The wait is finally over! The Dallas Cowboys face off against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field for their season opener at 3:25 P.M. CT in Tom Brady’s first game as a broadcaster on FOX. The Browns are favored by 2.5, while the over/under is 42.5.
Rules allow teams to have 48 players suit up for game day, and each team typically has three to seven players inactive, depending on their roster size and if they made any practice squad elevations. Pro Football Network describes the rules.
“Per NFL rules, teams can only have 48 players dressed for game action, with exceptions for quarterback and offensive line. At quarterback, some teams can list one as inactive and designate him as the “third quarterback” or “emergency quarterback,” which means he can play if every quarterback ahead of him gets injured.
“A team usually has between three and seven inactives per game. It just depends on the roster size and practice-squad elevations.”
Without further ado, here are the inactive lists for the Cowboys and Browns.
Dallas Cowboys inactives
- QB: Trey Lance (emergency third quarterback)
- WR: Ryan Flournoy
- TE: John Stephens
- T: Matt Waletzko
- LB: Buddy Johnson
- CB: Andrew Booth Jr.
Cleveland Browns inactives
- QB: Dorian Thompson-Robinson (emergency third quarterback)
- T: Jedrick Wills Jr.
- G: Javion Cohen
- T: Jack Conklin
- DE: Isaiah McGuire
- CB: Kahlef Hailassie
- CB: Myles Harden
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