It has been coming for some time now, but it was still hard to see that the Tony Romo era in Dallas is really ending.
Report: Tony Romo To Be Cut Tomorrow On First Day Of Free Agency By Cowboys - OCC, Blogging The Boys
Jerry Jones always harbored some hope in his heart that Romo could still stay with the team somehow, but that was always unrealistic. And in the end, it comes down to business.
Releasing Romo creates $5.1M of cap space immediately. Alternatively, and this would be the much more likely option, the team could designate a Romo a June 1 cut, which would create much more cap space in 2017.