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.
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“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.”
The @dallascowboys placed RB Miles Sanders on Reserve/Injured and signed WR Jalen Cropper to the active roster from the practice squad. Dallas also elevated WR Parris Campbell from the practice squad for tomorrow’s game at Carolina. Lastly, CB Caelen Carson and WR Jonathan Show more
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.
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.