Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week and talked with Kimmel about a number of topics pertaining to life, the NFL and the Cowboys.
The most interesting moment of the interview came when Romo recounted the semi-drunken sales pitch he laid on former Cowboys running back and last season's leading rusher in the NFL, DeMarco Murray, while aboard the Jerry Jones bus after this season's Pro Bowl.
"We're talking, I'm trying to actually push the envelope for keeping DeMarco. ... We had actually had a few drinks at the time and so there were some passionate speeches going on about what you wanted to do. One of them is my own. I looked over at Stephen (Jones), who's probably going to take over for Jerry one day as the owner," Romo recounted, per Dan Hanzus of NFL.com.
"I said, 'Stephen, you've got 25, 30 years left to go win championships.' I look over and Jason (Garrett) and go, 'You're the next Tom Landry. You've got 25, 30 years left to go win championships.' And I didn't know what I was saying at the time, but I'm like, 'Me and Jerry we got like four or five years left only!'"
Murray of course wound up signing with the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason and Jones, despite Romo's joke, is still very much alive and well.
"I was trying to push the envelope like we needed to bring DeMarco and everybody back but I didn't realize I'm basically telling him, 'You're going to die!' That was not my intent, I hope you know that Jerry."
Jones, who has frequently professed his adoration for Romo, will probably let it slide considering Romo represents Jones' best chance at a Super Bowl victory in the next few seasons.
Still, it's not usually a good decision to suggest the billionaire owner of your football team is headed toward the grave sooner rather than later.
Check the video out for yourself below...
