Overview
- On Thursday the final Oxnard practice ended with four players leaving after medical tent checks and being escorted to the locker room.
- The group included edge rusher James Houston, defensive tackles Jay Toia and Kelvin Gilliam, and undrafted tight end D.J. Rogers, with reporters noting trainers looked at Toia’s elbow and Houston being walked back after evaluation.
- Head coach Brian Schottenheimer said all four will get precautionary MRIs and that he does not currently believe the injuries are serious while the team awaits imaging results.
- The exits matter for roster roles because Toia is listed as the second-string nose tackle behind Kenny Clark and Houston projects into the Cowboys’ planned five-man edge rush rotation alongside Rashan Gary, Von Miller, Donovan Ezeiruaku and Malachi Lawrence.
- The Cowboys will fly to Arizona for their next preseason game and then return to Frisco for final camp work, compressing evaluation time and making MRI results important for who can play in coming practices and games.