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FRISCO, Texas – When the Cowboys face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 12 nights, will first-round draft pick Tyler Smith be the fill-in starter for injured left tackle Tyron Smith?
"I think that's safe to say," Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan.
"We've got to get him out here and get him practiced here over the next couple of weeks relative to any issue he had with a little high ankle (sprain). But we don't think that's serious enough to limit his preparation.
"Now, what is the case is he hasn't been there at left tackle. He is a rookie. But he's a first-round pick and he deserved to be a first-round pick in my mind. And so we knew – we just didn't want it come any earlier than it needed – but we knew we had to get ready to replace our left tackle and he was the pick."
Jones again expressed optimism that Tyron Smith, who underwent surgery last week for a torn hamstring, will be able to return "right in the meat of things," referencing the stretch run sometime after Thanksgiving.
But that still means the Cowboys will be without the eight-time Pro Bowler for a large chunk of the regular season. And it sounds like Tyler Smith, the 24th overall pick out of Tulsa in late April, will get the first opportunity to replace him, barring a setback before the Sept. 11 season opener at AT&T Stadium.
Full story and interview below..
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/...B2c3t2bJHTEuPzP4v8VDbllj-iI8b-ArnAApBA4M_pmxg
"I think that's safe to say," Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan.
"We've got to get him out here and get him practiced here over the next couple of weeks relative to any issue he had with a little high ankle (sprain). But we don't think that's serious enough to limit his preparation.
"Now, what is the case is he hasn't been there at left tackle. He is a rookie. But he's a first-round pick and he deserved to be a first-round pick in my mind. And so we knew – we just didn't want it come any earlier than it needed – but we knew we had to get ready to replace our left tackle and he was the pick."
Jones again expressed optimism that Tyron Smith, who underwent surgery last week for a torn hamstring, will be able to return "right in the meat of things," referencing the stretch run sometime after Thanksgiving.
But that still means the Cowboys will be without the eight-time Pro Bowler for a large chunk of the regular season. And it sounds like Tyler Smith, the 24th overall pick out of Tulsa in late April, will get the first opportunity to replace him, barring a setback before the Sept. 11 season opener at AT&T Stadium.
Full story and interview below..
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/...B2c3t2bJHTEuPzP4v8VDbllj-iI8b-ArnAApBA4M_pmxg
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