Observations from the Cowboys’ eighth training camp practice, which was the saltiest thus far, perhaps due to the fact that it focused on goal line and short yardage.
After working on nickle and special blitz packages for the first four days of camp and then turning their attention to red zone, no-huddle and two-minute offense, the Cowboys kicked off Oxnard 2015's third phase by turning their attention to the slobber-knockers: goal line and short yardage. Because work on goal line takes a more severe toll on players; bodies than, say, work on the third down offense, the full team periods, which had been growing in duration and intensity late last week, were comparatively brief and brisk affairs: the team got its work done, knocked the heck out of each other, and moved on to the next item on the day's agenda.