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The Dallas Cowboys finalized their 53-man roster on Tuesday afternoon, but as we said many times in the lead up to it, nothing about it was ever truly finalized.
In their initial finalization the Cowboys took advantage of the injured reserve spots that they are allowed per NFL rules. Each club is allowed to place two players on IR who maintain eligibility to be brought back during the season and can do so ahead of roster cutdowns. If a team wishes to place a third (or fourth, so on and so forth) player on injured reserve and be able to bring them back during the season, then they must carry them on their initial roster. It was reported that Phil Mafah and Caelen Carson were candidates to be placed on IR (all players on IR must miss four games at minimum), and while that may end up happening, the Cowboys have made two roster moves by releasing Andrew Booth and Zion Childress.
This is a ‘what goes up must come down’ time of year for NFL rosters as when they add a player, they also have to lose one. Earlier on Wednesday the Cowboys claimed two cornerbacks through waivers, Trikweze Bridges and Reddy Steward, so this is how they made that room for them.
It remains to be seen if the Cowboys are going to still move Mafah and Carson to injured reserve, but on the subject of Carson his position group is seeing a lot of turnover right now.
