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Dallas Cowboys Prepared for McFadden’s Injury

By Carl Cockerham

Jan 3, 2016; Arlington, TX, USA; Washington Redskins cornerback Will Blackmon (41) and Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden (20) during the game at AT&T Stadium. The Redskins defeat the Cowboys 34-23. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 3, 2016; Arlington, TX, USA; Washington Redskins cornerback Will Blackmon (41) and Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden (20) during the game at AT&T Stadium. The Redskins defeat the Cowboys 34-23. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Don’t even act surprised!

Dallas Cowboys 2015 leading rusher Darren McFadden had surgery on a broken right elbow on Tuesday that could keep him out of the Sept. 11 season opener against the New York Giants. Head coach Jason Garrett said the injury happened over Memorial Day weekend at McFadden’s house.

Running backs coach Gary Brown told the Dallas Morning News that McFadden fell on the elbow trying not to drop his cell phone,

McFadden participated in last week’s organized team activities, wearing a protective sleeve on his arm, but he did not say anything to the team’s athletic training staff until Friday. At his physical on Monday before the minicamp, X-rays revealed the fracture.

So surgery was performed Tuesday morning and Garrett told the Dallas Morning News after, “I don’t want to put too much of a timetable on it,. They said the surgery went well, and the overarching thing was a couple months.

“So we’ll see how he responds to everything, but we do anticipate him being back at some point in training camp and possibly being able to play in the opener.”

McFadden wasn’t the team’s main tailback until the sixth game of the season and still had 1,089 yards rushing. He also caught 40 passes for 328 yards and did not miss a game. But just like in Oakland, where he played first six years, the injury bug came for him.

So this is not a disaster for the Cowboys.

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