Cowboys’ Romo done for season

Surgery is not required, but for the third time in the last six years Romo is unable to finish the season because of injury.

However, it left the door open for hope.

Before Romo left, he helped tip the game in the Panthers’ favour as they returned two of his interceptions for touchdowns.

Romo completed 11 of 21 passes for 106 yards and three interceptions before getting hurt.

-PASS DEFENSE: D. The Cowboys were solid on defense for most of the day but they only registered one sack, never got much pressure on Cam Newton and came up untimely first downs. Their top running back, Darren McFadden was stuffed at the line of scrimmage mostly, with the exception of an eight yard run, thus proving how much better the Panthers were in the trenches.

Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo turns away from the podium at a news conference after the Cowboys’ …

Matt Prater’s 48-yard field goal then opened a 10-point lead before Stafford’s 25-yard touchdown pass to Johnson came with 12 seconds left in the half, making it 24-7 at the break.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said there is no magic formula to get Green Bay back on track following its fourth loss in five games, 17-13 to visiting Chicago on Sunday night. “Now you’ve got to try for that and that’s what we’re here for, to try and do and be a part of a story like that”. He is expected to make a full recovery from his latest collarbone injury and be ready to play again when offseason activities begin next year. Cassel stepped up after replacing Romo on Thanksgiving and threw for 93 yards and a touchdown.

According to ESPN, Romo admitted that he felt the same sensation when he broke his collarbone earlier this season, causing him to miss seven games. Cowboys fans saw the downside of that risk and also clear indication that the future of this team is up in the air. “We’ll look at certainly where we are at our backup quarterback position, which probably if I could redo some of the thinking there this year, that would be the first place I’d start looking in my mirror”, he said. Romo just was completely off in this game and now his season might be over with. The Cowboys were hopeful that Romo could salvage their season, but the star quarterback struggled in his return, throwing two touchdowns to five interceptions. The team, who plays their home games in Maryland, is 4-6 thus far.

The Cowboys released Weeden the week Romo was activated, and he signed with Houston. Blame them getting behind, but they also couldn’t run before the game got out of hand. What many thought was going possibly another Super Bowl run has turned out to be yet another disappointment.