Cowboys insider predicts veteran not on team will make roster

Jul 29, 2026; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker at training camp at River Ridge Playing Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

There is officially less than a week to go. By Sunday's end the Dallas Cowboys will have finished up their preseason, but they will also have finished up their 53-man roster. At least their initial 53-man roster.

If you have been around for a minute then you know that the first final" 53 will hardly be the group that heads into Week 1 preparation for the New York Giants. Roster gymnastics are a thing and so the Cowboys will have to make sure they get players the right designations through this or that mechanism, and some of that may include actual movement of players.

An outside veteran might be on this team soon

Movement happens in both directions. Players currently on the team will not be soon, and vice versa. Consider that 10 days ago Von Miller was not on the Cowboys.

In his latest 53-man roster prediction, one he deemed to be final, ESPN's Todd Archer leaned into this ideal. At cornerback Archer carried five players on the team, one that is to be determined at a later point in time.

Cornerbacks (5)

DaRon Bland,Cobie Durant,Shavon Revel Jr., Veteran not on roster,Devin Moore

Depth is a worry beyond the top three. While Revel has had an excellent camp, he has to show he can do it in the regular season. The fourth corner might not be on the roster at the moment. Adding a veteran free agent or making a small trade for one is not out of the question.

Archer is among the most plugged-in Cowboys insiders on the beat so when he says something like this we should listen. The four that he has on the team make sense, Devin Moore hasn't popped but he is a draft pick, but that TBD is interesting.

If you are curious, this is the only position in which Archer provided this caveat across his roster prediction. This doesn't necessarily mean that corner is the most likely place in which the Cowboys could bring in external help, but it certainly underscores what we have all known for a while in that this is an area of concern.