-- David Arkin: We're still waiting for Mackenzy Bernadeau to challenge him but at the moment Arkin is the starting right guard. Phil Costa is working at this position, but he's taking all his reps with the 2nd unit. Arkin has always been able to pull and the Cowboys are using his quicks to flip their run balance. In their glory days, they put Nate Newton, their best power puller, at left guard and ran power, their inside counter, to the right, behind RT Erik Williams, their best straight-line blocking tackle.
These days, that power OT is LT Tyron Smith. Dallas is now running power, for the first week anyway, primarily to the left, with Arkin pulling behind Smith.
Arkin needs more consistency hitting his targets on the move, but he looks much stronger in his lower half and is anchoring much better than he did last year, when he was walked back in the pocket by bull rushers.
