5 reasons Tony Romo needs to retire from NFL
By Adam Jacobs
After his latest back injury, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo needs to walk away from the NFL and retire. Here are five reasons why that’s in his and the team’s best interest.
On Thursday, August 25, on the third play from scrimmage, Seattle’s DE Cliff Avril, sacked Tony Romo from behind and broke his back. I am not surprised by tony Romo’s latest injury, mainly because it’s become an established NFL tradition. We all remember the SATs; Romo is to getting injured as the sun is to rise.
It’s now inevitable that Romo will have Dallas fans frothing at the mouth for a successful injury free season only to be dashed by reality. Tony is 36, he’s not getting any younger, the defenses are hitting harder and his body isn’t holding up.
Many are saying it’s time for the former prodigal son of Jerry Jones and head coach Jason Garrett, to hang up his shoulder pads. Is it time for Tony Romo to retire? Here are my 5 reasons why he should retire and move onto greener pastures.
5. Diminished Health
Tony’s health has become more and more of a problem over the past few years. In 2008 Romo sprained a finger and missed two games. In 2010 he broke his left collarbone and missed the last 10 games of the season. In 2013 he suffered a herniated disc in his back and missed the last game.
The injuries really begin to pile up here. In 2014 Romo fractured the traverse process in his back and missed two games but was hampered all season. Last season Romo fractured his collarbone in week two, came back in Week 10 and re-broke his same collarbone two weeks later. His body is literally falling apart at this point in his career and the injuries just keep coming. Finally this year in the third preseason game, Romo broke his back and according to a source close to the team, he is expected to be out 6-10 weeks.
He has only played 16 games in four of his nine NFL seasons and his injuries are happening at a much higher rate. Tony has to start looking at life after football because his injuries are the kind that will stick with him for life. A compression fracture of the spine is a big deal especially because of where the injury on his back occurred.
The only good news out of the Cowboys camp is that he doesn’t need surgery so he is just waiting for the bone to heal completely. His issue is that with all the injuries and fractures he has had, one must wonder if he has some underlying bone density problems.
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