Overview
- With Jackson Powers-Johnson on injured reserve after a Week 10 leg injury, Las Vegas overhauled its interior offensive line for the Cowboys game.
- Head coach Pete Carroll declined pregame to commit to veteran Alex Cappa at right guard, and the final choice bypassed both Cappa and rookie Caleb Rogers.
- Jordan Meredith moved from center to right guard, while Will Putnam was tapped to start at center in a notable in-game reshuffle.
- Rogers, a third-round pick who had indicated he expected to play, was a healthy scratch again as practice-squad guard Atonio Mafi was elevated.
- Cappa had filled in for Powers-Johnson the previous week, and quarterback Geno Smith’s pregame comment about Putnam at center added to lineup uncertainty.