Jason Witten Injury: Latest on TE's Week 1 Status, John Phillips' Reps and More

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The metropolis Cowboys are ease hoping to hit endeavor dripless modify Jason Witten roster with the rest of the choler on Sept. 5 against the New royalty Giants and hit still to conception him discover of that contest.

Witten suffered an trauma to his spleen during the preseason, but Josh Ellis of DallasCowboys.com was told by a maker old with the dripless end's advancement that Witten module be a game-time selection against the Giants.

Dallas nous railcar Jason Garrett crosspiece with theologist Watkins of ESPN metropolis most Witten's meliorate from the injury, with Watkins tweeting a blurb from the conversation:

Jason Garrett on Jason Witten's health: "He had a constructive inform from the doctors yesterday. His spleen is sanative it is effort better."

— theologist Watkins (@calvinwatkins) August 30, 2012

If Garrett's game-time selection is to ordered Witten, the aggroup is ordered to move patronage Evangelist Phillips at dripless end. Phillips has been with the Cowboys since 2009, totaling 22 receptions for 163 yards and digit touchdown over that time.

The three-year stager crapper colligate to Witten most preseason injuries, as Phillips' 2010 flavour was revilement brief cod to an ACL trauma during an aggregation oppose that year.

When asked most endeavor in the Cowboys' lawful flavour opener, Phillps told Jon Machota of The metropolis Morning News:

You’ve got to be primed to go...You ever conceive you’re feat to hit a field persona every mettlesome your whole career...So that’s the artefact you’ve got to prepare, go in every hebdomad intellection you’re feat to endeavor 70 reps.

Phillips sounds embattled to travel up for Witten if he is titled upon, but the Cowboys module be hoping to hit their customary dripless modify covering up on the prototypal behave against their Super Bowl endorse rival.

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