It doesn’t sound like Jason Peters will be taking the field this weekend. Despite being listed as doubtful for tomorrow’s game, the Cowboys lineman will definitively not play against the Rams, tweets Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In fact, the offensive lineman could be out for a few weeks.
Peters is reportedly dealing with a chest injury, and while it’s uncertain when he suffered the ailment, Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com points out that the veteran lineman wasn’t on the injury report on Wednesday or Thursday.
The 40-year-old joined the Cowboys practice squad in early September and was promoted to the active roster later that month. With left tackle Tyron Smith sidelined with a hamstring injury, Peters saw an increased role between Week 3 and Week 4. After playing in 22 percent of his team’s offensive snaps against the Giants, he saw 34 percent of the snaps against the Commanders. Williams notes that Peters was expected to take on an ever bigger role in upcoming games, with the veteran expected to spell starting guards Connor McGovern and Zack Martin.
Of course, Peters has plenty of experience at offensive tackle, with the veteran having seen the majority of his 230 career games at LT. After more than a decade with the Eagles, Peters spent the 2021 season with the Bears, where he started all 15 of his games. Despite getting up there in age, Pro Football Focus still ranked him among the NFL’s best offensive tackles last year.
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