The Dallas Cowboys didn’t exactly sprint out of the gate this season, but November now offers them a real chance to change the script.
With a Week 8 home date against the Arizona Cardinals at AT&T Stadium and a Week 9 trip to face the struggling Indianapolis Colts, Dallas could be staring at a three-game winning streak by the time the NFL trade deadline arrives. If that happens, the Cowboys would be in position to make a roster move and potentially give themselves a better shot at a postseason push.
That kind of momentum is exactly why DeMarvion Overshown sounds so confident. The linebacker, who flashed in his return during Monday night’s win over the Philadelphia Eagles, made it clear on The White House podcast with Cowboys legend Michael Irvin that he believes Dallas can finally get past the ghosts that have hung over the franchise for three decades.
Irvin pressed him on the championship question with a little humor, asking, "How real is that goal this year of winning a championship? Now, D-Mo, you know, listen, I see your beautiful long hair that you got on your head," and then adding, "I got my beautiful long hair.
I want to keep it. And I need y'all to get to a championship game in order for me to keep it.
And should I say goodbye to my locks or can I hold on to them?"
Overshown didn’t hesitate.
"Hold on to them, big bro. I'm telling you, I'm telling you right now, like, we got it.
We already done laid it out.We done laid out the format. We was like, fck, we ain't start off good, but we looking at our division like, sht, we got them.
We can take this. And it's at the point, man, we going to get in however we get in.
And whoever face us at that point, y'all going to have to bring y'all best.
"Because at this point, we not accepting nothing less but our best. It can't be no more, oh, yeah, we got another week to get this going.
No, we already know. Come November, If you ain't winning football games, December not going to be a happy time for you.
So, sh*t, I want to enjoy my Christmas. I want to have a good New Year's.
And that's playing winning football."
Overshown’s own season has already had its bumps. He tweaked his hamstring in the season-opening loss to the New York Giants, then came back in Week 7 and made his presence felt with a team-high six total tackles, two passes defensed, one tackle for a loss, and a crucial interception.
When he’s right, Overshown gives Dallas a different gear at linebacker. The question has always been whether he can stay on the field.
If he does, the Cowboys’ defense gets better, and that matters in a wide-open NFC East. It also supports the kind of deep run Overshown is openly talking about - one that would end the team’s 30-year NFC Championship and Super Bowl drought.
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