Overview
- Two starting cornerbacks, Joey Porter Jr. and DaRon Bland, are listed as questionable with foot and ankle issues that could leave the Cowboys short on the outside.
- Dallas officially ruled out five players including OLB Donovan Ezeiruaku, TE Jake Ferguson, RB Tyler Goodson, S P.J. Locke, and WR Jonathan Mingo.
- With starting safety Jalen Thompson on injured reserve and other safeties limited, the team’s secondary depth is thin and defensive snaps will shift to backups and veterans.
- The Cowboys plan short-term moves that include elevating Israel Abanikanda from the practice squad for running back depth and increasing snaps for Marist Liufau, Von Miller, Jaishawn Barham, Brevyn Spann-Ford, and Luke Schoonmaker.
- San Francisco will be missing Mike Evans and lists several players as questionable, so both teams’ injury lists will be decisive once active rosters are announced 90 minutes before kickoff.