It has been said before that football is a meritocracy. That is true to a degree. But being matter of fact, it isn’t as if all 53 spots on the Dallas Cowboys roster are truly and totally up for grabs. There are much fewer spots than that where players have a chance to truly earn one, and it feels safe to say that only one of them is at wide receiver.
We are talking about just one specific roster spot. Thanks to the way that the roster is heading into camp you can for the most part evaluate how the team is likely going to do the math as they fill it out.