Dallas Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick (32) against the Miami Dolphins during their game at Sun Life Stadium.
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“I hope he’s just being dramatic”, Henderson said.
Tony Romo was among several Cowboys who tweeted their support of Scandrick not long after practice ended. Now first-round pick Byron Jones will have his rookie learning curve cut short and second-year pro Tyler Patmon will be forced into a lot more work in the slot where Scandrick specializes. And that starts with practice this week leading up to Saturday’s preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings at AT&T Stadium.
“It’s next man up if he is out”, Henderson said of Scandrick.
“Yeah, we’re still in training camp, so we’re going to practice”, Garrett said. “Sending prayers out to Orlando Scandrick”, Romo wrote.
The Cowboys have brought Claiborne along slowly in camp, keeping him out of both preseason games even though he reported to California much further along than expected in his recovery.
What’s more, Claiborne missed the majority of the 2014 season with a ruptured patellar tendon, and Jones missed the stretch run of his final collegiate season at Connecticut with shoulder surgery, so there were already health concerns among Dallas cornerbacks entering the season. “You get a little emotional, because he’s one of your guys”. “I hope that’s not the case. He was looking forward to the season”. J.J. Wilcox had a hard time returning to practice. In this offseason, he earned a contract extension as a result of his quality play over the course of seven seasons with the Cowboys.
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There were some bright spots for the defense in keeping the 49ers out of the end zone and finishing with three sacks, but Colin Kaepernick easily led San Francisco to a field goal on the first of his two possessions.
