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The Dallas Cowboys said goodbye to one of their veteran linebackers in favor of help at defensive tackle.
The Dallas Cowboys waived linebacker Damone Clark and activated defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey, head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed on Tuesday during a news conference.
The Cowboys officially announced their latest roster moves Tuesday evening. Center Wesley French was also released from the practice squad.
The Cowboys drafted Clark in the fifth round of the 2022 draft after four years at LSU. In 2021, the then-senior started all 13 games and led the SEC in tackles. Clark was inactive Monday night in the Cowboys’ 33-16 win over the Raiders. In his eight appearances this season, Clark had 14 total tackles and seven solo tackles.
Since 2022, Clark has contributed 198 tackles, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
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“We’ve got a hell of a road ahead of us,” Prescott said. “And I think that’s the best part of it — we ain’t got no bulls— ahead, where we can lose focus. Like, hell no, we can’t lose focus — not for a second, not for a day, not for a moment of the training.
“S—, we want to make the playoffs? We got to go beat some playoff teams. And it’s not ‘one game at a time.’ We don’t have that luxury. We’ve got to think of the whole thing. We have to go on a run. And we’re going to do it together.”
In taking apart the Raiders (2-8), one of the NFL’s most feeble bottom-feeders, the Cowboys, for the first time in 2025, resembled their superlative selves. Prescott (25-of-33, 268 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions) zipped pinpoint passes to prolific wide receivers George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb, while a juiced-up defense limited the Raiders to 27 rushing yards and one fourth-quarter touchdown.
It was a promising performance, but a potentially deceiving one: Over the next 17 days, Dallas, which still hasn’t beaten a team with a winning record, faces last year’s Super Bowl participants (the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs) and the team that had the NFC’s best regular-season record in 2024 (the Detroit Lions).
Even the Cowboys’ biggest hype man, 83-year-old owner Jerry Jones, conceded after Monday’s game that a playoff run might be a bit ambitious.
“It’s probably a little late in the game,” he told The Athletic. “But if not this season, our future is looking brighter.”
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