OXNARD, Calif.—The Cowboys are winding down two weeks solid here. The team flies to Denver on Wednesday for a joint practice with the Broncos on Thursday and plays them in the preseason opener Saturday. They return here for a couple days, then go to Orange County to practice with the Chargers. After that, there’s the team’s second preseason game against the Chargers at Sofi Stadium, and then back to Dallas. Here’s what we’ve got from the Cowboys’ road show. …
1. Micah Parsons has been, well, the best player here, and he thinks having a full offseason has allowed him to play a more disciplined game, with fewer little mistakes on the practice field. But you could’ve called that a month ago. The surprise at the position is probably Parsons’s fellow former first-rounder Leighton Vander Esch. The team declined his fifth-year option two offseasons ago, and brought him back this year on a one-year deal. He’s returned motivated and is showing better body control and bend at 6'4" and is taking on blocks more efficiently than he has in the past.
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