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Overshown remains absent with his hamstring injury. Recent acquisition Joey Porter Jr is active after missing Week 5 with an illness. The Cowboys look to shake off an ugly Week 5 loss against the surging Packers on Sunday Night Football.

Every player on here was ruled out before the weekend. The Cowboys continue have lost several key defenders through the early part of the season and will now have to find a way to slow a Houston offense that will have Nico Collins back for the first time in two weeks.

Overshown will miss a third straight game with his hamstring injury, and has “a little ways to go” before returning to the field. Overshown was injured in the Cowboys’ Week 1 game against the Giants. We’ll see if he can get on the field for Week 5’s game against the Buccaneers, but with that game being on a Thursday night, it wouldn’t be a surprise if we learned Overshown would miss a fourth straight game.

Durant, Hooker, and Overshown were all ruled out before the weekend, so there’s nothing surprising here. The Cowboys are down four key players on the defensive side of the ball, which could make for a big day for Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

No surprise, as he was expected to be ruled out following Wednesday. The Cowboys also ruled out CB Cobie Durant, S Malik Hooker and S P.J. Locke, each of whom are dealing with long-term ailments.

Overshown will now, apparently, miss his second game this season. He will be missed. The Cowboys’ defense is tasked with stymying the Ravens’ top-tier rushing attack, led by RB Derrick Henry and QB Lamar Jackson.

Nothing surprising here, as Overshown and Hooker were both ruled out before the weekend, leaving the Cowboys without two starters on the defensive side of the ball. The Cowboys and Commanders are both looking to pick up a win this weekend to avoid starting 0-2 what projects to be a tough NFC East.

The Cowboys are already without fellow starter Malik Hooker because of a broken bone in his wrist. Overshown is expected to miss a week or two with a hamstring strain. After getting decimated by Jaxon Dart in Week 1, the Cowboys will now have to face the Commanders without two of their starters on defense. This is as good as bounce-back spots get for the Washington offense.

It was the last day the Cowboys could conceivably activate him after designating him to return three weeks ago, so we don’t know if Overshown is actually game-ready yet. The Cowboys were on bye this past week, and Overshown was still picking up limited practices ahead of their Week 9 game against the Cardinals. Dallas also activated rookie CB Shavon Revel (knee) from the non-football injury list — he faces much the same uncertainty. Both of these players should be boosts for a beleaguered Cowboys back seven. When they’ll actually debut is a question we don’t have an answer for yet.

Overshown has been recovering from a knee injury he suffered in Week 14 of last season. The talented linebacker totaled 90 tackles and five sacks in the 13 games he appeared in during the 2024 campaign after missing all of 2023 with a knee injury he suffered during the preseason. Now that he’s designated for return, the Cowboys will have 21 days to activate Overshown to the 53-man roster.

Overshown is comparing his current recovery from a torn ACL, MCL and PCL to his torn ACL injury from the 2023 preseason. His timetable remains uncertain. Overshown adds that there is “no need to rush the process” and that he is “going to come back when [he is] 100 percent” ready to do so.

The explosive Overshown underwent surgery after a serious knee injury ended his 2024 season in early December. The versatile linebacker has a chance to return to the Dallas lineup sometime around midseason, which will be a needed boost for the Cowboys defense. Before suffering the knee injury, Overshown had 84 tackles, five sacks, one interception, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, eight tackles for loss and one defensive touchdown in 2024.

Overshown suffered what appeared to be a major knee injury on Monday night against the Bengals and will miss the remainder of the season. It could be a devastating setback for Overshown, who missed his entire rookie season with an ACL injury. The explosive linebacker — among the best Dallas defenders — finishes 2024 with five sacks, an interceptions, and three pass breakups. He had 13 QB pressures over his final four games of the season. Mike McCarthy suggested at his Tuesday presser that because of the timing of the injury, Overshown might not play in 2025.

Overshown was rolled up on and remained down on the field. He needed significant help to get off the field but did walk off. That’s where the good news ends as Overshown was almost immediately ruled out for the remainder of the game with a knee injury. It’s a tough blow for an up-and-coming second-year player that missed his entire rookie season with a torn ACL.