Dance04
October-19th-2008, 03:59 AM
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/11043956
IRVING -- Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips wanted to keep the starting quarterback decision under wraps until Sunday, but his boss apparently didn't get the memo.
Jerry Jones, in his weekly appearance with 1310 The Ticket's Norm Hitzges, said that it looks like Tony Romo will play Sunday against the Rams with a fractured pinkie finger on his throwing hand.
"It's very likely that he'll be ready to play," Jones said. "The question is, can he handle the pain?"
Moments later, Phillips said in his news conference that a decision still hasn't been made. When informed of Jones' comments, he said: "Whatever Jerry says, I'm going with."
Jones said there is no concern about Romo causing further damage to the pinkie. There is plenty of concern about the Cowboys, who have lost two of three games, fighting for a playoff berth.
"I know how important the game is and how important it is to us," Jones said. "Our team, certainly, we're under siege to a certain degree with our injury situation right now, so I think we'll be a better team weeks down the road. But what we can't do is, with something of our own making, so to speak, or decision-making relative to who's playing and not playing, we shouldn't compromise ourselves relative to our won-loss record. We've got to get into the playoffs."
Romo dressed for Friday's practice, wearing a different wrap on his right hand than Thursday, but backup Brad Johnson took all the snaps with the starting offense during the media access portion of the workout.
I dont even know how to respond to this. Al Davis JR.
IRVING -- Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips wanted to keep the starting quarterback decision under wraps until Sunday, but his boss apparently didn't get the memo.
Jerry Jones, in his weekly appearance with 1310 The Ticket's Norm Hitzges, said that it looks like Tony Romo will play Sunday against the Rams with a fractured pinkie finger on his throwing hand.
"It's very likely that he'll be ready to play," Jones said. "The question is, can he handle the pain?"
Moments later, Phillips said in his news conference that a decision still hasn't been made. When informed of Jones' comments, he said: "Whatever Jerry says, I'm going with."
Jones said there is no concern about Romo causing further damage to the pinkie. There is plenty of concern about the Cowboys, who have lost two of three games, fighting for a playoff berth.
"I know how important the game is and how important it is to us," Jones said. "Our team, certainly, we're under siege to a certain degree with our injury situation right now, so I think we'll be a better team weeks down the road. But what we can't do is, with something of our own making, so to speak, or decision-making relative to who's playing and not playing, we shouldn't compromise ourselves relative to our won-loss record. We've got to get into the playoffs."
Romo dressed for Friday's practice, wearing a different wrap on his right hand than Thursday, but backup Brad Johnson took all the snaps with the starting offense during the media access portion of the workout.
I dont even know how to respond to this. Al Davis JR.