Preseason Week 4 Recap - Miami (25) @ Dallas (27)

And so ends the preseason...

The Cowboys played all reserve players in the final game against the Miami Dolphins, and it didn't look like a bad bunch of back-ups to have around.

Stephen McGee played QB the whole game and did excellent in 2 minute drives. He also had a few nice touchdown passes, which included a 43 yarder to Sam Hurd.

Victor Butler shined, swatting two passes and causes two fumble/sacks in consecutive plays.

Kicker David Buehler gave us fans reason to breath easy. Buehler hit a 51 yarder to tie the game right before halftime, he also hit at 45 yards & 40 yards and nailed a 31 yarder as time expired to give Dallas the victory.

All-in-all, it was a nice game to evaluate the talent left around camp, and I'm sure it made Wade Phillips job of cutting the roster down to 53 that much harder... and speaking of...

The roster was cut down to 53 on Saturday. On friday was probably the biggest roster move as Dallas parted ways with Patrick Crayton, sending him to San Diego and receiving a 7th round pick in exchange.

Since the drafting of Dez Bryant, Crayton was complaining and asking to be traded and he finally got his wish. It will be a bit sad seeing him go, but it's done and now the young players are going to have to step up.

Watkins was also cut in the final roster. Ogletree is moving up to Crayton's spot. Stephen McGee made the roster as a 3rd QB. 2 Fullbacks are retained (Deon Anderson and Chris Gronkoswki) and only 2 tight ends (Witten and Bennet.)

Junior Siavii was cut, which was a bit of a shock but in camp he was apparently beat out by Sean Lissemore. Another bit of a shock was keeping only 3 cornerbacks, Newman, Jenkins and Scandrick. They will be relying on the 6 safeties they kept to play corner if need be. Akwasi Owusa-Ansah, Danny McCray and Barry Church all made the roster as safeties, most will be helping special teams especially Owusa-Ansah who will more than likely be returning kicks. They kept 10 offensive linemen (due to the injuries to Columbo and Kosier) and also have 9 Linebackers, all who you'd expect.