Posts Tagged ‘Orlando Scandrick’

Scandrick Gets New Deal

At only 24 years old, Orlando Scandrick is already a player of experience. He was drafted in the 2008 draft and immediately took hold of the slot cornerback position. Now it seems all the growing and work that Scandrick put in is paying off, literally. Scandrick signed a 5-year extension on his current deal that [...]

Cowboys Fall To Chargers 20-7

Since camp opened the Cowboys have been beating up on each other while getting only one brief reprive against the Denver Broncos last week. With San Diego coming in for Sunday Night’s tilt against the Cowboys, the Chargers were invited to Texas four days ahead of their game on Sunday. It gave both teams the [...]

CB Scandrick Impressing Coaches During Camp

CB Orlando Scandrick has been impressive during training camp with CBs Terence Newman (groin) and Mike Jenkins (stinger) injured. ‘I’m off to a very, very, very good start,’ Scandrick said. ‘I feel like I’ve picked up right where I left off last year and hopefully I can maintain that level of play through the 2011-12 [...]

Newman To Miss Preseason

A week ago we were talking about the Cowboys possibly cutting Newman, now it looks like he will miss the Cowboys preseason anyways. According to his own Twitter account, Newman is out until the Jets game with a groin pull. As most know, a groin injury has the potential to nag on far longer than [...]

Cornerback Orlando Scandrick leaves practice with a bloody nose

Cornerback Orlando Scandrick left the practice field with blood gushing from his nose, but is expected to play a preseason game against Houston on Saturday night. When Scandrick dived to block a pass Thursday afternoon, his helmet banged his nose hard enough to cause immediate bleeding from the inside. Once that stopped, there was bruising [...]

WR Williams Doesn’t Have a Broken Shoulder

The Cowboys got some good news on receiver Roy Williams, as he did not break his shoulder during a collision with a teammate. He’s getting more tests and likely will not play the rest of the preseason. Williams banged into cornerback Orlando Scandrick while going for a pass near the goal line Thursday night in [...]

Cowboys to Move CB Scandrick to Free Safety

With the release of safety Roy Williams, reports say that the Cowboys will move second-year cornerback Orlando Scandrick to safety to replace Williams. Scandrick was a fifth-round pick out of Boise State last April. He played well last season in the slot when he played for the injured Terence Newman.

The Status on Newman

The word is in on Terence Newman.  The Pro-Bowl cornerback has strained his left groin and will be out for at least three weeks.  That means Newman will not be on the field for the first two preseason games (August 9th at San Diego and August 16th at Denver). Newman missed significant time last preseason [...]