{"id":92622,"date":"2025-08-23T12:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92622"},"modified":"2025-08-23T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T12:34:18","slug":"breaking-%f0%9f%9a%a8-cowboys-forced-to-cut-veteran-rb-after-latest-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92622","title":{"rendered":"Breaking \ud83d\udea8 Cowboys Forced to Cut Veteran RB After Latest Injury Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Aug 16, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders (27) runs with the ball during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Ravens at AT&amp;T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1215,y_310,w_2864,h_1611\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/129\/01k3a907aenma9esebq2.jpg\" alt=\"Aug 16, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders (27) runs with the ball during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Ravens at AT&amp;T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images\" width=\"2864\" height=\"1611\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Aug 16, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders (27) runs with the ball during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Ravens at AT&amp;T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys have\u00a0really tough decisions to make in their running back room\u00a0before Tuesday&#8217;s roster deadline. Unfortunately, Friday&#8217;s preseason finale didn&#8217;t tell us much about the competition, as rookie Phil Mafah didn&#8217;t see the field until the second half.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was what happened before the game that might have the biggest consequence, as it was revealed that\u00a0Miles Sanders did not play because he&#8217;s injured. Brian Schottenheimer revealed after the game that Sanders banged up is shoulder in practice.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This comes after Sanders missed two weeks with a knee bruise, and it should be the last excuse the Cowboys need to cut him.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Cowboys should cut RB Miles Sanders after he couldn&#8217;t play in preseason finale<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Sanders was among the biggest standouts early in camp, but the Cowboys clearly prefer Javonte Williams, who&#8217;s been a healthy scratch all preseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">With this latest injury, Sanders finishes preseason action with seven carries for 15 yards and two missed games due to injury. While reports suggest he looked good in practice this week, Dallas has a perfect opportunity here to ensure Mafah doesn&#8217;t get claimed on waivers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Even if Mafah is a healthy scratch in Week 1, he has a much better chance of getting poached on waivers than Sanders, who is 28 years old and has just $1.197 million in guaranteed money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The former second-round pick would have a good chance to make it back to the practice squad.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This all boils down to\u00a0making sure Mafah doesn&#8217;t get away\u00a0&#8211; not that Mafah is necessarily ready to be a major contributor as a rookie. However, in limited work the Clemson product flashed once again, showing great contact balance and finding the end zone in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">At best, Sanders is RB3 in arguably the weakest backfield in the NFL. Teams will not be lining up to get him. And on the rare chance he gets scooped up, the Cowboys could find an upgrade somewhere in the graveyard of running backs set to be cut over the next four days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s really anyone&#8217;s guess if Sanders or Mafah makes the 53-man roster. A first-year head coach in Brian Schottenheimer might prefer keeping two vets over two rookies, but Sanders is still banged up and no sane team is champing at the bit to sign a 28-year-old back who hasn&#8217;t been relevant since 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 16, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders (27) runs with the ball during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking \ud83d\udea8 Cowboys Forced to Cut Veteran RB After Latest Injury Blow - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92622\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking \ud83d\udea8 Cowboys Forced to Cut Veteran RB After Latest Injury Blow - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aug 16, 2025; 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