FRISCO, Texas – Even though he will miss some playing time, the Cowboys were happy to hear the news about Anthony Hitchens’ injury.
Although the initial diagnosis was a torn ACL, tests on Sunday revealed that Hitchens suffered a tibial plateau fracture with a recovery timetable of roughly eight weeks. That might not sound like good news on the surface, but it’s a definite positive given that a torn ACL would have sidelined him for the entire 2017 season.
“When you’re first thinking he’s going to miss the full season and it comes back and it’s a half or less, we’re smiling big,” said Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones.