{"id":73308,"date":"2025-08-03T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73308"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:03:10","slug":"will-dak-prescott-see-any-preseason-snaps-did-cowboys-find-another-breakout-usfl-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73308","title":{"rendered":"Will Dak Prescott see any preseason snaps? Did Cowboys find another breakout USFL player?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/archer_todd.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"Will Dak Prescott see any preseason snaps? Did Cowboys find another breakout USFL player?\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/>\n<p>Todd ArcherAug 1, 2025, 06:00 AM ET<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Close<\/p>\n<ul>Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>OXNARD, Calif. &#8212; The dog days of training camp hit a little bit differently these days compared to years ago when a &#8220;light&#8221; practice was an afternoon in shoulder pads only after a full-padded practice in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>But the Cowboys are coming close to them this year, which is why Tuesday&#8217;s practice with the Los Angeles Rams will be a welcome sight. Which leads me to some things I&#8217;m wondering about when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> I wonder if Dak Prescott will see any preseason snaps. Yes, he missed nine games last season with a right hamstring avulsion that required surgery. Yes, he has a new playcaller in coach Brian Schottenheimer with a tweaked offense. But is it worth the risk of injury?<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Prescott did not play any preseason snaps in 2021 in his comeback from a horrific ankle injury, and he threw for 403 yards in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If he doesn&#8217;t play in the preseason, then the Rams&#8217; practice will be the one chance Prescott will see close to live action before the Sept. 4 opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, adding to the importance of that two-hour session with their NFC counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Three years ago, the Cowboys found Pro Bowlers from the USFL in kicker Brandon Aubrey and returner KaVontae Turpin. I&#8217;m not ready to go that far with defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey, but I do wonder if the Cowboys have hit on another player from the spring league after Winfrey starred for the UFL&#8217;s Birmingham Stallions. He had 29 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack for the Stallions and was named a first-team All-UFL player. He has a background with defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton from their time together with the New York Jets. In the early part of camp, he has seen some first-team snaps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Experience in the attack front; that helps,&#8221; Schottenheimer said. &#8220;He&#8217;s heard [Whitecotton] a hundred times talk about [the] different ways we run the games and who is the penetrator and who is the wrapper, all those things. So it doesn&#8217;t surprise me that a guy like that is showing up early out there. He knows the system. He knows this defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> I wonder if a coaching change has helped linebacker Damone Clark. He might be on the 53-man bubble to some, but as Kenneth Murray Jr. was away for the birth of a child, Clark made the most of his added playing time in camp. He was around the ball with breakups and forced fumbles. The Cowboys aren&#8217;t the deepest team at linebacker, and it&#8217;s easy to forget Clark had 115 tackles for a 12-5 Cowboys team in 2023. Last season, he was inactive for three games, started twice and made only 25 tackles. He is a reliable special teams player, but he is having his best camp on defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> I wonder if Kaiir Elam becomes the next former high draft pick to find success with the Cowboys. Acquired in a trade from the Buffalo Bills in the offseason, the former first-rounder has carried over a strong spring to a strong summer. He has multiple interceptions in camp so far and has looked the part. He is also set to be a free agent after this season, so could the Cowboys add him to the list of players they&#8217;d like to extend?<\/p>\n<p>May be a little early on that, but here&#8217;s Schottenheimer&#8217;s take: &#8220;Change of scenery helps a lot of people. Lot of people, they go to a team, it doesn&#8217;t work out. Then they go somewhere else and for whatever reason it fits. Is it the culture? Is it the defense? Is it them going, &#8216;Hell, I don&#8217;t ever wants to be traded again&#8217;? And I think some guys take it personal. I don&#8217;t think Kaiir took it personal, but I do think he&#8217;s got a chip on his shoulder just because he wants to be a great player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> If you&#8217;re wondering why the Cowboys haven&#8217;t put guard Rob Jones on injured reserve with a broken bone in his neck that will keep him out for 2-3 months, here&#8217;s why: He wouldn&#8217;t be able to return at all this season. The Cowboys will have to wait for Aug. 26 to place Jones on IR to give him a chance to play this season. 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