‘He’s Awesome!’ Can Rookie WR Jalen Tolbert Help Coach Kellen Moore’s Cowboys?

FRISCO – The Dallas Cowboys broad receiver room is basically about hope. Hope of each primarily shifting up one notch on the totem pole. Hope that chemistry may be had shortly. Hope that “new” is nearly as good as “outdated.”

The Cowboys presently suppose rookie Jalen Tolbert is all of that.

“He is superior,” mentioned Kellen Moore, the Cowboys offensive coordinator, when requested to offer a scouting report on the third-round rookie Tolbert. “I believe he works his tail off. I believe you’ll be able to inform how ready he’s and the way detailed he desires to be. 

“I believe he will be a very good addition for us.”

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Tolbert, a productive participant from South Alabama who solely actually picked up soccer throughout highschool, was so extremely considered by Moore and the Cowboys that they practically made him their second-round decide. So the crew believes it bought nice worth with its choice, which allowed the protection to get a lift with the second-round choice of Ole Miss defensive finish Sam Williams.

And simply as, in an ideal world, Williams would substitute the departed Randy Gregory, Tolbert – with Amari Cooper gone and with Michael Gallup nonetheless rehabbing a torn ACL harm that we consider will trigger him to come back up brief in terms of enjoying Week 1 – would grow to be the sidekick to CeeDee Lamb.

Tolbert bought a leg up on the race for snaps when he bought a cellphone name earlier than the draft from Dallas QB Dak Prescott. The 2 of them “vibed,” as Tolbert put it, and as soon as he was chosen by the Cowboys, Dak reached out once more.

“Dak despatched me the playbook early,” mentioned Tolbert, “so I might get a head begin on the performs.”

Tolbert, 6-3, 190, believes his expertise as a baseball participant will assist him in the whole lot from monitoring the ball to exhibiting off his versatility.

“We’ll attempt to get him to study as many spots as potential,’ Moore mentioned, whereas additionally conceding there are “beginning factors” for rookies. “We’ll begin him in a Z-type place, possibly play him within the slot. We’ll get him moved throughout the sector. We like to do this with plenty of our receivers. So, we’ll do the identical factor with him.”

And if it really works in a method that enables Dallas to not miss Amari Cooper? Superior.

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