FRISCO, Texas — Things haven’t gone effectively for the Dallas Cowboys this 12 months, particularly within the harm division. And they obtained even worse on that entrance Monday night time.
Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, who has been one of many group’s few vivid spots this season, suffered a knee harm early within the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ “Monday Night Football” loss in opposition to the Bengals. That harm would require surgical procedure and put an finish to his season, proprietor Jerry Jones instructed 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday.
And in response to coach Mike McCarthy, there’s an opportunity Overshown misses your complete 2025 season, too.
“DeMarvion is on the point of have a giant surgical procedure in entrance of him,” McCarthy stated Tuesday. “Significant knee harm. You might really feel it on the sidelines. Just being on the sphere for a part of the examination, I knew it was severe. however, clearly, his bodily and soccer skills communicate for itself. He’s simply such a vivid gentle. He’s obtained an amazing, infectious character. Tough, robust younger man. We’re undoubtedly going to overlook him. He’s obtained a protracted street of rehab in entrance of him. He will clearly be liked and supported each step of the best way.”
ESPN reported on Tuesday that Overshown tore his ACL, MCL and PCL. With that extreme of an harm, McCarthy felt it was “honest” to say Overshown might miss your complete 2025 season given how late in 2024 his knee harm occurred.
“I believe that is honest. The time of 12 months. Obviously we’re in December. I believe like something, you’ve gotten the surgical procedure and the rehab is a protracted course of. I believe that is very sensible,” McCarthy stated.
Overshown obtained rolled up on by a number of gamers whereas attempting to wade via the muck and make a sort out, and his proper knee obtained pinned below the scrum of our bodies. Overshown, who missed his complete rookie season with a torn left ACL, was helped off the sphere by trainers and shortly dominated out. After the sport, McCarthy labeled the harm as severe whereas including that the preliminary stories didn’t look encouraging.
Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons was lowered to tears when discussing Overshown’s harm.
“He’s like my little bro,” Parsons stated. “He do not deserve that, he actually do not. To perceive what he’ll must must undergo. … He’s so proficient, the 12 months he was having. I actually do not assume it is honest.”
The 24-year-old linebacker ends his 2024 season with 90 tackles, 5 sacks, an interception, a pick-six, a compelled fumble and a fumble restoration for a Cowboys group that has handled a barrage of accidents on either side of the ball. Prior to getting damage, Overshown had a key go breakup that compelled a turnover on downs.
“We’re simply seeing the tip of the iceberg, actually,” McCarthy just lately stated of Overshown. “I’m so impressed with him, and in his consistency, in his method, and that is simply going to maintain placing him within the place to progress.”
Dallas defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer sees parallels between Overshown and Cowboys Ring of Honor defensive again Darren Woodson.
“Different positions, however sort of like Darren Woodson. Just the influence, the various things he can do and the velocity that he has and physicality,” Zimmer stated of Overshown on Tuesday. “He would in all probability be the closest that I can consider off the highest of my head.”
