Cowboys Kyle Kosier Sprains MCL; 2 Cowboys Starting OL Likely Out for Opener
by Kevin Ewoldt on Aug 18, 2010 2:49 PM EDT
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PrintRemember that link I posted a couple days ago from the Football Outsiders predicting the Cowboys wouldn't go .500 this year? Here's a quick snip it again:
"The Cowboys will have 7.5 wins this season...They have an extremely old offensive line, even with the arrival of Doug Free at left tackle. Old offensive lines like that tend to collapse, with a combination of injury and decline in performance.
And here we are not even half way through training camp. Marc Columbo (31 years old), the Cowboys Right Tackle, recently had his knee scoped which revealed some cartilage damage.
"It can range from minimal damage where Colombo's still good for a while, or he may be at the point where this could affect him all year long."
That doesn't sound promising at all. Columbo's backup is Robert Brewster, a 3rd round Tackle out of Ball State, who missed all of his rookie season last year after tearing his pectoral muscle.
Left Guard, Kyle Kosier (31 years old), who injured his knee on August 5th, revealed that he has a sprained MCL, which has him out out 4-6 weeks and very much in question for the Redskins home opener.
With Kosier out, Montrae Holland will take over at left guard. Holland returned to practice this week after missing time in camp with a hamstring injury. He was inactive for every game last year but signed a two-year deal this off-season.
It should be noted that Kosier went down in the 2008 pre-season with a foot injury, so the Cowboys traded with the Broncos for Holland. Holland played well in 2007 (his rookie year) and the two games he played in 2008, but he was inactive all of last season. I can't help but think of the Redskins 2009 OLine with all this...the only difference is the Redskins at least made it out of pre-season before disaster struck. Who's next? Either way...it looks like Romo needs to watch his back.
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I’m just pointing out Jerry Jones just made an obvious mistake (and risk) not beefing it up via the draft and a lot of people predicted these injuries would happen. Definitely sucks for Dallas, but these guys all are over 30 with past injuries.
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Aug 18, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
gotcha
Here’s a fantastic article by JimmyK predicting all this earlier this summer. There is not one OL in the league that is 35+ and only 1 is 34 (Jeff Saturday)…didn’t realize that.
http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2010/5/2/1454582/age-and-the-ol-why-the-2010
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Aug 18, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Kevin Mawee was one of the oldest OL in the 2009 season.
Born: 1/23/1971
Orlando Pace was Born: 11/4/1975. Not as old as Mawee, but no gas left in the tank.
by Jefferson1935 on Aug 18, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Hopefully,
I’ll be able to go to their SB Nation site this year and be able to appreciate what we went thru last year (win/loss record; not injuries). Would be an absolute riot. I bet they even have their own LJP…. well, maybe not. :)
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Good catch...
I was just going to go by the excessive exclamation points, illegal use of ALL CAPs, and an uncomfortable number of butt slaps. Just sayin… :)
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
what happened to LJP?
did he get beamed up to the mother ship or what?
No one really knows
Kevin says he showed up on a Raiders blog a few times when JC was traded, but then not much else to report. I know a lot of people thought he was a bit of a douchebag, but he was interesting, stirred things up, and didn’t back down from an argument. All frustrations aside, he was good for the site in some regards, IMO.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
That roar you just heard?
Orakpo just smelled the blood in the water
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Nice
mixture of the metaphors, Rekka. I’m not even sure lions can swim…? At least pretty sure sharks don’t roar. :) The sentiment, however, is spot on!
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
I thought
you’d appreciate the imagery :)
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Hopefully it is imagery
that keeps the ’Boys OLine from sleeping at night.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Remember last year
I think it was one of the Giants OL that had a picture of Orakpo up in his locker that you could see in the background of an interview
I remember that
it was awesome, carter was there too
And this time it brings a smile to my face
I can’t help but think of the Redskins 2009 OLine with all this…the only difference is the Redskins at least made it out of pre-season before disaster struck.
Hearing "disaster" regarding the Cowdungs
Always gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.
by bigrm18 on Aug 18, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
They should make that move for Logan Mankins...
if Jerry Jones truly believe this is SB year for them then he need to make that move for Logan Mankins and possibly Marcus McNiel even though they would probably be without a 1st and 2nd round draft pick for the next 2 years…
It makes me really, really, really, really
uncomfortable to talk about other teams injuries, or our fortunate lack-there-of.
by CarverM on Aug 18, 2010 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Pretty sure this is just an analysis of their O-line and stating facts
which is fine because it does pertain to our upcoming season opener.
Randy Thomas
just got picked up by the Dolphins
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Zing!
and I’m still waiting for a response to my response to your hating the Wolverines and their fans crack from another post. :)
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
I feel much better now
At least it is only personal on a general level. :) Just don’t agree with the principles in place.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
unlike last time
I think people are more apt to be amused than pissed.
At least, that’s how I’m taking it.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
not sure if my sarcasm meter is up to snuff
but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
It was for personal reasons presumably
Why is Kemo out w/ a shoulder injury?
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Aug 18, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
romo
doesn’t need to watch his back…
he better watch what’s infront of him… when laron landry gives him a bruised sternum
just ask brodie croyle….
or better yet – kerry collins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEHtHy2rIYE
I think he has Brown on the saints and heyer starting....
By my calculations that makes us 7 months older and actually puts us at 5th oldest…cowgirls still eat sh*t
Antwaan El, Ganther, Betts, Thomas, Rock, Mitchell
JC, Jones, Brennan, Collins (asked by the Bears) – almost all our cuts except Griffin (?), Montgomery (?) – landed OK.
That's because Vinny handed Zorn a SB ready pile of athletes
with, perhaps, the minor exception of no OLine. Oh wait, all those guys you mentioned landed on teams as 3rd stringers or worse for the most part.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
You're right
My guy Colt is apparently #5 QB in Oakland. I just remembered how a couple of months ago somebody gloated how few of Shanny’s cuts were getting picked up by other teams, so I updated it a little. By the way, reading John Keim’s reports on O-line depth is really depressing. Heyer is by far the best backup – and even he was one of Keim’s “Duds” yesterday. And the rookies (Capers and Cook) aren’t showing much. We talked of Dallas’ problems, but I’d suggest that we are still extremely vulnerable to injuries – just like last year – basically no solid backups. I’d like for us to grab one or two quality O-linemen, possibly a starting guard, so Hicks could be the main backup to other positions. If it was a tackle, try Heyer at guard to back up Hicks.
Jason Taylor and Mark Brunnell - Jets
Still chugging along. Poor Mark needs the money. And may get another Super Bowl ring.
No way the Jets win the SB, their going to get punched in the mouth by every team for talking so much smack. The way they keep picking up big name, over the hill FAs kind of reminds me of another not highly successful franchise in the 2000s
Jets
well, a lot of people like them. But Baltimore, Indy, NE won’t “go into that good night gently”, either (or something like that). Mark is listed as the #2 QB. By the way, I thought a lot of the Giants’ players looked fat – or was that just the uniforms? The Giants could surprise this year – beat out Dallas and Philadelphia. Not us, of course.
I'm beginning to think the "playing field"
across the division has leveled out. We’ve gotten better /sips Kool-aid/ and I see the potential for some sliding in each of the other teams /sips more Kool-aid/. It will be interesting. Has anyone payed any attention to any of the other NFC East SB Nation sites? I have a feeling that there are some huge concerns about going head to head with us this season; when last season we were pretty much the laughing stock of the Beast.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Talking about the injuries isn’t the same as celebrating them. It’s a big story when the team picked by some to go to the superbowl is now missing its o line. Ultimately it boils down to bad management of the team. They let their line get too thin just as the skins did in recent years.
Cowboys only drafted one o lineman this year, in the 6th round. Sam Young of Notre Dame.
Ha!
Here we thought Dan was emulating Jerry. It’s apparently the other way around! Nice…
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Seems familiar with the O-line...
Getting hurt before the first game. Glad it is not us this time but lets not jinx the situation, I would rather beat a healthy Dallas team than a banged up one that way I know we are improving.
we will have plenty of opportunities.....
to test our meddle this season (which is a good thing IMO)
D'oh.......
perhaps I was just commenting on our ability to meddle with other teams plans of a successful season? (you know, we are going to go break out some Scooby-Doo on their ass)
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