Jalen Tolbert ranks second among the Dallas Cowboys’ wide receivers in receptions and receiving yards four games into the 2024 NFL season. But on Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the former McGill-Toolen and South Alabama star likely will be called upon to assume a larger role.
Six-time 1,000-yard receiver Brandin Cooks, the acknowledged No. 2 WR for the Cowboys behind All-Pro CeeDee Lamb, has a knee issue that has landed him on injured reserve, which will require him to miss Dallas’ next four games.
“I didn’t even know that he was going to be out,” Tolbert said on Wednesday. “He called — well, I called him yesterday, and he told me and he just told me to be me, get ready for the game. He knows the type of player that I’m capable of being. He knows what I’m made of. And so he’s looking forward to seeing me go out there and have an opportunity.”…