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2023-06-23 22:54:00

Todd Archer23 de jun, 2023, 18:54 ETLectura: 5 min.

Coaches and teammates appreciate what the veteran catcher has brought to the organization, beyond his great physical-athletic quality

FRISCO, Texas — Brandin Cooks it’s fast. Like, fast, very fast.

In the combined scouts of the NFL from 2014, he clocked 4.33 seconds in the 40, the fastest receiver to run that day at Indianapolis. With the New Orleans Saints in 2016, he had a 98-yard touchdown reception once morest the Raiders, passing two defenders. the pass of Drew Brees he ran 27 yards. Cooks did the rest of the work. With the New England Patriots a year later once morest the Raidershad a 64-yard touchdown reception on a go-ball from Tom Brady.

Over the past five seasons, he’s had 16 receptions of at least 40 yards and another six of at least 36 yards.

CeeDee Lamb, Dak Prescott and Brandin Cooks in training for the Dallas Cowboys.AP

“Speed ​​is real,” the Los Angeles receiving coach said. Cowboys, Robert Princewho trained Brandin Cooks in 2021 with the Houston Texans.

Now in his first season with the CowboysCooks will turn 30 in September, and he’s not regarding to battle his teammates to prove just how fast he still is in his 10th year of career.

Some teammates think the fastest player on the team might be the wide receiver. KaVontae Turpin. Some think he might be the ace of special teams C.J. Goodwin.

“Hey, I’m not going to talk regarding it,” Brandin Cooks replied. “Maybe it’s Turp. You never know. Maybe it might be CJ. We won’t know because I’m not in any race.”

During the recent minicamp, Cooks showed just how fast he is by traversing the Los Angeles high school. Cowboys for a touchdown reception of Dak Prescott. Earlier, Prescott and Cooks narrowly missed in a deep connection.

If teammates doubted he still had the speed, well…

“I mean, you don’t really know until you know, you know?” Cooks said. “You had to taste a little bit just to say, ‘Okay, it’s still there.'”

Prescott first saw it when Cooks appeared on the field in his backyard following the trade with the Texans for unofficial workouts. He saw it through organized team activities and minicamp.

“Actual speed. It runs the same all the time. I think that’s the most important thing,” Dak Prescott stressed. “When you have speed like that, and he can do it on every play, every drive, at the start of every drive, cornerbacks, defense, they don’t know what they’re up once morest. He always looks the same”.

Coach Mike McCarthy he remembered his days with the Kansas City Chiefs (Willie Davis) and the Saints (Donte Stallworth) to think regarding the last time he had a receiver with Cooks’ level of speed.

“That ability to get in and go around the band,” he said. McCarthy.

Con CeeDee Lamb y Michael Gallup Besides Cooks, the Cowboys they believe they have a trio of receivers who can attack all parts of the field from different parts of the formation. McCarthy said even if defenses give Cooks a free throw from scrimmage, he’ll still be a quarterback option.

“Not just the speed, but I think he’s an exceptional road racer,” McCarthy said. “He has a great understanding of routing and timing, and specifics for entering and exiting breakouts.”

Cooks’ impact goes beyond his speed. Lamb and Gallup said they’ve learned little tricks of the trade that Cooks has mastered while totaling six 1,000-yard seasons with four different franchises.

“I’m a visual learner and I watch him go through his routes, the way he prepares, the way he practices, how he goes regarding his business. I like each and every one of those parts,” Lamb said. “I mean, he’s a professional to death. My coach told me that bringing him would be the best for me and it is.

Gallup said: “He tells everyone, ‘When you’re done with this, you’re done with that, make sure you stretch. Make sure you do what you’re supposed to do so you can stay in the league as long as possible.’ That’s one of the most important things right now. American football, that’s going to be there. We came to the league for a reason. But he’s here talking regarding how you stay in the league.”

The offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer attributed in part to the second-year wide receiver’s strong offseason Jalen Tolbert upon the arrival of Cooks.

“What Jalen is going to tell you is that he spent a lot of time with Brandin,” Schottenheimer said. “So here’s a guy who’s been there, he’s done that, and what Brandin wants to do is encourage and invest in the younger guys, to spend a lot of time together. I see them before practice in the weight room working together. What Brandin brings us is much more than speed. Absolutely, it’s a lot of fun to watch him race, whether it’s deep routes, short routes. Really do not care. But what I love is the competitor and the way he cheers on the entire receiving room. It’s been amazing.”

Last season, the Cowboys had two receptions of at least 50 yards, and Noah Brown y T.Y. Hilton, the receivers, is no longer on the roster. The Cowboys they had 50 passing plays of 20 yards or more in 2022, down from 63 in 2021. Prescott averaged 7.3 yards per attempt, the second-lowest rate of his career (6.8 yards in 2017).

Los Cowboys they believe Cooks can change that in 2023.

“It’s one thing to run fast,” he said Branding Cooks“but [otra] being able to play fast.

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2023-06-23 19:21:53

The first day of the 40th Vienna Danube Island Festival ended on Friday with a brilliant concert by RAF Camora. After an extremely poor start in terms of weather, which ensured a manageable number of visitors, the rap superstar finally attracted the masses. In his luggage he had a new album called “XV” and several guests like Yung Hurn. Before that, Paula Hartmann convinced with a mix of pop and hip hop, while Greeen relied on relaxed, positive rap sounds.

Countless cell phones shot up at the start of RAF Camora’s hour-and-a-half concert. The space in front of the festival stage curated by FM4 on Friday was filled to the very back. Some of the on average quite young spectators got a better view on various wagons and toilet blocks. The crowd was not only rewarded for coming with a break in the rain, RAF Camora also performed numerous songs from his album “XV”, which was released today.

For the song “Wien” he brought Yung Hurn, who was very familiar to the audience, onto the stage to shoot a video. “Makes us proud,” he said, urging the audience to twirl whatever can be twirled. Said and done. Even with the often-uttered request “All hands up”, the crowd was not stingy.

The rapper from Vienna-Fünfhaus didn’t just heat up the audience with his mix of dancehall, hip-hop and pop. Two flamethrowers and Bengals were also used, while the light show fired from all tubes and the bass boomed properly from the loudspeakers.

RAF Camora performed at the Donauinselfest regarding 20 years ago. Back then, however, there were fewer people in front of the stage than on it, he recalled. The fact that he is now performing on the festival stage is the “greatest satisfaction of my life”, according to the musician.

The German rapper Greeen prepared the ground for RAF Camora with a green cap and green shirt. He relied on a healthy dose of good humor and positivity. “I make music because it makes you happy,” he rapped at one point, and he’s obviously right. Because the audience, which has already appeared in large numbers, is happy to follow his requests to jump, bend their knees and wave their arms. And apart from the all in all relaxed (reggae) beats, despite the suboptimal weather, Greeen had no reason to be in a bad mood. Just think of the trees that are happy regarding the rain, he joked.

The visitors of the Danube Island Festival also bravely endured the inhospitable conditions at Paula Hartmann’s. The only 22-year-old German singer cannot yet fall back on many songs, but the ones presented were good. And the newcomer didn’t skimp on announcements to the audience either. Referring to the allegations once morest Rammstein singer Till Lindemann, she called for the victims to be believed and began her song “3 seconds”, which is regarding unwanted touching in clubs. The singer also spoke regarding mental health and encouraged everyone to do the same and get help if the worst came to the worst.

The Viennese musician Rahel opened the festival stage. But the singer-songwriter didn’t lure the masses to the stage with her dreamy synth sounds and pop refrains. Afterwards, with the Munich indie pop band Mola, one mightn’t complain regarding not having enough space to dance. “Singing isn’t regarding perfection, it’s regarding singing yourself freely,” singer Isabella Streifeneder encouraged the crowd to support her vocally. After thoughtful to melancholic sounds, the invitation was then invited to “the most beautiful Viennese indie moshpit”.

Away from the festival stage, the ORF III culture tent primarily attracted a younger audience with a K-Pop evening, while Jazz Gitti on the Schlager stage and Wir 4 on the Rock stage were also intended to appeal to the older generation. Various sporting stations were less frequented than the numerous food and drink stands, probably due to the weather. Some also used the canopies as a welcome opportunity to escape the stubborn rain, while others resorted to rain ponchos that were distributed.

Vienna’s Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) and the new SPÖ boss Andreas Babler also defied the weather on a round on the working world island. There was a lot to shake hands and take selfies for the two. Babler has not been at the festival in recent years, but has been around 15 to 20 times since it was founded, as the new top Social Democrat asserted. He described such a festival in the middle of a metropolis as a “real privilege” and willingly climbed into a VW Beetle repaired by MA48 to pose for photos. Ludwig was there for the zero number and has come back once more and once more since then. He sees the “personal, solidary togetherness” on the island as a highlight. And he likes to think back to the legendary Falco concert. Ludwig described the fact that the Viennese SPÖ might afford such a major event in times of rising prices as “important”.

All in all, the festival organized by the Viennese SPÖ has a length of four and a half kilometers with 13 stages and 700 hours of programme. 800 police officers are on duty every day. 300 security forces are also to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and 250 paramedics and paramedics are also on duty. For the big highlight on the first day – the concert by RAF Camora – a security concept was specially created. Michael Patrick Kelly, Silbermond, The BossHoss, Bonnie Tyler and Royal Republic await visitors as highlights of the other two days of the festival.

(S E R V I C E – www.donauinselfest.at)

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2023-06-23 20:15:50

Absent from the field for many months, the Bulls have no illusions regarding an imminent return of the leader.

January 14, 2022. This is the date when Lonzo Ball walked the NBA floors for the last time. Since then, the leader of Bulls chained the operations on the knee but nothing helped. The player is still unable to regain his means in order to return to the field. Within the franchise, we do not expect anything regarding the coming season according to the words ofArturas Karnisovvice-president of basketball operations.

We don’t expect to see him once more next season.

These few words are enough to hurt the morale of the fans of the Illinois team. A major piece when Chicago made a thunderous start in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Bulls tumbled in the standings to get out of the Playoffs expressly. If indeed the leader misses the whole coming season, he will have played only 35 short games in three seasons. A disaster for the franchise which made him sign a four-year contract in 2021. And a huge disappointment for Lonzo Ball, whose questions regarding his ability to play basketball once more may arise if it turns out that the state of his knee is not improving…