Dallas’ Gilbert set for 1st NFL start
ARLINGTON — Garrett Gilbert appears set for his first NFL start for the Dallas Cowboys against the rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
The NFL Network, citing unidentified sources, reported the Cowboys planned to start Gilbert at home Sunday. Gilbert’s agent, Leigh Steinberg, posted on Twitter that he was traveling to “see Garrett Gilbert start” against the Steelers.
The Cowboys will start their fourth different quarterback in the past five games. Dak Prescott is out for the season after breaking his ankle in Week 5 against the New York Giants. Two weeks later, Andy Dalton was knocked out of a game in Washington because of a concussion and has since been placed on the COVID-19 list.
B en DiNucci started last week’s 23-9 loss to Philadelphia, but the rookie seventh-round pick was so overmatched, coach Mike McCarthy said the starter against Pittsburgh would be either Gilbert or Cooper Rush. Neither has started an NFL game, but both have been in the league much longer than DiNucci.
In other NFL news:
• The Texans are promoting center-guard Greg Mancz from the practice squad to the active roster Saturday, according to a league source not authorized to speak publicly.
Texans guard Max Scharping tested positive for COVID-19 and is on the COVID-19 reserve list.
A former undrafted free agent from Toledo, Mancz has started 28 of 54 career games.
The Texans have decided to not have veteran corner Bradley Roby travel or play in Sunday’s game against the Jaguars. It is not related to injury or illness reasons.
• The New York Daily News has learned that New York Jets players and their representatives alerted the NFL Players Association in recent weeks about what appeared to be surveillance equipment hidden in smoke detectors in the Jets locker room.
The NFLPA immediately informed the NFL in late October. The NFL claimed in the past week on behalf of the Jets that cameras have been in and adjacent to the locker room since 2008 when the team relocated from Long Island to a new training facility in Florham Park, N. J., according to sources. The league concluded that players were aware of the cameras, and thus, the cameras were compliant with league rules, sources said.