Romo was pulled from the preseason game and said he was OK afterwards, but as it turned out he wasn’t as he awoke Friday feeling pain, which prompted the MRI.
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss the start of the season after breaking a bone in his back.
Although Garrett, in announcing the injury on Saturday, did not rule Romo out of playing in the Cowboys’ season opener on September 11 against the New York Giants, it appears likely that rookie Dak Prescott will start in Romo’s place.
According to Garrett, Romo underwent an MRI after suffering the injury on the third play from scrimmage against the Seahawks.
Romo’s most likely return is the October 30 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, putting him out for the first six games of the season.
Four years ago, Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was listed as doubtful for Week One at home against the Giants, and Witten played.
Well, it turns out that Romo wasn’t as fine as he thought he was or appeared to be.
ESPN’s Todd Archer tweeted that Romo suffered a compression fracture of his L1 vertebrae, the L1 is in the lower third of the spine, approximately even with the lowest rib.
Ian Raport of the NFL Network reports that the “best-case scenario” is Romo will be back “by mid-season”.
Yeah, so every Cowboys Fan’s worst nightmare just came true. They already lost backup Kellen Moore for the year earlier in training camp. Then, in 2014 Romo fractured two transverses in his back, but continued to play through the injury.
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Fourth-rounder Dak Prescott, arguably the brightest star from any team this preseason, now has a very real shot of entering the year as the Cowboys’ starter.
