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Cowboys’ Tyler Smith to get MRI on hamstring; Jerry Jones: ‘It hopefully is not serious’

From @ToddBrock24f7: Jerry Jones says every team lacks the OL depth they want, but things at left guard look especially bleak if Smith can’t go Sunday night.

Tyler Smith came in as a 21-year-old rookie, learned a new position in training camp, and then switched back to his usual spot right before the 2022 season. And all the first-round draft pick did then was lead the entire Cowboys team in game snaps for the year.

Now entering his second season, Smith is suddenly a question mark to be there when the offense takes its first snap of the 2023 regular season. Smith left Monday’s practice after just a few minutes, complaining of tightness in one of his hamstrings.

It’s a troubling development less than a week before visiting MetLife Stadium to face the rival Giants in Week 1. It’s even more worrisome, given the team’s apparent lack of depth along the offensive line.

But Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered an encouraging prognosis on Smith’s hamstring on a radio appearance Tuesday morning.

“We felt better about that as we visited and assessed it after practice,” Jones told Shan & RJ on 105.3 The Fan. “You always are concerned initially, but as he got acclimated a little bit there off of it, it hopefully is not serious enough an injury to impact him Sunday.”

Early reports classified Smith’s injury as “minor,” according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Tulsa product is scheduled to get a precautionary MRI on Tuesday, with the team’s next practice set for Wednesday.

Jones is optimistic that the official results will back up the team’s first impressions and that Smith will be available to take his spot at left guard in New York.

“Nothing that we’ve evaluated keeps him out of it at this point.”

The Cowboys need to hope Dr. Jerry’s diagnosis is correct.

The team website has no second-string left guard even listed; fifth-round rookie Asim Richards is considered the third option at the position. Along with right-side staple Zack Martin, undrafted rookie T.J. Bass is the only other guard on the active roster.

Backup offensive linemen Josh Ball, Matt Waletzko, and Chuma Edoga are currently nursing injuries. Earl Bostick Jr., Alex Taylor-Prioleau, Sean Harlow, and Brock Hoffman are the current practice squad linemen in Dallas, but none of them has made a regular-season appearance for the team.

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Yet Jones says that’s simply life in today’s game.

“We feel very good about this roster, where it is. As pointed out- and [it’s] true- your depth in the offensive line would be [a thin spot] that I would go to. Get in line; I don’t know of a team in the NFL that doesn’t say that,” Jones explained. “That means that you’re going to be playing some games out there with, potentially, a little concern there. That’s why you need an offense that can execute when there’s not perfect protection, or [it’s] not perfectly run-blocked. You’ve got to have a team that can adjust when they don’t have the perfect offensive line.”

The Cowboys famously never got their best five offensive linemen on the field together for a single snap in 2022.

And now the first snap of 2023 is in jeopardy, too.

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Seahawks Devon Witherspoon, Jaxon Smith-Njigba limited at rookie camp

The Seahawks are being extra cautious with Devon Witherspoon and Jaxon Smith-Njigba at rookie camp as both are coming off hamstring injuries.

The Seattle Seahawks welcomed the 2023 NFL draft class on Friday for the team’s annual rookie minicamp. The two first-rounders, cornerback Devon Witherspoon and wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, were present at the VMAC but were very limited participants in the day’s activities.

Coach Pete Carroll and his staff are going to be extra cautious with the rookies, who are both coming off injuries.

“Both guys had hamstring issues in the offseason, so we just want to make sure we know where they are,” Carroll told reporters. “We don’t want to go too far, too fast, there’s no reason at this point. They can still get all the learning done, there’s a lot of walkthrough plays in this process we go through, so they can get the learning and see what’s going on. They’ve been on zoom calls since the draft with our coaches, so they do understand what’s going on, now they’re putting it together.

“But we’re assessing more than anything to make sure we know where we are.”

Per the Seahawks’ website, Witherspoon did get in some early work before retiring to the sideline and Smith-Njigba was able to manage individual drills but sat out the team portion of the workout.

The Seahawks rookies and invitees return to the field on Saturday for the second day of camp.

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Chiefs WR Kadarius Toney suffers hamstring injury vs. Chargers

The #Chiefs’ injury situation at receiver has officially become worse with Kadarius Toney questionable to return with a hamstring injury.

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The Kansas City Chiefs were already thin at receiver heading into this game and things are now worse.

Late in the second quarter, Chiefs trade acquisition Kadarius Toney suffered a hamstring injury. There was no stoppage for the injury, so it’s hard to tell what exactly happened to Toney, but the team has ruled him questionable to return.

Availability was one of the big knocks on Toney when the Chiefs traded for him. He missed six weeks this season already due to a hamstring injury when he was with the New York Giants. Hopefully, this is only a minor injury and the team is just exercising some caution.

With Toney sidelined, the Chiefs are now down to just five receivers on the 53-man roster. Those players are Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Justin Watson, Skyy Moore, Cornell Powell and Marcus Kemp. Those last two are practice squad elevations this week. It’s hardly an ideal situation, especially with Kansas City down seven points at halftime.

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Seahawks WR Dee Eskridge returns to practice after hamstring injury

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Dee Eskridge returned to practice on Sunday after sitting out both preseason games with a hamstring injury.

Now entering the final week of training camp, the Seattle Seahawks saw a couple of players return to the practice field including wide receiver Dee Eskridge.

“Yeah, finally, we finally got him on the practice field,” coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Sunday. “He got hurt in the first 10-minutes of practice the first day. So, it’s the first time we got to see him. He worked really hard to get out there and we tried to ensure that once he’s out, he stays out.”

Eskridge, who was selected by the Seahawks in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft out of Western Michigan, has missed both preseason games as a result of his hamstring issue. Luckily for the second-year receiver, he has a number of weeks before the regular-season opener to fully recover.

“Every day that he’s on the practice field will be the next day to see on how he recovers from it,” Carroll said. “But that was good work and he looked really explosive today. That’s just the way he always shows it. Somebody said, we got three weeks to get this knocked out.

“Let’s see if he can contribute.”

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Seahawks RB Rashaad Penny now ready for ‘start’ to his season

After a number of injury setbacks, Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny is now ready for a late “start” to his 2021 season.

This might finally be it for Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny . . . a long-awaited start to his season.

“I think this is a start for him,” coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Monday. “I don’t really think that he has had a chance yet to start the season. This was the best opportunity that he’s had and I’m hoping that we can jump from here.”

This year, like most throughout his career, Penny has been sidelined at times due to injuries. He first spent some time on the injured reserve due to a calf issue and now finally made it back from his latest – a hamstring injury. Carroll is hoping he can finish the season strong.

“He is important to us, we need him particularly without Chris (Carson’s) factor in here,” Carroll said. “They are totally different style runners, but yet they both factor into the explosiveness of our game. It’s great to have him going, and I’m really hoping that he can have a solid week, come back, build one on another, and see if we can get rolling here as we finish up the year.”

Penny’s next shot to impress will be this Sunday in Houston when the Seahawks are slated to kick off against the Texans at 10:00 a.m. PT.

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Seahawks RB Rashaad Penny suffers hamstring injury Week 11

Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny suffered a hamstring injury Week 11 in the team’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals at Lumen Field.

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The Seattle Seahawks are struggling to keep their running backs healthy this season, most recently, Rashaad Penny. Penny sustained a hamstring injury early in the Week 11 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals and was unable to return to the action.

Penny got the start for the Seahawks in place of the still-injured Chris Carson on Sunday but only finished with two carries for 19 yards, with a long of 18.

“One run and he felt it,” coach Pete Carroll said after the loss. “So we spent the rest of the first half basically trying to keep him warm to see if he pulled his hamstring or if he just felt something. He kind of felt OK and got close to getting back out there, but it wasn’t quite right.

“We would have loved to have seen him play – we were really excited to see him play today and get a bunch of turns.”

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Cowboys WR Amari Cooper battles hamstring and teammate for game-winning play: ‘He tried to steal my touchdown’

Amari Cooper nursed his own hamstring back to playing shape. but says CeeDee Lamb “tried to steal my touchdown” on the game’s biggest play. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The clock was ticking steadily toward zeroes. The Cowboys were on the move, trailing by three points under the command of a backup quarterback making his very first NFL start. A field goal might only prolong play into overtime, extending a road game in which Dallas hadn’t led for a second to that point; a touchdown might let Dallas sneak out of Minneapolis with an improbable win no one expected under the circumstances.

And the team’s leading wide receiver was down on the sideline turf, wriggling around on a softball.

“I tweaked my hamstring, and that was so frustrating, as you can imagine on a drive like that,” Amari Cooper told reporters after the Week 8 game had gone final. “I can’t say I knew I was going back in because I was trying to do everything possible to alleviate it a little bit.”

And while there was another Cowboys receiver waiting in the wings- and even lobbying to play the hero- Cooper desperately wanted to come up big in crunch time.

The offense’s final drive had indeed already seen its share of drama. On a 2nd-and-10 from their own 25, Cooper made a crazy juggling reception for a 33-yard pickup down the side stripe.

Cooper Rush’s throw first made contact with Vikings defender Bashaud Breeland, slicing through Cooper’s open arms and hitting the cornerback square in the chest. Breeland’s hands went up instinctually. His right hand knocked the ball upward, then the left tipped it out into midair. That’s where Cooper got in on the act, tapping the ball once himself- and even having it hit his facemask- before hauling it in for the circus grab.

“The bobbled catch just wasn’t really a great route by me, but I wanted- I needed– to catch the ball,” Cooper recalled later. “So I fought, scratched, clawed, concentrated, and I was able to come up with the catch.”

The play took the Cowboys offense across midfield. An 18-yard catch by Cooper on the next snap advanced the ball to the Minnesota 24. An incomplete pass to tight end Dalton Schultz followed, and the next time TV cameras showed Cooper, he was using a massage gun on his right hamstring. Rolling over the back of his leg for a few minutes with a softball came next as he tried to loosen the muscle flare-up.

He first tweaked the hamstring in Week 4 against Carolina but played through it as he has several other injuries already this season, including a cracked rib in Week 1 versus Tampa Bay. But now hampered once again with the Week 8 game on the line, Cooper was determined to make it back onto the field.

“Once I got up, the clock was moving fast,” Cooper explained. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ve got to go back in. They need me.’ Once I got up and started running a little bit, I was like, ‘This is all I need to do, be able to run a little bit. I’ll take care of the rest.'”

When he re-entered the game, though, his hamstring was enough of a hindrance that the four-time Pro Bowler had to dig into his bag of tricks just to run an effective route on the short fade rout that ultimately sealed the 20-16 win.

“As far as the fade,” Cooper recalled, “that was after I kind of had my hamstring. Couldn’t really give him the release I really wanted to; I think I could have killed him on the release and made the catch a bit easier. But didn’t really want to risk hurting it even more, so I just said to myself that if he throws it to me, I’m just going to have to go up and get it. And that’s what I did.”

But the game-winning catch might have gone to CeeDee Lamb if the second-year phenom had gotten his way on the 1st-and-5 play call.

In the huddle, Rush gave the offensive alignment as “double-left,” which puts Cooper on the left, in better one-on-one coverage.

But Lamb, according to Cooper,”wanted the ball really bad.”

So the younger receiver angled with his quarterback to make himself the better option once the play unfolded. He confirmed “double-right,” as if that had been the proper call all along.

“And Coop was like, ‘Nah, it’s double-left, bro,'” Cooper revealed with a grin to media members.

But Lamb wasn’t done lobbying, playing on Cooper’s aggravated hamstring with the man himself.

“And then he was like, ‘Coop, you want to let me get it?’ I said, ‘Hell no!'” Cooper laughed. “That’s how much pride I take in wanting the ball in those pivotal moments, because I know I can go up and make the play.”

As it turned out, both receivers ended the night with very similar stat lines. Cooper had eight receptions for 122 yards and that game-winning score; Lamb recorded six catches for 112 yards. Both rank within the league’s top 25 in terms of receiving yardage after eight weeks of play. The two top pass-catching threats on the Dallas roster, Cooper and Lamb have a combined nine receiving touchdowns, the same number as the rest of the team has collectively.

“He tried to steal my touchdown,” Cooper joked of his teammate before continuing, admitting that it’s a good problem for the Cowboys to have.

“That says a lot about us, the confidence that we have, that we want the ball in those important situations because we know we can win the game for the team.”

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Report: Chiefs DE Frank Clark to have MRI on aggravated hamstring

#Chiefs DE Frank Clark is set for an MRI on his injured hamstring, but there is optimism he’ll be ready for the season opener per a new report.

Kansas City Chiefs DE Frank Clark aggravated his hamstring injury during practice on Tuesday.

According to a new report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Clark is scheduled to have an MRI on his injured hamstring. This is precautionary and the team doesn’t seem to think the injury is anything that would keep him from playing in the season opener.

Clark left the Chiefs’ August 12 training camp practice with hamstring spasms. He sat out two more practices and the preseason opener against the San Francisco 49ers as a precaution. He was back at practice on Tuesday and made it about halfway through the practice period before being assisted off the field by the training staff.

Clark’s offseason troubles haven’t just been injury-related. Ahead of training camp details emerged of Clark’s arrest for possession of an illegal firearm, the second of such arrests in three months. His arraignment has been delayed until October.

With 53-man roster cuts coming in late August, Clark’s injury and legal status could come into play when it comes to how many edge rushers the team carries on the roster. Our latest projection has the team carrying five defensive ends, including Clark. It’s possible that the team decides to keep an extra defensive end with the various troubles that Clark has encountered this offseason.

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Report: Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill dealt with cramps, not injury in Week 14

A new report says that Hill escaped the game against the Miami Dolphins uninjured.

For those asking about a potential injury to Kansas City Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill, there’s now an answer to your concerns.

At one point late in the game, CBS broadcaster Tony Romo pointed out that Hill came up a bit lame following a play. He pulled up and grabbed at his hamstring a little bit, raising some concern that the star wideout had suffered an injury.

After the game, Andy Reid only provided updates on Mike Remmers and Charvarius Ward, suggesting that Hill escaped injury-free. Now we have confirmation that Hill avoided injury. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapaport, Hill merely was dealing with a cramp and didn’t suffer any injury during Sunday’s game.

Hill posted three catches for 79 yards, one rush for 32 yards and two touchdowns against the Dolphins on Sunday. He had a crucial late-game fourth-down catch that helped ice the game.

It’s unsurprising to see Hill cramp up playing in 80-degree weather in Miami. His hydration was probably slightly different the week prior when he’d played in 38-degree temperatures with windchill in Kansas City. Andy Reid has also previously harped on how much these guys run during the course of a game, even when they’re not getting the ball on every play.

It’s safe to say that Hill will be back out there in Week 15, en route to setting the Chiefs’ all-time receiving touchdown record. He needs just two more receiving touchdowns in the next three weeks to pass Dwayne Bowe’s record of 15 receiving touchdowns, set back in 2010.

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Pete Carroll hopes Chris Carson will be ‘full-speed, full-load’ in Week 14

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is hoping that starting running back Chris Carson will be full-speed, full-load Week 14 against the Jets.

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Seattle Seahawks Chris Carson has been easing back into the action over the last couple of weeks after suffering a foot injury that kept him watching from the sidelines. Heading into Week 14, it looks like Carson might have finally turned the corner.

The Seahawks starting running back wasn’t able to practice in full ahead of the Giants game which factored into the game-planning. Carlos Hyde, Carson’s first backup, had been battling his own injury with a sore hamstring.

Coach Pete Carroll explained the scenario during his Monday afternoon press conference.

“He feels better this week going into the week than he’s felt at any time, so I think this week is really a time we have a chance to cut him loose and he can take the full load,” Carroll said. “That hindered us a little bit in the thinking. Carlos entered the game kind of gingerly as well, so both of those guys, it affected us a little bit and unfortunately that’s just the way it went.”

The good news, however, is that things might be different this week against the Jets as both backs appear to be getting healthier.

“Chris looked really good, he handled what we did,” Carroll continued. “He came out of the game better, so in the long run of it, we’ll have him, we hope, full-speed, full-load this week.”

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