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We are going to get to see Tyler Booker play football for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Brian Schottenheimer confirmed this on Thursday afternoon.
Schottenheimer confirmed a variety of things in this session and noted that Joe Milton will make the start at quarterback for the second straight week, obviously that Booker will play in general, and he also mentioned that running back Miles Sanders will be involved.
With all due respect to Milton and Sanders, the headlining news here is clearly that first-round offensive lineman Tyler Booker is going to play for the first time. Booker did not play, alongside many other notable players on the team, during the first preseason game last week against the Los Angeles Rams.
This drew some attention from around Cowboys fans and the rest of the NFL, though. In case you were unaware, Booker was the only healthy first-round pick who did not play in the first week of the preseason. It is certainly possible that the plan all along was for him to make his debut in the second week, maybe the Cowboys wanted to wait until they were home at AT&T Stadium where this week’s game will take place, but it is interesting to at least consider whether or not that reality helped reinforce the decision-making ahead of Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens.
