IRVING, Texas -- Mike Pope is entering his 34th year as an assistant coach in the NFL and his third with the Dallas Cowboys. Mike Loney is entering his 14th year as an assistant coach in the NFL and second with the Cowboys.
Together they will handle the tight end responsibilities.
While they know what they have in Jason Witten, James Hanna, Gavin Escobar and Geoff Swaim, they have no idea what they have in Rico Gathers.
Last weekend’s rookie minicamp was Gathers’ first football practice since the eighth grade.