Sturm believes something more is going on with Romo's injury

[dbair1967]

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"Here it is: I don't think Romo's situation can be classified as a QB with "injury issues" anymore. Rather, I would suggest that Romo's collarbone situation would have to be called a "ticking time bomb." I think his future is week to week, not year to year. No longer a question of "if", but rather a matter of "when". I think that his collarbone has obviously not mended like they had first hoped and so here we sit - 159 days since Jordan Hicks broke it in September and 92 days since Thomas Davis got him again on Thanksgiving Day - without any further resolution that he is as good as new and ready to play. I might remind you that the Cowboys resisted the obvious plans of putting him on injured reserve because they originally assumed he would be available for the NFC Championship Game which was played on January 24th. 33 days ago.

So, I don't believe his collarbone has mended properly since Thankgsiving. And I sure don't believe it healed like they thought it would from September - as evidenced best that he broke it again on a rather normal-looking hit on Thankgsiving Day. I am far from a medical expert, but I can read a calendar. When they talk about this 8-10 weeks business and we sit here at the end of February and discuss further procedures, but still under the banner of "everything is fine and there is no reason for alarm", I am tempted to sound the sirens. I am not buying it anymore. This Mumford procedure that discusses shaving off part of the clavicle seems like a very odd way to strengthen a collarbone. I am positive I am showing my medical ignorance, but I also am assuming that most people having that procedure are not having 300 lb linemen like Fletcher Cox or Johnathan Hankins trying to slam them right on their collarbone at their first chance in an effort to remove the Cowboys biggest and most indispensible weapon from the proceedings.

I don't like it. In fact, I don't believe the rhetoric coming out of Valley Ranch on this topic anymore. I don't believe this 5-year window nonsense, and frankly, I don't believe they believe it either. There have been 8 QBs who were starters when Tony Romo took over the job in Dallas and remain starters today (Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, and Romo). The only one to have started as few games as Romo is Palmer, and that is only because the injury-prone Palmer also has a 9-game contract holdout to his credit. In other words, Romo has the worst health-related attendance record in his peer group, and it doesn't look like it will ever get better."

 

[dbair1967]

Translation- we're picking a QB with our 1st pick in April

 

[MrB]

I still think the whole issue is that he doesn't want to spend the whole summer with his arm in a sling and having to rehab. He also doesn't want a metal plate in his body that could cause problems after he's done playing.

Romo is thinking about his quality life after football. That's his right however the Cowboys also need to be thinking about life after Romo. They need to draft his replacement now. This is the best opportunity to draft a top prospect. Take advantage

 

[dbair1967]

I talked to my guy, we reviewed a lot of information you cant get anywhere else.

Romo definitely has a collarbone problem.

 

[MrB]

I talked to my guy, we reviewed a lot of information you cant get anywhere else.

Romo definitely has a collarbone problem.

Are you sure? Because I heard it was his clavicle.

 

[ZeroClub]

Sturm writes:

I am far from a medical expert, but I can read a calendar. When they talk about this 8-10 weeks business and we sit here at the end of February and discuss further procedures, but still under the banner of "everything is fine and there is no reason for alarm", I am tempted to sound the sirens. I am not buying it anymore. This Mumford procedure that discusses shaving off part of the clavicle seems like a very odd way to strengthen a collarbone. I am positive I am showing my medical ignorance, but I also am assuming that most people having that procedure are not having 300 lb linemen like Fletcher Cox or Johnathan Hankins trying to slam them right on their collarbone at their first chance in an effort to remove the Cowboys biggest and most indispensible weapon from the proceedings.

Lazy writing. If Sturm doesn't know what he's writing about, why doesn't he call a specialist and ask a few questions about 1) the healing of collarbones and 2) the Mumford procedure?

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Sturm writes:

Lazy writing. If Sturm doesn't know what he's writing about, why doesn't he call a specialist and ask a few questions about 1) the healing of collarbones and 2) the Mumford procedure?

Good point. In fact, has any writer done any investigating into that procedure?

I did a little googling, which can always be dangerous. But it looks to me like the Mumford procedure is basically removing part of the distal (far, lateral) end of the collarbone to relieve pain. It doesn't have anything to do with preventing the bone from breaking again, as most in the media have said, or at least implied.

My guess from reading is that when the bone healed, it (in layman's terms) remodeled so that it extended the length of the clavicle slightly and it's causing shoulder pain. If so, this is no big deal and would explain why the long delay in deciding whether to have the procedure -- because it's just a matter of if the pain is bad enough to go though with the surgery. But it appears to be a relatively minor procedure.

The point is, I didn't see anything about it preventing future re-breaks.

UVA or some other medical professional, correct me if I got that way wrong.

 

[Omegasupreme]

Or preventing possible rebreaks should include thought and strategy and plays that decrease the possibility to get hammered like Romo does.

 

[dgfred]

The problem is that almost every time a QB falls he has to land on one shoulder or the other. It is just a matter of when and where it happens at this point IMO.

 

[Doomsday]

His back is the time bomb. They recently disclosed he actually tweaked it week one vs. the Giants last season. The clavicle is now a second IED. The dude really should start thinking about a future where he can play with his kids.

Time Bomb Tony, like I've been saying.

 

[Hoofbite]

I talked to my guy, we reviewed a lot of information you cant get anywhere else.

Romo definitely has a collarbone problem.

Good work, David. Thanks for sticking your neck out there on the line like that and sharing what you know. I know the burden that having "sources" can bring. You're a true fan!

 

[cml750]

Sad we wasted Romo's entire career with piss poor coaches who have no business being coaches save a few games under Tuna..

 

[MrB]

Sad we wasted Romo's entire career with piss poor coaches who have no business being coaches save a few games under Tuna..

Romo shares some of the blame too. Early in his career he had a knack for throwing int's at the exact wrong moment.

 

[onlyonenow]

Romo shares some of the blame too. Early in his career he had a knack for throwing int's at the exact wrong moment.

what critical game losses can you really blame on Romo? 2007? Vs Giants Crayton and Fasano screwing up and our O line gasping for breath in the fourth quarter. 2009? Vs Vikings? The O line stinking it up and our D laying down. So show me in his first 4 years of starting where his picks were the difference in a critical game that kept us from getting a shot at the SB

 

[onlyonenow]

Sturm is not often wrong but he has been and a couple of times they were doozies. I think this is one. Tony is taking his time trying to figure things out and that is his right. Putting the plate in has ramifications. Now if as has been postulated his healing collarbone did expand slightly and is causing problems that is a whole other situation.

 

[MrB]

what critical game losses can you really blame on Romo? 2007? Vs Giants Crayton and Fasano screwing up and our O line gasping for breath in the fourth quarter. 2009? Vs Vikings? The O line stinking it up and our D laying down. So show me in his first 4 years of starting where his picks were the difference in a critical game that kept us from getting a shot at the SB

Oh you're one of those "Romo can do no wrong" guys. You can make all the excuses you want but the fact is Romo (early in his career) had a tendency to force throws late in games. Romo was as much to blame as any other player or unit. As he's gotten older he has corrected a lot of his "gun slinger" ways but those early years were brutal to watch late in games.

 

[cmd34]

Oh you're one of those "Romo can do no wrong" guys. You can make all the excuses you want but the fact is Romo (early in his career) had a tendency to force throws late in games. Romo was as much to blame as any other player or unit. As he's gotten older he has corrected a lot of his "gun slinger" ways but those early years were brutal to watch late in games.

he absolutely is responsible for some poor decisions.

Unfortunately, a horrid defense kept putting him in positions where he had to throw on every down, late in games. Despite all of the criticism of those turnovers, he still has the highest 4th quarter QB rating of any current QB.

 

[MrB]

he absolutely is responsible for some poor decisions.

Unfortunately, a horrid defense kept putting him in positions where he had to throw on every down, late in games. Despite all of the criticism of those turnovers, he still has the highest 4th quarter QB rating of any current QB.

Where would you rank Romo as far as all time Cowboys QB's?

 

[cmd34]

Where would you rank Romo as far as all time Cowboys QB's?

3rd.

 

[Midswat]

I don't care about Romo anymore. You vouch for this shit head coach and you're dead to me. Hope he breaks his back and collarbone on the same play, week one.