waving monkey
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Observations from the Cowboys’ third training camp practice, which featured the return of real(ish) football: players in pads hitting one another in earnest.
Although this was technically the third camp practice, many people affiliated with the Cowboys proclaimed today's affair as the opening of Oxnard 2015. Camp's "official" opening on Saturday was marked by a lengthy ceremony emceed by the great Brad Sham and, more importantly, the players donning pads for the first time sinceDez Bryant's awesome catch to beat the Packers the playoff loss in Green Bay. To celebrate their return to football, your Beloved 'Boys came out in full armor and spent the better part of a beautiful afternoon pounding on each other.
And it seemed as if the players felt it was high time for such activity. After a couple of slow, quiet days of dutifully running through basic, global drills that failed to satisfy their competitive fires, they appeared to attack today's work with relish. That statement deserves some qualification: although this was a competitive affair, it didn't have the same level of frenzied energy that characterized the first padded practice last year. To my mind, this was because this year's edition has a greater sense of confidence about where they are in the NFL world. This is not to say that they are complacent; rather, their energy is more focused, largely because they radiate a confidence they didn't possess a year ago.
linkhttp://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015/8/1/9085583/cowboys-2015-training-camp-practice-summary-dallas-we-have-real
Although this was technically the third camp practice, many people affiliated with the Cowboys proclaimed today's affair as the opening of Oxnard 2015. Camp's "official" opening on Saturday was marked by a lengthy ceremony emceed by the great Brad Sham and, more importantly, the players donning pads for the first time since
And it seemed as if the players felt it was high time for such activity. After a couple of slow, quiet days of dutifully running through basic, global drills that failed to satisfy their competitive fires, they appeared to attack today's work with relish. That statement deserves some qualification: although this was a competitive affair, it didn't have the same level of frenzied energy that characterized the first padded practice last year. To my mind, this was because this year's edition has a greater sense of confidence about where they are in the NFL world. This is not to say that they are complacent; rather, their energy is more focused, largely because they radiate a confidence they didn't possess a year ago.
linkhttp://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015/8/1/9085583/cowboys-2015-training-camp-practice-summary-dallas-we-have-real
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