ROMO’S ROUGH DAY

After returning from a seven-game absence to lead the Cowboys to a win in Miami last week, the dream in Dallas was Romo could save the season.

That hope took a big hit on the third offensive play of the game when safetyKurt Coleman snagged his single-season career best fifth interception and weaved his way 36 yards to start the scoring.

It didn’t get much better from there for Romo.

After Kuechly’s pair of picks in the second quarter, Romo was sacked on the final play of the third by linebackerThomas Davis, who drove Romo’s left side into the ground. That’s where his previously broken collarbone is and the fear is it’s broken again.

Davis certainly didn’t intend to injure Romo, but he did take satisfaction in shutting him down.

“We stepped up to the challenge. All week long, we heard how good their offensive line was. And how much Tony was going to come in and carve us up. We heard all that stuff,” Davis said. “We felt disrespected and we went out there and played like we were capable of playing today. We set the tone early in this game.”