The injury bug has hit the Cowboys hard.
The Dallas Cowboys’ offense is actually off to a nice start in this 1-2-1 season, but now they are dealing with an avalanche of injuries on their offensive line that had four of their five regular starters out of Wednesday’s practice.
Injuries are starting to pile up on offense, as CeeDee Lamb and Kavonte Turpin seem unlikely to play against the New York Jets, where Dallas will be in Sunday’s early game.
Through all that, Dallas is a 2 1/2-point favorite, partly because the Jets are winless and so far hapless this season.
Tyler Smith injury
The health of the Dallas Cowboys’ offensive line is not good, and to a growing injury list, add Pro Bowl guard Tyler Smith.
At Wednesday’s practice, Dallas was missing left tackle Tyler Guyton (he’s in concussion protocol) and left guard Tyler Smith. Smith has a knee injury and had to get an MRI. There has been no word on the result of the MRI and he did play every snap against Green Bay.
Dallas Cowboys injury report
This is extensive. The Cowboys had 11 players either miss practice or were limited in practice Wednesday, and that doesn’t include players on the injured reserve who are not eligible to play this week.
The 11 included the aforementioned linemen Smith, Guyton and Booker. Other players who didn’t practice included safety Malik Hooker (toe), receiver CeeDee Lamb (ankle), Sanders (knee/ankle) and receiver Kavone Turpin (foot).
Cowboys might be leaning on major depth Sunday – Shane Taylor, Inside the Star
The Cowboys may have to dig deep down the roster on Sunday.
As head coach Brian Schottenheimer said yesterday, they are banged up, so much so that they have a staggering 17 players on the report this week.
In all honesty, it probably came at the best time though. They play the Jets this week and the Panthers next week. It should give these guys a couple of weeks to heal up if they can’t play.
Next Man Up
We saw this last week with George Pickens, but now it is going a big deeper.
KaVontae Turpin has a sprained foot and it also going to miss this week and maybe some additional games.
Turpin’s injury comes at a time when the Cowboys are also trying to get CeeDee Lamb back from the ankle injury that kept him out of their Week 4 tie with the Packers.
Turpin has 11 catches for 159 yards and a touchdown this season. He is also averaging 10 yards per punt return and 25.3 yards per kickoff return through the first four weeks of the year.
The team brought back Parris Campbell.
Campbell collected 97 receptions, 983 yards, and five touchdowns over four years and 24 starts in Indianapolis. He later had one-season stops with both the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.
I am not sure if he is going to make his way onto the field much. It will probably just be a bigger role for Jalen Tolbert, but make no doubt about it, these next few weeks are games you have to win regardless of the injury report, so these guys need to step up.
Here are some fantasy options for the Cowboys with Lamb sidelined and Turpin’s availability uncertain.
George Pickens, WR
Without CeeDee Lamb in the lineup, George Pickens was asked to step up for the Cowboys in a big way, and that’s exactly what he did, hauling in eight catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns on 11 targets. He also has at least one score in each of the last three games. Expect that trend to continue vs. New York.
JaVonte Williams, RB
JaVonte Williams continues to be one of the top backs in fantasy football thus far, ranking seventh among all running backs in scoring so far this season. He continued to produce against a good Packers defense as well, with a season-high 20 carries for 85 yards and his fourth touchdown of the year. He also had three catches for 15 yards. With Miles Sanders out, he could be even more involved as well.
Brandon Aubrey wins NFC Special Teams Player of the Month – Nick Eatman, DallasCowboys.com
Brandon Aubrey forever.
FRISCO, Texas – Since Brandon Aubrey joined the Cowboys in 2023, there have only been nine NFC Special Teams Player of the Month awards.
And Aubrey has now won four of them. The league announced the Cowboys kicker as the winner for September’s monthly award after a perfect start to the season.
Aubrey has made 20 consecutive kicks this year, including all nine of his field goal attempts and 11 straight extra points. Of the nine field goals, four have been 50 yards or more, including the 64-yard game-tying kick at the end of regulation in Week 2 against the Giants. Aubrey then drilled a 46-yarder at the end of overtime, becoming the only kicker in NFL history to end both regulation and overtime with a field goal.
With four kicks of 60 yards or more, Aubrey is tied with former Cowboys kicker Brett Maher for the most in NFL history. And with 28 field goals of 50 yards or more, Aubrey is already the Cowboys’ all-time leader in 50-yard makes.
Aubrey, who is in his third season with the Cowboys, won the monthly award in 2023 for October and December. Last year, he also won the award for September.
The Cowboys have won this Special Teams Player of the Month award seven times overall. Chris Boniol (1996), Richie Cunningham (1997) and Jason Tucker (1999).
Cowboys rookie running back Jaydon Blue expected to make debut on Sunday against Jets – RJ Ochoa, Blogging the Boys
It seems to be Jaydon Blue time.
Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Jaydon Blue is reportedly set to make his debut for the team on Sunday against the New York Jets. Buckle up.
The Cowboys drafted Jaydon Blue out of the University of Texas in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft and had him inactive through the first four games of the season. Blue was injured during training camp for full context and Javonte Williams has been running the ball very well, but Blue presents a level of play-making that so many have wanted to see for some time.
At the moment the Cowboys are down CeeDee Lamb and KaVontae Turpin so they are in need of players who can do something with the ball in their hands. Blue specialized at this in Austin and the general hope is that he will do so for Dallas at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Who is ready for Jaydon Blue at long last?
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