My (Mr. Cowboy) morning camp report 8/5...Pics Post#23

Mr Cowboy

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Made it out there this morning...........Here's a few things I saw at camp.

Felix Jones is super fast......barring injury, he should have an outstanding season. He and Austin are the primary KO returners. Both looked good doing it today, but Felix is special.

Romo looks very sharp. He and Roy were clicking for the most part today, hitting on a long td over #33, who got toasted a few times today. Roy makes the tough catches look so easy.

Roy should seriously consider buckling his helmet. On consecutive plays, #33 bumped him at the line, the first time Roy's helmet flew off and the second time it did not fly off, but while Roy was readjusting his helmet, Romo's pass flew right by him.

Sam Hurd is having an outstanding camp. Not sure if he has dropped any balls this camp, but he is making all the tough catches look easy. He had several pretty catches for TDs today, but the prettiest was a diving catch from Romo on a post pattern.

In one on one drills, OL vs DL, Butler is looking real good. Or maybe the OL is terrible.......aside from the starters. Butler abused McQuistan and Free. B. Williams did well today, but lost some, and didn't look as good as Butler. Procter got abused badly by # 95, who sat him in his butt. Bowen was pretty much unblockable today.

Lets pray for a healthy OL all season....our backups are terrible. Speaking of which, haven't read anything anywhere about it, but Columbo was wearing a heavy wrap on his left elbow today. I hadn't noticed it before. I hope it's nothing serious.

Newman gave Martelus Bennet a cheap shot causing an injury to Bennett's hand. Bennett was in pain, and was checked out by the trainers. He stayed at practice but did not participate anymore after the hit. Bennett had caught a pass in the flats during the 2 minute offense, and broke for the goal line and just as he was relaxing around the goal line, Newman for some reason hit him with his helmet. All the other players had stopped and turned around.

The running game looked pretty good, especially Felix.......his burst is just amazing.

Lacewell on the sidelines with Jerry and Stephen!

Barbie looked pretty good out there.......there I said it! Very active and in position most of the time.

In my opinion, if there is a true, emotional leader on this team, it is Hurd. He goes around talking and encouraging all the other players all the time. It doesn't hurt that he is having an outstanding camp.

I took some pics, and if they came out alright, I will post some later.
 

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Nice report.

I vote Carpenter for training camp mvp, hell, I might make a Carp sig.
 

CF74

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Wow should we be concerned about our o-line??:eek:
 

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I love hearing this about Hurd.

This offseason, I was convinced that he had already reached his potential and questioned whether or not his roster spot was safe. He sounds like one of the most improved players on the team, so far. I'm always glad to be wrong when I underestimate a Cowboys player though!
 

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I love how it seems like everybody's TC report includes "Felix is fast" like they're finding out for the 1st time:laugh2:
 

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masomenos85;2868714 said:
I love hearing this about Hurd.

This offseason, I was convinced that he had already reached his potential and questioned whether or not his roster spot was safe. He sounds like one of the most improved players on the team, so far. I'm always glad to be wrong when I underestimate a Cowboys player though!

Much like Austin though he needs to stay healthy. He has had some other good camps along with Austin only to get injured.
 

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Rampage;2868724 said:
I love how it seems like everybody's TC report includes "Felix is fast" like they're finding out for the 1st time:laugh2:
I had never seen him in person. When you're literally 20 yards from the guy in person and he busts through a hole and makes everyone else look like they're stuck in sand, it's very surprising.
 

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theogt;2868737 said:
I had never seen him in person. When you're literally 20 yards from the guy in person and he busts through a hole and makes everyone else look like they're stuck in sand, it's very surprising.
I had a chance last season in week 4 but I guess Garrett doesn't like me.....
 

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AmarilloCowboyFan;2868883 said:
:laugh1:

holy crap that was funny.

keep up the good work mr cowboy, thanks for posting;
i was suppose to go to training camp with someone that was going to take me there personally, but didnt pan out; double darn;
anyway, nice to get the report;
 

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theogt;2868737 said:
I had never seen him in person. When you're literally 20 yards from the guy in person and he busts through a hole and makes everyone else look like they're stuck in sand, it's very surprising.

That was my thought too. We see these guys on television. But seeing them in real life, you get a perspective you don't necessarily get on television. You can't see all the angles and see how guys like Felix pull away from defenders in real time.

I understood what he was saying.

Good report, Mr. Cowboy. I really look forward to eye-witness accounts from posters who are at training camp.
 

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Biggems;2869334 said:

What the hell is Newman doing hitting our top WR late? And with his helmet? It is brainless acts like this that make me want to show up to TC with a bullwhip and a cattleprod. Stupidity is NOT allowed boys! :whip:
 
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