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Jun 16
10:00
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By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com
The Cowboys are off now until late July when they're start training camp.
We have some random thoughts about what we've seen this offseason.
*The best player this offseason was Dez Bryant. He seems unstoppable at times during practices and we can count on one hand the number of times where a pass was broken up by a defender. Bryant is stronger than he was last season and said he's becoming more of a student of the game. He wants to make sure his techniques are down and while he made plays on just his athletic ability in the past, he wants to be defenders on the small things. That finger of his that was fractured last year? No problems, Bryant is catching the ball with no issues. When other veterans are getting a day off of rest, none is needed for Bryant, which is a positive thing.
*The Cowboys backup quarterbacks looked shaky in the offseason with Tony Romo out. Kyle Orton, Nick Stephens and Dalton Williams missed open receivers too many times. The Cowboys are expected to go with just two quarterbacks in the regular season, but if something happens to Romo, you should worry about Orton. Maybe a lack of snaps, or the heat, got to him but his timing was off. The last time he got extensive snaps was in the loss to Chicago last season where he completed nine-of-10 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown. After watching this offseason display, the Cowboys need to draft a quarterback.
Read the rest: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4709704/cowboys-random-thoughts-7
10:00
AM CT
By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com
The Cowboys are off now until late July when they're start training camp.
We have some random thoughts about what we've seen this offseason.
*The best player this offseason was Dez Bryant. He seems unstoppable at times during practices and we can count on one hand the number of times where a pass was broken up by a defender. Bryant is stronger than he was last season and said he's becoming more of a student of the game. He wants to make sure his techniques are down and while he made plays on just his athletic ability in the past, he wants to be defenders on the small things. That finger of his that was fractured last year? No problems, Bryant is catching the ball with no issues. When other veterans are getting a day off of rest, none is needed for Bryant, which is a positive thing.
*The Cowboys backup quarterbacks looked shaky in the offseason with Tony Romo out. Kyle Orton, Nick Stephens and Dalton Williams missed open receivers too many times. The Cowboys are expected to go with just two quarterbacks in the regular season, but if something happens to Romo, you should worry about Orton. Maybe a lack of snaps, or the heat, got to him but his timing was off. The last time he got extensive snaps was in the loss to Chicago last season where he completed nine-of-10 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown. After watching this offseason display, the Cowboys need to draft a quarterback.
Read the rest: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4709704/cowboys-random-thoughts-7
