The Dallas Cowboys return to Oxnard, CA, for training camp next month (July 28).
They’ll spend two weeks there before joining the Los Angeles Rams for joint practice on August 11; the New Orleans Saints will join the Cowboys in Oxnard for another joint practice the following week (Aug. 18).
The Cowboys previously hosted the Rams last year.
The Rams have proverbially won the offseason, with trades for Arlington’s Myles Garrett, who is coming off an award-winning and record-setting season with the Cleveland Browns, and Trent McDuffie, who won two Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Rams are also led by Highland Park’s Matthew Stafford, the reigning league MVP.
This is Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s second season at the helm; the Cowboys finished 7-9-1 and fielded one of the worst defenses in team history. The Cowboys also made key additions to the defense with new coordinator Christian Parker joining from Philadelphia and two first-round picks, Caleb Downs and Malachi Lawrence.
The Cowboys wrapped up Mandatory Minicamp last week. George Pickens attended after signing the franchise tag and pledging not to hold out this season despite not having a long-term deal.
“It’s a little harder to carry the pads later into the season,” Schottenheimer said. “I do think, talking with our sports science people, there’s a different way to really build some calluses during training camp. And then when the season starts, we’re going to have a hard type of week, a medium type of week, and a light type of week. I think that’s all the stuff that I’ve learned, and am using the people who are experts more than me on how the body works and how the body recovers.”
The New Orleans Saints are led by former Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, who went 6-11 in his first year as head coach.The Saints also drafted Allen High School grad Jordyn Tyson in the first round.
The Cowboys’ full daily training camp schedule will be released later this week.