The Dallas Cowboys will face the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, looking to carry over momentum from their recent win over the New York Jets. However, they find themselves threatened by significant injury concerns.

“The Dallas Cowboys placed RB Miles Sanders on Reserve/Injured and signed WR Jalen Cropper to the active roster from the practice squad,” announced the Dallas Cowboys’ PR account on X. “Dallas also elevated WR Parris Campbell from the practice squad for tomorrow’s game at Carolina. Lastly, CB Caelen Carson and WR Jonathan Mingo will remain on the Reserve/DFR list and are both ruled out for tomorrow’s game.”

Sanders suffered knee and ankle injuries during the Week 4 tie against the Green Bay Packers and will be out for the rest of the season, confirmed the Cowboys’ executive vice president, Stephen Jones. His unavailability in the Jets game saw the Cowboys activate rookie fifth-rounder Jaydon Blue, who had 4 carries for 7 yards.

Starter Javonte Williams has been terrific so far with 79 carries for 447 yards and 6 total scores. But with Phil Mafah also on IR and awaiting medical green light, Sanders’ injury leaves the Cowboys’ RB room severely depleted. Jones, however, is excited about what Blue can bring to the table.

“We’re still fired up to see what Jaydon Blue can be for this offense,” he said. “As much as I respect Sanders, I think Blue can really bring some juice to this offense.”

The rookie finished his Texas Longhorns career with 214 carries for 1161 yards and 18 total scores over 38 games.

The wide receiver

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Parris Campbell was signed to the practice squad on September 30th. After a MCL sprain in training camp, Campbell was placed on injured reserve, and there were speculations that he would miss the entire season. But in early August, Campbell successfully secured an injury settlement. And now, when the team scours through its depth, it has found Campbell as the right fit for Sunday’s game.

Also, Caelen Carson, the 2024, 5th round pick by the Cowboys, suffered a hyper-extended knee during training camp and looks like he hasn’t fully recovered. Back in 2024, he played six games for the Cowboys and recorded 27 total tackles and defended 4 passes. But the good news is that while he will not play on Sunday, he could make his 2025 debut in Week 7 against the

Washington Commanders.

Meanwhile, Mingo, too, is yet to make his season debut for the Cowboys after being placed on IR because of a PCL injury suffered during the preseason. The Cowboys activated his practice window on October 1, which means that he has 21 days to make it to the active roster or risk being put on IR for the entirety of the season or being cut completely.

This is terrible for the WR. Having recorded just 5 receptions for 46 yards last season after being acquired from the Carolina Panthers, Mingo was looking at a potential breakout season this time around. In fact, reports suggested that he had impressed onlookers during the training camp in Oxnard, California.

Now, even if he makes it back in time, he’ll have to compete for snaps with both

George Pickens and Jalen Tolbert ahead of him in the pecking order. And speaking of the receiver room, there’s some news around CeeDee Lamb as well.

Injury updates on CeeDee Lamb and DeMarvion Overshown

George Pickens has been drawing a lot of praise since he started filling in for CeeDee Lamb, who suffered a high-ankle sprain in Week 3. Over the last two games, the WR has recorded 10 receptions for an impressive 191 yards and 3 scores.

But while the Cowboys’ offense has managed things quite well without Lamb, they’d undoubtedly want their star receiver back as soon as possible. But while CeeDee Lamb made considerable progress this week, per reports, the Cowboys have ruled him out for the game against the Panthers. He, however, could return in Week 7.

Meanwhile, linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, another Cowboy yet to make his season debut, is also very close to participating in practice, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz. He suffered a brutal injury in 2024, which tore his ACL, PCL, and MCL. But now, the Cowboys expect to open his 21-day practice window in October. Before suffering the injury, Overshown had 90 total tackles, eight tackles for loss, five QB hits, four pass deflections, and one interception.

His return will arguably be more important than that of Lamb, considering the Cowboys’ defense has been terrible, giving up 412 yards per game—the worst in the league.