The Dallas Cowboys limped into Pittsburgh in Week 5, and crawled out of Acrisure Stadium on Monday even more wounded following their last-second 20-17 victory.
Dallas entered Sunday night without No. 2 wide receiver Brandin Cooks (knee), three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons (high ankle sprain), four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence (Lisfranc, mid-foot sprain), All-Pro cornerback DaRon Bland (foot stress fracture) and 2024 fifth-round pick cornerback Caelen Carson (shoulder). The Cowboys left the game without 2024 second-round pick edge rusher Marshawn Kneeland (knee) and 2024 first-round pick left tackle Tyler Guyton (knee).
“It [the win] shows me that our guys do step up,” Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday at an event announcing the IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Arlington in March 2026. “You have to have that. If you’re going to have a winning team over the course of a year with the injury attrition you can have, you got to have young players step up. That, to me, was the most important thing about the other night.”
Down their top four edge rushers in Parsons, Lawrence, Kneeland and Sam Williams — who tore his ACL in training camp — it would make sense for the team to survey the landscape of available edge rushers. However, don’t expect Dallas to make a blockbuster trade to beef up that position. Jones defined signing Washington Commanders 2023 fifth-round pick edge rusher K.J. Henry off of the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad last week as being “aggressive.” Henry was inactive in Week 5, but he could ready to roll for Week 6 against the Detroit Lions after having time to learn the playbook.
“I agree with being aggressive, but the guys we got out there can be aggressive,” Jones said. “Yes, let’s be aggressive. We’ve got guys on the practice squad that can step up there and make those plays in volume. We brought in one [K.J….
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-10-08 22:48:59
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