Tag: Week 15

Broncos DL Dre’Mont Jones has a high ankle sprain

Broncos defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones suffered a high ankle sprain in Sunday’s win over the Texans.

Denver Broncos defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones suffered a high ankle sprain in Sunday’s 38-24 win over the Houston Texans, coach Vic Fangio confirmed during his Monday press conference. That kind of injury could take anywhere from a week to several months to heal.

“We’re not sure the severity,” Fangio said. “It could be that he might be able to play this week or it could be he misses a couple weeks. The next few days will tell.”

If the injury is likely to keep Jones out for multiple games, Denver might place him on injured reserve with just three games remaining.

Jones (6-3, 281 pounds) was selected by Denver in the third round of April’s draft after he totaled 9.5 sacks during his final two years at Ohio State. Jones has served as a rotational defensive lineman this season, recording nine tackles, one sack and one interception. He has also broken up two passes.

The Broncos’ remaining healthy defensive linemen are Shelby Harris, Adam Gotsis, Mike Purcell, DeMarcus Walker and Jonathan Harris. Denver has already placed defensive linemen Billy Winn and Derek Wolfe on injured reserve this season. The Broncos have just one defensive lineman on the practice squad: Deyon Sizer, an undrafted rookie from CSU-Pueblo.

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Cowboys open as home favorites vs Los Angeles Rams, but line is shrinking

The Dallas Cowboys’ disappointing season has still yet to reach the Las Vegas sharps. The club sits with a 6-7 record on the season, with just as good a chance of finishing the year under .500 as they do of winning the NFC East. In fact, the two …

The Dallas Cowboys’ disappointing season has still yet to reach the Las Vegas sharps. The club sits with a 6-7 record on the season, with just as good a chance of finishing the year under .500 as they do of winning the NFC East. In fact, the two might not be mutually exclusive. The line setters have had a healthy respect for the Cowboys’ potential all season, having favored them to win 12 of the previous 13 contests thus far.

The only game they weren’t favored in was their Week 12 road contest against the New England Patriots. In every home game, they’ve existed on the right side of the ledger. Somehow, even with the game against the rejuvenated Los Angeles Rams (8-5) on the horizon for Sunday afternoon, the Cowboys are home favorites for the seventh time this season.

But the line is shrinking.

Most outlets had the team starting as four-point favorites when the lines opened for Week 15. Following the Rams strong performance in a 28-12 win over their NFC West Rival Seattle, who entered the game with a 10-2 record, the line has been shrinking. It was down to -3.5 early Monday morning according to Bet MGM online, and in the blink of an eye it’s already down to -2.5.

With an over/under set at 47.5, Bet MGM is expecting a moderately high-scoring affair.

The game will be a rematch of last season’s NFC Divisional round matchup, when Dallas traveled to LA and got their pride handed to them, poured over ice. Head coach Sean McVay used a combination of Todd Gurley and C.J. Anderson to rush for over 250 yards on Dallas’ defense, and Rod Marinelli and Kris Richard’s unit really hasn’t recovered since.

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