The Dallas Cowboys have finalized their initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season. There were a handful of surprises, enough to go around, and things aren’t done. On Tuesday, every team in the league had to get down to the roster limit, and as soon as that was completed, Phase 2 began. Teams will analyze the waiver wires and make claims to bring in young players who they are taking a risk on being better than what they have seen over the last several months of practice.
Trusting a scouting staff’s prior evaluation over their coaching staff’s lived experience is not something that often happens. Meanwhile, teams are going to be shuffling their own players to returnable-IR, and the Cowboys have a couple of those guys as well. It will open the door for released veterans who couldn’t be claimed to make their way back to Dallas and that’s all before 16-man practice squads are filled out from your cuts and other team’s. No wonder there’s a whole other week to go before the regular season kicks off! Here are you latest News and Notes.