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JUNE 16, 2017 4:51 PM
Cowboys’ rejuvenated Charles Tapper eager to fit in on defensive line
BY KEVIN CASAS
kcasas@star-telegram.com
FRISCO
There’s little doubt Charles Tapper loves football.
And loves it so much, he’s in the process of changing the way he’s always played the game, to be a regular in the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive line rotation.
To say there’s a need for depth there is an understatement, considering the recent history of suspended players with perhaps more of that to come this fall if David Irving joins Randy Gregory on the suspended list, as has been reported.
The idea of Tapper shifting from an interior spot to the 5-technique —lining up on the outside shoulder of the tackle — is a mandate from defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli.
“Even if some of those guys were still around, I still feel like I’m a real option for this team,” Tapper said. “You can only control the things you can control, and I feel like I’m good enough as an athlete to compete.
***snip***
This is Tapper’s second season in Dallas. The 2016 fourth-round draft pick missed his rookie season while managing a spinal defect (pars defect, a stress fracture in the vertebral arch) that flared up before the start of the season.
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article156658814.html
Cowboys’ rejuvenated Charles Tapper eager to fit in on defensive line
BY KEVIN CASAS
kcasas@star-telegram.com
FRISCO
There’s little doubt Charles Tapper loves football.
And loves it so much, he’s in the process of changing the way he’s always played the game, to be a regular in the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive line rotation.
To say there’s a need for depth there is an understatement, considering the recent history of suspended players with perhaps more of that to come this fall if David Irving joins Randy Gregory on the suspended list, as has been reported.
The idea of Tapper shifting from an interior spot to the 5-technique —lining up on the outside shoulder of the tackle — is a mandate from defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli.
“Even if some of those guys were still around, I still feel like I’m a real option for this team,” Tapper said. “You can only control the things you can control, and I feel like I’m good enough as an athlete to compete.
***snip***
This is Tapper’s second season in Dallas. The 2016 fourth-round draft pick missed his rookie season while managing a spinal defect (pars defect, a stress fracture in the vertebral arch) that flared up before the start of the season.
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article156658814.html
