Jake Ferguson and Tyler Goodson Will Miss Multiple Weeks — and the Cowboys Have One IR Return Slot Left to Spend

FRISCO — The Cowboys' win in Indianapolis cost them two offensive regulars for more than a week. Dallas will play 'multiple weeks' without starting tight end Jake Ferguson and backup running back Tyler Goodson, head coach Brian Schottenheimer said on Monday, according to NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk report read in full by this desk. Ferguson sprained the posterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee in the third quarter on Sunday; Goodson injured his knee in the second quarter and played through it into the second half.

Ferguson's absence lands in the middle of the passing game: he is second on the team with four touchdown catches, including the 10-yard fourth-and-2 score that finished a 15-play, 65-yard drive on Sunday before he was hurt on an 11-yard catch late in the third quarter, the Yardbarker report of Schottenheimer's Monday session said. He had entered the game questionable with an ankle injury. Tight end Luke Schoonmaker, who has missed the past two games with a groin injury, will return this week, Schottenheimer said — the one piece of good news in the room.

The roster arithmetic is now the story behind the story. The Cowboys have only one slot remaining on the injured-reserve designated-to-return list, having already designated seven players, NBC Sports reported, and Schottenheimer said the IR decisions for Ferguson and Goodson are still being worked through — 'difficult calls,' in his words, with time to make them. Safety P.J. Locke is also out for Sunday's game against San Francisco, as this station filed this morning. Dallas, 4-5, hosts the 7-1 49ers on Sunday, November 15, at AT&T Stadium, with kickoff at 3:25 p.m. CT on FOX.