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Dallas Cowboys rookie camp first day roundup

A news roundup of the first day of rookie mini-camp.

The Breerman gives you five more quick impressions. Short version: Mark Bradford made the play of the day on a long bomb, Orlando Scandrick looked like the best CB on the field, Mike Jenkins recovered nicely in his second practice of the day, Danny Amendola actually dropped some passes in the second session and Richard Bartel looked like a real QB.

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Mike Jenkins has a little Prime Time in his past as his uncle, Tracy Sanders, was a CB with Prime at FSU. Deion has been mentoring the kid who is now our second CB from the University of South Florida, the alma mater of Anthony Henry.

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Danny Amendola is attracting a lot of attention in camp, especially from Jerry.

"He's certainly showed he's refined," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after the first rookie practice Friday. "He will be able to separate. He's going to be able to get away from people. I'm glad we got him."

He may be refined on the field but certainly needs some work on his interviews. Not exactly smooth in the post-practice gab-fest.

But speaking of who is smooth, that seems to be the operative word for Felix "El Gato" Jones. 

"He's smooth," Jerry Jones said. "You can see that he can run when he gets that ball. The most important thing that I saw out here today was just how smooth he looks when he's running and cutting."

Don’t forget about Isaiah Stanback either.

"He's doing a great job, and I'm really pleased with the way he's running routes and catching the ball," [Ray] Sherman said. "He's in shape, and I'm very impressed with the way he runs his routes. He's a contender at that position.... I like our group."

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Meanwhile, in veteran news, it apperas that the Tuna did want his former first round pick Bobby Carpenter but the Cowboys said no dice.

According to an NFL source, the Dolphins wanted Bobby Carpenter, but the Cowboys weren't willing to part with the 2006 first-round draft pick. So Dallas included Ayodele in the deal.

As noted by many, including Brandon in his post, Captain Caveman is on the move again.

He's currently backing up veteran Zach Thomas. Carpenter said he's been studying game film with Thomas and already has picked up quite a bit in the short time the veteran free-agent acquisition has been with the Cowboys.

Hat tip to Deke for posting the Bobby Carpenter non-trade article.

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It's early

but I’m psyched about Scandrick and Amendola…

by dunkman on May 3, 2008 12:03 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And lest we forget, Standback

From Coach Sherman:

Sherman said second-year player Isaiah Stanback is making strides.

“He’s doing a great job, and I’m really pleased with the way he’s running routes and catching the ball,” Sherman said. “He’s in shape, and I’m very impressed with the way he runs his routes. He’s a contender at that position…. I like our group.”

by dunkman on May 3, 2008 12:23 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And speaking of mentors

None other than the all-time leading rusher weighed in on the Mendenhall-Jones debate. Here’s Emmitt’s take on the new backfield mate to MBIII:

“I think Mendenhall is a very good back,” Emmitt said. “I just think Felix has a lot better hip movement and cuts better in traffic.”

Emmitt gave the backs pointers on how to run routes and get separation from linebackers. Jones, who grew up a Cowboys fan during Emmitt’s glory days, called it “information that’s going to help me carry on for the rest of my career.”

by dunkman on May 3, 2008 1:16 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Emmitt added:

That Felix Jones has great excellentration!

by grapejoos on May 3, 2008 1:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can low-round draft picks be considered...

pet cats?

If so, mine’s definitely gonna be 5th-rounder Orlando Scandrick.

If not, i claim Dowayne Davis.

www.brainfriednetwork.com [NEWS/SPORTS/FOOTBALL]

by silverblue5 on May 3, 2008 1:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pet cats

draft choice – Scandrick

UFA – Robertson

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on May 3, 2008 5:37 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey

I already claimed him the day after the Draft. Go check it.

by coolaid on May 3, 2008 7:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OK, but

there aren[‘t enough cats to go around, coolaid, so we’re just gong to have to work on our sharing skills…

by dunkman on May 4, 2008 8:00 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Interesting note about Parcells

I wonder if Jerry said no to trading Bobby more because they wanted to deal Akin or wanted to keep the Caveman. Either way, it at least shows the Cowboys have some expectation of him contributing in the future. That’s nice to see — Bobby and A.J. Hawk were a force back at OSU. I always kind of hoped he’d be something special for us.

by MeanMr.Mustard on May 3, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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