Tony Romo’s strange Cowboys story takes a surprising turn as Dan Campbell finally admits what really happened that night
The story goes back to 2003, when Campbell joined Dallas after spending his first four NFL seasons with the New York Giants. I got there in 2003. Dan Campbell has confirmed Tony Romo’s story about a strange prank from their Dallas Cowboys days, admitting he really did press a lit cigarette against the quarterback’s hand.
Romo recently told Pardon My Take about the night, and Campbell later gave his own version on the St. The Detroit Lions coach said Romo was a young rookie, but added that he took some of the pain himself afterward. He said Campbell was smoking when he called him over and suddenly put the cigarette against his hand. Romo recalled asking, “What are you doing?” before Campbell replied, “isn’t that funny? “It’s a true story,” Campbell said. He said he tried to make up for the prank by putting the cigarette out on his own hand too. This time, Campbell openly admitted it and said it was not the only time he had pulled that kind of prank.
Brown Podcast. Romo was an undrafted rookie trying to find his place on the Cowboys, while Campbell was already an experienced tight end and respected player in the locker room. Romo recently remembered that night on Pardon My Take. “Romo was a pup. He was a rookie free agent. And everybody liked Romo. I liked Romo. And so Romo went, ‘Hey man, where are you guys going tonight? What are you doing? And we go out one night. He’s over there talking to somebody. I don’t know what. So I’m like, ‘Hey, come here! I got something for you. Campbell then added another detail that Romo had left out. When St. Brown asked if he had done it to other people, Campbell replied, “I’ve done that a couple of times. Romo eventually became one of the Cowboys’ best quarterbacks of his era after entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent. Campbell later moved into NFL coaching and became the Lions’ head coach. For Romo, the old story is now a funny memory from his first NFL years, too, after all.