Cowboys' Wednesday Injury Report: Porter Sits Again, Pickens and Overshown Limited as the 49ers Come to Arlington
Dallas opened its 49ers week the way it has opened too many weeks this season — with a long injury list. Joey Porter Jr. missed another practice with his ankle injury, George Pickens and DeMarvion Overshown were limited, and six more Cowboys, Jake Ferguson and Tyler Goodson among them, did not practice at all on Wednesday.
FRISCO — The Cowboys' first practice of 49ers week came with a familiar accessory: a long injury report. Cornerback Joey Porter Jr. did not practice on Wednesday, the team reported, still out with the ankle injury that sidelined him for the Week 9 matchup against the Colts — a 27-23 Dallas win that the defense played without him.
The two headliners who also missed last week took a step forward. Wide receiver George Pickens (hamstring) and linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring/back) were limited participants, as was receiver KaVontae Turpin, who has been dealing with a rib injury for the last few weeks. Six Cowboys did not participate at all: outside linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku (ankle), receiver Jonathan Mingo (ankle), tight end Jake Ferguson (knee), running back Tyler Goodson (knee), safety P.J. Locke (concussion) and outside linebacker Von Miller, whose absence was listed as rest.
Goodson's knee is the newest worry. The running back rushed for a career-high 77 yards on 12 carries against Indianapolis — his former team — on Sunday, and on Monday chief operating officer Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan that Goodson has 'a real injury' and would probably miss some time, words Wednesday's empty practice slot did nothing to soften. Ferguson's knee, injured in the Colts game, likewise kept the starting tight end off the field as the week began.
Wednesday's other headline was what did not happen at the trade deadline. The team noted that Dallas kept its word about not expecting a significant trade, and head coach Brian Schottenheimer framed the quiet deadline as a vote of confidence: 'It shows that, at the end of the day, we're confident in our roster, and in the fact that the best football is still ahead,' he said, in the team's official account. The roster he is confident in hosts San Francisco on Sunday at AT&T Stadium — with Thursday's and Friday's practice reports set to decide how much of it he actually gets.
