Things haven’t gone properly for the Dallas Cowboys this 12 months, particularly within the harm division. And they simply acquired even worse on that entrance Monday evening.
Linebacker Demarvion Overshown, who has been one of many crew’s few brilliant spots this season, suffered a knee harm early within the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ “Monday Night Football” loss in opposition to the Bengals. Overshown acquired rolled up on by a number of gamers whereas making an attempt to wade via the muck and make a deal with, and his proper knee acquired pinned beneath the scrum of our bodies.
Overshown, who missed his whole rookie season with a torn left ACL, was helped off the sector by trainers and shortly dominated out. After the sport, Cowboys head Mike McCarthy labeled the harm as critical whereas including that the preliminary experiences didn’t look encouraging.
Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons was lowered to tears when discussing Overshown’s harm.
“He’s like my little bro,” Parsons mentioned. “He do not deserve that, he actually do not. To perceive what he will should should undergo. … He’s so proficient, the 12 months he was having. I actually do not suppose it is honest.”
The 24-year-old linebacker entered Monday evening’s recreation with 84 tackles, 5 sacks, an interception, a pressured fumble and a fumble restoration for the Cowboys, who had handled a barrage of accidents this 12 months on each side of the ball. Prior to getting damage, Overshown had a key go breakup that pressured a turnover on downs.
“We’re simply seeing the tip of the iceberg actually,” Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy lately mentioned of Overshown. “I’m so impressed with him, and in his consistency, in his strategy, and that is simply going to maintain placing him within the place to progress.”
