Recap: Training Camp Practice Tweets - 08/02/14

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Rowan Kavner‏@KavnerDC 2h
No Claiborne today. Couple days ago he said he thought he'd be able to go Saturday.
Harris, however, is dressed to practice
Dashaun Phillips came up limping heavily after a 1 on 1. Trainers coming over.
Mitchell's looked good against everyone except Dez. But I guess that's typically the case for anyone going against him
First-team offense just picked on Webb all the way down the field, ending in a TD to Terrance Williams against the corner

David Helman‏@HelmanDC 2h
Rich Bisaccia joking with Dunbar about dawdling before practice. "Any time you're ready 25."
Terrance Mitchell is always doing something. Picked off a pass in 1v1, flagged for shoving.
Goal line drills. Live hitting commencing.
Dustin Vaughan fumbled both of his goal line snaps. File that under things not to do.
Davon Coleman. High on the list of unsung guys who continually show up in practice. Right up there with Mitchell.
Defense is uhhh. Not doing too hot in full team. They forgot to cover Dez, then TWill brushed off Webb easily. Lot of unhappy voices on D.
Weeden to TWill for six. Webb on the coverage. Coaches rule it out of bounds.
Carter is running 2nd team right now. Holloman was 1st team for that entire drive.
Heath strips Hanna in the flat to end practice. Win for the 2nd team.

Bryan Broaddus‏@BryanBroaddus 2h
Interesting exchange between Derek Dooley + Dwayne Harris. Dooley was surprised he was at practice and said he needed to script him in now

Todd Archer‏@toddarcher 2h
Day off has helped Dwayne Harris ankle. He's at practice. Will see how much he does
Cowboys have NFL officials at practice today.
DeMarco Murray wearing a helmet cam today
First team D with good job on goal line. Stops on 2 of 3 plays.
After Thursdays poor showing this has been a better day for the defense.
Larry Allen at practice. Thought he might've been at HOF ceremony
Charles Haley talking to team post practice

Jean-Jacques Taylor‏@JJT_ESPNDallas 1h
goalline drill today should be fun. Some real thumping for 9 plays - 3 plays 1st, 2nd & 3rd team
Dez Bryant talking to Bill Callahan about the way Jerry Rice used to catch the ball.

Tim MacMahon‏@espn_macmahon 1h
Goal-line reps were full speed, but Cowboys held out DeMarco Murray. Not gonna let him take hits that don't count.

mike fisher‏@fishsports 1h
#Cowboys Jerome Henderson is coaching CB Mitchell HARD. Why? Because the kid MATTERS.
Time to get physical ... Watch O LINE dominate this
#cowboys D actually wins the 6-play full-contact goal-line stuff
Once upon a time, #Cowboys wisely kept @EmmittSmith22 out of middle-drill stuff. @DeMarcoMurray gets same treatment today

Brad Sham‏@Boys_Vox 1h
Texas Sports Hall of Fame NFL ref Red Cashion doing some ref supervising at Cowboys prac today.


Rainer Sabin‏@RainerSabinDMN 2h
Cowboys CB Morris Claiborne is not in uniform but is stretching and warming up with the team.
B.W. Webb was just burned twice by Terrance Williams, once on a touchdown pass. He looks overmatched.

Brandon George‏@DMN_George 1h
Dallas Cowboys CB Dashaun Phillips just hurt in 1-on-1 drills, left leg, limping

David Moore‏@DavidMooreDMN 1h
On 2nd play of series B. W. Webb came off Dez Bryant before snap & left him alone. I'm thinking that will be brought up in meetings.

Jon Machota‏@jonmachota 2h
Morris Claiborne, Will Smith, Ben Gardner, J.C. Copeland, Sterling Moore and Matt Johnson running off to the side with a trainer
Terrance Mitchell and Tyler Patmon looked good in 1-on-1 drills. Best of the CBs in the drill.
Jason Garrett stops practice for a moment to have players watch Lance Dunbar run a route against Justin Durant. Dunbar blows by for big gain
Dez Bryant was the best of the WRs in 1-on-1 drills, made 3 catches. Cole Beasley, Devin Street, Dezmon Briscoe made 2 catches each
Dez Bryant made a nice one-handed grab in 1-on-1 drills. Yelled to David Wells, his advisor: "Just getting started!"
Zack Martin with an impressive showing in 1-on-1 drills vs. Melton. Won first battle. Marinelli called for another rep. ZM beat him again.
CB Tyler Patmon having a really good day. Just intercepted Caleb Hanie. Cowboys DB coach Jerome Henderson jokes: "It's about damn time!"

First team offensive line pic.twitter.com/6d5KMDghxM



Clarence Hill‏@clarencehilljr 1h
First string defense wins 2-1 in goal line drill vs offense sans romo and Murray

Offense wins short yardage. Defense wins redzone

Charean Williams‏@NFLCharean 1h
Charles Haley, Nate Newton and Larry Allen are having a great conversation. LA listening to Nate and Charles.
 
Doug free looks pretty slim in that picture. I wonder if he worked on his core during this offseason. I think he is going to have another solid year and I am rooting for the guy again. Is it me or does Mitchell remind anyone else of Sherman? I see the same confidence and style of play.
 
Doug free looks pretty slim in that picture. I wonder if he worked on his core during this offseason. I think he is going to have another solid year and I am rooting for the guy again. Is it me or does Mitchell remind anyone else of Sherman? I see the same confidence and style of play.

Mitchell has done nothing but show up the day he arrived. Watch out Webb
 
I think this Mitchell kid is going to cost Webb his job.

I also think it's going to be a long training camp for Melton - Not ZM as Melton once implied.
 
There are so e good young WRs in camp and Dwayne Harris has no intention of leaving door open.
If he can go at all, he'll go. That's his way anyway,but I bet even more so now.
Love it

As for Mitchell; a bunch of us were shocked he lasted so long in the draft and thrilled Dallas finally grabbed him. He may make this roster.

Webb could be out. He needs to rally soon, IMO.

Hope some noticed that they kept Murray out of goal line full contact.
This team is all about being ready Sept 7
 
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Doug free looks pretty slim in that picture. I wonder if he worked on his core during this offseason. I think he is going to have another solid year and I am rooting for the guy again. Is it me or does Mitchell remind anyone else of Sherman? I see the same confidence and style of play.

Good observation. He's had big gut in the past.
 
Doug free looks pretty slim in that picture. I wonder if he worked on his core during this offseason. I think he is going to have another solid year and I am rooting for the guy again. Is it me or does Mitchell remind anyone else of Sherman? I see the same confidence and style of play.

SOLID post because I was thinking the same thing 88...he's in shape and that's very good: we need him big time IMO
 
Doug free looks pretty slim in that picture. I wonder if he worked on his core during this offseason. I think he is going to have another solid year and I am rooting for the guy again. Is it me or does Mitchell remind anyone else of Sherman? I see the same confidence and style of play.

Yes! I was thinking of the same thing. If he can come in and have the same impact as Sherman, that would be huge for our D.
 
Harris out there surprising his coach while Claiborne sits out AGAIN.

*mini rant*

I've never seen a more fragile player in my life. Claiborne milks injuries like no other. It's always one step forward, *time to relax*, two steps back. *** is wrong with this guy? He's missed an incredible amount of practice time his first 3 years. I never liked the trade, I'm starting to not like the player.
 

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