There’s hope that Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick will return to the field at some point this season. That’s one of the takeaways from the Cowboys’ decision not to keep Frederick on the roster instead of placing him on the injured reserve, per David Moore of SportsDay.

Club officials have determined the Pro Bowl center's importance to the team outweighs the uncertainty of knowing when he can step back into the starting lineup. It's a clear indication the Cowboys hope – it should be stressed there's nothing stronger than hope at this stage – that Frederick may be able to return sooner than if he was placed on injured reserve.

As what Moore noted, the Cowboys are holding only to a hope and not on a concrete expectation that Frederick will return this season. Frederick has been diagnosed with a rare immune system disorder called Guillain Barre Syndrome last month.

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However, the Cowboys opting not to put Travis Frederick on the IR, suggests that there is at least a glimmer of optimism that the former first-round pick will make it back to the field before the 2018 NFL season concludes. Had the Cowboys placed Frederick on the IR, he would have been ruled ineligible for the first eight games of the campaign.

There is no exact timetable of return for Frederick and Dallas will not deploy him on the field until he is fully cleared by doctors, but avoiding time on the IR is an encouraging sign that there’s a chance that he’ll be able to see action before a Week 10 date with the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles.