* Lamb has been on the injury report for weeks with his shoulder injury, but has at least been a limited participant. His shoulder was clearly bothering him in the Cowboys' Sunday night win over the Buccaneers Week 16. With the Cowboys eliminated from playoff contention, it will be interesting to see if they shut him down.
* QB Dak Prescott (IR): In the Cowboys' loss to the Falcons Week 9, Prescott injured his hamstring while throwing. His season is over.
Prescott signed the richest contract in NFL history just before the start of the 2024 season. He missed the Cowboys' matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles Week 10, with Cooper Rush filling in. Rush was 13 for 23 for an almost impossibly low 45 yards in a blowout defeat. He was eventually replaced by Trey Lance, who went 4 of 6 for 21 yards, 0 TDs, and one INT.
The Cowboys weren't a very good football team in eight games with Prescott, as they started 3-5. They are a worse team without him, though Rush is 4-3 this season with 11 TDs vs. 3 INTs.
Excluding meaningless final regular season games in which either team rested starters, Prescott has a 7-3 lifetime record against the Eagles. The Eagles now have a 3-1 record against the Cowboys during the Prescott era when Prescott has missed the game due to injury:
* Week 8, 2020: The Eagles beat Ben DiNucci in Philly.
* Week 16, 2020: The Eagles lost to Andy Dalton in Dallas.
* Week 6, 2022: The Eagles beat Cooper Rush in Philly.
* Week 10, 2024: The Eagles beat Rush in Dallas.
Diggs has five career INTs in five NFL seasons against the Eagles.
* RG Zack Martin (IR): Martin has been the Cowboys' starting RG since they selected him with the 16th overall pick in the 2014 draft. He has nine Pro Bowls under his belt as well as nine All-Pro nods (7 first-team, 2 second-team), though he was not the same player in 2024 while battling an assortment of injuries. Martin has been replaced in the lineup by 2022 UDFA Brock Hoffman.
* DE DeMarcus Lawrence (IR): The Cowboys placed Lawrence on IR with a Lisfranc injury on Oct. 1. At the time, his injury was projected to keep him out 4-8 weeks. The Cowboys are reportedly shutting Lawrence down for the season.
Lawrence is something of the Cowboys' version of Brandon Graham, in that he has had a good, long career, but has lacked elite sack numbers. (I suppose one big difference is that Graham made one of the most important plays in his team's history, and Lawrence hasn't.)
* DE Sam Williams (IR): During training camp, the Cowboys lost Williams for the season with a torn ACL and a partially torn MCL in his left knee. Williams was a Cowboys second-round pick who finished fifth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2022. He had 22 tackles, 4 sacks, and 3 fumble recoveries that season. In 2023, in a crowded edge rusher rotation, he had 26 tackles and 4.5 sacks. In 2024, Williams was poised to take on a bigger role with the Cowboys after they lost Dorance Armstrong and Dante Fowler in free agency to the Commanders.
* LB DeMarvion Overshown (IR): Overshown missed his rookie season in 2023 with a torn ACL, but he was a breakout player in 2024, collecting 90 tackles, 5 sacks, an INT, a forced fumble, and 4 pass breakups. Overshown shredded his knee against the Bengals, tearing his ACL, MCL, and PCL. His 2024 season is over, and his 2025 season is also in doubt.
* CB Caelen Carson (IR): Carson is a rookie who has had to start five games this season as a result of a bunch of Cowboys injuries at CB. 27 tackles, 4 PBUs, no INTs or FFs.
* S Marquese Bell (IR): S/LB hybrid. South Jersey kid who broke Dallas Goedert's arm last season.