Now is the time when prospective Cowboys don’t want to see their names in the headlines. As the Tuesday deadline to get the roster to 53 creeps ever closer, some players are already getting the news they hoped to not hear. A wide receiver who made a highlight-reel grab in camp and a backup gunslinger once thought to be a pet project of the head coach are among those who have reportedly already been cut by the team.
Meanwhile, several Cowboys hope they’ve done enough to stay. One of Friday night’s stars gets good news on the injury front, one is right on schedule after a coordinator’s prescient comment, and one has a great story to tell about scoring his first touchdown wearing someone else’s helmet. We’re examining the Tyler Smith decision with bated breath, and we’re looking at the La’el Collins and Dalton Schultz decisions with the benefit of hindsight. Micah Parsons has been judged by his NFL peers, Jalen Tolbert meets up with a high school teammate just across the parking lot in Arlington, and the futures of Rico Dowdle and Malik Davis could be tied closely to how the front office plans to deal with Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard. All that and more in News and Notes.