Cowboys’ Zack Martin, Cam Erving to miss multiple weeks

If it isn’t one thing it’s another with the 2020 Dallas Cowboys. Coming into their Thanksgiving showdown with the Washington Football Team, the Cowboys had a golden opportunity to take over first place in the NFC East. However, on their first offensive possession, starting tackles Cam Erving (knee) and perennial All-Pro Zack Martin (calf) both went down with injuries.

Neither would return to the game and they were replaced by Brandon Knight and Terence Steele. The Cowboys were hoping for positive news, but according to ESPN’s Todd Archer, both will miss multiple weeks with their current ailments.

Martin has been his usual dominant self when he’s laced up the cleats this season. In addition to keeping his status as the league’s best guard, he’s slid outside to right tackle as well. After looking like an All-Pro right tackle in Week 3 against the Seattle Seahawks after Steele went down, Martin was dominant against the Minnesota Vikings in his first start at tackle as he didn’t allow a single quarterback pressure all game.

Erving has made five starts this season due to the absence of Smith and Knight suffering an injury earlier in the season. This setback has to be extremely frustrating for him considering he had been playing some of the best football of his career in 2020.

The Cowboys will now rely on an offensive line that will feature two undrafted free agents (Knight, Steele), Connor McGovern who has only three career starts, veteran center Joe Looney and Connor Williams.

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