NFL Rumors: Dallas Cowboys' Tony Romo Back Injury; Fractures Found? (TWEETS)

The back injury Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sustained during last Monday's game against the Washington Redskins has apparently resulted in two fractured transverse processes, but may not keep him from playing in this weekend's game, according to a report from Todd Archer of ESPN.

The Cowboys continue to maintain that this particular injury is entirely unrelated to the disc injury Romo suffered last year, which required offseason surgery and forced him to miss much of training camp and the preseason.

For reference, Baylor University quarterback Bryce Petty suffered a similar injury and missed only a single game. Still, taking Petty's situation as something of a baseline against which to compare Romo, his ability to go this weekend seems very much in doubt.

"The transverse process is a small bone that sticks out from either side of the vertebrae," writes Archer. "Romo has been receiving multiple hours of treatment all week at the Cowboys' facility and at home."

Romo suffered the injury when Redskins linebacker Keenan Robinson kneed him in the lower back during the third quarter of last week's game. Romo left the field, underwent x-rays - which came back negative - received a pain killing injection and re-entered the game.

Brandon Weeden, who played for two series in place of Romo against Washington and performed admirably, completing four balls for 69 yards and a touchdown, would start this weekend were Romo inactive.

"I feel ready. I'm confident," Weeden said, per Archer. "The uncertainty is the only thing. What's the word? We going to do this? That will come but I just have to prepare like I'm going to play and expect the unexpected."

Meanwhile, in the Twitterverse, responses to the news of Romo's injury status have been overwhelmingly negative and - sorta confused.

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