Cowboys roster moves: Phil Mafah and Caelen Carson to IR, C.J. Goodwin and Hakeem Adeniji to roster

The Dallas Cowboys have been busy over the last day and change. On Tuesday afternoon the team finalized their initial 53-man roster, one we all knew was going to undergo amendments in the day that followed. That has happened.

Here is what happened in sequence to catch you up:

• Dallas was awarded Trikweze Bridges and Reddy Steward on waivers
• The Cowboys then released Andrew Booth and Zion Childress (with the latter as a practice squad candidate) to make room for them
• On the subject of the team’s practice squad, the Cowboys began filling theirs out

After all of this the team did what it had been reported they might by placing Phil Mafah and Caelen Carson on injured reserve, making room for C.J. Goodwin and Hakeem Adeniji to return to the active roster.

Final touches on the 53-man roster and practice squad can take a day or two to fully settle as the team is evaluating who is available like with Bridges and Steward. We are just about through with all of that processing though, and the Cowboys are close to beginning their first game week with them playing in the season opener next Thursday night.

Meanwhile, Micah Parsons is seeking a second opinion on his back injury. That doesn’t feel great. At least we were able to throw some cold water on those Green Bay Packers rumors, though. Kind of.