The performance wasn’t impressive, but that doesn’t mean that information wasn’t gleaned from the Dallas Cowboys’ trip to the Mile High City to take on the Denver Broncos. The first of three preseason contests was prefaced by a joint practice where the starters got in their work, followed by the depth getting a chance to showcase what they had to offer. With camp basically concluded, the team returns to Oxnard for a walkthrough on Monday before departing to Los Angeles to practice with the Chargers, the sketch of what things will look like come the regular season is starting to take shape.
Here’s a prediction of the roster’s initial form. The first cutdown occurs on Tuesday, August 16, when the team must be down to 85 players. There will be another step down of five players to 80 a week later, on August 23 before the final trim to 53 players on August 30.