Today was the deadline for the Cowboys roster cut. Excluding Patrick Crayton, and Pat McQuistan, 20 other players were cut Saturday afternoon. The Dallas Cowboys roster has now been slimmed down to 53 players. These are the 20 players that were realeased by the Cowboys on Saturday:
OT Will Barker
OG Travis Bright
DE Marcus Dixon
RB Herb Donaldson
TE DajLeon Farr
CB Cletis Gordon
WR Jesse Holley
WR Manny Johnson
OLB Curtis Johnson
CB Bryan McCann
RB Lonyae Miller
LB Steve Octavien
TE Jason Pociask
TE Martin Rucker
DT Jimmy Saddler-MqQueen
LB Brandon Sharpe
DE Junior Siavii
OL Mark Tepper
CB Jamar Wall
CB Teddy Williams
The released players have 24 hours to be claimed by another club before teams can sign the players that are eligible to the eight-man practice squad.
The Cowboys decided to keep just two tight ends on the current roster, Jason Witten and Martellus Bennett.