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Jerry Jones invested a lot in his defensive tackles, and it sounds like there’s no plan to split up the super group.
Keeping Dallas’ interior defensive line trio together
Speaking of Williams, Jones was also complimentary of how he has fit in with, and opened things up for his teammates like Osa Odighizuwa and Kenny Clark. The three of them are paving the way up front for Dallas’ defensive turnaround the last three games.
After this season though, it’ll cost around $60 million in cap space to keep the three of them together as things stand right now, which brought up some doubt about whether the Cowboys would be willing to navigate that situation. Jones made it no secret that he’s willing to find a way.
“All three of those players have, again, tremendous football character. We knew that when we extended Osa this year…” Jones said. “When you line those three up in there, and you’ve got them either in rotation or you’ve got them in there together, you really create a dominant feature to our team. A combination of all of them, someone asked ‘Well, you’re not going to be able to keep them all three.’ That’s not right. We can, and we can build from that.”
Injury updates on Jadeveon Clowney and Trevon Diggs
Defensively, the Cowboys have dealt with injuries all season and are continuing to do so heading into their Thursday night game against Detroit. Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (hamstring) was limited in practice on Monday, but Jones is optimistic that he’ll have a chance to play, although it’ll likely be a game-time decision.
“I look to him to be available this [week], but we don’t have many days left for him to be out there,” Jones said. “Planning on him playing, but that’s not a given. This truly is warm him up out there before the game on Thursday, and if they can play, then you’ll make them active… He has had two games back-to-back that are very noteworthy.”
So far, it looks like the Dallas Cowboys have another star in the making with Shavon Revel.
Shavon Revel Jr. received his first pair of cowboy boots, fittingly, when he became a Cowboy. All the rookie draft picks for the Dallas Cowboys were gifted boots when they first joined the team this offseason.
Revel’s were distinctive: all black, made with ostrich leather, designed by Lucchese. And, perhaps most important, they were brand new.
Boot-wearers know there’s an adjustment period to a new pair. You have to break them in before they feel comfortable. For Revel, the same can be said about learning his new role...
