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Jason Garrett: Tony Romo has a lot of football left in him, will come back as strong as ever
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) is assisted off the field by team staff after Romo suffered a clavicle injury during an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
IRVING -- Dallas Cowboys fans have become all too familiar with the scene that unfolded on the last play of the third quarter in Thursday's loss to Carolina, with franchise quarterback Tony Romo on his back in pain.
But Romo keeps recovering from his injuries to play again. And the Cowboys don't believe Romo will be done any time soon. The quarterback is signed through 2019.
"We think Tony has a lot of football left in him," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Monday. "Unfortunately for him, the collarbone has been broken a couple of times this year, but we think that's an injury that will heal. We think the back injury has gotten better and better over time and he's more able to handle the work day to day and the work week to week. That's improved. We think he has a lot of football ahead of him."
For the second time this season, Romo fractured his left clavicle Thursday. He's now out of for the season, with the Cowboys planning to place him on the injured reserve list. Garrett said Monday that Romo is facing another eight-week healing process with his left collarbone, the same timetable he dealt with after he first suffered the injury in Week 2 at Philadelphia. This is the third time that Romo has fractured his left clavicle in his career but he won't need surgery. Romo has also undergone back surgery three times in recent years.
The Cowboys expect Romo, however, to have a full offseason once he's fully healed again sometime around the first of February.
"We don't anticipate this being a long-term thing at all," Garrett said. "It's the nature of quarterbacks, sometimes when they get tackled their body weight and the body weight of the defender lands on them. It's happened to him. I don't think it's necessarily a weakness that he had. That's happened before. We think he's going to come back and be as strong as he's ever been and he's going to be able to play without any issues."
Garrett has spoken to Romo in recent days and was asked how the quarterback is handling another major injury.
"Tony's a great competitor. Tony wants to play as much as anybody, wants to play at a high level and help our team, and when that gets taken away from you early on in the season, you have to watch, that's challenging," Garrett said. "And then you get a chance to come back and then it happens again, those are not easy. There's a tremendous investment that everybody makes in this, and the commitment that he's made to our team over the course of his career, the investment he has made has been significant, and when you can't go out there and play because of injury, that can be frustrating for everybody, but somehow , some way, you've got to get your mind right, and you've got to start again, it's a clean slate, think about the right things to get yourself back with your rehab and your treatment and get focused on the future, and he's certainly doing that, even though it's not an easy thing to do."
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) is assisted off the field by team staff after Romo suffered a clavicle injury during an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
IRVING -- Dallas Cowboys fans have become all too familiar with the scene that unfolded on the last play of the third quarter in Thursday's loss to Carolina, with franchise quarterback Tony Romo on his back in pain.
But Romo keeps recovering from his injuries to play again. And the Cowboys don't believe Romo will be done any time soon. The quarterback is signed through 2019.
"We think Tony has a lot of football left in him," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Monday. "Unfortunately for him, the collarbone has been broken a couple of times this year, but we think that's an injury that will heal. We think the back injury has gotten better and better over time and he's more able to handle the work day to day and the work week to week. That's improved. We think he has a lot of football ahead of him."
For the second time this season, Romo fractured his left clavicle Thursday. He's now out of for the season, with the Cowboys planning to place him on the injured reserve list. Garrett said Monday that Romo is facing another eight-week healing process with his left collarbone, the same timetable he dealt with after he first suffered the injury in Week 2 at Philadelphia. This is the third time that Romo has fractured his left clavicle in his career but he won't need surgery. Romo has also undergone back surgery three times in recent years.
The Cowboys expect Romo, however, to have a full offseason once he's fully healed again sometime around the first of February.
"We don't anticipate this being a long-term thing at all," Garrett said. "It's the nature of quarterbacks, sometimes when they get tackled their body weight and the body weight of the defender lands on them. It's happened to him. I don't think it's necessarily a weakness that he had. That's happened before. We think he's going to come back and be as strong as he's ever been and he's going to be able to play without any issues."
Garrett has spoken to Romo in recent days and was asked how the quarterback is handling another major injury.
"Tony's a great competitor. Tony wants to play as much as anybody, wants to play at a high level and help our team, and when that gets taken away from you early on in the season, you have to watch, that's challenging," Garrett said. "And then you get a chance to come back and then it happens again, those are not easy. There's a tremendous investment that everybody makes in this, and the commitment that he's made to our team over the course of his career, the investment he has made has been significant, and when you can't go out there and play because of injury, that can be frustrating for everybody, but somehow , some way, you've got to get your mind right, and you've got to start again, it's a clean slate, think about the right things to get yourself back with your rehab and your treatment and get focused on the future, and he's certainly doing that, even though it's not an easy thing to do."
