This is just a source claiming 6-10 weeks, Jason Garrett and the team gave no timetable for Romo’s return yet so there is no confirmation.
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As I reported during their preseason game against Seattle, there was a moment in the game where Tony Romo was clutching his back and was pulled out of the match.
With Romo now out of the lineup, the Cowboys will turn to rookie Dak Prescott out of Mississippi State as their new starting quarterback.
Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett says this injury is unrelated. He has played with fractures in his back before, so that’s probably, more than anything else, what’s not giving us a timetable.
He suffered another back injury in 2014, and missed one game, but otherwise led the Cowboys to a 12-4 record that year.
“Come Week 1, we’ll be focusing on Dallas”, he said. Romo previously underwent back surgery in 2013 to remove a cyst. It’s now been revealed he’s broken a bone in his back!
When Romo went down for the season after re-injuring his collarbone in 2015, Moore was part of the rotation of quarterbacks who attempted to step in for him. “It’s going to take all guys to help each other out”. The team did not want to go through what happened last season, where the Cowboys failed to make the NFL Playoffs because none of the backups were able to step up and fill in for an injured Tony Romo. “It just takes a little bit”. “He’ll do the things that he’s capable of doing and won’t do the things he’s not capable of doing and hopefully he’ll progress every day”. But as plenty of former players will caution, one must take his play with a grain of salt, because it is preseason after all. Thus far Prescott has completed 39 out of his 50 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns this preseason. He’s even scored two running touchdowns and has no interceptions.
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