The Dallas Cowboys reportedly fear that wide receiver Jonathan Mingo suffered a PCL injury in his right knee during Saturday’s preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. ESPN’s Todd Archer reported the news.
Archer notes that an MRI is set for Mingo for Sunday and obviously that will determine the exact severity of any hypothetical injury, but that this is the initial fear certainly isn’t good.
Mingo has played in both preseason games for the Cowboys to date and is somewhat challenging for the third and/or fourth wide receiver spots on the depth chart. A trade acquisition by the Cowboys at last year’s deadline, this is Mingo’s first training camp and preseason with Dallas and it was always going to be interesting to see how he fared throughout it. Clearly an injury would impact any potential there until he fully healed.
From a roster management standpoint the Cowboys may need to get creative if Mingo’s injury will sideline him for a few weeks. There are about two and a half weeks to go until the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, but if he were to play for the team at some point he would have to be carried on the initial 53-man roster before being placed on injured reserve in order to be eligible to return at some point.
Obviously those are questions for a bit further down the road. All the best to Mingo.
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