FRISCO, Texas — Contemporary off the Dallas Cowboys‘ finest defensive efficiency of the 2025 season in a 44-22 win over the Washington Commanders in Week 7, proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones promised reinforcements have been on the way in which.
“We acquired an opportunity to evolve into the type of staff that our followers deserve,” Jones stated after the sport.
That wasn’t merely Jones making an attempt to stir the pot. Electrifying Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown tweeted “T-21” on Monday, indicating that his 21-day observe window — which supplies groups three weeks to determine whether or not to activate a participant or transfer him to season-ending injured reserve — had opened. That timeline suggests Overshown may return after the staff’s Week 10 bye for Week 11 on the Las Vegas Raiders on “Monday Night time Soccer.”
Overshown tore his ACL for the second time in his profession on Thanksgiving final season. Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed that Overshown’s window had opened, together with these for third-round rookie cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. (knee) and beginning middle Cooper Beebe (ankle). Huge receiver Jonathan Mingo (knee) might be activated this week from injured reserve. Beebe has been working within the rehab group at Dallas observe the previous few weeks together with Overshown and Revel.
“Do not predict they’re all enjoying, however once more, we’re excited to get these guys again. They’ve labored so laborious. Demo [Overshown] and Von [Revel] and actually all the fellows have labored so laborious to get again that I am excited to get them on the market. However we’ll be sensible, and we’ll ramp them up and see how they do”
This is the outlook for Overshown and Revel this season, plus an replace on defensive sort out Kenny Clark, who suffered an elbow damage on Sunday.
Overshown is working his approach again from his second main knee damage after tearing his ACL within the 2023 preseason as a rookie. He is forward of schedule in his rehab after saying throughout organized staff actions that his goal return date was Thanksgiving. Schottenheimer stated he is been impressed by Overshown’s progress on the psychological facet throughout his restoration.
“I believe how a lot he is been round [defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus] ‘Flus and the way he sits proper in entrance of the conferences. As I have been sitting within the [defensive] conferences, he sits proper in entrance, and he is acquired sun shades on, which is type of cool. I am unable to pull that off. I attempt,” Schottenheimer stated.
“He is intent. You hear him desirous to reply all of the questions after they’re asking one other man. You see him type of mouthing the reply. I believe it is the understanding of he is aware of the bodily half goes to deal with itself, however mentally and understanding the system and the calls: closed left, rock logs and all of the various things that we do. The checks need to make versus sure formations, man, he is all into that. So I believe as you mature as a participant you perceive that it is not simply the motion expertise and the power to sort out and run guys down. It is the psychological facet. It is a chess match, and I believe he is gotten older and wiser. I believe he is actually attacking the play.”
Clark suffered an elbow damage on a three-yard landing run by Commanders operating again Chris Rodriguez Jr. with 2:39 left within the third quarter. He was formally listed as questionable however returned with 11:13 remaining within the fourth. Clark generated 5 quarterback pressures on Sunday, tying his 2025 season excessive. His 23 pressures lead the Cowboys this 12 months.
“I believe he will be good,” Schottenheimer stated of Clark. “He is powerful as nails, and I believed he did a very good job yesterday affecting the quarterback from a pass-rush standpoint too. The push that he and Osa [Odighizuwa] acquired within the center was good to see.”
Even after Dallas’ finest defensive outing of the 12 months towards Washington, the Cowboys nonetheless rank final within the NFL in go protection, permitting 260.3 yards per recreation. Getting Revel again can solely assist Eberflus’ maligned secondary.
“You’ve got simply seen it over the past couple of weeks working with [director of rehab] Britt [Brown] — you have seen the arrogance and the change of path within the issues that he is doing, which now makes us very snug opening his window and letting him go on the market and play soccer, which he likes to do,” Schottenheimer stated. “Once more, it’s going to be principally scout-team stuff in all probability this week. Let him run round and chase CeeDee and George and people guys round, see how he does. He’ll make errors, however I am fairly certain that he is actually, actually good at soccer too. … I am pleased with him.”
Dallas has been wanting to get its third-round choose on the sector given the attrition at cornerback this season, particularly with Professional Bowl nook Trevon Diggs having suffered a concussion. There’s loads of pleasure across the constructing for when Revel lastly fits up.
“The scale [6-foot-1, 194 pounds] and the athleticism jumped off the movie in school. I believe that, once more, he has the traits that we love in corners: they’ve size, they’ve aggressive spirit, issues like that,” Schottenheimer stated. “I do not need to go too far excessive in my reward for Von as a result of it may be just a little little bit of a course of. I am excited to get him on the market on the grass, operating round and chasing round some fairly good receivers.”
