The Cowboys have lost 22-year old rookie WR Dez Bryant for the rest of the year due to a fractured right ankle.  Bryant played in 12 games for the Cowboys this year and he caught 45 passes for 561 yards (12.5 avg) with 6 TD grabs.  He also returned 15 punts for 215 yards (14.3 avg) with 2 TD returns and he also returned 12 kickoffs for 293 yards (24.4 avg) this year.  New head coach Jason Garrett says that Bryant is too valuable to be returning kickoffs and punts so look for the Cowboys to use him on offense full-time in 2011.

The Cowboys have placed rookie DT Sean Lissemore on the Injured Reserve List with a high left ankle sprain.  Lissemore played in 2 games for the Cowboys this season and he had 3 tackles and 1/2 a sack.  The Cowboys got tired of waiting for Lissemore to get healthy enough to play.

The Dallas Cowboys will be without 27-year old RB Marion Barber for a couple of weeks due to a calf injury.  Barber has played in 11 games for the Cowboys so far this year and he has carried the ball 102 times for 313 yards (3.1 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He has also caught 11 passes for 49 yards (4.5 avg) so far this year.  26-year old Tashard Choice will be getting the carries that were going to Marion Barber.  Choice has played in 11 games so far this year and he has carried the ball 14 times for 38 yards (2.7 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He has also caught 9 passes for 45 yards (5.0 avg) so far this year.  Choice is a pretty darn good back and he will be motivated to step up after being buried on the bench most of the year.

The Cowboys have played rookie KR/S Akwasi Owusu-Ansah on the Injured Reserve List with a high ankle sprain.  Owusu-Ansah played in 7 games for the Cowboys this year and he returned 25 kickoffs for 543 yards (21.7 avg).  He also made 1 tackle this year.  He was a 4th round pick last April for the Cowboys.  23-year old CB Bryan McCann will replace Owusu-Ansah as the kickoff returner.  McCann has played in 1 game for the Cowboys so far this year and he has returned 5 kickoffs for 139 yards (27.8 avg) and he has 1 tackle. 

The Cowboys will be without rookie DT Sean Lissemore for the next 4-6 weeks due a  high ankle sprain.  Lissemore has played in 2 games for the Cowboys this year and he has 3 sacks and 1/2 a sack.  This is a bad break for Lissemore who was a 7th round pick out of William & Mary last April.  That’s because he was finally getting a chance to play.

The Cowboys will be without 27-year old DE Marcus Spears for the next 4-6 weeks due to a strained left calf.  Spears has played in 8 games for the Cowboys so far this year and he has 19 tackles and 1 tackle for a loss.  This injury will hurt the depth of the D-Line for the Cowboys going forward.

UPDATE: (11/10/2010) – The Cowboys have placed Marcus Spears on the Injured Reserve List ending his season.

The Cowboys have lost 30-year old, starting QB Tony Romo for the next 6-8 weeks due to a broken left clavicle suffered in last night’s game against the Giants.  Romo has played in 5 games for the Cowboys this year and he has completed 148 of 213 passes (69.5%) for 1,605 yards with 11 TD passes and 7 INTs (94.9 QB Rating).  Romo has also carried the ball 6 times for 38 yards (6.3 ypc) this year.  Without Romo the Cowboys should turn to the running game a tad more as Jon Kitna is nowhere near his level as a QB.  It will also be interesting to see how fast the Cowboys push Romo to return, especially if things are going badly.  There will be no reason to rush Romo back if the Cowboys continue to get beat down every week.  Romo has now played in 83 games in his career with the Cowboys and he has completed 1,326 of 2,070 passes (64.1%) for 16,650 yards with 118 TD passes and 62 INTs (95.5 QB Rating).  Romo has also carried the ball 136 times for 413 yards (3.0 ypc) with 3 TD runs in his career so far. 

The Cowboys will be without 31-year old offensive guard Kyle Kosier for the next 2-3 weeks due to a strained Achilles tendon.  He has started 4 games for the Cowboys so far this year.  30-year old Montrae Holland will replace Kosier in the starting lineup once again.  He has played in 5 games (1 start) for the Cowboys so far this season so they are confident that he’ll be able to do a good job.

31-year old starting LG Kyle Kosier will miss the next 4-6 weeks due to a sprained right knee.  Kosier has played in 2 games for the Cowboys so far this season (both starts).  The Cowboys will replace Kosier at LG with Montrae Holland.  Holland has played in 3 games (1 start) for the Cowboys this year and he’s a solid veteran.  That doesn’t mean that the Cowboys won’t miss Kosier because they will.

The Cowboys have lost starting fullback Deon Anderson for the next 2-4 weeks due to arthroscopic knee surgery.  Undrafted rookie Chris Gronkowski will take over the the fullback while Anderson is out of action.  Gronkowski caught 1 pass for 8 yards last weekend in his NFL debut.  The Cowboys will miss Anderson’s lead blocking.

UPDATE:  (9/24/2010) – The Cowboys have released Anderson with a injury settlement.