Cowboys won’t put Anthony Spencer on PUP List

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Anthony Spencer’s status for the start of the 2014 NFL season is in doubt and he is not expected to play in the season opener. That being said, the Cowboys decided not to place Spencer on the physically unable to perform list.

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“I can assure you at this time, as close as we are to Week 1, he won’t be ready. But he will be on our active 53-man roster,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM], as transcribed by the team’s website. “We wouldn’t be doing that if we weren’t planning on him being on the field immediately.”

Spencer is currently on the PUP list and the Cowboys had until Saturday to make a decision. After being given the franchise tag, Spencer missed 15 of 16 games during the 2013 season.

“He has progressed at a surprisingly fast pace, and I would say that, not Week 1, but there’s a possibility that any time after that he could feel good enough,” Jones said. “We feel good about his repairs. He’s got that microfracture, and we feel like that has completely grown in the way that that injury heals. It’s a question of him feeling good about his cuts.”