Marion Barber Should Play Sunday, According to Jerry Jones and Wade Phillips

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This news downgrades Barber’s value and upgrades Choice’s. The Cowboys did sign Chauncey Washington off the practice squad so they must be a little worried about how effective Barber can be.

From the Fort Worth Star Telegram:

Jerry Jones graced the Cowboys with his presence today at practice, and had a few injury nuggets to share with the press. From the Dallas Morning News:

Jones also addressed some of the team’s other injury/roster news:

Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News gives us this update on Marion Barber’s status:

Unsurprisingly, Felix Jones was held out of practice due to his PCL strain, which will likely sideline him for 1-2 weeks.

Our brothers over at the

(via Matt Mosley) that the Cowboys will likely hold Marion Barber out of Monday night’s game.

Still too early to say what will happen, but this has to be encouraging news for Barber owners.

Maybe Marion Barber is a quick healer. After initially reporting that the Cowboys’ bruising RB would miss two weeks due to his quad injury, word came out that it would only be “1-2 weeks”, before culminating in the news that Barber might not miss any time at all.

If you own Barber, obviously check in before kickoff to see if the Cowboys’ touchdown machine will be suiting up this week. But even if he does play, it might be worth exploring other options. It wouldn’t be surprising if the Cowboys’ coaches limit Barber until they are sure he can handle a full workload. Felix Jones remains a solid starting option this week.

Late in the Cowboys/Giants game last night, Marion Barber broke free at the line of scrimmage and was on his way to a probable TD. Suddenly, Barber stumbled and fell to the ground with no one touching him, pulling up lame on the run. For now, the Cowboys are terming it a quad muscle strain and do not have results from the MRI yet. There was no speculation on a timetable for return.