Michael Irvin said that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo doesn’t get the respect he deserves for playing through pain in London.
Tony Romo played through what must have been a whole lot of back pain in London because the Dallas Cowboys could not afford to lose a third game in a row. As a result, the Cowboys handled the Jacksonville Jaguars to enter their bye week with a 7-3 record.
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Former Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin noted in a recent interview that if Tom Brady or Peyton Manning had done the same thing for their respective teams, “They’d have been breaking into the president.”
Irvin spoke with KRLD-FM 105.3, per the Dallas Morning News, and had this to say about Romo’s game in London.
"If Peyton Manning or Tom Brady had had back surgery, then broken two tranverse process (fractures) and then showed up and played a game like Tony Romo, he’d have been across every newspaper. They’d have been breaking into the president, saying, ‘Wait a minute, Mr. President … can you talk about this? President would have stood up and talked about how great Peyton Manning and Tom Brady is for putting it out like that for their team."
Romo didn’t dominate the Jaguars, but he didn’t have to. The team effort put forth was enough to overwhelm the Jags. Still, Romo’s steadying presence allowed the offense to play with its full strength and ensure the Cowboys wouldn’t suffer a three game slide that Irvin warned would be the death knell for this team in the highly competitive NFC.”You could not lose three in a row. It would have killed the six in a row you won. It would have killed all of that. Two was a stretch. That was a must-win for Dallas.”
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