Editing Dallas Cowboys (section)

===Retired numbers===
The Dallas Cowboys do not officially retire jersey numbers; however, some are kept "unofficially inactive".<ref>{{cite news |last=Zagaris |first=Michael |date=June 4, 2019 |title=NFL Teams Should Uniformly Stop Retiring Jersey Numbers |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/06/04/teams-should-stop-retiring-jersey-numbers-bad-takes-week |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108002128/https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/06/04/teams-should-stop-retiring-jersey-numbers-bad-takes-week |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref><ref name="p981">{{cite web | last=Engel | first=Mac | title=How is CeeDee is another No. 88? The Dallas Cowboys' complicated history with numbers | website=Fort Worth Star-Telegram | date=2020-04-30 | url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article242404226.html | access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref> As of 2022, six numbers have been kept out of circulation: [[Troy Aikman]]'s No. 8, [[Roger Staubach]]'s No. 12, [[Bob Hayes]]' and [[Emmitt Smith]]'s No. 22,<ref name="d724">{{cite web | last=Taylor | first=Jean-Jacques | title=Only one Cowboys rookie has ever been brazen enough to request Emmitt Smith's No. 22 | website=ESPN.com | date=2016-05-07 | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4751007/only-one-player-has-ever-been-brazen-enough-to-request-emmitt-smiths-no-22 | access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref> [[Bob Lilly]]'s No. 74, and [[Jason Witten]]'s No. 82.<ref name="complic">[https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article242404226.html The Dallas Cowboys’ complicated history with numbers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718200540/https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article242404226.html|date=July 18, 2020}} by Mac Engel on Star Telegram, April 30, 2020</ref> The Cowboys are one of three NFL teams that do not officially retire numbers, with the other two being the [[Atlanta Falcons]] and [[Las Vegas Raiders]].