The Dallas Cowboys will not be seeing running back Miles Sanders again this season. Stephen Jones noted Friday on 105.3 The Fan that Sanders is being placed on season-ending injured reserve.
Jones said this on The Fan just a few minutes after Friday’s injury report went out which noted that Sanders was a non-participant and out for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. He has been listed as having a knee/ankle injury.
Sanders played the first four games of the season for Dallas before missing last week’s game against the New York Jets and clearly what he is dealing with is severe enough for the team to list him as out for the year.
The news did feel a bit random and out of nowhere, obviously. Joe Hoyt added some context as to how Sanders left Wednesday’s practice appearing a bit uncomfortable.
As far as options for the backfield, the Cowboys have one of the NFL’s top rushers at the moment in Javonte Williams. Today’s NFL calls for you to have multiple bodies though and the Cowboys did see rookie Jaydon Blue see action for the first time last week at MetLife Stadium. They have fellow rookie Phil Mafah who began the season on injured reserve. It would make sense that he would get in the mix at some point down the road. Malik Davis is also on the practice squad.
Update: 4:48pm ET
Todd Archer has the specific details on Sanders.
Hopefully he gets right as soon as possible.
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