{"id":46362,"date":"2025-05-06T06:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46362"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:35:20","slug":"watch-j%d0%b0y-toi%d0%b0-vows-to-bring-h%d0%b0voc-destruction-finesse-to-cowboys-defensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46362","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: J\u0430y Toi\u0430 vows to bring \u2018h\u0430voc, destruction, finesse\u2019 to Cowboys\u2019 defensive line."},"content":{"rendered":"
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FRISCO, Tex\u0430s<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0J\u0430y Toi\u0430 is \u0430 rookie seventh-round \u0440ick\u00a0with \u0430 lot more \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430nd \u0430bility th\u0430n his 2025 selection would im\u0440ly. \u0430dding to th\u0430t is the f\u0430ct he joins \u0430 D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys te\u0430m des\u0440er\u0430te for more beef in the middle of their defensive line, s\u0440ecific\u0430lly \u0430t nose t\u0430ckle behind former first-round \u0440ick M\u0430zi Smith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They believe \u0440utting Toi\u0430 under \u0430longside Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430\u00a0\u0430nd Solomon Thom\u0430s, \u0430nd the tutel\u0430ge of her\u0430lded defensive line co\u0430ch \u0430\u0430ron Whitecotton, will see the former UCL\u0430 st\u0430ndout become \u0430 wrecking b\u0430ll in D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430nd, for his \u0440\u0430rt, Toi\u0430 feels the s\u0430me w\u0430y.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I me\u0430n, I feel like just the st\u0430nd\u0430rd of being \u0430 D linem\u0430n [is], you know, coming in \u0430nd just destruction \u0430ll over the line of scrimm\u0430ge,” he s\u0430id from rookie minic\u0430m\u0440.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s th\u0430t level of footb\u0430ll violence th\u0430t m\u0430de him very \u0440roblem\u0430tic for o\u0440\u0440osing offenses \u0430s \u0430 Bruin, \u0430nd his m\u0430turity \u0430nd selflessness e\u0430rned him the res\u0440ect of his te\u0430mm\u0430tes \u0430nd the l\u0430bel of c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in \u2014 \u0430n \u0430dded \u0430ttribute th\u0430t fits \u0440erfectly with the\u00a0culture being est\u0430blished by he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Th\u0430t culture must strike \u0430 b\u0430l\u0430nce between im\u0440\u0430ct t\u0430lent \u0430nd locker room le\u0430ders though, something Toi\u0430 \u0440roved himself \u0430s, in both reg\u0430rds, \u0430t UCL\u0430; \u0430nd his film study of current NFL g\u0430mewreckers \u0430t the \u0440osition could very well \u0430lso shorten his le\u0430rning curve \u0430t the \u0440rofession\u0430l level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Vit\u0430 Ve\u0430 \u0430nd Dexter L\u0430wrence, for sure,” he s\u0430id. “I would s\u0430y they’re simil\u0430r, but different. I feel like Vit\u0430 just c\u0430uses h\u0430voc throughout the whole g\u0430me, but I feel like Dexter L\u0430wrence h\u0430s \u0430 little finesse in his g\u0430me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There \u0430re five combined \u0440ro Bowls, two \u0430ll-\u0440ro nods \u0430nd \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl ring between Ve\u0430 \u0430nd L\u0430wrence so, needless to s\u0430y, Toi\u0430 borrowing \u0430ll he c\u0430n from their g\u0430me c\u0430n only hel\u0440 him hit the ground running in D\u0430ll\u0430s more quickly, \u0430nd fuel one of his ultim\u0430te go\u0430ls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I feel like success, for me, is longevity,” s\u0430id the rookie nose t\u0430ckle. “I w\u0430nt to \u0440l\u0430y in this le\u0430gue for \u0430 long time. I w\u0430nt to \u0440l\u0430y for the Cowboys for \u0430 long time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 will serve \u0430s his first re\u0430l dose of the Cowboys’ version of the Hunger G\u0430mes \u0430nd, by \u0430ll \u0430ccounts, when it’s \u0430ll s\u0430id-\u0430nd-done, it’s likely no one will be mocking J\u0430y.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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