Cowboys Pro Bowl Tyron Smith is out for the 2022 season due to an injury

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In the past season, The Dallas Cowboys had to play without Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith. This is going to happen again this season

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Because Smith tore his left hamstring in practice on Wednesday.

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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport informed Thursday morning that Smith actually suffered an avulsion fracture of the knee.

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For his injury, he will not be able to play most or all of the 2022 season.

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Smith is set to make $13.5 million this season, the penultimate year of the enormous eight-year, $97.6 million contract he signed in 2014.

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Still, Smith was named to his eighth Pro Bowl team though he did not play six games in the last season.

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Dallas Cowboys has one more preseason game on Friday against the Seattle Seahawks before opening its season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 11.

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