Dallas Cowboys roster cuts: Sean McKeon and Brett Maher among most surprising waives from final 53-man roster

The Dallas Cowboys finished at the summit of the NFC East last season, entering the playoffs with high hopes. However, they suffered a shock defeat against the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round. It was a bitter defeat and they will be determined to do better in the upcoming campaign.

Mike McCarthy will be eager to avoid any unwanted blips for his team en route to a potential Super Bowl appearance this season. However, he had a few difficult decisions to make along with his coaching staff on Tuesday. The Cowboys thinned their roster from 80 players to 53.

The Cowboys released their final 53-man roster earlier today and left out some big names. With just over a week to go until the start of the 2022-23 NFL season, here are the players who won't don the Cowboys jersey this season.

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Dallas Cowboys roster cuts

Cowboys release Sean McKeon

Here are the 27 players that were offloaded by the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday:

1. Sean McKeon (TE)
2. Alec Lindstrom (C)
3. Tyler Coyle (S)
4. Storey Jackson (
5. Isaac Alarcon (G)
6. Josiah Bronson (DT)
7. Markaviest Bryant (DE)
8. Aviante Collins (T)
9. Malik Davis (RB)
10. Ben DiNucci (QB)
11. Dontario Drummond (WR)
12. James Empey (C)
13. CJ Goodwin (CB)
14. Will Grier (QB)
15. Malik Jefferson (LB)
16. Braylon Jones (G)
17. Brett Maher (K)
18. Jake McQuaide (LS)
19. Cooper Rush (QB)
20. Amon Simon (T)
21. Brandon Smith (WR)
22. Mika Tafua (DE)
23. Juanyeh Thomas (S)
24. TJ Vasher (WR)
25. Carlos Watkins (DT)
26. Aaron Shampklin (RB)
27. Isaac Taylor-Stuart (CB)

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Dallas Cowboys final 53-man roster

Here are the active players on the Dallas Cowboys roster:

1. Dak Prescott
2. Ezekiel Elliott
3. Tony Pollard
4. Rico Dowdle
5. CeeDee Lamb
6. Michael Gallup
7. Noah Brown
8. KaVontae Turpin
9. Jalen Tolbert
10. James Washington*
11. Simi Fehoko
12. Dennis Houston
13. Dalton Schultz
14. Jake Ferguson
15. Peyton Hendershot
16. Tyron Smith
17. Tyler Smith
18. Tyler Biadasz
19. Zack Martin
20. Terence Steele
21. Matt Farniok
22. Connor McGovern
23. Matt Waletzko
24. Josh Ball
25. DeMarcus Lawrence
26. Dorance Armstrong
27. Sam Williams
28. Dante Fowler
29. Chauncey Golston
30. Tarell Basham
31. Osa Odighizuwa
32. Neville Gallimore
33. Trysten Hill
34. Quinton Bohanna
35. John Ridgeway
36. Micah Parsons
37. Leighton Vander Esch
38. Anthony Barr
39. Jabril Cox
40. Luke Gifford
41. Devin Harper
42. Trevon Diggs
43. Anthony Brown
44. Jourdan Lewis
45. DaRon Bland
46. Kelvin Joseph
47. Nahshon Wright
48. Jayron Kearse
49. Malik Hooker
50. Donovan Wilson
51. Israel Mukuamu
52. Markquese Bell
53. Bryan Anger