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With the NFL to join the broadcast booth at CBS, now seems like a perfect time to take a look back at his career in Dallas. More on Romo Romo has been a star for so long that its easy to forget how his career started. When Romo originally signed with the as an undrafted free agent out of Eastern Illinois in 2003, there was a lot of doubt about whether he would even make the roster. After sitting on the bench for three seasons, Romo finally got the first start of his Cowboys career midway through the 2006 season. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells had , so he decided to turn the offense over to Romo in Week 8. Romo wasnt great in his first start (24 of 26, 270 yards, one touchdown, one interception), but he played well enough to keep the starting job for the following week. So when did Romo actually win the job? Ryan Goins Jersey That came four weeks after his first start and it leads off our list of Romos five most memorable moments. Thanksgiving coming out party vs. Tampa BayWhen Parcells decided to start Romo for the first time, he made sure there wasnt a lot of pre sure on his quarterback. The Cowboys were on the road for Romos first three starts, meaning no one really expected Dallas to win. Despite playing on the road in three straight weeks, Romo and the Cowboys went 2-1. Romo then won his fourth start, at home, against the , but the pre sure really ramped up when Parcells decided to throw him out in front of a national television audience in a Thanksgiving game against the . America, meet Tony Romo. Tony, meet America. If any NFL fan in the country didnt know Romos name before that game, they definitely knew it afterward. In one of the best games of his career, Romo threw for 306 yards and five touchdowns, along with no interceptions, in a 38-10 win. That game marks one of only two times Romo threw five touchdown pa ses in his career and the only time where he threw five touchdowns with no interceptions. After Thanksgiving 2006, Cowboys fans were thankful that they finally had their quarterback of the future after sitting through the likes of Quincy Carter, Chad Hutchinson Lucas Giolito Jersey , Vinny Testaverde and Bledsoe following the retirement of Troy Aikman. Romo would go 6-4 as the Cowboys starter in 2006 in a season that didnt end until a shocking 21-20 lo s to the in the wild-card round of the playoffs. That game involved another Romo moment -- can you say botched hold -- however, were focusing on the positive here. Spinning out of a sack and throwing a TDWhenever Romo was being rushed by a defender, the Cowboys quarterback almost always pulled off the same patented move to evade being sacked: The Romo spin. Romo pulled off dozens of spins during his career, but the most famous one came in 2014 when he slipped out of J.J. Watts grasp to . As you can see below, it looked like Romo Carlos Rodon Jersey was going to get slaughtered by Watt as the defensive end snuck up behind him during this Week 5 game. Instead of getting sacked, Romo spun out and found with a perfect 43-yard pa s that traveled roughly 57 yards through the air (you can ). The touchdown pa s was huge because it gave the Cowboys a 10-7 third-quarter lead in a game they would win 20-17 in overtime. The Cowboys 2014 season ended with a 12-4 record and the team picking up its second playoff win since 1997. The Cowboys mightve had a team good enough to win the Super Bowl that year, but well never know since the refs decided that . The 37-yard scramble that went for 4 yardsThis might seem like a weird play to have on this list, but its the one play in Romos career that really showed off how athletic he was, something for which he didnt always get credit. During a 2007 game against the , the Cowboys were facing a third-and-3 at at midfield when something horrible happened: The shotgun snap went over Romos head. Things got even worse a few second later when Romo accidentally hit the ball with his leg, knocking it back even farther. By the time Romo picked the ball up, he was 33 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Although this clearly seemed like a disaster in the making, thats not what happened, thanks to Romos athleticism. Even though he was stumbling as he picked up the ball, Romo still managed to get back to the line of scrimmage AND gain 4 yards on the play to give the Cowboys a first down. Sure, it only went down as a 4-yard gain in the scorebook, but anyone who watched this play knows that it mightve been the most impre sive 4-yard gain by any quarterback in NFL history. Throwing for 506 yardsIn what should go down as one of the greatest regular-season games in NFL history, Romo had a career day in a wild 51-48 lo Frank Thomas Jersey s to the . Earlier on the list, we mentioned that Romo threw five touchdown pa ses in one game two times in his career. Well, this was the other time. In the lo s to Denver, Romo threw for 506 yards and five touchdowns. Romos pa sing total was the highest of his career and the 14th highest single-game total in NFL history. Although some fans will remember the interception Romo threw late in the game, its important to remember that the . With 7:30 left in the third quarter, the Cowboys trailed 35-20 and it looked like the blowout was on. However, thanks to three touchdown pa ses in an eight-minute period, the Cowboys were able to take a 41-38 lead. The Cowboys gave up 10 points over the games final 2:40 in the three-point lo s. The playoff winsAlthough Romo never got the Cowboys to a Super Bowl, he did win two playoff games in Dallas, which is two more playoff wins than any other Cowboys quarterback has had since Aikman. In terms of Romos career, its hard to say which playoff win was bigger. After the 2009 season, Romo led Dallas to a 34-14 blowout victory over the in the wild-card round, which was huge because it was the Cowboys first postseason victory in 13 years. Romo threw two touchdown pa ses during a 27-point second quarter that helped the Cowboys ice the game before halftime. The Cowboys other playoff win under Romo was the opposite of a blowout: It went down to the wire. Following the 2014 season, the Cowboys hosted the in the wild-card round and it looked like they were going to get blown out of the playoffs. With just three minutes to go in the third quarter, the Cowboys trailed 20-7 and didnt look they were able to get anything going against the Lions stingy defense. Romo responded by leading three scoring drives over the final 18 minutes. Romo completed the second-half comeback when he hit Terrance Williams for the winning touchdown with just 2:32 left. Chicago White Sox Jersey Its tough to judge Romo by his playoff legacy, because of his four lo ses --the Cowboys probably couldve won three of those. The only playoff lo s that came by five or more points was a 34-3 lo s to Minnesota following the 2009 season. Honorable mentionThe speech: Romos