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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his reaction to Dez Bryant's injury wasn't meant to criticize his coaching staff.

Jerry Jones has implied that Dez Bryant's injury may have occurred due to overwork and indicated the club should take a look at what it does to see if it can lessen the possibility that an injury will occur. Tight end Jason Witten doesn't know what can be…

Just the other day special teams coach Joe DeCamillis was talking about his excitement level in having Dez Bryant return kicks and punts. "He's special with the ball in his hands and we're going to try to help him as much as we can," DeCamillis said, addi…

Jerry Jones says he's not being critical when he wonders aloud if there is anything the club can do to mitigate injuries like the one Dez Bryant suffered Friday. He says he's being analytical. Come on? Does Jones not believe his coaching staff is constant…

** Players were in full pads in the morning session. The following players did not work out: Pat Watkins (knee), Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (shoulder), Sean Lee (quadriceps), Keith Brooking (knee), Steve Octavien (hip), Stephen Hodge (knee), Sean Lissemore (groin…

In the first day of training camp without Dez Bryant on the field, Cowboys wide recevier Roy Williams had his best practice yet. Williams caught three touchdown passes in Saturday's morning session at the Alamodome. Two of the scoring receptions came when…

Players are back in full pads for Saturday's morning workout. It looks as if one of the byproducts of Dez Bryant's injury is some special teams' work for Miles Austin. The Pro Bowl wide receiver is on the field much earlier than normal for special teams d…

Orlando Scandrick had the best view of Dez Bryant's injury. He was defending the rookie when the wide out sprained his right ankle on a Jon Kitna pass over the middle. "I guess he just rolled his ankle," Scandrick said. "I batted the ball way just competi…

Last year the Cowboys saw rookie draft picks Robert Brewster, Brandon Williams and Stephen Hodge suffer season-ending injuries. So far this year, the top pick (Dez Bryant), second rounder (Sean Lee) and fourth rounder Akwasi Owusu-Ansah get hurt. Bryant s…

Lost amid the buzz of the Dez Bryant ankle sprain was the return to practice of Martellus Bennett to practice for the first time in training camp. Bennett said his ankle feels about 80 percent. The Cowboys activated Bennett off the non-football injury lis…

One of the knocks against Dez Bryant is that he's not the most punctual of players. When the Cowboys dug into this issue with the coaching staff at Oklahoma State, this is what receivers coach Ray Sherman was told. "They said you want this guy playing for…

On just about every night during camp the Cowboys coaching staff meets and discusses the roster. They'll go through each position, rank the players in some way and discuss who needs to work on what as they go forward. It helps the players know they are un…

Terrell Owens and Flozell Adams made some news the last few days by signing with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, but here are a couple of other former Cowboy notes to soak up: Omar Kelly, who covers the Dolphins for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel just Tweeted …

Dallas Cowboys inside linebacker Bradie James said the shift in position of the umpire could cause fewer holding penalties this year. The umpire has been moved from near an inside linebacker to the offensive backfield. ``When they're close, they can see t…