LG Connor Williams out with torn ACL; Cowboys to stick with struggling K Brett Maher
Left guard Connor Williams is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett announced on Friday.
Williams will have surgery in the next two-to-four weeks, Garrett said.
The 2018 second-round pick suffered the injury in Thursday’s 26-15 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Williams injured the knee earlier in the game. He returned and then suffered a torn ACL.
The former Coppell and University of Texas product had arthroscopic surgery on the knee a few weeks ago, missing just one game before returning.
Xavier Sua-Filo will start in place of Williams.
The Cowboys plan to keep struggling kicker Brett Maher.
Maher missed two field goals against the Bills and has made just 19 of 26 kicks this season, including six of 12 at home at AT&T Stadium.
After the game, Garrett said they would evaluate the kicking position.
But on Friday, the Cowboys says they will not bring in any kickers to compete with Maher.
“We have confidence in Maher,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said Friday on 105.3 The Fan. “We are going to stick with him.”
