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Cowboys To Monitor Dez Bryant's Snaps

Oct 30, 2015 1:42 PM

The Dallas Cowboys will monitor the snaps of Dez Bryant if he plays in Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Bryant has practiced on a limited basis this week after missing the previous five games following surgery to repair a broken right foot.

 

“Any time a player hasn’t played for in a little while you always want to ease him back into action to a certain extent,” Jason Garrett said. “You can’t ease into action in a play. You need to go full speed on every play. So you just have to monitor how he’s handling the work. With him or any guy you’re always just mindful of that. We have no hard and fast rules. We look at guys, look at the conditions, see how he’s feeling, use your eyes, communicate and we decide what we think is best. We’ll see how he does today. If he comes back, feels good today, we’ll start making the determinations about the weekend.”

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Dez Bryant Returns To Practice For First Time Since Week 1

Oct 28, 2015 5:09 PM

Dez Bryant practiced for the first time since Sept. 11 when he broke a bone in his right foot.

Bryant wasn't a full participant, but hope remains he can play in Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Bryant has spent two-plus weeks engaging in on-field rehab and resistance training, while also receiving a stem cell injection in his foot to accelerate the healing process.

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Arian Foster Out For Season With Torn Achilles

Oct 26, 2015 12:06 PM

Arian Foster has suffered a torn Achilles and is out for the rest of the season.

Foster came back from groin surgery early and 265 yards from scrimmage over four weeks.

Foster picked up the injury in the fourth quarter of the Houston Texans' loss to the Miami Dolphins. Foster had 18 carries for 59 yards, five catches for 66 yards and two touchdowns in the game.

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Jeremy Hill To Be 'Huge Part Down Stretch Run'

Oct 22, 2015 2:06 PM

Jeremy Hill has had a slow start to his second NFL season, but the Cincinnati Bengals plan on increasing his workload.

"I know the player he can be, so I'm going to keep pushing him to get there," offensive coordinator Hue Jackson said. "I mean, we need him. He's going to be a huge part down the stretch run once we get back here."

Hill has 232 rushing yards on 74 carries. He also has six combined rushing and receiving touchdowns.

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Dez Bryant Could Play In Week 7 Against Giants

Oct 20, 2015 12:57 PM

The Dallas Cowboys aren't ruling out Dez Bryant from playing on Sunday against the New York Giants, according to Jerry Jones.

Bryant will make the final call on whether he plays.

"I don't know what 100 percent means in this particular case," Jones told 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday morning. "One-hundred percent healed? One-hundred percent from the standpoint of no sensation, no sensitivity? I don't think you would have no sensitivity.

"But I do think that the combination of all the work he's done, which has been extraordinary, as well as some of the additional procedures that were done, give us a lot of confidence that, if he's comfortable putting it down and driving off on his foot, then we're comfortable with him playing."

Bryant had surgery to repair a broken right foot on Sept. 14 after suffering the injury in the season-opening win against the Giants. 

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Jamaal Charles Tears ACL, Out For Season

Oct 12, 2015 5:39 PM

Jamaal Charles suffered a torn ACL and is out for the season.

Charles also suffered a torn ACL in 2011 and came back in 2012 to again be an All-Pro.

Charles rushed for 364 yards and four touchdowns on 71 carries this season.

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Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Fantasy, Injury

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Charcandrick West Likely To Become Chiefs' Primary RB

Oct 12, 2015 1:14 PM

With Jamaal Charles out for the season with a torn ACL, Charcandrick West will become the main running back for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Knile Davis was presumed to be the backup, but it actually has been West receiving carries.

West took 18 snaps following Charles' injury compared to four for Davis.

"We haven't heard anything," West said, via the Kansas City Star. "They told us -- me and Knile -- we're both going to play, we both have to be ready to step up. We know our big brother went down, so it's time for us to step up."

Kevin Patra/NFL.com

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Jamaal Charles Injures Knee, Likely Tore ACL

Oct 12, 2015 12:49 PM

Jamaal Charles exited Week 5 with a right knee injury and there is a fear he tore his ACL.

Charles was unable to put weight on the leg as he was helped off the field.

Charles missed all but two games of the 2011 season with a torn ACL.

The Kansas City Chiefs have used Charcandrick West as their backup for Charles. West replaced Knile Davis in that role for the Chiefs early in the season.

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Marshawn Lynch Out For Week 5

Oct 10, 2015 3:59 PM

Marshawn Lynch has been ruled out for the Seattle Seahawks in their Week 5 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Lynch hasn't played since tweaking his hamstring against the Bears in Week 3.

"He is running very well, but he's just getting over it," Carroll said Friday. "We just have to wait a couple more days."

Marc Sessler/NFL.com

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C.J. Anderson: Frustrations Impacting Production

Oct 9, 2015 1:02 PM

C.J. Anderson has said his frustration is impacting his performance, rushing for 2.7 yards per carry on 43 attempts.

"(I've) just got to step out of some tackles," Anderson said. "I'm doing a couple drills that (are) helping me out. Just got to step out of some tackles, you know, not get so frustrated early with myself, just stay in the game, stay focused."

Anderson confirmed the frustrations are bothering him.

"Yeah, I can see it on film, I can see it, I can feel it when it happens. Certain things you go 'Man, here we go again,' just got to stay positive the whole time, just keep that positive mindset."

Kevin Patra/NFL.com

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Dez Bryant Could Return After Week 6 Bye
Dez Bryant suffered a broken foot in Dallas' season-opening win over the Giants.

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Todd Gurley Receives Game Ball In First NFL Game
Todd Gurley's performance came just 10 months after reconstructive knee surgery and he had nine carries for 106 yards in the final 12 minutes of the game.

Peter King/Sports Illustrated

LeSean McCoy Out For Week 4, Won't Return Until 100 Percent
LeSean McCoy and Sammy Watkins will not play in Week 4 for the Bills against Giants.

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Alshon Jeffery Out For 3rd Straight Week With Hamstring Injury
Alshon Jeffery also sat out Weeks 1 and 2.

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Eddie Lacy's Sprained Ankle 'Going Away'
Eddie Lacy carried only 10 times but managed 46 yards in Week 3.

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Andrew Luck Limited In Practice, Still Expected To Play
Andrew Luck is battling a shoulder injury and is day-to-day, but Chuck Pagano has "supreme confidence" he won't miss any time.

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