The Cowboys are fast approaching kickoff for their road trip with the Broncos, hoping to achieve their first win over this franchise in this century. It’ll be a challenge, though, especially since the amount
of injuries on defense is about as high as the elevation here in Denver.
Trevon Diggs, who missed last week with a concussion, was added to the injured reserve on Saturday. Donovan Wilson was ruled out earlier in the week, creating another vacancy alongside Malik Hooker, who has been on the injured reserve for several weeks now. Hooker’s replacement, Juanyeh Thomas, is also inactive for the second week in a row with a migraine, leaving the back end of the secondary very depleted.
Jack Sanborn is also inactive with a groin injury. He joins a list featuring rookies Jay Toia and Ajani Cornelius, as well as Jonathan Mingo. The receiver was recently activated from the injured reserve, but with so many injuries in the secondary, Mingo will have to wait another week to make his season debut.
DeMarvion Overshown and Shavon Revel both returned to practice this week and have been building plenty of positivity with how they’ve looked, but neither are ready to be activated yet. The same is true of Cooper Beebe, who will spend at least one more week on the injured reserve.
By contrast, the Broncos are fairly healthy, with minimal starters on the inactive list. Their biggest absence will be linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who won’t play today due to a suspension following a tussle with the officials in last week’s game.
