Unfortunately, Thorton’s poor play resulted in him not making the final Cowboys 53-man roster. The Cowboys seem to like Price’s upside, which made Thornton expendable. Price is more of a space eating DT and spent the majority of last season on the Green Bay Packers practice squad. Thorton’s roster spot was needed to make a place for Brian Price, who was awarded to the Cowboys off of waivers. Despite the amount of money he is making, the organization wasn’t afraid to cut ties. Thorton was the Cowboys big-money free agent signing last off-season in 2016, but could never find his footing here in Dallas. If the decision to release Kellen Moore wasn’t the biggest surprise, then cutting defensive tackle Cedric Thornton might just be. DT Cedric Thornton Cutting DT Cedric Thornton Regardless, the fact the Cowboys were willing to risk losing Kellen Moore by releasing him was arguably one of the biggest surprises made this weekend. Rumors are it could be when Rico Gathers is placed on IR while he continues to recover from a concussion or he could take Anthony Hitchens spot if he is placed on IR. The Cowboys are expected to bring back Kellen Moore in some capacity at some point, either on the practice squad or the active roster. But if you watched Moore’s performance throughout the preseason, it shouldn’t come to that much of a surprise. I it say was shocking because owner/general manager Jerry Jones stated not over a week ago that the Cowboys would keep 3 QBs on their 53-man roster. Shockingly, Kellen Moore was one of the roster cuts made to complete the Cowboys 53-man roster this weekend. But, with the the unforeseen emergence of Cooper Rush and Moore’s poor performance in preseason, things have changed. Throughout the majority of the off-season the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff was insistent they were comfortable with Kellen Moore as their backup QB heading into the 2017 season. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) Kellen Moore’s release If you continue to read below, you will see the top 5 unexpected moves Dallas made that I didn’t see coming. The majority of the moves made I pretty much saw coming, but there were some that completely caught me off guard. I don’t know about you, but I was really curious about the moves that would have to be made in order to get down to 53 for the Cowboys. But, I want to focus on the Cowboys 53-man roster and the unexpected moves that were made in order to get to this point. The keywords here are “for now”, because rosters are never quite finalized and are churned quite a bit throughout the season. The Dallas Cowboys and the rest of the NFL have finalized their 53-man rosters for now.
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