Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers Wild Card: Friday injury report
There’s just one more day of practice before the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers meet for their Wild Card round matchup in AT&T Stadium on Sunday. On Friday, both teams worked to get injured starters back, with varied levels of success.
Dallas added backup quarterback Cooper Rush to the injury report on Friday due to an illness. He’s listed as questionable for Sunday. If Rush isn’t available for the game, the Cowboys have third-stringer Trey Lance ready to go. The other major question mark is Johnathan Hankins, who has been nursing an ankle injury for a month.
The Cowboys cleared cornerback Stephon Gilmore and left guard Tyler Smith for gameday this week and they made more progress Friday. Gilmore suffered a shoulder injury against the Commanders and is planning to play with a brace on his shoulder. Meanwhile, Smith missed Week 18 due to the torn plantar fascia in his foot. Mike McCarthy told reporters that both players handled Thursday’s heavy practice load well and neither has an injury designation heading into the weekend.
Green Bay caught a bad break on Wednesday, potentially losing star cornerback Jaire Alexander for the Wild Card game. Alexander stepped on a teammate’s foot and sprained his ankle. He didn’t practice on Friday, nor did running back AJ Dillon who is dealing with a neck/stinger injury. Though he has slightly fewer yards than Aaron Jones, Dillon leads the Packers running backs this season in carries with 178.
The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers have released their Friday injury reports ahead of Sunday’s NFC Wild Card contest. Final inactives lists will come out with an hour and a half to go before the 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff at AT&T Stadium.
Cowboys Friday injury report
DE Dorance Armstrong (Ankle) — Full
S Malik Hooker (Ankle) — Full
CB Stephon Gilmore (Shoulder) — Limited
DT Johnathan Hankins (Ankle) — Full
OG Tyler Smith (Foot) — Full
QB Cooper Rush (illness) – DNP
OG Zack Martin (NIR-Rest) — Not Listed
OT Tyron Smith (NIR-Rest) — Not Listed
Packers Friday injury report
CB Jaire Alexander (Shoulder/Ankle) — DNP
LB De’Vondre Campbell (Neck) — Full
RB AJ Dillon (Thumb/Neck) — DNP
WR Romeo Doubs (Chest) — Limited
OT Elgton Jenkins (Knee/Ankle) — Limited
RB Aaron Jones (Knee/Finger) — Limited
LB Isaiah McDuffie (Concussion/Neck) — Full
TE Luke Musgrave (Kidney) — Full
C Josh Myers (Neck) — Full
S Jonathan Owens (Knee) — Limited
WR Jayden Reed (Chest) — Full
OG Sean Rhyan (Elbow) — Full
S Darnell Savage (Shoulder) — Full
DL T.J. Slaton (Knee/Foot) — Full
LB Preston Smith (Ankle) — Limited
OL Zach Tom (Finger) — Full
LB Quay Walker (Shoulder) — Full
WR Christian Watson (Hamstring) — Limited
RB Emanuel Wilson (Shoulder) — Full