Cowboys have been for most part injury free throughout the 2009 season, but their trip to Green Bay not only brought a loss, but two starters lost—one long-term and another for between 2-4 weeks, and others hobbling as well.

Starting right tackle Marc Colombo is out for the remainder of the regular season and “might” return if the Cowboys make the playoffs.

Safety Ken Hamlin is out between 2-4 weeks, and others had their egos and bodies bruised in the 17-7 loss in Green Bay.

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By Calvin Watkins, ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas — Dallas Cowboys starting right tackle Marc Colombo will undergo surgery Monday to repair ligaments on his left ankle after suffering a high ankle sprain in Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Colombo also has a fracture on his fibula near his left knee that doesn’t need surgery. Cowboys officials said the recovery time for the fibula injury is six weeks.

Recovery time for the ankle has not been determined, and owner and general manager Jerry Jones had said Colombo is out for the season.

The Cowboys are hopeful Colombo can return at some point, especially if the team makes a deep playoff run.

In other injury news, starting cornerback Mike Jenkins underwent an MRI on his left biceps Monday. Jenkins said his arm feels fine, but he didn’t know the results of the MRI.

Also, kicker David Buehler was limping in the locker room Monday. He said he hurt the little toe on his right foot while covering a punt.

“I’ll be able to kick,” Buehler said. “It hurts like hell.”

Also—adding to all this was more from Hamlin to miss 2-4 weeks with high ankle sprain

Also—in another report updated on espndallas.com, safety Ken Hamlin
is out 2-4 weeks with a high-ankle sprain.

Cornerback Mike Jenkins had an MRI on his left bicep, but said he felt fine—although when he returned after the injury, he played on snap before leaving the game.

More than 21.8 million watch MNF clash
Associated Press

BRISTOL, Conn. — Brett Favre’s matchup with his former team has attracted the largest cable television audience ever.

His Minnesota Vikings’ 30-23 win over the Green Bay Packers on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” was watched by more than 21.8 million people. The previous record was more than 18.6 million viewers for last year’s Monday night game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.

ESPN also said Tuesday that the game drew the highest rating in the network’s 30-year history. The 15.3 rating beat the 14.4 for a Bears-Vikings game on Dec. 6, 1987, during ESPN’s first season of televising NFL games.

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Before Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach joined the Dallas Cowboys in 1969, he was completing a four-year commitment in the Navy. Staubach only saw the talent of his future receiver, the late Bob Hayes, from television or game films sent to him by team executive Gil Brandt.

Then on Dec. 12, 1971, Staubach’s first season as the primary starter, one play from a 42-14 road victory over the New York Giants presented a clear, defining picture of why he thinks Hayes belongs in the same company with the NFL’s all-time greats.

“As a quarterback, you feel like you’re overthrowing [Hayes] sometimes and you end up underthrowing him,” Staubach said. “I threw a [85-yard touchdown] pass against the Giants he caught at midfield, and Spider Lockhart, one of the NFL’s fastest players at the time, is right with him. When Bob crossed the goal line, Spider was 5 or 6 yards behind. [Hayes] just had another gear.”

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