Tony Romo was most-mentioned NFL player on Twitter in Week 1

Tony Romo was most-mentioned NFL player on Twitter in Week 1

Published Sep. 9, 2014 3:59 p.m. ET

Here's a win the Dallas Cowboys are not happy about getting.

According to Twitter, Tony Romo was the most-mentioned NFL player from Thursday through Monday. Yes, Romo was mentioned even more than Ray Rice. Romo threw three interceptions and was sacked three times in Dallas' 28-17 embarrassing home loss to San Francisco on Sunday.

The top five most-mentioned players during the time frame were Romo, Peyton Manning, Rice, Tom Brady and Andrew Luck.

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You can get all of the Twitter/NFL stats from Week 1 on Twitter's blog.

Romo's second pick, with the Cowboys down 21-3 in the second quarter, was the most tweeted-about moment of the weekend, while Dallas-San Francisco was the most tweeted-about game of the weekend.

The Ravens were the most tweeted-about team from Thursday through Monday. Baltimore released Rice on Monday afternoon after TMZ posted disturbing video footage of the running back punching his then-fiancee in an elevator this past Februrary.

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