DeMarco Murray Unlikely To Play In Week 7

Update:

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mentioned that RB DeMarco Murray is “probably” going to miss Sunday’s game against the Eagles.

“He’s probably going to be out,” Jones said of Murray on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM], via the Dallas Morning News. “We’ll miss him certainly this coming week and then we’ll see from there. I can’t emphasize enough how much doctors and trainers depend on the response of a player when you’re rehabbing injury, because all players have injury and some of them have it in an area that can be more limited, relative to their ability to long term – long term being in this case, playing throughout the season.”

Murray suffered a sprained MCL in his left knee. Dallas will also be without Lance Dunbar who is dealing with hamstring injury of his own, so it appears as though rookie Joseph Randle will be asked to handle the workload in Week 7.

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Demarco Murray has sprained MCL but right now believes there is a chance he plays this weekend. Depends how he feels Friday

— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) October 14, 2013

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Clarence Hill of the Star-Telegram reports that sources have informed him that Dallas Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray is likely to miss Week 7’s game against the Eagles, but they haven’t completely ruled him out just yet.

• Hill adds that the team doesn’t believe the injury is not a long-term concern.
• Murray will undergo an MRI on his sprained left MCL Monday.

Murray exited Sundays Week 6 win over the Redskins during the second quarter with what’s being listed as an MCL sprain. After having an MRI, the report is encouraging regarding the severity of the injury.

Murray, 25, has yet to have a healthy season in his three-year NFL career, which includes three missed games during his rookie season with a broken ankle and another six games in 2012 with a foot injury.

Rookie Joseph Randle is expected to fill in for Murray while he’s out.

We’ll have more regarding Murray’s injury as the news is available.