Over the last few years a project of mine has been reinforcing my skills in the Spanish language. Growing up I heard a lot of it and have understood most things throughout life, but my ability to actually speak it never really matched anything else.
It has been my goal to reach a place where I feel comfortable enough speaking the language to the point that I can create content here at BTB and everywhere else in Spanish about the Dallas Cowboys. Today begins the first step of that process in a formal sense with the debut edition of Dallas Cowboys in Spanish… a weekly column on the team written purely in Spanish.
I’ll always include a little blurb up at the top in English to set the tone if you are curious, today we’ll be discussing 3 questions encircling the team with training camp on the horizon.
There will also be a link to a video version of the idea on the Blogging The Boys YouTube Channel (subscribe here) planted in the middle if you want to watch/listen to the same discussion. Learning a new language is a constant process, so please bear with me as we venture into some uncharted waters together.
Let’s go!
Welcome to Dallas Cowboys in Spanish
Welcome everyone to the first edition of Dallas Cowboys in Spanish, a column here on Blogging The Boys that will be entirely in Spanish.
If you don’t know my name is RJ Ochoa and I’ve been a writer here on the blog for seven years. I really enjoy creating Cowboys content and I’m already confident doing it in this language.
I apologize in advance for any mistakes I’m going to make because I’m still studying the language. If you have any advice please let me know in the comments or on social media. I’m on X/Twitter here and on Instagram here. My DMs on Instagram are open if you want to send me one.
Today we are going to discuss three questions I have for the Cowboys before training camp. You will also find in this article a link to a YouTube video from the Blogging channel The Boys (subscribe here) where we talked about this topic if you want to see.
Let’s go!
3 questions before training camp: When do we see an extension?
The Cowboys have a problem when the offseason started and they still haven’t done anything to solve it.
Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons are eligible for an extension. Not signing Prescott or Lamb in 2023 has cost the team a lot.
In years past, training camp in Oxnard is where extensions are usually arranged. I don’t know if it’s all people living in the same area for a month or what, but history says we’ll see at least one.
Will it be Dak, CeeDee or Micah? I think Prescott will go first and Lamb a little later. Micah has more time left on his contract but, when the Cowboys decide to proceed, who will go first?
I think they’ll be out in the second week. We’ll see.
3 questions before training camp: How will the players look like returning after injury?
The 2023 season largely took place without players Trevon Diggs and DeMarvion Overshown.
There were others who didn’t play but I had different expectations of their contributions.
Players Dorance Armstrong, Dante Fowler and Johnathan Hankins left for other teams. Leighton Vander Esch retired. Replacing these will be difficult but with Diggs and Overshown returning it won’t be so difficult.
It’s important to have expectations that are fair for Diggs and Overshown because they’re not just returning, they’re coming back from injuries. These types of situations take longer to see results and you have to be patient.
I talked about this topic in the latest video on the Blogging The Boys YouTube channel. Subscribe (you can here) to the channel to watch more Dallas Cowboys videos in English and Spanish!
3 Questions Before Training Camp: Which new position will they sign now?
History tells us that the Cowboys are going to sign new players when they are in training camp.
In years past, the Cowboys have signed Anthony Barr, Malik Hooker, KaVontae Turpin and Brandon Aubrey after training camp began. These players, while not starters or priority starters, are still very much contributors.
It’s impossible to guess names but what are the positions that are possible for the Cowboys to evaluate? Receiver could use a different name because after Jalen Tolbert there are a lot of questions. Defensive tackle also has questions, but they are in a different way because the Cowboys are putting a lot of expectations on Mazi Smith. Having another option may be a good idea.
2024-06-29 19:00:00
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