Dallas Cowboys’ Zack Martin gets MRI on lower back after complaining about soreness
Dallas Cowboys guard Zack Martin was held out of practice Friday after complaining about a sore back.
The perennial Pro Bowler was advised to have an MRI exam by the team’s athletic trainers, according to head coach Jason Garrett.
Xavier Su’a-Filo started at right guard in his place in practice.
Su’a-Filo started eight games at left guard last year after supplanting Connor Williams in the starting lineup. Williams has regained his starting job, and Su’a-Filo is the team’s top interior backup.
The Cowboys are hoping to get good news on Martin, who was at the walk-through practice Friday morning and appeared to be moving around well.
“I am not the person to ask that,” Garrett said when asked if the injury happened in practice Thursday. “I know it’s bothering him now. The trainers felt this was the best thing to do. He is moving around fine, but we just want to look into it.”
Martin has only missed two games in his career, when he was held out the last two weeks of the 2018 season with a knee injury.
This story was originally published August 2, 2019 at 3:04 PM.
