Cowboys DE Sam Williams feared to have torn ACL in practice

hard during Sunday’s training camp drills.

defensive end According to reports from NFL

Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom

Pelissero, Sam Williams is suspected of tearing

his ACL during practice. Williams is probably out

for the 2024 season, but he is still awaiting

confirmation from an MRI. NFL Network’s Jane

Slater and Rapoport report that Williams was

involved in a block during a special teams drill

before tripping and holding his left knee. After

that, he was taken off the pitch. Williams was

scheduled to start his third NFL season. The

Cowboys selected him in the second round in

2022. Williams was expected to be an important

part of the pass-rush rotation for the Cowboys,

who are led on the edges by Micah Parsons and

participated in 32 games over the course of two

seasons, coming off the bench to deliver plenty of

punch with 8.5 career sacks, 16 QB hits, 15

tackles for loss, and 48 stops. The Cowboys’

offseason and training camp debut have been

marred by off-field turmoil thus far, including

Dak Prescott’s final season under contract and

CeeDee Lamb’s holdout. Sadly, Williams’ injury

has left the Cowboys with a much more

challenging on-field problem to solve.

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