News: Jason Garrett adds a regular-season feel to Cowboys' minicamp

[CCBoy]

Jason Garrett adds a regular-season feel to Cowboys' minicamp
http://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cow...dds-a-regular-season-feel-to-cowboys-minicamp




...Just as in the OTAs, there will be plenty to watch during the minicamp.

• Garrett tries to create competitive situations in each practice because that raises the level of play and effort. Last week, the first-team defense was able to slow down the first-team offense in end-of-practice situation work. How will the offense respond? Quarterback Dak Prescott is usually at his best when he is in game-like situations. He completed a third-and-long pass to Ryan Switzer after Garrett altered the circumstances that helped lead to a potential game-tying field goal.
  
  
• Linebacker Jaylon Smith was seen for the first time by the media last Wednesday as he works his way back from a serious knee injury. He received all of five snaps in 9-on-9 drills. The Cowboys want to be deliberate in his recovery. With the Cowboys not wanting Smith to work three straight days, the media will see him practice twice. Will he see more action in team drills? Will he look appreciably different in the individual drills? Teammates and coaches say they see Smith improving each week. Now there’s a way to independently verify that.
  
  
• Chaz Green took first-team snaps at left guard last week with La’el Collins apparently moving closer to locking down the right tackle spot. Green, who was drafted in the third round of the 2015 draft to be the right tackle of the future, has been slowed by injuries in his first two years. Now the Cowboys appear to be willing to go with Collins as tackle. Jonathan Cooper might be the odds-on favorite to be the starting left guard, but with the coaches looking to get him comfortable at playing center, Green is getting a chance to show some position flexibility...
  

 

[jrumann59]

so he iced his own kicker...I kid.