Dallas City News

At 3-4, the Dallas Cowboys are facing an early crossroads in their season. With last Sunday’s 24-30 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Cowboys are three wins behind the NFC East-leading Washington Commanders. Injuries have decimated the team’s depth and have left them without a pass rush and quality options in their secondary. However, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.

DaRon Bland has been activated off injured reserve but did not practice. Bland started the year on injured reserve, and if he had not been activated this week, he would have been out for the season. In a corresponding move, the team sent Amani Oruwariye to injured reserve.

As for the full injury report, here’s where the Cowboys are to begin their week of preparation for the Atlanta Falcons.

Running back Rico Dowdle, who missed the game against the 49ers after becoming ill before the game, returned to practice and was off the injury report. To begin the week, Micah Parsons still has not practiced. Parsons hasn’t practiced since sustaining an ankle injury against the New York Giants in week 5. Trevon Diggs also did not practice with a calf injury. Cornerback Caelen Carson did, however, fully practice. He’s missed multiple games with a shoulder injury and a full practice is trending in the right direction for his availability at Atlanta. Additional DNPs were Zack Martin (shoulder) and defensive tackle Linval Joseph (back).

For Atlanta, Defensive tackle Ruke Orhorhoro, who suffered an ankle injury against Tampa Bay last week, did not practice and neither did guard Chris Lindstrom (knee). Linebacker Troy Andersen (knee) was limited at practice Wednesday for the Falcons. Also listed as a limited participants, were Justin Simmons with a hamstring injury and Matthew Judon (rest).