Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is doing "excellent" following surgery to shave down a portion of his left collarbone on March 8, team owner Jerry Jones said.
Romo had fractured the collarbone twice during the season, and while he didn't need the surgery, Romo underwent the procedure to strengthen the bone and prevent future injuries, according to head coach Jason Garrett.
“I’m not a medical person, but we’ve thought long and hard about what his situation is,” Garrett said. “We’ve talked to a lot of the experts like we would for any player at any position. And we feel like the course of action we took has been a good one. He had that Mumford procedure which they take off the outside part of his collarbone, and all the experts feel like that was the right approach to take and that will strengthen him in that area, and hopefully these injuries will be behind him.
“It’s going to take him, what they’ve told me is a couple months to be back and ready to go. But we do anticipate him being involved in the offseason program and we feel like that was the right thing to do. He’s rehabbing and we feel like it gives him a great chance to come back and play at a high level.”
Romo will miss six-to-eight weeks from the time of the surgery, but should be able to return for the Cowboys' offseason OTA's and minicamp.
Romo passed for 884 yards and five touchdowns with seven interceptions in four games last season.
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