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I was in Houston this weekend for work, so I didn’t get a chance to do any blog updates until now.

Cuts were made on Saturday, and there were a couple of surprises, at least in my eyes. Dallas cut both Aaron Glenn and Joey Thomas, who both looked as if they’d be backing up Terence Newman. They instead opted to keep two younger players instead of the veterans, as they held on to Nate Jones and Alan Ball (more on him later). Jacques Reeves stays, so the onus is on him to get it done if Newman isn’t able to go at full speed on Sunday.

WR Jerheme Urban was also cut in favor of keeping Miles Austin. Also, rookie QB Matt Moore was cut, as the Cowboys decided to stick with just the two QBs, and so were LB Junior Glymph and DT Remi Ayodele.

I would have liked Moore to stay, but he was picked up off of waivers by Carolina, while Ayodele was picked up by the Falcons, and Urban by the Cardinals.

Martin Gramatica was put on injured reserve, and will get an injury settlement from the Cowboys. So, Nick Folk, it’s officially all yours now. Don’t do any high kicks or anything too wild to celebrate.

On Sunday, rookie corner Ball was released, along with safety Abram Elam, which allowed the Cowboys to pick up linebacker Justin Rogers from the Patriots and defensive back Evan Oglesby from the Ravens off of the waiver wire. Rogers had eleven tackles and two sacks in the preseason for New England, while Oglesby played in all 16 games last season for Baltimore and recorded 16 tackles, and in the preseason, made 10 tackles.

Seven cut players were added to the practice squad: QB Richard Bartel, RB Alonzo Coleman, WR Mike Jefferson, TE Rodney Hannah, DE Marcus Smith, LB Khari Long, and CB Quincy Butler. If Ball clears waivers, he’ll likely be added to that list as well.

Now that the roster has been trimmed to 53, I’ll be taking a look at how the team that Wade Phillips has put together shapes up for the season, which will be here in just a few short days.