{"id":172805,"date":"2025-08-24T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/172805\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T22:43:08","slug":"lael-collins-to-be-released-as-53-man-roster-trim-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/172805\/","title":{"rendered":"La\u2019el Collins to be released as 53-man roster trim begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">With preseason games and training camp in the books, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> are focusing on their next important task: Setting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/08\/24\/dallas-cowboys-final-53-man-roster-projection\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/08\/24\/dallas-cowboys-final-53-man-roster-projection\/\">a 53-man roster.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Cowboys have until 3 p.m. Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/08\/23\/dallas-cowboys-53-man-roster-bubble-preseason-atlanta-falcons\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/08\/23\/dallas-cowboys-53-man-roster-bubble-preseason-atlanta-falcons\/\">to finalize what their roster will look like to open the 2025 season.<\/a> Dallas started to make some moves Sunday, starting with their expected release of La\u2019el Collins. 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