PFT: Cowboys - No new rib fracture for Tony Romo

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Cowboys: No new rib fracture for Tony Romo

Posted by Darin Gantt on December 9, 2014, 5:55 AM EST

While the admission of broken ribs added to the lore of Tony Romo, Tough-as-rawhide Cowboy Quarterback, it also added a layer of paperwork for his team.

Since the league would have liked to have known about it, for accurate and fair injury reporting processes, the Cowboys were forced to elaborate.

According to Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com, Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said the team sent medical information to the league to clarify.

Garrett said Romo doesn’t have a broken rib, rather an aggravation of a previous cartilage injury. The league is still reviewing, but Garrett said: “It seems like a non-issue.”

“There never was a fracture with his ribs,” Garrett said. “He’s been dealing with that cartilage thing again for probably a number of years. . . .

“The biggest issue with Tony has been his back, coming back from the surgery and when he got hurt again where he fractured the two transverse processes in his back. That’s been the issue for Tony. He’s dealt with ribs [and] a lot of other things like all quarterbacks do throughout his career and this year as well. But the biggest issue for Tony, the reason he missed time in practice, has been the back issue.”

Romo likewise said on 105.3 The Fan that it was a cartilage issue, which initially became a problem in 2008.
“You end up having these issues with it really for your career,” he said. “When you have stuff that happened when you were younger, they just kind of pop up from time to time. As you get older, you just deal with those things.”

Which is fine, so long as you share those things with others.
 
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