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2:04 PM Wed, Sep 02, 2009 | Permalink
Ted Madden
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I was out at Valley Ranch for the first time since the draft in April, which actually sounds worse than it is, considering they held OTA's at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton after the indoor facility collapsed. But I hadn't been out there since the team returned from San Antonio. A couple of impressions....
The locker room had a slightly different look. There were a couple of tables surrounded by four chairs, and guys were sitting around playing cards. I don't think I've ever seen guys playing cards since I began covering the team a few years ago. I took it as a good sign.
Parking was a lot easier ... read: the circus has left town. Over the last couple years -- if the Cowboys had a huge game coming up, or TO said something to attract attention -- the cars parked along the street outside their headquarters would stretch a quarter mile. Today, parking was a breeze.
Regardless of how under-the-radar the Cowboys are now, that won't last if they start out 4-0. This is the marquee franchise in the NFL and the only way it can hide .... is if the team goes 6-10 this year.
Ted Madden
I was out at Valley Ranch for the first time since the draft in April, which actually sounds worse than it is, considering they held OTA's at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton after the indoor facility collapsed. But I hadn't been out there since the team returned from San Antonio. A couple of impressions....
The locker room had a slightly different look. There were a couple of tables surrounded by four chairs, and guys were sitting around playing cards. I don't think I've ever seen guys playing cards since I began covering the team a few years ago. I took it as a good sign.
Parking was a lot easier ... read: the circus has left town. Over the last couple years -- if the Cowboys had a huge game coming up, or TO said something to attract attention -- the cars parked along the street outside their headquarters would stretch a quarter mile. Today, parking was a breeze.
Regardless of how under-the-radar the Cowboys are now, that won't last if they start out 4-0. This is the marquee franchise in the NFL and the only way it can hide .... is if the team goes 6-10 this year.
