The Facts: As PFT has long predicted, the Cowboys likely will be releasing not trading Romo. While that hasn't happened yet, it's pointing in that direction. Ed Werder of ESPN reports that Romo is expecting to be released, not traded.

Diehards Line:As PFT's Mike Florio has predicted on multiple occasions, Romo and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will hammer out a wink-nod arrangement in which Romo gets cut in return for a verbal agreement not to sign with specific other teams including but not limited to Washington. Apart from the complexity of trading an aging quarterback with a recent history of significant injuries, Florio points out that Romo would have to welcome a deal that transfers his contract (at a $14 million salary) to a new team for which he may or may not want to play. It makes more sense for him to negotiate a new deal from scratch with the team of his choice. And if that team doesn’t have to give up draft picks to get Romo, that team may be inclined to pay him even more than it otherwise would. "So count this report from Werder as Step One," Florio wrote. "Before too long, Romo could be stepping right out of Dallas, with an agreed list of potential destinations based on a secret side deal that no one ever will acknowledge."