Injuries will mar the Cowboys Season:
Gutsy win yesterday by the Cowboys, and hats off to Romo for actually coming up big for once in his career. That, Jerry Jones, was a good game by Romo, not last week.
But there is so much cause for concern right now its tough to be excited after barley beating a team that will be lucky if it goes .500 this season. And it seems that all the Cowboys bones and muscle fibers are made of Charmin toilet paper. The Cowboys aren’t good enough to deal with this multitude of injuries; they have absolutely no depth.
The secondary is makeshift. I doubt Newman will ever be consistently in the lineup, Scandrick is out for at least 3 more weeks and Mike Jenkins seems like he’s a tough hit away from being out for a game or two.
On the offensive side, we are really in trouble. Romo has 2 fractured ribs, and this is not an injury that will heal quickly. If Romo does gut it out and play, he will be at serious risk, as opposing defenses will be gunning to knock him out. If he doesn’t play that means Jon Kitna will, and I’m sorry, he’s not going to be surprisingly good two seasons in a row.
(Side note: Like usual, all the Cowboys and ESPNDALLAS.COM staff writers have been quick to jump back on the Tony Romo bandwagon. Many are predicting this game will be a defining moment, and all of a sudden Tony Romo is clutch. It is possible and I hope they’re right. But reality check…I’ll wait for him to win a few more big games before I talk about career changing moments.)
At wide receiver, the Cowboys were thin to begin with. Dez Bryant always seems to be banged up, and sat out last night with a quad injury. Miles Austin’s hamstring has always been an issue. If Austin is not in the lineup, it severely limits the Cowboys options.
Felix Jones had a great preseason and everyone was thinking that this would be his year. One problem: He still is as brittle as butter. He separated his shoulder, and even if he is able to play in the next few weeks, he will at best be tentative and ineffective. The running game has really been awful thus far, and it needs to become a focus in practice.
This team showed a mental toughness that they haven’t had in over two years, but if they are physically depleted on the field, it won’t matter how badly they want it.
