There’s nothing left but the actual game, at this point. Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott has spent more than a month on the sideline, but after a full week of practice is set to rejoin the Cowboys on the field. He’ll get to square off against a bad Lions defense that will be missing a couple of his starters right when the Cowboys seem to be at their healthiest all season.
Each week follows the same schedule when it comes to who will be available to suit up on gameday. On Friday, the teams announce their official injury designations, where Dallas had only one player ruled out, compared to the Lions’ five. On Saturday, the teams announce their practice squad elevations, which add a couple options for the game-day roster. About an hour and a half before kickoff, the team will remove several players from the field and make them inactive and ineligible to get inside the chalk. For the last five games, Prescott has been a fixture on the inactive list, but not anymore.
In fact, without any injured players on the active roster, the inactive list is going to be full of coach’s decisions. Who will be a healthy scratch? Here’s our best guess at the six names that will be disappointed come noon kickoff.