Jan. 1
3:30 p.m. -- For the second straight day, RBs Javonte Williams (shoulder/neck) and Malik Davis (calf/eye) did not practice for the Cowboys, leaving their status for Sunday's season finale against the Giants in question.
The other two Cowboys players who did not practice on Thursday were G T.J. Bass (knee) and CB Shavon Revel (concussion/neck). Tight end Jake Ferguson, who worked with the rehab group on Wednesday, was bumped up to limited status on Thursday.
All three of OL Tyler Smith (knee), WR Ryan Flournoy (knee) and DT Perrion Winfrey (NIR-Personal) were upgraded to full participation on Thursday.
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Dec. 31
3:20 p.m. -- In the first injury report of the week, five Cowboys were listed as did not participate in Wednesday's practice leading up to Dallas' Week 18 game against the Giants.
Guard T.J. Bass (knee), RB Malik Davis (calf/eye), TE Jake Ferguson (calf), CB Shavon Revel (concussion/neck) and DT Perrion Winfrey (NIR-Personal) did not practice on Wednesday. An additional six players were limited, including WR Ryan Flournoy (knee), LB DeMarvion Overshown (concussion) and G Tyler Smith (knee).
Good news for Dallas came in that Quinnen Williams, who has been dealing with a neck injury, was a full participant on Wednesday.
For the Giants, some key players did not practice including LB Abdul Carter (illness) and WR Wan'Dale Robinson (rib).
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Dec. 29
3:40 p.m. -- On Thursday against the Commanders, Cowboys LB Logan Wilson did not record a single snap for the first time this season, even dating back to his time before the trade deadline with the Bengals. Why?
"That was unfortunate with Logan," Cowboys COO/co-owner Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan Monday morning. "They didn't have many snaps throughout the game, much less obviously in the first half. I will say it was, I wouldn't call it a mistake, but some confusion in terms of how that rotation was supposed to go with [LBs coach Dave] Borgonzi. It certainly wasn't the intent for him not to play a snap, but sometimes the game with not many snaps on one particular side of the ball, things can not go according to plan."
Jones would go on to clarify that the confusion was on the part of Borgonzi and the defensive coaching staff, something that head coach Brian Schottenheimer reiterated later on in the day.
"The plan was to play Logan," Schottenheimer said. "We only had 21 snaps in the first half. We kind of messed up rotation in the second half. It's not the first time that's happened, probably not the last time. We take that as a coaching staff."
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11:31 a.m. - Coming off one of his best games of the season, Jadeveon Clowney not only expressed his desire to be back with the Cowboys, but also wanting to get a deal done sooner so he can have a full offseason and training camp.
And it sounds like the Cowboys are on the same page. Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones was asked about wanting Clowney back on 105.3 "The Fan" on Monday.
"Absolutely. He's played at a very high level. He's best one of our best pressure players," Jones said. "We'd love to have Jadeveon back. We'll be talking with his guys right away. Would love to get him in the mix,. He is a leader. We'd love to have him in the mix from the get-go, which would be outstanding. Hopefully with his willingness to be here and us wanting him to be here, hopefully we can figure something out."
Clowney is tied for the team lead in sacks with 5.5 after recording 1.5 sacks in Thursday's win over the Commanders.
Dec. 25
6:21 p.m. – The reason the Cowboys were pinned back to their own 3-yard line was a result of KaVontae Turpin not catching a punt that rolled down by the goal line.
Leave it to Turpin to bail out the offense, producing the longest play of the season. In fact, Turpin's 86-yard touchdown catch is the longest play in NFL history on Christmas Day.
Turpin only had one catch for the game, but it was one of the biggest ones, giving Dallas a 21-3 lead that would never lose. It's also the second straight year Turpin has made a back-breaking play in Washington. Last year, his 99-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter helped Dallas secure a 34-26 win.
Turpin quipped "I hope so" when asked if Washington head coach Dan Quinn, the former Cowboys defensive coordinator, is tired of seeing him. Quinn has had a front-row seat to Turpin running the length of the field twice in consecutive years.
"I did something here last year. I did something here this year," he said. "This is one of my favorite places to play."
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5:43 p.m. - While he entered the game as the backup to Javonte Williams, who had a great start to his day with a rushing touchdown and over 50 yards, Malik Davis proved to be the closer.
Williams left with a shoulder injury and Davis not only finished the job, he had a career-day himself, rushing for 105 yards. Now, it wasn't without some sacrifice as Davis' right eye was swollen shut after taking a hand to the face in one of the final carries.
His previous career-high was 47 yards, occurring on Thanksgiving against the Chiefs.
Davis wasn't even with the Cowboys to start the season, only joining them late in training camp and then spent a few weeks on the practice squad before eventually getting signed to the roster.
5:31 p.m. - The Cowboys kicker won't be listing Washington has one of his favorite places to kick. With a fourth-quarter miss, Aubrey now has five missed kicks here among the 13 total misses in his career.
However, he did bounce back with a 51-yard field goal on the next driving, ultimately giving the Cowboys a two-score lead.
Aubrey now has 150 points scored this year, becoming the first NFL kicker in history to have 150 points scored in each of his first three seasons.
Aubrey went 3-of-4 on the day, extending his streak of field goals this year. He's the first kicker in Cowboys history to make a field goal in 16 straight games during a season. Aubrey has a chance to be the first to make at least one field goal in every game this year when the season wraps up next week in New York.
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5:15 p.m. -- With Ryan Flournoy sidelined with a knee injury, Jalen Tolbert was active for the Cowboys for the first time since Dallas played Kansas City on Christmas.
Four catches for 31 yards doesn't pop too much off of the paper, but Tolbert came down with some crucial fourth down catches, including one on Dallas' second drive of the game that would ultimately lead to Dallas scoring their second touchdown of the afternoon.
Earlier in the week, head coach Brian Schottenheimer said he spoke with Tolbert, and that being inactive recently has been hard on the fourth-year wide receiver who had seven touchdowns a year ago. Schottenheimer added, "he certainly can play in this league," and Tolbert came to play on Christmas for Dallas.
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10:30 a.m. -- Quinnen Williams will play against the Washington Commanders in Week 17.
The four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle was sidelined in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Chargers due to a concussion and neck injury, but is cleared to go on Christmas Day for the Cowboys' battle on Netflix against the bitter NFC East rival.
Ryan Flournoy, however, was unable to get medical clearance on his sprained knee suffered four days ago against the Chargers, and headlines the inactives list with DeMarvion Overshown, who is in concussion protocol.
Other Cowboys' inactives include Caelen Carson, Jaydon Blue, Jay Toia and Perrion Winfrey.
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Dec. 24
1 p.m. -- Not long after moving Tyler Guyton to injured reserve and signing Corey Ballentine to the active roster, the Cowboys made a decision on DeMarvion Overshown.
The talented young linebacker has been ruled out of the Christmas Day matchup against the Washington Commanders due to a concussion suffered in Sunday's matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.
It will mark the first time Overshown has missed a game since returning from IR following the bye week, having been taking off of a pitch count, officially, against the Chargers.
Ryan Flournoy, however, does have a chance at playing on Netflix, despite suffering a sprained knee on Sunday. He is listed as questionable and will be a gametime decision.
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12:54 p.m. -- On Wednesday, the Cowboys have placed OT Tyler Guyton on injured reserve, ending his 2025 season.
Guyton, in his second season with the Cowboys, started 10 games at left tackle for the Cowboys this season before missing the previous four with a high ankle sprain. In his place, Tyler Smith will move over from left guard to play left tackle for the remainder of the season.
The future beyond that is unknown, with Brian Schottenheimer saying that Guyton "could end up being the swing tackle" after Dallas' last game against the Chargers, and with Smith implying that he wants to remain at left guard, where he's reached the Pro Bowl in each of the last three seasons.
Additionally, the Cowboys signed DB Corey Ballentine from the practice squad to the active roster, and elevated LB Justin Barron from the practice squad for Thursday's game against the Washington Commanders.
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