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Roster Moves: Cowboys trade for LB Jayrone Elliott, DT Cedric Thornton released, DT Lewis Neal to practice squad

NFL 53-man rosters were “official” on Saturday at 3pm CT, but that does not at all mean that teams were done tinkering with them. The Cowboys have already made a few moves, including a trade on Saturday.

We’re at Sunday afternoon and you can double up that number of trades, because the Cowboys have pulled off another, this time for Green Bay Packers linebacker Jayrone Elliott.

The Cowboys traded for Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Jayrone Elliott, according to a source. Attempting... https://t.co/fl9wjrF3ir

— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) September 3, 2017

Per Todd Archer, the Cowboys sent a conditional seventh-round pick in 2018 to Green Bay in exchange for Elliott’s services.