Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott unlikely to play vs. Bears earlier than bye week

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys operating again Ezekiel Elliott is listed as uncertain for Sunday’s recreation towards the Chicago Bears due to a hyperextended proper knee.

Elliott didn’t take part in Friday’s walkthrough after sitting out apply Wednesday and Thursday to undergo resistance coaching and rehab.

“The one likelihood he must play is that if he retains occurring the fitting [path] that he truly has been going,” coach Mike McCarthy stated. “I imply he is doing loads higher than we anticipated. But when he practices tomorrow, then he’d have an opportunity of enjoying.”

Talking on 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones appeared to point that Elliott wouldn’t play however didn’t fully rule him out forward of the workforce’s bye subsequent week.

“I am not so certain we would have achieved it this manner had we not had the bye. This simply provides too good of a chance if we do not use Zeke,” Jones stated. “And we’ll see how he’s responding because the week goes alongside, but when we do not use him, that is simply too nice of a time to get him in prime form.”

Elliott performed most of final yr with a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his proper knee that restricted his effectiveness, however he didn’t miss a recreation. Elliott, who took a helmet to the knee in final week’s win over the Detroit Lions, has missed only one recreation in his profession due to harm.

With out Elliott, Tony Pollard would take over because the lead operating again with the Cowboys calling up Malik Davis and Qadree Ollison from the apply squad as reserves.

“I feel he’ll do excellent and I am anxious to see,” Jones stated of Pollard on 105.3 The Fan. “My imaginative and prescient of Pollard is that he can run all day. I do not know that I’ve ever seen him get drained. So he is received sturdiness by way of his capacity to hold that load.”

Linebacker Micah Parsons is predicted to play Sunday after being listed as questionable and a restricted participant for a second straight day with a shoulder pressure. Defensive finish Sam Williams (knee) can also be questionable; he was a restricted participant Friday after not training Thursday.

Security Malik Hooker (hamstring), proper deal with Terence Steele (neck), tight finish Dalton Schultz (knee) and vast receiver Noah Brown (foot) are additionally questionable, though Hooker and Brown may be longer pictures to play.