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Weve long known that wouldnt play in Dallas in 2017, and now weve learned that he wont play anywhere else, either. Romo, who turns 37 later this month,  and hell reportedly move straight into broadcasting.  More on Romo And while theres always the chance that he , this is no consolation for the two teams considered front-runners for Romos Connor Hellebuyck Jersey  services as recently as early Tuesday morning. For much of the offseason, the and were thought to be the favorites to land Romo, who lost his job to last season and short of alien abduction had no chance to regain it. But Houston pulled the plug on the experiment a year after signing him to a four-year, $72 million deal, and currently only have and under contract. Texans coach Bill OBrien has said hes encouraged by what he has seen from Savage but no one would mistake the former fourth-round pick with 92 career attempts with Romo, one of the NFLs best quarterbacks. The situation in Denver is slightly better: was serviceable a season ago and the Broncos traded back into the first round to take last year. Both players are short on experience but have the confidence of general manager John Elway. And while Elway was never going to overpay for Romo, he brought to Denver five years ago, months after led the Broncos to the playoffs, and promptly installed him atop the depth chart. In the four seasons that followed, Denver went 50-14, made two Super Bowl appearances and won a Lombardi Trophy.   For both teams the question becomes: Now what? The Texans could ...1) Roll with Savage, which OBrien hinted earlier this offseason:Hes got a live arm. He knows our system, the coach said from the owners meetings. Itll be his fourth year in the league. He has some experience and he knows how we do things. And during an appearance on NFL Network around that time, OBrien reaffirmed that he believed in Savage. Absolutely. Savage came into some tough games, the Jacksonville game last year that we had to win. We were down in the game, he helped us come back, . He helped us beat Cincinnati on Christmas Eve, which was a big game that we had to win to clinch the South. We knew we had to win because of what happened earlier in the day in our division. And he helped us win that game. He got injured, and thats been kind of one of the things thats Mark Scheifele Jersey  happened to him. Hes been injured over the last three years of his career. But if you look at the history of the league, theres a number of guys who have played that were injured early in their career. Tom is a smart guy, he can throw the ball really well, he knows our system and hes a guy that were real excited about working with. 2) Draft a quarterback:This is exactly what we have the Texans doing . That said, Texas Techs Patrick Mahomes wont be ready to start in 2017, a fact OBrien concedes about most rookie quarterbacks.   I think that theres  Dale Hawerchuk Jersey no substitute for experience, the coach said, via . So, I think its hard to ask a guy to come in straight from college and Day 1 hes a starter on your team. But I know that there are some really good quarterbacks in this draft that were looking at and weve met with a lot of them. Were excited about continuing to get to know them. But, I just think for me as a general rule, thats tough to start them as a Day 1 guy. Put another way: This means and could have to endure another season of uneven quarterback play. And that reality, along with the everyday pre sures that coaches face to win now, could prompt the Texans to take a flier on two former franchise quarterbacks who are currently looking for work. Which brings us to this from CBSSports.coms Pete Prisco:   Texans need to make a push for Cutler or Kaepernick. Now. Pete Prisco (@PriscoCBS)  And if push comes to shove, Prisco is taking Cutler.    Id take Cutler Pete Prisco (@PriscoCBS)  Both Cutler and Kaepernick are kindred spirits in that they are athletic QBs with big arms who failed to live up to expectations. Could that change with new coaches and teammates? Maybe. But its more likely they would continue to struggle for the same reasons theyre currently free agents. Perhaps those warts would be minimized on a team with legit playmakers and an outstanding defense. But would that probability outweigh all the other stuff that would come with signing either player? Thats the question. That said ...     Dallas OL over past 2 years averaged 27 sacks or hits on QB surrendered. HOU + DEN averaged 54 in 2016. Effectively 2x the injury risk  Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam Logan Stanley Jersey )  Meanwhile ... The Broncos could ...1) Roll with Siemian or Lynch:Elway seems quite comfortable with that po sibility. Like weve said, we really feel good about the two young ones that we have, Elway said from the owners meeting last week, via Nicki Jhabvala of the . Trevor Siemian did a good job for us last year and Paxton Lynch was young. The plan is to stay the course there and see whats available in the draft. So well go from there. We like both. Paxton was a first-rounder last year for a reason. Then Trevor came in and played very well. It will be a great competition between them in the spring. 2) Add another quarterback:This is the plan and first-year coach Vance Joseph said as much last week, though the details of their role still remain up in the air.   As a third quarterback, Alexander Burmistrov Jersey  its kind of what you want. It is your preference. Again, that is a work in progre s. It could be a young veteran. Why not? Joseph said. I would not perceive it being an older veteran. If its going to be a veteran, its going to be a young veteran for us. I wouldnt discount drafting a young quarterback in the draft next month. Thats po sible. Its hard to imagine the Broncos would use a first-round pick on a quarterback. Partly because none would be ready to play immediately, but also because three -- and po sibly four -- could already be off the board by the time the 20th pick rolls around. Even harder to imagine: The Broncos taking a chance with Cutler, who they originally drafted in 2006, or Kaepernick, who they had shown some interest in last offseason before Elway announced in April 20016 that those discu sions were .   To recap: The Texans 2017 starting quarterback might not yet be on the roster while the Broncos appear happy to move forward with their two young pa sers. This a sumes, of course, that .