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FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas left guard Lael Collins will be placed on injured reserve with a possible return late in the season because of a right toe injury, a person with knowledge of the injury said Monday.Collins left late in the first half of Sunday nights 31-17 win over Chicago with a toe injury. Speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because details of the injury werent released, the person said Collins has a ligament injury on his right big toe.Putting Collins on IR opens a roster spot for the Cowboys while giving Collins a chance to return to practice in six weeks and play in a game after eight weeks. He could return on Thanksgiving against Washington.Dallas played the second half against the Bears without the starting left side of its line. Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith was inactive with a back injury. But Collins replacement is former starter Ron Leary, who lost his job to Collins last season.Receiver Dez Bryant sprained his right knee on his first catch early against the Bears but returned and caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Coach Jason Garrett said there was no update on Bryants status.If Bryant is out for any length of time, it will be the second straight year that hes been sidelined. Last season, he broke his right foot in the opener, missed five games and wasnt the same the rest of the season while he also battled ankle issues.The Cowboys sat Bryant the last two games in 2015 because they were out of contention on their way to a 4-12 finish.Bryant appeared to injure his right ankle when he was tackled awkwardly after the first-quarter catch against the Bears. He missed several plays while he was checked out on the sideline, and the knee injury was announced. He didnt appear in the locker room when it was open to reporters after the game.Hes an incredibly tough individual, Garrett said. Hes mentally tough and hes physically tough and he demonstrates that to us almost on a daily and a weekly basis. I think we saw that again last night, we saw it last year.Smith missed a game for just the second time in his six-year career, and second-year player Chaz Green made his first career start in Smiths spot. Leary appeared in just four games last year after starting 31 of 32 games the previous two seasons.The Cowboys rushed for a season-high 199 yards, including the first 100-yard game for rookie fourth-overall pick Ezekiel Elliott (140 yards on 30 carries). Dallas has seven rushing touchdowns after finishing with eight last season.I thought in general our offensive line played particularly well, Garrett said. (Collins) goes down the first half, Ron Leary comes in, so you got two guys having to play and working on the left-hand side. 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The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum. Micheal Ray Richardson Jersey .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly wants the Fighting Irish to trust themselves against Navy in their game in Jacksonville, Florida.Kelly believes indecisiveness has hurt the Irish (3-5) in a variety of ways. He says at times players havent trusted their talents, what theyve been taught and sometimes havent trusted teammates.So we talk about that openly as really a piece that still needs to grow within our football team. Some of that is just inexperienced players that have to trust in those three areas, and we just have to continue to work on those and be pretty transparent in talking about those things on a day-to-day basis, he said.Kelly, who may have set the tone when he couldnt decide on a starting quarterback to begin the season, pointed to the poor play on special teams against Miami. C.J. Sanders failed to run up and catch a punt that bounced and led to Miamis first touchdown.Hes a talented football player and he needs to trust his talents, Kelly said. When you trust your talents, you wont be indecisive. Youll go up and get that football, and you wont suffer the consequences -- and our team wont suffer the consequences.The Irish head into the annual game with a losing record for the first time since 2007, when Navy won 46-44 in triple overtime to end Notre Dames NCAA-record winning streak against the Midshipmen at 43 games. The Irish had 1-7 record heading into that game. Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo believes the Irish are better than their record.Not one of their better years, but theyre still Notre Dame and still really good, he said. Its going to be a tough game for us.The Midshipmen (5-2) were ranked No. 22 until losing 52-45 to South Florida , although they rallied back from a 42-14 deficit. Niumatalolo hopes the Midshipmen can rebound like they did following a 28-14 loss to Air Force on Saturday, when they shocked then sixth-ranked Houston 46-40.We tell them the same thing; whether you win or lose youve got to move on.dddddddddddd Hopefully, theyll bounce back, he said.Other things to know about the Notre Dame-Navy:LOSING RECORD: Notre Dame is 8-5 all-time vs. Navy when it has a losing record and 3-4 when it has a losing record and the Midshipmen have a winning record.SCORING DROUGHTS: Opponents have gone on scoring binges against the Irish. Texas scored 17 straight points, Michigan State 36, Duke 21, Stanford 17 and Miami 27. Kelly said the key to stopping such runs is a consistent running game.Thats why we run hot and cold at times offensively, because we havent established the consistency at running the football, he said.THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS: South Florida converted on its first 12 third-down chances against Navy. Were looking at some things schematically, personnel-wise, things we can do to improve on that, Niumatalolo said. Tackling in the open field is definitely an issue.Navy is the seventh worst team in the nation on stopping opponents on third down, succeeding only 48.1 percent of the time. The Irish offense ranks 96th on third down conversions, succeeding on 36 percent of their chances.CHANGE OF VENUE: Jacksonville is the eighth American city besides South Bend where Notre Dame has faced Navy. Its played the Midshipmen in Baltimore (22 times), Chicago (1), Cleveland (11), East Rutherford, New Jersey (12), Landover, Maryland (1), Orlando (3) and Philadelphia (3). The two teams also have played twice in Dublin, Ireland. In 2018, they will play in San Diego and in 2020 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford . Theyve never played in Annapolis.HOMEWARD BOUND: Thirteen Navy players and 11 on Notre Dame are from Florida.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '