Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty had the same injury earlier this year that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is dealing with now.
Even the transverse process is big in Texas.
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For the second time this football season, a quarterback in Texas is dealing with fractures in the transverse process—the little protrusions that come off each vertabrae in the spine—and the quarterback who dealt with the injury in September has some caution for the guy dealing with it now.
Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty was diagnosed with the injury after the Bears’ season opener against SMU and he returned two weeks later.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo took a knee to the back and had basically the same injury as Petty after last Monday night’s game.
Petty says that if Romo wants to play this week in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars, it won’t be easy.
"“As a quarterback, it would be tough because of the rotation—that’s what gets you,” Petty told CFB 24/7, via NFL.com. “It’s not so much the vertabrae itself as it is the muscles around them.“That’s what you rotate with. It is extremely tough to play like he’s trying to play, if he’s trying to play in London. Trying to get back is tough. I did come back against Buffalo, but I could still feel it on certain throws.”"
Romo did not play Sunday as the Cowboys lost at home to the Arizona Cardinals.
Petty did say that if you’re going to sustain a back injury, this one is the one to have.
"“As far as a back injury, that’s the one to have,” Petty said. “It’s one of those things where you can’t do extra rehab to get back faster though. It’s a timetable kind of thing that you have to let heal on its own. Once it does, then you’re fine.“One thing I struggled with was just a confidence level, trusting that it is healing and OK. You can’t try to not get hit, if that makes sense. You can’t play timid and that’s what I was doing. So I would definitely tell (Romo) not to play timid.”"
Dude played with a punctured lung a few years ago, so that shouldn’t be too much of a concern.
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