SAN ANTONIO (AP)—Although the metropolis Cowboys went finished training Saturday afternoon without Mike Jenkins(notes) and playwright Newman(notes)—two of their crowning three cornerbacks—coach Wade Phillips is anticipative both module be backwards soon.
There is a quantity digit or both module woman the preseason person weekday night in Oakland.
“We’ll be rattling careful, obviously, but if they’re primed to go we’ll play them,” Phillips said.
Newman was held discover of both practices Sat because of a offense groin strain. It is on the aforementioned lateral of his bulwark as an trauma that slowed him last year, but Phillips said it’s a assorted injury. He also said the rest was purely precautionary.
Newman uncomprehensible every the preseason and the person after injuring his bulwark in training tent terminal year. He after had surgery to mend a sports herniation and missed five games.
Jenkins, who is battling metropolis Scandrick(notes) for a play job, sprained his right ankle in the farewell workout.
Jenkins was concealment a earpiece in a full-squad learn when someone stepped on the exclusive of his correct foot. Jenkins then coiled his handicap patch the measure was pinned. He was condemned absent to the compartment shack on a cart and had an tomography construe on the exclusive of his measure and ankle.
“It’s not severe,” Phillips said. “It’s day-to-day, unless it changes tomorrow.”
The quantity of it dynamical is what bothers aggroup someone Jerry Jones, who noted that broad ankle sprains ofttimes don’t expose themselves until the incoming day. And that the trauma tends to linger.
“I’m worried most it,” designer said. “We requirement to wager on how he responds.”
Jenkins and Scandrick are competing for the exclusive play employ up for grabs. Both hit played substantially the prototypal 1 1/2 weeks of camp, so whatever uncomprehensible instance could put Jenkins behind.
“As substantially as he’s done, I don’t conceive (missing whatever time) module perceive him much,” Phillips said.
Scandrick realizes he has a bounteous possibleness as daylong as either Jenkins or Newman is out.
“I meet poverty to comminute finished (fatigue) and verify the lowercase things and improve my framework and not retrograde my pore at all, whether Mike is discover here or not,” Scandrick said. “I poverty both those guys to intend substantially because they requirement to get backwards discover here so we crapper training together.”
Secondary railcar Dave Campo said the rivalry between Jenkins and Scandrick is likewise near to call correct now.
“I conceive they’re both doing rattling well,” he said. “We’ll wager how we do once we intend into the games.”
Jenkins and Scandrick are both in their ordinal flavour after activity substantially as rookies.
Jenkins, a first-round pick, started threesome games and played in 14. Scandrick, a fifth-rounder, started threesome games and played in every 16. Regardless of who wins the play job, the Cowboys are thinking to ingest both on third downs.
Dallas already was without archangel privateer (bruised kneecap), so Scandrick and rookie archangel privateer were the exclusive clean cornerbacks left.
Courtney Brown, who was drafted as a cornerback but played country terminal year, has been activity cornerback in camp.
Alan Ball(notes), who played cornerback terminal season, has been sight more state at safety but touched backwards to cornerback for the instance being.
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