Cowboys still mulling how to best honor DE Marshawn Kneeland - ESPN

FRISCO, Texas — As Dallas Cowboys players report back to The Star on Monday, following the team's bye week and for the first time since Marshawn Kneeland's death, executive vice president Stephen Jones said the team is working with the family on the best way to move forward.

«Certainly, it puts everything into perspective,» Jones said on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. «You're playing a game that means a lot to a lot of people but there are things a lot more important than that. Certainly, that's what we're going through this week. So that'll be first and foremost. But then we do know, like anything, you've got to get back to work. We just want to continue to honor Marshawn and do everything the very best way we can.»

Teams honored Kneeland with moments of silence before each game, and messages emphasizing mental health resources were read by the stadium public address announcers.

How the Cowboys honor Kneeland is still a work in progress, according to Jones. The Cowboys play the Las Vegas Raiders next Monday and will have their first home game Nov. 23 vs. the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kneeland, 24, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities, following a police chase early last Thursday morning. Kneeland was involved in an accident after the chase and abandoned his car on foot before he was found later by police.

Jones received a call not long after the incident.

«Anytime you get news like that your heart just, obviously it's like a hole going through it and you're just heartbroken,» Jones said. «Certainly, hoping that wasn't the case. Found out in the middle of the night, so woke up after finally got a little bit of sleep and woke up and was hoping it was a dream, but unfortunately it wasn't.»

Jones added,