FRISCO, Texas — The emotion of the day weighed intensely upon the heart of the Dallas Cowboys as a collective, and DeMarvion Overshown as a close friend of Marshawn Kneeland, working to balance grief over the loss of someone he considered his brother with the excitement of returning to the field for the first time since tearing his ACL last December.

Initially thought to be on a pitch count in his return to action, Overshown instead racked up 31 total snaps in the Cowboys' plundering of the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night Football, more than half of the defensive reps tallied at Allegiant Stadium — carrying Kneeland's spirit with him every step of the way.

"Being around my brothers helped a lot. It kept me smiling the whole game and I was doing what I do — keeping the energy up and

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