OXNARD, Calif. — The Dallas Cowboys received another injury blow at practice on Monday when offensive tackle Tyler Guyton left the field with a knee injury. Team sources told The Athletic that he suffered a bone fracture and sprained knee and will likely miss four to six weeks.
It didn’t initially look like a season-ending injury, as Guyton was able to walk off under his own power. And it turns out it is not. The timetable for his return means Guyton could miss Dallas’ season-opener Sept. 4 at Philadelphia, but overall, it was great news for Guyton and the Cowboys.
There’s really no way to completely avoid these types of injuries. Even in full pads, the Cowboys are not tackling to the ground. In the trenches, though, players fall and they can end up on the back of another’s leg. That looked to be the case with Guyton on Monday as he was pass protecting during team drills.
Micah Parsons helping Tyler Guyton to the locker room pic.twitter.com/KBv98l3bvZ
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The former first-round pick has been making noticeable strides entering his second season as the team’s starting left tackle. The Cowboys will now work to find their best possible replacement. If it had been a season-ending injury, moving All-Pro left guard Tyler Smith to left tackle would have made a lot of sense. But in this situation, it seems more likely that Smith stays inside and Dallas tries to find a temporary left tackle replacement in either Asim Richards, Hakeem Adeniji or Nate Thomas.
This news comes the same day the team learned that it would be without veteran guard Rob Jones for two or three months with a broken bone in his neck.
(Top photo of Tyler Guyton practicing on July 22: Kirby Lee / Imagn Images)