Tony Romo is the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. If he's healthy, at least.

Jerry Jones made the painful realization last season when his team fell apart going 4-12 without Romo for a good majority of the year due to injuries. The Cowboys tried Brandon Weeden, Matt Cassel and Kellen Moore as backups. Only one still remains on the roster today.

Jones said earlier this offseason that Moore will enter the season as Romo's backup, and that has Sports Illustrated writer Greg Bedard miffed. The following is from his column:

Look, I get it. At this point, if Romo goes down again (which is more likely than not--we all know he isn't the most durable starter out there), the Cowboys will likely rely on Elliott's presence and talent to keep the team competitive. And throwing too many assets at the backup quarterback position might not be the wisest move because without Romo, the Cowboys' Super Bowl hopes are almost certainly dashed. The Cowboys have gone 1-13 the past three seasons without Romo, including 1-11 last year.​

But it's mind-boggling to me that the Cowboys are portraying the image that they think they're set at the quarterback position behind Romo. The quarterback, who turned 36 last month, isn't the most durable starter out there--he's recently undergone two back operations and broke his left collarbone twice last season (he had surgery on it in March).

ESPN's Ed Werder was recently on SportsDay's "Ballzy" podcast discussing how fans should feel with Moore as the backup quarterback.

I think Jason Garrett said he's earned the right to compete for that position based on how he played at the end of the year. I think Scott Linehan, the offensive coordinator, would have no misgivings whatsoever about Kellen Moore being the backup quarterback. But he's also part of the reason that they went 1-11. I'm a little surprised given that fact, and I don't necessarily think it was because of the quarterback play whether it was Matt Cassel or Brandon Weeden or Kellen Moore, I don't think they were solely responsible for the failure of the team. I think the team failed the backup quarterback as much as the backup quarterback failed the team. That being said, Jerry said that they understood the importance of that position. And once they really did because they were paying Kyle Orton $5 million a year a few years ago and they justifying that by saying, 'We recognize how important it is to have two quarterbacks you can win with.' I don't really understand the disconnect now given the experience they just had why they haven't gone out and gotten a legitimate backup quarterback. Maybe it'll be Josh McCown, who hasn't been cut yet in Cleveland, if he gets cut at all. I think he would be an excellent choice for the job. Let's see how it all plays out. But yeah, at this point, I'm surprised they only have what they do on the roster, that primarily being Kellen Moore and Tony Romo at the position.

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