Nick Folk has hip surgery

Per Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News, Cowboys kicker Nick Folk had hip surgery yesterday and is expected to begin light kicking in eight weeks.

Dr. Marc Phillipon, the same doctor that performed Alex Rodriguez's hip surgery, performed the operation.

"They said the worst that could happen is that I'd be 100 percent by the beginning of training camp, so training camp might be just me getting my legs under me," Folk said. "It just kind of sucks that it has to happen now, but we've got time to get it ready."

Folk, who made the Pro Bowl in his rookie season (2007), has made 46 of 53 field goals in his two seasons. The Cowboys drafted USC kicker David Buehler in the fifth round of this year's draft.