Tony Romo Clavicle Fracture Injury Could Be Season Ending

DALLAS (LALATE) TONY ROMO'S CLAVICLE FRACTURE COULD BE SEASON ENDING; TESTING ON TONY ROMO'S LEFT CLAVICLE FRACTURE INJURY TODAY WILL DETERMINE IF RECOVERY TIME COULD BE AS LONG AS 8 TO 10 WEEKS AS INSIDERS BELIEVE. ROMO'S INJURY CAME DURING MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL'S SHOWDOWN WITH THE GIANTS. IT WAS THE GAME THAT THE COWBOYS NEEDED TO WIN; INSTEAD, IT JUST WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE, WITH THE COWBOYS FALLING TO THE GIANTS 41-35.

RECOVERY TIME ON TONY ROMO'S LEFT CLAVICLE FRACTURE IS IN QUESTION; WITH TEN WEEKS LEFT IN THE SEASON, AND INSIDERS CLAIMING THE RECOVERY TIME IS 8 TO 10 WEEKS, THIS COULD BE THE END OF THE SEASON FOR ROMO. AND YET WHILE MANY LIKE ADAM SCHEFTER SAY THE INJURY COULD PUT ROMO OUT AS LONG AS 10 WEEKS, COWBOYS OWNER JERRY JONES IS STAYING FIRM WITH 6 TO 8 WEEKS. JONES ADDITIONALLY TOLD NEWS MONDAY NIGHT THAT TROY AIKMAN ONCE WAS ONLY OUT FOUR WEEKS WITH THE SAME INJURY.

ROMO'S INJURY CAME IN THE SECOND QUARTER DURING A PASS TO MILES AUSTIN. ROMO WAS HIT BY MICHAEL BOLEY DURING A BLITZ. ROMO'S LEFT SHOULDER HIT THE GROUND DURING THE TACKLE. BOLEY SAID ROMO LET OUT A SCREAM WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND.

ROMO WASN T SO SURE IT WAS A PROBLEM AT FIRST. HE HAD SUFFERED THE SAME INJURY AS A TEENAGER. BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE WAS SURPRISED IT WAS BROKEN. WHEN HE FELT A SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE SAID THE LACK OF BREATH HIT HIM HARD.

BOLEY TOLD NEWS OF THE HIT THE GUARD DIDN T SEE ME. I CAME IN SCOT-FREE. WHEN HE (ROMO) HIT THE GROUND, I HEARD HIM LET OUT A LITTLE SCREAM. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP, BUT I DIDN T THINK HE WAS GOING TO LAY DOWN. I THOUGHT IT WAS A NORMAL HIT. AFTER I GOT UP AND STARTED RUNNING, I LOOKED back AND SAW HE WAS DOWN.