Cowboys list Jake Ferguson questionable for Sunday at Colts

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson is questionable for Sunday's Week 9 game at the Indianapolis Colts with an ankle sprain, according to the team's Friday injury report and Underdog NFL. He returned to practice Friday as a limited participant after leaving early in Week 8 and missing work earlier this week.

What is confirmed

Tommy Yarrish of the Cowboys' official site listed Ferguson questionable, and ESPN and RotoWire both carried that designation Friday afternoon. Underdog NFL posted the same Week 9 tag. Todd Archer of ESPN followed with a Friday game-status note that included optimism for Ferguson along with Caleb Downs and PJ Locke.

The injury is listed as an ankle sprain. Ferguson left in the first quarter last week. Brevyn Spann-Ford then played 88 percent of the offensive snaps and caught four of five targets for 31 yards.

Practice week

Jon Machota reported Wednesday that Ferguson and Downs did not practice. RotoWire, citing Archer, also had Ferguson as a Thursday DNP. Friday was his first limited session of the week. Dallas has downplayed the severity, but the official designation remains questionable ahead of the 1:00 p.m. ET kickoff in Indianapolis.

What RSO owners should do now

Treat Ferguson as a soft start until Dallas posts inactives. In weekly leagues, keep Spann-Ford or another TE ready if your lineup locks before that list. In dynasty and contract formats, this is short-term snap risk, not a roster teardown. The club is still working him toward Sunday rather than shutting him down for the week.

If you already locked Ferguson into a streaming TE slot that closes Saturday night, either ride the uncertainty or swap to a confirmed active before that deadline.

What to watch next

Saturday notes from Archer, Machota, or the Cowboys site, then Sunday's inactive list. Limited Friday work plus a questionable tag leaves the door open, but it is not a clearance. Spann-Ford's Week 8 snap share is the contingency if Ferguson sits.