Zeke unlikely to play for Cowboys against Bears

FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys moving backmost Ezekiel Elliott is listed arsenic doubtful for Sunday's crippled against the Chicago Bears due to the fact that of a hyperextended close knee.

Elliott did not enactment successful Friday's walkthrough aft sitting retired signifier Wednesday and Thursday to spell done absorption grooming and rehab.

"The lone accidental helium would person to play is if helium keeps going connected the close [path] that helium really has been going," manager Mike McCarthy said. "I mean he's doing a batch amended than we anticipated. But if helium practices tomorrow, past he'd person a accidental of playing."

Speaking connected 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones seemed to bespeak that Elliott would not play but did not wholly regularisation him retired up of the team's bye adjacent week.

"I'm not truthful definite we'd person done it this mode had we not had the bye. This conscionable gives excessively bully of an accidental if we don't usage Zeke," Jones said. "And we'll spot however helium is responding arsenic the week goes along, but if we don't usage him, this is conscionable excessively large of a clip to get him successful apical shape."

Elliott played astir of past twelvemonth with a torn posterior cruciate ligament successful his close genu that constricted his effectiveness, but helium did not miss a game. Elliott, who took a helmet to the genu successful past week's triumph implicit the Detroit Lions, has missed conscionable 1 crippled successful his vocation due to the fact that of injury.

Without Elliott, Tony Pollard would instrumentality implicit arsenic the pb moving backmost with the Cowboys calling up Malik Davis and Qadree Ollison from the signifier squad arsenic reserves.

"I deliberation he'll bash outstanding and I'm anxious to see," Jones said of Pollard connected 105.3 The Fan. "My imaginativeness of Pollard is that helium tin tally each day. I don't cognize that I've ever seen him get tired. So he's got durability successful presumption of his quality to transportation that load."

Linebacker Micah Parsons is expected to play Sunday aft being listed arsenic questionable and a constricted subordinate for a 2nd consecutive time with a enarthrosis strain. Defensive extremity Sam Williams (knee) is besides questionable; helium was a constricted subordinate Friday aft not practicing Thursday.

Safety Malik Hooker (hamstring), close tackle Terence Steele (neck), choky extremity Dalton Schultz (knee) and wide receiver Noah Brown (foot) are besides questionable, though Hooker and Brown mightiness beryllium longer shots to play.