Safety Malik Hooker suffered fractured forearm, will have surgery and miss weeks

Cowboys starter Malik Hooker sustained a fractured forearm in Week 1, will have surgery and be sidelined for weeks, creating an immediate vacancy in the safety rotation.

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- Left game in second half after collision with a blocker
- Initial X‑rays in stadium; team said more testing would follow
- Coaching staff confirmed a fracture and that Hooker will have surgery
- Team projects he will miss multiple weeks (noted as ‘some weeks’)
- Cowboys will increase snaps for P.J. Locke in Hooker’s subpackage role
- Rookie Caleb Downs expected to see more regular snaps alongside Jalen Thompson
- Coaching staff noted they will adjust schemes and rotations while Hooker recovers

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