The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... Sitting in a meeting room at the luxurious Biltmore Hotel, owner Jerry Jones not only intimated a deal with Romo is coming soon but that he will get a contract worthy of the millionaire guests occupying the hotel this week for the NFL owners meeting. "We are involved in negotiations," Jones said. "It's just not the thing to do for him or me to say we ought to have something done by midnight or tomorrow unless it’s that imminent. You can’t get that answered because you don't have it all ready to sign. But I'm not concerned that we are looking at a drawn out thing here. I'm not concerned that is going to in any way hamper any decision we want to make personal wise over the next few weeks."

Diehards Line:Romo is in the final year of his contract and has a $16.8 million cap figure for 2013. The Cowboys have just $102,000 in cap room under the 2013 salary cap of $123 million. They need to sign Romo to a long-term contract extension to reduce his cap hit so they can sign other players in free agency as well as sign their upcoming draft class. The six-year, $120.6 million contract Joe Flacco recently signed with the Baltimore Ravens is considered a guide for Romo's impending deal. Jones wouldn't get into the money. But he said Romo is expected to big part of the Cowboys offense going forward and his contract will reflect that. "Romo, of course, is someone that I expect our staff, our offensive staff, to deploy Romo according to his pay scale," Jones said. "Stay tuned, but he’s going to have high expectations, I promise you that. He is not going to be paid to be a bus driver."