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Cowboys Tank Lawrence, 1-On-1: The Beauty Of 'I Am A Beast'
Mike Fisher
http://www.scout.com/nfl/cowboys/story/1720640-cowboys-tank-talks-1-on-1-i-am-a-beast
...But Dad is back at work now, a centerpiece of a Cowboys defense that has its doubters. Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli calls them "The Mighty Orphans'' and CHQ thinks "The Legion of Whom?!'' should catch on. But if they continue to overcome the naysayers, Lawrence might be a driving reason.
Lawrence returned to practice only three weeks ago after missing the first four games for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. He played 17 snaps in helping Dallas beat Cincinnati and played 29 snaps in Green Bay in that win. Some of the limitations were due to conditioning, Tank concedes. He does not concede that they were related to his recovery from back surgery, even as coach Jason Garrett said on Thursday he's working through issues with his back and shoulder.
"I'm just going off what the coaching staff wants me to do (in terms of snaps) and then at practice just working on the fundamentals,'' Lawrence says. "I have been getting back in shape. But I'm ready to go.''
For Tank, who led this team in sacks a year ago with eight, "ready to go'' means being an all-around force, not just a sack specialist -- though when he was drafted, scouting boss Will McClay pounded the table on him, calling his a "Quarterback Hunter'' -- but also someone who clogs the run, who plays both ends, who can line up inside, who can be viewed as reliable.
Oh, and as someone who is a "beast.''
This is what "great'' is called now, as you know. Or maybe it's "greatness'' combined with a certain ferocity. Lawrence, at 6-3 and appearing way beefier than his listed 270, has a couple of goals. One of them is about a specific number. One is about that beastly perception.
"Most definitely, I feel like I am a beast, like I am a tank,'' says Lawrence, who wants to record at least five sacks in Dallas' final 10 regular-season games. "Now I've got to go out there and show it every day. But they don't call me 'Tank' for nothing.''
Actually, they called him "Tank'' when he was a little boy ... but not all that "little.''...
Mike Fisher
http://www.scout.com/nfl/cowboys/story/1720640-cowboys-tank-talks-1-on-1-i-am-a-beast
...But Dad is back at work now, a centerpiece of a Cowboys defense that has its doubters. Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli calls them "The Mighty Orphans'' and CHQ thinks "The Legion of Whom?!'' should catch on. But if they continue to overcome the naysayers, Lawrence might be a driving reason.
Lawrence returned to practice only three weeks ago after missing the first four games for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. He played 17 snaps in helping Dallas beat Cincinnati and played 29 snaps in Green Bay in that win. Some of the limitations were due to conditioning, Tank concedes. He does not concede that they were related to his recovery from back surgery, even as coach Jason Garrett said on Thursday he's working through issues with his back and shoulder.
"I'm just going off what the coaching staff wants me to do (in terms of snaps) and then at practice just working on the fundamentals,'' Lawrence says. "I have been getting back in shape. But I'm ready to go.''
For Tank, who led this team in sacks a year ago with eight, "ready to go'' means being an all-around force, not just a sack specialist -- though when he was drafted, scouting boss Will McClay pounded the table on him, calling his a "Quarterback Hunter'' -- but also someone who clogs the run, who plays both ends, who can line up inside, who can be viewed as reliable.
Oh, and as someone who is a "beast.''
This is what "great'' is called now, as you know. Or maybe it's "greatness'' combined with a certain ferocity. Lawrence, at 6-3 and appearing way beefier than his listed 270, has a couple of goals. One of them is about a specific number. One is about that beastly perception.
"Most definitely, I feel like I am a beast, like I am a tank,'' says Lawrence, who wants to record at least five sacks in Dallas' final 10 regular-season games. "Now I've got to go out there and show it every day. But they don't call me 'Tank' for nothing.''
Actually, they called him "Tank'' when he was a little boy ... but not all that "little.''...
