During a Saturday morning conference call, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said defensive tackle Solomon Thomas will miss Monday’s game at Las Vegas with a calf injury.
Schottenheimer noted Thomas, a Coppell native, is still trying to play, but the veteran hasn’t practiced all week.
“We’re still a number of hours away from game time,” Schottenheimer said.
Thomas has played nine games, starting the last contest, a loss against Arizona on Nov. 3. He’s part of a defensive line rotation with Kenny Clark, Osa Odighizuwa and Jay Toia in the interior. The addition of defensive tackle Quinnen Williams via trade before the deadline and the chance of injured defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey returning from injury this week will bolster the group.
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Williams hasn’t played in two weeks because, before the trade, the New York Jets were in the middle of their bye week when he was acquired by Dallas. Williams is projected to start with Clark, and if the Cowboys go in a five-man front, Odighizuwa will join that group in that alignment.
Winfrey hasn’t played all season, having been placed on injured reserve on Sept. 8 with a back injury. Winfrey started his 21-day return to practice window on Oct. 29.
The Cowboys will also have two players possibly making their season debuts in linebacker DeMarvion Overshown and rookie cornerback Shavon Revel, who are recovering from knee surgeries.
Both players most likely will be on a snap count.
“No. 1, I celebrate all the hard work and the sacrifices gone into them of getting back,” Schottenheimer said. “You would be remiss if you didn’t talk about those things with them. We’re certainly excited to watch them get back into game action. It won’t be our first time seeing DMo as a Cowboy, but it will be our first time seeing (Revel). In terms of pitch counts, we got a game plan going into the game and those plans stay flexible. Each one is a little bit different. I’m not going to share in detail. I don’t want to show our hand in some areas where we don’t need to. You have a plan, then you see how the game is going.”
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