This is a legitimate question.
How far down the roster can you go after being a 4th round pick and not playing a single down your entire rookie season?
Does this technically make this season his rookie year? In any case, how could you not want to size him up alongside your new rookies? Invite Alarcon but not Ball?
it would seem to me that Ball is the exact type of non-rookie you would want to invite to the minicamp.
I doubt it's a case of not being invited with Ball. He had a 2nd round grade by the Cowboys staff at draft time.
So that alone shows what they thought of him as a pure prospect.
- I myself was inquiring about Ball's availability, so as it's not injury- related. Whether past injury (severe high ankle sprain)
or something entirely new and current, that could linger and become a setback.
- And for those questioning the question of why does it matter to ask for Ball?
it does matter for a very raw guy with no game experience to attend as many camps, whether rookie, mini, or training camp
or preseason games because apparently that green-grass guy is gonna be counted on to be one of the upfront backup swing tackles
on the depth chart.
- It remains to be seen if Cowboys will consider an experienced vet swing OT at some point in camp.
- And the way Tyron Smith is assured to be/get hurt and out of several games, it's imperative to have these inexperienced guys
be caught up to par as much as possible, as soon as possible. .
