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ARLINGTON, Texas -- If you watched the Dallas Cowboys (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys)' preseason opener last week, you saw some issues in the secondary. Communication issues. Confusion. Couple of mistakes that looked as though they were the result of people not knowing exactly where they were supposed to be in certain situations. Much of this can be attributed to the absence of starting cornerbacks Mike Jenkins (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/11259/mike-jenkins) and Terence Newman (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/4463/terence-newman). But some can be attributed to the fact that, at that point, they'd only had five or six practices with newly signed safety Abram Elam (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/10174/abram-elam).
"He's the quarterback of the secondary back there, and we didn't have him for the first five days of practice because of the rules," Cowboys player personnel director Stephen Jones told me Thursday. "But man, when he got in there, it did wonders. You can really see what a difference it makes, having a guy back there who can answer questions. Because there's a lot when it comes to learning [defensive coordinator Rob Ryan's] scheme. And to have a guy out there who can help guys out and quarterback them is real important."
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- If you watched the Dallas Cowboys (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys)' preseason opener last week, you saw some issues in the secondary. Communication issues. Confusion. Couple of mistakes that looked as though they were the result of people not knowing exactly where they were supposed to be in certain situations. Much of this can be attributed to the absence of starting cornerbacks Mike Jenkins (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/11259/mike-jenkins) and Terence Newman (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/4463/terence-newman). But some can be attributed to the fact that, at that point, they'd only had five or six practices with newly signed safety Abram Elam (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/10174/abram-elam).
"He's the quarterback of the secondary back there, and we didn't have him for the first five days of practice because of the rules," Cowboys player personnel director Stephen Jones told me Thursday. "But man, when he got in there, it did wonders. You can really see what a difference it makes, having a guy back there who can answer questions. Because there's a lot when it comes to learning [defensive coordinator Rob Ryan's] scheme. And to have a guy out there who can help guys out and quarterback them is real important."
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