This is one Thanksgiving the Dallas Cowboys would rather soon forget. The team saw their miniscule playoff hopes extinguished completely after a 33-17 shellacking from the undefeated Carolina Panthers put their record at a disappointing 3-8.
What's even worse is the fact that the team will have to trudge through the remainder of their season without starting quarterback Tony Romo, who reinjured his left collarbone that forced him to miss seven straight contests earlier this season.
The season ending play occurred at the end of the third quarter, when Romo was sacked by Panthers Linebacker Thomas Davis. He told reporters that the pain he felt was 'similar' to the feeling he experienced during the September game against the Philadelphia Eagles where he was first injured.
"It's a sack. You go to the ground and you could hear it, you know, something happen and you're just disappointed and frustrated," Romo said. "I don't know what's going to happen, obviously. We'll see tomorrow. Just disappointed right now."
Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett told the NFL Network's Desmond Purcell:
"The X-rays were inconclusive, So we don't know that much at this point. We'll have further tests tomorrow and we'll see what those show. So taking it day-by-day, don't know much right now."
"He (Romo) knows it better than anybody else. Again, the X-rays were inconclusive. We'll get more tests in the morning."
Romo opted to put off surgery in the hopes of coming back in time to salvage the Cowboys' season. He said after the game:
"The hard part is playing when you're trying not to get hurt, which is silly. You can't do that. We knew that was part of it. Collarbones happen like that all the time. That's part of it. I'm disappointed in costing our team a good chance to stay in the game early. ... It's just a disappointing day."
Dallas had high hopes coming into the season following last year's 12-4 campaign.
