NewsBot
New Member
- Messages
- 111,281
- Reaction score
- 2,947
IRVING – Still reeling from the disheartening 31-30 loss at Detroit, the Dallas Cowboys absorbed another body blow Monday when owner Jerry Jones all but declared right guard Brian Waters out for the year.
Waters, 36, hurt his knee and ribs in the meltdown in the Motor City, but it was a triceps injury that will shelve him, Jones said on his weekly radio show on Dallas’ KRLD-FM.
The Cowboys will replace Waters with Mackenzy Bernadeau, who started last season. Jones said the club will turn to its practice squad for depth, which likely means David Arkin will be promoted to the 53-man roster.
The Cowboys released Arkin on Saturday only to re-sign him to the practice squad Monday.
“(Bernadeau) started for us the entire year last year and played well,” Jones said. “(He) came in and played about 20 snaps (against Detroit) and played well.”
The Cowboys signed Waters just before the start of the season to a one-year deal laden with incentives. He sat out last season for personal reasons.
Waters started the last five games.
Continue reading...
Waters, 36, hurt his knee and ribs in the meltdown in the Motor City, but it was a triceps injury that will shelve him, Jones said on his weekly radio show on Dallas’ KRLD-FM.
The Cowboys will replace Waters with Mackenzy Bernadeau, who started last season. Jones said the club will turn to its practice squad for depth, which likely means David Arkin will be promoted to the 53-man roster.
The Cowboys released Arkin on Saturday only to re-sign him to the practice squad Monday.
“(Bernadeau) started for us the entire year last year and played well,” Jones said. “(He) came in and played about 20 snaps (against Detroit) and played well.”
The Cowboys signed Waters just before the start of the season to a one-year deal laden with incentives. He sat out last season for personal reasons.
Waters started the last five games.
Continue reading...