Tyron Smith won’t be on the field this Sunday when the Cowboys take on the Giants. The left tackle aggravated his ankle injury and won’t play this week, per Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News (on Twitter). Fortunately, head coach Mike McCarthy told reporters that he doesn’t think “it’s a surgical situation” (via Gehlken) meaning Smith should be able to return to the lineup sooner than later.
Smith missed three games earlier this season while dealing with the same ankle injury, so this is probably a frustrating development for the 31-year-old. According to ESPN’s Todd Archer, the lineman has been dealing with bone spurs in his ankle. Smith has otherwise started all 10 games for the Cowboys this season.
The offensive lineman was limited to only a pair of games in 2020 while he dealt with a neck injury. The seven-time Pro Bowler hasn’t had a fully healthy season since 2015, and he went on a remarkable run of 13-game seasons between 2016 and 2019.
With Smith out of the lineup against the Giants, the Cowboys will likely turn to either Terence Steele or Ty Nsekhe at left tackle.
Pick up a W here and they can start healing up some of the nagging injuries. Home field advantage is just about out of the question considering the Cowboys have the toughest remaining schedule out of the 4 division leaders at 0.500
They only have one difficult game remaining, and if they win it, home field could be in play. But I agree it’s unlikely (Packers or Bucs will probably end up a game up, and Bucs have tie-breaker), so they’ll probably have a game or two to rest some players. But they really need to get the offense rolling again. It’s been awful.
They need to do something with his cap figure the next two seasons. Dude can’t stay healthy. Shame because he is a lifer and arguably Top-3 LT of his era.