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Training camp should answer a lot of questions about the Cowboys offensive line.
The wheels have touched down in Oxnard, California and training camp for the Dallas Cowboys is officially underway. Things are starting to get serious around Cowboys Nation and answers to all the questions we have about this team heading into the 2025 NFL season should start pouring out.
There are unanswered questions at many positions on the roster for the Dallas Cowboys, but today we are going to focus on the offensive line. This group's play in 2025 will be a huge deciding factor in the team’s overall success or failure this season.
In Tyler Guyton, Tyler Smith, Cooper Beebe, Tyler Booker, and Terence Steele, the Cowboys seem to have their starting five already in place. However, not only are there unanswered questions about the projected starters, but with the depth behind them as well.
Whether it was the lack of starts in college or making the position switch from right to left tackle as a rookie with the Cowboys, Tyler Guyton clearly wasn't ready to take over for Tyron Smith as Dallas' new blindside protector last year. He was inconsistent throughout the season and had too many penalties. He needs to improve by leaps and bounds and the early indicators seem to provide encouragement he's done just that with a full off-season in the strength and conditioning program. Hopefully all of that ends up translating to the field.
It's completely mind-boggling to see how the Cowboys brass has continually cost themselves millions of dollars by taking a wait-and-see approach to sign several key players to contract extensions. Instead of being preemptive and signing them early, they've waited and let other teams reset the market. They did it with Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and with Micah Parsons as well. We all know they plan on making Tyler Smith a longtime fixture along their OL for years to come, so why not go ahead and extend him sooner rather than later?
In his first year with the Cowboys and his first to play center, Cooper Beebe continued to improve his play from week to week throughout his rookie season, finishing the year on a high note. He has already proven he's a quality starter and with his work ethic he should be even better in 2025. That's especially true considering his college OL coach (Conor Riley) has joined the Cowboys this year and should know exactly how to get the best out of him like they were able to accomplish together during their time a Kansas State.
