One by one, the COVID numbers may be slowly reversing for the Cowboys. Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn may be back in the booth calling plays by Sunday’s preseason tilt versus the Jaguars, he revealed Thursday. This, as the league is proposing increased testing for vaccinated players in the wake of the surges in both Dallas and Tennessee.
In football news, Dak Prescott is no longer on a pitch count as the season opener approaches. Kicker Greg Zuerlein has also resumed his duties, but the team took an unusual step in easing him back. Ezekiel Elliott explains why he sits in on quarterback meetings, Keanu Neal has been ready to make the switch from safety to linebacker for a while now, and a self-professed “throwback” player is looking to continue the fullback tradition for America’s Team. The team digs through its own archives to share untold “war stories” of draft days gone by, plus why hasn’t one the Cowboys’ biggest names been featured- at all- on HBO’s reality series? Thursday’s News and Notes, coming right up.