Professor

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Getting Owens the ball is a must for him to be comfortable and for the Cowboys to get the most out of the relationship.

He is simply the most complete wide receiver the team has had since the days of Michael Irvin. No, he won't catch 100 balls in Bill Parcells' offense, but he still can score double digit touchdowns.

It all starts in training camp with him getting on the same page with quarterback Drew Bledsoe and developing some camaraderie with his teammates.

The Cowboys say they are going to give Owens a clean slate and not hold his problems in Philadelphia and San Francisco against him. But the truth is that it will always been in the back of their minds. As so

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Professor

Key Defensive issues

Alleviate remaining defensive concerns: It appears the Cowboys won't accommodate disgruntled defensive end Greg Ellis with a trade or release. So the question in training camp is how unhappy will he be and how will that impact the progress of the mostly young members of the defensive line. Ellis warned the Cowboys in minicamp that it would not be a good situation for anyone involved if they didn't adhere to his wishes for a new contract. Now it is time to see what the fall out will be. Ellis is generally a good soldier and was considered one of the few remaining veteran leaders on defense. His actions and attitude seem to state that he at least no longer wants to be a leader, which is crimpling for a unit that lost La'Roi Glover and Dat Nguyen in the offseason and is void of any true vocal leaders.

The Cowboys also must solve their problems at free safety, where Keith Davis will try to keep his starting job even after the team signed Marcus Coleman and drafted Pat Watkins.

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gruntbygod

Im worried about the Ellis situation, our fron 7 in particular is ridulusly young. I think if the situation is gonna have a negative impact on guys like Spears, Canty, Ware, Carpenter ect, they should cut their losses

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Manster

TO will be quiet the first year after that it is anybodies guess. Ellis is a solid but not great DE that does not have a true spot on the team. Too small for DE and can not move well enough for OLB. I would like for Dallas to keep him but what he is asking for will not happen. He has said before that he has signed the contract and will honor it so I think he will stick around another year.

Professor

but what kinds of things will he be saying in the lockerroom, will they be condusive to a team atmosphere or will he cause some dissention in there.

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Manster

It does not matter what he says he would just be mis quoteing himself.

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Professor

my bad I was miquoted, LOL, I was actually talking about your comment about Ellis.

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