Aug 20th 2008 8:56AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, Cowboys, AFC North, NFC East
After a rough start to the preseason, the Cowboys will need all the help they can get to make it to the Super Bowl, their preordained fate (such assumptions make the Giants very, very angry, by the way). Well, some good news on that front: their Week 1 opponent, the Browns, could be without one of their best players.

Returner specialist/receiver Joshua Cribbs suffered a high-ankle sprain during the Monday night three-point loss (thanks for keeping it close, fourth-stringers!) and he’s likely out for the rest of the preseason and could miss the start of the regular season, too.

Well, at least according to writer/blogger/not-a-doctor Tim MacMahon. The is reporting only that Cribbs will miss the final two games of the preseason, but MacMahon, an expert in the field of rolling one’s ankles, offers his insight: The story states that Cribbs could sit out the final two preseason games. I’m no doctor, but I do consider myself somewhat of an expert in high ankle sprain recovery times after covering the comebacks of Anthony Henry, Terrell Owens and Dirk Nowitzki from that dreaded injury during the last year.

A high ankle sprain typically sidelines athletes from 4-6 weeks. T.O. and Dirk came back quicker than that, but neither was close to 100 percent upon their return.Continue Reading