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Broaddus: Cowboys to shut down DeMarcus Lawrence for rest of 2024 season – 105.3 The Fan
The Cowboys are not going to get DeMarcus Lawrence back this season. Now the question is will he be back at all?
The Dallas Cowboys are shutting down defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence for the rest of the 2024 season, Bryan Broaddus reported Wednesday on the GBag Nation on 105.3 The Fan.
“They tried their best to get him back. There was a couple times where I was passing by the field, watching him, and I felt like [he was working hard with Cowboys trainer Britt Brown). … But they just couldn’t get that (foot) where it needed to be, and it wasn’t worth the risk for them going forward,” The Fan’s Brian Broaddus said.
Lawrence has been out since sustaining a foot injury in the Week 4 win over the New York Giants in September. Shortly after that Lawrence was moved to IR.
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Lawrence has played his entire 11-year career with the Cowboys but will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He has previously stated that he plans on playing next season. But will that be in Dallas?
“We may have seen Tank Lawrence for the last time in a Cowboys uniform,” Broaddus said.
Mailbag: Where has Osa improved this year? – Mickey Spagnola, Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
The defensive lineman is becoming one of the brightest stars on Dallas’ defense.
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It seems like Osa Odighizuwa is finally getting some recognition with Greg Olsen calling him one of the best defensive tackles in the game during last Sunday’s broadcast. In what areas has he improved this season? Since he’s in a contract year, is he playing himself out of what the Cowboys’ can afford? – Roland Williams/Denver, CO
Mickey: Well, it’s getting close, right? But if he keeps this up the rest of the way I would think he would become a Cowboys priority to re-sign since there isn’t really anyone waiting in the wings to replace what he does. Mazi is a one-tech, and there is not another young defensive tackle playing the 3 that I see on this roster. You know, like last year at defensive end when the Cowboys passed on the expensive Dorance Armstrong and Dante Fowler Jr., they had Sam Williams ready to emerge. Unfortunately, he suffered the torn ACL in training camp.
Now the cap will be tight again, maybe even tighter than it has been this year. But I’d imagine the Cowboys must look at Osa as playing a position of value. He is playing nearly 80 percent of the snaps this season, and at least 78 percent in the past five games and as much as 90 percent against the Giants. To me, he’s a keeper unless some teams just money whips him.
Tommy: I think his ability to get after the passer and apply pressure has been his biggest improvement this season. That’s not to say he wasn’t good at that last season – he had 47 pressures and three sacks – but with three games left in the 2024 season, he’s generated 44 pressures and four sacks, with the fourth coming on Sunday against the Panthers.
Add that to the fact that he’s equally as effective stopping the run (40 tackles and 8 run stuffs this season) and he’s certainly going to demand a pretty pay check heading into this offseason. Greg Olsen is absolutely right that he’s playing like one of the best defensive tackles in the league right now, and the Cowboys front office will definitely have a tough decision to make after these last three games.
My two cents? If you’ve got one of the best in the league at their position, find a way to keep them around.
Dallas Cowboys Stock Watch: Week 15 risers & fallers – Koby Skillern, Sports Illustrated
Some stock continues to rise as the season comes to a close.
The Dallas Cowboys on Sunday did their best impression of their glory days with hard-nosed football, dominating the run game alongside a stifling defense.
The Cowboys convincingly defeated the Carolina Panthers 30-14, showcasing multiple standout performances on both offense and defense.
Risers
Rico Dowdle, RB
Rico Dowdle has improved each week this season, which is exactly what the Cowboys need from their starting running back. Since Dowdle took over as the full-time running back, the Cowboys have had their best run-game since Ezekiel Elliott’s early seasons in the league.
On Sunday, Dowdle had a career day with 25 carries for a career-high 149 yards, averaging six yards per carry. His performance helped the Cowboys surpass their previous season-high team rushing yards by 55 yards.
Osa Odighizuwa, DT
Osa Odighizuwa is having a career year in the final season of his rookie contract, adding to the list of star players the Cowboys will need to re-sign.
On Sunday, Odighizuwa recorded four total tackles, three solo tackles, a sack, a tackle for loss, and four quarterback hits.
He has been one of the league’s best interior pass rushers and has continually increased his value as the season has progressed.
CeeDee Lamb, WR
Outside of Rico Dowdle, CeeDee Lamb was the only Cowboys’ weapon to make a significant impact on Sunday. Lamb surpassed 100 yards receiving for just the second time this season, finishing with nine catches for 116 yards and a touchdown.
Lamb became just the second player in Cowboys history, alongside Michael Irvin, to achieve four straight seasons of 1,000 receiving yards. It is still early, but Lamb is currently well on pace for a Hall of Fame career.
Cowboys Learn ‘Good News’ Prediction After DeMarvion Overshown Surgery – Mike Fisher, AthlonSports.com
Dallas got some good news regarding their up-and-coming linebacker’s recent injury.
FRISCO – The Dallas Cowboys, when it comes to sophomore linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, will take their positive news wherever they can get it..
And at this time, we can shed a bit of positive light on the subject.
Overshown, drafted 90th overall in the third round out of Texas in 2023, had already faced adversity in his young career. He missed his entire rookie season after suffering an ACL injury during preseason. Despite this, Overshown returned stronger in 2024, quickly emerging as a defensive cornerstone. Ranking second on the team with 90 tackles, he delivered standout moments, including his first career interception against the New York Giants on Thanksgiving—a self-tipped ball he returned for the Cowboys’ defensive touchdown.
However, those dreams took a significant hit against Cincinnati.
This is as devastating a knee injury as one can imagine, and surgery has now taken place. … with the “good news” via our colleague Jordan Schultz, who reaches out to CowboysCountry.com with a “good news” message..
Writes Schultz, “Sources: Cowboys standout LB DeMarvion Overshown underwent successful knee surgery with Dr. ElAttrache, and there’s hope he could return by mid-to-late next season — a far more optimistic timeline than initially expected after the diagnosis.”
Micah Parsons noise likely to dominate Cowboys offseason coverage – Reid Hanson, USA Today
Be ready for more “only so much pie to go around” comments during this offseason, too.
Raise your hand if you loved the constant media coverage last offseason about Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb’s unresolved contract extensions. Anyone? Anyone? Not even a little?
Aside from the national media, who live off ratings, and Cowboys front office, who lives off attention, it’s safe to say hardly anyone in the general public enjoyed the absurd and unrelenting conversation surrounding Prescott and Lamb’s unresolved contract situations last offseason.
This year it seems the greater NFL media is at it again, but this time they have their sights set on Micah Parsons. Parsons, the Cowboys superstar pass rusher, is entering the last year of his rookie deal in 2025. He’s eligible to sign an extension and when he does, he’s likely to reset the market as the top defensive player in the NFL.
Now after recent comments regarding another frugal offseason in 2025, the media has already spun dozens of Parsons trade stories. While Jones’ statements at the time and subsequent statements thereafter have specifically shot down such a blockbuster transaction, the damage has been done, and the clickbait playbook has been released.
It seems the only thing that will get this genie back in the bottle is a new contract, and based on the Cowboys history of negotiations, that won’t happen until the 11th hour. That means Cowboys fans can expect at least eight months of trade speculation, eight months of public bickering between Parsons’ camp and the Cowboys front office, eight months of coverage that could be going to something interesting.
Because they just can’t get enough of the Cowboys, the national media is almost guaranteed to latch onto the Parsons trade conversation and not let go until it’s finally put to bed with a new contract.
Buckle up.
