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'Back home' at left tackle, Cowboys need Tyron Smith to stay healthy

FRISCO, Texas -- Through it all, Tyron Smith does not believe he is jinxed

The Dallas Cowboys’ eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle has missed 33 games in the past three seasons. A neck injury in 2020 limited him to two games. A high ankle sprain in 2021 and bout with COVID-19 cost him six games. Then there was last year, when he tore his left hamstring off the bone during training camp; that required surgery and forced him to miss 13 games.

“I don’t even think that way,” Smith said. “Waste of energy.