Notes from the Cowboys Camp.

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Don't know if anyone is interested - if you aren't then this thread will just drift away - but I thought I would share the view from the Cowboys camp as far as I have gathered. (From blog camp reports, local Media camp reports, Parcells press conferences, and reading between the lines of the 'official' reports on dallascowboys.com)

Good news first.

Defense

LB
Ware - looks unblockable.
Ellis - struggling a little at the LB position ( of course. New position after 9 years but if it works he bookends Ware as a pass rusher)

FA Ayondele - doing well in new position at ILB.
James - going steady
Singleton - Steady, (injuries during the season are his problem)
Burnett - not bad, starting to look like a second round pick
FA Boiman - Looks Great one play, gets burned the next

Carpenter - have not heard much regarding this first rounder. He is behind Ellis, Singleton.

Surprise of the rest? - Guy named Junior Glymph.

DE
Canty - controlling one side of the line. Looks real good.
Spears - meniscus scope, riding the bicycle.
Coleman - haven't heard much
Ratliff - steady
Hatcher - surprise 3rd rounder looking alright.
Surprise of the rest? - haven't heard of anyone standing out

NT
Ferguson - Looking Good. The only NT that looks good.
Thomas 'Pepper' Johnson - OK
Montavious Stanley - this years 6th rounder looks out of shape.
Surprise? - Sam Tualealea, looks very strong.

FS
Davis - starter wasn't that good last year, getting shot - twice - didn't help.
Watkins - this 6'5" centrefielder might just start. Practising with the 1st team.

and then just a bunch of guys.

SS
Williams - signed a contract. Haven't heard a peep.
Beriault - last years sixth rounder is limping again.

and then just a bunch of guys


CB
Newman - looks like money. Think Pro Bowl.
Henry - started slow but now he is rolling.
Reeves - looks like he will take Glenns nickle spot. Looks real good.
Glenn - looking slower than last year.

best of the rest - Lenny Williams is surpising people.


Now the Offense.

I am just going to talk about the Oline.

Why?

The Oline looks terrible and the Offense can barely get a play off.

RT - The Italian side.

Pettitti - Hearing a lot of complimentary stuff about his offseason work. I have not heard a lot of complimentary stuff about his training camp work.

Fabini - getting beat by street free agent signings. Looks pretty bad.

Colombo - Might just win the starting job. Former 1st rounder with the Bears (3 or 4 years ago then blew a knee and got cut a little after) is getting all kinds of praise from observers.

RG
Rivera - the only certainty on the line. Looks fully recovered from the back surgery of last summer (2005).
Peterman - looking like a wasted pick from three years ago. Parcells can barely look at him without derision.
Procter - not bad.

C
Johnson - smart player. Calls the defensive formations at the line really well. Bulked up over the summer. Getting pushed into Bledsoe Grill by street free agents.

Gurode - Very stout at the point of attack. Doesn't read defenses very well.

LG
Kosier - pulls very well. Gets to the second level very well. Getting Bull Rushed by the 1st team defense.
Tarullo - who?

LT
Flozell - looks in better condition than ever, but doesn't have his football hat on yet after season ending surgery last year. A beat slow.
McQuistan - not bad for a 7th rounder. Not ready to play though.


If this Oline doesn't gel in the next few weeks, we won't do very well this season.

If it does? We will do well.