{"id":30228,"date":"2025-07-29T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30228\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:05:08","slug":"where-do-cowboys-turn-after-tyler-guyton-injury-cycling-through-dallas-offensive-line-options-for-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30228\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do Cowboys turn after Tyler Guyton injury: Cycling through Dallas offensive line options for Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injuries continue to pile up along the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0offensive line following Tyler Guyton’s knee injury<\/a>, a day after guard Rob Jones broke a bone in his neck<\/a> during training camp. While Guyton’s situation is not season-ending<\/a>, the projected starter at left tackle is questionable for Week 1 with a 4-to-6 week timeline for a return.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys open the season on Sept. 4 against the defending Super Bowl<\/a> champion Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> with a need up front if Guyton is unavailable. Who could step up for Dallas in Guyton’s absence as the primary protector for Dak Prescott<\/a>?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Options — while unproven — are available to the Cowboys<\/a> with the preseason acting as much-needed, hands-on experience at the position over the next several weeks. Hakeem Adeniji<\/a> signed in April and is back to 100%<\/a> after a knee injury forced him to sit out the entire 2024 season with the Cleveland Browns<\/a>. His ability to immediately contribute with Guyton on the mend might be just what the team needs as a veteran option.<\/p>\n

Asim Richards<\/a>\u00a0enters his third season in Dallas and sixth-round pick Ajani Cornelius<\/a> could be tasked with reps as a rookie. While he started at right tackle for Oregon last season<\/a>, Cornelius might be better-suited at guard in the NFL<\/a> — unless the Cowboys see something they like during training camp.<\/p>\n

Former 2022 fifth-round draft pick Matt Waletzko<\/a> will get a look, too. He came in with starter Tyler Smith<\/a> a few years ago, but hasn’t enjoyed the same level of success or opportunity. Perhaps that changes over the next few weeks with Dallas thin at the line of scrimmage.<\/p>\n

La’el Collins<\/a> on the practice squad started games for the Cowboys previously, but he hasn’t played a snap in an NFL game since 2022. He would only be tapped in an emergency situation if Dallas endures further injuries up front.<\/p>\n

2025 season crucial for Guyton’s development<\/p>\n

Initially, it was feared Guyton had torn his ACL<\/a>. The ligament being intact means Guyton will take it easy in August and make sure his knee is back to full strength before making a return.<\/p>\n

Guyton struggled early as a rookie<\/a> last season after allowing 11 pressures and four sacks during the Cowboys’ first four games along with being whistled for seven penalties. However, the recently retired<\/a> Tyron Smith expressed encouragement by Guyton’s work ethic and willingness to listen, two factors that were going to be staples of his expected improvement in 2025.<\/p>\n

“He wants to put in the work,” Smith said,\u00a0via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/a>. “He just needs a little technique work, which he’s doing right now. I feel like it’s going to be a different type of year for him to slow the game down and get the rookie nerves out. I think he’s building more confidence in his technique because he’s learning a lot more now.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injuries continue to pile up along the Dallas Cowboys\u00a0offensive line following Tyler Guyton’s knee injury, a day after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,1273,1234,28631,593,6499,85,27247,28632],"class_list":["post-30228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-dak-prescott","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-cowboys-offensive-line","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-preseason","tag-sports","tag-tyler-guyton","tag-tyler-guyton-injury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}