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1. How to get a leg up for your roster projections
The surest way to find out which players may have a firmer grip on a 53-man roster spot is to look at the first-team special teams units. Here's how the first-team kick return unit lined up today:
Jeff Heath - Damien Wilson - James Hanna -Kavon Frazier - Chidobe Awuzie
Mark Nzeocha - Geoff Swaim - Kyle Wilber
Keith Smith - Rod Smith
Different players lined up at the return spot over the course of practice, so it doesn't look like theCowboys have settled on who their returner will be yet.
I was too far away to see all 11 players lining up on the first-team kickoff unit, I'll look to add that tomorrow. For now, the 10 players above look to have a roster spot locked down, perhaps not as a core player on offense or defense, but certainly as a core special teamer.
2. DT Lewis Neal gets a promotion
DT Lewis Neal has gotten some good reports early in camp, even if I had a hard time seeing that in the early practices, largely because I'm usually quite far away from the O-line/D-line drills.
But today Neal got some snaps with the first team as the 3-technique. Obviously, Maliek Collins is still out with a hip injury, so it's not like he's outplaying everybody, but his quickness and propensity to get up the field has gotten him noticed enough to warrant some first-team work.
3. Good day for the edge rushers
DeMarcus Lawrence had some good snaps against Tyron Smith. Smith of course hadn't practiced in a while, but you take what you can get against Tyron.
Taco Charlton was also quite active today, getting into the backfield for what would have been a tackle for loss. He also had two wins in 1-on-1 pass rush drills. Charlton had a somewhat slow start to camp, but he's been catching up fast in recent practices.
Tyrone Crawford may not have the flashiest pass rush moves, but he's easily the strongest of all DEs, and today used that strength to bully through the O-line for what would have been a sack of Prescott. Crawford has locked down that LDE spot.
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...s-training-camp-good-day-for-the-pass-rushers
The surest way to find out which players may have a firmer grip on a 53-man roster spot is to look at the first-team special teams units. Here's how the first-team kick return unit lined up today:
Jeff Heath - Damien Wilson - James Hanna -Kavon Frazier - Chidobe Awuzie
Mark Nzeocha - Geoff Swaim - Kyle Wilber
Keith Smith - Rod Smith
Different players lined up at the return spot over the course of practice, so it doesn't look like theCowboys have settled on who their returner will be yet.
I was too far away to see all 11 players lining up on the first-team kickoff unit, I'll look to add that tomorrow. For now, the 10 players above look to have a roster spot locked down, perhaps not as a core player on offense or defense, but certainly as a core special teamer.
2. DT Lewis Neal gets a promotion
DT Lewis Neal has gotten some good reports early in camp, even if I had a hard time seeing that in the early practices, largely because I'm usually quite far away from the O-line/D-line drills.
But today Neal got some snaps with the first team as the 3-technique. Obviously, Maliek Collins is still out with a hip injury, so it's not like he's outplaying everybody, but his quickness and propensity to get up the field has gotten him noticed enough to warrant some first-team work.
3. Good day for the edge rushers
DeMarcus Lawrence had some good snaps against Tyron Smith. Smith of course hadn't practiced in a while, but you take what you can get against Tyron.
Taco Charlton was also quite active today, getting into the backfield for what would have been a tackle for loss. He also had two wins in 1-on-1 pass rush drills. Charlton had a somewhat slow start to camp, but he's been catching up fast in recent practices.
Tyrone Crawford may not have the flashiest pass rush moves, but he's easily the strongest of all DEs, and today used that strength to bully through the O-line for what would have been a sack of Prescott. Crawford has locked down that LDE spot.
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...s-training-camp-good-day-for-the-pass-rushers
