Jerry Jones spoke to Tony Romo at doctor’s office, QB said he will do everything to play Sunday vs. Philadelphia
By Jon Machota
jmachota@dallasnews.com
9:22 am on December 24, 2013 | Permalink
Jerry Jones provided the latest on Tony Romo’s back injury during a Tuesday morning radio interview.
As the Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager told SportsDayDFW.com’s David Moore Monday night, Romo still has not been ruled out for Sunday’s winner-take-all season finale against Philadelphia.
“He’s going through treatment, beginning (Monday) and if that treatment has the positive implications that it certainly has the chance to have then he should not be ruled out in any way for this game,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM]. “Tony knows our game plan like the palm of his hand, to the end that he doesn’t practice this week or practice as much this week as he normally would have … there’s no doubt in my mind he can step in there without that practice and give us every opportunity to win the game.
“A lot of options open here. We won’t be getting into one way or the other, the detail as far as Tony’s medical aspect is concerned because No. 1, we can’t. That’s against the rules to talk about those kinds of details. The facts are, I’ll assure you that structurally, if his doctor clears him, which he can, and it’s possible … he could very well play.”
Jones, who assured that the injury occurred in the Washington game, said he talked to Romo on the phone Monday.
“Tony was there with his doctor looking over his situation, and we discussed at length what the situation was and what his thoughts were on it and I talked to the doctor two different times yesterday,” Jones said. “We went over all the different aspects of it, and what they were doing to treat him to potentially get him in shape to play this weekend.”
What did Romo say?
“He was disappointed,” Jones said. “That’s the last thing, if you know Tony close end, you can’t imagine what a competitor he is. He doesn’t want to miss a snap. He doesn’t want to miss a play. He was very disappointed. Particularly disappointed for his team, disappointed, repeated over and over again, ‘Jerry, I just can’t tell you how badly I feel relative to you and relative to my teammates. I’m going to do everything we can do here to get on that football field. We need to beat Philadelphia.’