According to Zimmer, one of the team’s offseason priorities includes finding Smith’s comfortable playing weight after a quiet rookie campaign.
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Mazi Smith warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Arlington.The 2023 first-round pick will play in a system that deploys him in a similar manner to his college years at Michigan.“I haven’t had my hands on him yet, coming off of his deal, right?” defensive line coach Jeff Zgonina said Tuesday.
“So, we’ve got to get him to that point first, get his strength back, and then we’ll let him go out here on the field. We anticipate that he’s going to be a good player like he was in college, but that’s how we have to go.”He said, however, that he thinks Smith told him he now weighs about 305 pounds. For context, the Cowboys list Smith at 328 on their digital roster. Smith weighed 323 pounds at last year’s NFL combine.“He lost a lot of weight when he got here,” Zimmer said.
The former players combine for more than 400 games of NFL experience, including the postseason. Ellis can somewhat relate to Smith’s specific situation. Dallas drafted him, too in the first round,Patience, Ellis believes, is prudent from Smith. “He seems like a kid who really wants to be good,” Ellis said. “Coming off any kind of injury, it can be difficult because you want to hurry up and get back out there and prove to everybody why they drafted you. And that’s good. But there is something to be said about following the protocol of rehabbing, so he has to make sure he’s following that as well.”Detroit Lions and QB Jared Goff agree on 4-year extension, AP source says.
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