With all free-agency eyes focused on Monday’s visit of wideout Odell Beckham, the Dallas Cowboys may have to consider lining up even more visits. During their 54-19 romp of the Indianpolis Colts, Dallas did have some bad news. Starting boundary corner Anthony Brown was lost for the season with a ruptured Achilles.
Team owner Jerry Jones confirmed the news post game. Brown was not having a great season, but his loss will be monumental for the Cowboys.
Jerry Jones on Anthony Brown tearing his Achilles: I’m sick for him and sick for us.
— Charean Williams (@NFLCharean) December 5, 2022
Dallas has been hesitant to put 2021 second-round pick Kelvin Joseph on the field for any extended time except for when Brown has been injured. Joseph was involved in a fight that ended up with murder charges being placed against two of his friends who he was riding with when the fatal shots were fired. That happened in the spring but it’s hardly the only reason he’s yet to earn more playing time.
Initially, he’ll get a chance to earn the starting gig opposite Trevon Diggs with rookie DaRon Bland continuing to play in place of Jourdan Lewis. Lewis was lost for the season six weeks ago with a Lisfranc injury to his foot. Now Dallas will be woefully inexperienced aside from Diggs.
Will that mean the club looks outside the organization to bring in some veteran depth? Here’s a look at some of the possibilities.
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Dallas not only drafted Kelvin Joseph in the second round of 2021. They also turned around and with one of their three picks selected long Oregon State corner Nahshon Wright.
They could give both the opportunity to come in and play the boundary spot opposite Diggs.
Normally the Cowboys don’t ask their corners to travel, as Diggs lines up primarily on the right side (561 of 714 snaps entering Week 13). Wright had been his backup there in 2021, but this year Joseph has been the first man off the bench regardless of side as Wright has often been inactive.
Wright hasn’t been on the field for a single defensive snap in 2022, so it’s difficult to imagine Dallas putting him in a position to have a heavy load.
Joseph meanwhile had 87 snaps entering Sunday on top of his 164 from last season.
Dallas prefers to give their young corners one job, as mentioned in the previous section. Perhaps though, the special nature of Bland which has been apparent since training camp and resulted in two…
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