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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tyler Patmon doesn’t know why he slipped through the cracks, receiving only two phone calls from NFL teams interested in him as a tryout candidate, but he is doing his best to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
With roster cuts on the horizon, the rookie cornerback from Oklahoma State made a strong case to be among the 53 players the Cowboys start the season with on Sept. 7.
Nobody is overlooking him now, not after he played a role in all three turnovers the defense forced Saturday against the Miami Dolphins.
But, given his road so far, Patmon knows better than to assume he’s made it.
“Man, I can’t,” he said. “I’ve got to keep going. Keep pounding. Keep getting better every single day. That’s my goal and my mission is to make my coaches believe that I can start in this league and play with the best players in this league.”
Patmon convinced several he had the ability to hang with the best and might find his way into the starting lineup with Orlando Scandrick’s season-opening four-game suspension and Morris Claiborne’s endless injury setbacks.
A telling sign for Patmon and something that will surely bode well for him is that he forced two turnovers against the Dolphins’ No. 1 offense and then looked like a savvy veteran in dissecting a play perfectly for a pick-six touchdown.
But Patmon’s play begs a question. In a talent-hungry, borderline talent-starved industry, why were only two teams — the Cowboys and the Dolphins — interested in him for a tryout?
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/08/24/6064513/tyler-patmon-is-making-a-strong.html#storylink=cpy
With roster cuts on the horizon, the rookie cornerback from Oklahoma State made a strong case to be among the 53 players the Cowboys start the season with on Sept. 7.
Nobody is overlooking him now, not after he played a role in all three turnovers the defense forced Saturday against the Miami Dolphins.
But, given his road so far, Patmon knows better than to assume he’s made it.
“Man, I can’t,” he said. “I’ve got to keep going. Keep pounding. Keep getting better every single day. That’s my goal and my mission is to make my coaches believe that I can start in this league and play with the best players in this league.”
Patmon convinced several he had the ability to hang with the best and might find his way into the starting lineup with Orlando Scandrick’s season-opening four-game suspension and Morris Claiborne’s endless injury setbacks.
A telling sign for Patmon and something that will surely bode well for him is that he forced two turnovers against the Dolphins’ No. 1 offense and then looked like a savvy veteran in dissecting a play perfectly for a pick-six touchdown.
But Patmon’s play begs a question. In a talent-hungry, borderline talent-starved industry, why were only two teams — the Cowboys and the Dolphins — interested in him for a tryout?
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/08/24/6064513/tyler-patmon-is-making-a-strong.html#storylink=cpy