FRISCO, Texas — The flirting with Odell Beckham Jr. may not be over, however the Dallas Cowboys on Monday added one other veteran broad receiver — T.Y. Hilton.
“The timing is correct,” coach Mike McCarthy mentioned Monday. “He is able to go. He is a wonderful addition, particularly at the moment of 12 months.”
Hilton has not been with a staff all season, however the Cowboys felt the necessity to add veteran broad receiver assist. In 10 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, Hilton caught 631 passes for 9,691 yards and 53 touchdowns. He was a four-time Professional Bowl choose.
Hilton had simply 23 catches for 331 yards and three scores final season, taking part in in solely 10 video games.
Beckham visited the Cowboys final week as he recovers from a torn ACL in his left knee suffered in Tremendous Bowl LVI. Micah Parsons mentioned Beckham informed him he would wish 5 weeks to get able to play, which might imply he can be prepared just for the playoffs and perhaps even late within the postseason.
After the victory Sunday in opposition to the Houston Texans, proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones mentioned he wouldn’t rule out the attainable addition of Beckham.
Hilton joins a receiver crew that features CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup, Noah Brown, James Washington, KaVontae Turpin and Jalen Tolbert.
“I feel as you view this factor as this push via December and into January, the supply for guys is clearly going to be smaller and smaller so for us to have a man like T.Y. obtainable, he can are available right here and he is going to have the ability to cope with the transition it would take this late within the season,” offensive coordinator Kellen Moore mentioned Monday. “As a veteran he is aware of ball. He is actually, actually sensible. To have a man like that, he’ll be capable to deal with the transition actually, very well and supply some depth. We’ll see the place all of the roles transpire.”
Hilton missed the primary 5 video games of final season due to a disk harm that occurred late in coaching camp in August, and he missed two different video games through the season due to a quadriceps harm and a concussion. After lacking a complete of simply two video games in his first six NFL seasons with the Colts, he missed 16 video games over 4 seasons due to an assortment of accidents.
Hilton spent the vast majority of his 10 seasons because the Colts’ No. 1 receiver, together with a stretch by which he had not less than 1,000 yards receiving in 5 of six seasons.
