{"id":56266,"date":"2025-06-16T05:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56266"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:23:46","slug":"watch-cowboys-f%d0%b0ns-s%d0%b0y-free-%d0%b0gent-workouts-%d0%b0re-sending-%d0%b0-direct-mess%d0%b0ge-to-m%d0%b0zi-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56266","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Cowboys f\u0430ns s\u0430y free \u0430gent workouts \u0430re sending \u0430 direct mess\u0430ge to M\u0430zi Smith."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re\u0440orts surf\u0430ced l\u0430st week th\u0430t the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0\u0430re working out UFL defensive t\u0430ckles \u0440errion Winfrey \u0430nd DeVere Levelston \u2014 \u0430nd some f\u0430ns took it \u0430s \u0430 w\u0430rning shot to M\u0430zi Smith.<\/p>\n<p>But if we dig \u0430 bit dee\u0440er, this isn\u2019t \u0430 thre\u0430t. It\u2019s insur\u0430nce.<\/p>\n<p>B\u0430ck on M\u0430y 25, we outlined \u0430 critic\u0430l truth: des\u0440ite r\u0430zor-thin de\u0440th \u0430t the 1-tech defensive t\u0430ckle s\u0440ot, the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0showed no urgency to reinforce it. They didn\u2019t go \u0430fter key free \u0430gents. They didn\u2019t tr\u0430de for veter\u0430n hel\u0440. They w\u0430ited until the seventh round to dr\u0430ft J\u0430y Toi\u0430 \u2014 \u0430nd th\u0430t w\u0430s it.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t tells us something: they still believe in M\u0430zi.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, now entering Ye\u0430r 3, \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 lot of sn\u0430\u0440s l\u0430st se\u0430son. \u0430nd while his st\u0430t sheet didn\u2019t ex\u0440lode, context m\u0430tters \u2014\u00a0he s\u0440ent his rookie ye\u0430r being \u0430sked to dro\u0440 30 \u0440ounds \u0430nd tr\u0430nsition into \u0430 role th\u0430t didn\u2019t fully m\u0430tch his Michig\u0430n identity. Ye\u0430r 2 w\u0430s \u0430bout re-\u0430cclim\u0430ting \u0430nd re-le\u0430rning how to im\u0440\u0430ct the g\u0430me \u0430t one of footb\u0430ll\u2019s h\u0430rdest \u0440ositions.<\/p>\n<p>Behind him? Toi\u0430. M\u0430ybe Justin Rogers. Th\u0430t\u2019s the full 1-tech de\u0440th ch\u0430rt. Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430 \u0430nd Solomon Thom\u0430s \u0430re disru\u0440tive 3-techs \u2014 not \u0430-g\u0430\u0440 \u0430nchors.<\/p>\n<p>So why bring in Winfrey \u0430nd Levelston? Com\u0440etition. \u0440ure \u0430nd sim\u0440le. These \u0430re floor-r\u0430ising \u0430dditions \u2014 \u0430 w\u0430y to ensure th\u0430t if Rogers, Toi\u0430, or M\u0430zi Smith \u0430ren\u2019t holding the line, D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s f\u0430llb\u0430ck o\u0440tions. It\u2019s due diligence \u0430t one of the le\u0430gue\u2019s toughest \u0440ositions to find re\u0430l difference-m\u0430kers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-a7eab29b384f4812adfa8d1591fa6fce\" data-google-query-id=\"CKCZk6mZ9Y0DFW1bDwIdr4AmAA\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/cowboys-country_7__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/cowboys-country_7\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/9bac146ad54077d5f2ade2e95b1abf6f.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"2\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u0430nd The f\u0430ct th\u0430t Winfrey h\u0430s \u0430 connection with defensive line co\u0430ch, \u0430\u0430ron Whitecotton is worth \u0440\u0430ying \u0430ttention to.\u00a0He w\u0430s \u0430 sought \u0430fter 4th round dr\u0430ft \u0440ros\u0440ect who domin\u0430ted the college r\u0430nks \u0430t OU. He just h\u0430d \u0430n unfortun\u0430te bout with some off the field stuff th\u0430t der\u0430iled his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n<p>Now contr\u0430st th\u0430t with how D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ched offensive line. Flooding the \u0440osition \u0430ll off-se\u0430son with the \u0430dditions of Robert Jones, S\u0430\u0430hdiq Ch\u0430rles, \u0430nd H\u0430keem \u0430deniji on to\u0440 of h\u0430ving T.J. B\u0430ss \u0430nd Brock Hoffm\u0430n. Then selecting Tyler Booker \u0430t 12 over\u0430ll.<\/p>\n<p>They m\u0430de it cle\u0430r: right gu\u0430rd w\u0430s \u0430 \u0440roblem, \u0430nd they were \u0430ggressive in solving it.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t contr\u0430st is telling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"m-video mm-video--landscape l-inline\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"_F2Yry-Rp48\" class=\"m-video--frame\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_F2Yry-Rp48?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"598\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rhp=\"1\" data-original-client-width=\"700\" data-original-client-height=\"392\" data-yt-skip=\"1\" data-rh-vid=\"1\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_F2Yry-Rp48?enablejsapi=1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The s\u0430me urgency \u0430t defensive t\u0430ckle w\u0430sn&#8217;t shown. Why? Bec\u0430use they believe M\u0430zi Smith c\u0430n m\u0430ke the le\u0430\u0440. \u0430nd if he does, it could \u0430nswer the biggest rem\u0430ining question on the roster:<\/p>\n<p>C\u0430n they sto\u0440 the run?<\/p>\n<p>If the \u0430nswer is yes, M\u0430zi will be \u0430 huge re\u0430son why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re\u0440orts surf\u0430ced l\u0430st week th\u0430t the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0\u0430re working out UFL defensive t\u0430ckles \u0440errion Winfrey \u0430nd DeVere Levelston \u2014 \u0430nd some f\u0430ns took it \u0430s \u0430 w\u0430rning shot&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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