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Aikman must wait at least another week
ESPN.com news services
IRVING, Texas -- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced Friday that quarterback Troy Aikman will be held out of Monday night's game against Washington.
|  | | Troy Aikman will be held out of the Monday nighter against the Redskins. |
Aikman, 33 and in his 12th NFL season, won't play as a precaution after he suffered the eighth concussion of his career in Week 1 against Philadelphia. Randall Cunningham will start in Aikman's place for the second consecutive game.
"We made the decision to hold Troy out of Monday night's game in Washington," Jones said in a statement. "This decision was reached after a thorough review of his daily progress throughout the week.
"Troy is healing better, but he understands the precautionary nature of this decision. This decision has been made for this week's game only, and we will proceed accordingly with further evaluation next week."
Dallas plays host to San Francisco on Sunday, Sept. 24.
On Thursday, Aikman disclosed that, unlike last season, the decision as to when he will return from a concussion no longer is being left up to him.
Jones told ESPN's Ed Werder that management and the medical staff would determine when Aikman is ready to return.
Aikman participated in a little more than 50 percent of the snaps at practice Thursday. He and Cunningham split time equally on Wednesday, the day Aikman made his practice return after suffering the concussion.
The Cowboys asked Aikman to throw more on the run than on Wednesday and generally tried to make him exert himself more as part of a test to gauge his recovery.
Aikman said he should have been named the starter by Thursday and said he was frustrated that he had not been given the OK. He declined to comment on whether he still is suffering from concussion symptoms.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss some of the things that I've experienced or haven't experienced or where I'm at with all of those things," Aikman said. "Those are things being discussed with the doctors, and that evaluation process is obviously the reason why we haven't come to a clear-cut answer yet."
Cunningham completed 24 of 34 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns against Arizona last week.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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Troy Aikman still has concerns in making a decision to play this week.