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Cowboys might be leaning on major depth Sunday

Originally posted on Inside The Star | By Shane Taylor | Last updated Oct 2, 2025 2:58 PM ET

I will dive into the injury report later this week when the final report is dropped, but I am sure you have at least seen the first couple, and it is not good for Dallas.

As head coach Brian Schottenheimer said yesterday, they are banged up, so much so that they have a staggering 17 players on the report this week.

In all honesty, it probably came at the best time though. They play the Jets this week and the Panthers next week. It should give these guys a couple of weeks to heal up if they can’t play.

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We saw this last week with George Pickens, but now it is going a big deeper.

KaVontae Turpin has a sprained foot and it also going to miss this week and maybe some additional games.

Turpin’s injury comes at a time when the Cowboys are also trying to get CeeDee Lamb back from the ankle injury that kept him out of their Week 4 tie with the Packers.

Turpin has 11 catches for 159 yards and a touchdown this season. He is also averaging 10 yards per punt return and 25.3 yards per kickoff return through the first four weeks of the year.

The team brought back Parris Campbell.

Campbell collected 97 receptions, 983 yards, and five touchdowns over four years and 24 starts in Indianapolis. He later had one-season stops with both the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.

Perhaps the #Cowboys should sign #Jets HC Aaron Glenn to play in their secondary. Dallas ranks last in defense based on yards allowed and 31st in points allowed.

Glenn played two seasons for the Cowboys from 2005-2006 and had 5 INT, 20 passes defensed in 32 games with 8 starts…

— Ed Werder (@WerderEdNFL) October 2, 2025

I am not sure if he is going to make his way onto the field much. It will probably just be a bigger role for Jalen Tolbert, but make no doubt about it, these next few weeks are games you have to win regardless of the injury report, so these guys need to step up.

The Cowboys also activated the 21-day practice windows for WR Jonathan Mingo and CB Caelen Carson.

Both suffered knee injuries in the preseason/training camp and began the year on IR. They can remain on IR for up to 21 days to ramp up before needing to be activated.

Tyler Guyton, Tyler Smith and Tyler Booker are all on the injury report this week. If they have to go down three starting offensive linemen, wow. They looked great last week with two of them, but man, you are almost replacing your entire offensive line.

We will know by the end of the evening tomorrow who is officially ruled out and who may be able to play, but this team is going to be leaning on some major depth come Sunday against the 0-and-4 Jets.

This article first appeared on Inside The Star and was syndicated with permission.

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