FRISCO, Texas — Cooper Beebe will be sidelined for quite some time with an ankle injury that forced him out of the overtime win against the New York Giants, just before the Dallas Cowboys could mount their eventual comeback win — thrusting Brock Hoffman into the role of starting center under a mountain of pressure to protect All-Pro quarterback Dak Prescott.

Hoffman would do exactly that, in the face of two-time All-Pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, no less, and a single bad snap transfer was the only black mark on his day.

He'll now get the start for upwards of the next two months, making the decision by the Cowboys to secure him on an extension this past spring a very wise one.

"Obviously,I feel for Beebe getting hurt," Hoffman said. "But we've definitely prepared. It sucks, bu

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