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7) Expectations for Diggs & Overshown in 2025? – Staff, DallasCowboys.com
Two injured players and what role they may play in 2025.
7) Expectations for Diggs & Overshown this season?
Mickey: These are more the hopes than “expectations” for two players coming off complex knee surgeries. The hope for Trevon Diggs, who has chosen to do his rehabilitation apart from the Cowboys trainers is being ready to start the season on time. There is no guarantee of that. Now the Cowboys training staff has been monitoring his rehab progress from afar, and did work with him during the three-day minicamp, but chances are Diggs will begin training camp on PUP just so they can continue working with him to better monitor his progress firsthand. The Cowboys must cover themselves for any potential early season absence. As for DeMarvion Overshown, who is rehabbing with the team training staff, and while there is optimism over his progress, the realistic hope is that the third-year linebacker can resume playing around Thanksgiving, though no timeline is set. Any contribution from Overshown will be considered a bonus.
Patrik: It’s not the same for both, I’ll tell you that much. That’s because of the timing and type of injury, allowing for an earlier potential timeline for return for Diggs. There’s at least a slight possibility Diggs could be ready at the start of training camp but, more realistically, before camp breaks in mid-August to return to Dallas; and that could keep him from starting the season on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list and missing any games from the outset. Overshown is moving around well nowadays but has more hurdles to overcome than does Diggs, so it seems a foregone conclusion the superstar in the making will miss games to start the 2025 campaign — though he fully expects to be on the field several games before the regular season concludes. As for their level of play when they eventually return? That’s impossible to calculate, to be honest. One on hand, you should allow some grace for any player returning from a season-ending knee injury but, on the other hand, we’ve now seen Overshown fly out of the gate swiftly when he returned in 2024 from a torn ACL in his other knee. Diggs is more difficult to predict, because it’ll depend on how confident he feels with his knee this time around, but given the fact the Cowboys are currently in dire straits as far as figuring out the CB position, there is a ton of pressure on the record-setting All-Pro to get back to that version of himself … and pronto.
Cowboys Depth Chart: Electrifying duo leads exciting wide receiver room – Nick Harris, Star-Telegram
A look at the Cowboys WR room.
The Dallas Cowboys are less than a month away from departing for Oxnard, Calif., for training camp, as the Brian Schottenheimer era approaches its official beginning on July 21. In the Cowboys Depth Chart series, we will take a look at each position group to determine which players are safe, on the bubble or have work to do in terms of making the 53-man roster coming out of training camp in late August.
At the wide receiver position, an electrifying duo headlines a passing attack that could be one of the best tandems in the league. Behind the top two, spots remain wide open in training camp and the preseason. Here’s a look at the wide receiver position heading into training camp.
SAFE (5) CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, KaVontae Turpin, Jonathan Mingo, Jalen Tolbert After making a seismic trade to address the lack of a second playmaker on offense, the Cowboys now have George Pickens to pair with CeeDee Lamb as a one-two punch in the passing game.
Behind them, the availability for targets will be up for grabs in Oxnard. KaVontae Turpin has a safe spot on the roster due to his value on special teams as a two-time Pro Bowl return specialist, but his value in the slot as a receiver on offense remains a question mark. The team spent valued draft capital when it acquired Jonathan Mingo in 2024, and the coaching staff will see it through with him despite limited production after his acquisition. Jalen Tolbert was once thought to be the next weapon for the offense, but he now faces stiff competition to retain his role as the No. 3 wide receiver. He’ll need to take a step forward in Oxnard to be looked at as a valued passing option.
ON THE BUBBLE (2) Jalen Brooks, Ryan Flournoy If the Cowboys decide to carry six wide receivers, expect for 2023 seventh-round pick Jalen Brooks and 2024 sixth-round pick Ryan Flournoy to go head-to-head for the final spot. Both have similar traits: outside ability, high-point ability, special teams value. For either to get the call on cut day that they made it, they will simply to be better than the man next to them. For this duo, it happens to be each other.
From blocking DL to pushing kids, Cowboys rookie Tyler Booker’s competitive fire burns – Joseph Hoyt, DMN
Tyler Booker discusses his viral moment.
Booker held a kids football camp in his home state of Connecticut a few weeks ago. Part of it included a shuttle competition between campers: a back-and-forth race over the span of 10 yards. One camper kept winning, and winning, and winning. Booker continued to throw challengers the camper’s way until there was no one left except Booker himself. So Booker raced the camper.
The race was tight from beginning to end. That’s when Booker reached out one of his hands and pushed the camper, sending him flying while Booker crossed the finish line.
The video went viral, especially after Booker shared it himself. His caption: “How you do anything is how you do everything.”
How you do anything is how you do everything pic.twitter.com/GkxmD4SWS6
— Tyler Booker (@iamtylerbooker) June 22, 2025
“I didn’t think it was going to go viral like it did. I just thought it was kind of funny. But that’s who I am. I’m a competitor,” Booker said. “And at the end of the day, it was the Tyler Booker Football Camp, and no one was going to beat Tyler Booker at the Tyler Booker Football Camp. That was my mindset.”
Booker smiled as he revealed that the camper — a kid in the Class of 2029 recruiting class — was fine after the race. He was even named MVP of the Tyler Booker Camp. It was a well-earned consolation prize.
2025 NFL offseason grades: Draft, trades, more moves by team – Seth Walder, ESPN
Cowboys get an okay grade for their offseason.
Biggest move: Trading for WR George Pickens
Move I liked: Drafting Edge Donovan Ezeiruaku in Round 2
Move I disliked: Letting RB Rico Dowdle walk in exchange for Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders
Eight days after the Cowboys’ final game of 2024, they announced that head coach Mike McCarthy, whose contract had expired, would not be back. Dallas underwent an abridged search, interviewing only four candidates before hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who hadn’t been considered a major contender in the 2025 head coach market.
True to typical form, the Cowboys didn’t make any major free agent splashes. Their big move came when they acquired Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick from the Steelers for a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick.
On paper, it’s a perfect move. Pickens not only fills a major need (a second wide receiver) but fits perfectly with CeeDee Lamb. Pickens is an outside, downfield threat who has been superb in contest-catch situations, which pairs nicely with Lamb, who can play inside and out. What’s scarier is that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin — who has a history of being able to manage all sorts of personalities — was evidently done with Pickens.
This could be a reasonable one-year play for the Cowboys (which could result in a compensatory pick if Pickens walks in free agency next year), but I would be wary of signing him to a long-term deal. In the meantime, Pickens is a big add for the 2025 Cowboys.
