It’s been exactly two weeks since Tony Romo’s choked-up “goodbye” message to Dallas Cowboys fans. Romo is still a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys’ patient manipulation of what remains of the NFL quarterback market has put Romo in a bizarre status and has left a host of big-name Opening Day starters from last season — Jay Cutler, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Robert Griffin III — to wait helplessly for the dust to settle.

Seemingly the Cowboys — with room under the salary cap to carry Romo and his $24.3 million charge until enacting their plan to designate him a post-June 1 cut, according to ESPN — are trying to get the Houston Texans or Denver Broncos, the teams most prominently linked to Romo, to crack and make a credible trade offer before he gets to free agency. Those teams have weeks remaining until they begin their offseason programs (April 3 for the The Broncos, April 17 for the Texans), so there is a lack of urgency. This could drag on for weeks, even months.

That’s bad news for the unemployed quarterbacks of the world. Cutler still may be considered a starting-caliber QB; could he fit in Houston if the Texans (current first-stringer: Tom Savage) fail to snag Romo? Then there are teams apparently in need of a sage veteran backup type, the logical reversion for the 34-year-old Fitzpatrick after a disastrous 2016 season with the Jets: the Rams, the Bucs … the Cowboys.

It’s believed to be untenable for the Cowboys to keep Romo as the backup to Dak Prescott, though they can pretend — and wait. (Romo also could opt to retire, with an attractive broadcasting gig for the telegenic nearly-37-year-old on the table.)

Griffin’s reputation has sunk to the point where he’s looking for a show-me training-camp deal, like the one Geno Smith received from the Giants this week.

And please don’t forget Colin Kaepernick, who started a Super Bowl after the 2012 season and started 11 games last season, but seems to be regarded as a radioactive dissident in NFL circles, rather than a 29-year-old depth-chart option.