If you missed the news yesterday, Cowboys second-year offensive line player Tyler Guyton went down yesterday and the first reports were thoughts of a torn ACL.
Finally, for once, though, the Dallas Cowboys got some good news. After he went back and took an MRI, it revealed the ACL was intact, and Todd Archer of ESPN reports Guyton has a bone fracture that will not require surgery.
Guyton is expected to miss 4–6 weeks.
That could force him to miss the start of the season, but if they do lose him for any games it should only be maybe the opener against the Eagles since they are the first game of the year on a Thursday.
Options
While Guyton is sidelined, the team will need to find a replacement to protect the blindside of franchise quarterback Dak Prescott. Luckily for Dallas, the right man for the job could already be on the roster.
During the NFL offseason, the Cowboys signed veteran offensive lineman Hakeem Adeniji, a former sixth-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft, and a former Super Bowl starter.
Just looking at the depth chart, that is a name that jumps off as a guy that can be a plug and play as of now and see where it goes.
The next two days will be big for Tyler Guyton to determine a more sure recovery timeline, but there’s hope for a return in time for week one. Even at worst, Guyton is not expected to start the year on IR.
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— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) July 29, 2025
Looking at the rest of the depth chart, Asim Richards, rookie Ajani Cornelius or veteran Matt Waletzko.
Of that group, Adeniji, 27, has the most experience with 15 NFL starts in 43 games over the last five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns.
Another move that people would probably like to see is maybe moving Tyler Smith to left tackle, and letting Brock Hoffman play guard.
After reading what some others think, I agree with a writer who said that the best thing for Dallas’ offense is to keep Smith next to center Cooper Beebe and right guard Tyler Booker.
Moving Smith out to left tackle for the full season would likely mean going with a reserve player like Brock Hoffman, Nate Thomas, Saahdiq Charles or T.J. Bass at guard.
I guess we will have to wait and see what the Cowboys plan to do. They are off today, so we probably won’t get a taste of it until they return to practice next week.
I am just glad the Cowboys finally got a injury scare to go the right way for once. When I saw the report last night that he might have torn his ACL, it was like, of course, it had to be a starter who worked his tail off this offseason to get better.
I think Asim Richards should be the first option to be the starter!! Every time he was put in last year he played really well, so I think he earned his chance to be the starter!! And from what I hear, Adeniji wasn’t really all that good when he played!! That’s why he can’t stay on a team!! And that’s why he’s already on his 4th team since being drafted!! Head coach Brian Shotty has said that Adeniji is a big and strong player and that he likes him, and that could be true, but just because he’s big and strong, it don’t mean he is a good player!! But I guess we’ll see what happens in camp, maybe he’ll improve from the way he played in the past and be a better player for us, and end up being a better player than Richards!! We’ll just have to wait and see!! But as far as I know, these 2 are really the only options we have to play LT other than Guyton, unless we move Smith, but I don’t think that’s a good idea either!! And Ajani Cornelius is a RT, so I don’t think he’s even a option at all and Matt Waletzko hasn’t even come close to being reliable at LT, so I wouldn’t trust him to play that position either, he’s better off being a guard in my opinion!! But if I’m not mistaken, I think Saahdiq Charles can play LT pretty decently, so it’s possible he could be an option, but he mite be better off staying at guard too!! And it’s the same with Nate Thomas and Tj Bass!! So to me, like I said, I think Richards and Adeniji are the only options we really have to play LT until Guyton comes back!! And I think I’d be comfortable with Richards starting a game for us if we need him to, and maybe Adeniji will be good for one game too!! But hopefully we won’t have to worry about it and Guyton will return before week 1!! We’ll just have to wait and see!!