The Dallas Cowboys open training camp for the 2020 NFL season on July 28 at The Star in Frisco, Texas, hoping to do something they have not done since 1995: advance past the divisional round of the playoffs. The Cowboys (8-8) missed the postseason in 2019, leading the end of the coach Jason Garrett era and the beginning of Mike McCarthy's time as coach. In 13 years with the Green Bay Packers, McCarthy made the playoffs nine times and played in four NFC Championship Games. McCarthy inherits a talent roster, one that returns 19 starters and should make the Cowboys a contender.
Here's a 53-player roster projection:
QUARTERBACK (3): Dak Prescott, Andy Dalton, Ben DiNucci
Keeping three quarterbacks seems to be the prudent thing to do considering the coronavirus pandemic. DiNucci, the 2020 seventh-round pick, enters camp in a battle with Clayton Thorson, who spent last season on the practice squad. McCarthy likes DiNucci's ability and savvy. The addition of Dalton gives the Cowboys perhaps the best backup situation in the NFL should something happen to Prescott.
