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New defensive coordinator Christian Parker arrived in Dallas with an appetite for tighter practice operations. Early in training camp at Oxnard, the Dallas Cowboys briefly restricted media from recording team drills. It was a small but deliberate step toward limiting what opponents could pull off the internet before the season. It didn't last long.
The franchise abandoned the policy shortly after putting it in place, with beat reporters confirming they were now allowed to resume coverage of team drills with video highlights.
It aligns with Jerry Jones' policy, who said last year that the Cowboys are a soap opera 365 days a year and when things get quiet, "I stir it up." Restricting the cameras was never going to survive under that philosophy.
This year at Oxnard, thousands of fans attended practice with many filming freely. On Saturday, the organization literally allowed a full practice session to be broadcast locally in Dallas and streamed online.
New defensive coordinator Christian Parker made his feelings clear on 105.3 The Fan about it, saying , "It's weird. Not a fan."
Parker expressed concern that early-season, open-filming policies allow opponents to identify schematic tells before enough game tape is available. However, head coach Brian Schottenheimer, who grew up under his father Marty's strict no-filming policy, has landed in a different place.
"We all have each other's playbooks. We all know what we run. We have videos going back decades that we can pull up," Schottenheimer said . "It doesn't bother me… We like eyes on us with the Cowboys. It's a good thing. We're proud of our brand."
For now, the open-filming policy remains in place at Oxnard, with Jones' approach securing buy-in from the coaching staff.
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