Cowboys 53-man roster projection ahead of roster cutdown day: Predicting who will make the final cut

ARLINGTON, Texas — The 2024 preseason is complete for the Dallas Cowboys after their 26-19 defeat against the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday, a game in which starters didn’t play and the back end of the roster was evaluated. 

Space is tight on a roster comprised of many members of the 2023 squad, but there are a few openings available. Offensive tackle Chuma Edoga is dealing with a toe injury that will likely cause him to miss the start of the season, so he is not included in this count below since he could be on injured reserve to begin 2024. Ditto for All-Pro cornerback DaRon Bland as Dallas announced he will be out six to eight weeks following surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said he is “not at all” interested or feeling like he needs to add an external defensive back to the roster because of how 2024 fifth-round pick Caelen Carson has played this preseason. That opens up a couple extra 53-man roster spots early in the 2024 regular season. 

Jones revealed the running back, wide receiver, offensive line and tight end position groups will be some of his toughest to sort through when making the league’s mandated cuts. 

“The [running] backs we’ll have trouble dictating by where we are with our numbers at other spots,” Jones said postgame on Saturday. “There’s deserving backs to be on our roster, and of course, you always look at least likely to be claimed if we’re trying to make some room here and get a little breather through trying to get a player to the practice squad. That type of thing. All of that is good. We just have, we got some good depth in some good places between our offensive line, our tight ends and frankly our receivers.”    

With that in mind, here is our final Cowboys 53-man roster projection. 

QB — (3): Dak Prescott, Cooper Rush, Trey Lance

Out: None

Analysis: There won’t be any drama here. Jones made…

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-08-26 11:25:58

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