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The Cowboys are gearing up for the start of the second half of their season, emerging from an eventful and challenging bye week with a road trip to Las Vegas to face the Raiders. The theme leading into this game has been defensive reinforcements, and the inactive list only reinforced that.
Start with the big news: DeMarvion Overshown and Shavon Revel, neither of whom have played this year while recovering from injuries suffered last season, are both active. Overshown will be suiting up for the first time since changing his jersey number to 0, and he’s a sight for sore eyes given the state of the defense. Meanwhile, Revel will be making his NFL debut tonight, and he’s also a welcome addition to a beleaguered secondary.
The sudden surge in health is reflected by the inactive report, in which Solomon Thomas is the only important injured player featured. Thomas did not practice this week with a calf injury, but was unlikely to play much anyway with the addition of Quinnen Williams alongside Osa Odighizuwa and Kenny Clark.
Thomas is joined on the inactive list by Damone Clark, Jaydon Blue, Trikweze Bridges, Hakeem Adeniji, and Jonathan Mingo. Bridges is notable, as he had become a starter in recent weeks, but Revel’s return made him a viable candidate for the healthy scratch here.
As for the Raiders, it’s a more straightforward clean bill of health. None of the players they listed on their injury report this week are inactive for this one.
