting there thinking about which way to go here, the ability to with Romo there and the ability to have a top talent learning behind that team and with Romo, it’s a big asset.”
Rodgers sat behind Favre for about three years before getting his crack at the job, which is the apparent target here. With Jones saying that the Cowboys anticipate having Romo under center for another four to five seasons, using the number four pick on a quarterback this year may be a bit too soon. It’s clear Jones is interested in the idea, though – he has been talking about it for a while.
