The Cowboys are avoiding playing their stars in the preseason to avoid injuries, but they can’t avoid all of them. Saturday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks was irrelevant, but losing a couple young players was not. LB DeMarvion Overshown and tight end John Stephens, Jr. had different draft pedigrees, but both were exciting in their limited action and had chances to impact the season.
No more, as they are both done for the year with torn ACLs. Meanwhile, the player who escaped unscathed are being evaluated for their play and whether or not they are earning regular season activity comes down to the depth at their positions. Some standouts simply have too many other good players ahead of them and some who haven’t yet impressed have easier paths to the roster. Here’s our latest projection following the second of three exhibition contests.