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.

A piece of metal and small debris fell onto the field while AT&T Stadium's retractable roof was being opened Monday before the Cowboys-Texans game.

The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Scary incident at AT&T Stadium before the Dallas Cowboys hosted the Houston Texans on Monday. A piece of sheet metal feel from the roof of the venue and landed, thankfully without injuring anyone.