Cowboys' Final Injury Report: Pickens, Porter Jr. and Overshown Headline Seven Questionable for Sunday in Indianapolis
Dallas's last practice report of the week rules out Malachi Lawrence and KaVontae Turpin, lists seven players questionable — George Pickens among them — and clears starting defensive backs Caleb Downs and P.J. Locke for the Colts.
FRISCO — The Cowboys' Sunday math got harder on paper Friday. Dallas's final practice report of the week, reported by Dallas Cowboys on SI, rules two players out for the Week 9 game against the Indianapolis Colts and lists seven more as questionable, headlined by wide receiver George Pickens. First-round pick Malachi Lawrence (ankle) and All-Pro kick returner KaVontae Turpin (ribs) are out, after neither practiced this week.
The questionable list is where Sunday's game plan lives: Pickens (hamstring), cornerback Joey Porter Jr. (ankle), starting linebacker Demarvion Overshown (hamstring/back) — the same Overshown whose appearance on the midweek report this station filed Friday morning, now carrying a formal game status — tight end Jake Ferguson (ankle) and tight end Luke Schoonmaker (groin) are among the seven. The one piece of clean news is in the secondary: starting defensive backs Caleb Downs and P.J. Locke have cleared concussion protocol, carry no game-status designation and are set to play, per the report shared by Tommy Yarrish of DallasCowboys.com.
The stakes are the standings. Dallas has lost three of its last four, sits 3-5, and plays at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday at noon Central on FOX, in a game the coverage around the team is openly calling must-win — with the trade deadline days away and a loss, as the SI file puts it, potentially forcing the team to pack the season in. Whether Pickens's hamstring lets the offense's most explosive receiver dress is the question that now runs until Sunday's inactive list. This desk files the answer when it is official.
