Video: Tavon's first workout as a Cowboy

[NotForLong]

Baby Garrett

 

[Rockport]

Word

Love Austin already. Not because I live there.

 

[Bullflop]

Here's hoping he works hard and starts the season off with some effective plays.

That way, the staff shouldn't get too leery of using him like they did with Dunbar.

 

[Wolf2k5]

Great pick up...just need to make sure he holds on to the ball

My biggest concern is those turnovers...

 

[Big D]

Coaching in regards to fumbles is tricky.

Some coaches don't want the player to think about fumbling because of how it can get in their heads.

Other coaches have them carry a ball everywhere, use the bands on the ball and have them run through players lined up on both sides trying to dislodge the ball.

Tiki Barber used to have fumble-itis and changed the way he held the ball and was a beast from there on. I have yet to see anyone else use this method. Will we wait until he loses a few fumbles in key situations before we address it? or will we be proactive about it?

 

[ultron]

This may be the best 'short yardage' team in the NFL, they're going to be tough to stop in the red zone as well

 

[kumizi]

oh god the hype train is already out of control

 

[Cowpolk]

do u want those cow secretions or not?

Will they grow mushrooms

 

[coult44]

Anyone else listen to the call from the draft day when they traded for him? You can tell he was relieved to be coming to Dallas. Some stuff must have happened that made him want out of LA. It's going to be a good pickup.

 

[Roadtrip635]

oh god the hype train is already out of control

 

[Beaker42]

Word

Who threw the perfect ball on the fly pattern? Couldn’t have been Dak.

 

[CowboyStar88]

In his career
10 in last two yrs

Yea I wonder how these fans who railed on Dez fumble will feel once Austin fumbles 5+ times

 

[waldoputty]

Will they grow mushrooms

more food for @LocimusPrime

 

[ghst187]

Coaching in regards to fumbles is tricky.

Some coaches don't want the player to think about fumbling because of how it can get in their heads.

Other coaches have them carry a ball everywhere, use the bands on the ball and have them run through players lined up on both sides trying to dislodge the ball.

Tiki Barber had a serious fumbling problem but got it fixed so it's possible.

 

[Cmac]

Someone mentioned 22 fumbles?

......or 13 catches on an offense that was scoring frequently and a HC that was turning the team around.

 

[Texas_Pete]

You can see even in his highlights that he doesn’t carry the ball securely. That’s gotta be addressed. We went through it with Murray, and a bit with Dez last year, even. That alone is reason not to play the guy if it’s not cleaned up. I do like the move though.

Cool to see him interacting with Bease there.

I need to see him and Beastly together in tandem on the field when it's 3rd and 2 - with Zeke in the backfield.

 

[TheCount]

This may be the best 'short yardage' team in the NFL, they're going to be tough to stop in the red zone as well

Not sure on redzone. We don't have a "throw the ball up and give him a chance" guy on the roster anymore and zone defense was pretty effective in shutting down our short to intermediate routes last season.

The team will need to do more than just hand it to Zeke.

 

[Silver N Blue]

Word

I want speed, demon speed, I want you to eat lightning and crap thunder...we need speed!

 

[jrumann59]

Warp speed Mr. Chekov

It was Mr. Sulu....

 

[jrumann59]

Yikes!!! Bro will be on th bench after bout 3. Tavon's fumble history makes my think him playing HB might not be a good idea. Overall, th main question is can these offensive coaches use this player properly? Good luck Tavon...you gonna need et.

Remember Dunbar n Lucky only had like (5) an (3) plays respectively...haha.

That is the biggest concern, if McVay could not find useful role for him what makes you think Linehan or JG can.