The Sports Xchange

Dallas Cowboys All-Pro wide receiver Dez Bryant, recovering from a fractured right foot, has received a therapeutic injection to help improve his healing.

According to the Dallas Morning News, Bryant had bone marrow stem cells removed from his hip last week in Colorado and injected into his ankle in hopes of speeding the process of healing from the injury suffered in the season opener on Sept. 13.

Bryant had surgery on Sept. 14 which included a bone graft to help repair the fractured fifth metatarsal bone.

“It will do two things,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday of the injection. “It has the potential to improve the healing time but more important gives him and everyone more confidence that when he comes back, at whatever the time is, it will be sounder and I think that was the overriding reason for doing it. It will be sounder even if he kept the same timeframe. It could easily speed it up, but if not, what you’re always going to be worried about (is) if you wait another week maybe you’ve got less chance of reinjuring it or basically rushing it. That will give us more peace of mind on rushing it.

“He’s shown exceptional in his healing. I feel the procedure and how he’s doing gives us a good feeling that if we feel like he can handle the sensitivity then you feel like you aren’t being too aggressive in letting him get back out there. That’s the big thing.”

The Cowboys are still hoping Bryant can play after the bye week when they go on the road against the New York Giants on Oct. 25.