Jerry Jones says no to quarterback at No. 4 overall

No one should be surprised here!

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has made it clear this whole offseason that he wants Tony Romo to be his starting quarterback for the next 4-5 years. Yet 99.9 percent of the people that do mock drafts have the Cowboys taking a Romo’s eventual successor in the 2016 NFL Draft.

They site Aaron Rodgers going to the Green Bay Packers but the Packers were in a different situation. The Packers were already loaded and felt like they could go to the Super Bowl without a draft. They took Rodgers because he fell all the way down to them at No. 24 overall.

The Cowboys have a talented team that fell apart because of multiple injuries to key players in 2015. And if they can get one more star, the kind of player you get at No. 4 overall, it can put them over the top. Of course, Jones talked to Romo to gage his committment level to playing into the future.

Romo is still a good quarterback and will lead them back into the playoffs for the 2016 season. And what the Packers did with Rodgers could be done with a quarterback outside of the first round. The Cowboys need to take advantage of having such a high pick with such a talented team by adding a star plus there’s no Rodgers in the 2016 draft.

Former Cowboys GM Gil Brandt found out from Jones himself that he’s not taking a quarterback at No. 4, telling NFL.com, “Jerry told me recently that he will unequivocally not take a quarterback at No. 4, where the Cowboys draft this year.

“I believe him. It makes sense if you think Romo will make a full recovery from offseason surgery, will be your starter for at least three more years, and your team has a window of opportunity that will remain open by filling more glaring needs with the top pick in the draft.”