Inside The Star
It was cutdown day on Tuesday, as you might have gathered from our recent posts here. As the dust is settling, there are two players the Cowboys will regret keeping before the end of the year.
The good news, such as it is, comes from the fact that there was one on each side of the ball.
The better news is that both mistakes can quickly be rectified as soon as players return from IR.
First, let’s review what is (currently) the 53-man roster. We’ll start with this list per this post from the Cowboys PR Department on X:
Right off the bat, we see Dallas has only retained two quarterbacks.
They signed Will Grier to the practice squad. He will be dressed as the “emergency third quarterback” for now.
As for the running back room, the Cowboys retained five backs.
One, Mafah, will start on injured reserve. It will be interesting to see if Sanders remains on the roster once Mafah is cleared to return.
Here’s where the miscue takes place on offense. They cut the wrong Jalen.
Yes, Tolbert had better numbers last year than Brooks.
He was the WR2 in 2024, so he should have had better numbers.
But Tolbert looked terrible in preseason and out in Oxnard. Brooks was having a solid camp.
The Cowboys are going to regret retaining Tolbert, especially if they lose Lamb or Pickens.
Schoonmaker is down to his last chance. He has not shown much in his first two years.
Spann-Ford could easily surpass him at TE2 before the halfway point of the year unless the lightbulb goes off over Schoonmaker’s head soon.
It’s hard to argue against the choices made for this unit. Especially with Asim Richards being traded to New Orleans.
But, like Schoonmaker, Steele needs to get it together.
Or he might be the next lineman out the door.
It’s hard to think that Jerry Jones would be dumb enough to trade Parsons. However, if the Packers are offering the world, maybe he should listen?
It isn’t hard to imagine Jones being spiteful enough to franchise tag Parsons for two years to keep him in Dallas though.
If a deal isn’t reached soon, that becomes more of a...
