Cowboys’ Romo to miss eight weeks, no surgery required

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett confirmed the news at his Monday afternoon press conference, estimating an eight-week time period where Romo would be out and backup Brandon Weeden would play. Only two teams in the last six years have been able to qualify for the playoffs after an 0-2 start: the Colts in 2014 and the 7-8-1 Carolina Panthers in 2013. And let’s assume Weeden will play about as well as he played in his 21 National Football League starts. The Birds never crossed midfield and had minus-3 yards rushing in the first half.

“To me that was the story of the game” said Garrett. I’ve got to go back and look at the film. “It’s as simple as that”. Both Kiko Alonso and Mychal Kendricks exited the game with injuries, meaning rookie Jordan Hicks manned the middle next to DeMeco Ryans. He will be the starting quarterback versus the visiting Atlanta Falcons on September 27.

Donald Trump, a front-runner in the Republican presidential primary, said in a Twitter Q&A Monday afternoon that Tony Romo’s injury is “a bad thing for the Dallas Cowboys“. “But it’s going to take a little bit of time”. “It is what it is”.

Weeden hit on a flawless 7-of-7 passing for 73 yards.

Johnson was a fifth-round pick by the Buccaneers out of San Diego in 2008 and is 0-5 in his career as a starter. He said he knew immediately it was broken again. Allen Barbre replaced Mathis and Andrew Gardner took over for Herremans. They could only manage 10 points on a day when the Cowboys set a franchise record with 18 penalties.

Sam Bradford led the team in rushing with just 9 yards on 2 carries.

Losing Romo for any stretch of time is tough and couple that with Bryant and that leaves the Cowboys without two of their biggest stars.

Washington Redskins Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams was looking ahead to his surprisingly in-the-thick-of-it team’s early showdown against the New York Giants, coming up on Thursday night.

Kelly said outside linebacker Marcus Smith wasn’t on the active roster for the game because he was just getting back from a hamstring injury that kept him out since Aug.20 and Kelly wasn’t sure he had the stamina to make it through a full game. The head coach added, however, that the team is “going to evaluate everything”.