Jones: Romo "very likely" for Sunday

It's looking more and more like Tony Romo will be under center for the Dallas Cowboys in this Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams.

According to an article in today's Dallas Morning News, Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones proclaimed in a radio interview that he expects Romo to play on Sunday despite breaking the pinkie finger on his right hand during the club's 30-24 overtime loss at Arizona last week.

The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback was initially expected to miss around four weeks due to the injury, but has reportedly been able to take snaps and throw without incident during recent practices after being fitted with a splint. Romo was listed as having limited participation in Thursday's session.

If Jones can be taken at his word, it reveals two things about the Cowboys' current state. First off, risking further injury to his team's franchise signal-caller further illustrates how much Jones is willing to turn to desperate measures to quench his insatiable thirst for a Super Bowl title this season, as if forking over a king's ransom to acquire wide receiver Roy Williams earlier this week to fortify what wasn't a real area of need wasn't enough of an obvious indicator.

It also shows who's really calling the shots amongst the Dallas brass when it comes to on-field decisions.

All indications are that Jones has been feverishly pushing for Romo to play, while head coach Wade Phillips and his staff would rather have their invaluable triggerman at 100 percent before throwing him back into the fray. When told of Jones' comments at his Friday press conference, Phillips remarked: "Whatever Jerry says, I'm going with."

The way I see it, if the Cowboys are worried that they can't beat the wayward Rams with a still-serviceable Brad Johnson directing the offense, the consensus preseason NFC favorites may have a few more problems than we outsiders are all led to believe.

Stay tuned.