Cowboys still deciding whether to place Tony Romo on short-term IR

The Quest for Six · Aug 31, 2016

They should put him on short term IR, you need that roster spot available for a player that can help you....

ScipioCowboy · Aug 31, 2016

visionary said:
Why? Because Jamiel Showers will lock up the starting spot? I remember you were way ahead of the curve by proclaiming what a great QB Showers was last year

He also called the Prescott pick so....

casmith07 · Aug 31, 2016

ScipioCowboy said:
He also called the Prescott pick so....

I had to click show ignored content, and I wasn't surprised.

acr731 · Aug 31, 2016

If they haven't decided then maybe someone still thinks he'll be ready in couple weeks. Jerry hitting the sauce again? Garrett hoping Romo comes back sooner to save his job?

Tabascocat · Aug 31, 2016

Maybe this is in correlation with making more cap room. They might be after a back-up QB and if they land him, then Romo goes to IR.

Zimmy Lives · Aug 31, 2016

Bite the bullet and carry him on the roster until he is ready to play.

Don Corleone · Aug 31, 2016

They will roll him out in a wheelchair for week 1. Decked out in his uniform.

acr731 · Aug 31, 2016

Don Corleone said:
They will roll him out in a wheelchair for week 1. Decked out in his uniform.

That will happen if Jerry has his way.

Silver N Blue · Aug 31, 2016

Might as well put Lee on ice as well and just start over...

slick325 · Aug 31, 2016

Carry him on the roster and don't place him on IR. Should he be able to come back in 6 weeks that would be Game 5 of the 2016 season.

The diagnosis for his injury is all over the place. Could be 4-6 weeks. Could be 6-10 weeks. If they place him on IR and he returns after 8 weeks of the season which would be 9 weeks following the injury, then we know Rappaport was correct.

theebs · Aug 31, 2016

CATCH17 said:
They better not.

In fact if they do put him on short term IR then the injury is way worse than reported imo.

and if they do this season is toast.

Kevinicus · Aug 31, 2016

slick325 said:
Carry him on the roster and don't place him on IR. Should he be able to come back in 6 weeks that would be Game 5 of the 2016 season.

The diagnosis for his injury is all over the place. Could be 4-6 weeks. Could be 6-10 weeks. If they place him on IR and he returns after 8 weeks of the season which would be 9 weeks following the injury, then we know Rappaport was correct.

6 weeks would be game 4. So if it's 6, he could only miss 3 games. And of course Carr only missed 2, which would have Romo missing one game.

slick325 · Aug 31, 2016

ChldsPlay said:
6 weeks would be game 4. So if it's 6, he could only miss 3 games. And of course Carr only missed 2, which would have Romo missing one game.

Maybe my math is fuzzy ChildsPlay. But Tony got hurt a week ago tomorrow which was around two weeks before the season opener. So week 1 would be two full weeks since the injury, week 2 would be 3 weeks since the injury and so on...that would mean game 5 or week 5 on the schedule would be 6 weeks from the time of injury right? Meaning he would miss 4 weeks of the regular season and be potentially ready for week 5 of the season.

CT Dal Fan · Aug 31, 2016

ChldsPlay said:
6 weeks would be game 4. So if it's 6, he could only miss 3 games. And of course Carr only missed 2, which would have Romo missing one game.

I see Romo missing only three to five games. I read reports that said he'll start throwing again in a couple weeks and the area of the back he injured isn't affected by throwing motion anyway. Romo is not at any long term risk from this injury (I know, roll eyes here) and his pain tolerance is higher than the average joe. For these reasons I see Dallas keeping him on the active 53.

dallasdave · Aug 31, 2016

casmith07 said:
If they do, the benefit is that it opens a roster spot.

If they do, he also might not get his starting job back.

dallasdave · Aug 31, 2016

Don Corleone said:
They will roll him out in a wheelchair for week 1. Decked out in his uniform.

Wow !!! Godfather you are ice cold !!!!!

dallasdave · Aug 31, 2016

Silver N Blue said:
Might as well put Lee on ice as well and just start over...

Kevinicus · Aug 31, 2016

slick325 said:
Maybe my math is fuzzy ChildsPlay. But Tony got hurt a week ago tomorrow which was around two weeks before the season opener. So week 1 would be two full weeks since the injury, week 2 would be 3 weeks since the injury and so on...that would mean game 5 or week 5 on the schedule would be 6 weeks from the time of injury right? Meaning he would miss 4 weeks of the regular season and be potentially ready for week 5 of the season.

You're right. My bad.

Game 4 would be about 5.4 weeks.

slick325 · Aug 31, 2016

ChldsPlay said:
You're right. My bad.

Game 4 would be about 5.4 weeks.

No worries at all ChildsPlay...

Nightman · Aug 31, 2016

TheSkaven said:
They absolutely have to put him on the list, if for no other reason to avoid the temptation of rushing him back. Once he's on, he is ineligible to return for 6 weeks and, really, he should sit those 6 weeks. With this type of injury, rushing him back could really make things a lot worse.

I made the same mistake last week but the short term IR is 6 weeks before he can practice but a full 8 weeks until he can play......since DAL has a Bye Week 7, he could come back Week 9 but only miss 8 games....I think he misses every bit of 6 games so 1 extra game and 3 weeks of practice is worth using the IR....like you said, rushing him back is the worst case scenario

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