The questions about Tony Romo’s health aren’t going to go away, but the Cowboys’ veteran quarterback surely must be tired of answering them by now, David Helman of Dallascowboys.com reports.
Romo didn’t take center stage on Thursday night, as he attended Fashion’s First Down – a charity fashion show presented by the Dallas Cowboys Women’s Association and chaired by his wife, Candice.
While Romo certainly did lend his support to the cause, he also talked football and once again addressed the ever-present issue of his injury history and his broken collarbone.
“I understand where I’m at in my career. I also understand that – I was hurt and banged up last year, but it’s a collarbone,” he said. “I don’t think my collarbone is going to be anything that takes you out every year that you play football.”
The collarbone is the latest of several ailments that prompt questions about Romo’s longevity. He broke it for the second time in September, after first suffering the injury in 2010. He returned from that after a nine-week absence, only to break it again on Thanksgiving.
For all the consternation about that problem, though, Romo doesn’t see it as a recurring issue. He did go five years between injuries, and he had surgery to strengthen the bone in March. On top of that, he’s throwing and participating fully in the Cowboys’ offseason program.
“I guess what I’m trying to say, basically, is I feel like last year was an anomaly,” he said. “If we’re going to base it all on that, you have to come back and prove differently. But the fact that we went 4-12, whether I was playing or not – we have to do better. I think part of that is me being healthy, I think part of that is guys getting better and improving.”
Romo didn’t take center stage on Thursday night, as he attended Fashion’s First Down – a charity fashion show presented by the Dallas Cowboys Women’s Association and chaired by his wife, Candice.
While Romo certainly did lend his support to the cause, he also talked football and once again addressed the ever-present issue of his injury history and his broken collarbone.
“I understand where I’m at in my career. I also understand that – I was hurt and banged up last year, but it’s a collarbone,” he said. “I don’t think my collarbone is going to be anything that takes you out every year that you play football.”
The collarbone is the latest of several ailments that prompt questions about Romo’s longevity. He broke it for the second time in September, after first suffering the injury in 2010. He returned from that after a nine-week absence, only to break it again on Thanksgiving.
For all the consternation about that problem, though, Romo doesn’t see it as a recurring issue. He did go five years between injuries, and he had surgery to strengthen the bone in March. On top of that, he’s throwing and participating fully in the Cowboys’ offseason program.
“I guess what I’m trying to say, basically, is I feel like last year was an anomaly,” he said. “If we’re going to base it all on that, you have to come back and prove differently. But the fact that we went 4-12, whether I was playing or not – we have to do better. I think part of that is me being healthy, I think part of that is guys getting better and improving.”
