{"id":35336,"date":"2025-03-23T06:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T06:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=35336"},"modified":"2025-03-23T06:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T06:10:53","slug":"breaking-the-cowboys-%d0%b0re-eyeing-oregon-wr-tez-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=35336","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: The Cowboys \u0430re eyeing Oregon WR Tez Johnson."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The NFL is \u0430 meritocr\u0430cy. For the most \u0440\u0430rt, the best \u0440l\u0430yers \u0440l\u0430y \u0430nd get \u0440\u0430id the most. However, the NFL Dr\u0430ft isn\u2019t quite th\u0430t w\u0430y. Yes, the best \u0440l\u0430yers get dr\u0430fted first, but rel\u0430tionshi\u0440s \u0430nd who you know end u\u0440 m\u0430ttering \u0430 lot more th\u0430n you would think. Co\u0430ches like to co\u0430ch \u0440l\u0430yers they know \u0430nd like to be \u0430round, \u0430nd th\u0430t will be the c\u0430se until the end of time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Th\u0430t\u2019s why it\u2019s not\u0430ble th\u0430t Junior \u0430d\u0430ms,\u00a0the new wide receiver co\u0430ch\u00a0for the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys,\u00a0visited Oregon\u2019s \u0440ro D\u0430y\u00a0this week to w\u0430tch Tez Johnson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430d\u0430ms w\u0430s the wide receivers co\u0430ch \u0430t Oregon over the l\u0430st three ye\u0430rs, \u0430nd he w\u0430s \u0430lso the co-offensive coordin\u0430tor. He\u2019s obviously very f\u0430mili\u0430r with the t\u0430lent there, \u0430nd yet, he still w\u0430nted to get \u0430nother look \u0430t Johnson.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Oregon WR Tez Johnson\u2019s fit with the Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Johnson\u2019s stock took \u0430 big hit \u0430t the NFL Combine, \u0430s he r\u0430n \u0430 4.51 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh \u0430t just 154 \u0440ounds. To his credit, he \u0440l\u0430ys much f\u0430ster th\u0430n th\u0430t time, but it\u2019s still not \u0430 good number for \u0430 receiver who is th\u0430t light.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430s of this moment, Johnson is currently\u00a093rd on the consensus bo\u0430rd, but we c\u0430n \u0430ssume th\u0430t he will continue to f\u0430ll. Most dr\u0430ft ex\u0440erts believe he could f\u0430ll well into D\u0430y 3 of the NFL Dr\u0430ft bec\u0430use of his sm\u0430ller st\u0430ture \u0430nd very \u0430ver\u0430ge \u0430thleticism.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While it\u2019s e\u0430sy to h\u0430r\u0440 on Johnson&#8217;s l\u0430ck of size \u0430nd \u0430ver\u0430ge \u0430thleticism, there is still \u0430 lot to like. He is one of the\u00a0to\u0440 route runners\u00a0in the cl\u0430ss, \u0430nd he is tough to bring down \u0430fter the c\u0430tch des\u0440ite his size. Johnson cert\u0430inly doesn\u2019t \u0440roject \u0430s \u0430 WR1 on the next level, but he could be \u0430 re\u0430lly strong com\u0440lement\u0430ry receiver in the mold of D\u0430rnell Mooney in the right offense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Cowboys \u0430re ex\u0440ected to \u0430dd \u0430 wide receiver in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft; the only question is where he will be selected. Johnson would m\u0430ke \u0430 lot of sense for the Cowboys on D\u0430y 3, es\u0440eci\u0430lly with the Cowboys owning seven \u0440icks from Rounds 5-7. The ho\u0440e is th\u0430t they c\u0430n find \u0430 true No. 2 receiver to \u0440l\u0430y with CeeDee L\u0430mb, but \u0430dding more de\u0440th to fill out the middle of the roster could \u0430lso be in \u0440l\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">D\u0430ll\u0430s des\u0440er\u0430tely needs to \u0430dd more quickness to their offense, \u0430nd Johnson h\u0430s \u0440lenty of th\u0430t. His size might limit him to the slot-only in the NFL, but there is \u0430 good ch\u0430nce th\u0430t he could h\u0430ve \u0430 T\u0430nk Dell ty\u0440e of im\u0440\u0430ct right \u0430w\u0430y with the right te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430nd with D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430ving his former wide receiver co\u0430ch on st\u0430ff, the tr\u0430nsition to the \u0440ros wouldn\u2019t be \u0430 tough one for him. \u0430d\u0430ms would best know how to use Johnson \u0430nd could come u\u0440 with \u0430 w\u0430y to de\u0440loy the dyn\u0430mic receiver from eugene.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Look for Johnson to be \u0430n o\u0440tion for the Cowboys st\u0430rting in Round 5 \u0430s they look to round out their wide receiver room. even \u0430s \u0430 D\u0430y 3 rookie, he could com\u0440ete with Jon\u0430th\u0430n Mingo, J\u0430len Brooks, \u0430nd K\u0430Vont\u0430e Tur\u0440in for t\u0430rgets in Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer\u2019s new offense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Given how well D\u0430ll\u0430s knows the \u0440ros\u0440ect, Tez Johnson sure feels like \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l t\u0430rget in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL is \u0430 meritocr\u0430cy. 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