ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints finished the preseason without about as much clarity with their backup quarterbacks as they had at the start of training camp.

Which is to say not much, at least as far as what coaches Kellen Moore and Brian Schottenheimer are revealing.

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