Cowboys Vs. Bucs: Michael Gallup, Jourdan Lewis Only 2 on Injury Report

“I don’t want to (divulge Gallup’s status) at this time. Let’s just leave it at that," Jones says. OK, but ...

FRISCO - Michael Gallup and Jourdan Lewis on the injury report? For the DB Lewis, it’s hopefully a blip on the to Week 1.

For Gallup? It’s something more than that, aa he has become a tool of gamesmanship of the Dallas Cowboys, with owner Jerry Jones pretending there is a possibility that the rehabbing receiver might make a miraculous Week 1 appearance.

So Jerry is pretending.

The Sunday night foe, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, need not bother.

“I don’t want to (divulge Gallup’s status) at this time. Let’s just leave it at that," Jones said. 

OK, but CowboysSI.com has already clarified that status, confused by some when Jones appeared on 105.3 The Fan and declared that Gallup would play “if the Super Bowl were today.”

That was not medically accurate a week ago. It is not medically accurate now.

Gallup has been making notable progress in his rehab from an ACL tear sustained in the Cowboys’ Week 17 game against last season. But a source has urged us to explain to Cowboys Nation that avoiding the PUP list is not the same as rolling out of bed and playing in an NFL game.

And on Wednesday, continued good news, with Gallup and Jourdan Lewis (hamstring) the only Cowboys on the injury report.

#DallasCowboys/Tampa Bay Buccaneers injury / Practice Report for Wed https://t.co/XpImtdZoYw pic.twitter.com/ablZW9jm08

— fishsports ✭ (@fishsports) September 7, 2022

And was joined by Lewis doing individual drills, so that's positive.

But Gallup - who had not yet practiced,as of  Monday here at The Star to working on the cords with trainers - has made it clear he does not plan on playing in the Cowboys’ Week 1 matchup against the Bucs.

Michael Gallup ‘on schedule’ … #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/pT5GItZbgK

— fishsports ✭ (@fishsports) September 5, 2022

Now, We have been told Week 3 looms as a possibility. And there is  Wednesday development Gallup has been ungraded to individual work in practice.

Michael Gallup practice update: Today he participated in individual drills. The WR continues to make progress in his rehab. https://t.co/rBLCdUeu4G #DallasCowboys @fishsports pic.twitter.com/2H2HrWcgSo

— Bri Amaranthus (@BriAmaranthus) September 7, 2022

In the meantime, Jerry has his wordplay, suggesting he is in the “business of playing the game of competition and not let the Bucs get prepared for him one way or the other.”

Clever! But then - because Jerry is both a poor liar and unable to help himself - he continued on …

“But,” he said, “we planned all along for him not to be in the game."

Yes, Jerry. We know. And so do the Bucs.

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