What Cowboys Are Saying About RB Injuries
Mike Fisher | @FishSports
OXNARD, CA (105.3 THE FAN) — The Cowboys' position on Lance Dunbar and Darren McFadden for at-large consumption? They're "waiting on results'' on Dunbar and they're seeing "progress every day'' from McFadden.
But the behind-the-scenes running-back truths are — while not necessarily alarming — something slightly different.
As we reported on 105.3 The Fan on Thursday morning, Dunbar is on a walking boot because his ankle injury is more than a "contusion'' and is instead a sprain. Meanwhile, while McFadden is talking about his desire to come off PUP to practice for the first time this weekend, COO Stephen Jones tells me the Cowboys "are just in no hurry.''
"We're just in no hurry there,'' he said of McFadden's hamstring problem, "until everything there is 100-percent right.''
While some Cowboys fans continue to clamor for a acquisition of an aging "name'' back, Joe Randle will continue to take first-team snaps — a job he's in the process of winning. Youngsters Lache Seastrunk and Gus Johnson will likely get the bulk of carries in this weekend's Blue-White Scrimmage.
"I think,'' coach Jason Garrett said of the injuries Dallas hopes are short-term, "it gives the other guys more of an opportunity, the younger guys who will have a chance to play in the early preseason games, gives them a chance to get themselves that much more ready."
Meanwhile, receiver Devin Street tells 105.3 The Fan, "I'm alright'' but is nevertheless undergoing an MRI after limping off the field. And Sean Lee tells us that in the Thursday afternoon workout he'll continue to increase his participation level is what has a been a good camp start for him.
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