{"id":37823,"date":"2025-11-17T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37823"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:03:25","slug":"breaking-cowboys-roll-out-elite-reinforcements-on-defense-for-mnf-against-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37823","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys Roll Out Elite &#8216;Reinforcements&#8217; on Defense for MNF Against Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1179861266-e1763378874238.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1179861266-e1763378874238.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1179861266-e1763378874238.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1179861266-e1763378874238.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys Roll Out Elite 'Reinforcements' on Defense for MNF Against Raiders\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When the Dallas Cowboys finally return to the field for Monday Night Football against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 11, it will have only been 2 weeks since they last played a game. That\u2019s a normal break with a bye.<\/p>\n<p>For a lot of reasons, it seems like it\u2019s been much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Cowboys last played in a Monday Night Football loss to the Arizona Cardinals on November 3, they\u2019ve not only endured a horrific tragedy with the suicide of edge rusher Marshawn Kneeland on November 6 but they\u2019ve also had to figure out how to field a team many won\u2019t recognize when they take the field in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>What that means is a defense that could see 4 new starters against the Raiders with a pair of stars obtained in trades; defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and inside linebacker Logan Wilson. There\u2019s also a player coming back off injury in standout inside linebacker DeMarvion Overshown and one heralded rookie making his NFL debut in cornerback Shavon Revel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait \u2026 why am I actually excited to watch the Dallas Cowboys defense?\u201d Sleeper Cowboys wrote on its official X account on November 15. \u201cREINFORCEMENTS HAVE ARRIVED.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Revel Could Be Biggest Unknown for Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys know what they\u2019re getting in Williams and Wilson. Overshown, if he\u2019s really healthy, has shown he can be elite. The true unknown would be Revel.<\/p>\n<p>Revel, 6-foot-2 and 194 pounds, was a projected first round pick at East Carolina before he tore his ACL just 6 games into the season. That injury sent Revel\u2019s draft stock plummeting, and he fell to the Cowboys in the third round (No. 76 overall).<\/p>\n<p>That could be a telling move for Revel and the Cowboys, who have drafted 2 All-Pro cornerbacks in the last 5 years with second rounder Trevon Diggs in the second round in 2020 and DaRon Bland in the fifth round in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>With Diggs out indefinitely with a variety of injuries and Revel slow to recover from his ACL, the Cowboys and their 31st ranked defense are in desperate need of help in the secondary. Revel could be the answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevel fell in the draft for injury concerns,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Ben Solak wrote in July. \u201cBut before his 2024 season was cut short by an ACL tear, Revel was a dominant small-school corner with 16 pass breakups and three interceptions over 15 games.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Williams One of NFL\u2019s Dominant Run Stuffers<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest immediate impact for the Cowboys should come from Williams, an NFL All-Pro and 3-time Pro Bowler who is one of the dominant run stuffing interior defensive linemen in the entire league.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys got Williams from the New York Jets in exchange for a 2026 second round pick, 2027 first round pick and defensive tackle Mazi Smith, a 2023 first round pick.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u201cBlockbuster: The\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0are trading for\u00a0Jets\u00a0Pro Bowl DT Quinnen Williams, sending a first-round pick and more to NYJ, per The Insiders,\u201d\u00a0NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport wrote on his official X account on November 4. \u201cNew home for one of the NFL\u2019s best to team that values interior DLs, as NYJ builds for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys could have 4 new starters on the defensive side of the ball when they play the Las Vegas Raiders on MNF in Week 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37823","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 : Cowboys Roll Out Elite &#039;Reinforcements&#039; 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