Top seven takeaways from the second day of NFL free agency

Tony Romo situation still lingering 

We figured by now there would at least be some sort of movement relating to Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. Now, two full days into free agency, and we’re no closer than we were a few months back. Romo and his $24.7 million cap hit remains with the Cowboys. The team is now exploring a trade for their former Pro Bowl signal caller after initial reports indicated he would be released (more on that here).

In terms of the teams potentially chasing Romo, neither the Texans nor the Broncos are actually willing to trade for him. In fact, both seem to be lukewarm on the idea of bringing Romo on altogether.

This could very well be a case of the Cowboys overplaying their hand. Did they really think the market might suggest the team could unload Romo with a minimal cap hit? That seemed to be the case after Houston saved money by trading Brock Osweiler to Cleveland on Thursday. Though, one day later, and it’s less a foregone conclusion than it was.

Denver currently has two quarterbacks in the mix for the starting job in the form of 2016 first-round pick Paxton Lynch and last year’s starter Trevor Siemian. Meanwhile, Houston’s only real internal option is Tom Savage.

If one of these two teams doesn’t bit the bait, the squads with remaining needs for a quarterback are far less attractive from Romo’s standpoint. That list includes the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns. All the while, multiple television networks are interested in Romo should he decide to retire, something that came to the forefront again on Friday.

Whatever the end result is here, it’s a lot more messy than both Romo and the Cowboys would have liked. Let’s hope Romo’s farewell to the fans in Big D wasn’t his way of separating himself completely from the organization that took a chance on the potential future Hall of Famer as an un-drafted free agent so many years back.