‘Very concerning’ – Gruesome footage shows devastating injury that left Dallas Cowboys star on verge of tears
DeMarvion Overshown has been in Pro Bowl form after missing his entire rookie season with a torn ACL. The Dallas Cowboys linebacker – a third-round pick – showed incredible desire to fight back and become a key defensive piece. GettyOvershown was left in a heap on the turf[/caption] But his season looks to have been cut short with what appears to be another devastating knee injury. The 24-year-old will undergo tests today after footage showed his right knee buckle during the heartbreaking loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits the initial prognosis is not good. “He’s having an outstanding year, and we’ll see what what it brings,” he said. “It’s concerning at this time, very concerning.” Dallas standout Micah Parsons has spoken highly of his teammate and fought back the tears after the game. “He don’t deserve that,” Parsons said. “He really don’t. So knowing, understanding what he’s going to go through, physically and mentally, is just so challenging. “He’s so talented. The year he was having, I mean, I really just don’t think that’s fair.” The Cowboys were supposed to be contenders this season but slipped to 5-8 with defeat. They were the architects of their own downfall against the Bengals after a potentially decisive blocked punt was nullified back by a mental error. “I wasn’t even really grasping what was going on,” a visibly emotional Parsons admitted Parsons was gutted to see his teammate go down GettyOvershown’s NFL career has been blighted by injuries[/caption] “Nick [Vigil] made a great play and then I asked the ref to explain what happened. He told me that [Amani Oruwariye] touched the ball. It was definitely a huge momentum shift. I mean, we had just caught a huge stop. “We were going into the two minute drill. It’s just real hard because you think and believe you can pull that game out in that situation. That hurts.” After veteran linebacker Vigil blocked the punt, young cornerback Oruwariye attempted to field the ball and failed – allowing the Bengals to recover. It awarded Cincinnati a first down and Joe Burrow took full advantage to march down the field and score a go-ahead touchdown for a 27-20 win. “That hurt, alright?” said Parsons, who left the field before time expired. “I won’t wish this on anybody. You can’t even put that in words, bro.” “I think we really did well. We could have did a little bit better containing him and I think we gave up some points but, I mean, you tell me we hold Joe Burrow to 20 points with two minutes left, and with our offense — the way we were moving the ball today — I think we could win the game.” View Tweet: https://t.co/UoIOsHTz46 “I won’t say it’s snowballing, but I don’t know. “It seems like we’re paying a due we don’t [owe]. It’s not fair. I don’t know if it’s bad luck, or karma, but in terms of the work ethic, everyone’s working so hard. “I’m going to really soak this one in. This one hurt me more than any loss this year, probably even worse than the playoff loss [to the Green Bay Packers in January], to be honest, because where we were going, how we were playing, playing good football? I’m going to sit on this.” talkSPORT is your home of the NFL on UK radio, and you can stay up to date with all the latest from around the league via our dedicated ‘EndZone’ YouTube channel.
DeMarvion Overshown has been in Pro Bowl form after missing his entire rookie season with a torn ACL.
The Dallas Cowboys linebacker – a third-round pick – showed incredible desire to fight back and become a key defensive piece.
But his season looks to have been cut short with what appears to be another devastating knee injury.
The 24-year-old will undergo tests today after footage showed his right knee buckle during the heartbreaking loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits the initial prognosis is not good.
“He’s having an outstanding year, and we’ll see what what it brings,” he said. “It’s concerning at this time, very concerning.”
Dallas standout Micah Parsons has spoken highly of his teammate and fought back the tears after the game.
“He don’t deserve that,” Parsons said. “He really don’t. So knowing, understanding what he’s going to go through, physically and mentally, is just so challenging.
“He’s so talented. The year he was having, I mean, I really just don’t think that’s fair.”
The Cowboys were supposed to be contenders this season but slipped to 5-8 with defeat.
They were the architects of their own downfall against the Bengals after a potentially decisive blocked punt was nullified back by a mental error.
“I wasn’t even really grasping what was going on,” a visibly emotional Parsons admitted
“Nick [Vigil] made a great play and then I asked the ref to explain what happened. He told me that [Amani Oruwariye] touched the ball. It was definitely a huge momentum shift. I mean, we had just caught a huge stop.
“We were going into the two minute drill. It’s just real hard because you think and believe you can pull that game out in that situation. That hurts.”
After veteran linebacker Vigil blocked the punt, young cornerback Oruwariye attempted to field the ball and failed – allowing the Bengals to recover.
It awarded Cincinnati a first down and Joe Burrow took full advantage to march down the field and score a go-ahead touchdown for a 27-20 win.
“That hurt, alright?” said Parsons, who left the field before time expired. “I won’t wish this on anybody. You can’t even put that in words, bro.”
“I think we really did well. We could have did a little bit better containing him and I think we gave up some points but, I mean, you tell me we hold Joe Burrow to 20 points with two minutes left, and with our offense — the way we were moving the ball today — I think we could win the game.”
“I won’t say it’s snowballing, but I don’t know.
“It seems like we’re paying a due we don’t [owe]. It’s not fair. I don’t know if it’s bad luck, or karma, but in terms of the work ethic, everyone’s working so hard.
“I’m going to really soak this one in. This one hurt me more than any loss this year, probably even worse than the playoff loss [to the Green Bay Packers in January], to be honest, because where we were going, how we were playing, playing good football? I’m going to sit on this.”
talkSPORT is your home of the NFL on UK radio, and you can stay up to date with all the latest from around the league via our dedicated ‘EndZone’ YouTube channel.
