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The 2015 Super Bowl

Dallas Cowboys are a real contender for the 2015 Super Bowl comes February 1, 2015. Before the season started nobody would have believed it. People figured they would do Ok and then start their annual free fall when things got tough. But with their renewed running game making things easier on Tony Romo, opinions are starting to change and believers are forming.

After Monday night's game with the Redskins, Dallas fans are a bit nervous. The loss to their division rival is upsetting enough. But the injury to Tony Romo's surgically repaired back is more of a concern for the second half of the season. The injury was a contusion that occurred on a sack. So the Cowboys are saying it is not an injury related to his previous back injury. That is of little comfort to the fans, as a back injury is a back injury. No Romo, no Super Bowl.

The good news for Dallas is that Romo was able to come back into the Washington game. He is a tough quarterback, no doubt. People have questioned a lot about the guy over the years but his toughness has never been in doubt. Thankfully for the Dallas franchise they are not completely dependent on their passing game like in years past. Their offensive line is laying waste to defenses in order for star running back DeMarco Murray to do his thing. The team leads the NFL in rushing so they don't have to rush Tony Romo back into action if he is still not 100% come next week.

The next three weeks will see Dallas face Arizona, Jacksonville, then get a bye week. The Cardinals are a tough matchup and sit at 6-1. The Jags are, well the Jags, and should not be a match for Dallas with or without Romo on the field. The bye week should be helpful in getting Romo some rest. The last thing Dallas wants is to have to play the end of the schedule without their QB1. Dallas should use caution. They should rest him the next couple of weeks to give him three full weeks off with the bye, and this might give the Cowboys the momentum of wins at the end of the season to catapult them into the playoffs.