Will these 6 Dallas Cowboys players survive final cuts?
The Dallas Cowboys are coming off their first preseason games last Thursday against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the annual Hall of Fame game. Afterward, the Cowboys hosted the Los Angeles Rams for a joint practice at their training camp in Oxnard, California over the weekend.
After receiving some well-deserved rest, Dallas will prepare to take on the Arizona Cardinals this Friday in their second matchup of the preseason.
Following these recent events plus the fact the Cowboys are well into training camp with their Oxnard portion nearly complete, analysts and fans alike are starting to get a good sense of which players are performing well in camp and who might be in jeopardy come final cuts.
With the latter in mind, here are six players who could be in danger of not making the Cowboys’ 53-man roster at the end of this month.
Cedrick Wilson, WR
When training camp began, many had Cedrick Wilson Jr. as a lock to make the Cowboys’ final roster as the cemented fourth wide receiver on the depth chart behind starters Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup, and CeeDee Lamb.
And that was mainly due to his strong season in 2020 which was highlighted by his five-catch, 107-yard, two-touchdown performance against the Seattle Seahawks in Week Three.
But Wilson has been overshadowed so far in camp by receivers like Noah Brown and Malik Turner. That’s disappointing as he’s had even more opportunities than normal to shine at camp with Cooper still out recovering from offseason ankle surgery.
The Cowboys did draft Stanford receiver Simi Fehoko in the fifth round this April, so you’d have to believe the team will give the rookie every chance to make the final roster too. That could force the team to make a difficult decision.
Perhaps Wilson is too important to special teams for the Cowboys’ coaches to consider letting him go. Although he only played 19% of the special teams snaps for Dallas and returned just four punts in 2020. Lamb is expected to be the primary punt returner once again.
Wilson enters this upcoming season with a $2.1 million salary-cap hit. And if the Cowboys are looking to save some money, there are other, much cheaper wideouts who seem to be having better camp performances than the third-year pro.