The Cowboys will be without starting strong safety Gerald Sensabaugh for the next 2-4 weeks as he has suffered a broken thumb.  He has played in all 4 games for the Cowboys so far this season and he has made 18 tackles and defensed 1 pass.  The Cowboys have released RB Chauncey Washington with the idea that the Cowboys would be able to re-sign Marvin White who they released last week.  But, he was claimed off waivers by the Lions so the Cowboys will have to come up with a new plan.

The Cowboys have lost RB Felix Jones for a couple of weeks due to a knee injury suffered in last night’s game against the Panthers.  This is a huge loss for the Cowboys as Jones has carried the football 21 times for 212 yards (10.1 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also has caught 1 pass for 20 yards this season.  With Marion Barber also hurting this compounds the Cowboys’ problem at running back.  At least the Cowboys have quality depth as Tashard Choice is good enough to carry the load.  He has carried the ball 22 times for 100 yards (4.5 ypc) with 1 TD carry.  He has also caught 7 passes for 45 yards (6.4 avg) so far this year for the Cowboys.  The Cowboys will miss Jones who is averaging over 10 yards per carry which is unheard of.

The Dallas Cowboys (2-1) didn’t look great tonight, but they made enough plays to beat the Carolina Panthers (0-3) in Dallas Monday night.  After having a huge week one game with 353 yards and 3 touchdowns, Tony Romo collapsed last week and had 3 interceptions and only 127 yards.  Tonight, Romo was careful and found a medium between the two first games, as he went 22/33 for 253 yards but had no touchdowns and no interceptions.

The Cowboys running game came to play today, even without Marion Barber who missed the game with an injured thigh.  Felix Jones started off great tonight and finished with 94 yards on 8 (11.8 avg) carries before leaving with a knee injury.  This is another big blow to the Cowboys running attack, but third stringer Tashard Choice did a great job carrying the load.  Choice finished with 82 yards on 18 carries (4.6 avg) and had the Cowboys only offensive touchdown.

The Cowboys defense played great, as they forced Panthers’ quarterback into two interceptions, a fumble, and sacked him three times.  Terence Newman sealed the victory for the Cowboys when he jumped a Steve Smith slant route (which Smith stopped on the route), picked it, and ran it in for an easy touchdown.  The Cowboys converted on a two-point conversion soon-after and the game was over by that point.  The Cowboys are on the road next week against the Denver Broncos (3-0).

Running back Marion Barber has been trying very hard all week to get back into the Cowboys line-up, but his status is doubtful for tonight Monday Night Football match-up against the Carolina Panthers.  Barber has a left thigh injury, which occurred on his last carry of the Cowboys 33-31 loss to the New York Giants last week.  Barber probably could go if they need him, but the Cowboys have two good and healthy backs in Felix Jones and Tashard Choice to go in place of Barber.  I think Barber will get some carries tonight, and they will see how he feels from there, but expect Jones to take most of the carries tonight.

The Dallas Cowboys have placed rookie linebacker Brandon Williams on the Injured Reserve List after he tore his ACL.  Williams was a fourth round pick this season out of Texas Tech.  The Cowboys had plans on him giving them depth on defense and help on special teams but those plans are down the drain now.