Cowboys Face Injury Challenges in South Florida Game
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Let's move on to this amazing game in South Florida
00:07 between the Cowboys and Dolphins.
00:11 Yeah, and the Cowboys-- see, here's what we didn't know.
00:14 When we talked last Friday, we did not
00:15 realize the impact of the flu-like symptoms, which
00:19 impacted 8 to 10 of their players
00:21 last week who didn't get a lot of practice time in.
00:23 It's hard to practice when you don't have your best players.
00:26 All those guys are back.
00:27 Now, there are a couple of key injuries here
00:29 and issues for the Cowboys.
00:31 Jonathan Hattkins, the veteran defensive tackle
00:33 who didn't play last week, you saw
00:34 how bad the run defense was against the bills
00:37 that James Cook, who went off a career game for him,
00:39 the second year running back for that team.
00:42 He's not going to play again with knee and ankle injuries.
00:44 That does worry me a little bit.
00:46 So when you look at that situation here without Hattkins,
00:50 that, to me, is devastating.
00:51 And Tyron Smith, not expected to play,
00:54 the star-left tackle, Pharrell.
00:56 Over his career, he's had severe back problems.
00:59 He hurt it again.
00:59 He's not expected to play.
01:01 Chuma Odoga, who's a journeyman tackle,
01:03 could back up at right or left.
01:05 That's a downgrade for me.
01:06 That is not good on the road here against Miami,
01:09 who's still, despite all their injury issues,
01:12 despite all of them, they still have a great pass rush.
01:15 Ask Zach Wilson that.
01:16 Zach Wilson was knocked out last week
01:18 when the Jets got shut out at Miami.
01:21 You think Cheetah's going to play or not?
01:23 And then they got the Ravens next week.
01:27 Yeah, looking better.
01:28 He took a lot of reps the last two days.
01:30 See, what they want to do before giving the green light,
01:32 they want to see how this reacts.
01:34 This is what happened last week.
01:35 He barely worked, and he didn't play.
01:37 And they want to see how this practice week, because he
01:40 practiced a lot more, will be able to handle it
01:42 in tomorrow's walkthrough and pregame warm-ups.
01:44 But it's looking positive.
01:45 By the way, if he can play, Cedric Wilson,
01:49 the veteran receiver coming over from Dallas-San Diego,
01:51 that big free agent deal, right before they
01:53 made that trade for Tyreek Hill last year,
01:56 he would be the guy who would fill in.
01:57 You might remember his dad would play for the Steelers
02:00 many years ago.
02:01 I think the Cowboys have a great shot Sunday.
02:04 And then next week, they play the Lions at Jerry's World.
02:07 And I'd like them to win that game.
02:10 (upbeat music)
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