By The Numbers: A breakdown of the Cowboys’ 53-man roster

The 53-man roster in Dallas can be explained by numbers which better identifies how the roster was constructed. | From @ArmyChiefW3

While changes can come at any moment, the Cowboys 53-man roster is mostly set. Dallas has set itself up in a way where they are no longer beholden to players whose bloated contracts have exceeded their production. They have limited their spending to solid players whose contributions match their salary and surrounded those guys with players on rookie deals.

Before the talk of the town involves breaking down the New York Giants, here’s a look at some hard numbers that give a better perspective of the 53-man roster.

Cowboys initial 53-man roster for 2023 is all set

A close-up look at each player who was able to earn his way onto the Cowboys’ initial 2023 roster. | From @KDDrummondNFL

The Dallas Cowboys have completed their initial roster moves to prepare for the regular season. Dallas, and all 32 NFL organizations, had until 3:00 pm Central time on Tuesday to whittle down their offseason rosters and get down to 53 players.

Teams had to either move players to in-season PUP, place them on season-ending IR, trade, waive or outright release players to get below the threshold. Dallas had some of everything, including sending 2021 second-round pick Kelvin Joseph out to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for their disappointing CB Noah Igbinoghene.

Dallas moved four players to season-ending IR and made a handful of moves that likely will result in vested veterans either returning as soon as they move some players to returnable IR, or joining the practice squad to be elevated for Week 1.