In the fourth quarter of the Dallas Cowboys victory over the Detroit Lions, things started to head south on the injury front. Multiple injuries cascaded down on the club in the matter of a few plays and while DeMarcus Lawrence and Xavier Woods were able to continue, not everyone was so fortunate.
Among the players who didn’t return to the game were CB Anthony Brown and RT La’el Collins. Jason Garrett gave an update on the health of two of his key contributors, and while there’s a little bit of good, there’s also plenty of bad.
Brown will have season ending surgery on his triceps while Collins will be monitored throughout the week and is hopeful to be available for Sunday’s big matchup.
Cowboys CB Anthony Brown will have season-ending surgery on his tricep
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 18, 2019
Cowboys RT La’el Collins exited Sunday’s game vs. Lions with left knee injury, but there is belief he can start Sunday vs. Patriots, source said. His status to be monitored throughout the week.
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) November 18, 2019
Although it seems the team averted disaster with Collins, this could very well be the end of the road in Dallas for Brown.
In recent weeks, he’s watched his playing time dwindle at the hands of fellow CB Jourdan Lewis. Regardless, the timing of the injury is unfortunate in multiple ways. For the player, it can devalue the best shot at landing a life-changing contract in the offseason. For the team, it loses depth at a position that can never have enough of it.
A 2016 sixth-round pick out of Purdue, Brown worked his way onto the field as the team’s slot corner in Week 3 of his rookie season. He held it down admirably, working his way into the hearts of coaching staff and fans alike. Throughout his career Brown tallied four interceptions and three forced fumbles.
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