Romo, Bryant Cleared To Play

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X-rays taken on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo came back negative and he is expected to play Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Romo was helped off the field and sat out the team’s final offensive play of the first half of Sunday night’s 36-31 win over the New York Giants when he was sandwiched by Giants defensive linemen Mathias Kiwanuka and Justin Trattou.

The Cowboys announced that Romo had the “wind knocked out of him” and he returned for the second half.

“It’s just part of playing football,” Romo said after the game. “You take some hits sometimes and you’ve got to come back from it. We had plenty of guys do the same thing tonight, and it was no different.”

Romo completed 36 of 49 passes for 263 yards with two touchdowns.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant sustained a minor ankle/foot sprain during Sunday night’s win over the New York Giants.

ESPNDallas.com reported Monday that X-rays on Bryant’s foot came back negative and

he has a minor sprain.

Bryant was slow to get up after a third-down catch late in the game in which he was taken down by Giants safety Ryan Mundy.

Bryant left the game briefly but later returned for a 2-point conversion following a Cowboys touchdown.

Bryant, who faced double-teams throughout the game, had four catches for 22 yards.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones implied New York Giants players faked injuries during the Cowboys’ victory on Sunday.

One play after Giants linebacker Dan Connor went down with a neck injury, Giants defensive end Cullen Jenkins rested on one knee while a trainer massaged his left shoulder.

It occurred while the Cowboys were trying to run a hurry-up offense in the second quarter.

“I thought us experts on football were the only ones who could see that,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “I didn’t know everybody could. It was so obvious it was funny. It wasn’t humorous because we really wanted the advantage and knew we could get it if we could get the ball snapped.”

Giants coach Tom Coughlin denied the allegations during a Monday conference call.

“It’s absolutely not true. It’s not true,” Coughlin said. “Both those players were injured. Connor never returned to the game. Cullen was in a position where he needed to regroup. So no, that really wasn’t orchestrated at all.”

The NFL had sent out a memo to all the team last week, reminding them that feigning injuries during game action could lead to league discipline.