Breaking: Cowboys Place Starting CB On COVID IR
FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys defense has experienced most every sort of struggle in the 2020 NFL season, and now comes the latest: starting cornerback Chidobe Awuzie has been added to the team's Reserve/COVID-19 list.
Awuzie, who had just recently returned to the lineup in Week 11 after missing eight games with a hamstring injury that he suffered in the Cowboys 40-39 win earlier this season against the Atlanta Falcons, has battled injuries in trying to establish himself in this - a contract year for him.
According to the NFL's protocol for the Reserve/COVID-19 list, teams must place any player on the list that is designated as a "high risk" close contact. That player will then remain on the COVID-19 list until no fewer than five days have passed since the date that the player was last in contact with the infected individual.
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The player can then resume activities six days after being placed on the list if all of his tests over that timeframe, are negative.
This is of course a setback for the player in a year when the 3-9 Cowboys have experienced setbacks of most every sort; The two biggest rushing days by an opponent in franchise history have occurred this season, one of them in Tuesday's blowout loss at Baltimore.
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And the bottom line: The Cowboys have coughed up 393 points, five touchdowns more than the Lions, the Jets (0-12) and the Jaguars (1-11). The Dallas defense has been poor in every way. ... and now plays at the Bengals on Sunday without a starting cornerback.
