Cowboys To Place Tony Romo On Injured Reserve

There was a thought that the injury would cost him as few as six games and as many as 10 potentially opening the door for his return this year. In the end, the Cowboys figured it was best to save him for next year and avoid suffering another injury in two meaningless games.

The Cowboys have more talent than a 5-9 team so I imagine despite this year they’ll again be picked to go to the playoffs with a healthy Romo.

If he returns after three weeks, then that will be seven total weeks that he’s missed.

There was some curiosity as to whether the Cowboys would even try to bring Romo back this season. They were 1-5 after the game in which he was injured and all but assured they wouldn’t be playing deep into January. Even with the Cowboys now sitting at 3-7, Romo may return this year.

Michael Lombardi of NFL Network says the timeline on Romo’s injury will likely be closer to six weeks.

The Cowboys likely won’t give a good timetable on his injury but what folks need to remember here is how the Cowboys do in the next few games may determine whether Romo returns. For example, it seems pointless for them to rush him back if the Cowboys are sitting at 2-10 in five weeks. So what the Cowboys need to do moving forward is start winning games -- brilliant thought, right?

It’s going to be a rough week and couple of months in Dallas. The Cowboys were downed by the Giants on Monday Night Football and their quarterback, Tony Romo, suffered a broken clavicle, after being slammed into the ground by New York linebacker Michael Boley.

Romo says after the game that he didn’t know what the injury was when it first happened.

It’s strange how there’s little pain and, as Romo suggests above, he was trying to go back in. The injury will keep him out anywhere from 6-10 weeks. In his absense, Jon Kitna will be the Cowboys starting QB, a man WR Roy Williams says is “just as good” as Romo. We shall see.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the early word on the recovery time for Romo’s broken clavicle is 8-10 weeks. Considering it is currently Week 7, and the Cowboys don’t seem playoff-bound, that would mean it’s season-ending.

As always, check in with SB Nation’s Blogging the Boys for what will likely be a week of infinite sadness.

The injury is a devastating one for the Cowboys. Already struggling this season, Dallas will now have to attempt to turn its season around without Romo. Typically, a broken clavicle will keep a QB sidelined for at least four weeks, although there’s a strong chance it will be season-ending.

This all means the Cowboys are stuck with Kitna under center for the foreseeable future. So, the nightmare season in Big D rolls on.