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COVID-19 Outbreak Sends Dallas Cowboys Back To Virtual Meetings

/ CBS Texas

UPDATE: Cowboys Head Coach Mike McCarthy Out For Thursday Night's Game At Saints Due To Positive COVID-19 Test

FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - The Dallas Cowboys are going virtual with meetings leading into Thursday's game at New Orleans with COVID-19 infections on the rise again within the team.

Coach Mike McCarthy says right tackle Terence Steele is among the positive COVID-19 tests and won't play against the Saints.

Offensive line coach Joe Philbin and assistant strength and conditioning coach Kendall Smith will miss their second consecutive games.

Three more members of the staff are also out. They are strength and conditioning coordinator Harold Nash, assistant offensive line coach Jeff Blasko and offensive assistant Scott Tolzien.

(© Copyright 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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