Dallas Cowboys vs Houston Texans | Quick Overview 📝

The Dallas Cowboys are back home, and they will finish out the preseason with two games at AT&T Stadium. Next up is the Houston Texans. It is the traditional “dress rehearsal” game, but that is becoming less true as many NFL teams are putting the health of their starters ahead of polishing things up as the regular season draws near. We don’t know how Jason Garrett plans to approach things yet. We may see a couple of series from the starters, at most, or they may go a bit deeper. (I, for one, hope they see almost no time on the field.) But there are still things to watch as the staff works toward choosing the 53-man roster. Who gets the starter treatment? We have already seen Tony Pollard come off the field with the rest of the starters. He has been filling in for Ezekiel Elliott of course. Still, the way he is being protected is a strong indication of the anticipated role he has with the team even after the expected end of the Cabo adventure. Any other player who is treated similarly can be assumed to have a safe place on the roster. On offense, both Tavon Austin and Alfred Morris saw very few snaps in the last preseason game. For Austin, that looks like an indication that he is pretty much locked into the fourth WR spot. Given his injury history, it only makes sense to limit his exposure. Morris is a bit more complicated. The team knows him well from his prior stint with Dallas. They may just be more interested in trying to evaluate Darius Jackson, Mike Weber, and Jordan Chunn. More importantly, Morris is very much an insurance policy against Elliott’s holdout continuing into the regular season. They probably have a clear contingency plan for him that preseason reps will not change. On defense, two players that did not see much time on the field against the Los Angeles Rams are Kavon Frazier and Jourdan Lewis. That also may indicate a desire to get more work for the newer faces in the secondary. But it may be a sign that both are more secure than many might assume. Lewis has always been in a strong position if you pay attention to what is said about him as well as his excellent performance throughout camp. Frazier has been a bit of a forgotten man, but when added to his obvious value on special teams, this is a bit of a hint that he is in better shape than a lot of roster projections have him. On the flip side, free agent pickup George Iloka saw a good number of snaps against LA. On paper, it looks like the staff is treating him a lot more as a guy who is having to try to earn a spot. More snaps in the latter preseason games is not always a good sign Welcome to the Cowboys Experience! We offer outstanding Dallas Cowboys experiences and travel packages for our family of fans! Meet Former and Current Cowboys players | click the link below ⬇ https://CowboysExperience.com