Cowboys cornerback Joey Porter Jr. participated fully in Thursday’s practice, and he expects to have no limitations for Sunday’s game against the Packers.
“That’s what I’m shooting for. That’s what they’re shooting for as well,” Porter told Patrik Walker of the team website. “So that’s what we’re gonna try to do.”
Porter was inactive at the start of the season with the Steelers after not getting the expected long-term contract extension. He played 25 snaps in his debut with the Cowboys in Week 4, but missed the Week 5 game last Thursday night after coming down with an illness on game day.
“I really just couldn’t hold anything down,” Porter told Walker. “You know, I just kept throwing up. I try to fight through. I tried to take a nap before the game, just to shake it off, but I just couldn’t hold in deep down. So that’s when they made the call to send me home.”
Porter was limited in Wednesday’s practice with an ankle injury that he injured during the Cowboys’ victory over the Texans in Week 4.
Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring) and cornerback Ameer Speed (knee) returned to limited work in Thursday’s practice after sitting out Wednesday. Outside linebacker Von Miller was the only other change to the injury report, returning to a full practice after a rest day.
Cornerback Cobie Durant (hamstring) and offensive tackle Drew Shelton (hamstring) remained out of practice.
Safety Alijah Clark (hamstring), outside linebacker James Houston (shoulder), cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. (knee) and left guard Tyler Smith (thumb) were again full participants.
The NFL wants to see the video of the altercation that resulted in Packers running back Josh Jacobs pleading no-contest to battery charges. Jacobs wants no one to see the video. Ever.
Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN, Jacobs has filed a civil lawsuit requesting a court order permanently blocking access to records from the May 23 incident.
In the civil filing, Jacobs (per Demovsky) argues that the woman involved in the altercation wants “to protect her privacy, dignity, personal security, emotional well-being, and ability to participate safely in the criminal justice process.” Jacobs also contends that “redaction limited to names or faces would not adequately protect” the woman’s identity, and that advanced artificial intelligence could be utilized to identify her based on “her body shape and other indicia of her identity.”
He further claims that release of the video “would reveal private details” of his home, including “configuration, entrances, exits, doors, windows, storage areas, security arrangements, or other details that could be used to evaluate how the garage or residence might be entered.”
That’s fine and reasonable, but it also has the practical effect of keeping the NFL from seeing the video in connection with its effort to impose discipline on him. Which means that the NFL’s response should be clear and direct — you don’t play until we see the video.
It’s one thing for the public to see it. It’s quite another for the league to have access to it in order to properly implement its Personal Conduct Policy.
It appears Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke too soon when it came to where defensive coordinator Christian Parker will be situated during Sunday night’s game against the Packers.
Parker has been on the sideline for the first five games of the season, but Jones said during a radio appearance this week that Parker would coach from the booth this week. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer said that plans were still being finalized on Wednesday, however, and Parker had his turn to weigh in on Thursday.
Parker said at a press conference, via multiple reporters, that the team is still working through a final decision, but that he will “most likely” be remaining on the sideline for the game.
If that is the case, the most significant superficial difference to the Cowboys’ defensive approach this week will be the addition of Mike Pettine to the staff as a senior defensive assistant.
As Packers running back Josh Jacobs continues to spend the early weeks of the 2026 season on paid leave, the NFL reportedly still hasn’t gotten access to the key piece of video generated by the incident that resulted in a no-contest plea to battery.
Via Danielle Lerner of USA Today, police in Wisconsin are delaying the release of the video — both to the NFL and to the media.
Last month, the judge presiding over the criminal case lifted a temporary court order sealing the evidence in the case, while concluding that the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department had the discretion “to apply a balancing test between the rights of the public, the defendant and the victim in deciding whether to release the records.”
In an October 13 letter to USA Today, Hobart-Lawrence police chief Michael Renkas explained that, although the department determined it could release some records with “appropriate redactions,” it is required to wait because the lawyers in the underlying case intend to seek a new court order blocking the disclosure.
“Accordingly, the Department is temporarily withholding all responsive records in accordance with the statutory waiting period and any applicable court orders,” Renkas wrote. “This temporary hold does not constitute a denial of your request or a reversal of the Department’s balancing-test determination.”
Some in league circles believe Jacobs could return from paid leave soon, with the games Jacobs has missed eventually being credited toward his suspension. However, it seems unlikely that the NFL will allow Jacobs to play until it sees the video.
The NFL learned the hard way the lesson of closing a player’s Personal Conduct Policy case without first seeing the relevant video. The release of the Ray Rice elevator video in September 2014, coupled with a report that the NFL had seen it before it was leaked to TMZ, sparked a major controversy that threatened the employment of the Commissioner.
Surely, the league won’t risk putting itself in that same position again. And so the bottom-line message is, or should be, that Jacobs doesn’t play until the NFL sees the video.
The Cowboys had a mini-bye after losing to the Buccaneers last Thursday. The extra days off were good news for wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (thigh) and left tackle Tyler Guyton (back).
Both were banged up in the Week 5 game.
Cornerback Joey Porter Jr., who missed Thursday’s game after coming down with an illness pregame, was limited with an ankle injury.
Cornerback Cobie Durant (hamstring), outside linebacker Von Miller (rest), linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring), offensive tackle Drew Shelton (hamstring) and cornerback Ameer Speed (knee) did not practice.
Safety Alijah Clark (hamstring), outside linebacker James Houston (shoulder), cornerback Shavon Revel Jr. (knee) and left guard Tyler Smith (thumb) were full participants.
