Brian Schottenheimer doesn’t want Dallas Cowboys players reading 53-man roster projections. There’s one preseason game remaining before the team must trim its roster from 90 to 53 next Tuesday. The head coach wants the players concentrating on their own consistency.

To him, that’s the best way to make it through final cuts.

“You (reporters) have been talking about cutdowns for about four weeks,” Schottenheimer said, “so I don’t think you guys help, but don’t read the numbers, man. Like, why would you read the numbers? This is a physical game. Don’t get caught up in that. ‘Well, hey, they might only keep five or six receivers and I’m the seventh guy right now.’

“Like, why would you do that? Like, we haven’t made any decisions yet. We haven’t named any starters. So just go play. Go play t

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