Dallas Cowboys defensive deal with Mazi Smith will not swimsuit up in Las Vegas for his second preseason sport on Saturday. Smith suffered an allergic response on Friday throughout coaching camp and has been receiving therapy, the group stated in a launch.
The Cowboys are scheduled to face the Raiders at 10 p.m. (ET) on Saturday. Smith shall be absent as Dallas continues its preseason scrimmages after falling to the Los Angeles Rams 13-12 of their first exhibition final week.
The Cowboys drafted Smith with the twenty sixth general decide of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Michigan. Smith was projected to be both a low first-round decide or excessive second-round decide forward of the draft.
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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones talks to the media earlier than the NFL preseason sport between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams on August 11, 2024, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. (Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
As a rookie, he performed in all 17 video games with three begins, however registered lower than a deal with a sport, ending with 13 for the season with one sack, three tackles for loss and simply three QB hits. He then performed simply 4 snaps within the playoff loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
The Cowboys’ protection shall be led by Mike Zimmer for the primary time for the reason that 2006 season, and Smith is projected to transition into a standard nostril deal with function. Smith earned reward from the coaches for his efficiency within the preseason opener final week in opposition to Los Angeles, the place he had three tackles in 20 snaps.
Smith will now look to get well from his allergic response and return to the sector in time for the group’s third and last preseason sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Smith’s absence might open up enjoying time for veteran defensive deal with Albert Huggins. Huggins was just lately condemned and reprimanded by head coach Mike McCarthy after the 305-pound deal with knocked an intern on the Rams workers to the bottom throughout a joint apply earlier this week.
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Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott look on throughout a joint apply with the Los Angeles Rams at coaching camp on August 8, 2024, in Oxnard, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Photos)
“When it did happen, we removed him from practice,” McCarthy advised reporters on Thursday. “Frankly, when I saw the video a few hours later after the practice, I called Sean again. His response to me was, ‘You’d have been proud the way your coaches reacted.’ I just want to make sure that behavior is unacceptable. Emotional discipline in that moment. That’s not what we’re about, and he clearly understands that.”
In the meantime, star extensive receiver CeeDee Lamb nonetheless shouldn’t be on the group’s lively roster amid a holdout for a brand new contract. Lamb’s absence from camp has precipitated a public rift between him and proprietor Jerry Jones, as his future with the group is at present unclear.
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