Ezekiel Elliott missed last week’s game against the Bears with a knee injury, and because the Cowboys have a bye this week, the running back will have two full weeks to heal.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones explained that the team believes the running back will be healthy when it returns to action against the Packers.
Elliott’s injury occurred late in the Cowboys’ previous game vs. Detroit, and the team chose to keep him out against Chicago so he could have back-to-back full weeks of rest. When Dallas returns from its bye, it has two big games on the road against the Packers and Vikings before playing the Giants at home on Thanksgiving in another important game.