Cowboys left tackle Tyler Guyton suffered a knee injury during training camp today that has been diagnosed as a bone fracture, according to ESPN’s Todd Archer.
Guyton is also dealing with a sprained knee, per Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News.
Initial signs pointed toward an ACL tear, Guyton will not require surgery and may even be ready for Week 1 with a projected four- to six-week absence. In the meantime, Dallas will have to find a new first-team left tackle for training camp who can step up in the regular season if Guyton experiences a setback.
The current roster doesn’t offer any obvious answers. Chuma Edoga, who started four games amid Guyton’s injury woes last year, is now in Jacksonville. Asim Richards replaced Guyton for one game and rotated in during several others, but has been lining up at guard in training camp. Left guard Tyler Smith moved to left tackle for two games in 2024 as well, but he spent the other 14 developing into one of the best guards in the league.
2024 seventh-rounder Nathan Thomas, who spent his rookie season on injured reserve, may also be an option. He has been rotating in as the second-team left tackle in training camp in addition to some time at guard, per ESPN’s Todd Archer.
Guyton, the No. 29 pick in the 2024 draft, dealt with some injuries in college with five absences due to his injury over his last two seasons at Oklahoma. Despite appearing in 15 games with 11 starts as a rookie in Dallas, he only played 57.22% of the team’s offensive snaps over the course of the year. Guyton played every snap in the first four games before leaving the game in Week 5 and missing Week 6. He played almost every snap in Weeks 8 and 9 before another injury that sidelined him for Week 10. From Week 11 on, he only commanded a 43.4% snap share with a rotational role at left tackle due to poor play that may have been exacerbated by his injuries.
The Cowboys will be hoping that Guyton can hit the ground running when he returns in late August or early September so he can put together a much stronger 2025 season compared to his disappointing performance as a rookie.
4fuxache!!!
2 OL in 2 days. What are they doing over there? There’s luck and there’s bad luck. This seems like more than that.
What would it be other than bad luck, a shadowy conspiracy?
Gypsy curse maybe? LOL
Brutal. Not only do they lose their starting left tackle, but he really needed development. Sucks to lose a year of it.
A year? He may be ready for game 1.
Either I misread it or it changed. Either way hope you’re right.
Top 8 O-lineman on roster are more important than top 5. They have no depth
Cowboys catch a break finally when it comes to an injury…first reported to be a ACL tear gone for the season to a fracture with a chance to play week one is very good news for Dallas…
Injuries are a part of the game and it seems Dallas gets the large majority of them…
Two Olineman already but None lost for the year…
Ok it’s some others team turn now…leave my boys alone…
Guyton was seemingly progressing at the start of this TC. Hopefully he doesn’t miss much of the regular season. This young OL needs to develop some chemistry.