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If it wasn\u2019t obvious, injury-prone\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0inside linebacker\u00a0DeMarvion Overshown<\/a> was cooked after 3 seasons mostly watching from the sidelines\u2026 last week\u2019s season-opening loss to the New York Giants<\/a> made it clear.<\/p>\n Overshown, to recap, started the game flagged for a late hit out of bounds on Giants<\/a> quarterback Jaxson Dart<\/a>, got run over by Giants running back Cam Skattebo<\/a>, then capped things off by leaving the game with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n \u201cDeMarvion Overshown was very emotional on the sidelines after getting injured,\u201d SM Highlights wrote<\/a> on its official X account on Sunday.<\/p>\n The Cowboys have waited long enough for Overshown to show he can stay healthy and be a competent inside linebacker. When his 4-year, $5.39 million rookie contract runs out after the 2026 season, it needs to be the end of his time in Dallas.<\/p>\n Overshown, simply put, isn\u2019t a reliable player to have a future with, and the Cowboys should stop entertaining the idea that he could be that guy.<\/p>\n \u201cCowboys LB DeMarvion Overshown\u2019s injury history: 2023: Left ACL \u2014 missed rookie season, 2024: Right ACL\/MCL\/PCL in Week 14, 2025: Missed the first nine games of the season, 2026: Hamstring strain in Week 1 \u2014 status TBD,\u201d Sleeper Cowboys wrote<\/a> on its official X account.<\/p>\n Overshown Playing for Job Security in 2026<\/p>\n The Athletic\u2019s Jon Machota singled out Overshown as the player on the Dallas roster with the \u201cmost on the line\u201d in 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cThree players immediately come to mind: Overshown, LT\u00a0Tyler Guyton<\/a>\u00a0and WR\u00a0George Pickens<\/a>,\u201d Machota wrote. \u201cOvershown gets the nod because he\u2019s in the final year of his rookie contract. Guyton will likely have another season in Dallas even if this one doesn\u2019t go well. Pickens is likely getting paid well by the Cowboys or another team in free agency next year. Overshown doesn\u2019t have that type of job security. When healthy, he\u2019s easily Dallas\u2019 best linebacker. But significant knee injuries have caused him to miss 32 games over the last three seasons. A strong, full season likely leads to a quality new deal. But if he\u2019s unable to stay on the field, Overshown could be left with underwhelming contract offers.\u201d<\/p>\n Does DeMarvion Overshown Still Have Elite Upside?<\/p>\n The assumption about Overshown after 3 seasons, as bad as it sounds, that the longer he stays on the field, the more likely it is he\u2019s going to get hurt.<\/p>\n Overshown, for all his talent, has been missing for almost the entirety of his 1st 3\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0seasons due to injuries \u2014 a pair of catastrophic knee injuries that have cost him 32 out of a possible 51 regular-season games.<\/p>\n Still, what fans did get to see in the 1 sort-of full season Overshown got to play in 2024 has been enough to keep expectations for him sky-high, and\u00a0CBS Sports NFL reporter Zach Pereles<\/a>\u00a0tabbed him as the most likely \u201cBreakout Candidate\u201d for the Cowboys in 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cAmid a dismal 2024 season for Dallas, DeMarvion Overshown was a bright spot, registering 90 tackles, eight tackles for loss, five sacks, and a pick-six in just 13 games,\u201d Pereles wrote in June. \u201cThe third-round pick from 2023 looked to be coming into his own and then some after missing all of his rookie year with a torn ACL. Then he suffered another brutal injury \u2014 torn ACL, MCL and PCL \u2014 near the end of the year. He returned for six games last year. Perhaps the injuries have taken too much of a toll, but a year-plus removed from the injury, he can be the athletic, talented playmaker the Cowboys desperately need at linebacker.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, and the entire NFC East Division. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Dallas Cowboys wide receiver DeMarvion Overshown. 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