Former Ball State Cardinal and third-round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys Robert Brewster is going to have to wait a little while longer before he can see exactly how different the competition is in the NFL than the Mid-American Conference. Brewster suffered a torn pectoral muscle while he was lifting weights, and an MRI confirmed that.
Brewster, who was the second highest draft pick ever from Ball State now relies on the Cowboys for the next move. After having surgery immediately after the injury, Brewster now begins the healing stage as well as the waiting stage. Ideally, Dallas would sign Brewster to a contract and place him on injured reserve, effectively ending his season, but giving him a large piece of stability as the year goes on.
Clearly the worst case scenario is that Dallas uses this as an excuse to somehow get sour on Brewster, but that situation seems highly unlikely since large, agile, skilled offensive linemen are exceptionally hard to come by. Good luck to Robert as he heals up and gets ready to unleash hell on the NFL.
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