The latest on DeMarvion Overshown.
Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown is over five months removed from his devasting ACL, PCL and MCL tear that he suffered in Week 14 against the Cincinnati Bengals. He’s returned to the rehab group on the sidelines during the team’s OTA periods and is optimistic about where he is in his recovery.
“It’s going real good, I think it really couldn’t be any better,” Overshown said. “If it was better, I’d probably be out there playing right now. Where I’m at in my rehab, in my process, it’s where I’m supposed to be plus some.”
While Overshown is optimistic, the unfortunate reality is that he tore the three major ligaments in his knee, an injury that is not easy to return from. It’s even more difficult considering Overshown suffered a torn ACL ahead of his rookie season in 2023.
That said, it makes the road to returning to full health a familiar one for Overshown, and one he knows will take time to reach the end of given it’s very similar to his first recovery experience.
“I know it’s a process; it’s something we’re not rushing just because I look good,” Overshown said. “There’s no need to rush the process. I’m going to come back when I’m 100%, when I’m ready, when I know I can tough the field and not have to look down and worry about my knee.”
Calvin Watkins of the DMN reports Overshown might be back in time for the Thanksgiving game.
DeMarvion Overshown said today he’s doing some light jogging. He’s feeling good about his progress. Hopes to return for the Christmas game against the Chiefs.
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) May 29, 2025
Thanksgiving not Christmas. Sorry.
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) May 29, 2025
2025 NFL offseason: NFC teams’ best and worst deals, picks, more – Bill Barnwell. ESPN
The Cowboys believe in their scouting reports, even from years ago.
The Cowboys still believe in Mingo, though, and their offseason was full of bets on highly drafted players who have struggled to start their careers, players they presumably had excellent grades on coming out of college. They traded for cornerback Kaiir Elam and linebacker Kenneth Murray, two former first-round picks who haven’t remotely lived up to expectations in the NFL. Elam wasn’t able to consistently stay in the starting lineup in Buffalo and was targeted over and over again as an injury replacement in the AFC Championship Game, while Murray has allowed a passer rating north of 107 in coverage.
The Cowboys didn’t have to send much more than a swap of late Day 3 picks, but unlike Mingo and Dotson, Elam and Murray aren’t on bargain deals. Elam will make $2.6 million in 2025, while Dallas inherited the final $7.4 million remaining on the two-year deal Murray signed with the Titans in free agency a year ago. Neither player has been even a solid starter in the NFL, but the Cowboys clearly think they can develop players who entered the league with significant pedigrees.
Likewise, Dallas went after highly drafted players in free agency. It supplemented the defensive line with a pair of former top-five picks in Solomon Thomas and Dante Fowler Jr., with the latter returning to the organization after an impressive season in Washington. Payton Turner, another first-rounder who never broke out in New Orleans, also joined on a one-year deal.
Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons not in attendance at OTAs – Calvin Watkins, DMN
Don’t panic, but Micah Parsons missed the OTA session on Thursday.
Micah Parsons is not at OTAs with the Dallas Cowboys this week, according to head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
“He was going to do some traveling,” Schottenheimer said. “I have not seen him yet this week. Again, my big thing with all the guys whether they’re here or not, you can get great work in and you can get ready and be mentally prepared, whether your Micah who is not her, hearing it out, whether you’re Dak (Prescott), it doesn’t really matter just put your work in, get ready. There’s a lot of ways to get ready and prepared. I think the league has made it very clear, all voluntary.”
The organized team activities are a voluntary portion of the team’s offseason program, but Parsons’ absence is notable as the star pass rusher is still hoping to receive a long-term contract extension prior to the start of the 2025 season.
In previous years, Parsons has normally skipped portions of the voluntary workouts, deciding to get in shape on his own. But he did show up to the Cowboys’ workout program in April with his teammates.
“He’s having a terrific offseason,” Brian Schottenheimer said earlier this week about Guyton. “He’s working his ass off. He looks great.”
Guyton didn’t like his [rookie] season overall and went into the offseason on a mission.
“I had a lot to prove, I had a lot to work on,” he said. “I didn’t do too well last season. I wanna do better. I wanna be the guy who could be depended on.”
Guyton worked on his body. He cut out fried and fast foods. He loved Raising Cane’s. But that was out. Guyton spoke to the Cowboys’ nutritionist and watched videos on what to eat. He was always mindful of the types of food he put into his body, but now he wanted to get leaner and quicker. He ate more protein and added more stretching exercises to improve his flexibility. He does stretching exercises for an hour inside his garage after his workouts.
“TG, he’s having a great offseason,” Schottenheimer said. “I think some of the new things that [offensive coordinator] Klayton Adams and [offensive line coach] Conor Riley have brought from a fundamental standpoint really fits him.”
“I’m not going to make any excuses, I just didn’t play as good as I needed to last year,” he said. “I’m coming with a different attitude this year to become a better player.”
Harris offers a lengthy summary of yesterday’s OTA covering topics such as running backs, Trevon Diggs and the rehab group, and Micah Parsons’ absence, all well worth reading. Here’s his take on the day the QBs had:
Dak Prescott, Joe Milton work in quick game
The offense remained very vanilla in front of the media on Thursday, as the new offensive system under Brian Schottenheimer is mostly being kept under wraps through the first two practice availabilities.
On Thursday, almost all of the throws during team drills were on short routes including screens, swings, hitches and curls. A healthy amount of targets went to the running backs, which is something Schottenheimer has spoke on over the offseason as a layer to his passing game that will be used a good amount.
For Prescott, he finished the day 14-for-18 passing, but his highlight of the day actually came on an incompletion. Early in team drills, Prescott stepped into a throw that carried over 40 yards downfield right into the hands of CeeDee Lamb who couldn’t haul it in. Lamb returned to the huddle to do pushups for missing the completion, and new addition George Pickens joined him.
Backup quarterback Joe Milton looked a lot more consistent in the second media availability than he did in the first last week, as he finished 7-for-8 passing with one incompletion coming on a throw that fell behind tight end Brevyn Spann-Ford. His highlight came on a touchdown pass to wide receiver Ryan Flournoy that carried roughly 45 yards in the air.
Third-string quarterback Will Grier completed all three of his passes working in the short game.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said they are making changes to the cadence. Sounds like there will be no more “Here we goooo!” https://t.co/wndH4eHzXv
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) May 29, 2025