There was plenty of hope that Dallas would have the starting lineup they were intented to have for the first game this season on offense. Then, on Thursday, wideout Amari Cooper tested positive for COVID and will miss both Sunday and Thursday’s contest. Another hope was that left tackle Tyron Smith – who has missed the last two games with an ankle injury – would be available to play.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, that won’t happen either. The report is that after ramping up activity during practice this week, he is still not ready to undergo a full game and Dallas will go again without him, Terence Steele, who had started Weeks 2 through Week 6 at right tackle while La’el Collins was injured, will start once again on the left side.
