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Cowboys rookie review: Tyler Guyton impresses against Rams
For the first time since their embarrassing postseason exit courtesy of the Green Bay Packers, the Dallas Cowboys were officially back on a football field. With a lot to sort out as training camp and the preseason roll on, there were a lot of good and bad things to take away from their 13-12 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
One of the good things that stood out is Tyler Guyton, to the delight of Cowboys fans everywhere. The rookie first-round pick got his first NFL action on Sunday afternoon, and although it is a small sample size, he looks like a guy who belongs.
Tyler Guyton makes good first impression
After Chuma Edoga took snaps at left tackle to start the game, it took only one offensive drive before Guyton got a taste of NFL action. The former Sooner spent much of his college days on the right side of the offensive line, and with a change to the left side in the plans, many were curious to see how he would fare in his first NFL action.
While it wasn’t an extensive workload, there were enough positives to take from the action to feel good about his first game as a Cowboy.
Pass protection
Again, we know it was a small sample size, but Guyton looked like a man who was extremely comfortable in passing situations. His sets were clean, his punches were on point, and when given the chance to throw his weight around and flash his athleticism, all of the right boxes were checked.
He was patient, didn’t lean, wasn’t over-committing, and looked like a man who was perfectly comfortable playing on the left side. A lot more growth is to come, naturally, but for his first live reps in a game setting, there is a lot to be encouraged by.
Run blocking
Guyton has a chance to be special in the running game. Along with Tyler Smith on the left side, the two physical specimens have a chance to move guys against their will regularly.
In the play highlighted here, Guyton gets a chance to show his athleticism while moving in space and finishing the play by being violent and packing a punch that knocks the would-be tackler back out of the play.
Again, it’s a small sample size, but there aren’t many tackles in the NFL that can move with this kind of fluidity and be able to pack the type of punch he does here. His landing markers were clean, his pull was smooth, and his finish was the cherry on top.
What we see here is a lot of what the Cowboys’ front office saw in his college tape, only now they have been given a chance to get him in the weight room, refine his technique, and are working on getting the best out of him going forward.
All in all, it’s just one game and a couple of dozen plays. But for a team looking to move on from future Hall of Fame left tackle, those who make decisions have to leave out tonight feeling good about what they saw from Guyton.
With at least one more game (they may sit him in the final preseason game) to fine-tune his ability, the Cowboys have yet again another exciting tackle prospect to watch and critique. A team that has continuously churned out quality offensive linemen over the years may have found themselves another one.
Dallas police officers and firefighters are being praised after rescuing a homeless woman who was trapped in a ravine for days. First responders said the rescue pushed them to their limits, but they never gave up.
Paramedics and police officers responded to a call late last month in searing afternoon heat after a man working out near Conrad High School reported hearing faint cries for help.
“When we got the initial call with DPD, we were seeing notes that said that there was someone deep back beside the ravine,” Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic Robert Kober recalled.
A recent storm had turned the terrain in the area into a thick, sticky mud. “You stepped in it, you sank past your ankles, sometimes halfway or more up to your knees. Nasty, nasty conditions,” Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Mark Gnewuch said.
They hiked nearly a quarter mile through the muck, thick brush and even sewage to find the woman. A one point they even needed to fashion a makeshift bridge, Kober said.
“By the time I got out there, I’d already slipped and fell once and my thought process was ‘wow, she has been out here for a while,’” Gnewuch said.
“I was expecting to see someone who was barely coherent, possibly deceased, but when we arrived on location and I saw her, she was actually carrying on a conversation,” Kober said.
The woman was taken to a hospital suffering from severe dehydration, prolonged sun exposure and other injuries, but was in stable condition.
“I have been on similar situations where individuals who are in that type of environment for that long, they don’t survive, so it was definitely a miracle to make it through,” Kober said.
The rescue was proof of what can be accomplished when first responders work together.
FC Dallas announced today that forward Logan Farrington signed a contract extension through the 2027-28 season, with club options for the 2028-29 and 2029-30 seasons.
Farrington was previously under contract through the 2027 season. This new deal updates his contract options through the 2029-30 season.
Farrington has appeared in 14 matches this season, scoring a career-high six goals and recording a team-leading four assists. He was named to the MLS Team of the Matchweek Starting XI for Week 5 after scoring a brace and one assist in the Texas Derby against Houston on March 21.
For the first time in his professional career, Farrington scored in back-to-back matches from March 21 to April 4, finding the net in the Texas Derby victory and the road win at D.C. United.
The Racine, Wisconsin, native was drafted No. 3 overall in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft and signed a new contract on Jan. 22, 2025. Farrington has recorded 15 goals and 16 assists in 75 appearances since joining Dallas, the most by any 2024 MLS SuperDraftee across the league. He won the MLS NEXT Pro Cup with North Texas SC on Nov. 9, 2024, scoring a goal in the final. He also became one of six players in MLS history to record multiple games with both a goal and an assist off the bench in a single season in 2024.
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Quick BDS Take
There is no doubt in my mind that we’re going to see more of these types of announcements over the next few weeks as the club begins to reposition itself for the upcoming calendar change in MLS. There are still a lot of players on deals that run through 2027, so addressing what part of 2027 has to be done here.
Either way, I am all for adding more years to Farrington’s contract. He’s been one of the more underrated strikers in MLS and his partnership with Petar Musa has really been fun to watch over the last three seasons.
His numbers alone this year show that he’s been improving year over year with the club, too.
The Stewpot, a Dallas-based homeless services organization, is helping people who have experienced homelessness be seen in a new light.
During a special art exhibit Thursday night, paintings filled the walls, but it was artists like Darrell Plunkett who were the real focus.
When Plunkett first discovered The Stewpot’s art program more than a decade ago, he was at one of the lowest points in his life. He was struggling with alcoholism.
“I was staying in a shelter and I was waiting for them to take us back downtown, and I saw a gentleman with sketches and a bag full of art supplies,” he said.
Immediately, he wanted to learn more.
“He told me about the program, and back then, there was an interview process to get in, and so I went through that,” he said.
Plunkett was accepted and quickly discovered a love for painting, especially sunflowers and roosters. More importantly, he found an escape from the struggles he was facing.
“It kept me out of trouble and give me a safe place to come and create instead of running the streets,” he said.
He said many artists in the program have found that same sense of purpose.
“It gives me peace and quiet and comfort,” Luis Arispe said. “People who buy my work love the way I talk to them and speak to them.”
Every painting sold directly benefits the artists. They receive 90% of each sale, while the remaining 10% goes back into the program to help pay for art supplies.”
“It’s a nice little boost if you get a little more pocket change.. to get paid for your work and to be acknowledged as an artist,” The Stewpot Director of Enrichment Programs, Betty Heckman, said.
“The recognition that someone actually likes what I created it just gives me joy,” Plunkett said.
Since joining the program, Plunkett has remained sober. He now has his own apartment and works at the Dallas Arboretum, where he finds constant inspiration.
“I’ll just stop and take a quick snapshot and go home and create,” he said.
He estimates he’s created hundreds of paintings over the years, and some of his work has even been featured in murals across Dallas.
Looking back, he says he’s forever grateful for this program that changed the course of his life.
“I don’t know what I would do without it,” he said. “It’s been a blessing.”
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