Tony Romo will be spending the next six to eight weeks recovering after undergoing collarbone surgery Tuesday, the Dallas Cowboys announced.
According to the Cowboys official website, Romo didn't necessarily need surgery -- the bone would've healed on its own -- but the quarterback decided to go through with the operation as a preventative measure to make sure he doesn't injure his left clavicle again.
Romo broke his collarbone twice in just two months last season and wanted to do everything he could to make sure the injury didn't repeat itself.
"We're just going to do it for preventative," Romo said of his surgery on Feb. 27. "As far as the way I feel, I feel good. We just want to make sure that obviously it doesn't happen again."
Romo is believed to have opted for a Mumford procedure, which involves shaving the distal clavicle in a move that helps reduce stress on the collarbone.
The surgery means that Romo will be sidelined from all football activities for the next six to eight weeks. The Cowboys are hoping that Romo will be healthy and ready to roll once OTAs begin in late May.
Despite Romo's fragile health, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has insisted that he won't draft a quarterback with the No. 4 pick. Jones also says that he has full faith in Romo to lead the Cowboys for the next four to five years.
"What is the one unequivocal fact that you can count on, relative to the preparation of this draft and on draft day, is that I'm planning on Romo being the quarterback for the next four or five years. That's a fact," Jones said at the NFL combine in late February. "You won't see a decision on draft day that will fly in the face of not believing, from our standpoint, that he'll be our quarterback for four or five years."
Romo only played in a total of four games in 2015. The quarterback has had several collarbone and back issues over the past six years. Tuesday's surgery marked Romo's third overall surgery since 2013.
