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Watched the clips on dc.com from yesterdays live hitting GL drills. The first team offense vs first team defense. Even with Free out resting (they gave him day off) and holding out Randle at RB, the offense scored easily play after play (I think it was 5 of 6 plays). The OL was dominant.

Tyler Clutts had several nice blocks and a TD catch (ala the GB game last yr) and this RFA RB Gus Johnson had some nice runs. Later I noticed Broaddus mentioned him in one of his write ups as a guy standing out in practices daily. Sounds like he might be in line to get a lot of carries Thursday vs San Diego too.
 
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Glad the OL is dominating but hopefully the dline puts up some
Fight. We got potential pass rushers. Could a lack of legit run stuffers be a concern?
 
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Setting up Sunday’s Blue/White Scrimmage for Dallas Cowboys: 5 things to watch


Brandon George / Reporter Follow @DMN_George Email bgeorge@dallasnews.com

Published: August 9, 2015 10:40 am

OXNARD, Calif. – The Dallas Cowboys will hold their annual Blue/White Scrimmage at training camp Sunday. The practice begins at 4:30 p.m. CT. TXA Ch. 21 will begin its live coverage of practice beginning at 5 p.m. CT.

Let’s get one myth out of the way: This scrimmage isn’t what you expect. You won’t see many veterans doing much, if anything. This is a chance for the young players on the 90-man roster to make more of an impression with the coaches in a controlled format.

The Cowboys will begin with a structured practice that includes veterans. They’ll have an inside run period, followed by a red zone 7-on-7 period that’s scripted. After some special teams work, they’ll get back into the red zone for some two-minute work in team drills.

“We have a lot of plays and a lot of sets planned right now,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said, “and then we’ll all look at each other and say, ‘We don’t have enough guys here. Let’s keep doing this. We’ll cut those last 10 off.’”

The last thing the Cowboys will do will be the scrimmage. They’ll put the young guys out there and they’ll have an eight- to 10-play scrimmage with set plays.

This is to help the Cowboys’ young players get ready for their first NFL preseason game Thursday at San Diego.

“For the veteran players, the guys who have been here, it’s going to be a big situational day [Sunday] when we do this Blue-White Scrimmage,” Garrett said. “And it’ll be a lot of red zone work, some two-minute work. It’ll look and feel like practice up to this point. Nobody’s getting tackled. That’s not really the intent for the more veteran players. But for the younger guys, we want to give them a set where they’re really playing football and back to going to the ground and it’s a more physical brand that we’ve been doing here in training camp. They’re going to be playing a game in four days and we want to get them acclimated to what it feels like to be an NFL football player as best we can in this environment.”

Here are 5 things to watch during the scrimmage portion of Sunday’s practice:

1) Can one of the young running backs make an impression?: Expect to see a lot of Gus Johnson – the former Stephen F. Austin standout – and ex-Baylor tailback Lache Seastrunk in the backfield for the Cowboys during the scrimmage. Each back will have a chance to shine in live action as the Cowboys piece together their backfield in an effort to replace DeMarco Murray. Johnson has been impressive in recent practices, showing a great burst on several runs.

2) Can Dustin Vaughan begin to prove again he deserves third QB job and spot on the final roster?: The Cowboys carried Vaughan on their roster as the third quarterback throughout the season in 2014. Will they do that again with Vaughan? He hasn’t had the strongest week of practices, struggling at times with his accuracy. He’ll need to show he has developed and is worth a roster spot again.

3) Who looks the best among the undrafted wide receivers?: The Cowboys have an ongoing battle for the fifth receiver spot. Right now, Lucky Whitehead is in the lead because of his ability to return punts and kickoffs and his consistency catching the football in practices. Former Houston wideout Deontay Greenberry has had some moments during practices as well. Nick Harwell and George Farmer will also get chances during the scrimmage to make up ground on Whitehead.

4) Will LB Damien Wilson continue to impress coaches?: The fourth-round pick has been getting first-team weak-side linebacker reps in practices with Sean Lee limited as the Cowboys ease him back into team drills. Wilson has impressed coaches early on and is on the rise, but he’ll need to continue to show he belongs during the scrimmage Sunday.

5) Can some of the young defensive linemen leave their mark?: The Cowboys might not use second-round pick defensive end Randy Gregory much – if at all – during the scrimmage. But if they do, he needs to dominate against reserve offensive linemen to show he needs to continue to get plenty of repetitions among the first-team. Also, defensive end Ryan Russell – the fifth-round pick out of Purdue and Carrollton Creekview – hasn’t had many shining moments through the first week of practices. He needs to begin showing coaches more to make a push for a final roster spot.
 
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Midswat said:
I haven't read anywhere where they're trying him at KR.

Pretty sure they want one of the young receivers to do that. Whitehead for example.
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Cowboys Training Camp Report, Practice Number Two: Second Verse, Same As The First - Blogging The Boys

Next up was the second, briefer special teams period, where Bisaccia and his crew assembled the kick return elements that had been operating on separate fields at the start of practice. It was fascinating watching the coaches implement a very complex operation, with many moving parts. Here, Bisaccia frequently stopped the action to work on details with one of the various side of the return team: technique, timing, spacing or placement. As of today, your primary kickoff return candidates are Lance Dunbar, J.J. Wilcox, Terrance Williams and Cole Beasley. Later, we saw Lucky Whitehead take a couple reps.
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Cowboys 2015 Training Camp Practice Number Eight, Full Report: The Offensive Line Dominates A Salty Practice - Blogging The Boys

The reason it looks different has nothing to do with roster movement and everything to do with injury. With Terrell McClain sidelined, Ken Bishop has taken his place at the "bottom of the diamond," and J.J. Wilcox, the second team kick returner, has assumed the first-team mantle due to Lance Dunbar's foot injury.
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:lol at Rafael Vela tweeting that Darien Weems is a "low cost/high value player" who is playing well in TC

Literally everyone else is reporting DL blowing by him, how bad he looks, and how our swing tackle likely isn't on the roster yet.
 
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Midswat said:
:lol at Rafael Vela tweeting that Darien Weems is a "low cost/high value player" who is playing well in TC

Literally everyone else is reporting DL blowing by him, how bad he looks, and how our swing tackle likely isn't on the roster yet.
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all the reviews haven't been negative...he fared pretty well yesterday too
 
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Vaughn some nice throws in 7 on 7

Gregory is extremely explosive off the LOS
 
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Rainer Sabin ‏@RainerSabinDMN 2m2 minutes ago Oxnard, CA
RT Doug Free (foot/ankle) will not participate in his third consecutive practice.

Drew Davison ‏@drewdavison 2m2 minutes ago
No sign of #Cowboys DT Nick Hayden for today's scrimmage.

Marcus Mosher ‏@Marcus_Mosher 1m1 minute ago
Only 3 RBs dressed for Dallas today: Joseph Randle, Gus Johnson, and Lache Seastrunk.

Drew Davison ‏@drewdavison 2m2 minutes ago
Other defensive guys out: Carr, Scandrick, Ro McClain, T McClain, Boatright and Nzeocha.

Drew Davison ‏@drewdavison 1m1 minute ago
Offensive guys out: Free, Dez, McFadden, Dunbar, Goodley, Chaz Green.
 
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