Final roster cuts are less than a week away. On Tuesday, August 31st, teams must reduce rosters in one fell swoop from the current 80 to a maximum of 53 players.
Those roster cuts are usually accompanied by a flurry of trades both before and after the deadline, and the Cowboys have not been averse to joining that flurry, at least since Will McClay took over as the VP of player personnel in 2013. Here’s an overview of the Cowboys’ trade activity around final roster cuts since then:
- In 2013, a trade didn’t materialize until after final roster cuts when the Cowboys traded for LB Edgar Jones from the Kansas City Chiefs on the day after final roster cuts.