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How about a fresh batch of highlights from today’s training camp practice.
The Dallas Cowboys were back out on the field in Oxnard to go through their 11th practice of training camp. Just a few things to clear up before we get into today’s practice highlights. Here’s Chidobe Awuzie serenading cowboyszone before practice:
When you realize that @chidobeawuzie has some real potential in the music industry... pic.twitter.com/h7gf6RkNN1
— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) August 9, 2017
Yesterday’s practice ended on a low point with a seemingly devastating injury to Tyrone Crawford. It seems as his demise may have been a bit premature and shout out to some of our BTB community who mentioned that much before a late night confirmation.
Confirming earlier reports, early diagnosis of Tyrone Crawford's injury is a lateral right ankle sprain; no fracture.
— Rob Phillips (@robphillips3) August 9, 2017
We had a few guys in the forums of BTB that noticed the picture may have looked nasty but an ankle roll can be extremely painful but usually not serious. It seems that Crawford has a sprain that will keep him out of the preseason but not a season-ender. That’s way better news than we ended with. Also a bit of more good news:
The #Cowboys signed punter Chris Jones to a 4-year extension worth $8.7M, source said, with $4.5M guaranteed. It's his third contract.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 9, 2017
And because it can’t be shown enough...Chris Jones has earned every bit of his nickname, “The Puntisher”:
Who remembers when Cowboys Punter Chris Jones baptized Andre Roberts pic.twitter.com/39muwiYmf3
— Football Is Life (@FootbaIl_Tweets) August 9, 2017
Alright, now that all the news is out of the way, let’s get on with the highlights of practice.
First off, here are the guys that weren’t practicing today:
Cowboys CBs not practicing today: Orlando Scandrick, Jourdan Lewis Anthony Brown, Marquez White
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 9, 2017
Cowboys rookie DE Taco Charlton is in full pads and helmet but currently running with trainer off to side during practice.
— Kate Hairopoulos (@khairopoulos) August 9, 2017
Not sure how severe Marquez White’s hamstring is or why Taco’s limited but we’ll continue to monitor those things. Here were the veteran’s taking today off:
Veteran rest day: Dez, Witten, McFadden, Lee, Scandrick. Crawford and Tyron will sit out due to injury.
— Rob Phillips (@robphillips3) August 9, 2017
Cedric Thornton isn't padded up for practice, but he is at least out here going through stretch, etc. Seems like a good sign.
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 9, 2017
Monitoring Tyron Smith’s back, although not as severe, will be a continuous thing similar to former quarterback Tony Romo. They did it a little bit last year with giving him practices off, it’ll happen again this year. Better safe than sorry, I guess.
Some people take days off while others get their workout in:
Dez spending his vet off day getting in some push-ups during Cowboys practice: pic.twitter.com/Y3qzUJwbaR
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) August 10, 2017
When you don't know how to "off day" lol @DezBryant pic.twitter.com/8ehxDEYdMl
— Lindsay Cash Draper (@LindsCashDraper) August 10, 2017
Jaylon Smith was back practicing after having a rest day as well:
Jaylon Smith working with first team at middle linebacker during pre-practice walk-through
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 9, 2017
Doesn’t he just look like a menacing linebacker?
Jaylon Smith is a mech warrior. pic.twitter.com/eTOGTwT1nn
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 9, 2017
Jaylon pic.twitter.com/E5Roi802PE
— mike fisher ✭ (@fishsports) August 9, 2017
Jaylon, linebacker drills pic.twitter.com/aQZ92dxJY4
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 9, 2017
Jaylon Smith taking the first team middle linebacker snaps with Sean Lee out. Anthony... https://t.co/EioBggwix0 pic.twitter.com/cTPsZe4FPk
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) August 9, 2017
As mentioned, Taco wasn’t working with the pass rushers during the drills, he was off to the side, in full pads, with the trainers, perhaps working on strength? Here are the pass rushers running their drills:
Maliek “The Freak” Collins:
Here’s a shot of Chido giving hell to that tackling dummy:
We had another guy get a little dinged up, Brice Butler:
Brice Butler just went down hard jumping for a ball in a pass skeleton drill and is being tended to by the athletic training staff.
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 9, 2017
It looks like he’ll be okay but you want guys to show out without going down too hard, the ground doesn't give much.
Butler is up and talking to the athletic trainers, but he's walking gingerly. It looks like his practice is probably over.
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 9, 2017
Here’s is a really cool slow motion shot of Kavon Frazier in a passing drill:
Damien Wilson is pretty good in coverage but not good enough to hold back Ezekiel Elliott:
Dak gets excited after Zeke works to get open & catches pass vs LB Damien Wilson in drill.
— Kate Hairopoulos (@khairopoulos) August 9, 2017
Also, Zeke had a nice heads-up play to bounce this one outside:
Zeke bounces it outside. @nbcdfw pic.twitter.com/wFafny69Ou
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 9, 2017
He may be a liability as a blocker, he may have missed a ton of assignments in the first preseason game, but they don’t win it without Rico Gathers. Check this out:
Bryan Broaddus’ pet cat was getting a chance to take reps at left tackle:
Oh, you’re not going to catch Dak, Mr. Lawrence...
Cowboys' offense is coming out of the end zone today. Nice keeper by Dak. pic.twitter.com/w0ml9b051j
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 9, 2017
Here’s a better view:
Stephen Paea has been surprisingly strong but this guy did put up 49 reps at the Combine, breaking their record:
Would-be sack of Dak by DT Stephen Paea: pic.twitter.com/g5b8RJjq4e
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) August 9, 2017
Paea is a monster in 1on1s man, it’s nuts...
— ✭TrainingCamp Lando✭ (@McCoolBTB) August 10, 2017
Here’s Jaylon Smith playing first-team MLB but watch Zeke take the play away from any playmaker in the middle:
Jaylon Smith running with the first team at MLB pic.twitter.com/LYNOauCA8x
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 9, 2017
More Jaylon Smith running with the first team defense pic.twitter.com/TeSgP3nrvC
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 9, 2017
Jaylon Smith dropping into coverage and then making a play after a Zeke catch pic.twitter.com/oH4xFOJVKm
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 10, 2017
Today’s practice was physical and had a little edge to it, maybe it was by design?
RedBall is edgy today. Yelling at refs for not throwing flags. Edgy at his music man for volume being too low. Edgy.
— mike fisher ✭ (@fishsports) August 9, 2017
This reminds you of that play Cole Beasley made against the Giants during that one game, that duck move is saucy:
Cole Beasley with the catch and ducks for cover: pic.twitter.com/YLT5aZ2ios
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) August 10, 2017
Like DJ Khaled says “Another one!” Byron Jones saw this one all day:
Zeke motions out wide right. Misses on a slant and is picked by Byron Jones. pic.twitter.com/pv2GirCIQw
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 10, 2017
Was that a tip drill? A closer look...
Byron Jones comes up with the INT off Zeke Elliott's hands. Byron continues to make plays in camp. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/c6ELH4MnNz
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 10, 2017
Cole Beasley + Ryan Switzer on the field = Nasty!
Ryan Switzer and Cole Beasley on the field together. Jaylon Smith moving well pic.twitter.com/uNwtmxhcAP
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 10, 2017
Fans of Noah Brown: This one is for you!
Pitch and catch. Kellen Moore and Noah Brown. pic.twitter.com/3H0lKfpTY3
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 10, 2017
Atta Boy, Alfred Morris! Luke McCown sighting:
Luke McCown looks down for Alfred Morris. pic.twitter.com/ja059DQ2Vz
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 10, 2017
Another nice toss for McCown:
Your daily General Lee sighting...All in a day's work for the Captain:
Just somewhat of a funny reminder of how live TV catches all, no offense, Jane Slater, we all make mistakes. The initial tweet:
LT Tyron Smith out today with back stiffness. Jason Garrett not sure if he will practice Thursday. Being careful with it #Cowboys
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) August 9, 2017
Then she goes live on NFL Network:
Not sure why they were showing Tyrone Crawford from yesterday instead of Smith who was on the sidelines for today’s practice. That’s just the NFL Network, confuse the audience, that’s the ticket!
After that “Freudian slip” it’s time for the Compete Period:
Nice job by La’el Collins with Tank:
La'el Collins vs DeMarcus Lawrence. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/HVmITVPeSw
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 10, 2017
Good push but not today, Maliek! Zack Martin with the victory!
Maliek Collins vs. Zack Martin: pic.twitter.com/aGs99SwNM9
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) August 10, 2017
Another nice try but Zack Martin could guard “The Wall” in Game of Thrones:
Maliek Collins again vs. Zack Martin: pic.twitter.com/joN2m6Kpf2
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) August 10, 2017
Not a great shot but Maliek had a rep against Byron Bell. He’s got some burst but Bell held his own too:
Compete period. Maliek Collins vs. Byron Bell. Yup, the view sucks. Sue me. pic.twitter.com/jAkM0Hf98o
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 10, 2017
Jaylon’s the story but watch Anthony Hitchens catch Elliott:
Smith does put some contact on Zeke here:
Jaylon Smith with the hit on Zeke pic.twitter.com/txTOotbsrg
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 10, 2017
Geoff Swaim gets in on the action on the far right side of the offense:
The two G.O.A.T.’s looking into practice as they are forced to take a vet day off:
Dez & Witten with an off day today. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/kYsKNXCIzf
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 10, 2017
It’s low but so is Cole Beasley...bad joke but still:
Again to Beasley, on the far right side, Cowboys’ first down:
In the red zone, we get a dump-off to Zeke for a nice gain:
Here’s Zeke on the draw to get it closer to the goal:
Zeke gets it down near the goal line on the draw. pic.twitter.com/DtJNJmPEly
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) August 10, 2017
And TOUCHDOWN! Ezekiel Elliott, almost untouched:
Ezekiel Elliott touchdown, finger roll pic.twitter.com/xoTTM4XlTF
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 10, 2017
Interesting play to end today’s practice...Andy Jones versus his former quarterback last season, Jameill Showers.
Jump ball to end practice - 81 & 28 both come up hobbling .. seem fine
— mike fisher ✭ (@fishsports) August 10, 2017
Today, this practice was a win for the offense at almost every level. We’ll continue to look for details on Butler but he seems to have just landed too hard for today and never returned, hopefully out of precaution. The MVP’s today have to be Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, nice day for them both!
Zeke & Dak pre-snap. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/z6bYZbfzF3
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 10, 2017
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