Training camp is officially underway for several NFL teams, including the Dallas Cowboys. After selecting Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb in the first round of the draft back in April, many believe the Cowboys have the best trio of receivers in the league.
It is the other two players in that trio who have already established themselves on the highest level, however. Those two players are Michael Gallup and former Alabama standout Amari Cooper, who both went for 1,100-plus yards last season.
Interestingly enough, the two were seen doing a competitive drill on Sunday that tests the hand strength of a receiver. Check it out:
New WR drill Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup were working on today pic.twitter.com/vG0u0J1Dca
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 16, 2020
The drill looks fairly difficult, but it also seems like a great way to test a receiver’s ability to catch — and hang onto — the football. It’s hard to tell who actually won a lot of the reps, although it was Cooper who came away with the ball on most.
Cooper, the former No. 4 overall pick to the Oakland Raiders back in the 2015 NFL Draft, has gone for 1,000-plus yards in four of his five seasons in the league. In his career, he’s brought in 357 receptions for 5,097 yards (14.3 yards per catch) and 33 touchdowns.
Imaging these two Dallas receivers along with the talented Lamb (great last name, by the way) should make franchise quarterback Dak Prescott excited, especially when you combine it with Ezekiel Elliott in the backfield.
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