The Cowboys just got GOOD and BAD news...

The Dallas Cowboys just got some good and bad news from Brian Schottenheimer ahead of a pivotal week number seven versus the Eagles as we get some injury updates on some players coming back onto the field and some injury updates on a couple players that potentially could be off the field for the next coming weeks. Welcome into Cowboys Digest, everybody. I'm Chase Andrews, and I hope you're having a great day wherever you guys might be. Lots of stuff to get into today. But before that, though, I want to say a quick thank you for everybody who has subscribed as we recently hit 20,000 subscribers on this channel. Thank you to everybody who has watched, liked, subscribed, commented, whatever it might be. I really appreciate it. And let's get into this show and start with the report from Brian Schottenheimer on the four injury updates that he gave us. So that will kind of give us an insight into what we can expect for this upcoming week versus the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. And here's what he said. Linebacker Dee Winters has an Achilles strain and is unlikely to play Monday night. And then wide receiver KaVontae Turpin seems to also be unlikely to play Monday night. And he also right now is week to week is the designation after having a rib injury against the Packers. They do, however, feel really good that linebacker DeMarvion Overshown will be back Monday night. And that cornerback, Kobe Durant, is trending toward playing as well. So two guys stepping back onto the field while two guys stepping off the field kind of go throughout these injuries and kind of look at them one by one. It's unfortunate with Winters because he was starting to play really well. In fact, had a pretty good game against the Packers until he was injured. Had the pick that honestly could have been a pick six if he didn't get slapped by the back of the hand. And then, of course, KaVontae Turpin, really good return, man. So want to see both these guys as quickly as possible back into the lineup. But as of right now, it probably looks like both those guys will not see the field come Monday night. Now, week seven, though, starts Thursday when the New England Patriots take on the Chicago Bears on Kalshi. You can trade right now, and I'm going to trade on the Patriots. They dropped a lot as soon as Caleb Williams was announced that he was going to be healthy, but I'm still going to put the money on Drake Maye. $80 trade will get me over $100 in profit. $187.36 is the exact amount I'm getting back. 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Winters you're going to have to really rely on the return of of of really everybody on the linebacker room but more or less the big thing here coming in DeMarvion Overshown and Agent Zero really kind of being a big piece of what we can expect D. Winters though his impact will be missed 35 tackles in six games and like i said really started to look like he was kind of stepping into his own most recently against the Green Bay Packers now the good news is it's one for one as you are getting DeMarvion Overshown back for D. Winters in some ways But with Agent Zero, it's hard because we haven't seen him play but a couple snaps this season. He got injured early on in that, or not early on, but in the late part of that New York Giants game and really haven't seen him since. He seems like he just gets out there and gets injured. So I hope that that's not the case because you really kind of need him coming up here. Now, again, you do have the Eagles in this schedule on Monday Night Football without Jalen Hurts. Again, lots of stuff going on with that and the Eagles should be ashamed of themselves But then you've got the Cardinals and the Colts coming up Those games should be winnable. But after that, 49ers, Titans, Eagles, Seahawks, Rams, Jaguars, Giants, you have a very tough finish to the season besides that Titans game. So you'd love to have the right people out there. And Overshown is going to be a big thing. And the good thing is he's not the only guy that's going to reinforce this defense as Kobe Durant looks like he should be back as well, trending up. And in fact, last week we had to elevate Darion Kendrick and Wanya Thomas to kind of help out in that secondary. This time, though, you're going to be able to have a really good set. I mean, for the first time in a bit, you kind of feel like your safety room and your cornerback room is in a good spot. And you're in a spot where you can still compete in this NFC East. You've got the Giants ahead of you by about a game and a half or so, whatever you want to make of that with the tie. But you are in a position where this division is up for grabs. And funny enough, on most websites, you can have the Dallas Cowboys being the winner of the division because that's how bad it has gone. then we'll see what happens in the defensive lineup and defensive changes are going to be a huge thing, Overshown obviously stepping in will be a really good athletic linebacker given the injury to D Winters looks like Barham's going to remain at that starting position in the middle linebacker spot rather than potentially transitioning back to his you know college position of edge rushers and then of course Durant gets a lot of good options in a matchup wise and you still have Donte Smith and Dontavian Wicks I mean we can talk about who's that quarterback all day of the week, but you still have some really, really, really good players in this room for the Philadelphia Eagles, and that's going to be something to fully watch for and kind of look over when you look at them. One thing I also want to talk about is Winters and Turpin and their injuries and kind of what we look for in the injury diagnosis of each of these guys. Obviously for D, it's an Achilles strain is what they are kind of calling it. So x-rays on Kavante, Turpin, and Winters were all clean, So it's more or less just strains throughout both of them. Of course, the Kavante Turpin injury with the rib cartilage, Dee Winters with the Achilles strain. I think that both these guys will, I mean, Kavante for sure, being he's dated week to week, will probably be somebody who is not going to end up on IR. But Dee Winters is somebody at this point you would have thought that they would have put him on IR if it was a necessary thing. And I think that that is going to be something they can avoid, which is something that you really do like. I mean, Dee has been really solid throughout the past couple of games. And that middle linebacker position is just, I never trust health there at all, really, anyways. I mean, heck, the most people, the guys who have been the most healthy in that middle linebacker slot is Jay Sean Barham and Shamar James, which, credit to them, they've been really, really solid. But now you have to figure out how to replace the roles there as, you know, kind of what the snaps is like. Because if Overshown is back, that's great, but is he going to be limited in his snaps? Because then you're going to see a lot more of Shamar James once again. Without kickoff and punt returning from KaVontae Turpin, we're probably going to see Tyler Goodson, which he didn't do a bad job like I'm not saying that I'm like oh no you know good Tyler Goodson's got to go out there but it's certainly something that you have to be worrisome about you got Goodson in the kickoff room and then of course have Jonathan Mingo who had some good punt returns in the game against the Packers to be fair we'll see him returning punts again against the Philadelphia Eagles but I think of the two losses I'm definitely more concerned about Dee Winters for one the severity of the injury that's the first thing two I think also when you think about this team in a lot of ways without a middle linebacker slot with Dee Winters you're losing out on that so it's it's hard when i want to like look at this video or look at this team and and be in a spot where we can be confident about the defense but i can't because i have the coaching staff and then on top of which i have to look at these defensive players and the injuries that we continuously have in that slot now one final thing i want to point out is going to be if the defensive returns of Overshown and Durant are going to be enough to turn around this defense i think ultimately there's a lot more problems than just adding in what we've had in the mishaps from a couple of different guys but i do think missing out on D Winters you want to be able to replace him you do with Demarvion Overshown and Kamante Turpin again the hope is that maybe he could play again week to week is not something that's always gone for that but a lot of things are still a problem and i think unfortunately not just be crapping on our return of Demarvion Overshown but But he has had problems with tackling and assignment discipline, and that's something that must improve. Coverage in third downs, that's not exactly something that, you know, flipping a linebacker is going to switch. The communication, obviously, has been such a huge thing throughout this entirety of the early part of the season. But let us know in the comments section, will the injuries, will the injury returns save the defense? Can they rebound here? If you think they will, and you think they'll rebound, type Y for yes. If you think no, coaching staff is an issue, then type in for no. Or if you think both is an issue, then type B. Let us know down in the comments section, guys. We appreciate you watching, and we'll see you next time. Peace out.