{"id":35790,"date":"2025-10-18T16:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:18:34","slug":"breaking-tyler-booker-returning-for-cowboys-in-time-for-alabama-faceoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\"><\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-N5ZBBHJXJVFR3MV4PHKKX5ISGM\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/resizer\/v2\/D7T7IQLNG5DTPEZMW6RJTF6FLI.jpg?auth=fb5e2576e5d2dc250925ad9ecca560adafe152542f700d53418c1636f2f087a8&amp;width=500&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/resizer\/v2\/D7T7IQLNG5DTPEZMW6RJTF6FLI.jpg?auth=fb5e2576e5d2dc250925ad9ecca560adafe152542f700d53418c1636f2f087a8&amp;width=800&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" sizes=\"80vw\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/resizer\/v2\/D7T7IQLNG5DTPEZMW6RJTF6FLI.jpg?auth=fb5e2576e5d2dc250925ad9ecca560adafe152542f700d53418c1636f2f087a8&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 80vw, 60vw\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/resizer\/v2\/D7T7IQLNG5DTPEZMW6RJTF6FLI.jpg?auth=fb5e2576e5d2dc250925ad9ecca560adafe152542f700d53418c1636f2f087a8&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Washington Commanders defensive tackle Daron Payne tackles Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith during an NFL game on Sept. 21, 2025, at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md.(AP Photo\/Nick Wass)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"FWRVDUSMOFGU3GW6N7MPDJYCNE\">Dallas expects rookie guard Tyler Booker back in its lineup on Sunday, and that\u2019s just in time as far as Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer is concerned.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ICU3YZGE3NBSJLOCUIQUA6SL4A\">A first-round draft pick from Alabama on April 24, Booker played every offensive snap in Dallas\u2019 first three games this season at right guard. But he missed the past three games because of an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XEJ5UCFZC5D6HA2TOU2KH432IE\">On Friday, Schottenheimer described Booker as \u201ca big, powerful guy, very talented player. That\u2019s one of his strong suits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"3BCO2IJLEND7DE6DYNOJFJ7VJQ\">And in Schottenheimer\u2019s view, that\u2019s what the Cowboys need to stand up to the Washington Commanders\u2019 defensive front, particularly tackle Daron Payne, a former Shades Valley High School and Alabama standout.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ULDAANMRB5F63BYHE42LEI3E4A\">\u201cBig, physical front,\u201d Schottenheimer said of the Washington defense. \u201cA lot of love for Daron Payne as a football player and really just think he\u2019s a hell of a player inside. But, you know, Book\u2019s intensity and leadership is something that we kind of thrive off of, so anytime you get good players back, it definitely helps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"BXNP7PZARVBPPFB4KSMA73UMGY\">Payne has 21 tackles, one sack, four tackles for loss, four quarterback hits, two pass breakups and one forced fumble this season. Only three other players meet or exceed Payne\u2019s production on those six stats in 2025, and they are all pass-rushers \u2013 Brian Burns of the New York Giants, Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders and T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XPMCBB7ZWBBDRGFZYHYWGBSQVA\">Booker carried no designation on the Cowboys\u2019 final injury report of the week. He\u2019s expected to return to the lineup with wide receivers CeeDee Lamb and KaVontae Turpin. Lamb also missed the past three games, and Turpin missed the past two.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RFIXMX3LQJHNLBCEMHO4W2W4DI\">Schottenheimer said he\u2019s expecting Booker to \u201cplay at a high level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fishsportsdallas.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/NDQ6MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAzMzU1\/cover-art-1280x720-3355.png\" alt=\"Cowboys Offense To Get Boost in Rookie's Return vs. Commanders - Fish  Sports Dallas\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"UVX65LJONJERFK44BY24PHHTYA\">\u201cI love the way he\u2019s moving around again,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cThis is a guy that\u2019s tackled that rehab and we\u2019re so &#8212; I mean, I think he\u2019s a week ahead of schedule, which is great. We\u2019ve asked him to do some different things this week both in individual and in team where, you know: Can you anchor, can you sustain, can you pull, can you move, can you do those things? And so far, it\u2019s been check, check, check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"LEDUH36TQVHPFAFOTQZF425WBA\">The 131st meeting between Washington and Dallas kicks off at 3:25 p.m. CDT Sunday at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. FOX affiliates in Alabama are scheduled to televise the game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JEPVJYQOBFDFJLRBBSGSHJXALQ\">The Commanders have a 3-3 record after losing to the Chicago Bears 25-24 on Monday night. Dallas has a 2-3-1 record after losing to the Carolina Panthers 30-27 on Sunday. One of the teams will have back-to-back losses for the first time this season after Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Dallas needs the rookie guard to stand up against Washington\u2019s Daron Payne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff - Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Dallas needs the rookie guard to stand up against Washington\u2019s Daron Payne.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-18T16:18:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff - Breaking News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-18T16:18:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-18T16:18:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"description\":\"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\",\"name\":\"MrKen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrKen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff - Breaking News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff - Breaking News","og_description":"Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Dallas needs the rookie guard to stand up against Washington\u2019s Daron Payne.","og_url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790","og_site_name":"Breaking News","article_published_time":"2025-10-18T16:18:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MrKen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrKen","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790","name":"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff - Breaking News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png","datePublished":"2025-10-18T16:18:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-18T16:18:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fsa3e42.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35790#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: Tyler Booker returning for Cowboys in time for Alabama faceoff"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/","name":"Breaking News","description":"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15","name":"MrKen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrKen"},"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35792,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35790\/revisions\/35792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}