A third of the players who started the season on the Cowboys 53-man roster will not be on the roster on Sunday.
Earlier today, David Helman of Dallascowboys.com tweeted that 17 players on the season-opening 53-man roster won't be on the roster versus the Redskins on Sunday.
But the number of players from that opening-day roster not suiting up on Sunday could be even higher.
Here's the roster from the season-opener against the Giants in Week one and the current status of each player on that roster.
| POS | On Roster | IR | Released |
| QB | - - | Tony Romo | Brandon Weeden |
| RB | Darren McFadden, Tyler Clutts | Lance Dunbar | Joseph Randle, Christine Michael |
| WR | Terrance Williams, Cole Beasley, Devin Street, Lucky Whitehead | Dez Bryant | |
| TE | Jason Witten, James Hanna, Geoff Swaim | Gavin Escobar | |
| OT | Tyron Smith, Doug Free | Darrion Weems, Jordan Mills | |
| OG | Zack Martin, Ronald Leary, La'el Collins | ||
| C | Travis Frederick | ||
| DE | DeMarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory, Jeremy Mincey, Jack Crawford | Ryan Russell | |
| DT | Tyrone Crawford, Nick Hayden | Terrell McClain | Davon Coleman, Ken Bishop |
| LB | Sean Lee, Anthony Hitchens, Kyle Wilber, Andrew Gachkar | Keith Smith | |
| CB | Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, Byron Jones | Tyler Patmon, Corey White | |
| S | J. |