Most notable among the injuries is the foot injury to safety Gerald Sensabaugh, who hurt his foot just prior to halftime in the Washington game. Sensabaugh was seen wearing a walking cast and hopes to play against the Dolphins. But the Cowboys only have until Thursday to get its team ready as the pay per head week 12 game is a special Thanksgiving Day meeting. Sensabaugh has said that he will see how his foot feels, but the short week is not going to help.

Another notable Cowboy that will not be playing in the Miami game is back-up quarterback Jon Kitna. He suffered a back injury and is still having difficulty moving around. He is not expected to play this week, and it is unknown when he will be able to return.

Other Cowboys hobbled by injuries include wide receiver Miles Austin who is still nursing a hamstring injury, fullback Tony Fiammetta who was ill and back-up cornerback Mike Jenkins who is also out with a hamstring injury. Dallas head coach Jason Garrett has not given any indication on when the injured Cowboys will return or if any of them are expected to play Thursday.

Garrett and the other Dallas coaches spent all Sunday night doing a 5 dimes review of the game tape from the Washington game and preparing for the Dolphins. One of the advantages that Garrett has is that he played for the Cowboys and he is intimately familiar with the challenges of the short week leading up to the Thanksgiving game. His time as a player and assistant coach with the Cowboys makes him uniquely qualified to handle the strain and pressure of the short Thanksgiving week.

The NFL fans in Dallas are completely behind their quarterback Tony Romo, but Romo’s lack of concentration in week 11 almost cost the Cowboys the game. With time ticking down on the clock as the Cowboys were preparing for the winning field goal in overtime, Romo reached up to call a timeout. The problem is that the Cowboys had already used both of its overtime timeouts and had none left. If the referees would have awarded the timeout to Romo, then it would have been a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. But, luckily for Romo, Washington head coach Mike Shanahan was calling a timeout at the same time to ice the Dallas kicker. The referees awarded Washington its timeout and Dallas won the game.

Romo indicated that he was trying to stop the clock to give the kicker time to make the kick. He did not realize that he had no timeouts left. Head coach Jason Garrett has not commented in any depth on the incident.

Roy Williams Injury Update – October 4th 2009
• Suffered injury during the game, looks like his abdomen or ribs are causing the pain.

Roy Williams Injury Update – October 5th 2009
• Roy Williams has 3 bruised ribs and Wade Phillips mentioned there may be cartilage damage as well ESPN reports

Marion Barber Injury Updates:

Marion barber Injury Update 9/20
• Marion Barber suffers quad injury during 4th quarter of the Dallas Cowboys – New York Giants Game

Marion Barber Injury Update 9/22
• NBC-5′s Newy Scruggs, and 1310 the ticket are reporting that Marion Barber’s quad injury is expected to sideline him for 1 to 2 weeks

Marion Barber Injury Update 9/23
• 1310 the Ticket reports that Marion barber was able to practice to day.
• Ed Werder reports that it’s more of a 50/50, day-to-day proposition.

Marion Barber Injury Update 9/28
• Cowboys have kept Barber’s status a secret all week, but he was not at the team walk through today and is not expected to play tonight.
• ***Marion Barber is inactive for Monday Nights game against the Carolina Panthers***

The Texas Rangers are in the middle of a playoff race, battling the Angels for the first spot in the AL West, and the Red Sox for the wild card spot. Michael Young’s injury is a definite blow to the Texas Ranger’s chances to make the playoffs, he has brought steady offense to the lineup all season long. Michael Young’s stats for the 2009 season so far:

Batting Avg: .322
Home Runs: 22
Runs Batted: In 67
Runs: 76
Stolen Bases: 8

Injury Update September 4th, 2009:
On September 3rd Michael Young received blood platelet injections to help speed the recovery from his hamstring injury.
Expected Date of Return:
Mlb.com has him out indefinitely, but Evan Grant interviewed injury expert Will Carroll on his D-Magazine blog – Inside Corner, and this is what he had to say about Michael Young’s injury:

The best case has him back in two weeks, just in time for a big series with the Angels. The more realistic case has him out until about the end of the month. Some people caught that my ERD for Young was very optimistic yesterday, spotting him at the 12th.

So what should Texas Rangers expect from this? That the Rangers third baseman will be out until at least September 12th, 2009. In his absence it is likely that 1B Cris Davis will move over to 3B and 1B / DH Hank Blalock will play at first base.