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Do you see anyone challenging KaVontae Turpin as a returner? Will he also have to stand out as a receiver to keep the job? \u2013 Nathan Mattison*\/Argyle, NY*<\/p>\n
Patrik: To be frank with you, no, I don’t see anybody creating any real issues for Turpin at returner. He had a down season, absolutely, but he’s still arguably the best in the league and, oh by the way, a two-time All-Pro at the position. I expect he’ll bounce back with having a second offseason for he and his new special teams coordinator to figure things out. I do believe there’s competition to step into the role in the event that (knock on wood) Turpin misses any sort of time due to unexpected injury, though.<\/p>\n
My first thought goes to running back Jaydon Blue, and rightfully so, because he’s a shifty speedster that isn’t unfamiliar with the duties. I’ll throw a curveball here, however, and say fans should keep an eye on rookie receiver Anthony Smith. He’s also got a twin-turbo motor that makes him a nightmare in the open field and might be what the Cowboys hoped Parris Campbell would become here. So between those two, I think the Cowboys are in a good space behind Turpin … key word: behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Editor’s Note: Time to check the mail! The DallasCowboys.com staff writers answer your questions here in ‘Mailbag’ presented…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,1090,3486,6349,3592],"class_list":["post-383933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-news-all-news","tag-news-mailbag","tag-news-patrik-walker","tag-news-tommy-yarrish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}