Cowboys Are Running Out of Wideouts, Is Anquan Boldin in Their Future?

Another preseason game, another injured wide receiver for the Cowboys. Terry Glenn hobbled his way out of town earlier this summer and Miles Austin could be out for three weeks after hurting his knee in the second preseason game.

And last night, Sam Hurd went down during Dallas' first possession, and according to the Morning News' Jean-Jacques Taylor, "[Hurd] wore a walking boot on his left foot and carried a Bible in his right hand. No one knows when he'll be back on the field."

As it stands, the Cowboys enter the regular season with Terrell Owens and Patrick Crayton and, well, that's it at wideout. There's tight end Jason Witten, of course, but it would be nice to have a little more depth beyond the starters, I'd think. Taylor writes that crappy luck has conspired against the Cowboys, but that doesn't mean Jerry Jones will run out and sign the first aged veteran to answer the phone.

Maybe, he has a lot more confidence in Danny Amendola and Mike Jefferson than I do. What he did make as clear is that the Cowboys aren't going to have much interest in going after some veteran receiver.

First, it doesn't make fiscal sense. Put a guy like Joe Horn on the roster for the opener and they have to pay his salary for the entire year. If they add a veteran for the second week, then they only have to pay him on a weekly basis.

Taylor makes it clear, for the record, that the Cowboys don't have Horn among the top-20 free agent wide receivers, so that ain't happening under any circumstances.

And it probably means Anquan Boldin won't be coming to Dallas in the near future. Not because he's overrated, but because he'd be too expensive. Luckily, the Cowboys have plenty of other weapons.

Assuming T.O., Crayton and Witten can stay healthy over the next month or so, and that Felix Jones and Marion Barber III can help pick up the slack, everything should be fine.

In theory, anyway.