Marcus Spears (knee) and Alex Barron (finger) injured at practice today.

From ESPN:

Starting defensive end Marcus Spears suffered a sprained MCL in his left knee with about 20 minutes left in Thursday's practice. Spears is expected to be sidelined for up to six weeks and his status for the season opener against Washington on Sept. 12 is in question.

Jason Hatcher, who is playing with a hyperextended elbow, is likely to move into the starting lineup.

Meanwhile, swing tackle Alex Barron sustained a dislocated left pinky finger at the end of practice. Barron is questionable for the Cowboys' first preseason game Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals in Canton, Ohio.

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by Aaron Novinger on Aug 5, 2010 10:28 PM CDT reply actions

Probably ensures

Spears won’t be traded now.

by Bayou Cowboy on Aug 5, 2010 10:33 PM CDT reply actions

I hope the injury bug is just a pre-season thing

by staubachfan on Aug 5, 2010 10:35 PM CDT reply actions

could be worse

spears isn’t a guy who needs the reps like our young lbs or dez. And we have reliable depth at de.

Barron’s injury shouldn’t be a big deal this far from the regular season.

by foyesboys on Aug 5, 2010 10:37 PM CDT reply actions

Plus they can wrap that into one of those club-style casts if needed.

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by Aaron Novinger on Aug 5, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I was trying to avoid that

brings back the awful memories of Flo in the arizona game in 08.

Those things are fun to play in though. I remember breaking my arm in junior high and playing a pickup game of football.Some kid tackled me and ended up with checker marks on his forehead.

by foyesboys on Aug 5, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Agree

Injuries are never good, but at least this one isn’t serious, and opens up reps to the younger guys. The silver lining here could be the increased chances allow the youngsters to stand out, or on the flip side, see who doesn’t look so good.

Thank you #22, for everything you did for the Cowboys. There will never be another one like you.

by APerfectStar on Aug 7, 2010 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Well now we find out for sure if Bowen/Hatcher et al can handle the position or not.

Get well soon, Marcus! And no I’m not one of those that has wanted to get rid of him.

by mdlusk on Aug 5, 2010 11:59 PM CDT reply actions

bad news.

im thinking we might just see how good a job spears does for us, when hes not in there.

Davie Wilson
how bout them cowboys!!!

by scotscowboyfan on Aug 6, 2010 5:29 AM CDT reply actions

+1

"We'll see." --Bill Parcells

by Uncle Angus on Aug 6, 2010 7:03 AM CDT up reply actions

Geez. I hope they're getting the injuries out of the way now and have a

way healthier regular season.

by Fernie67 on Aug 6, 2010 8:33 AM CDT reply actions

Its just like last year almost

When most of the rookies went down with some form of injury.

by Antonio S on Aug 6, 2010 8:48 AM CDT reply actions

Not a good camp so far

losing Dez and Spears. Already more injuries than last year!

by Dub_TC on Aug 6, 2010 10:06 AM CDT reply actions

Better now than the last week of camp

It does sound like Dez and Spears will likely be ready for the regular season. And nobody is out for most of the season, like it seemed the whole rookie class was last year.

Come after my cigars, and we will then be discussing my second amendment rights

by Tom Ryle on Aug 6, 2010 4:50 PM CDT reply actions

Dez is the only one that really stings

Lissemore, Lee, and AOA missing a good part of camp sucks, but they’ll get enough reps in the games. They’ll have their chances to grow in this league.

Alex Barron can practice through his injury.

Spears sucks, but it sounds like he’ll be back for the regular season. And, if you put a gun to my head and said I had to pick one starter to go down and miss 6 weeks, I’m not sure Spears isn’t the one I’d pick considering how deep we’re at at his position. And Spears knows this defense, he doesn’t need this camp to be ready for the regular season – he’s going to be ready to go.

After Sunday we’ve got 4 weeks and 4 games to go — so we’re going to see more injuries, that’s just the nature of the game. But, so far, things are okay. We just have to avoid the sledge hammers that the Broncos and the Ravens got smacked with. As long as all of our starters are ready to go on week 1, it’s a good training camp.

by Blue Eyed Devil on Aug 6, 2010 6:00 PM CDT reply actions

Yep.

Even with Dez being out a few weeks.

WR and DE two positions with good depth.

I think, besides QB, the worst hit would be if Jay Ratliff went down. I even think that Ware’s blow would be lessened with Spencer on the other side, but Ratliff would be hoooooorible.

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by Iron Fist on Aug 7, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions