Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo talked to the media late Monday night about his fractured left collarbone. He said he is extremely disappointed he will out for an extensive period of time.
How long he will be out is unknown. He will have a CT scan on Tuesday to get a clearer understanding. As of now Romo is expected to be sidelined between 6-8 weeks.
On amount of pain you are in:
“It doesn’t feel good but it’s just normal. I didn’t know that it was broken. I was kind of in shock, when it happens your body kind of goes in shock and I had a hard time breathing. I tried catching my breath and when I did, it was hard to move this (left) shoulder. It felt like it was kind of a good sprain and I was just trying to get back in. I was just really light headed.”
On possible surgery:
“We’ll find out tomorrow. We’re going to go in and get all the stuff. It would be speculation right now. We’ll find out more tomorrow.”
On John as back-up quarterback:
“We’re lucky to have Jon. He’s had a lot of success in the league. He’s had some really really great seasons. He’s going to step in and he’s going to do a great job for this football team. We’re going to rally around John. He’s going to put together some really great games. I think we were lucky to get him and I have been lucky to have him bounce ideas. He’s helped in my development and I think you’re going to see really good quarterback play going forward. John is a good player and he’ll show that.
On what happened on the injury play:
“I saw a little bit but I didn’t see exactly. I just saw it was the linebacker.”
On worries that there won’t be anything to play for on return from injury:
“Well I’m staying optimistic. I think this football team has a lot of high character guys. We have a lot of competitive individuals who aren’t going to give in to the tough situation. I know Kitna’s going to play good ball. The offense is coming together; the defense is going to play good football. We just need to get started here. I think I’m going to work my butt off getting back and getting healthy. I’m going to be in the training room as much as I can. It’s frustrating because you love playing the game. You love being out here, being able to compete on a weekly basis. It’s going to be a difficult void to fill. But I’m going to stay optimistic and just know that it’s a part of God’s plan. You have to trust in that and just have faith. Work your butt off and get back and get ready.”
On role on the sidelines after injury:
“The train keeps going on, the games going to be played. This happens in the national football. When it happens it’s very tough. You hate to ever be in the situation. I’m going to help this football team every bit as much as Kitna was helping me. I’ll be there, when I see anything, to help and act as a sounding board. I’ll stay sharp with what we’re doing and stay committed. I mean that’s what this is about, we need to stay committed and keep grinding and find a way to work ourselves out of this.
On the hit:
“Well I thought, once I was able to breath normally. It was just hard to catch a breath when I was on the ground. Off on the sidelines I asked what the down was and it was second down and I still heard that it was a running play called, and then I kind of saw the play. I felt like I caught my breath and that it was just a sprain. It just kind of felt like to me, you know I’ve been in situations where I’m like okay this hurts, but the adrenaline of the football game thing you can kind of go through with things. I knew that it was kind of important, I guess you can say, play or whatever, and I felt like I’ll deal with this right after these next couple of plays. So that’s what I’m thinking in my head at the time. Obviously he did a good job of not allowing me to not go any further out there. I felt like that is what it was; I thought it was going to be a good sprain.
On reaction of seriousness of injury:
“I was upset, disappointed. I was frustrated. You work very hard to play in these games, to be in these positions. We were in a good position. I don’t remember the exact score, I think it was around ten or thirteen or something we had right at that point we were leading the game and that was a big possession. When these things go, if you could put together the plays you could win a game. They can kind of trickle and all that stuff goes through your mind I guess when you know that you’re out and you’re just upset.
On what goes through your mind when you can’t play due to injury:
“Well I think you play the game long enough that you understand that certain things you play through. Hey if I can move this, if it’s not something that, it’s just part of playing the game. You deal with it after the game, you deal with treatment, but if you can physically do it at the moment. I tried lifting my shoulder, it hurt like heck, but I was like okay it will just keep getting better. The adrenaline of the game will allow me to kind of lift, and it’s the left shoulder, I’m like I don’t need to use it too much. I’ll figure out a way, what I can handle when I’m out there. But that was before I knew that it was broke.
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