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Wednesday, as expected, saw a ton of personnel movement around the league as teams assembled their practice squads by re-signing their own cut-day casualties and sifting through the list of other clubs’ castoffs. Dallas’s 16-man squad will have two outsiders, though their official addition is not yet finalized. The other 14 represent the best of those who didn’t quite make the cut on Tuesday, but provide important depth or warrant further development.

Elsewhere, Dak Prescott has heard the rumblings about how his boss handled the Trey Lance trade, and he’s ready to put the whole hidden-agenda storyline to bed. Lance, meanwhile, reveals how his working relationship with No. 4 started on its first day. Also in this edition of News and Notes, we’re looking at where a few favorite Cowboy cuts have already ended up, we’re stacking our new triplets up against everyone else’s, and we’re wondering who might have the best chance of breaking one of the game’s biggest single-season records.

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It’s the calm before the storm- in Dallas and in 31 other NFL clubhouses- as cut day has arrived. The NFL dreams for many will end- or at least take a serious detour- before Tuesday is over; we’ve got last thoughts on who survives to wear the star in 2023. The Cowboys have already said goodbye to a few of their camp players, even as new acquisition Trey Lance learns his way around the building and gets ready for his very first practice in Dallas.

Meanwhile, several Cowboys stars are predicted to lead the NFC East in their respective categories, and we explore just how many wins a phenom like Micah Parsons is personally responsible for. We look back at Jerry Jones’s history with top draft picks who have been discarded by other teams, a Cowboys opponent makes a drastic move that will impact the Week 3 game, and Tony Romo finally opens up about the critics who said he was phoning it in last year for CBS. All that and more to get you ready for a very busy day in this edition of News and Notes.

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Even as the Cowboys closed out their 2023 preseason schedule, the dust was still settling over the blockbuster trade for Trey Lance. In this edition of News and Notes, we’re exploring the acquisition from several angles: what it means for Dak Prescott, what the front office expects of the new guy, what lessons Lance took from a recent week with Patrick Mahomes, and a sneaky theory about how Lance might be able to materially help the team right now.

But there’s also an important win over Las Vegas to recap. We’ve got details on Will Grier making the most of his swan song, how Hunter Luepke helped his cause, and what Saturday’s win means for the host of Cowboys players trying to end up on the right side of this week’s bubble. All that, plus encouraging news for Jourdan Lewis to start the season, the prognosis for injured offensive lineman Josh Ball, and which Star Wars character Stephon Gilmore is channeling as he prepares to make his official Dallas debut.

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Thursday was a day for details to emerge, but not all of them were good ones for Cowboys fans. The particulars of Sam Williams’s latest arrest have been made known… but his head coach is as big a fan as he’s always been. David Durden got the results of his MRI test, bringing his rookie campaign to an early and sudden end. And two different lawsuits involve the Cowboys: one regarding a concert at AT&T Stadium last year, and the other is focused on a planned restaurant venture from Emmitt Smith.

Elsewhere, there’s still a preseason finale to play, and Saturday’s game against the Raiders holds massive importance for several Cowboys players looking to secure a roster spot. We’ve got a look at who has the most to play for, whether resting the starters is really smart, Will Grier’s take on which wide receivers have impressed, why the fuss over who takes the RB2 job title in Dallas really doesn’t matter, and how Kelvin Joseph may be proving his (many) doubters wrong. All that, plus game-by-game predictions that should have Cowboys Nation smiling. News and Notes, coming right up.

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News of Sam Williams’s arrest dominated the headlines in Cowboys Nation on Wednesday. The multiple charges slapped on the former second-round draft pick confused many, even after details emerged. But it apparently won’t affect his playing time, if Jerry Jones is to be believed. The team owner weighed in and even tried (in a cringey way) to turn the whole thing into a punch line.

Elsewhere, the Ring of Honor is getting a new member… but not the legend who got promised a spot two years ago. Another promising rookie may have just seen his first season cut short by injury, and Ezekiel Elliott speaks for the first time as a Patriot. Brandin Cooks says he’s grounded from flying until the offseason, the Cowboys have a top-10 offense, and we’re gauging the season schedule based solely on opposing quarterbacks. All that, plus an unlikely contender for the OT3 job, and local military personnel go through a different kind of boot camp at the Cowboys’ training facility. That and more, in this edition of News and Notes.

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As the Cowboys prepare for the final test of the preseason, they have some decisions to make on who will play against Las Vegas- including possibly Matt Waletzko!- and we look at whether Mike McCarthy is right to hold his biggest stars back for all three exhibition games. Some youngsters, like Deuce Vaughn and Jalen Tolbert, seem to have firmed up their spots but could find themselves getting a few more game reps in anyway.

Elsewhere, cornerback Anthony Brown gets a tryout that could put him on the Cowboys’ schedule, why it’s too early to worry about Mazi Smith, and the surprising compliment that injured linebacker DeMarvion Overshown got from his coach. Rico Dowdle is making the most of an opportunity that was a long time coming, Michael Irvin is making a TV comeback, and AT&T Stadium holds it own in a leaguewide ranking of venues. All that, plus Brandin Cooks can fly… but he can also fly. Your News and Notes, right this way.

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The Cowboys’ weekend trip to Seattle was a costly one. Three important bench players went down with injuries, and only one got any sort of encouraging news by Sunday night. We have the latest on what the team will do moving forward with a pair of promising rookies now lost for the season. We’re also recapping the biggest moments and most pertinent takeaways from the loss just in case you couldn’t make it into the wee hours to see the whole game.

Elsewhere, Jalen Tolbert’s remarkable turnaround, Quinton Bohanna’s race to prove his value, and Cooper Rush’s apparent stranglehold on the backup quarterback job. We’ll look at Dak Prescott’s chances of seeing the field in the preseason finale and put his training camp performance into perspective. We’ll tell you which NFC East rival is losing a veteran linebacker only weeks after signing him, and we’ll tell you who just brought a near-record crowd to AT&T Stadium. All that and more in this edition of News and Notes.

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The Cowboys’ preseason schedule hits its midpoint over the weekend, but the tough decisions haven’t even begun. Saturday’s contest in Seattle will help coaches start to answer some of the question marks at certain positions. Like tight end; Peyton Hendershot was a rookie surprise last year, but he’s already being challenged hard by an undrafted free agent for his roster spot. The Seahawks exhibition will have several more fascinating subplots on both sides of the ball; we’ve got the ones most worth watching.

Elsewhere, Mike McCarthy and Brian Schottenheimer share a storied coaching connection, but now they’ll forge a new working relationship; we’ve got a look at how it’s going. The team’s onetime savior at kicker might come available for a return engagement, one former Cowboy is looking to hold off Father Time for one more season, while another recent ex is in serious trouble with the law. We’ve got what Dak Prescott said about his best friend heading to New England, and a look back at one of the most surreal nights in franchise history- the time Tom Landry coached a game wearing a bulletproof vest. That and more, in this edition of News and Notes.

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It’s exciting when a young player shows he’s ready to become a superstar in just his second year. But when your team has three of them on one side of the ball, it means the unit is about to explode onto the scene as an elite group. The Cowboys have three different defenders ready to make the famed second-year leap in 2023.

Also in this edition of News and Notes, more commentary on the rumble that rocked Wednesday’s practice: team leaders say it was a good thing… but why are practice fights allowed and even encouraged??? We’ve got an inside look at how Zack Martin stayed primed and ready during his three-week holdout, a glimpse at how Dallas is at the forefront of the latest defensive philosophy, a rundown of which Cowboys are among the league leaders in merch sold, and how America’s Team rubbed their Oxnard neighbors the wrong way by possibly overstepping their bounds (and very nearly the property lines).

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