Garrett Anticipates Jaylon Smith Being Eligible To Participate In Rookie Camp

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FRISCO, Texas – The Cowboys’ 2017 rookie class will take the field together for the first time next weekend at rookie minicamp.

A top draft pick last year, linebacker Jaylon Smith, is expected to join them.

Head coach Jason Garrett told reporters last Friday that he anticipates Smith being eligible to participate in this year’s rookie camp after spending last year on the Non-Football Injury list.

“My understanding is he will be allowed to be in it,” Garrett said. “The discussions we’ve had over the last few days, my understanding is he’s allowed to be in it.”


The Cowboys spent a second-round pick on Smith last April, five months after the former Notre Dame All-American suffered a torn ACL and nerve damage in his final college game.

The team is now entering Phase Two of its voluntary offseason program, which includes three weeks of on-field individual and team work on a “separates” basis with no live-contact offense vs. defense permitted. Garrett said back at the NFL Scouting Combine that he anticipated Smith being able to do everything from the outset, though they’ll monitor his work as they would with any player coming back from an injury.

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"Rog, we got a problem."

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Why would he not be eligible? Was he suspended?
 

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FWIW, Ian Rappaport just said on NFL Network: "they truly have some doubts now whether he's going to be the transformative LB they thought he was going to be."
 

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FWIW, Ian Rappaport just said on NFL Network: "they truly have some doubts now whether he's going to be the transformative LB they thought he was going to be."
That flies in the face of what Jones was saying this weekend.
 

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That flies in the face of what Jones was saying this weekend.

I know, right? It was kind of a weird report. He started out with all the positive news about the nerve refiring and him being on the field for OTAs and then he dropped the quote from above.
 

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I know, right? It was kind of a weird report. He started out with all the positive news about the nerve refiring and him being on the field for OTAs and then he dropped the quote from above.
Both JJ and SJ were saying Smith was looking good. Everything sounded positive. Not sure if the Joneses were pulling our leg, or if Rappaport has a bad informant in the Cowboys organization. He was certainly wrong about the nerve firing.
 

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FWIW, Ian Rappaport just said on NFL Network: "they truly have some doubts now whether he's going to be the transformative LB they thought he was going to be."

Why would they 'truly' believe anything at this point in non-contact OTAs? I'm guessing anything related to cowboys, especially negative gets hits, so this idiot does it more often then not.

Stephan Jones just last month said Jaylon could be the best draft pick from 2016 even with Zeke and Dak from same class. This is with them seeing him at the facility every day
 

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Why would they 'truly' believe anything at this point in non-contact OTAs? I'm guessing anything related to cowboys, especially negative gets hits, so this idiot does it more often then not.

Stephan Jones just last month said Jaylon could be the best draft pick from 2016 even with Zeke and Dak from same class. This is with them seeing him at the facility every day

All of the Cowboys brass have repeatedly qualified their optimism with admissions of medical uncertainty. Certain reporters have decided to focus on that.
 
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