COWBOYS: The Dallas Cowboys have kept Terry Glenn on their roster all season, and are willing to wait until the playoffs for him to catch his first pass.
Even after Glenn’s second operation on his right knee in six weeks in mid-September, the 33-year-old receiver remained on the Cowboys’ 53-man roster.
“It shows what impact that we feel he can make on our team,” owner Jerry Jones said. “It shows we think there is a realistic chance he can come back and help us.”
Glenn’s rehabilitation has escalated to running, though he isn’t necessarily running routes or making cuts yet.
“He is doing things that give you an indication that he’s got a real shot here” to play this season, Jones said after visiting with Glenn this week. “He sure is positive and it’s feeling good. His leg is good. When he is positive, I am positive.”
Jones said Glenn won’t have to play in any of the last four regular-season games to be part of the postseason plans for the Cowboys (11-1).
While Jones was talking about Glenn, the receiver passed the group in the hallway with a trainer on their way to the weight room. Glenn kept walking, seemingly with no problem, without comment.
Glenn, after consecutive 1,000-yard seasons for the Cowboys, had his initial surgery Aug. 1 to remove a cyst from the back of his kneecap. Six weeks later, after trying to return to practice, Glenn’s knee started to swell and he had another surgery to remove loose cartilage.
With Glenn out, Terrell Owens has 71 catches for 1,249 yards and 14 touchdowns, already one more than his NFL-leading total last season and tied with Frank Clarke’s team record set in 1962.
Patrick Crayton, starting in Glenn’s spot, has 36 catches for 524 yards and his seven TDs match what he had combined in his first three seasons. Still, Crayton can’t wait for Glenn to return.
“Personally, it would be good to have my big brother back. He’s helped me be the receiver I am,” Crayton said. “It will be a big boost. It will be some fresh legs, another playmaker for a defense to have to game plan. … No defense is going to ignore that.”
BRONCOS: Denver signed wide receiver Brandon Stokley to a three-year contract extension on Saturday.
Stokley, who injured his knee in last week’s loss to Oakland and hadn’t practice until Friday, is expected to play against Kansas City today.
Stokley stepped into the starting lineup this season after Javon Walker suffered a knee injury. He’s caught 39 passes for 614 yards and four touchdowns.
Stokley, a nine-year veteran, ruptured his right Achilles’ tendon last December, leading to his offseason release from the Indianapolis Colts. He had surgery and rehabbed in Denver after signing with the Broncos on March 22.
COLTS: Indianapolis wideout Marvin Harrison will be out for the eighth time in nine games when Indianapolis plays the Ravens today. Harrison, who did not travel with the team to Baltimore, saw limited practice time Wednesday and had been listed as questionable for the game. He injured his knee Sept. 30 against Denver.
Associated Press
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