>Nick Harris: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is still open to a “substantive” trade before the season if the right opportunity presents itself
>Jane Slater: Translation? Sounds like hypothetical player and hypothetical team still want a ton. So he’s waiting and seeing. They can get by w what they have but he would sure like hypothetical player if it made sense for both 🤷🏼♀️ nick, thoughts?
>Jon Machota: Dak Prescott not happy about something
>Patrik Walker: six skirmishes now. SIX. nvm … seven by the time i typed this. and punches were thrown by several players in the sixth one. (end this scrimmage now)
>Todd Archer: Way too many scuffles, fights, whatever you want to call it between these teams. Had little of it when the Cowboys and Rams practiced.
>Schottenheimer said the two will be competing again this week for who will start vs. Arizona on Saturday.
>"You got a lot of guys that come in, older guys that come in, former guys, like me, and they can teach, but it's different when you got somebody sitting in the seat with you that's going to get padded up with you, learning the same things as you and performing. Those guys, they looked up to you their whole careers, but now I get to play with him? It's a totally different mindset that the boys are going to have now."
SMI Cowboys Show also posted this today regarding the new extension:
>We've got our first look at the Williams extension contract details!
>Based on BOTE math the Cowboys DID open some Cap Space in 2026:
>Was: $21.6M
>Now: $7.67M Savings: ~ $14M
>BUT it looks like Cap hit INCREASED In 2027:
>Was: $25.5M
>Now: 35.3M
>Increase: ~$10M
>This feels like the predicate for a big Pickens extension next spring.
Link: https://x.com/SMICowboysShow/status/2087560526876344770
Walker: of note: Shemar James ALSO had a *sack* today against the Rams. #Cowboys
>He doesn't take anything for granted. He doesn't say, 'Hey, I got this. I'll let my play do the talking.' You see it.'
>He's the best player on the field whenever he's out there. The other thing is is just what a man he is. He's a leader. We didn't have a lot of leadership on defense for the last couple of years. To have him and Kenny Clark and Rashan Gary. I think they really picked it up over there in terms of the culture and the leadership."
By: Jori Epstein
OXNARD, Calif. — CeeDee Lamb raced down the right sideline, telling himself: I got to win my one-on-one.
The task was doable, the Cowboys wide receiver believing in his own skills against any defensive back. But he still needed to catch it.
And in the Cowboys' two-minute period on Sunday, catch the deep pass from Dak Prescott Lamb did. The duo celebrated with a deep breath to reset and their three-years-and-counting handshake.
Lamb and Pickens each celebrated the reduction of double and triple coverages they saw when working together.
>"As a coach, you get kind of set in this mode of like, 'Here's the issues you're going to see' [but] we're seeing all sorts of different, weird stuff because people are having to think outside the box," offensive coordinator Klayton Adams told Yahoo Sports. "These guys, it's hard to leave them one-on-one."
The Cowboys are celebrating their offensive continuity across the offensive line, weapons and, of course, 11th-year Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. But Pickens' impending contract expiration — and the $94 million a year currently committed to Prescott and Lamb — has left some around the league wondering whether Dallas will have to choose next spring between keeping Lamb or Pickens.
>Jones insisted paying all three playmakers is possible. But he noted funds will be needed for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and pass-rush production.
>"Yeah, just you got to tell me the rest [of our spending], too," Jones told Yahoo Sports on Sunday. "At some point, you've got to figure that out. But no, I think it's realistic."
Lamb hopes it's not just realistic but also the pending reality. His response to rumors that he doesn't want to share targets with Pickens?
"I don't have no ego here, I want to win," Lamb said. "I don't understand the narrative or X, Y, Z, but it is what it is."
And consider him ready to tell team owner and general manger Jerry Jones to make that happen.
"I'm sure we can make a way," Lamb said. "I know it's going to be a little crazy, but I know we can make a way for this one. Listen, this is my advocation: '@ Jerry, can you please figure out a way? Let's figure it out. I don't care what needs to happen.'
>"'Let's figure it out and it's going to get you a couple more championships.'"
>“They kind of just ask questions first, see your answer, instead of just going with their own narrative. Definitely being around the guys, too. That’s definitely my No. 1 thing always just because when you can wake up in the morning and see them and we’re going through the same thing. Just being around the whole facility.”
>On his maturity: “Definitely. The older you get, you definitely get mature.”
Defense has taken the lead these last few days in camp.
It seems CeeDee Lamb is fighting himself sometimes. First pass of team drills was a bobble. But he also made a nice catch in front of the end zone for a score.
George Pickens snatch a TD from Shavon Revel's hands. A few plays later, Revel had a PBU on a throw to Pickens. Revel has picked up his play the last few days. He might have surpassed Cobie Durant on first-team. Still work to do.
Caleb Downs with a nice PBU on a pass to CeeDee Lamb, James Houston almost picked off a pass down the middle. Reddy Steward had a end zone PBU.
Luke Schoonmaker with two drops today.
Cowboys are keeping 5 WRs. At this stage it's hard to see if it's not Pickens, Turpin, Flournoy, Mingo and Lamb.
Cooper Beebe had a snap infraction. Outside of that he's been pretty good.
I'm debating about 3 QBs on the 53. Need to see what happens in Tuesday's joint practice.
>"It always brings me back to square one. Catch, tuck, then make your move. Catch, tuck, then make your move. Catch, tuck, then make your move."
>“Every single drop has been always taking my eyes off the ball when the ball arrived because I’m automatically thinking I caught it. It’s just a way of the game humbling me and bringing me back to square one.”
>Lamb on his practice mentality: “As many times as I’m targeted, the ball should never hit the ground, whether it’s PBU, whether it’s a drop, whether it’s a bad ball, regardless of what it is. Any time the ball is targeted to me, I consider it a catchable ball. I don’t care if the ball is out of bounds. I don’t care if it’s all the way inside.”