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FRISCO, Texas — The injury bug bit down on the Dallas Cowboys during their Week 4 victory over the New York Giants. DeMarcus Lawrence has been placed on injured reserve due to a foot injury, while Micah Parsons is expected to miss at least one game with a high ankle sprain. Now, wide receiver Brandin Cooks is set to miss time as well.
The club is placing the wideout on injured reserve after he suffered an infection following a knee procedure, according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones.
That means Cooks will be sidelined for the next four games. With the Cowboys slated with a Week 7 bye, the earliest that he will be eligible to return to the field is in Week 10 when Dallas hosts the Philadelphia Eagles.
Cooks will miss Sunday’s Week 5 matchup on the road against Pittsburgh, Week 6 at home against Dallas, and then back-to-back road games against the 49ers and Falcons in Week 8 and Week 9.
Cooks is missing time due to an infection that developed in his right knee following a procedure he had done in New York after the 20-15 win over the Giants. Upon returning to Texas after the New York procedure, Cooks, according to ESPN, needed another surgery to clean the infection. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed Cooks would for sure miss Dallas’ Week 5 “Sunday Night Football” game at the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier this week.
“Brandin Cooks has a knee issue,” McCarthy said on Wednesday. “He will not be available this week.”
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Author : Jordan Dajani
Publish date : 2024-10-05 17:40:36
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