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Dallas Cowboys rookie predicted to make Day 1 impact on offense – Josh Sanchez, Sports Illustrated
Dallas’ number one draft pick is expected to make a day one impact.
The Dallas Cowboys made their new offensive identity clear with the team’s first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, selecting Tyler Booker out of Alabama to signal a new focus on improving the running game.
Booker is a mauler who is expected to step in immediately and earn a starting role at right guard, replacing future Hall of Famer Zack Martin.
Looking ahead to his rookie season, Bleacher Report laid out the outlook for each 2025 first-round pick with high expectations for Booker from Day 1.
“The Cowboys needed some help in the trenches to improve their rushing attack, which ranked 27th in the league last year. That’s where Booker’s nasty demeanor comes in as he’s a mauler in the trenches and should start right away in Dallas,” the article states.
“That said, the Alabama product will be flipping sides of the center since he was primarily a left guard in college, where two-time Pro Bowler Tyler Smith lines up. Also, four-year veteran Robert Jones started 17 games in Miami last season, providing some insurance if the rookie isn’t ready.”
If Booker can live up to the expectations, the Cowboys could have one of the most well-rounded offenses in the league.
The team struggled a season ago on the ground, but with a revamped running back room and bolstering the offensive line we’ll have to see how it all plays out.
Mailbag: Advantage to delaying contract talks? – Mickey Spagnola & Kyle Youmans, DallasCowboys.com
Is there a method to Dallas’ madness of delaying contract negotiations?
It’s now obvious that waiting to re-sign top players is the modus operandi for the Cowboys. We’ve seen it with CeeDee Lamb, Dak Prescott, Zack Martin, Ezekiel Elliott and now with Micah Parsons. But why? Parsons seems eager to sign. And in the end, these players get what they want anyway, and everyone seems happy. Is there any kind of advantage to dragging the process out? – Kelly Walters/Oklahoma City, OK
Mickey: Now slow down there a bit Kelly. First of all, how do you know what Micah and his representative are asking for? How much guarantee are they asking for? All of it? Like 75 percent? Those are always negotiable. Sometimes the more guarantee, the less total package. The players don’t always get what they want. CeeDee was asking for more total package than he ended up getting and more guarantee. The Cowboys don’t necessarily drag these negotiations out. And say, if you owe someone like $50 million dollars, do you pay that before the bill is due. Every million dollars against the cap is meaningful. Like you can get three players for just more than $3 million. So, let’s not assume we all know what the negotiations are looking like, because guarantee you agents always start off asking for way more than the going rate. Always remember, this money is not Jerry’s money, it’s the Dallas Cowboys salary cap money, and you should demand them be frugal as possible.
Kyle: My first piece of advice, remember that not everything is as it seems when it comes to contract negotiations. While Parsons himself seems eager to sign, he has an entire party of people that may want this to play out deep into the offseason, allowing other contracts to fall in line first (Trey Hendrickson for example). It also doesn’t mean the Cowboys have put off signing Parsons either. While the last report of talks came prior to free agency, that could mean there’s a framework in place that could resolve quickly when talks resume. To answer the question though, there’s no real benefit to letting contract talks linger this long, but there’s also no real rush to get them done either.
Execs, coaches, scouts rank the NFL’s top 10 edge rushers for 2025 – Jeremy Fowler, ESPN
Where Parsons ranks among edge players in an ESPN poll.
3. Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys
Highest ranking: 1 | Lowest ranking: 6
Age: 26 | Last year’s ranking: 3
The numbers say Parsons has a compelling case for No. 1.
His 126 pressures and 31.0% pass rush win rate since 2023 lead the NFL. He has done this despite facing a 31.5% double-team rate in 2024, highest among edge rushers on this list. He generated a league-high 19.1% pressure rate last season and led the Cowboys with a 24.2% pressure share, the eighth-highest clip in the NFL. His pass rush win rate of 25.3% ranked second overall.
And, oh yeah, Parsons is the second player in NFL history to produce 12 or more sacks in each of his first four pro seasons (White is the other).
He has done all this as a hybrid off-ball linebacker who transitioned to a pure pass-rushing role. His speed and bend are obvious, but he does more than that.
“He does it with countermoves and the ability to finish,” an NFC personnel evaluator said. “He rarely misses when he’s within arm’s reach of the quarterback. His run defense needs work, though.”
Added an NFL personnel director: “Explosiveness, motor, violence, can align inside and beat [interior offensive linemen] with first-step quickness. He’s such a tone setter that everyone else feeds off his energy.”
Cowboys agree to extension with City of Oxnard for training camp through 2030 – RJ Ochoa, BloggingTheBoys.com
Cowboys will at least finish out the decade having camp in Cali.
The Dallas Cowboys are scheduled to report to training camp in Oxnard, California on July 20th. In about two weeks time, football things will officially be happening.
Oxnard has become synonymous with the Cowboys and summertime. The Cowboys have made their way out to the west coast for camp almost every year this century and for those who have been it is easy to see why.
Weather is obviously pristine in California and while the summer sun is a factor wherever you are, the other elements involved make training for the NFL a lot less difficult than doing so in the Lone Star State. Players have spoken many times about how much they love it, and as of Tuesday we know that this will continue to be the case. The Dallas Morning News reported that the Cowboys have struck a deal with the City of Oxnard to continue holding camp there through 2030.
A lot has changed around the Cowboys since they first began holding camp in Oxnard and one of those things is their world headquarters. The Star is almost a decade old itself and has grown substantially, so much so that it holds the second part (so to speak) of training camp for Dallas after they break in California. To this point the Cowboys will “only” host 16 practices (as far as those open to the public) in Oxnard this year.
History has seen the Cowboys train in Austin, Wichita Falls and San Antonio. Those areas and any others interested in holding training camp for the team will have to wait until 2031 for an opportunity to do so.
