Page 18 - atoday sept 24
P. 18
A18
SPORTSThursday 24 September
Cowboys get
Cassel from Bills
with Romo out at
least 7 games
SCHUYLER DIXON because the rounds of the In this Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, file photo, Buffalo Bills quarterback Matt Cassel (16) runs against
AP Sports Writer picks weren’t disclosed. the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of a preseason NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Matt Brandon Weeden is ex-
Cassel is headed to Dallas pected to start for Dallas Associated Press
in a trade as the Cowboys on Sunday against Arizona,
try to bolster their depth but Cassel is a veteran with next month, has lost eight Arizona when Romo was two-year stint in Cleve-
at quarterback while Tony far more experience than straight games as a starter, out with a back injury. land, where he had a 5-15
Romo is sidelined at least the fourth-year pro. He has including last year against The skid goes back to his record.q
seven games because of 71 starts in 90 games over
a broken left collarbone. 11 seasons, not counting
The Cowboys acquired the opener this year when
Cassel from Buffalo on he took the first snap for
Tuesday, sending a fifth- the Bills. The Cowboys (2-0)
round NFL draft pick in 2017 traded for the 33-year-old
to the Bills and getting their Cassel a few hours after
seventh-round pick that putting Romo on the in-
year. jured list. Romo was injured
Both teams announced in last weekend’s 20-10 win
the trade, and two people at Philadelphia, and the
familiar with the deal told earliest he can return to
The Associated Press about the team is Nov. 22 at Mi-
the draft picks involved ami. Weeden, who turns 32
