Tag: 2022 depth chart

Cowboys unveil first unofficial depth chart of regular season for Week 1 vs Buccaneers

A look at each of the positional depth charts with one key takeaway per group. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The Dallas Cowboys are knee deep in preparation for their 2022 debut on Sunday night when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After making all of their roster moves last week, including one final adjustment on Monday, the team knows who will be in on the action as they begin their defense of the NFC East.

On Tuesday, the club released their unofficial depth chart for the week, which includes some interesting things that have carried over from the offseason, along with a couple things that raised eyebrows, including listing 12 defensive starters. The club will be elevating several practice squad guys for the game, and some of them are so anticipated they are listed on the depth chart.

Big Safety Energy among 10 takeaways to Cowboys first 2022 depth chart

Pollard still on ST? Rookies struggling to emerge as starters? What in the unofficial depth chart is going on here? Calm down, explanations analysis is here, including how to pronounce the kicker’s name. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The Dallas Cowboys have released their first unofficial depth chart of the 2022 season. With the club getting ready to travel to Denver for a joint practice ahead of their opening preseason game, the order of things in many aspects are starting to settle in. The depth chart, at this point in the season, is a mixture of fact and motivation, with some slots still being deferential to veteran players despite the writing on the wall.

Here’s some quick instant analysis of what the chart tells us about where things stand as the club barrels towards the September 11 opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Cowboys 90-man roster and depth chart projection after 2022 draft

A look at the Cowboys’ depth chart following all seven rounds of the 2022 draft. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The curtain has closed on the 2022 NFL draft, at least for the Cowboys. Dallas stood pat and took all nine of their aloted picks, including six on Day 3. There’s still some work to be done as the club will sign a slew of undrafted free agents to compete, but now that the first few waves of free agency and the seven rounds are completed, it’s time to spin forward to the offseason work.

How will these draft picks slot in behind and sometimes ahead of the veterans who were already on the roster? Dallas started the weekend with 64 players under contract and there could be 15 UDFAs added. For now, this is how we see the individual positional depth charts. Our presumptive starters from this draft class? The prospects from Rounds 1, 3 and one of the fifth-round guys.