Dallas Cowboys’ Mandatory Minicamp: Day 1 Recap

June 17, 2014   ·   John Owning   ·   Jump to comments

The Dallas Cowboys are starting their last organized team practices until training camp on Tuesday. This is a time where the staff wants to install the playbook and work on team- and position-specific techniques. 
A great deal of the plays and schemes that fans will see during the season are developed here and in training camp. 
The big story coming into this mandatory minicamp was whether Kyle Orton would show up or not. 
The absence of Orton gives Brandon Weeden and Caleb Hanie even more time with the Cowboys' offense, which is crucial. The longer that Orton decides not to show, the closer he is to losing his backup quarterback job.
Orton is going to have to decide to either retire or swallow his pride and remain a Cowboy because it doesn't appear the Cowboys will cut him. 
It appears the Cowboys' training staff is doing whatever they can to help prevent the same rash of injuries that crippled them last year:
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