Newman Clarifies Romo/Simpson Remarks
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
tarcher@dallasnews.com
IRVING – Terence Newman attempted to clear the air about his remarks about Tony Romo, saying he believes Romo is a great quarterback.
"I've played with this guy for six years, and I played against him in college, so for me to not say that doesn't make sense," Newman said.
Newman was put in a partial firestorm over comments he made to WFAA-TV two weeks ago about Romo's relationship with Jessica Simpson.
Newman answered a question about Troy Aikman's assertion that Romo does not grasp what it means to be the Cowboys' quarterback.
"He won 13 games and everything was perfect," Newman said in the interview, referring to the Cowboys' 13-3 regular-season record in the 2007 season. "But now after this past season, it was, 'Is he doing enough for the team? Is he working hard enough? You know, he's got this girlfriend, so ...'
"I think that once he inherited the starting quarterback job and his relationship got into the national media attention, I think that that was something that definitely hurt and took away from Tony Romo being a great quarterback."
The comments never aired on television, but the full interview was put on WFAA's Web site.
Reached Monday, Newman said that, despite the public perception, he doesn't believe Romo's relationship with Simpson affects him.
"The thing they don't see is he might go [out of town] but at the same time he comes back and works out," Newman said. "He's been in there the past couple of weeks with the rest of us. Roy Williams and me and a bunch of guys are in there busting our butts, and he's right there with us. They don't see him working out. They don't see what he puts into the preparation."
Efforts to reach Romo were unsuccessful.
tarcher@dallasnews.com
IRVING – Terence Newman attempted to clear the air about his remarks about Tony Romo, saying he believes Romo is a great quarterback.
"I've played with this guy for six years, and I played against him in college, so for me to not say that doesn't make sense," Newman said.
Newman was put in a partial firestorm over comments he made to WFAA-TV two weeks ago about Romo's relationship with Jessica Simpson.
Newman answered a question about Troy Aikman's assertion that Romo does not grasp what it means to be the Cowboys' quarterback.
"He won 13 games and everything was perfect," Newman said in the interview, referring to the Cowboys' 13-3 regular-season record in the 2007 season. "But now after this past season, it was, 'Is he doing enough for the team? Is he working hard enough? You know, he's got this girlfriend, so ...'
"I think that once he inherited the starting quarterback job and his relationship got into the national media attention, I think that that was something that definitely hurt and took away from Tony Romo being a great quarterback."
The comments never aired on television, but the full interview was put on WFAA's Web site.
Reached Monday, Newman said that, despite the public perception, he doesn't believe Romo's relationship with Simpson affects him.
"The thing they don't see is he might go [out of town] but at the same time he comes back and works out," Newman said. "He's been in there the past couple of weeks with the rest of us. Roy Williams and me and a bunch of guys are in there busting our butts, and he's right there with us. They don't see him working out. They don't see what he puts into the preparation."
Efforts to reach Romo were unsuccessful.
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