After Tony Romo suffered yet another back injury during last month's Cowboys-Seahawks preseason game will sideline him for 6 to 10 weeks, Jerry Jones still has not put Romo on the injured reserve.
Why? According to The Star-Telegram, Jones made a statement during his weekly radio show that airs on 105.3 The Fan that shows he thinks Romo could be capable of returning after eight weeks for the Nov. 6 game against the Browns. Jones seemingly doesn't believe in the general timeframe:
Jones also acknowledged Romo's impact on the team, even while not playing 100 percent healthy: "His importance to us is being able to play a game, a half, is really kind of unique. So we’ll be real liberal when we start evaluating when it is he’ll come back."
As the team is finalizing its roster for the 53rd spot, Jones mentioned that a player would take Romo's spot but would remain inactive on gameday:
As for Romo being placed on the injured reserve, that's a different story. Jones even used a weird analogy involving a, err, mosquito's circumcision:
It sounds like Jones made up that analogy on the spot. If you understood his strange brand of logic, that in and of itself explains his approach to Romo's injury.
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