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Zack Martin likely out vs Washington in Week 7

The short week has not been kind to the Cowboys who continue to have unprecedented injuries along their beleaguered offensive line.
In Monday night’s loss to the Cardinals, the Cowboys lost right guard Zack Martin for a brief moment to a shoulder stinger concern, and then for the rest of the game to a concussion.
On Friday head coach Mike McCarthy indicated it’s likely the six-time All-Pro would be out for Sunday’s contest in Washington against the Football Team.
Second-year pro Connor McGovern would start in Martin’s place. Drafted in the third round out of Penn State, McGovern spent all of 2019 on injured reserve.
Not only will they be missing Martin on Sunday, but three other starters are out. Tyron Smith and La’el Collins are done for the year and Joe Looney is on IR

The short week has not been kind to the Cowboys who continue to have unprecedented injuries along their beleaguered offensive line.
In Monday night’s loss to the Cardinals, the Cowboys lost right guard Zack Martin for a brief moment to a shoulder stinger concern, and then for the rest of the game to a concussion.
On Friday head coach Mike McCarthy indicated it’s likely the six-time All-Pro would be out for Sunday’s contest in Washington against the Football Team.
Second-year pro Connor McGovern would start in Martin’s place. Drafted in the third round out of Penn State, McGovern spent all of 2019 on injured reserve.
Not only will they be missing Martin on Sunday, but three other starters are out. Tyron Smith and La’el Collins are done for the year and Joe Looney is on IR

Tyron Smith to miss rest of ’20 season, Cowboys coach confirms

An already disappointing 2020 season has taken a devastating turn for the worse for the Cowboys.
Starting left tackle Tyron Smith will undergo surgery to deal with an ongoing neck issue, head coach Mike McCarthy announced on Friday morning. Smith will miss the remainder of the season.
It’s become official, just speaking to everybody involved. Tyron will continue the process of going through surgery. This is a correctable situation. He obviously will not be available the rest of the season. Clearly, the focus is on him personally. I think the surgery is scheduled for next week, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy.
Smith missed the second and third games of this season with stingers, but returned last week to play all 82 offensive snaps in the team’s loss to Cleveland.
But more missed practices this past week led to medical consultations, which have now convinced the seven-time Pro Bowler to shut it down for the year.
Now the club will be forced to continue to shuffle linemen, as they have all season long, as they simultaneously deal with the absence of starting right tackle La’el Collins and center Joe Looney

An already disappointing 2020 season has taken a devastating turn for the worse for the Cowboys.
Starting left tackle Tyron Smith will undergo surgery to deal with an ongoing neck issue, head coach Mike McCarthy announced on Friday morning. Smith will miss the remainder of the season.
It’s become official, just speaking to everybody involved. Tyron will continue the process of going through surgery. This is a correctable situation. He obviously will not be available the rest of the season. Clearly, the focus is on him personally. I think the surgery is scheduled for next week, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy.
Smith missed the second and third games of this season with stingers, but returned last week to play all 82 offensive snaps in the team’s loss to Cleveland.
But more missed practices this past week led to medical consultations, which have now convinced the seven-time Pro Bowler to shut it down for the year.
Now the club will be forced to continue to shuffle linemen, as they have all season long, as they simultaneously deal with the absence of starting right tackle La’el Collins and center Joe Looney

Tyron Smith to miss rest of ’20 season, Cowboys coach confirms

An already disappointing 2020 season has taken a devastating turn for the worse for the Cowboys.
Starting left tackle Tyron Smith will undergo surgery to deal with an ongoing neck issue, head coach Mike McCarthy announced on Friday morning. Smith will miss the remainder of the season.
It’s become official, just speaking to everybody involved. Tyron will continue the process of going through surgery. This is a correctable situation. He obviously will not be available the rest of the season. Clearly, the focus is on him personally. I think the surgery is scheduled for next week, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy.
Smith missed the second and third games of this season with stingers, but returned last week to play all 82 offensive snaps in the team’s loss to Cleveland.
But more missed practices this past week led to medical consultations, which have now convinced the seven-time Pro Bowler to shut it down for the year.
Now the club will be forced to continue to shuffle linemen, as they have all season long, as they simultaneously deal with the absence of starting right tackle La’el Collins and center Joe Looney

An already disappointing 2020 season has taken a devastating turn for the worse for the Cowboys.
Starting left tackle Tyron Smith will undergo surgery to deal with an ongoing neck issue, head coach Mike McCarthy announced on Friday morning. Smith will miss the remainder of the season.
It’s become official, just speaking to everybody involved. Tyron will continue the process of going through surgery. This is a correctable situation. He obviously will not be available the rest of the season. Clearly, the focus is on him personally. I think the surgery is scheduled for next week, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy.
Smith missed the second and third games of this season with stingers, but returned last week to play all 82 offensive snaps in the team’s loss to Cleveland.
But more missed practices this past week led to medical consultations, which have now convinced the seven-time Pro Bowler to shut it down for the year.
Now the club will be forced to continue to shuffle linemen, as they have all season long, as they simultaneously deal with the absence of starting right tackle La’el Collins and center Joe Looney

Cowboys center Joe Looney leaves game after Elliott safety

The Cowboys started the game off on the right foot, deflecting a Russell Wilson pass and then bringing him down on an Aldon Smith sack.
Then things changed and on third down on defense, DE Dorance Armstrong took a false step, allowing Chris Carson to the outside for a huge gain on third-and-one.
QB Dak Prescott checked out of a pass, and Ezekiel Elliott slipped in the end zone and was called for a safety.
On that play, it appears center Joe Looney hurt himself, because after the Seahawks failed to get a first down, rookie fourth-round pick Tyler Biadasz snapped for the first time as a professional.
However, Looney returned after two missed series

The Cowboys started the game off on the right foot, deflecting a Russell Wilson pass and then bringing him down on an Aldon Smith sack.
Then things changed and on third down on defense, DE Dorance Armstrong took a false step, allowing Chris Carson to the outside for a huge gain on third-and-one.
QB Dak Prescott checked out of a pass, and Ezekiel Elliott slipped in the end zone and was called for a safety.
On that play, it appears center Joe Looney hurt himself, because after the Seahawks failed to get a first down, rookie fourth-round pick Tyler Biadasz snapped for the first time as a professional.
However, Looney returned after two missed series

Cowboys center Joe Looney leaves game after Elliott safety

The Cowboys started the game off on the right foot, deflecting a Russell Wilson pass and then bringing him down on an Aldon Smith sack.
Then things changed and on third down on defense, DE Dorance Armstrong took a false step, allowing Chris Carson to the outside for a huge gain on third-and-one.
QB Dak Prescott checked out of a pass, and Ezekiel Elliott slipped in the end zone and was called for a safety.
On that play, it appears center Joe Looney hurt himself, because after the Seahawks failed to get a first down, rookie fourth-round pick Tyler Biadasz snapped for the first time as a professional.
However, Looney returned after two missed series

The Cowboys started the game off on the right foot, deflecting a Russell Wilson pass and then bringing him down on an Aldon Smith sack.
Then things changed and on third down on defense, DE Dorance Armstrong took a false step, allowing Chris Carson to the outside for a huge gain on third-and-one.
QB Dak Prescott checked out of a pass, and Ezekiel Elliott slipped in the end zone and was called for a safety.
On that play, it appears center Joe Looney hurt himself, because after the Seahawks failed to get a first down, rookie fourth-round pick Tyler Biadasz snapped for the first time as a professional.
However, Looney returned after two missed series

Cowboys’ Jones, McCarthy less confident now on Tyron Smith: ‘We’ll see at gametime’

At 7:30 Friday morning, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said he was “not alarmed” by left tackle Tyron Smith missing practice the day prior due to a neck issue.
By 11 a.m., though, he had disclosed to the media that Smith had not participated in the morning’s walk-through, and team owner Jerry Jones had called the seven-time Pro Bowler “a game-time decision.”.
Moments after Jones’s comments, while speaking with reporters on a conference call from The Star, McCarthy confirmed that Smith’s neck injury occurred during the individual portion of drills on Thursday.
While Zack Martin and Connor Williams have taken snaps at the tackle spot simply as a matter of course, McCarthy declined to dive deeper into who might have to play where to cover for a Smith absence

At 7:30 Friday morning, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said he was “not alarmed” by left tackle Tyron Smith missing practice the day prior due to a neck issue.
By 11 a.m., though, he had disclosed to the media that Smith had not participated in the morning’s walk-through, and team owner Jerry Jones had called the seven-time Pro Bowler “a game-time decision.”.
Moments after Jones’s comments, while speaking with reporters on a conference call from The Star, McCarthy confirmed that Smith’s neck injury occurred during the individual portion of drills on Thursday.
While Zack Martin and Connor Williams have taken snaps at the tackle spot simply as a matter of course, McCarthy declined to dive deeper into who might have to play where to cover for a Smith absence

Cowboys’ Jones, McCarthy less confident now on Tyron Smith: ‘We’ll see at gametime’

At 7:30 Friday morning, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said he was “not alarmed” by left tackle Tyron Smith missing practice the day prior due to a neck issue.
By 11 a.m., though, he had disclosed to the media that Smith had not participated in the morning’s walk-through, and team owner Jerry Jones had called the seven-time Pro Bowler “a game-time decision.”.
Moments after Jones’s comments, while speaking with reporters on a conference call from The Star, McCarthy confirmed that Smith’s neck injury occurred during the individual portion of drills on Thursday.
While Zack Martin and Connor Williams have taken snaps at the tackle spot simply as a matter of course, McCarthy declined to dive deeper into who might have to play where to cover for a Smith absence

At 7:30 Friday morning, Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said he was “not alarmed” by left tackle Tyron Smith missing practice the day prior due to a neck issue.
By 11 a.m., though, he had disclosed to the media that Smith had not participated in the morning’s walk-through, and team owner Jerry Jones had called the seven-time Pro Bowler “a game-time decision.”.
Moments after Jones’s comments, while speaking with reporters on a conference call from The Star, McCarthy confirmed that Smith’s neck injury occurred during the individual portion of drills on Thursday.
While Zack Martin and Connor Williams have taken snaps at the tackle spot simply as a matter of course, McCarthy declined to dive deeper into who might have to play where to cover for a Smith absence

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.”

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.”

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.”

Cowboys release Ha Ha Clinton-Dix before his first game

On Thursday, two days before roster cuts had to be submitted to the league office, safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was the first defensive player released this week by the Cowboys.
It had been reported that Clinton-Dix was not performing well in practice and that he had been passed on the depth chart by journeyman safety Darian Thompson.
The 2016 Pro Bowler started all 16 games with the Chicago Bears last season, but will not suit up for a single game with Dallas.
Left on the depth chart are Xavier Woods as a sure starter but suffering through a slight groin strain currently, Thompson, and second-year man Donovan Wilson

On Thursday, two days before roster cuts had to be submitted to the league office, safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was the first defensive player released this week by the Cowboys.
It had been reported that Clinton-Dix was not performing well in practice and that he had been passed on the depth chart by journeyman safety Darian Thompson.
The 2016 Pro Bowler started all 16 games with the Chicago Bears last season, but will not suit up for a single game with Dallas.
Left on the depth chart are Xavier Woods as a sure starter but suffering through a slight groin strain currently, Thompson, and second-year man Donovan Wilson