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JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR / The Dallas Morning News | jjtaylor@dallasnews.com
So Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett finally decided to put Tony Romo on injured reserve Tuesday morning.
The move is about six weeks too late – and that's a shame.
There was no good reason for Romo, who broke his collarbone in October, to be on the roster. Realistically, there was never any real chance that he was going to play this season, especially after the Cowboys stunk it up and fell out of playoff contention.
But Jerry opted to give fans false hope that Romo might come back and that the season wasn't a wash.
Whatever.
This season has been a disaster since the Cowboys quit for a three-game stretch in the middle of the season.
Jerry, though, couldn't put his ego in his back pocket. If he had, then Romo would've been on injured reserve and the Cowboys would have been scanning practice squad rosters and bringing in players – every week if needed – in search of the next Bryan McCann.
Garrett said this was a good time for Romo to go on injured reserve because the lure of playing motivated him to work as hard as he could to get back on the field. Forgive me, but no one has ever questioned Romo's work ethic.
He was going to work hard in rehab regardless of whether he was going to play this season. To suggest otherwise is a disservice to Romo.
The Cowboys can spin it a million different ways and it won't change the reality. They wasted opportunities to improve their club.
They screwed up. Again.
Are you surprised? You shouldn't be.
So Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett finally decided to put Tony Romo on injured reserve Tuesday morning.
The move is about six weeks too late – and that's a shame.
There was no good reason for Romo, who broke his collarbone in October, to be on the roster. Realistically, there was never any real chance that he was going to play this season, especially after the Cowboys stunk it up and fell out of playoff contention.
But Jerry opted to give fans false hope that Romo might come back and that the season wasn't a wash.
Whatever.
This season has been a disaster since the Cowboys quit for a three-game stretch in the middle of the season.
Jerry, though, couldn't put his ego in his back pocket. If he had, then Romo would've been on injured reserve and the Cowboys would have been scanning practice squad rosters and bringing in players – every week if needed – in search of the next Bryan McCann.
Garrett said this was a good time for Romo to go on injured reserve because the lure of playing motivated him to work as hard as he could to get back on the field. Forgive me, but no one has ever questioned Romo's work ethic.
He was going to work hard in rehab regardless of whether he was going to play this season. To suggest otherwise is a disservice to Romo.
The Cowboys can spin it a million different ways and it won't change the reality. They wasted opportunities to improve their club.
They screwed up. Again.
Are you surprised? You shouldn't be.
