Too Many Black And Blues For The Silver And Blue

An article by Joe D.    Comments Off

Little by little the injuries are beginning to pile up for the Dallas Cowboys as they get ready for their final preseason game…

Mark Norris of DallasCowboys.com recaps the situation for us today…

The Cowboys left training camp in Oxnard, Calif. a relatively healthy team, having really lost only the starting services of Terence Newman early in camp.

But within the last 1½ weeks, the injuries are starting to pile up, incurring two more here Friday night in the 23-22 preseason victory over the Houston Texans. Starting guard Kyle Kosier and young wide receiver Isaiah Stanback both had MRI’s scheduled for Saturday to further examine injuries they suffered.

Those two, coupled with nickel linebacker Kevin Burnett having his left knee scoped last Friday, wide receiver Miles Austin suffering a second-degree sprain of his MCL in his right knee last Saturday and then linebacker Anthony Spencer having his knee scoped this past Wednesday to remove a loose piece of bone, have the Cowboys a little perplexed now just one week away from the final roster cut to 53.

Miles Austin, Anthony Spencer, Isaiah Stanback and Kevin Burnett could all miss the season opener against Cleveland, with a couple of them possibly being out even longer.

However, it’s the injury to starting left guard Kyle Kosier who sprained his right foot in Friday night’s preseason win against the Texans that really stings the most right now. He is expected to miss four to six weeks after an MRI showed a hairline fracture.

Maybe we should play it safe and have our starters play no more than one possession during the final preseason tuneup. Better to be safe than sorry.