Flozell has swelling in his knee

from DC.com

Walking Wounded

The Cowboys finished their second week of OTA's here Friday, but were missing six players due to injury and rehabilitation.

Four of those were the usual suspects, Greg Ellis, Marco Rivera, Isaiah Stanback and Akin Ayodele. But there were two new guys joining the group, left tackle Flozell Adams and tight end Anthony Fasano. Adams developed some swelling in his right knee after the first mini-camp, and is being held out of the OTA sessions. Fasano suffered a sprained A.C. joint in his shoulder after he was fallen on during a recent non-pad OTA practice.

Ayodele recently had arthroscopic surgery to remove a nagging piece of cartilage from his right knee which had been bothering him since the end of last season. The veteran inside linebacker said he definitely will be ready for the start of training camp.

Also continuing to rehab from previous surgeries were Ellis, Stanback and Rivera. Ellis (Achilles) and Stanback (Lisfranc) are expected to be ready for the start of training camp, though the way Stanback was running during a few rehab drills on Friday, he might be ready as early as next weekend to participate in the mini-camp in some capacity.

As for Rivera, there does not seem to be any rush to get him back on the field following a second surgery in two years to repair the same ruptured disk in his lower back.