Cowboys Camp recap/look ahead: Day 4, here come padded practices
David Moore
Published: August 1, 2015 12:31 pm
The push to the regular season continues with the first padded practice of this training camp. Here’s a look at what happened yesterday and what lies ahead.
Tony Romo is held out of the afternoon practice. No, it’s not his back. It’s his eye. The quarterback has developed a large stye under his left eye about the size of a football. OK, it’s not that large, but it’s significant enough that the training staff will treat and evaluate today whether or not he’s able to return.
Loretta Lynch was a topic of conversation. Usually, when a football team talks about the U.S. Attorney General, you wonder what trouble its players or management has gotten into. In this case, it is Lynch who unknowingly provided the mantra for the Cowboys season. After watching an interview with in April around her confirmation hearing, head coach Jason
Garrett came up with the message of “We define ourselves’’ for this team.
Club officials began the day believing a left rib strain would limit Greg Hardy in practice over the weekend. It didn’t. The defensive end took part in all of Friday’s work and should do so again Saturday.
What to expect
The first padded practice always brings a jolt of energy and is the official kick-off to training camp. Consider what took place the last two days in practice a soft opening.
More than and hour-and-a-half before the players take the field this afternoon, the Cowboys will stage their opening ceremonies for their fans in Oxnard. Will this be the year owner Jerry Jones parachutes onto the practice field?
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From running back Darren McFadden:
“I want to go out and show everybody the type of player Darren McFadden is,” he said. “He’s not the type of guy who is just out here trying to collect a check or anything. I want to be out there, putting in work. I want to show people that I can run the ball in this league still…I am a grinder. I am a fighter.’’