PHOENIX -- Everything is status quo with Tony Romo, which means the Dallas Cowboys quarterback remains in limbo.
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings that nothing has changed regarding Romo, who sat out most of 2016 while Dak Prescott was winning Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and leading the team to a 13-3 record and NFC East crown.
Dallas had planned to release Romo earlier this month, then opted not to as it sought a trade for the 36-year-old QB.
"He and Jerry are the principle people in working that situation through," Garrett said of Romo and team owner Jerry Jones. "I don't want to get into any specifics.
"Tony has been a great football player in this league for a long time, he can play the game at a very high level. Durability has been an issue the last couple of years and no one knows how he can handle the course of a 16-game season. But you take that risk with everyone on your roster.
"We'll work through the situation day by day. Nothing has changed."
* The Houston Texans -- loaded at several positions, but not quarterback -- have been mentioned as a possible destination for Romo. Coach Bill O'Brien can't say much about it.
"He's a heck of a quarterback," O'Brien said Tuesday. "That's all I can say about that."
With Romo still under contract to the Cowboys, O'Brien can't get more specific.
The Texans have been unsettled at the position for years. Houston thought it had a keeper in Brock Osweiler, but shipped him to Cleveland one year after signing him to a four-year $72 million contract, $37 million guaranteed.
"Obviously we haven't had stability there," O'Brien said. "That hasn't been any one person's fault. I think that's just kind of the way it has happened over the three years that I've been here."
O'Brien doesn't think rookie quarterbacks are ready to play right away, so don't expect Houston to draft a starter.
"We're excited about the two guys we have coming back," he said of Tom Savage and Brandon Weeden.
Sports on 03/29/2017