Cowboys’ Zack Martin will miss Week 1 recreation at Buccaneers after optimistic COVID-19 take a look at

The Cowboys might be with out a important a part of their offense once they open the 2021 season Thursday evening in opposition to the defending champion Buccaneers in Tampa. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy instructed reporters Sunday that the group’s former Professional Bowl proper guard has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and has been positioned on the group’s reserve/COVID-19 listing. 

With Martin out, Connor McGovern is slated to fill his spot on the Cowboys’ offensive line. A fifth-round choose within the 2019 draft, McGovern made eight begins in 14 video games final season whereas filling in for Martin, who handled a concussion and a calf damage in the course of the season. The Cowboys began the day with simply three guard on their roster. The opposite guard, Matt Farniok, is a 2021 seventh-round choose who has by no means appeared in a daily season recreation. 

Dallas’ offensive line may have its palms full on Thursday evening. The Buccaneers’ defensive position has a number of outstanding gamers together with nostril deal with Vita Vea, Ndamukong Suh, Jason Pierre-Paul, and William Gholston. Suh is hoping to return off of the group’s reserve/COVID-19 listing in time for Thursday evening’s recreation.

“Zack’s our greatest participant on our offense,” working again Ezekiel Elliott instructed ESPN. “I imply most runs, they coming again behind him. It is disappointing however you may’t harp on it, cannot let or not it’s greater than what it’s. I imply, (we’re) positively going to overlook him, positively want he was on the market, however we nonetheless have a recreation to go play and we acquired to attempt to get the job carried out.”

The Cowboys did obtain some optimistic information on Sunday, as proper deal with La’el Collins is returning to observe after coping with a neck damage. Accidents, notably on the offensive line, had been among the many explanation why the Cowboys received simply six video games throughout McCarthy’s first season in Dallas. 

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