He’s not a doctor, he doesn’t play one on TV, but he’s probably more qualified than some of the folks who are waiting to write you a prescription for penicillin when you show up at the doc-in-a-box facility with a fever.
Dr. Jerry Jones believes that quarterback Tony Romo will play for a while, notwithstanding his back problems.
“I think it’s realistic for him to play five more years,” Jones said, via Jean-Jacques Taylor of ESPN.com. “I’m aware of his back. Only God knows what is in store for his back. I’ve seen backs out there that you wouldn’t believe how they look on the MRIs and how they look on X-rays. . . .
“If you’re concerned about his future, then look at his age, and you might say, boy, you need to be thinking about a time when he doesn’t play. I don’t look at it much differently than that with his back, because there have been three very different types of injuries that have caused him to miss games with his back.”
Regardless, the guy who not long ago was smitten with Johnny Football thinks Romo will be around for a while.
“I’m planning on him having at least five years of playing at a level that would allow us to be possible contenders from that position, and maybe not doing some things that he had earlier as well or maybe with the energy or the efficiency he has, but maybe doing other things better,” Jones said.
That’s probably wishful thinking. But it wouldn’t be the first time Jones displayed a level of optimism that didn’t necessarily mesh with reality. Or the last.
