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Schotty is making sure everyone competes everyday
After a surprising drop to the second team on Saturday, Cowboys guard Tyler Booker was running with the starters again on Sunday. The first-round rookie is fighting his inexperience like any new player has to, and we’re also seeing a budding partnership between Booker and one of his main roster competitors.
Booker has been given starter treatment since Dallas made him the 12th-overall pick of last April’s NFL Draft. But on Saturday, he was surprisingly working with the second-team offense. According to head coach Brian Schottenheimer, the demotion was because Booker had “hit a small rookie wall” and needed to work through it.
Tyler Booker was with the 2s yesterday. I asked Brian Schottenheimer the thought process behind that: he said Rob Jones had earned it, Booker had hit a small rookie wall, and they can’t have a “compete every day” mantra if they don’t back it up. #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/Py1fzpfexk
— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) July 27, 2025
