
<p>Dallas could be without a key safety for Sunday’s season opener against the Giants. <strong><a href="https://www.on3.com/db/malik-hooker-81885/">Malik Hooker</a></strong> has been added to the injury report due to illness. He is listed as questionable for the game.</p>



<p>No other specifics were provided on Hooker’s illness. The Cowboys and Giants meet in primetime in Week 1, squaring off in <em>Sunday Night Football</em>.</p>



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<p>Hooker enters his third season with the Cowboys and seventh year in the <a href="https://www.on3.com/pro/category/nfl/news/">NFL</a>. He started his career in Indianapolis, playing for the Colts from 2017-20.</p>



<p>The defensive back appeared in 16 contests for Dallas last season, racking up 62 tackles, three interceptions and a scoop-and-score.</p>



<p>And though his status is technically in doubt, Hooker seems to be optimistic about playing in Sunday’s game. He sent out a GIF of the “Jordan Flu Game” after landing on the injury list.</p>



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<p>Later, Hooker quote-tweeting an interesting comment.</p>



<p>“Have a feeling we’ll see Cowboys S Malik Hooker on Sunday night despite the illness that has him questionable on injury report,” wrote Michael Gehlken of the <em>Dallas Morning News</em>. The defensive back responded with, “Absolutely.”</p>



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<h2 id="h-cowboys-have-theme-entering-2023-season">Cowboys have theme entering 2023 season</h2>



<p>The goal for Dallas in 2023 (and, let’s be honest, every season), is to win the Super Bowl. With the talent on both sides of the ball, it feels like the Cowboys have the potential to get the job done this year.</p>



<p>Head coach <a href="https://www.on3.com/pro/news/mike-mccarthy-explains-theme-for-cowboys-2023-season/">Mike McCarthy has a theme</a> for the team entering this season.</p>



<p>“The theme is Carpe Omnia, seize everything,” McCarthy said, via <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmachota/status/1699465706511765998?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jon Machota of <em>The Athletic</em></a>. “Presented it to the team today. It just really has a few parts to it. Frankly, probably the players should speak on it because I’ll be curious how much they paid attention. I think themes are important. They come to you at different points of the offseason. This came a little different. I think it needs to illustrate where you feel your football team is at, where they are, in their progression towards winning a championship. I think it’s very, very difficult to win a Super Bowl in this league, there’s no question about it, that’s proven each and every year.</p>



<p>“But sustaining success, I think personally in my experience, is a bigger challenge. Just giving them the touchstone to connect with of Carpe equals seize, Omnia equals everything. That’s the way we’re looking at this season. We have an empty picture frame in the front of the team room. It illustrates that pictures say a thousand words.</p>



<p>“But the reality of it is an empty frame is everything because it is all the possibilities, capabilities, what’s in front of us. Are we going to do what we need to do every single day, everything that we can possibly do to fill that frame and be part of the history and tradition of the Dallas Cowboys.”</p>


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