Thursday will mark six weeks since Tony Romo suffered an L1 compression fracture in the first quarter of the Cowboys' third preseason game in Seattle.
Romo has not yet returned to practice. The next step in his recovery process is throwing the football on a regular basis. He has been seen throwing before games, but nothing to the extent of a regular work week.
"The plan for him is just to continue to progress in his rehab," Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said. "A lot of his rehab is off the field, it's doing work for his back, it's in the training room, it's with the strength coaches.
"He's thrown it a little bit this week already. He'll continue to do that. Like with all our players, when you do work, the biggest thing is how do you respond to the work? How does he feel the day afterwards? You make those adjustments as you go."
The original timetable for Romo's return was six to 10 weeks. A return Week 8 against Philadelphia seems to be a realistic possibility.
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