NOTES: Neither team reported any injuries….
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After the game, head coach Jason Garrett said he was still hopeful Romo would be able to return this season, though that outlook seems increasingly unlikely after Friday’s report. Romo will not have surgery, Jones confirmed, and should be 100 percent for the offseason program in March.
Now back to that Carolina defense – Thomas Davis, with the sack! The 35-year-old quarterback with a surgically repaired back wasn’t sure if he broke his left collarbone again, just as he did almost 10 weeks ago at Philadelphia. Cassel came to the Cowboys after Romo’s initial backup Brandon Weeden failed to win a game in his replacement.
He went 0-4 as the Cowboys starter against the New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks, Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Browns: Pettine hasn’t decide on Manziel’s status for MondayBEREA, Ohio – Browns coach Mike Pettine said he hasn’t decided if Johnny Manziel will be active on Monday night against Baltimore. A hairline fracture was found in the quarterback’s left collarbone that will put him out for the rest of the season.
The Packers had two turnovers Sunday – a fumble by Eddie Lacy and an interception by Rodgers – after entering the game with a league-low six.
The Cowboys are technically still alive in a weak NFC East race but would have to win out and have other teams lose to make the playoffs. “We’ll just have to move forward, and I know he will, too”. Sitting at 3-8, not many Dallas fans are going to buy tickets to see a pathetic Cassel led offense, unless they bought their tickets already and are stuck with their purchase, in which case they are probably trying to sell their tickets with the Cowboys playoff hopes ending against the Panthers. When he resumed playing, Romo acknowledged the possibility of a re-break was real.
“We felt that the risk was worth the potential of having him be the impact he can be and he is on our team”, Jones said.
“All of us got into the hole, all of us will get out of the hole”. That’s what sports is about.
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Defensive tackle Dwan Edwards calls Kuechly “the nicest guy you will probably ever meet in your life”. “The dream was if Tony could have come in, been the catalyst, played similarly and had results we had the week before against Miami…that it would’ve been the beginning of maybe something special”. He turns 36 in April and is signed through 2019. They have drafted just two quarterbacks since Troy Aikman retired and none since taking Stephen McGee in the fourth round of the 2009 draft. So, with there being no surgery required, that should help out the recovery time tremendously. Johnson tied a career high with three touchdown catches and he had eight receptions for 93 yards in the game, The Lions are now 4-7 and they have shown some improvement after making coordinator and front office changes this year.
