Dallas Cowboys Cut Candidates & IR Options Ft. Ajani Cornelius, Jay Toia And Trikweze Bridges

Dallas Cowboys Cut Candidates & IR Options Ft. Ajani Cornelius, Jay Toia And Trikweze Bridges

Before we dive into today’s Cowboys report, we are 33 subs away from 234K here on the channel. Help us out. Get there. And it’s free when you subscribe to the Cowboys Report. [Music] Cowboys roster moves are coming. We’re going to break down what the Cowboys could potentially do to create the necessary roster spots as players are set to return from various injured list. Currently 52 players counting against the Cowboys 53man roster. So, two ways to create these roster spots. Now, we’re past the trade deadline. You can’t trade anybody. You could cut players easy. Or you could put them on injured reserve with an injury, whether real or invented. Uh, one player in particular stands out to me on that front. But these are the players who could return as soon as this week. We should be getting back to Marvian Overshone and Savone Rebel this week. Peron Winfrey is eligible to return. He has been designated to return from injured reserve. He doesn’t have to come back this week in the same way that Overshon and Rebel do. He could wait another week, but he’s he could be back this week. So, we’ll see how this week plays out of injuries and stuff or if the Cowboys slowplay it there. Players who could potentially return later include Jack Sanborn, Trayvon Diggs, and Malik Hooker. Now, the Cowboys don’t have to bring those guys back. They have not been designated to return yet. Hooker is eligible, uh, but has not been as needed yet. So, those are some additional names. That’s six. Four guys who I don’t think will return, not even including people like Robert Jones, who are out for the year already, and Miles Sanders, who has been declared out for the year. Phil Mafa, he’s eligible. I think this was this was just an IR stash in the first place. Trevor Keegan already got put on IR as the IR stat to make room for others. Payton Turner is eligible, but he’s been eligible for a while. Same with Josh Butler. Kind of feels like Mafa and Butler in particular, just stashes to have next season. So, first up on our list is a Johnny Cornelius, the day three draft pick for the Dallas Cowboys out of Oregon. And this one strikes me as a potential IR stash. He has been on the injury report for weeks now with knees. Limited sometimes, but still full at other points there. Kind of feels like the Cowboys are setting up the hey, we put him on IR cuz the Cowboys have 10 offensive linemen on the roster. You’re obviously not going to do anything with Tyler Gton and Smith and BB and Booker and the Steel Thomas right tackle battle brewing. Brock Hoffman, TJ Bass. That leaves Hakeim Dejai and Ajani Cornelius with Cornelius being the first one we discuss here because he’s played in one game this year. It was not like it was just he was active for that game because of other injuries. He’s the 10th guy on the offensive line. The rest of the crew is healthy. Seems like a name. The Cowboys don’t want to cut him. He was a draft pick. So, put him on IR. Stash him for the rest of the season. So, name a player if you have one in mind who you want to cut. Got to start making some decisions here. Let me know in the comments section of today’s show. The other offensive lineman also worth mentioning here, Hakee Adenai. He has played a little bit more than Ajane Cornelius this year. He does appear to be ahead of AC on the depth chart on the offensive line pecking order. Hasn’t played much this year. Six games played in total, a meager 62 snaps. He’s just kind of been like the emergency offensive lineman essentially. I’ll also make note here by the way is worth mentioning if you only bring back the two minimum you put quilus on IR you can kind of slow play it with Pion Winfrey maybe you don’t have to do something else in the event somebody gets hurt knock on wood against the Raiders so there could be a slow play element here is next up and this one really strikes me as like okay what do you do when Pion Winfrey comes back obviously Mazy Smith is already off the roster he’s with the New York Football Jets the return of Winfrey does add yet another defense defensive tackle battle, right? Or body, I should say. Quin Williams, Oso, Diggizua, Kenny Clark, they’re going to be heavily involved up front. Solomon Thomas is there. I don’t think this team is going to carry six defensive linemen. I don’t think I don’t know that for certain. They very well could, but Toia hasn’t played very much this year. 77 snaps this season, three tackles. His pressure rate is three. I think he’s one for like 33 or something along those lines. One for 30. He has not been, it’s not, it’s not his game, but he has been just the guy. He’s also a seventh round pick at defensive tackle. Like, you know, maybe if Winfrey comes back next week, maybe they come up with an injury since they’re not going to have six game day active tackles or dtackles. Something’s got to give there. This episode is brought to you by Prize Picks. The hard-hitting football action is even better with prize picks. The weather might be changing, but boy, did it ever change today. But the feeling of being right never gets old. So keep the season rolling on prize picks by getting $50 instantly in lineups when you play $5. You can get in on the action in football in more than 40 plus states including California, Texas, and Georgia. Little Monday Night Football action. Uh this is one of the chat sports hosts hook this one up. I take no responsibility in let hits so much I claim all victory. Dvont Smith more than receiving yards. Josh Jacobs touchdown. Saquon Barkley less than. It’s a high number, 76.5 yards on the ground. You can also do stacks on prize pick. Pick the same player up to three times in the same lineup. If you haven’t already, go download the prize picks app today. Use code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That’s code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Prize picks. It’s good to be right. links in the comments and the description of today’s show. All right, some deeper down the line options here. Triquiz Bridges and you’re going to get back Savone Rebel, knock on wood, we’ll see how he plays. Hopefully, it’s, you know, valuable. I don’t know what that means for Bridges. And I like if I if if Rebels is going to be active on game days, he’ll probably have to help on special teams, which has been a role that British has helped out on. But that’s another player kind of pushing him down the depth chart as we’ll get into when he’s been out there on offense. Look, to be blunt, he’s looked like a late seventh round pick. He has not been particularly good. Yes, he had the interception that was gift wrapped from Bo Nicks. He got beat on the play and the the the RPO glance was 5 yards behind the intended receiver. He he has not been a good player necessarily. So I look at how this quarterback room shakes out, which could get more complicated if you were going to bring back Trayvon Diggs down the line. Don Bland, Ka Elum, Ready Stewart, Kalin Carson are your top four right now. Goodwin helps out on special teams predominately almost don’t count him frankly. Bridges is CB5 right now, but you bring back Rebel. Are you just going to have Bridges on there, not counting on the 50 on the game day roster? Like, do you want to go light on offensive line and defensive tackle? That’s an option. But I do think Bridges, if Diggs comes back, which is the big question mark here, I have a tough time seeing the Cowboys carrying seven corners on the game day roster. They could just come up with something for Bridges or just outright cut him. If Diggs comes back, that’s a question mark right now. I don’t think any of us truly know what the plan, what the outlook looks like there. there. I know Jerry Jones says he wants Diggs back, but who knows if it happens. Does Trayvon Diggs play again this year? Why for yes and for no? Sound off in the comments section of today’s show. Next up is safety Elijah Clark. And again, I’m thinking about IR options here and returnable Hooker options. He is currently dealing with a rib injury. So, if Dallas wanted to, they could put him on IR depending on how that timeline goes. I don’t think it’s going to be that severe of an injury. Uh he’s had a start for the Cowboys because of all the other injuries. Eight tackles this year in four games played. Hasn’t done a whole lot of other crazy highlevel impact stuff. This is a guy the Cowboys lights coming out of Syracuse, one of their key focal points in terms of game day additions or or undrafted free agents. He’s been called a few times as well to the game day active roster. But Donovan Wilson in theory will be back this week. If Malle H C H C H C H C H C H C H C H C H C H Cooker comes back, I don’t know if they’re going to carry five safeties. So again, barring injuries elsewhere, they got to figure that stuff out. There’s also been no sign of an impending M Cooker return yet. K has kind of hinted at it, but he’s missed enough time beyond the initial four games that it’s fair to wonder if when. So does Malie Cooker return this year? One for yes, zero for no since there is a real chance he gets cut if the answer is no after the year ends. So get your votes in for me in the comments section. One for yes, zero for no. Finally, the other clerk, see I went Clark part one, Clark part two. Get it? Uh Deone Clark, the linebacker, once again has fallen out of favor with the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff, which is in a way is kind of like three straight uh that that has happened because he was Mike Zimmer gave him a bunch of playing time and then went, okay, this is not the good guy. The Cowboys had to give him much playing time in 2023. They didn’t really want to under Dan Quinn by the end of it there. this year he was starting for for Mattie Refluse and I feel like it’s the same thing we’ve come across each time of like wow he’s a great athlete I can get the instincts going and they get like three or four games in and go no we can’t never mind this is this is not working right now Cowboys have overhauled their linebacker room they going to get Marvin no show back in theory this week Logan Wilson is now on the threeman roster Kenneth Murray Mise Maurice Leaf Shamar James all playing over Clark he could be an active they’ve paid him like $3 million here, which kind of stinks. Um, but if Jack Sambour comes back from IR, they’re not going to carry seven linebackers. So, unless someone gets hurt, Demone Clark feels like the odd man out. [Music]

The Cowboys will have to make some roster moves in the coming days with players returning from injury, so Cowboys Report host Tom Downey looks at the top cut candidates & IR options! Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Cowboys cut candidates won’t really save Dallas any money, but freeing up a roster spot is what matters right now with players set to return. The Cowboys can either cut players or put them on injured reserve with the classic IR stash move.

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Top Cowboys cut candidates (who could also be placed on IR):
– Ajani Cornelius (OT)
– Hakeem Adeniji (OT)
– Jay Toia (DT)
– Trikweze Bridges (CB)
– Alijah Clark (S)
– Damone Clark (LB)

Cowboys players who are (or could) be returning to the Cowboys 53-man roster soon:
– DeMarvion Overshown (LB)
– Shavon Revel (CB)
– Perrion Winfrey (DT)
– Jack Sanborn (LB)
– Trevon Diggs (CB)
– Malik Hooker (S)

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– Name a player you want to cut!
– Does Trevon Diggs play again this season? Type ‘Y’ for Yes, ‘N’ for No
– Does Malik Hooker return this year? Type ‘1’ for Yes, ‘0’ for No

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Cowboys Free Agency Tracker:
– Re-signed Osa Odighizuwa: 4-years, $80 MM
– Re-signed CJ Goodwin: 1-year, $1.20 MM
– Re-signed Juanyeh Thomas: 1-year, ERFA Tender
– Re-signed Brock Hoffman: 1-year, ERFA Tender
– Re-signed Markquese Bell: 3-years, $9 MM
– Re-signed Trent Sieg: 3-years, $4.45 MM
– Re-signed Kavontae Turpin, 3-years, $13.5 MM
– Signed Javonte Williams: 1-year, $3 MM
– Signed Robert Jones: 1-year, $3.75 MM
– Signed Solomon Thomas: 2-years, $6 MM
– Signed Payton Turner: 1-year, $3 MM
– Re-signed Bryan Anger: 2-years, $6.4 MM
– Trade: Kaiir Elam
– Signed Jack Sanborn: 1-year, $1.5 MM
– Trade: Kenneth Murray
– Signed Miles Sanders: 1-year, $1.34 MM
– Signed Dante Fowler: 1-year, $6 MM
– Signed Parris Campbell: 1-year, $1.20 MM
– Trade: Joe Milton III
– Signed Saahdiq Charles: 1-year, $1.17 MM (No GTD)
– Signed Hakeem Adeniji: 1-year, $1.17 MM (No GTD)
– Trade: George Pickens

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