The good news for the Dallas Cowboys is that stud linebacker Sean Lee was back at practice wearing a cast on his wrist. The bad news, he's wearing a cast on his wrist. But having a Sean Lee with a cast is better than no Sean Lee, so we'll look at it as good news.

The cast, which has been padded up to some type of club, is already becoming a character of its own. It has a nickname.

"He was going pretty good with his Q-tip of an arm he had on that," safety Barry Church said. "He was catching some passes out there." "That’s what it looks like, a big Q-tip," [Anthony] Spencer joked. "Until he hit me in the face with it. It’s hard."

More importantly, Lee was able to function.

Lee said he felt less pain than he anticipated and was more functional with his left arm and hand than expected in his first practice since dislocating his left wrist in the loss to the Eagles. He’s confident that he can play with the cast...

The Cowboys were without Miles Austin, Felix Jones and Mike Jenkins, as expected. They also rested Kyle Kosier.

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