DeMarvion Overshown didn't know inactive players couldn't celebrate on the field
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Key Points:
- The Dallas Cowboys committed 14 accepted penalties totaling 153 yards in their 27-23 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, with one penalty labeled as unacceptable and undisciplined by Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones.
- Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, who was inactive and in street clothes, received a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for entering the field to celebrate a forced fumble, an action deemed improper by referee Clay Martin.
- Overshown apologized to head coach Brian Schottenheimer and teammates, acknowledging the mistake and explaining he was caught up in the moment after committing to more defensive celebrations.
- He admitted he was unaware of the rule until teammate Dee Winters informed him, but took full responsibility for the penalty and accepted the reprimand from Schottenheimer, emphasizing it was his error, not the coach’s.
