Anyone catch Gil Brandt on Cowboys Camp? Sirius

[speedkilz88]

This was posted at the ranch by ChoppinBroccoli:

Gil Brandt From Cowboys Camp

I was listening to Gil Brandt talk briefly about his time at Dallas' camp tonight on Sirius NFL Channel and he had a lot of good things to say that I thought were very interesting. I turned it on about halfway through his comments, so I missed some of what he said.

When he was asked which rookies stood out to him, he said there were 3 guys that impressed him. The first was Victor Butler (said he was schooling just about everybody he went up against in pass-rush drills). The second was Brandon Williams (said he wasn't quite as good as Butler, but thought he had a lot of potential). And the last one was DeAngelo Smith (said he looked the most NFL-ready of all the rookies, and said that while he was playing Safety, and played Safety in college, he had the coverage skills of a CB).

He also mentioned how impressed he was with the fact that so many of the players reported to camp BELOW the weight they were instructed to make. He singled out Spears (who he said was noticeably quicker and more disruptive after having lost 27 pounds), and Roy Williams (he said the team told him to lose 10 pounds in the offseason and he lost 16 and looked great).

He also said he thought Kitna was a great pickup, and said that if he'd been on the team last year, Dallas would have likely won 2 more games than they did and ended up in the playoffs.

 

[BaybeeJay]

I swear, this camp has to be setting up something good. Everything reads that these guys are working extremely hard.

Watch them throw a dud on Thursday

 

[Bizwah]

I swear, this camp has to be setting up something good. Everything reads that these guys are working extremely hard.

Watch them throw a dud on Thursday

Why? What's happening Thursday?

Oh...you mean next Thursday!

Actually, it's not that big of a deal if we look bad or not. I just want to get out of the game with no injuries.

The third game is the one I want to see us play well in....That'll be our dress rehearsal. The other three games are just nice until the regular season.

 

[hairic]

I swear, this camp has to be setting up something good. Everything reads that these guys are working extremely hard.

Watch them throw a dud on Thursday

It's preseason. You'll be best served watching individuals or position groups.

Don't get distracted by the ball or the team.

 

[AKATheRake]

Well, Kitna was hurt last year also. Then again, if he played for us last year his fortunes would have been different. He was considered Detroits starter also so he wouldn't have been here. So Brandts point is a little gray but I get it. Everything else about the players sounds awesome!

Letting go of T.O made one hell of an example. I'm sure there are other variables that contributed to this regimes demeanor. But the lack of circus definitely isn't hurting.