A handful of Cowboys stars laid some big hits of a different kind Tuesday night. The Reliant Home Run Derby is an annual event that lets the team’s top names swing for the fences to raise money for The Salvation Army. Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, and Trevon Diggs took some good cuts, and Leighton Vander Esch went on to take first place… but Micah Parsons was the MVP of the night. With a new bat he rushed out and bought right beforehand, Parsons sent two balls out of the entire stadium, furthering the belief that there is nothing the man cannot do.
Elsewhere, the Cowboys learned the final details of their preseason schedule, Diggs is honored by the state of Alabama, CeeDee Lamb is projected to take a massive leap forward, and one undrafted free agent is seemingly taking the express lane to the 53-man roster. We look at how much the Cowboys have riding on keeping last year’s coaching staff together, we explore the league’s new recruiting efforts on the other side of the world, and we visit with a Texas boy who became a nightmare for Cowboys fans… who now admits he couldn’t hang with today’s uber-conditioned athletes in a fascinating interview. That’s all ahead in New and Notes.