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Amari Cooper of the Cowboys
In his estimation, Dr. David Chao, former head doctor of the San Diego Chargers, as they used to be called, does not believe that the Dallas Cowboys they should panic for their star receiver, Amari Cooper, who is still on the disabled list two weeks after training began.
But of all the ills that are plaguing the Cowboys – including quarterback Dan Prescott (shoulder) and $ 105 million linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence (back) – Cooper’s return from ankle surgery. it is the “biggest concern”.
“You’d think a simple ankle injury in January would be something he would recover from quickly, but he still has problems and is said to have bone inflammation and a lack of vitamin D, and that doesn’t make sense.” Chao wrote Wednesday on Outkick.com. “He had surgery to remove dewclaws, and that generally only requires a six-week recovery. It’s been six months and he still hasn’t passed the medical check-ups. How could he recover now in just one month?
“I’m not saying that Cooper will miss the season, or even that he will miss a game. He has done his best and is trying to play at the lowest weight of his career. I’m just saying that this is something he will have to deal with throughout the season. “
Cooper is close to being 100% recovered
Chao cited comments made by Cooper, who revealed Tuesday that he had surgery to remove spurs from his ankle – and that he hasn’t run a “real” route since the end of the 2020 season. The four-time pro-bowler felt an irritation. in June, prompting Dallas to add him to the disabled list.
“To be honest, I can’t say I’m 100 percent already, but I’m very close,” Cooper told reporters, according to Todd Archerby ESPN. “I can do everything a little better because I am trying so hard in rehab. I am trying to be my best version. I’m trying to play like never before. I have been talking to myself about how I want this year to be totally different from all the other years that I have played this sport.
Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has said that he anticipates Cooper (and Lawrence, who is now ready to play) to see action again, albeit gradually, following the team’s exhibition game against the Arizona Cardinals on August 13.
“Surely it will be after the game against Arizona”, said through Jon Machotaby The Athletic. “I think we will see the players who are now on the disabled list in action.”
Cooper will be among the 16 players who will not go to Canton
Slated to face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Hall of Fame game next Thursday, the Cowboys have left 16 players out – Cooper, Prescott and Lawrence among them – for the exhibition game. These players did not travel to Canton, Ohio. They will stay at their training base in Oxnard.
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