The Cowboys accepted 14 penalties for 153 yards in the 27-23 win over the Colts. One of them was called unacceptable and undisciplined by Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones.
Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, who was inactive and dressed in street clothes, came onto the field to celebrate after Quinnen Williams forced a Jonathan Taylor fumble that Shemar James returned to the Dallas 30. Overshown was penalized 15 yards, with referee Clay Martin saying, “After the play, unsportsmanlike conduct by Dallas. We have an out of uniform player in a blue tracksuit and a cap who came onto the field to celebrate. It’s a penalty of 15 meters.
Overshown apologized to head coach Brian Schottenheimer and his teammates.
“Ultimately, I talked to Schotty about it,” Overshown said Thursday, via Calvin Watkins of Dallas Morning News. “I apologized. It was definitely in the moment, but earlier I had said that as a defense we were going to start celebrating more, learning lessons. And I was just caught up in the moment. So you can laugh about it now, because we won the game, but in the moment, in the fourth quarter, tied or tight ball, you don’t want a 15-yard penalty from a guy, especially if he’s not even playing. So it’s a lesson learned.”
Overshown said he didn’t know the rule until linebacker Dee Winters started yelling at him, which should prompt questions about why Overshown didn’t know the rule. But he defended Schottenheimer and said he accepted his “butt chewing.”
“It’s not an indictment against Schotty. It’s against me as a player. I own it,” he said.
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