AP

The Cowboys have a running back by committee, and as it turns out, they’re the quarterback committee as well.

Since the Cowboys were only carrying two quarterbacks into the regular season, Brandon Weeden was the only other one available when Tony Romo suffered a broken clavicle Sunday.

Via Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News, Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said the next step would have been deploying running backs Joseph Randle or Darren McFadden.

“We have a lot of different emergency quarterback options,” Garrett said. “The best emergency quarterback option, typically, is a shotgun snap to the tailback.”

Last year, versatile wideout/special teamer Dwayne Harris was their emergency third, but he left in free agency for the Giants.

While they’re conducting the quarterback gong show today looking for a backup to Weeden, there’s not a lot out there, so they might continue to roll with two. Which means the running backs who are sharing a job might need to think about yet another role until Romo is well again.