Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has Tony Romo's back, believes he will 'work through' OWI arrest

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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones believes his erstwhile franchise quarterback, Tony Romo, volition "work through" his caller OWI apprehension successful Wisconsin.

Jones, who saw Romo nether halfway for 13 seasons successful Dallas, talked astir him during a caller interrogation with KDFW Fox 4, saying helium has been successful interaction with the quarterback-turned-broadcaster.

Romo was arrested connected July 23 connected charges of operating a conveyance portion nether the influence, arsenic good arsenic allegedly possessing an unfastened instrumentality of intoxicant successful his conveyance and unsafe passing to the right.

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Tony Romo mugshot from arrest. (Fox News Digital)

"I emotion him," Jones said. "I emotion what he’s about. I emotion his character. I emotion his emotion of sport. And he’s a very, precise unsocial talent. And the existent question is – and I don’t adjacent person to inquire what the reply is: Do you deliberation Tony Romo knows however to get up erstwhile helium gets knocked down? He had a beingness of that. And absolutely, that’s 1 of his top attributes, is that helium tin grip adversity.

"So this is thing that helium volition enactment though. He is simply a unsocial talent. …So, obviously, I’m a large instrumentality of his, large instrumentality of his family, and fto maine archer you close now, he’s arsenic existent arsenic helium sounds. He feels each down time, helium feels each up time."

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Romo’s lawsuit has been rather the NFL storyline arsenic grooming campy begun crossed the league past week, particularly arsenic constabulary bodycam footage became available.

Romo, who was driving aft playing a circular successful the Wisconsin Amateur Golf Championship, was seen telling constabulary that helium had "zero" drinks, and adjacent questioned wherefore they thought helium was intoxicated.

"Because I’m coming from a play course, you deliberation I’m drunk?" Romo was heard saying.

Jan 27, 2025; Frisco, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones speaks to the media astatine a property league astatine the Star. (Tim Heitman-Imagn Images)

Romo was detained by constabulary and transported to a adjacent presumption to behaviour tract sobriety tests aft the arresting serviceman said she observed red, glassy eyes and smelled intoxicant connected Romo’s breath.

After completing the tests, Romo refused to instrumentality a enactment test, telling the officer, "I've heard from each the lawyers don't ever bash that."

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A week later, Romo was sidelined by CBS Sports arsenic their apical NFL expert alongside play-by-play dependable Jim Nantz. The web announced this past Friday that Romo "is connected permission from his relation astatine CBS Sports until further notice."

It is unclear however this permission volition beryllium observed for Romo, but erstwhile Houston Texans large antiaircraft extremity J.J. Watt volition beryllium taking his spot successful the booth adjacent to Nantz and sideline newsman Tracy Wolfson.