The Dallas Cowboys continue to take losses from COVID-19 to throughout the roster. Now starting Offensive Tackle Terence Steele is moving to the Reserve list and will definitely miss the Week 13 game against the New Orleans Saints this Thursday.

Steele remained a starter last week even with both Tyron Smith and La’el Collins available, playing at right tackle over Collins. He’d been starting at left tackle for a few weeks during Smith’s injury absence and was the RT starter for the early part of the year during Collins’ five-game suspension.

The #Cowboys announced that RT Terence Steele was placed the COVID-19 reserve list and he’s out Thursday vs. the #Saints.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 28, 2021

Thankfully, Collins is the fallback option and perhaps the better one. La’el has been in the doghouse this year due to his suspension and Dallas has clearly been motivated, especially evident last week, to see if they can trust Steele to be a long-term option.

Nevertheless, La’el Collins was once one of the top right tackles in the game. He hasn’t looked as good this year since coming off the suspension but has shown more talent than Steele throughout his career.

At the very least, the Cowboys shouldn’t experience any drop in performance going back to Collins from Steele. This feels especially true after seeing Terence struggle last Thursday in Dallas’ loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Depending on how he performs this week, perhaps La’el Collins finds a way to keep his job going forward.