{"id":930873,"date":"2026-08-31T09:14:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/cowboys-to-waive-2025-fifth-rounder-jaydon-blue-nbc-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:14:51","slug":"cowboys-to-waive-2025-fifth-rounder-jaydon-blue-nbc-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/cowboys-to-waive-2025-fifth-rounder-jaydon-blue-nbc-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys to waive 2025 fifth-rounder Jaydon Blue &#8211; NBC Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div id=\"Page-content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-grid=\"span:6 md:span:12 lg:span:19 hk:span:19\" data-grid-container>\n<p>                        <bsp-page-byline><br \/>\n        <span>\u00a0<svg><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/#dot\" \/><\/svg>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Published\u00a0August 30, 2026 03:39 PM<\/p>\n<p><\/bsp-page-byline><\/p><\/div>\n<div data-grid=\"span:6 md:span:12 lg:span:14 hk:span:12\" data-module data-grid-container>\n<p>Cowboys running back Jaydon Blue said in June that he \u201c<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/jaydon-blue-i-didnt-start-off-like-i-should-have-im-ready-to-go-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn\u2019t start off<\/a><\/span> like I should have\u201d as a rookie last year, but that he felt ready to contribute to the Cowboys in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys decided that they don\u2019t agree with that assessment. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that <span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2094145516707750269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they are waiving<\/a><\/span> the 2025 fifth-round pick as part of Sunday\u2019s moves to set a 53-man roster. <\/p>\n<p>Blue had 38 carries for 129 yards and a touchdown in five appearances <span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2094145516707750269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for the team<\/a><\/span> last season. <\/p>\n<p>Reports on Sunday also indicate that the Cowboys are waiving Phil Mafah, which would leave the Cowboys without the two backs behind Javonte Williams on their depth chart. That would seem to be a good sign for Malik Davis\u2019s chances of sticking in Dallas and there could be more moves to come as the Cowboys put together their desired backfield. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxOVmd5b3FxUFdmTFVKa0MyTHJRSzZTWWxXOG55SkxhVEhCbkF2dG1LcTVRdGhsZDJBblZzN1dQV0dqc0F5cEJkRkppS01lYXFUcjdnR25VcGVwUGhZLU5Eb2NpNUlPWWJrV25VQjdPcWxMTHZ1T0VpeWdLZlRnMTR6aC1vSTFnWnZqQlpQSlVoZDN1RF90RGFkcmtUR1BtV2dkZTlONGFDM2dXTHpmV3c?oc=5\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Maribel Michaud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Published\u00a0August 30, 2026 03:39 PM Cowboys running back Jaydon Blue said in June that he \u201c didn\u2019t start off like I should have\u201d as a rookie last year, but that he felt ready to contribute to the Cowboys in 2026. The Cowboys decided that they don\u2019t agree with that assessment. Adam Schefter of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":930874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22890,3790,24268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cowboys","category-football","category-waive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}