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It feels funny to say this, but Tony Romo actually appears to be healthy. After a season that featured two collarbone breaks, after an offseason that featured surgery to protect that collarbone from future breaks, Romo is seemingly healthy and preparing for OTAs and training camp.

At least that's what Romo is saying. On Thursday, Romo provided a quick status update after undergoing collarbone surgery earlier this month.

As Romo mentioned in the past, the surgery wasn't exactly necessary. Instead, the purpose was to help prevent future breaks. When Romo underwent surgery on March 8, he was tagged with a six-to-eight-week timeline, which puts him on course to be ready to play sometime around OTAs in late May. If not, he should be good to go by training camp.

Tony Romo's surgery apparently went well. (USATSI)

Last season alone provided all the evidence of Romo's importance to the Cowboys. With Romo under center, the team went 3-1. Without Romo, they went 1-11. The events of last season also provided a perfect representation of why the Cowboys need to prepare for life after Romo, who'll turn 36 in April.

In the lead up to the draft, Jerry Jones and his crew have been doing their due diligence on several quarterback prospects. If they do pick a quarterback at some stage in the draft, they'll have the luxury of developing him behind Romo for a few seasons. 

Jones is already on the record saying that he envisions Romo playing for five more years and wants to allow a developmental quarterback to gain a "Harvard degree" of quarterbacking behind Romo.