Observation deck: Gauntlet daunting
04:19 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 1, 2006
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
• Players hate the Gauntlet, a rubber-foamed contraption they have to run through. Drew Bledsoe skipped his turn, running on the outside before heading to position drills. A veteran can get away with that, but if it were Terrell Owens, then much more would've been made about it.
• Rookie nose tackle Samuel Taulealea, kicker Shaun Suisham and new kickoff guy Tyler Fredrickson took a dip in the hot tub before the evening practice.
• Mike Vanderjagt missed two field goals Monday, giving him three in two days. Before his last miss even hit the ground, he groaned, "Oh, my God."
• The hit of the day belonged to safety Abram Elam, who blew up tight end Tony Curtis on a run to the left. It was such a big hit that the whole secondary yelled Elam's name and prompted an "attaboy" from coach Bill Parcells. Later, Elam drilled receiver J.R. Tolver too hard and drew Parcells' wrath.
• Parcells broke out a new T-shirt for camp. This one reads: Every day is hump day. It includes a picture of a camel. Parcells said the first five-day stretch of camp is the toughest on the players mentally and physically.
• The play of the day belonged to rookie safety Pat Watkins . After initially biting on a run play, Watkins, 6-5, was able to cover enough ground on a flea-flicker to intercept a Tony Romo pass.
• After rookie tight end Anthony Fasano was hit by safety Roy Williams, cornerback Terence Newman yelled, "That's a love tap, 47." Some love tap.
• Tolver and safety Keith Davis got into a brief skirmish. Parcells hates those dust-ups because he doesn't think they are part of the game. Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer got on Davis for it, too.
• For the first time in training camp, Parcells' news conference didn't come with a question related to Owens.
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
• Players hate the Gauntlet, a rubber-foamed contraption they have to run through. Drew Bledsoe skipped his turn, running on the outside before heading to position drills. A veteran can get away with that, but if it were Terrell Owens, then much more would've been made about it.
• Rookie nose tackle Samuel Taulealea, kicker Shaun Suisham and new kickoff guy Tyler Fredrickson took a dip in the hot tub before the evening practice.
• Mike Vanderjagt missed two field goals Monday, giving him three in two days. Before his last miss even hit the ground, he groaned, "Oh, my God."
• The hit of the day belonged to safety Abram Elam, who blew up tight end Tony Curtis on a run to the left. It was such a big hit that the whole secondary yelled Elam's name and prompted an "attaboy" from coach Bill Parcells. Later, Elam drilled receiver J.R. Tolver too hard and drew Parcells' wrath.
• Parcells broke out a new T-shirt for camp. This one reads: Every day is hump day. It includes a picture of a camel. Parcells said the first five-day stretch of camp is the toughest on the players mentally and physically.
• The play of the day belonged to rookie safety Pat Watkins . After initially biting on a run play, Watkins, 6-5, was able to cover enough ground on a flea-flicker to intercept a Tony Romo pass.
• After rookie tight end Anthony Fasano was hit by safety Roy Williams, cornerback Terence Newman yelled, "That's a love tap, 47." Some love tap.
• Tolver and safety Keith Davis got into a brief skirmish. Parcells hates those dust-ups because he doesn't think they are part of the game. Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer got on Davis for it, too.
• For the first time in training camp, Parcells' news conference didn't come with a question related to Owens.
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