The Dallas Cowboys are dealing with a litany of injuries these days and on Saturday news on that front intensified. While it had been somewhat speculated up until then, things were made official when the team announced among the elevation news for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that wide receiver Brandin Cooks is headed to injured reserve.
The @dallascowboys transactions before Sunday’s game at Pittsburgh:
Reserve/Injured:
WR Brandin Cooks
Signed to 53-man roster from practice squad:
LB Nick Vigil
Elevated from practice squad:
DE Carl Lawson
CB Amani Oruwariye— Dallas Cowboys Public Relations (@DallasCowboysPR) October 5, 2024Word emerged this past week that Cooks would at the very least miss Sunday’s game as a result of an infection that developed following a procedure he had after last week’s Thursday win against the New York Giants.