This is how injury prone Romo is

[Stash]

If you believe that the procedure the doctors performed on his collarbone will make it so that it won't be able to break again then you do have to consider the collarbone as no longer an issue.
It would be like a QB missing a bunch of games due to concussions and then having him wear a true concussion proof helmet( if it existed)....that issue would no longer be an issue for him.

And like the "concussion proof helmet", the unbreakable collarbone doesn't exist either. We all hope for the best in the future, but we can't erase the past.

In any case, I will always be nervous anytime any QB we have gets hit. The human body isn't designed to take hits at the speed and impact that the NFL puts them through.

Me too. And I'd like to see Romo play a bit smarter sometimes, and hit the deck when he can, like Brady and Mannng do. Accept when it's a busted play and it's just not there.

 

[dfense]

Roethlisberger has only played a full season 3 times in 11 years. Never heard him called injury prone though.

 

[Ashwynn]

I dont think the thought is Romo has not been a healthy player, its more that he injured his collarbone twice in one season and will it break the next time a 300+ lb lineman squishes his on the turf. I suppose you could say hes become injured prone as a once broken bone is weaker than a bone never brokenno matter how they have fixed it, his collar bone is always going to be weaker now that its snapped ttwice, then if it had never been snapped. I will admit I have this same concern. I am hoping no 300+ lb lineman squishes him again period, but when it happens every eye in the universe will be watching him to see if its broken again. Even yours.

 

[aikemirv]

I am worried about his collarbone because it is now a target and teams will go after him and try to land on him. It does not matter if the collarbone is fixed. You can still easily break it with a 300 lb guy driving his weight on you laying on the ground.

 

[Diehardblues]

You can spin the facts to support your argument but the bottom line is he is now one of the most injury prone QB in NFL.

I'm not sure how many other QB's who rest from practices as often as Romo does and I don't recall a QB in our history treated as such.

He's had a back and shoulder surgery in recent years not to mention other injuries like bruised ribs and punctured lungs, etc.

Romo is no doubt the Iron Man in this era but he has become fragile where the next hit could knock him out again and why we cringe everytime he goes down.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Roethlisberger has only played a full season 3 times in 11 years. Never heard him called injury prone though.

I hear people call him injury prone all the time.

 

[Diehardblues]

The bigger issue is how much does Romo injury concerns limit his ability to perform at a high level?

 

[Falco78]

Romo has had basically 2 injury filled seasons but classifying him as injury prone is not something I agree with at all

 

[superonyx]

I am worried about his collarbone because it is now a target and teams will go after him and try to land on him. It does not matter if the collarbone is fixed. You can still easily break it with a 300 lb guy driving his weight on you laying on the ground.

How do you know this?

 

[Western]

Playing with an injury, and being deactivated from the roster on gameday because the injury will affect performance are two different situations.

It is not a question "if" Romo gets injured, it is a question of when he gets injured.
When he gets injured, can the coaching staff be trusted in evaluating his potential performance on gameday?
Last year, in the Carolina game (multiple interceptions, misreads, etc) -- Romo should not have played -- but the front office/coaching staff failed in developing and acquiring a suitable back-up QB.

Maybe Prescott alleviates that concern, somewhat.

Playing with an injury that affects performance should be the standard -- if turning over the ball, if weak delivery of the ball occurs, if mental lapses development due to a declining physical stamina -- then the burden is on the coaching staff to make a change.

 

[Diehardblues]

I hear people call him injury prone all the time.

Yes, I'd call Big Ben injury prone as well .

 

[Stash]

Roethlisberger has only played a full season 3 times in 11 years. Never heard him called injury prone though.

15 games missed since 2006 compared to Romo's 27 games.

 

[Diehardblues]

Romo has had basically 2 injury filled seasons but classifying him as injury prone is not something I agree with at all

I wouldn't define Romo as having an injury prone career just in recent years.

The way we are treating him like in practices and preseason games it would appear there are more injury concerns than we'd normally take?

 

[Bullflop]

its not just the media. I was looking on an nfc east rivals message board, I forget which one, and they were taking about Dak and that now it might be harder to beat the cowboys after Romo gets his yearly injury.

LOL -- it's entirely possible that opposing defensive linemen will now have to consider the consequences of hitting Romo with bad intentions. They should want to consider that if they knock him out of the game nowadays, there might be a high price to pay (named Dak.) Gotta love it.

 

[Doc50]

22 are from that collarbone. They claim to have figured out why it snapped easier than it should.
He had a defect in it...a notch in the actual bone that kept breaking at the same place.
They claim to have fixed it long term.

Of course he still will always have regular excercise said he'll need to do to protect his back and core.

That clavicle rumor is folklore.

It broke because of the 600-700 lbs of direct longitudinal force suddenly applied while perpendicular to the ground. Healing that in bayonet apposition takes longer than 8 weeks to survive a similar hit, which he immediately sustained upon his return.

It's fine now because of the passage of time; the AC surgery allows for some movement during compression, and would help any clavicle survive similar trauma.

 

[jazzcat22]

Romo isn't an injury risk any more than Brady or Brees, or Ruthlessraper. Older QBs tend to heal slower, but I think this will be a great year for him. Good luck and good health.

Great name...love it.....
Romo for MVP and comeback player of the year.....

 

[jazzcat22]

Yeah, I'm expecting several 18 of 24 200 yards type games this year, kinda like Aikman back in the day

Romo having Aikman type days, Zeke having Emmitt type days, Dez having Irvin type days, except Dez gets the TD, not tackled at the 1 to set up Zeke / Emmitt..........I'll take those type of games.

 

[CATCH17]

He's aging and we run an offense that doesn't let him get rid of the ball quick.

Unless we do some of the stuff we've done in the pre-season with Prescott he's going to take a lot of hits and that could lead to injury.


Tom Brady is playing at 40 because the offense they run lets him get rid of the ball quickly. I don't know if Brady would still be playing if he were in Dallas.

 

[MileyDancer]

I worry about his back, if anything. The collarbone, not so much as he doesn't really have a trick collarbone or anything. Those things just break when you put too much weight on them, whoever the QB is.
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How can you not worry about a bone he has broken THREE TIMES now?

 

[Denim Chicken]

Me too. And I'd like to see Romo play a bit smarter sometimes, and hit the deck when he can, like Brady and Mannng do. Accept when it's a busted play and it's just not there.

And throw the damn ball away...