Barry Church (ankle) is questionable to return to Thursday's game against the Panthers due to a calf injury, Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Church (ankle) is questionable to return to Thursday's game against the Panthers due to a calf injury, Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Analysis:

Church has soldiered through a high-ankle sprain the past few weeks, but perhaps his insistence on playing through the pain has caught up to him. Entering the game as the Cowboys' leading tackler (and third among the NFL's defensive backs) with 77 on the season, IDP owners should watch his health with interest in advance of the Cowboys' Week 13 contest at Washington on Dec. 7.