Overshown suffered torn anterior cruciate, medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments in his right knee against the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 9, 2024. At the time, there was no guarantee Overshown would be able to play at all in 2025. The only sign of his injury will be a brace on his knee.
“I just want him to play free,” coach Brian Schottenheimer said. “I really do. I don’t want to put too much pressure on D-Mo. He hasn’t played in a long time, but he hasn’t forgotten how to play either. But I will know this: He will be running to the football. He will be making plays.”
At the time of his injury, Overshown was the Cowboys’ second-leading tackler and he had 5.5 sacks. The Cowboys have discussed a pitch count with him.
“That’s what you want to do coming off of any injury, especially for a guy that ain’t played in 300-something days,” Overshown said. “But we already know, man, it’s winning football time. So when the time comes, when the situation comes, if I’m at that play count or that limit, we already done made the conversations where look, (if) it’s a play that needs to be made, I got to be on the field.”
Williams, acquired from the New York Jets for a 2026 second-round pick, a 2027 first-round pick and defensive tackle Mazi Smith, has not played since Oct. 26, with the Jets having their bye week heading into the trade deadline.
Last week, Williams said he put himself through a “mock game,” with a number of sprints to make sure he was OK physically heading into the Raiders game. He said this is the longest he has gone without playing while healthy.