Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Flozell Adams’ personal foul against the New York Giants is being reviewed by the NFL, putting his availability for Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers in doubt.

Adams was flagged shortly before halftime of the 31-24 loss for pushing Giants defensive end Justin Tuck in the back.

The penalty was declined and the two sides went into the locker room without further incident.

“Any altercation of that nature is reviewed for discipline,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an e-mail to the Star-Telegram on Monday.

As a result, the play could have reverberations for the Cowboys because of Adams’ discipline history, as he could be fined and/or suspended.

“I have talked to the Cowboys and the league. The league is discussing it and we will find out tomorrow,” said Jordan Woy, Adams’ agent. “Flo thought the play was still in action when the hit occurred.”

Adams has already been fined three times by the NFL this season for four roughness infractions.

He was fined $5,000 after Week 1 for an unnecessary roughness penalty against the Tampa Bay Bucs. In Week 2 against the Giants, he tripped Tuck and also kicked Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora. He was fined $12,500 for the two fouls.

And after adding a $7,500 fine for a tripping penalty against the Carolina Panthers in Week 3, Adams was warned by the league that any other offenses could result in a suspension.

There is no timetable on when the league might announce the results of the review. But if he was going to be suspended for this week’s game, the Cowboys would likely be notified by today so they can make lineup adjustments.

Adams declined to discuss the penalty after the game Sunday night. When asked about Tuck, he called him “a nobody.”

Tuck called Adams “a dirtbag” in the postgame locker room.

“A few guys in Dallas I really admire as people,” Tuck said Sunday. “He’s not one of them.”

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said he talked to Adams at halftime about the incident but declined to reveal what was said.

“I don’t know all the circumstances of what happened,” Phillips said. “I’m sure the league will take care of whatever they need to take care of as we do ourselves.”

With right tackle Marc Colombo already sidelined with a fractured foot, the absence of Adams would put the Cowboys in a serious bind against the Chargers.

They could start the inexperienced Pat McQuistan at left tackle or move right guard Leonard Davis to tackle and start Montrae Holland at guard.

Kicking a problem

Among qualified leaders in the NFL, Nick Folk ranks 28th in field-goal percentage.

Folk has made 16 of 24 kicks for a 66.7 percentage.

Last year, he ranked fourth in the NFL in percentage at .909, making 20 of 22 attempts.

Folk has struggled so badly that the Cowboys are questioning the entire place-kicking situation.

“We’re going to look at that whole operation,” special teams coach Joe DeCamillis said. “We’ve got to make a decision on exactly what we’re going to do. We’ve got to look and see. We’ve got to look at all options, including the hold, the snap, the kick, the coach. I mean, we’ve got to get it squared away.”

Folk has missed six of his past 11 attempts and missed two of three in the loss to the Giants on Sunday. One can be dismissed because it was from 57 yards as time ran out in the first half.

But the other miss was a bad one from 42 yards with slightly less than 11 minutes left in the game. It would have brought the Cowboys to within one point, but New York kicked a field goal on the next possession to lead 24-17 and that was as close at the Cowboys would get.

Holder Mat McBriar took responsibility for the miss, saying he did not get the laces out in front to give Folk a chance to make the kick.

DeCamillis said he still has confidence in Folk and he said the Cowboys are not considering bringing in kickers for tryouts.

by Clarence E. Hill Jr.,  Star Telegram

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