The Dallas Cowboys not only lost the first game of their 2020 season, they also lost a couple of key players to injuries.
Two starters went down for the Cowboys in their Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams, linebacker Leighton Vander Esch and tight end Blake Jarwin.
Vander Esch suffered a fractured collarbone and might make it back by the end of the season, even though he’s still expected to miss a significant amount of time.
Jarwin wasn’t as lucky. It appears that the fourth-year tight end has a torn ACL and will likely miss the entire season.
Vander Esch is an All-Pro and the leader of the Dallas defense, who plays a big part in communication and getting everyone on the same page as the starting middle linebacker. Worst of all for Vander Esch, he just got healthy from a neck injury that had him miss seven games in 2019.
Dallas thought that they had found the successor to star tight end Jason Witten, but they will have to wait another year to see if Jarwin is going to be the solution as their new No. 1 tight end.
Very thin at the tight end position, Dallas might look outside of the organization to find a replacement for Jarwin, who figured to a crucial part of the offseason this season.
