Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Open Thread

Defensive lineman Darnell Dockett won’t be the only Arizona import at Levi’s Stadium when the 49ers face the Dallas Cowboys Sunday. The first-team offense lined up against the scout-team defense, and vice versa.

The 49ers will honor the late Lon Simmons in a dedication ceremony prior to the game Sunday.

The home fans will certainly have their eyes on the backfield during Sunday’s game.

Undrafted rookie La’el Collins, who was a projected first-round pick when his name surfaced in a police investigation over a woman’s death and he wasn’t cleared until after the draft, was already getting significant practice time because of Leary’s injury.

The 49ers practices usually run closer to two hours. Players would constantly slip and fall while attempting to make simple cuts on the grass, and anyone who knows anything about football knows that these kinds of moves take place on every single play in both practice and a game.

The governor has taken lots of ribbing for his Dallas orientation – and especially for the tight, unflattering orange sweater he wore to games last season as a good luck charm.

Hayne’s preseason success is an intriguing storyline that will hold the crowd’s attention into the second half, but he is fighting for a roster spot. Give your best out there. There are rumblings that the team may not play Tony Romo due to a depleted offensive line. “But that in general is not a worry about what we’re going to get out of the game”.

The condition of the grass at Levi’s Stadium was a big story last season, and it has been throughout the offseason as well.

It remains to be seen how much they will play, if at all, since they each sat out the first preseason game and are bouncing back from lingering injuries. Today, in this day and age you’re not going to talk to an owner of a team, particularly an out-of-town newspaper but he always reminds me of that.

“I don’t want to overblow that because I have such respect for what that organization is and what they are going to get done”, he said.

The Packers don’t have many issues on offense, either. Gregory notched a sack and multiple quarterback rushes, and Collins cleared the way for the rushing attack. Is the passion a good or bad omen heading into the season? Third-string quarterback Dylan Thompson added 15 yards passing.

The Cowboys have a number of players with something to prove in the preseason.