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Here are some leftover notes from Wednesday’s OTA session you might be interested in since more pressing issues seemed to push these to the backburner.   The Cowboys didn’t waste any time getting first-round pick Mike Jenkins involved in the defense. When they went to nickel formations, Terence Newman moved into the slot as usual and Jenkins was the guy working at left cornerback with the first unit.   And while Kevin Burnett and Bradie James were the nickel linebackers, the Cowboys still employed the one-backer formation, with Roy Williams moving up alongside Burnett and another safety entering the game, in this case since Pat Watkins already was playing for the missing Ken Hamlin, it was Courtney Brown.   Trying to make him as versatile as possible, the Cowboys have tackle James Marten, last year’s third-round draft choice, working at left guard with the second unit. Marten reminds he played guard two years at Boston College and that he actually felt more comfortable returning to the left side after backing up at right tackle last year.   Oh, in case you are wondering, Pat McQuistan was working at right tackle with the second unit while Doug Free was at left tackle.   There sure was a covey of guys working on returning punts, including some of the usual suspects - Patrick Crayton, Terence Newman, Anthony Henry, Marion Barber - but also a few new guys - Danny Amendola, Quincy Butler, Justin Phinisee and Jerron Wishom.   Evidently not throwing around feint praise, the coaching staff had Tank Johnson taking some reps with the first-team defense at nose tackle.   As was suspected last week, first-year corner Tyler Everett from Ohio State, is working at safety.   Saw Courtney Brown step in front of Terrell Owens for what nearly was an interception.   Take a listen to Bradie James when talking about attending these OTA workouts: “It is voluntary but you want to be accountable to your teammates,” and this was in reference to no one in particular missing the practices. And when asked why he was here, James said, “I volunteer to be here. The team is my family, and I’m going to be here.”   Sure, you remember Reggie Love, the one-time Duke wide receiver and basketball player on the Blue Devils’ national championship team whose athletic skills so intrigued Bill Parcells he was signed to a free-agent deal by the Cowboys in 2005. He didn’t make the team, but still has turned into a celebrity in his own right. He is serving as Barack Obama’s “body man,” and as one national story describes, “the personal aide who shadows the senator and anticipates everything he needs - and everything he does not need.” Love works out in the morning with the presidential candidates and as he says, just does “stuff” for Obama. He not’s a bodyguard, but the guy who just gets things done for Obama, who says of Reggie, “There’s not doubt that Reggie is cooler than I am.” Just never know what doors open when the NFL doors close. - 4 months ago

The Pacman story that just won’t go away heated up again on Thursday, with one Internet site going as far as saying the Cowboys had agreed to terms with the troublesome cornerback who still is serving a suspension by the NFL violating its conduct policy. (I’m told that’s a serious stretch.)   In any event, here’s what happens in the matter of eight hours. The local radio station here, Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket, recognizes the story on air and talks about it during a segment early afternoon. Well, with it out there, The Dallas Morning News has to cover its bases, so it comes up with a story, sourced of course, saying there has been internal discussions about Adam Jones (Did you realize that was his real name?). Now that will really give the story legs around the country on most every Internet site because, thankfully, someone else can take credit (or be blamed) for the story.   Funny this all comes out now, because I just stumbled onto a story today written on March 8 in The Tennessean saying, “The Titans in recent weeks have talked to a number of teams about Jones, and so far the Cowboys have shown the most interest, sources familiar with the situation said.” To me, having dealt with stories like this in the past, that is a veiled way of crediting the story to Pacman’s agent, Manny Arora, who is working in the best interest of his client to land him somewhere should the Titans agree to trade him or simply release him. The paper cited other teams interested, too, including Miami (Bill, Bill, come on), Detroit, Oakland, Kansas City, Houston, New Orleans and New England.   Pacman-to-the-Cowboys also has been given legs by the repeatedly-arrested cornerback himself, insisting he wants to play for the Cowboys every chance he gets. He likes the Star? He likes Wade? Or he thinks because of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ penchant for taking chances on previously bad-news guys, even those who have spent time in jail (See Tank Johnson), this might be his chance to land on his feet with something more substantial than a playing for a third-year minimum of $445,000. The financial offer will always test how badly you want to play somewhere.   OK, so where does this stand? Best we can tell there is nothing imminent, and you probably shouldn’t be holding your breath for that “wow” to be delivered, whichever way you interpret a “wow” concerning Pacman. Has there been some brainstorming over the possibility? Looks as if there has been.   As has been continually reported, and was by The Tennessean back on March 8, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he has no plans to review Jones’ suspension again until closer to the opening of training camps, so mid-July. His agent, Arora, keeps asking the commissioner to do so before the draft. Why?   Because he knows the longer Goodell waits, the less money teams will have available under the salary cap for Jones should he be reinstated. Also, teams seem less willing to throw around next year’s draft picks so far from the draft. He also knows teams can’t wait that long to address their needs, because if Jones is not reinstated they would get caught with their pants down.   Also, would you be willing to trade for a car you’re not sure will run upon arrival? How much would you risk for that possibility?   So brace yourselves. This story isn’t going away anytime soon, so you might as well start aligning yourselves on which side of the fence you reside on this one. - 7 months ago

Come on, this can’t be right can it? Must be inflated? The Raiders, to complete the trade for Atlanta disgruntled cornerback DeAngelo Hall, are going to pay him $70 million on a seven-year deal, averaging $10 million a year, which is being reported? That’s more than Asante Samuel’s deal in Philadelphia averages. That’s what you guys wanted the Cowboys to fork over for a guy who has been such trouble to the Falcons organization? Seriously? Hall says the only thing holding up the trade is some “tweaking” on the contract, which could be done by Thursday. Tweaking? If I were the Raiders, that would be more like mass reconstruction needed.   Here is one of those things we seem to forget, especially in the aftermath of Giants 21, Cowboys 17, in that NFC divisional round playoff game: The Cowboys went 7-1 on the road this past season, matching the team’s most road victories in a single season. But not the best single-season road record, since the 1968 team, playing a 14-game schedule, went 7-0. And going back to last year, the Cowboys won 10 consecutive road games until falling in the season finale at Washington. Not bad, since everyone at the end of the season made such a big deal about the New York Giants winning all but one of their regular-season road games in 2007 (at Dallas, by the way), and hey, one of their road games technically was at Miami in London. Uh, can I have an asterisk on that one?   Former Cowboys running back Julius Jones will be working with a way former Cowboys assistant coach in Seattle, where the Seahawks have hired Mike Solari as the offensive line coach. Solari broke into the NFL on Tom Landry’s 1987 coaching staff as the special teams/assistant offensive line coach. He spent two seasons with the Cowboys, departing for the Cardinals in 1989 when Jimmy Johnson was named head coach and brought the majority of his University of Miami staff with him, including offensive line coach Tony Wise. Solari most recently was the Kansas City offensive coordinator. - 7 months ago