Report: Tony Romo out for the rest of the season
Whatever faint hopes the Dallas Cowboys might have had for a playoff run vanished in a teal fog on Thanksgiving afternoon, as the Carolina Panthers manhandled the Cowboys 33-14. Ladling insult atop injury like gravy atop stuffing, the Cowboys lost Tony Romo on a sack that re-injured the same left clavicle that kept Romo out of seven consecutive games.
The Cowboys took Romo for an immediate X-ray, and soon afterward, ESPN’s Ed Werder reported the grim news:
This is awful for anyone who has tickets to a Cowboys home game or has a Cowboys receiver on their fantasy roster for the remainder of the year, but the truth is, this team was already toast. A pristine Romo couldn’t lead this team back to the playoffs this season. Between this and the Eagles’ implosion, the way is clear for an unlikely playoff run from either the New York Giants or Washington Redskins.
Matt Cassel will likely now hold the starting job for the remainder of the season for Dallas. Cassel led the Cowboys to a late touchdown after Romo’s injury, but by that point the Panthers already had one eye on the turkey. The Cowboys, by contrast, can turn at least one eye to the offseason … and the other to 2016.
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