It was reported on Wednesday that Dallas Cowboys star left tackle Tyron Smith has suffered a “severe” hamstring injury that will cause him to be out indefinitely and miss significant time during the 2022-23 NFL season.
We now have more details regarding the injury, and it is a fairly gruesome injury according to NFL insider Adam Schefter.
Schefter revealed that Smith’s left hamstring tore entirely and came off the bone, and that he could have surgery as early as Thursday. This injury is expected to cause him to miss the majority of the season, with a timeline for his potential return to be around December.
Cowboys’ LT Tyron Smith’s hamstring tore and came off the bone, per sources. He could have surgery as early as today, pending meeting with doctors. He is out indefinitely, and is unlikely to return before December. https://t.co/t5HPYHB1D9
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 25, 2022
Longtime Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones discussed Smith’s injury during an appearance on ESPN, saying that Smith should be good to go for the playoffs should the Cowboys make it to that point.
“We just really found this out in the wee hours, but it’s a setback,” Jones said on ESPN via Pro Football Talk. “You’ve got to take what you’re dealt and go on with him. We’ve got some good options. We’ve got a team around him. We’ve got a defense that is probably as strong as we’ve had in years. . . . We’ll have him, and we’ll have him at the right time. We’ll have him in that San Francisco game, the equivalent of it, that we had last year. And maybe we won’t fall short.”
It doesn’t seem like Jones is short on confidence for his team despite this devastating injury to their top offensive lineman.
He clearly sees this team as a playoff contender, but the team may experience some difficulties to make it there without the impact that Smith brings to their offensive line.
Time will tell how this impacts the Cowboys, but on paper this definitely seems like a huge blow to the team with a little over two weeks until the start of the regular season.
