Brian Schottenheimer: Tyler Smith will remain at left tackle for rest of season

The Dallas Cowboys lost to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, but they did so with something interesting happening along the offensive line. Tyler Smith played left tackle. We joke about the names along the offensive line so to be clear we are saying it again. Tyler Smith played left tackle, as in the normal starting left guard (just want to be clear here).

Following the loss, Brian Schottenheimer noted that Smith is going to stay at left tackle across the final two games of the regular season.

The Cowboys have a need at left tackle because Tyler Guyton (as noted we joke about the names) has been out due to injury. As the FWST’s Nick Harris noted, Schotty said that if Guyton is back then he will be the swing tackle and could see time on the right side where Terence Steele plays (the same initials as Tyler Smith… the jokes have been everywhere for a few years now).

This news invites several questions:

• Are the Cowboys no longer committed to Tyler Guyton at left tackle?
• Is Tyler Smith viewed as a potential future answer at left tackle? Again? Surely so because otherwise why do this?
• Would this information have changed anyone’s stance during the Cowboys’ contract negotiations with Tyler Smith a few months ago when he was paid top guard money?
• Does the future offensive line involve Tyler Smith at left tackle and Tyler Guyton at right tackle?
• In that hypothetical who would the left guard be?

Obviously these are answers that the coming months will bring, but this is interesting to say the least.