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Dallas may have more weapons.
What’s more noteworthy is that another wideout appears to be making an early push up the depth chart during the first week of OTAs.
None other than Marquez Valdes-Scantling is standing out and not just because he’s wearing Micah Parsons’ former No. 11 jersey.
A late arrival who signed with Dallas right after the NFL Draft in late April, Valdes-Scantling got a lot of burn with the first-team offense and saw plenty of targets from Prescott. He and CeeDee Lamb operated as the two boundary WRs, with Flournoy working a lot in the slot.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling running with the Dallas Cowboys’ first-team offense at OTAs
How’s that for an early surprise?
Valdes-Scantling’s experience showed up when he batted down an errant throw from Prescott that safety P.J. Locke was in prime position to intercept, per Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Look, obviously Valdes-Scantling wouldn’t be “starting” if Pickens was practicing. Maybe the Cowboys just wanted a veteran presence out there to help keep the offense operating smoothly during team drills.
Regardless, it speaks volumes that Valdes-Scantling was the one getting those opportunities. It does not bode well for Jonathan Mingo, who worked off to the side with the rehab team on Thursday.
Nothing is guaranteed.
On the surface, it will probably make Guyton stay focused and put in the work that we know he has but struggle to stay constant.
Even when healthy, though, Guyton’s been far too inconsistent to be trusted to be the blind side blocker for Dak Prescott or whoever is playing the position.
He was flagged a whopping 25 times in as many games, 21 of which were accepted by the opposition.
A lot of those penalties derailed promising drives, often forcing the offense to settle for a field goal or knocking it out of Brandon Aubrey’s range altogether.
On the other hand, we will see how the summer goes, but he might have little to no room for error in otherwise he would have had if it was his job 100%.
Nate Thomas
Nate Thomas is a guy that has not been talked about much, but should be now that he has a chance to earn the starting left tackle spot.
Thomas was taken in the same class as Guyton but in the seventh round. He did not play his rookie season, but appeared in all 17 games a year ago and started four of them, but don’t get your hopes up, because he was just as bad as Guyton was. I will say one thing,
I honestly think that Drew Shelton, the fourth...
