Third-year linebacker Leighton Vander Esch spoke on Friday about how excited he was to be back on the field.
The curtain came down on that comeback before the halftime intermission. Vander Esch suffered a broken collarbone after three tackles in just two drives during the team’s Week 1 loss to the Rams.
He will be headed to injured reserve, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport.
As Rapoport notes, Vander Esch will be eligible to return this season. Under the 2020 COVID-19 rules for this NFL season, a player on IR may return after missing just three weeks.
Rapoport tweeted Monday morning that the CT scan showed that Vander Esch “cleanly broke” the bone and confirmed a timetable to return of “6-8 weeks.”
Report: Broken collarbone to keep Cowboys LB Vander Esch out ‘about six weeks’
Third-year linebacker Leighton Vander Esch spoke on Friday about how excited he was to be back on the field.
The curtain came down on that comeback before the halftime intermission. Vander Esch suffered a broken collarbone after three tackles in just two drives during the team’s Week 1 loss to the Rams.
He will be headed to injured reserve, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport.
As Rapoport notes, Vander Esch will be eligible to return this season. Under the 2020 COVID-19 rules for this NFL season, a player on IR may return after missing just three weeks.
Rapoport tweeted Monday morning that the CT scan showed that Vander Esch “cleanly broke” the bone and confirmed a timetable to return of “6-8 weeks.”