The calendar turns to September which means that trimming the roster time is upon us. First, yesterday was the deadline to get from 90 to 75. The Cowboys did that in a two day stretch and cut a bunch of names from the “long shots” pile and then moved some players around who have injury issues – the most notable being Orlando Scandrick. Here are those two official memos from the team:
and then yesterday…
Those 15 names are taken off the big board as we head to the final preseason game on Thursday and then the final cut downs which likely are turned in on Friday and are due before the Saturday deadline.