The Cowboys are leaving the door open for cornerback Trevon Diggs to play on Monday night.
Diggs (knee) was a limited participant in practice for the third straight day on Saturday and the team listed him as questionable to be in the lineup against the Bengals. Diggs missed the last two games.
Head coach Mike McCarthy said, via multiple reporters, that Diggs had a good day on Saturday and that the team plans to work him out again on Sunday to see if he’ll be able to go.
Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (shoulder) said he will be good to go on Monday and he is off the injury report. Tight end Jake Ferguson (concussion) also has no designation.
The Cowboys also listed left tackle Tyler Guyton (ankle, knee) and linebacker Nick Vigil (foot) as questionable to play. Safety Juanyeh Thomas (knee) and right guard Zack Martin (ankle) were ruled out, although that was a formality for Martin after this week’s announcement that he will have season-ending ankle surgery.
The Bengals have turned in their final injury report before Monday night’s game against the Cowboys.
Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins and left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. have been ruled out. Rankins missed practice all week with an illness and Brown was called doubtful to play early this week by head coach Zac Taylor. Brown returned to the lineup last weekend after missing two games with a fibula injury, but the same injury will keep him out against Dallas.
Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (ankle), quarterback Joe Burrow (right wrist), and right tackle Armarius Mims (ankle) are all set to play as they did not receive injury designations.
Wide receiver Charlie Jones (groin) is their only questionable player.
Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said he expects to be fine for Monday night’s game against the Bengals.
Lamb’s shoulder injury kept him out of practice Thursday, but he returned to limited work Friday.
Lamb aggravated his shoulder in the Thanksgiving Day win over the Giants.
Cowboys wide receiver Brandin Cooks (rest/knee), safety Malik Hooker (rest), linebacker Eric Kendricks (rest/shoulder) and cornerback Jourdan Lewis (rest) returned to full participation.
The rest of the team’s report remained the same from Thursday.
Left tackle Tyler Guyton (ankle/knee), right guard Zack Martin (ankle/shoulder), safety Juanyeh Thomas (knee) and linebacker Nick Vigil (foot) again were non-participants. Martin will go on season-ending injured reserve this week.
Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring) remained limited.
Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said that he’ll be good to go on Monday night despite having a shoulder injury and the Bengals are on track to have their top wide receiver as well.
Ja’Marr Chase was a limited participant in practice on Thursday due to an ankle injury, but he moved up to full participation on Friday. He said he is “feeling good” during a press conference and a final update on his status will come on Saturday.
Tackle Amarius Mims (ankle) moved up to full practice participation as well. Wide receiver Tee Higgins (rest) and wide receiver Charlie Jones (groin) remained limited participants for the second straight day.
Left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. (fibula) and defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins (illness) did not participate in practice. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor called Brown doubtful to play earlier this week.
At first blush, the notion that Bill Belichick would interview for a college coaching job makes no sense. After thinking it through some more, it does.
Here’s what I think Belichick is doing. He’s telling NFL owners to shit or get off the pot.
Any owner can talk to Belichick right now, about any existing vacancy or an eventual one. And if he’s going to end up with no NFL job after the 2025 coaching carousel comes to a stop, he’d rather know now — before the college jobs are filled.
It’s a simple concept. As far as Belichick is concerned, it’s nut-cuttin’ time. If you want me, let me know. Otherwise, I’ll take a college job.
Many believe he’ll land in the NFL. But he went 0-for-7 last year, with only one interview. It’s fair for him to want to know which way the wind is blowing, before a viable college opportunity blows away.
Selecting Belichick now would violate the spirit of the Rooney Rule. Everyone involved would have to keep it quiet until the team complies with the letter of the league’s interview requirements. Then, Belichick gets the job.
If he gets the job. If he gets any job. He’s flirting with college teams because, in my view, he wants to know right now whether a team is willing to make him its head coach (and maybe de facto G.M.) in roughly a month.
If he takes a college job, it will mean that no suitable NFL team was interested and willing to give him what he’s looking for.
