Cobie Durant was face down in the end zone when everything went wrong.
It happened in NFL Week 2, on September 20, 2026, during the Dallas Cowboys’ 37-20 victory over the Washington Commanders at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. An incomplete pass from Jayden Daniels intended for Terry McLaurin left Durant lying on the turf. At that moment, his teammate Markquese Bell was backing up without seeing where he was stepping, and his cleat landed directly on the cornerback’s groin.
Durant received immediate medical attention and did not return to the field; the official report described it as a hamstring injury, and coach Brian Schottenheimer said he would be out for a few weeks, just like P.J. Locke, who suffered plantar fasciitis in the same game. But what really set social media ablaze was a rumor: accounts such as ‘NFL Insight’ claimed that Durant would need a testicular amputation. The player himself, who joined the Cowboys on a 4 million dollar contract for one season, came out a few days later to deny it humorously on social media.