Every week, we gather to discuss the latest news about the Dallas Cowboys and seek our writer’s perspective on each headline. Welcome back to the roundtable. This week we have David Howman, Sean Martin, and Jess Haynie.  How should Dallas handle Chip Kelly’s tempo offense? Mike: Limiting explosive plays is the first order of business. Stress the Raiders protection […] Every week, we gather to discuss the latest news about the Dallas Cowboys and seek our writer’s perspective on each headline. Welcome back to the roundtable. This week we have David Howman, Sean Martin, and Jess Haynie. How should Dallas handle Chip Kelly’s tempo offense? Mike: Limiting explosive plays is the first order of business. Stress the Raiders protection up front without sacrificing coverage, their offensive line has some good pieces but generally their pass blocking is middle tier and ranks 17th in pass blocking win rate. If the defense starts from there, then that up-tempo offense will suddenly find itself going three-and-out quickly and the time-of-possession becomes a massive headache for the Raiders. Sean: We all know by now the Cowboys are getting help on defense going into this game, and most of it is in the front seven. Hopefully the extra bodies to rotate in and out can be a match for tempo offense. It may even play to the Cowboys advantage to stick with a few base coverage calls when the Raiders are going quick, to cut down on the blown assignments they’ve had. Howman: The Raiders offense has been about as bad as the Cowboys defense this year, so this matchup figures to be the equivalent of two trash cans slamming into each other repeatedly. That said, I’m really curious to see how the additions of Quinnen Williams and Logan Wilson change that dynamic. Jess: It’s a little scary, because a key to defending against tempo is fast recognition and communication. Not only have the Cowboys been bad about that already, but now you add new pieces at key spots. But Vegas’ offense has been terrible this year, so not sure that playing fast is doing them any favors. The extra rest from the bye week will definitely help, as part of tempo is testing your opponent’s conditioning. Given the Cowboys have an 8% chance of making the playoffs, do you have confidence that the Cowboys can accomplish it in the second half of the season? Mike: The ultimate optimist would say 10, but we’re after realistic analysis here not pure, unwavering optimism. The team has to stack real results from here to Week 18, and they’re about to get into a heavy portion of the schedule. Offensively, things look good, could be a little a cleaner than how they started the season at sustaining drives and red-zone efficiency. Defensively, the run defense is bad, way too many chunk plays are allowed in the secondary, and the pressure rate needs increasing. The wild card though is both team health and trades. Getting key defenders back should stabilize weak areas of the defense as well as tackling problems. Then there’s the two huge additions on defense the team acquired before the bye. Factor all that in and let’s give it a 4/10 confidence score right now. Sean: Very minimal confidence. The big picture team build under Schottenheimer has not been lost yet though, not at all. Winning at any point with all of these young players getting reps is a welcome part of this picture. Even if the Cowboys rattle off some late season wins but don’t get the help they need to make the playoffs, they won’t be for naught. Howman: I’m actually really confident. There are several paper tigers in the NFC right now, and the Eagles have a really tough remaining schedule. All the Cowboys need is for average defense to go along with their explosive offense, and I think they made enough moves at the deadline to deliver just that. Jess: After Week 10, Dallas is only two games back from the last wild card spot (Packers). That’s plenty of room for interesting things to happen. The Bears are in sixth place at 6-3 and barely beat the Giants on Sunday. The odds don’t take into account late-season surges and dives, a few of which tend to happen every year. Did Dallas pay the right price in the Quinnen Williams trade (Mazi Smith, 2026 2nd, 2027 1st) given the team’s competitive window and cap outlook? Mike: Quinnen Williams is a top-five interior disruptor and exactly the profile Dallas has lacked this year. He collapses pockets on his own, holds up versus double teams, and lets defense’s play lighter boxes without having to over commit to the run. That ripples everywhere from third-down stops, red-zone defense, and cleaner edges for the rush. The cost of Mazi Smith plus a 2026 second and a 2027 first is basically two first-round picks in value. You’re punting on cheap starter upside and future flexibility for an immediate ceiling raise. If Dallas expects to live in January the next two seasons, that bet is defensible. Premium interior pressure is the most playoff-translatable asset on defense. Sean: Honestly, finding any team willing to give Mazi Smith a fresh start was a plus in this trade. The Cowboys have done more work in just this season at defensive tackle than previous years combined, seemingly making it clear Smith isn’t a fit anymore. Keeping him on the roster to cloud the depth chart just over pride in a first round pick would have been a mistake. Instead, he’s part of the compensation to land a much more dynamic player the Cowboys have wanted for a while. Well done to the front office here. Howman: It’s a bit rich, and I don’t know if I’d have personally pulled that trigger, but it’s hard to deny they got an incredible player in exchange. Quinnen Williams is the Micah Parsons of defensive tackles in that he does so much for your defense. Of course, EDGEs are more

‘Stronger together’: Cowboys aren’t moving on, but moving forward after emotional week – Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News Dallas looks to remain focused after tragic loss of Marshawn Kneeland. FRISCO — Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott stood in a locker room Nov. 6 that wasn’t his own, speaking with a heavy heart and something on his mind. Prescott […] ’Stronger together’: Cowboys aren’t moving on, but moving forward after emotional week – Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News Dallas looks to remain focused after tragic loss of Marshawn Kneeland. FRISCO — Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott stood in a locker room Nov. 6 that wasn’t his own, speaking with a heavy heart and something on his mind. Prescott was at his alma mater, Haughton High School in Louisiana, for the dedication of Dak Prescott Field. The Bucs had a game against St. Louis Catholic the following night — a game they’d ultimately win. The relationships built in a locker room are special, he said as he pointed to several of his Haughton teammates who were in attendance. His mind then drifted to a player he’s shared a locker room with the past two seasons: Marshawn Kneeland. “Hug your teammates,” he told the Haughton Bucs, “and tell your teammates you love them. If you’re going through something, don’t be afraid to share it. You and your teammates, whatever you’re going through, you can get through.” Thursday will mark a week since Kneeland died by suicide. Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer, speaking for the first time publicly since Kneeland’s death, said he received a phone call that alerted him of reason to be concerned about the Cowboys defensive end. Plano police even did a welfare check on Kneeland before midnight Wednesday. Soon after, at 1:31 a.m. on Thursday, Frisco police found Kneeland dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Schottenheimer spoke somberly on Wednesday as he recounted the week that’s been. He said they won’t move on after the loss of Kneeland — a teammate who had a smile that could drop them to their knees, Schottenheimer said — but they will move forward, together. “When one guy is hurting, someone else has to pick them up. If the head coach is hurting, someone’s got to pick me up,” he said. “And I’m hurting. I’m hurting. And these guys have picked me up, and I’ve picked them up. That’s what we’re going to continue to do because we love one another.” Grieving together didn’t happen initially. The Cowboys were on a bye week this past week. Their last meetings had concluded well before the news of Kneeland’s passing started to spread. Schottenheimer, like a doctor making rounds virtually, said he started making as many calls as he could to players and other staff members as they all — together, but separated — tried to make sense of what happened. They had a video call on Thursday that included Dr. Heather Twedell, the team’s mental health and wellness consultant. Still, there was physical distance. “[But] you’re not together,” Schottenheimer said. “We’re always going to be stronger together. We are stronger together.” Dallas Cowboys announce special fund for family of Marshawn Kneeland – Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Cowboys are honoring the memory of Marshawn Kneeland in a special way. The Dallas Cowboys will set up a fund for the family of Marshawn Kneeland to make sure they are set for life, head coach Brian Schottenheimer said Wednesday. Kneeland’s girlfriend Catalina, is pregnant with their child and Schottenheimer talked about the team showing up for her. The Cowboys held a candlelight vigil for Kneeland on Tuesday night at the teams practice facility at the Star in Frisco. Tape Talk: How Qunnien Williams and Logan Wilson can help the Cowboys’ defense – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com The Cowboys newest additions on defense should provide immediate dividends. How Quinnen Williams can help the Cowboys stop the run Ever since trading Micah Parsons before the season, it’s clear that the precedent Dallas wants to set defensively going forward is being able to stop the run. Adding Kenny Clark in the Parsons trade and Solomon Thomas in free agency has helped with that, but now the Cowboys have one of the best run stoppers in the league joining their ranks. Quinnen Williams, who stands at 6’3, 303, is a big and wide player that can line up in various spots along the defensive line as a one-tech, 2i, three-tech, really whatever you want him to be. Regardless of where he lines up, you can usually count on opposing offenses to send two bodies his way, like the Buccaneers do on this play here. The issue is Tampa Bay’s left guard only briefly helps the tackle before climbing to take the linebacker, which leaves Williams one-on-one. That usually doesn’t end well for opposing linemen. Williams is firmly planted, has both of his hands firmly engaged with the tackle, and is so strong he can shed his block with essentially one arm, flinging the tackle to the ground. Then, he’s one-on-one with the running back Bucky Irving and holds on for the tackle as he tries to spin away. Quinnen Williams’ ability to disrupt the QB in the pocket Now that we’ve looked at Williams’ ability to help in the run game, let’s look at how he helps in the pass rush too. He hasn’t been getting to the quarterback as much this season as he did in 2022 when he had 12 sacks, but once again his ability to draw double teams and relentless pursuit of the play help make things difficult for opposing offenses. At the start of this play you’ll see a similar blocking plan from Pittsburgh’s offense as you did in the first clip: The guard briefly helps the tackle before going to double the Jets’ other defensive tackle. From the way that Williams is displaced, it looks like the left tackle has done his job of taking him out of the equation and giving Aaron Rodgers a clean pocket. That

It was an awkward situation for Dallas Cowboys fans on Monday night as the Philadelphia Eagles won and many of us were quite pleased about that. To be clear, this was the case because the Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers. While some Cowboys fans are likely holding out to hope that Dallas can still […] It was an awkward situation for Dallas Cowboys fans on Monday night as the Philadelphia Eagles won and many of us were quite pleased about that. To be clear, this was the case because the Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers. While some Cowboys fans are likely holding out to hope that Dallas can still win the NFC East, the ultimate and likely inevitable reality is that they are going to be the first team to repeat as NFC East winners in over two decades. Blah. The argument is that the greater purpose on Monday night was helping the Cowboys’ draft capital by way of their 2026 first-round pick from the Packers. The Cowboys want the Packers to be as bad as possible to ensure that their compensation from the Micah Parsons trade is as good as possible. This is simple. Currently the Packers (therefore Cowboys) hold the 21st pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. They are 5-3-1 and have the following games remaining: at New York Giants (New York’s first game without Brian Daboll) Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions (Thanksgiving Day before the Cowboys game) Chicago Bears at Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears Baltimore Ravens at Minnesota Vikings Honestly, this is great news for the Cowboys. Outside of the Giants game you can make an argument for Green Bay losing each and every single other one (obviously they won’t lose out, but you get the point). Today we are wondering how far you think the Packers can ultimately fall. Let us know in the comments below. See More: Dallas Cowboys Roster

The Dallas Cowboys could be seeing a former face in the near future. Earlier this week the New York Giants dismissed Brian Daboll as their head coach, he literally never won a game against the Cowboys, and they are now the second team in the NFL who will officially be looking for a new skipper […] The Dallas Cowboys could be seeing a former face in the near future. Earlier this week the New York Giants dismissed Brian Daboll as their head coach, he literally never won a game against the Cowboys, and they are now the second team in the NFL who will officially be looking for a new skipper come 2026 (Tennessee Titans). Early odds are out for who will be the next coach to lead the Giants, and the betting favorite is man who preceded Brian Schottenheimer as the Cowboys head coach in Mike McCarthy. Wouldn’t that be something? McCarthy defeated Daboll’s Giants in six of the seven games that the latter lost to Dallas (the Giants lost to the Cowboys early this year with Schotty in charge) and the Cowboys at large have owned their division rivals for about a decade now. It is often noted how quarterback Dak Prescott has not lost to them personally, he has missed a couple of games, since his rookie season of 2016. As far as McCarthy is concerned, it would make sense for him to re-enter the coaching circuit after a year away from the game. This is what he did before getting the Cowboys job in the first place as he sat out 2019 following his firing from the Green Bay Packers midway through the 2018 season. Interestingly, if McCarthy were to get the Giants job, it would mark the second time in a row that the Giants were the first place of work for a Cowboys head coach that was ousted. When McCarthy got the Dallas job it was because they need to replace Jason Garrett. The same Garrett who the Giants immediately hired to be their offensive coordinator, a project that lasted only one season. What would you make of Mike McCarthy coaching the Giants? See More: Dallas Cowboys General

Emmitt Smith is among the greatest Dallas Cowboys of all-time. The NFL’s All-Time Leading Rusher, three-time Super Bowl Champion, Pro Football Hall of Famer and Ring of Honor Member. Emmitt did just about everything that you can throughout his career in the NFL. Heck, he even had success competitively outside of the league on Dancing […] Emmitt Smith is among the greatest Dallas Cowboys of all-time. The NFL’s All-Time Leading Rusher, three-time Super Bowl Champion, Pro Football Hall of Famer and Ring of Honor Member. Emmitt did just about everything that you can throughout his career in the NFL. Heck, he even had success competitively outside of the league on Dancing with the Stars. Impressively, Emmitt has chosen to utilize the platform he built for himself for good and recently has been working with NARCAN Nasal Spray and their Ready to Rescue initiative. Emmitt and Release Recovery Founder/CEO Zac Clark have been speaking at collegiate campuses this fall to inform people of the dangers of opioid usage, opioid poisoning, and educating everyone on how NARCAN Nasal Spray can be a life-saving tool in those types of emergencies. Emmitt was kind enough to join me this week to discuss this and a variety of other subjects. You can watch our interview below. Obviously Emmitt and I discussed the current state of the Cowboys and he shares the opinions of a lot of us in that he has a lot of confidence in the offense, is excited about the future draft capital, and he also wants to see the defense turn things around. Something I found interesting is that Emmitt outright declared that Brian Schottenheimer should make a change at defensive coordinator. He kept it civil in terms of Matt Eberflus, but he strongly advocated for Mike Zimmer for what it’s worth. Our thanks to Emmitt for the time. See More: Dallas Cowboys General

Things look bleak for the Cowboys right now. They lost consecutive games for the first time this season and then went off to their bye. They’ve had to sit with that feeling for a full week now, and on top of it they’ve watched the Eagles rip off their third straight win. According to the […] Things look bleak for the Cowboys right now. They lost consecutive games for the first time this season and then went off to their bye. They’ve had to sit with that feeling for a full week now, and on top of it they’ve watched the Eagles rip off their third straight win. According to the prediction model from The Athletic, Dallas has just a 7% chance of making the postseason right now. But there is still hope. The road from here is pretty challenging. Monday night’s game against a struggling Raiders team is the easier battle, but after that they face the Eagles, Chiefs, and Lions over the course of just 12 days. After their mini-bye following that gauntlet, they’re “rewarded” with home games against the Vikings and Chargers before finishing off with two divisional contests. Odds won’t be great for the Cowboys in any of those games. They’re favored over the Raiders, as a visitor, but that may be the last time the odds will favor them until they go to New Jersey in Week 18. Perhaps they’ll be favorites over the Commanders the week before, depending on the long-term prognosis of injured quarterback Jayden Daniels, but that’s probably it. So how can there possibly be any hope of a playoff run when the schedule is so stacked against them? One must only look inward, to when the Cowboys pulled off something similar just seven years ago. I’m talking, of course, about the 2018 season. Where the team is at in 2025 has almost perfectly mirrored where they were at in 2018 at this point. The 2018 Cowboys were caught in a vicious cycle of winning and then losing, starting the season off 3-4 before losing to the Titans to give them their first consecutive losses on the year. They even came close to a tie, falling to the Texans in overtime in Week 5. Something changed at 3-5, though. The Cowboys came out on the road against the Eagles (who, just like in 2025, were reigning Super Bowl champions) and won. They then went to Atlanta and pulled out a victory. Suddenly, they started playing with confidence. A Thanksgiving win over Washington led straight into a home game with the Saints, who had not lost since the season opener. The Cowboys won, making them one of just three teams that year to beat the Saints; the third team to beat them did so in Week 17, when New Orleans rested their starters. Following the morale boost of upsetting the Saints, an overtime win over the Eagles followed. Suddenly, they’d ripped off five straight, with three of them being divisional games and all of them being conference games. A shutout on the road against the Colts – whose elite defense was run by none other than Matt Eberflus – was a brief setback, but it being an AFC opponent did little to affect the Cowboys’ playoff push. Wins over the Buccaneers and Giants solidified things: the Cowboys won the NFC East and clinched a spot in the playoffs. They wound up beating the Seahawks – whose offensive coordinator was one Brian Schottenheimer – in the Wild Card round before falling by one score to a Rams team that went all the way to the Super Bowl. It was truly a miraculous turnaround. In their seven wins to finish out the regular season, Dallas was an underdog in five of them. Of the two games they were favored, one was at home against the Eagles by just a field goal; in other words, a draw on a neutral playing site. That underscores just how unlikely the run was for the Cowboys. What was the catalyst for said turnaround? Funny you should ask that, because Zack Martin literally just spoke about that. Martin details how the team had moved on from star Dez Bryant before the season, and how the offense had been struggling to adjust to his absence: “We were kind of limping through the season a little bit. I think we were about .500 at the midway point. And we brought [Amari Cooper] in and… kind of just hit the ground running. That was the turning point of our entire season, we ended up winning our last, like, five or six games and made the playoffs.” It’s not hard to draw more parallels here. The Cowboys moved on from another star, Micah Parsons, right before this season began and the defense has been limping through the season as a result. Just as with the Cowboys offense in 2018, there were moments where things looked okay, but everyone knew they were missing the player the front office foolishly moved on from. So, just like 2018, the Cowboys have now made a move at the trade deadline. Not one but two trades, actually. The headline was Jets star Quinnen Williams, but Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson was a sneaky good pickup as well. Williams has been one of the most dominant defensive tackles in the league these last few years, both as a run stuffer and pass rusher. He now reunites with Aaron Whitecotton, the Cowboys defensive line coach who was with the Jets when Williams reached All Pro status. Wilson, meanwhile, led the Bengals in tackles each year from 2021 to 2023 before finishing second last season. A team captain in Cincinnati, Wilson fell out of favor with the new defensive coordinator this season, leading to his trade request. But he’s a leader in the locker room who’s been a tackle machine throughout his career. With Williams on the defensive line, alongside Osa Odighizuwa and Kenny Clark, and Wilson joining a linebacker corps that’s

It’s been a bumpy season for the Dallas Cowboys. The team had big expectactions coming into the year, despite taking on a new coaching staff. The front office was very active this offseason adding several new players to the team. Even though they remained frugal in free agency, the were aggressive in other means, orchestrating […] It’s been a bumpy season for the Dallas Cowboys. The team had big expectactions coming into the year, despite taking on a new coaching staff. The front office was very active this offseason adding several new players to the team. Even though they remained frugal in free agency, the were aggressive in other means, orchestrating seven trades that added veteran players to their team. Some of these deals took place before the draft, others happened in summer before the season started, and then a couple more occurred last week right before the trade deadline. While the effectiveness of the moves will always be scrutinized, we can at least say the Cowboys’ front office is trying. They’re often accused of not doing all that much, but when you take a look at everything they’ve done, it’s quite a long list. Let’s run through what the Cowboys have done this past year to help improve this football team. OFFENSE Fixing their offensive line Entering the new season, the Cowboys already had some good pieces along the offensive line. They have their All-Pro left guard, Tyler Smith, who’s only 24 years old. They also drafted three offensive linemen last season, Tyler Guyton, Cooper Beebe, and Nathan Thomas. But that wasn’t enough for the new offensive coaches, Klayton Adams and Conor Riley, who are both o-line specialists. They signed free agents Robert Jones, Saahdiq Charles, and Hakeem Adeniji. They also used their top draft resource on Alabama guard Tyler Booker. The Cowboys weren’t messing around with trying to improve their strength in the trenches, and it’s worked. Despite being hit with a multitude of injuries along the offensive line, the team has maintained strong depth, supported a solid rushing attack and have given Dak Prescott plenty of time to throw. The Cowboys’ offensive line ranks in the top 10 in both pass-block and run-block win rates. Are you pleased with the effort they made to improve the offensive line? Fixing their running game The fact that Javonte Williams is playing so well creates the illusion that the Cowboys did a good job handling the running back group, but if we strictly go by effort, you might get some mixed reviews. Yes, the Cowboys added four new players into the mix with free agents Williams and Miles Sanders, and two draft picks in Jaydon Blue and Phil Mafah, but outside of Williams, nobody has done much. Injuries have played a role as the free agent Sanders was averaging a career-high 5.9 yards per carry in the four games he played. Mind you, that’s a small sample size, but the one-two combo of Williams and Sanders was working for them with Williams handling the bulk of the work. Adding four new guys is something, but all of them were cheap resources. Both Williams ($3 million) and Sanders ($1.3 million) were bargain bin free agents, and both Blue (fifth-round) and Mafah (seventh-round) were Day 3 draft investments. Williams’ success will distract us from how little the team invested in the running back room this season. He currently leads the NFC in rushing yards per game (80), coincidentally one yard ahead of former Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle. We’d be remiss to not mention the great job TE3 Brevyn Spann-Ford has done helping spring the running game. His blocking has been exceptional and exactly what the new coaches desire in their all-hands-on-deck blocking approach. Are you pleased with the effort they made to improve the running game? Getting Dak Prescott some help In the past, the front office has taken steps to acquire wide receiving talent to help out CeeDee Lamb. Unfortunately, some of the things they have done haven’t worked out according to plan. Whether it’s a belief in a young Jalen Tolbert, a recovering Michael Gallup, or an aging Brandin Cooks, far too many times, they’ve learned the hard way that what they did wasn’t enough. And let’s not forget they overvalued the talent of Jonathan Mingo, trading a fourth-round pick for him at the trade deadline last year. Luckily, the team realized more help was needed and traded a third-round pick for George Pickens. This addition has been huge. With Lamb out of action for a few games, Pickens stepped up and delivered. He is averaging 84 receiving yards per game so far this season and is on pace for 1,443 yards this season. If he reaches that, he would join Lamb and Hall of Famer Michael Irvin as the only Cowboys’ receivers with over 1,400 yards in a season. Are you pleased with the effort they made to improve the passing attack? DEFENSE Trying to fix their run defense It’s been stated ad naseum that the front office wants to make a concerted effort to fix their run defense issues that has plagued them for years. They signed a run-stopping defensive end Solomon Thomas in free agency. And they acquired defensive tackle Kenny Clark in the Micah Parsons trade, with Clark being an integral piece to the deal going down. The Cowboys quickly learned that those guys weren’t enough, resulting in the big trade for Quinnen Williams last week. Williams is the best defensive tackle the Cowboys have had on their team in a long time. The team has struggled to handle this position in the past by adding one underwhelming solution after another. Whether it works or not, they are pulling out all the stops and attacking this area aggressively. Williams is a run-stopping beast. In fact, entering the Cowboys bye week, both he and Thomas were the only two defensive tackles in the league with a run-stopping win-rate above 45%. And now, these two are back

Overshown, Revel activated from IR by Cowboys – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com The reinforcements Jerry Jones talked about are finally coming for the Dallas Cowboys. The loss of Marshawn Kneeland will be felt into the halls of Forever, but the Dallas Cowboys must slowly find their way forward as they prepare to visit the Las Vegas […] Overshown, Revel activated from IR by Cowboys – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com The reinforcements Jerry Jones talked about are finally coming for the Dallas Cowboys. The loss of Marshawn Kneeland will be felt into the halls of Forever, but the Dallas Cowboys must slowly find their way forward as they prepare to visit the Las Vegas Raiders following their bye week, and they’ll do so with reinforcements in tow, namely DeMarvion Overshown and Shavon Revel. Both have been officially activated from injured reserve to the 53-man roster by the Cowboys on Tuesday, having already practiced for some time now after their 21-day practice window was opened in mid-October. This marks the start of a new-look defense in Dallas, one that not only features the return of Overshown and the debut of Revel, a rookie third-round pick, but also the addition of both Logan Wilson and All-Pro defensive tackle Quinnen Williams — the latter two acquired just ahead of the NFL trade deadline. For Overshown, it’s all about getting back to the peak form demonstrated in his 2024 showing, prior to having his knee rolled up on by a defensive lineman, leading to the second torn ACL of his young career. He’s been eyeing a return in primetime, under the bright lights of Las Vegas, and he gets his wish. “That’s what we’re looking like — Monday night prime time,” he said after returning to practice in October. ”[Agent] 0 will be making his debut and I’m excited for it. It’s not going to be anything short of extraordinary. I’m ready to show, truly, how blessed I am. ”A lot of people claim that this knee injury is one of the worst or the worst, and not too many people come back the same afterwards. I’m ready to put that to the test. … the sky’s the limit for me. And I’m not saying that to be cocky or anything, but I know what I bring to the field. … I know what y’all saw last year and you’re gonna get more of that. “I know what I’m capable of and last year was still me just getting my feet wet, so we really haven’t seen yet what all I can do.” Revel has a more than solid chance of joining him and his new teammates on the field against the Raiders, but it seems less of a guarantee, given what executive vice president and director of Player Personnel Stephen Jones told 105.3 the Fan on Monday. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was ‘devastated’ to learn of Marshawn Kneeland’s death – Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram The passing of Marshawn Kneeland will stick with the Dallas Cowboys for a long time. Jones said that the team will honor Kneeland with special helmet decals that are being voted on by the team’s leadership council along with pregame warmup T-shirts that will be worn in the team’s next two games against the Las Vegas Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles. During his comments, Jones complimented how the team has come together for one another during this difficult time and how it can be a lesson for everybody. “The very definition of team is that we rely on each other,” Jones said. “That’s the ethos of what a team is about. Everybody expects that it’s a rough game and that it takes some real mental toughness to play the game, but in fact there’s a lot of love for each other that is shared in unique ways. You get to know each other pretty good. “It’s a multifaceted mental thing that is going through everyone’s mind. Sports emphasizes so many different things that we want to hang our hat on, but this is the reality check that at the end of the day, human things and having someone’s company on Earth, being able to have the time we’re here and they’re here, all of those things come to mind in times like this.” Jones selected Kneeland in the second round of the 2024 draft and was able to spend a lot of time around the Grand Rapids, Michigan, native before his passing last week. His comments lined up with the positive dialogue that has been expressed about Kneeland in the last few days. “He was very unique in his zest for life and his passion for the game,” Jones said. “The saddest thing for someone like me is that he was only 24 years old. You think about all the time we’re going to miss him, it’s only just getting started … I can’t emphasize what a positive influence he was out there. That’s what makes this loss so poignant. What he was about was life and the very things that we admire about it.” 3 free agents Cowboys should consider signing after the trade deadline – Brian Martin, Blogging the Boys With Juanyeh Thomas going on injured reserve, there are a few free agents the Cowboys could call to add some depth. S Justin Simmons From the starters to the backups, the Cowboys safety position has been a concern most of the season whether due to performance or injuries. Dallas is did little to upgrade the position over the years and and it’s come back to bite them. Their reluctance to upgrade the position via free agency probably means they’ll stick with status quo the remainder of the season, but there are a few free agents like Justin Simmons who would be an immediate upgrade. It’s a little bit of a surprise Simmons is still available on the open market, but he might be looking at contenders only. Dallas isn’t that right now. CB Stephon Gilmore The Cowboys pass defense