“By any rational thinking he should be getting better every situation, and so we’ve got him on what I have thought would’ve been two or three times as many snaps over a two, three-year period of ideal situations for a young quarterback getting in position to be a player”. The second play, Romo handed off to Ezekiel Elliott. He walked off under his own power and was stretching on the sideline as backup QB Dak Prescott took the field. The bad news was absolutely terrifying, as quarterback Tony Romo suffered a back injury within in the first five minutes of the game.
Advertisement
Cowboys fans everywhere can breath a sigh of relief knowing Romo was ready to come back in. “He was not hurt and he said he wasn’t hurt”. He knew he would replace Tony Romo after a few plays in the second preseason game against the Miami Dolphins. Romo was ruled out to return despite his pleas to coaches that he was healthy enough to go back in. “He is not injured”, Jones said.
“That’s something I feel comfortable in”, Prescott said. He had a cyst removed in the offseason that year and missed the regular-season finale against the Philadelphia Eaglesafter undergoing a discectomy.
The rookie got a “welcome to the NFL” moment from Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor, who popped him with a late hit following an errant Dak Prescott dump pass – Chancellor was probably reacting to Elliott giving the vaunted Seattle defense a mouthful on a couple of big runs.
“I thought he was going to try to throw it so I tried to swipe down and get his arm but I guess the force just, whatever, messed his back up”.
Advertisement
Elliott, who has been hampered by a hamstring injury, had seven carries for 48 yards in his first National Football League game action, drawing rave reviews.
