Tony Romo built a career that put him right alongside the best quarterbacks in Dallas Cowboys history, but the part that still lingers for him is the one thing he never finished.
On an episode of Pardon My Take, Romo said his biggest regret was not delivering a Super Bowl to Dallas. That was the mission, and he knows he came up short.
"I'm not a guy with big regrets, I guess you could say," Romo said. "The only regret, I guess, I would have is that my job was to bring a Super Bowl to Dallas, and I didn't do it. So that always sticks with me a little bit because you give your whole body, heart, soul, everything into it, and you just wanted that for all the fans, for the Joneses, for everybody that you're around.
"So that one always sticks with me a little bit just because I had that opportunity and just wasn't able to do it. So that part of it kind of still sits there."
That answer fits the way Romo’s Cowboys tenure is remembered. He finished 2-4 in the playoffs and never got to the NFC Championship Game, even though some of those Dallas teams had enough firepower to make a real run.
The Cowboys have now gone 30 years without reaching a conference championship, and Romo was one of several quarterbacks to take a swing at ending that drought. He came closest in three different Divisional Round losses, with each one carrying its own what-if moment - one throw, one referee decision, one play call.
Even with the playoff frustration attached to his name, Romo’s production was never the issue. He was the Cowboys’ all-time leading passer until Dak Prescott passed him last season, and he still holds the franchise record for passing touchdowns, though Prescott is expected to take that next.
Romo also earned All-Pro recognition, made multiple Pro Bowls, and carved out a place as one of the most productive undrafted players the league has ever seen.
But in the end, the playoff losses still define the conversation around him. And by his own admission, they still sit with him, too.
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