{
  "id": 4359575,
  "title": "Cowboys Cut Former Second-Round Pick After Preseason Finale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/cowboys-cut-former-second-round-pick-after-preseason-finale",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-30T06:07:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cowboys-cut-former-second-round-060732396.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Dallas Cowboys released wide receiver Denzel Mims following their preseason finale against the New Orleans Saints, according to ESPN's Todd Archer. Mims, a former second-round pick of the New York Jets in 2020, had a disappointing preseason, recording just one reception for -1 yards. With a strong depth chart at wide receiver, including CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, Ryan Flournoy, KaVontae Turpin, Tyler Johnson, Jordan Hudson, Camden Brown, Jonathan Mingo, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Dallas had no use for Mims.",
  "summary": "Twenty-four hours after their 27-24 loss to the New Orleans Saints in their preseason finale, the Dallas Cowboys did a little bit of roster fine-tuning.One of the roster casualties who didn’t make it to Week 1 was Denzel Mims, a former second-round pick of the New York Jets back in 2020.“WR Denzel Mims has been […] The post Cowboys Cut Former Second-Round Pick After Preseason Finale appeared…",
  "key_points": [
    "Dallas Cowboys released Denzel Mims after preseason finale.",
    "Mims, former second-round Jets pick, had one reception for -1 yards.",
    "Strong Cowboys depth chart made Mims unnecessary."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}