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FRISCO, Texas — A day after Tyler Goodson ran for a career-high 77 yards against his former team, Dallas Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones said Monday that the running back has a real knee injury and will probably miss time. Jones gave the update during his weekly appearance on 105.3 The Fan’s K&C Masterpiece.
The Cowboys had not finished sorting through the details of Goodson’s knee by the middle of the day Monday. Goodson has earned more work behind starter Javonte Williams, Jones said.
“I mean, he’s certainly earning those opportunities. We got our fingers crossed right now on the injury front with him. Yeah, he certainly, as you know, he came out, and it’s a real injury,” Jones said. “But my hat’s off to him more that he came back in and ran, ran his ass off, ran hard, and he’s got a real injury that, unfortunately, he’s probably going to miss some time with.”
Goodson carried 12 times in Sunday’s 27-23 win over the Indianapolis Colts and averaged 6.4 yards per carry, according to the Cowboys’ website. He had 7 carries for 44 yards when he left in the second quarter.
Tyler Goodson Ran 5 More Times After His Knee Injury
Goodson came back in the third quarter and carried 5 more times for 33 yards. Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said after the game at Lucas Oil Stadium that Goodson “battled through a knee” and “should be okay.”
Sunday was Goodson’s first regular-season game against Indianapolis, where he played from 2023 to 2025. The Cowboys are dealing with a lot of injuries right now, he said in the locker room afterward, and everyone in it depends on each other.
“You just kind of shake it off and pretend it didn’t even happen at that point. We got guys that we all depend on each other, and I want to do my part and help this team win,” Goodson said. “So I’m gonna do everything I can to get out there on the field. If it’s just a little pain, I’m gonna go. But if it’s somewhere I just can’t go, then I won’t go. But just a little pain or injury where I can put pressure on it, I’m going.”
Williams carried 20 times for 101 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run with 1:08 left. Goodson and Williams were the only running backs Dallas had active Sunday, and the Cowboys finished with 179 rushing yards on 34 carries.
Stephen Jones Says It Is Too Early To Talk About IR
Injury information often is not complete until the end of the day, and sometimes not until later in the week, Jones said. Goodson’s willingness to go back in on the knee left an impression on the Cowboys’ trainers.
“We don’t know that yet. That is too early, but it’s a significant injury to the point where the trainers really were hats off to him for wanting to go back in and play, and he went back in and played and played hard,” Jones explained. “And so we just got to really get the details of it before we can really speculate on the [length].”
Dallas signed Goodson off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad on Sept. 15 after Malik Davis suffered a season-ending hip injury. Goodson rushed 54 times for 264 yards and 1 touchdown in 33 regular-season games with the Colts.
The Cowboys, now 4-5, host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Nov. 15, at AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m. CT on FOX.
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