DeMarvion Overshown, Shavon Revel to be on pitch count for Cowboys vs. Eagles – Calvin Watkins, Dallas Morning News
The Cowboys continue to be cautious with DeMarvion Overshown and Shavon Revel.
FRISCO — Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said Friday linebacker DeMarvion Overshown and cornerback Shavon Revel
, both coming off knee surgeries, will remain on a pitch count for Sunday’s game against the Eagles.
Overshown made his season debut on Monday against Las Vegas, starting and playing 31 snaps. He was credited with a tackle for loss.
Revel came off the bench, playing 19 snaps and recording one tackle.
“Yeah, they
will be very similar to last week’s just because of the close proximity to this game and then turning around and playing against Kansas City,” Schottenheimer said.
“As you guys know, those pitch counts are flexible, depending on the type of game and how it’s going. It will be about the same.”
From forgotten pick to WR3, this Dallas Cowboy is flying up the depth chart – Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Ryan Flournoy is staring to take the strides the Cowboys had hoped for.
Second-year wide receiver Ryan Flournoy was fighting for a roster spot toward the end of Dallas Cowboys training camp in August.
In a head-to-head battle with close friend and fellow receiver Jalen Brooks going into the final preseason game, Flournoy needed a big effort to earn the final spot in the receiver room. Just to even have a chance, it took a knee injury to Jonathan Mingo in the prior week’s preseason game to give him the opportunity after a training camp that had him as more of an afterthought.
“There were times in camp I wasn’t getting the ball at all,” Flournoy said. “I was probably wide receiver-seven [on the depth chart].”
After leading the team in receiving in that final exhibition, Flournoy secured one of the final spots on the 53-man roster, but he also knew that it could be short-lived. Mingo was set to return after four weeks, and Brooks and Jalen Cropper were hot on his tail off the practice squad. To keep his value on the roster high, he homed in on a craft that he began to specialize in late in his rookie season.
“I took special teams serious. I still do,” he said. “I knew in order to make the team, I had to make myself available and dominate. That’s what the last two preseason games consisted of, just really locking in on special teams.”
The plan worked. Flournoy hung around on the roster, and it allowed him to step into a big opportunity when CeeDee Lamb when down for three games with a high ankle sprain earlier this season.
Going into the team’s Week 5 matchup against the New York Jets, Flournoy noticed a lot of plays drawn up for him to be the first read. It was something he had not seen in a regular-season game to that point in his career.
“It skyrocketed [my confidence],” he said. “The trust the coaches gave me, I remember going into the meeting Jets week, and we didn’t have no conversations or nothing. I had just seen plays drawn up for me, and I was like, ‘Oh, they trust me. I got to step up.’ That just boosted my confidence. They see what I see in myself.”
Cowboys-Eagles rematch will look different for Dak Prescott, Jalen Hurts – starting with the defender right in front of them – Jori Epstein, Yahoo Sports
Qunnien Williams and Jalen Carter will bring an entirely new dynamic to Cowboys-Eagles showdown.
In the postgame locker room after the Dallas Cowboys’ season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, Dak Prescott didn’t downplay the ejection of Jalen Carter.
The Eagles’ Pro Bowl defensive tackle had been thrown out of the game before taking a snap after he spit on Prescott. Prescott didn’t take a sack in the four-point loss that followed.
“Honestly, it was a hell of a player that a lot of our protection [plan] was to go towards him,” Prescott told Yahoo Sports from his locker. “When the ref was like, ‘Oh, he’s out of here, I was like, ‘Oh, s***.’
“The whole game of protections changed.”
Eleven weeks later, the Cowboys host the Eagles with the expectation that a spit-free Carter will be ready and eager to impact Dallas. The Cowboys will also field a defensive tackle who did not play in the opener, after acquiring three-time Pro Bowler Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline earlier this month.
In an era of football that celebrates and handsomely compensates edge rushers, each team will front a defensive tackle whom opponents know is capable of wrecking a game plan.
Williams recorded 1.5 sacks and five quarterback hits in his Cowboys debut last Monday night. Carter has batted four passes in the Eagles’ last two games, per Pro Football Focus data, buoyed by the trade deadline addition of edge rusher Jaelan Phillips.
3 trends Cowboys must continue to find success in season’s 2nd half – Mike Crum, Cowboys Wire
Dallas should keep these things in their gameplan.
The Dallas Cowboys played a fantastic game against the Las Vegas Raiders, and there are plenty of positives to take forward into Week 12. Still, the Philadelphia Eagles are a different kind of test than the Raiders were. Dak Prescott is 21-2 at home against NFC East teams. The last time a healthy Prescott lost at home to an NFC East opponent was in 2017, to the Eagles.
Philadelphia is the defending Super Bowl champs. They are 8-2 and have beaten the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams, and Kansas City Chiefs. Playing great against Las Vegas isn’t the same as taking that great play forward against one of the best teams in the NFL. Here are some important things the Cowboys must continue as the Eagles come to AT&T Stadium.
Play Carlen Carson and Shavon Revel Jr.
Caelen Carson played all 60 defensive snaps and allowed only four receptions for 55 yards and no touchdowns. He was targeted nine times when playing in man coverage and allowed only one reception for 18 yards. In the zone, he was targeted five times and allowed three receptions for 37 yards. Those are terrific numbers considering how opponents were passing against Kaiir Elam, Trikweze Bridges, and Reddy Steward.
Shavon Revel Jr. played 17 snaps in the first game of his rookie campaign, coming off an injury. He was targeted three times and forced two incompletions, allowing only one catch for five yards and a passer rating under 40. Even when Trevon Diggs inevitably returns, Dallas must continue to find snaps for Revel Jr. and Carson around their two former All-Pro corners.
