The Dallas Cowboys kicked off OTA's this week at the Star in Frisco. The Cowboys will have three days of OTA's this week and three days next week before mandatory minicamp kicks off the first week of June. This is the first time that the rookies that just got drafted in the 2024 NFL Draft get to suit up and take the field with all their veteran teammates.
There were many things to take away from today's OTA, but one that stood out was at the wide receiver position. With Michael Gallup off to the Las Vegas Raiders the hunt for wide receiver three has begun. Gallup was with the Cowboys for the last six years so this is the first time in six seasons that the Cowboys are going to be without Gallup.
Next man up.
Third year receiver Jalen Tolbert had a great day at OTA's. He noticeably looks bigger, he has been in the weightroom this off season. His confidence has clearly continued to go up since he was drafted in 2022. WR2 Brandin Cooks spoke on it after OTA's on Wednesday afternoon. He said, "he's ready to go." Cooks said he's a firm believer that how hard you work the better you will become and he has put in the work and it shows.
Kavontae Turpin and Jalen Brooks were also taking first team reps on Wednesday and looked extremely confident with their QB Dak Prescott. Turpin had multiple long ball catches from Prescott and his route running looked immaculate. He was getting a lot more reps at receiver that we have seen in the past.
Things to note, LB Micah Parsons and WR CeeDee Lamb were not in attendance for OTA's this week due to contract issues. Head Coach Mike McCarthy spoke on Parsons Wednesday morning and said he has been in the building and was at the facility on Friday. He said he expects Parsons to be at OTA's next week as well as both Parsons and Lamb to be at mandatory minicamp the first week of june.
There were multiple players that were sidelined today that took mental reps due to recovering from injury. The list includes DT Osa Odighizuwa (undisclosed), NT Mazi Smith (shoulder), TE Luke Schoonmaker (hamstring), LB DeMarvion Overshown (ACL), TE John Stephens Jr. (ACL) and WR David Durden (ACL).
Mike McCarthy also stated during the press conference before practice that Trevon Diggs is looking great, and is hitting the four-day-a-week program. He's working primarily with Britt Brown, the athletic trainer here at the star. He was not in attendance on Wednesday either.
OTA's continue next week.
There were many things to take away from today's OTA, but one that stood out was at the wide receiver position. With Michael Gallup off to the Las Vegas Raiders the hunt for wide receiver three has begun. Gallup was with the Cowboys for the last six years so this is the first time in six seasons that the Cowboys are going to be without Gallup.
Next man up.
Third year receiver Jalen Tolbert had a great day at OTA's. He noticeably looks bigger, he has been in the weightroom this off season. His confidence has clearly continued to go up since he was drafted in 2022. WR2 Brandin Cooks spoke on it after OTA's on Wednesday afternoon. He said, "he's ready to go." Cooks said he's a firm believer that how hard you work the better you will become and he has put in the work and it shows.
Kavontae Turpin and Jalen Brooks were also taking first team reps on Wednesday and looked extremely confident with their QB Dak Prescott. Turpin had multiple long ball catches from Prescott and his route running looked immaculate. He was getting a lot more reps at receiver that we have seen in the past.
Things to note, LB Micah Parsons and WR CeeDee Lamb were not in attendance for OTA's this week due to contract issues. Head Coach Mike McCarthy spoke on Parsons Wednesday morning and said he has been in the building and was at the facility on Friday. He said he expects Parsons to be at OTA's next week as well as both Parsons and Lamb to be at mandatory minicamp the first week of june.
There were multiple players that were sidelined today that took mental reps due to recovering from injury. The list includes DT Osa Odighizuwa (undisclosed), NT Mazi Smith (shoulder), TE Luke Schoonmaker (hamstring), LB DeMarvion Overshown (ACL), TE John Stephens Jr. (ACL) and WR David Durden (ACL).
Mike McCarthy also stated during the press conference before practice that Trevon Diggs is looking great, and is hitting the four-day-a-week program. He's working primarily with Britt Brown, the athletic trainer here at the star. He was not in attendance on Wednesday either.
OTA's continue next week.
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00:00 Dallas Cowboys officially kicked off OTAs this week. Now this is the first time the
00:08 rookies that have just been drafted are able to suit up and get reps in with the
00:12 veteran players. Now a noticeable position to look out for is that wide
00:15 receiver. With Michael Gallup off the Las Vegas Raiders, wide receiver three is an
00:19 open and available position. Now third year receiver Jalen Tolbert looked
00:23 exceptionally well in OTAs. Brandon Cook's wide receiver two spoke on it on
00:27 Wednesday. He said his confidence is there and he's ready to go. He also said
00:31 I'm a firm believer that how hard you work the better you will become and he
00:34 has put in the work and it shows. Kevontae Turpin and Jalen Brooks also
00:39 were taking first team reps on Wednesday as well. Multiple players were
00:42 sidelined during OTAs and did not suit up. One of the biggest ones being
00:46 obviously cornerback Trayvon Diggs. He tore his ACL last season. Mike McCarthy
00:50 stated during the press conference before OTAs on Wednesday that Diggs is
00:54 looking great and is hitting the four day a week program. He's working with the
00:58 primary Britt Brown, the athletic trainer here at the Star. Another thing to note
01:03 linebacker Micah Parsons and wide receiver one CeeDee Lamb were not in
01:07 attendance at OTAs due to contract issues. Mike McCarthy did say he expects
01:11 to see Parsons next week for OTAs and both of them at the mandatory mini camp
01:15 that will happen the first week of June. Now OTAs will conclude next week. For all
01:20 things Dallas Cowboys, tune in to Spectrum Cable channel 15 on Wednesday and
01:24 Thursday nights. I'm Brittany Bowen for D210 sports and you've been credentialed.
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