NFL: Romo avoids surgery, but will miss 8 weeks

Tony Romo does not need surgery on his broken left collarbone, and doctors are expecting the Dallas Cowboys quarterback to miss up to eight weeks.

But with only 10 weeks left in a season that's off to a 1-5 start, there may not be much reason for Romo to return at all.

Romo broke his left collarbone on a hard hit by unblocked linebacker Michael Boley early in the second quarter against the New York Giants on Monday night.

"We made a mistake there," coach Wade Phillips said. "That's certainly unfortunate for Tony. It was a base thing that we've run since training camp. That was the discouraging thing."

Romo spent the second half watching from the sideline, his arm in a sling. On Tuesday, he was checked out more extensively, including a CT scan.

Jon Kitna, 38, will take over at quarterback. The former Pro Bowler hadn't thrown a pass in more than two years before Monday night.

Top ratings for Brett. Green Bay's 28-24 win over Brett Favre's Minnesota Vikings on NBC on Sunday night earned a 15.4 rating and 25 share, tops of the season for that telecast. The 25.7 million viewers beat the 25.3 million for the Cowboys-Redskins opener earlier this season.

Scary hit. Shortly after playing in Oakland's 59-14 rout of Denver on Sunday, Broncos rookie cornerback Perrish Cox went home and watched the contest again.

Not to learn what went wrong. Just to remember what took place after a blow to the head completely wiped out his memory of the game.

Cox suffered a head injury in the third quarter and couldn't recall any of the details from the lopsided loss. He clearly remembers the night before and then coming to in the trainer's room.

In between, he recalls nothing.

Injury report. Pittsburgh's Aaron Smith is out indefinitely after surgery on a torn triceps tendon in his left arm but the defensive end has not yet been placed on the season-ending injured reserve.

Jacksonville quarterback David Garrard was cleared to practice and play after passing post-concussion tests.

Moves. Seattle signed fullback Quinton Ganther to back up Michael Robinson, who has a hamstring injury.

Jacksonville placed starting right tackle Eben Britton on injured reserve and signed veteran offensive tackle Erik Pears. Britton tore the labrum in his right shoulder Sunday at Kansas City.

Cincinnati put Pacman Jones on the injured reserve list because of a herniated disk in his neck suffered in Sunday's 39-32 loss at Atlanta.

The New York Jets signed linebacker Josh Mauga from the practice squad and waived DT Howard Green.

Tampa Bay released tight end Jerramy Stevens after he was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana. Police said 38 grams of marijuana was found in Stevens truck after he was pulled over for playing loud music. Stevens was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia.