Struggling Cowboys DT kicked out of practice for shoving Rams assistant

After a rough outing in the preseason opener, a DT made a bad mistake in joint practice. | From @KDDrummondNFL

It was all good about a week ago. On August 6, the Dallas Cowboys signed DT Albert Huggins in a move to bring them more bodies along the interior and giving him a long shot at making an NFL roster. Huggins arrived on a Tuesday and two days later he was involved in a joint practice session with the Los Angeles Rams. That was a precursor to Sunday’s exhibition action between the two teams as both squads had their first preseason snaps.

That experience did not go well for the five-year veteran. He stood out for all the wrong reasons as he took on a mammoth 32 snaps, 45% of the total for the defense, and was visibly being moved on a regular basis. He had just one assist and graded out at a 39.4 (of 100).

He must have been holding a grudge.

After being dominated on Sunday the last thing Huggins likely wanted to hear was the team announce they were having a second go with joint practices.

Huggins screwed up.  Playing beyond the rep, he continued onto the Rams side of the faux line of scrimmage and shoved one of their non-padded assistants to the ground. The action almost caused a fight and led the Cowboys’ coaching staff to end his day prematurely.

New defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is known to be a disciplinarian, so it will be interesting to see how much leeway Huggins has. That will be based on temperament and how much different he’s been in practice to what he was in the game.

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