With two full weeks to go before OTAs begin, Cowboys players are talking up their coaches. Zack Martin loves what OL coach Mike Solari is bringing in his second stint in Dallas, and Leighton Vander Esch has the highest of praise for defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. Meanwhile, there’s some debate over an exchange captured on-camera between Cowboys wide receivers coach Robert Prince and Tennessee prospect Jalin Hyatt: was it a knock on the youngster’s skills or a nudge to push harder on the field?
Elsewhere, Brandin Cooks could mean big things for Dak Prescott, and Stephon Gilmore is eager to get to work with the Cowboys’ young cornerbacks. We’re picking the steal of the Cowboys’ draft class, and NFL executives are weighing in with what they really thought of last weekend’s picks. An ex-Steeler looks to be joining the Cowboys staff on a temporary basis, and not one but two Cowboys found themselves in social media spats of sorts. Find out what got CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons clapping back later in this edition of News and Notes.
Few would have had the return of a Tom Landry assistant on their 2023 bingo card. But Mike Solari is quickly making an impression on this generation of Cowboys offensive linemen. “He’s been great,” Zack Martin said. “A lot of energy… I think the biggest thing is bringing that edge back to our offensive line, and I think he’s gonna be a big part of that.”
The well-traveled veteran was there for record seasons from Drew Brees and Tom Brady, helped Jared Goff reach a Super Bowl, and boosted Deshaun Watson to a Pro Bowl nod in their first year together. But he says Dak Prescott is “special.” Cooks may well lead to a special kind of season from yet another quarterback this year in Dallas.
“I’ve said it a hundred times,” Vander Esch said of Quinn, “his energy that he carries with him is contagious. It makes you want to be around him. He literally could have went and got a head coaching job pretty much anywhere that he wanted. And the fact that he stayed here with us, it showed us how much he cared about us and this crew, and really what we can do.”
The new Cowboy is looking forward to getting onto the practice field with his fellow cornerbacks and establishing the communication needed to function as a cohesive group. The veteran Gilmore knows he’ll be leaned on as a teacher for…
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