Romo sees himself with Cowboys beyond 2019

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IRVING, Texas — Tony Romo is signed through 2019, but he can see himself playing beyond that for the Cowboys.

The 36-year-old quarterback said he agreed with Dallas owner/general manager Jerry Jones’ assessment that he has 4-5 more years left, before jokingly interjecting “7 or 8 years” because of modern medicine.

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“I’m not in my mid-20s anymore, but I do think based on what my situation has been like the last three or four years, I do think this is drastically different, and started to see signs this last offseason, and this one’s just different,” Romo said after Wednesday’s organized team activity.

“It takes me back five years ago when I was able to do things the way [I had]. I’m not there yet. I still got these months to just get after it, but it’s exciting to actually be able to get after it a little bit. But if everything keeps going the way it’s going, I think it’s going to be exciting going into camp.”

Romo missed 12 games last season because of a twice-broken left collarbone. He had a Mumford procedure performed in March and said that is a “non-issue.” He said he had to take a step back in heavy upper-body lifting but has been able to ramp it up the past few weeks.

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