News: Tony Romo Postpones Decision On Possible Surgery For One Month

[TX Cowboy]

I've learned you never put off having the surgery done if you can help it..the quicker the better means less time
in the hospital/rehab and in Romo's case if he wants to be ready for camp in July he seriously needs to just get
this over with if he stands a fighting chance

 

[big dog cowboy]

Tony must be pondering retirement.

Your funny.

 

[noshame]

Your funny.

My funny what?

Anyway, they cannot guarantee this operation will help Tony at all, if he does nothing he won't last two games. I think we can all agree he has brittle bones, and at 36, they are much worse than five years ago. The next injury and he's done, and that will be next year, so does he go out on his terms or some DEs?

 

[DallasDomination]

What's he waiting for? Get it done Romo! Jesus man we don't have all year.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

***G!

 

[DeaconBlues]

My funny what?

Anyway, they cannot guarantee this operation will help Tony at all, if he does nothing he won't last two games. I think we can all agree he has brittle bones, and at 36, they are much worse than five years ago. The next injury and he's done, and that will be next year, so does he go out on his terms or some DEs?

Yeah . . . no. I humbly suggest you return your Dr. degree back to the cereal company you got it from. They failed you.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Spags was talking about this on Talkin Cowboys and said that they are deciding between plating the collarbone (requires drilling multiple screws into the bone to hold the titanium plate in place) or shaving the end of it down to make it shorter. He said if you shave the end of it down, then it doesn't get compressed when you fall on it. However, the doctors wanted to make sure all the calcification was finished before deciding which option to go with.

Either way sounds painful...........either screw a titanium plate to your collarbone with a drill or get out the grinder and shear the end of it off

I would be like, "F-this, I am done Jerry"

 

[noshame]

Yeah . . . no. I humbly suggest you return your Dr. degree back to the cereal company you got it from. They failed you.

So let's hear a prediction from a professional

 

[Wood]

I've learned you never put off having the surgery done if you can help it..the quicker the better means less time
in the hospital/rehab and in Romo's case if he wants to be ready for camp in July he seriously needs to just get
this over with if he stands a fighting chance

I agree but I can understand his reservations about surgery. He would be walking around with metal plated collarbone rest of his life. Not sure if there would be issues at airport for him. I suspect he will travel alot considering his wealth and free time once he retires.

 

[Chuck 54]

Doesn't matter what the CT scan says. A QB must be drafted. It would be sheer negligence not to do so.

Not really. We can draft a QB, or we can draft a QB 5 years from now. It would not be negligence either way. As long as we have 2-3 veteran QBs on the roster, capable of stepping in and being adequate if Romo goes down, whether or not a rookie is drafted is irrelevant.

We could draft a QB in the first round every year for the next 5 years and end up without even a backup guy. That's the reality. On the other hand, we could sign a FA or draft a QB in round 5 who ends up a franchise QB. Yes, we all know the odds are better in round 1. But the reality is there are no guarantees, and half the QBs in the championship round and in the SB were free agent acquisitions. Drafting a QB is not the only way to win games or to be prepared with adequate QB play.

There's nothing wrong with drafting a QB at #4 and hoping he can become the winning type QB Dallas is familiar with, but there's also nothing wrong with drafting a guy who might start at another position for the next 6 years and filling in behind Tony with better backups. The reality, again, is that if Romo went down for the year with Moore and a QB selected at #4 behind him, we'd still likely be drafting in the top 10 next year as well.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

“Now the collarbone kept me out [this season]. That’s part of the deal. It happens sometimes. But we’re going to ensure it doesn’t happen again with whatever decision we make here, and I should be able to play another seven or eight years.”...

I'm surprised the Romo-hating, amateur back specialist trolls let this comment slip by without a mention... that's almost doubling Jerry and Stephen's estimate.

 

[Direwolf63]

Not really. We can draft a QB, or we can draft a QB 5 years from now. It would not be negligence either way. As long as we have 2-3 veteran QBs on the roster, capable of stepping in and being adequate if Romo goes down, whether or not a rookie is drafted is irrelevant.

We could draft a QB in the first round every year for the next 5 years and end up without even a backup guy. That's the reality. On the other hand, we could sign a FA or draft a QB in round 5 who ends up a franchise QB. Yes, we all know the odds are better in round 1. But the reality is there are no guarantees, and half the QBs in the championship round and in the SB were free agent acquisitions. Drafting a QB is not the only way to win games or to be prepared with adequate QB play.

There's nothing wrong with drafting a QB at #4 and hoping he can become the winning type QB Dallas is familiar with, but there's also nothing wrong with drafting a guy who might start at another position for the next 6 years and filling in behind Tony with better backups. The reality, again, is that if Romo went down for the year with Moore and a QB selected at #4 behind him, we'd still likely be drafting in the top 10 next year as well.

Shortsighted, short term thinking. Jerry is that you?

We tried the veteran FA backup route. Result? Disaster.
We tried the mid-round QB pick in McGee. Result? Disaster.

Romo is 36 years old with the back of a 50 year old and people still wish to ignore the most important position in all of sports. People want to wait until there is nothing there before the Cowboys should get around to do something about it.

Yes, the Cowboys could pick 5 QB'S in the next 5 years and have nothing to show for it. That's the nature of drafting. But if nothing else, at least you could say that the Cowboys tried to be proactive in trying to find the QB of the future instead of sitting around until it's too late. Like they did when Aikman retired.

 

[the_h0wey]

Tony Romo Postpones Decision On Possible Surgery For One Month


http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...es-decision-on-possible-surgery-for-one-month



The decision about Tony Romo going under the knife this offseason has been pushed off for another month. That is potentially good news. The issue revolves around whether to attach a metal plate on Romo's left collarbone to give it more stability after having injured it twice this past season. Romo recently had a CT scan that showed "good growth" in the collarbone that could lead to a result of not having to have a surgery this offseason. If the collarbone can repair itself to such a state that the team and Romo feel comfortable with, he will pass on surgery. That decision should come in one month when they take another look.

Todd Archer reports that there is a possible third path, something called a Mumford procedure.


According to the sources, it is possible Romo could pass on having a plate inserted to reinforce the collarbone and have what is called a Mumford procedure in which the distal portion of the clavicle is shaved down. The recovery time would still be 6-8 weeks and have Romo back on the field for the organized team activities in May.

I think all Cowboys fans are hoping for a full recovery without surgery that will allow Romo to have a normal offseason. Any kind of surgery would disrupt that but we'll have to wait four more weeks to know for sure.

There is no way that someone tries to spin this as a good thing. If they are going to do it I would think the sooner the better right?

 

[DeaconBlues]

So let's hear a prediction from a professional

That he's brittle? Absolutely no evidence. 36? Yup, although I admit I don't have access to his birth certificate.

Bones don't become brittle in your mid 30's unless there is an underlying disease. Two breaks in the same area within months likely means he wasn't fully recovered from the initial injury.

If you're going to worry, worry about his back.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

When are people gonna realize the backup QB on this team is 36 years old...w/ some playoff experience...and capable of coming in and winning a few games?

The Dallas Cowboys need a starting QB

lol.

Wow.

Goodbye.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I think he should have surgery and put plate in.
He's breaking like glass.

Yeah I imagine you do. Being as it's not you having the surgery and all.

God forbid the guy take the time needed to make the decision with all the information available to him instead of just running headlong into a surgery that may, or may not, help him at all.

 

[noshame]

That he's brittle? Absolutely no evidence. 36? Yup, although I admit I don't have access to his birth certificate.

Bones don't become brittle in your mid 30's unless there is an underlying disease. Two breaks in the same area within months likely means he wasn't fully recovered from the initial injury.

If you're going to worry, worry about his back.

Ok so there's less tissue at 36 to protect against impact, also he had over 8 weeks to recover which is a week or 2 more than recommended. This was also his third collarbone which likely points to another issue other than not healing completely.

Also sports doctor on ESPN during Tony's recovery stated he's treated several clavicle fractures, after 6 weeks he seen them re break, after 8 weeks he's NEVER had one re-break.

Don't worry I've been crowing about his back for 2 years, as I've said, many think he has 2-3 more years, I'm inclined to think it's 2-3 more games.

 

[CCBoy]

There is no way that someone tries to spin this as a good thing. If they are going to do it I would think the sooner the better right?

He's already throwing the football, and his bone is getting strong...not weaker.

 

[TX Cowboy]

I agree but I can understand his reservations about surgery. He would be walking around with metal plated collarbone rest of his life. Not sure if there would be issues at airport for him. I suspect he will travel alot considering his wealth and free time once he retires.

As can I surgery is never a 100% fix unforeseen things can arise, complications after surgery are always in the back of the mind
so quite often surgery and seeing doctors isn't always the best course of action..perhaps in time it will heal the right way on it's
own!!! but if it does come down to surgery and needing the metal plate the fact he'd still have full use of the arm in some way
so he could pick up his kids and play with them. I'd think weigh heavily they are still at the tender age where he can still do the
"dad" things with them before they grow up and get older where they no longer need him except for a car

so maybe he should just get the surgery get it over with!!! if a metal plate is the worse thing? I can think of things that can
be 100 worse than that