The Dallas Cowboys are hoping that the injury to Tony Romo isn’t serious, but he could end up missing some time with the latest diagnosis.
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Tony Romo got bange dup in the Cowboys Monday night loss to the Washington Redskins and the ripple effect from that may take him out for a week or two as he recovers. The exact problem with Romo’s back wasn’t known until today but even now that the diagnosis has been made it doesn’t make understating his issues any easier.
According to Todd Archer from ESPN, Romo has 2 fractured transverse process in back, which is putting his status in question for this weekend’s game against the Arizona Cardinals.
Filed to @ESPN - Sources: Tony Romo has 2 fractured transverse process in back, could play Sun.Bryce Petty had similar injury, missed 1 game
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) November 1, 2014
If you’re like everyone else in the world, you’re wondering what a fractured transverse process in back is. Allow some explanation:
"A fracture of a bone is the same as a break in the bone. A fracture of a transverse process is a break of a part of one of the bones in the spine. This part extends out from the side of the main body of the bone (called the vertebral body). A transverse process is shaped like a wing. They extend from both the left and right sides of the vertebral body."

It’s not a fractured back that Romo has, so don’t go around thinking that. Instead, it’s an intricate part of the spine that is fractured and not allowing Romo to move freely or how he needs to move.
Basically, leave it to Tony Romo to have one of the most complicated injuries of the season. HE couldn’t have just done something simple like break a finger or twist an ankle. It wouldn’t be a Tony Romo situation though if it wasn’t overly complicated and impossible to understand, but like all other situations all we know is that it’s bad news for a surging Cowboys team that actually needs him for once.
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