SEATTLE, WA - AUGUST 25: Quarterback Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys warms up prior to the game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on August 25, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tony Romo

Tony Romo releases update following dramatic injury scare against Seahawks

Tony Romo gives an update after being injured in a preseason game against the Seahawks.

UPDATE: Romo to miss 6-10 weeks due to a broken bone in his back. The Cowboys announced the news on Saturday.

Looks like Romo wasn't as fine as he thought.

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Tony Romo left after the third play of a preseason game against Seattle on Thursday night, but the Cowboys veteran says he's fine. ESPN reports that Romo was held out of the game after he took a nasty hit from the Seahawks' Cliff Avril.

Romo was sacked from behind by Avril, and he grabbed his lower back after standing up. He had surgery on his back after sustaining an injury last season.

"Whenever you take a hit, that was a perfect timed situation," Romo said. "I was going into a slide. But in a weird way, I feel good about the fact that was probably as tough of a hit I've taken on the back as I've had in the last five years."

Backups Dak Prescott and Jameill Showers played the rest of the game at quarterback for Dallas and combined threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns.