“I mean obviously, we were being smart, ” Romo said on why he didn’t go back into Thursday’s loss to Seattle. Those good feelings lasted for three plays. There was no film on him, so I didn’t know if he was going to juke, or whatnot.
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Veteran quarterback Tony Romo just ran three plays in their pre-season match against the Seattle Seahawks when he was hit from behind and taken out of the game immediately.
Elliott drew an unnecessary roughness penalty on Chancellor a play after powering through him. It’s a flawless storm as far as the slide and going down. On the third snap of the game, Romo attempted to scramble up the middle, but Avril appeared to jam him into the ground and Romo grabbed his lower back. But when Romo missed 12 games a year ago with collarbone injuries, they imploded and wound up with a top-five draft pick (hence, Elliott). The Cowboys have handled Romo with care ever since. He had a cyst removed in the offseason that year and missed the regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Eaglesafter undergoing a discectomy.
Texans DE J.J. Watt (back surgery) is doing so well in his rehabilitation that sources said they wouldn’t be surprised if he plays in the season opener, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Reports from the bench were that the injury was not serious, just a twinge or tightening up that startled and perhaps frightened Romo more than anything.
“I try to think of it just like another game”, Elliott told ESPN. We’re pleased that it’s in good shape.
“At the moment when you go down, you crunch so your back gets squished, I guess you could say”, Romo explained after the game.
After speaking with doctors on the sideline, Romo tried to argue his way back onto the field. He wanted to return to the field, but the coaches sat him down, probably until September 11. “It just feels hot for a second”. It’s just kind of one of those things, you just have to go out there and make some plays and see how it goes from there.
Romo lobbied to return but said everyone understands “we have a long season and it’s all in front of us”. “I put my best foot forward each and every game”. The former Mississippi State star has scored six total touchdowns and passed for 338 yards in two games. “No matter if you played at whatever level there is a picture here of interest. He just needs to get going”.
“But in terms of from the day he’s walked in the door, he’s shown a lot of unique intangibles, I think rare intangibles, in terms of his leadership, his people skills, his ability to lead”. They’ll figure out a way to win 11 games, like they always do, in a fashion that will somehow annoy everyone, from the gamblers to the fantasy players and most of all their opponents.
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Then, Romo groped for the positive.
