{"id":397028,"date":"2026-08-04T03:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397028\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:48:45","slug":"dallas-cowboys-training-camp-first-padded-practice-brings-defensive-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397028\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys Training Camp: First padded practice brings defensive highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/grdz92phwxa3wa9k.jpg\" alt=\"Cowboys hold first padded practice in Oxnard | Free4All+\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/grdz92phwxa3wa9k.jpg\" alt=\"Cowboys hold first padded practice in Oxnard | Free4All+\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-611a3d9b=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/video\/fmc-qkh7kk5r9tk5ucq7\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cowboys hold first padded practice in Oxnard | Free4All+<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Monday brought the first padded practice of this year&#8217;s training camp for the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard. FOX 4&#8217;s Mike Doocy and Sam Gannon were there and recap what they saw, talk to The Musers from 1310 The Ticket, and react to the Rangers&#8217; quiet MLB Trade Deadline on this episode of Free4All+!<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">OXNARD, California &#8211; The pads were on in Oxnard as the Cowboys held practice on Monday afternoon, their first with pads on and fourth overall during this year&#8217;s training camp.<\/p>\n<p>   Dallas Cowboys Training Camp <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">One player who turned heads was cornerback Cobie Durant. Durant made several nice plays, including picking off quarterback Dak Prescott and defending passes against All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tight end Jake Ferguson recorded a touchdown during today&#8217;s practice as well.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">FOX 4&#8217;s Sam Gannon also noted rookie linebacker Jaishawn Barham has been turning heads during the early portion of training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys Training Camp 8-3-26 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NFL rules now stipulate teams cannot hold more than 16 padded practices during training camp, and cannot practice in pads more than three days in a row.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer told FOX 4&#8217;s Mike Doocy his father, longtime NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, would practice three to four times a day in pads.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7396tz-coach-schottenheimer-cancer_00.00.02.40.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Still, Schotty said he likes the new practice limitations, even if his father may not have.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We can get the work done, but you have to be organized,&#8221; Schottenheimer said. &#8220;These guys have to understand what&#8217;s expected, and I like the rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Cowboys will be back on the practice field on Tuesday as training camp in Oxnard continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from Dallas Cowboys Training Camp.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/nfl\/cowboys\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/nfl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys hold first padded practice in Oxnard | Free4All+ Monday brought the first padded practice of this year&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1044,102,104,103,80,154],"class_list":["post-397028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397028","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=397028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}