Garrett made the comments on Saturday during a conference call. But Garrett said the 36-year-old woke up Friday with stiffness, and an MRI revealed Romo’s fourth back injury in less than four years. For whatever it’s worth, RapSheet adds Romo “broke a different bone” in his back “than last time”, when Romo suffered a fracture in 2014. Tony Romo’s injury during Thursday nights pre-season game could be worse than expected.
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Rookie Dak Prescott, a former Haughton High School star, is now the team’s backup and has had an outstanding preseason.
“We’re confident that he’s going to be coming back and playing football for us this year”, coach Jason Garrett said but provided no timetable on Romo’s return. He also refused to rule Romo out for the regular season opener on September 11.
Romo missed 12 games in 2015 after breaking his collarbone twice and the Cowboys went 4-12. “Being able to have Dak step up and be able to take over that role and just support him in any way that we can”. Prescott has completed 39-of-50 passes for 454 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. He also has two rushing TDs.
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Dak Prescott will be the Week 1 starter, as the Dallas Cowboys are merely searching for a veteran backup in Tony Romo’s absence, David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports.
