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Rainer Sabin / Reporter
Prohibited from contacting their coaches and accessing the team's headquarters during the NFL lockout, the Cowboys' players have been forced to be self-sufficient.
Accepting the reality of the situation, they took the initiative and held a series of workouts mirroring the organized team activities that occur during a typical offseason. Forty-five members of the Cowboys have reportedly participated in the informal sessions and based on a survey, the practices were some of the most-attended in the league. But the Cowboys have temporarily suspended the team-wide sessions, according to reserve receiver Manny Johnson.
"We stopped that about a week or so ago and I think we'll start that back up pretty soon," Johnson said before speaking to a group of kids at the Game Changers football camp at John Kincaide Stadium on Wednesday.
One of the reasons why the player-run workouts may have ceased for the time being is that the man who organized them, quarterback Tony Romo, made some prior commitments - namely a wedding and a honeymoon -- that he couldn't quite reschedule.
If and when the practices resume, Romo shouldn't have a problem rounding up his teammates again. The retention rate for the second wave of workouts should be high, according to center Andre Gurode.
"A lot of guys live in Dallas and a lot of guys come back for offseason programs," Gurode said last week. "It's one of those things where you just want to do whatever you need to do to make sure your team is getting better and you're getting better and you're getting ready for the season."
Prohibited from contacting their coaches and accessing the team's headquarters during the NFL lockout, the Cowboys' players have been forced to be self-sufficient.
Accepting the reality of the situation, they took the initiative and held a series of workouts mirroring the organized team activities that occur during a typical offseason. Forty-five members of the Cowboys have reportedly participated in the informal sessions and based on a survey, the practices were some of the most-attended in the league. But the Cowboys have temporarily suspended the team-wide sessions, according to reserve receiver Manny Johnson.
"We stopped that about a week or so ago and I think we'll start that back up pretty soon," Johnson said before speaking to a group of kids at the Game Changers football camp at John Kincaide Stadium on Wednesday.
One of the reasons why the player-run workouts may have ceased for the time being is that the man who organized them, quarterback Tony Romo, made some prior commitments - namely a wedding and a honeymoon -- that he couldn't quite reschedule.
If and when the practices resume, Romo shouldn't have a problem rounding up his teammates again. The retention rate for the second wave of workouts should be high, according to center Andre Gurode.
"A lot of guys live in Dallas and a lot of guys come back for offseason programs," Gurode said last week. "It's one of those things where you just want to do whatever you need to do to make sure your team is getting better and you're getting better and you're getting ready for the season."
