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Cowboys hope to get healed during the bye week
OCTOBER 04, 2011
The Cowboys have 13 days to relive their loss to the Lions, but they also have 13 days to get healthy. Dallas will practice Tuesday and Wednesday before calling it a week.
They arrived this morning to watch film of the loss to Detroit before a light practice.
According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the Cowboys have to give their players four consecutive days off during the bye week. The four days must include Saturday and Sunday. So the players will get the rest of the week off after Wednesday.
"It’s a good time for a bye for our team," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "We’ve been banged up for the last three weeks with different guys. Hopefully, we’ll give guys a chance to take a breath and heal up a little bit this week. We’ll give some other guys a chance to get some reps, but at the same time we’ll look at some things we want to look at both offensively and defensively as we go forward to see if it fits, and also sharpen up the things we have been working on."
The Cowboys will not begin working on the Patriots, their opponent when they return from the bye, as a team. But the coaches will get a jump on New England.
"We’re not going to get into a heavy New England preparation right now or the next couple of days," Garrett said. "We’ll do that as coaches. We’ll wait on that [with the team] until early next week."
Most of the Cowboys' injured players should return for the Patriots, including receiver Miles Austin (hamstring), kicker David Buehler (groin) and safety Gerald Sensabaugh (concussion). Defensive end Jason Hatcher missed Sunday's game with a calf injury. Fullback Tony Fiammetta was out with a hamstring injury. Nickel back Orlando Scandrick has been out since the season opener with a high-ankle sprain.
"A lot of guys will be able to come back," Garrett said. "We’ve got a lot of guys aiming toward this bye week to start getting this work again. Hopefully practice for the New England game. I don’t think that’s a 100 percenter, but we’re getting closer and closer to having most of our troops back."
-- Charean Williams
OCTOBER 04, 2011
The Cowboys have 13 days to relive their loss to the Lions, but they also have 13 days to get healthy. Dallas will practice Tuesday and Wednesday before calling it a week.
They arrived this morning to watch film of the loss to Detroit before a light practice.
According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the Cowboys have to give their players four consecutive days off during the bye week. The four days must include Saturday and Sunday. So the players will get the rest of the week off after Wednesday.
"It’s a good time for a bye for our team," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "We’ve been banged up for the last three weeks with different guys. Hopefully, we’ll give guys a chance to take a breath and heal up a little bit this week. We’ll give some other guys a chance to get some reps, but at the same time we’ll look at some things we want to look at both offensively and defensively as we go forward to see if it fits, and also sharpen up the things we have been working on."
The Cowboys will not begin working on the Patriots, their opponent when they return from the bye, as a team. But the coaches will get a jump on New England.
"We’re not going to get into a heavy New England preparation right now or the next couple of days," Garrett said. "We’ll do that as coaches. We’ll wait on that [with the team] until early next week."
Most of the Cowboys' injured players should return for the Patriots, including receiver Miles Austin (hamstring), kicker David Buehler (groin) and safety Gerald Sensabaugh (concussion). Defensive end Jason Hatcher missed Sunday's game with a calf injury. Fullback Tony Fiammetta was out with a hamstring injury. Nickel back Orlando Scandrick has been out since the season opener with a high-ankle sprain.
"A lot of guys will be able to come back," Garrett said. "We’ve got a lot of guys aiming toward this bye week to start getting this work again. Hopefully practice for the New England game. I don’t think that’s a 100 percenter, but we’re getting closer and closer to having most of our troops back."
-- Charean Williams