Romo has broken bone in back; out 6-10 weeks ** Mega Thread **

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So, here's the question, depending on the severity of this latest injury and time involved, is Booger better off to ask him to retire and accelerate the cap hit? I don't know how much he still has on the guaranteed portion. First of all, I do not share the belief that Dak will get this done and our defense is no better than average, if that. But, we can find out now what we've got in Dak and Showers for the future.

I think this pretty much derailed the season and they'll stack the box against Zeke and throw some things at Dak he's never seen.

If we think we've really seen anything in this preseason from Dak, go find the piece out today from Belichick regarding the 3rd preseason game being a dress rehearsal. He states it's nothing of the kind and insinuates that there's this gentlemen's agreement to play it all straight up until it gets real so the coaches can look at specific players and this is not the first time he's said that.

Dak looks better than I expected him to after watching him in college but he's been playing catch with receivers. And these DCs will be begging for him to run the ball.

I said it before and will restate it, as cold-hearted as it might sound. Romo had no business running with the ball and turning a meaningless game into one with the most meaning of this season. Of all the bonehead plays he's made in his career, that may top them all.
 
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It's not that he has a broken bone in his back... heck he's missed just one game with that before (2014 the Cardinals).

The bigger issue is that while he very rarely gets hit playing behind the best offensive line in the NFL, however, his propensity to get badly hurt WHEN be does get hit is incredibly high.
 
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Floaty said:
@ first I thought he might have torn up a knee...that was such an awful slide. He looked like a player that was washed up during that pathetic slide.

Regardless...we are back into looking for a QB.

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Josh Freeman (28)
Tarvaris Jackson (33)
Ryan Lindley (27)
Johnny Manziel (24)
Michael Vick (36)
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Crap, this might start the "Manziel to Dallas" talk again.
 
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BRoni said:
I'm just sad for Tony and really disappointed. For those saying the hits against him were bad and any QB would have been injured, do you really believe that? I honestly do not.
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I dont know. This hit and mechanism of injury fit perfectly with a compression fracture. It was akward as heck. The first collarbone injury last year was also pretty obviously tough for any qb and the second was ONLY bad because he never shouldve been back out there that soon.

But its also hard to believe one guy would have such awful luck that every other hit became a major injury. Hes breaking down, hes been beat to crap for a long time.
 
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Proof said:
Sorry, I prefer to deal with and say things directly. You can determine what I'm implying as long as you like but it's a waste of time.

I'll entertain this for a moment though, if you don't see a difference in gloating over misfortune and gloating over good fortune well once again we arrive at idiot.
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Is this name calling on the forum? Once again, your double standard is crystal clear.

The fact is, since you're apparently still unaware, no better or worse for anybody to engage in "I to,d ya so's", despite the fact that you want to give a free pass to one side because they share the same opinion you do.

Regardless I never said it was "not fair" this isn't the schoolyard, fair? what is this nana booboo mentality you have. No, what I'm saying is it's in poor taste, and makes you and others engaging in it look petty.
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Both were in poor taste. But you're unable to see that. Again, it supports everything I've said. You only have a problem with poor behavior when it disagrees with your opinions.

Have at it though. I'm just upset that my favorite player ever may be done, and under pretty ****ty circumstances. Given the way his career has gone, the narratives about him, the joy everyone seems to get over anything bad or unfortunate happening to him, it's really disappointing that it's happened again and maybe ending on this note... with our fans celebrating nonetheless.

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Nobody's celebrating his injury. Take your strawman out the door with you when you leave.
 
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He will and should hang it up. At his age, with a family, retire and go enjoy life. Who the heck back's up Dak?
 
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JerryJonesMustGo said:
Exactly my thoughts. Roll with Dakota and if he falters, draft a QB 1st next year. Tony, it's time to hang em up man while you can still walk. Go become a pro golfer.

Anyone know what the cap hit looks like for Tony?
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you dont want to know
 
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Just retire. Tired of our seasons hinging on this china doll. But good ol Jerry/Romo/Garrett telling us it was no big deal and he is fine. And so many fans criticizing others for wanting to move on from him and that this injury was no big deal.

Defended him for a decade. Not anymore. Dak era needs to officially begin in 2 weeks and no looking back. If he doesn't pan out, oh well. But Romo should never start another game for this team. Sick of this.
 
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stasheroo said:
Sure you did, you just apparently didn't realize it. In your "optimism", you think it's OK for one group to chastise the other with "I told ya so's", but when they get it handed back to them? No fair!



Agreed.
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SO the play is:

Poster1: That hit is likely going to impact Romo tomorrow. May miss time
Poster2: You aren't a doctor. keep your opinions to yourself. He said he was fine.

News:Romo Broke his Back

Poster1: Seems to be more inline with my first take
Poster2: You should be ashamed of gloating at Romos injury.

Helluva leap,but an interesting position to eschew reality and always shift to the "moral high ground"

This is like watching someone get hammered the night before a final exam, stating that his/her test may not get a great grade, have the person say they think they did fine, then gets an F and somehow the opinion guy is the enemy.
 
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LarryCanadian said:
NFL Network just said, likely out for 1st half of season, and problems could linger - could play with weekly epidural later in year......
WOW! Not good.
I thought he looked ok on sideline after, but WOW
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I think the injury is exponentially worse when you factor in his bulging disc and already needing prior back surgeries.
 
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Regardless of Tony's injury and time out, his career is not over. He's not going to retire.

1. No human being is going to walk away from the money Dallas owes him when his injury is not a threat to his long term health.

2. Dallas is not walking away from Tony; they can't, not even if they wanted to, and there's no way to recapture his cap hit.

Tony Romo will be a Cowboy for at least two more years. Even if Dak is NFL MVP (lol), Tony won't retire, and we can't cut him. He will either start or be the veteran backup to Dak or someone else. He's not going to walk away from some of the biggest pay days of his career
 
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