The Dallas Cowboys were planning to play with the AT&T Stadium roof open for the first time since 2022, but a large piece of metal fell from the roof as it was being opened nearly three hours before kickoff against the Houston Texans on Monday night.

No one was injured when the metal fell. FOX 4 Dallas Sports Reporter Sam Gannon was on the field when the incident happened.

Mike Florio and Devin McCourty discuss how someone could’ve gotten seriously injured from the debris that fell from AT&T Stadium hours before the game.

The "horrifying" video was posted to social media by the MLFootball account. "The massive piece of sheet metal falling from the top of AT&T stadium was literally just a couple feet away from potentially killing multiple people by the field," the post read. Surely, if the sheet metal had hit a person it would likely not have ended well.

The team said no one was injured in the incident, which occurred a few hours ahead of Monday night’s game against the Texans.

No injuries were reported but the retractable roof of AT&T Stadium was closed after a piece of metal fell onto the field.

Things were literally falling from the sky even before the Dallas Cowboys lost yet another home game. The roof at AT&T Stadium can be fixed. As for the problems plaguing the Cowboys this season, especially in their home building,

The Houston Texans are playing in some not-so-friendly confines Monday night in a road contest at the Dallas Cowboys. The roof at AT&T Stadium added an unusual degree of danger to the pregame festivities.

A piece of the AT&T Stadium roof fell onto the field prior to the Cowboys' Monday night showdown against the Houston Texans. Specifically, a large piece of metal fell from the ceiling roughly two hours prior to kickoff as the retractable roof was opening.

The Houston Texans (6-4) and Dallas Cowboys (3-6), both on losing streaks, will meet on Monday Night Football. Kickoff is 7:15 p.m.