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dcfanatic, September 10, 2009 6:02 pm
When the final cuts came down I expected Cory Procter's name to be on the list. Then I completely expected that he would be cut at some point this week after the Cowboys found a replacement from the waiver wire.
He's still here and now I know why,
read here.
We don’t get to watch a lot of practice each day, and most of our 25-minutes out there is for the all-intensive stretching period.
But judging on some of the special teams work they did, it does appear that Cory Procter and Doug Free will be two of the active players for Sunday’s game in Tampa. Now the team kept 10 offensive linemen but typically, only seven or eight linemen are active on the 45-man game day roster.
Procter and Free are both on the starting kickoff return units, which are anchored deep by Felix Jones, who of course, will be active Sunday. That was an easy one.
The Cowboys are going to go with eight offensive lineman on Sunday. It's going to be the five starters and Free, Procter and Preston.
Speaking with some people over the last month it became clear that Coach Joe Decamillis has a very strong influence on this roster. I had heard that he was worried about the blocking on his kickoff team. So he needed Cory Procter as a blocker and that's why he's still around.
I get it, but I wonder if it's a permanent thing for the season.
