Dallas Cowboy's overpaid quarterback Tony Romo will miss the rest of the season due to a back injury, first reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Another source told ESPN Senior NFl Insider Chris Mortenson that Romo has herniated disk in the lumbar region and needs surgery. Although he hasn't examined Tony Romo himself, Dr. Michael Kaplan said surgery on a injury of this nature has "95 % predictable" with a 3-4 months recovery time span.
Head Coach Jason Garret was quick to not completely rule out Tony for Sunday's must win game vs the Eagles.
"We have not made that determination at all at this point," Garret said. "Like any other player, the day after a game you just want to see what the injury is and we've done that with Tony and we want to get him involved in treatment as quickly as we can and we started that process."
The Cowboys will turn to Kyle Orton at the quarterback position who has 69 career starts with a record of 35-34. However he hasn't started a game since 2011.
Deja vu all over again? Last year Romo hurt his Ribs in last year's season ending loss to the Redskins which kept the Cowboys from making the playoffs. In the exact same situation as last year Romo could be on the sidelines. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be for the Cowboys.
Then again, when is it ever?
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