{"id":277749,"date":"2025-10-04T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277749\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:32:12","slug":"dallas-cowboys-place-malik-hooker-on-ir-make-other-roster-moves-ahead-of-jets-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277749\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys place Malik Hooker on IR, make other roster moves ahead of Jets meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> made a series of roster moves as they head into a Week 5 matchup with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Saturday, the Cowboys announced that<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DallasCowboysPR\/status\/1974529782357299345\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DallasCowboysPR\/status\/1974529782357299345\"> they were placing safety Malik Hooker on injured reserve.<\/a> Hooker sustained a toe injury in Dallas\u2019 40-40 tie with Green Bay last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@dallascowboys<\/a> placed S Malik Hooker (toe) on Reserve\/Injured and signed S Alijah Clark to the active roster from the practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas also elevated WR Jalen Cropper and WR Jalen Brooks from the practice squad for tomorrow\u2019s game. <\/p>\n<p>Lastly, CB Caelen Carson and WR\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Cowboys Public Relations (@DallasCowboysPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasCowboysPR\/status\/1974529782357299345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">With Hooker on IR, the team made a roster addition at safety. Alijah Clark, a rookie out of Syracuse, was signed to the active roster from the practice squad. Juanyeh Thomas is expected to start in Hooker\u2019s place for Sunday\u2019s Jets meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Be the smartest Cowboys fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NKCDUONSK5D2VKJEMLCAZCMWTA.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Tyler Guyton (60) leaves the field after being injured...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Cowboys also elevated wide receivers Jalen Brooks and Jalen Cropper from the practice squad for Week 5. Dallas<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/10\/03\/dallas-cowboys-will-be-without-multiple-key-starters-for-sundays-game-vs-new-york-jets\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/10\/03\/dallas-cowboys-will-be-without-multiple-key-starters-for-sundays-game-vs-new-york-jets\/\"> will be without multiple key starters<\/a> against the Jets, including receiver\/returner KaVontae Turpin. Brooks and Cropper could be names to watch as the team aims to make up for Turpin\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">To close out their roster moves, the Cowboys announced that cornerback Caelen Carson and receiver Jonathan Mingo would remain on the reserve\/designated for return list. Both Carson and Mingo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/10\/01\/jonathan-mingo-caelen-carson-injury-updates-dallas-cowboys-brian-schottenheimer\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/10\/01\/jonathan-mingo-caelen-carson-injury-updates-dallas-cowboys-brian-schottenheimer\/\">had their 21-day practice window opened <\/a>this week as they look to return from separate injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys made a series of roster moves as they head into a Week 5 matchup with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":277750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,7311,1596,8998,20787,1232,62,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-277749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-injury-update","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115317332359543492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}