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Brandin Cooks’ knee ‘feels great’, identifies key item missing from Cowboys – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com
Dallas WR2 has been eager to return to the field.
Brandin Cooks has been patiently waiting to return to the field for the Dallas Cowboys. The veteran wide receiver has been on injured reserve for the majority of the 2024 season, sidelined since Week 4 due to an infection in his knee, unable to do anything on the field to try and help avoid the current 3-7 record.
His practice window was opened on Wednesday, however, giving the Cowboys a total of 21 days to determine if he’ll be moved back to the active roster or if he’ll revert to season-ending injured reserve.
The latter seems extremely unlikely, seeing as Cooks is champing at the bit to play and, physically, is on track to do it possibly as early as this weekend against the Washington Commanders.
“Feels great,” he said of his knee, stiff-arming any notion he’d have to contend with rust. “My mindset is to go out there as if I ain’t lose a step. I’ve been putting in the work with the training staff, strength coaches, and so that’s my mindset going into it.
“Let’s go.”
It’s been a rough go for the multi-time 1,000-yard receiver and not simply as he recovered from the infection, but also in seeing the tailspin that occurred on the field.
“Yeah, I was definitely frustrated but, you know, it’s life and things happen,” he explained. “But it’s more frustrating when you see your team not winning. I think that that’s the thing. When you go out there and win, it’s one thing, but when we lose, and like how we’ve been [doing], it makes things a little harder and makes you when you get back and fast as you can to help as much as you can.”
Cooks is looking to bring an aura back to the offense with seven games remaining.
“I hope I can bring a spark and not just on the field, but just some of that energy out there on Sundays,” he said. “That’s my mindset — to just get guys playing at a high level, playing fast, playing free, and having a great time out there. I think that’s what I’m not seeing right now.
“I think we can go out there and be more joyful in our process, for sure.”
Micah Parsons Fires Shot at Ex-Teammate Dalton Schultz After Cowboys’ Loss to Texans – Karl Rasmussen, Sports Illustrated
Parsons wasn’t pleased with how his former teammate celebrated the Texans’ victory.
The Dallas Cowboys were totally outmatched on Monday night during a humbling 34–10 defeat against the Houston Texans.
After the game, some Texans players took the opportunity to declare themselves the top team in the state, including tight end Dalton Schultz—who posted a coffee-related video about Houston’s stature atop the state’s football hierarchy.
Schultz’s video doesn’t appear to have sat too well with Micah Parsons, with whom he was teammates on the Cowboys for two seasons from 2021 to 2022.
During his weekly podcast episode, Parsons—somewhat hypocritically—called out Schultz for chirping on Twitter despite not having a huge impact in Monday’s win.
“I actually saw Dalton Schultz put some little coffee thing on Twitter… I get if like Joe Mixon did that, you know, he had a decent game with 100 yards, 20 carries,” said Parsons. “But like, no impact and on Twitter? Come on.”
In the win, Schultz recorded a team-high five receptions for 33 yards. It wasn’t a world-beating performance by any means, but he played his part. And one could argue he had a bigger contribution than Parsons, who recorded just one assisted tackle in the game.
Still, Parsons felt it was appropriate to call out Schultz over his video—all while recording the latest episode of his podcast in the midst of a five-game losing streak.
Michael Irvin says Deion Sanders would be willing to coach the Cowboys under one very specific condition – John Breech, CBS Sports
The Playmaker wants to see his ex-Cowboys teammate at the helm.
With the Dallas Cowboys sitting at 3-7 heading into Week 12, it’s starting to look like Mike McCarthy won’t be returning for a sixth season with the team. That means the Cowboys could be in the market for a new coach come January.
If that happens, one name that keeps popping up is Deion Sanders. The Pro Football Hall of Famer spent five seasons in Dallas and won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys in 1995. Although Sanders seems to be happy in his current role as head coach at Colorado, the Cowboys could still lure him to Dallas if they’re willing to do one thing, according to Michael Irvin.
During a Tuesday appearance on “The Herd,” Irvin was asked whether Sanders would consider taking the Cowboys coaching job if the team were to draft his son, Shedeur Sanders, and he gave a very interesting answer.
“I believe 100% [yes], and I can tell you, good sources have told me that,” Irvin said. “Great sources have told me that. That’s all I can say like that without violating anything else.”
Basically, if you believe Irvin, then Sanders would be all about taking the Dallas job if the Cowboys are willing to use their first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft on Shedeur, who is currently a star quarterback at Colorado. Considering the Cowboys already have Dak Prescott, this seems like an unlikely scenario, but crazier things have happened.
Also, Irvin has already made it clear that he’s going to spend the next month pleading with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to hire Deion.
After a 3-7 start, here are the positives for the 2024 Dallas Cowboys – Shane Taylor, InsideTheStar.com
The season is effectively over, but it’s not been completely void of any bright spots.
What positives can we take away from such a down season for this football team?
Top Draft Pick
This is at the top of the list for everyone who follows this team. For the first time since the first Dak Prescott injury in 2020, the Dallas Cowboys are going to have a very solid draft pick.
New Head Coach
If this team had any other owner than Jerry Jones, I would probably be a little happier about this than I am.
Jerry controls this football team, he has to have a head coach who knows his role. Yeck, McCarthy can’t even give a report of some of the players that are injured because Jerry makes the call if they are going to play or not.
