Ready or Not: Game time for the Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys head for Oakland for their first pre-season game
By Dave Crome
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Between now and tomorrow's 9:00pm kickoff, Sam Hurd knows exactly what's going on inside the stomachs of the rookies. "Nervousness, butterflies, bubble guts" said Hurd who had those feelings three years ago at this time. "This is their chance to shine, and show the world what they can do" Hurd said
That rings especially true for 4th and long winner Jesse Holley who is a long shot to make the Cowboys first cut. "It's true, it's an audition for your team and any team across the league because they watch the film as well" said Holley. "A lot of teams evaluate other players, hoping that some may come free. So you're not only try to get a job with the Cowboys, if it doesn't work out here, you're also auditioning for 31 other teams in the NFL"
That's certainly the case for rookie Stephen McGee, who has had trouble finding a groove at camp thus far but the coaches will reserve judgment until after some live game action.
"This is a time of evaluation of young players, to see what they look like in practice" said Cowboys Head Coach Wade Phillips. "Lets see in the game which is the real real truth, even though you're encouraged by practice, you want to see what what they do in the game."
McGee played at Texas A&M and grew up in Burnet, Texas has waited all his life to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in a game. "I'm excited and looking forward to it" said McGee. "Hopefully I can get a lot of rhythm out there it will be the first time to get a lot of reps. Practice is a little bit difficult where you get sets of two and at times it can be 15-20 minutes apart so hopefully I can get some drives put together and be smooth out there."
One guy who may be looking forward to this game, even more than McGee is special teams coach Joe DeCamillis. After all he's been through in the off-season, he finally gets to unleash his men with the intensity he's been preaching about.
"Speed, how fast they're going to play, how physical we're going to be, because really this is the first time we're going to have live tackling down the field for special teams" said DeCamillis. "They we'll look at how they handle game situations. When the lights come on sometimes it's too big for guys, we're going to make sure that's not the case" DeCamillis said.
By Dave Crome
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Between now and tomorrow's 9:00pm kickoff, Sam Hurd knows exactly what's going on inside the stomachs of the rookies. "Nervousness, butterflies, bubble guts" said Hurd who had those feelings three years ago at this time. "This is their chance to shine, and show the world what they can do" Hurd said
That rings especially true for 4th and long winner Jesse Holley who is a long shot to make the Cowboys first cut. "It's true, it's an audition for your team and any team across the league because they watch the film as well" said Holley. "A lot of teams evaluate other players, hoping that some may come free. So you're not only try to get a job with the Cowboys, if it doesn't work out here, you're also auditioning for 31 other teams in the NFL"
That's certainly the case for rookie Stephen McGee, who has had trouble finding a groove at camp thus far but the coaches will reserve judgment until after some live game action.
"This is a time of evaluation of young players, to see what they look like in practice" said Cowboys Head Coach Wade Phillips. "Lets see in the game which is the real real truth, even though you're encouraged by practice, you want to see what what they do in the game."
McGee played at Texas A&M and grew up in Burnet, Texas has waited all his life to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in a game. "I'm excited and looking forward to it" said McGee. "Hopefully I can get a lot of rhythm out there it will be the first time to get a lot of reps. Practice is a little bit difficult where you get sets of two and at times it can be 15-20 minutes apart so hopefully I can get some drives put together and be smooth out there."
One guy who may be looking forward to this game, even more than McGee is special teams coach Joe DeCamillis. After all he's been through in the off-season, he finally gets to unleash his men with the intensity he's been preaching about.
"Speed, how fast they're going to play, how physical we're going to be, because really this is the first time we're going to have live tackling down the field for special teams" said DeCamillis. "They we'll look at how they handle game situations. When the lights come on sometimes it's too big for guys, we're going to make sure that's not the case" DeCamillis said.
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