The Cowboys will have left tackle Tyler Guyton, who was questionable with a glute injury that limited him on Thursday and Friday. He is not among the team’s inactives.
Edge rusher Marshawn Kneeland also is active after being questionable with an ankle injury.
The Cowboys’ inactives are linebacker Jack Sanborn (groin), safety Juanyeh Thomas (migraines), safety Donovan Wilson (elbow/shoulder), offensive tackle Ajani Cornelius (knees), wide receiver Jonathan Mingo and defensive tackle Jay Toia.
The Broncos had only two players on their injury report this week, and no one with an injury designation. All of their inactives are healthy scratches.
The team’s inactives are quarterback Sam Ehlinger, running back Jaleel McLaughlin, safety J.T. Gray, outside linebacker Que Robinson, defensive lineman and defensive lineman Sai’vion Jones
Nerves are frayed throughout the NFL about the obligation to update the injury report.
The Cowboys have updated their injury report on Sunday afternoon to rule out linebacker Jack Sanborn, with a groin injury. He had been among none of the 15 names appearing on the Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday report.
It’s unclear how or when Sanborn was injured.
Sanborn signed with the Cowboys after spending his firs three seasons with the Bears. He started the first five games of the season before being benched last week. He was involved only in special teams in the Week 7 win over the Commanders.
It’s been 30 years since the Cowboys last won a Super Bowl. It’s been even longer than that since they’ve beaten the Broncos.
The last Dallas win over Denver came on September 10, 1995, with running back Emmitt Smith rushing for 114 yards and a touchdown. The Cowboys won at the now-demolished Texas Stadium, 31-21.
Since then, the Broncos have beaten the Cowboys seven times in a row, including a 51-48 shootout in 2013, which included Peyton Manning oil-canning his way to a naked bootleg touchdown run.
And if the Cowboys have a 14-point lead entering the fourth quarter, they shouldn’t take their foot off the gas. Via NBC Sports research, the Broncos are 2-0 when trailing by 14 or more points in the fourth quarter this season. The rest of the league is 2-49.
The Broncos, who have won eight games in a row at home (the longest current streak in the league), are favored by 3.5 points.
Receiver A.J. Brown won’t be playing for the Eagles today, due to a hamstring injury. He’s also reportedly not expected to be playing for any other team this year.
Unless, of course, someone makes the Eagles an offer they can’t refuse.
Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that the Eagles are “not expected” to send Brown to a new team before the trade deadline in nine days.
It’s a story that feels more than a little stale on the surface, given that Brown’s performance against the Vikings a week ago seemed to put out the smoke and/or fire of a potential trade. In the days before the Week 7 game, we beat the bushes with “sources” as to the possibility of a trade, and the word was that it’s not happening. We didn’t do anything with it because, frankly, there still seemed to be a chance the Eagles would struggle again to find a passing game, Brown would continue to be frustrated, and the Eagles would decide to maximize the return for the balance of Brown’s contract instead of continuing to work to keep the locker room properly aligned.
The Eagles, if they chose to do so, could create a potential frenzy among AFC contenders who would potentially offer too much both to get Brown — and to keep him away from another potential playoff team. Imagine, if you will, the Eagles making Brown available and teams like the Bills, Steelers, Colts, Patriots, Broncos, Chargers, and perhaps even the Chiefs getting involved.
For now, though, the situation seems to have quieted down. Quarterback Jalen Hurts had a perfect passer rating against Minnesota, becoming only the third quarterback in team history to finish a game at the magic (and highly specific) number of 158.3 based on at least 10 pass attempts. (Nick Foles did it in 2013, and Donovan McNabb did it in 2007.)
And here’s where it gets interesting. Although the headline is that the Eagles are “not expected” to trade Brown, Schefter’s report expressly leaves the door open for a “blockbuster” offer to get the Eagles’ attention.
Frankly, this report may be nothing more than a carefully baited hook, aimed at getting someone to make that kind of offer without the Eagles having to deal with the potential reaction by Brown to news that they’re shopping him.
There’s no need to shop Brown if it a story can be planted that they’re not shopping him — and that they won’t. But they will still trade him if someone shows up with enough to get them to say, “OK.”
That may be the real takeaway on this one. The Eagles are deliberately not shopping Brown. But, based on the report, Brown is not untouchable. If someone like the Bills, Steelers, Colts, Patriots, Broncos, Chargers, and perhaps even the Chiefs want to made an over-the-top offer for Brown, the Eagles definitely won’t hang up the phone.
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said on Friday that injured reserve was a consideration for cornerback Trevon Diggs and the team went ahead and made the move on Saturday.
Diggs missed last Sunday’s win over the Commanders with a concussion and will now miss the next four games as a result of the move. Diggs was also listed with a knee injury when he was ruled out for this week’s game against the Broncos.
The Cowboys elevated cornerback Corey Ballentine from the practice squad to go with DaRon Bland, Kaiir Elam, Trikwese Bridges, Caelen Carson, and Reddy Stewart at cornerback.
Running back Malik Davis has also been elevated for Sunday’s game.
