America’s Workforce is again, child. Amid all types of Dak Prescott damage information and an unfolding 2021 preseason, the Cowboys returned to TV on Tuesday evening for the second episode of this 12 months’s version of “Exhausting Knocks.” HBO’s annual coaching camp collection, which runs weekly via Sept. 7 with an inside take a look at the membership’s preparations for the brand new 12 months, marks the third time Dallas has been featured on the present.

Who stood out in Tuesday’s second episode? Who wants some work for Episode 3? Listed below are the winners and losers:

The star operating again did not get a ton of airtime in comparison with Episode 1, when he was a focus. However he is simply probably the most entertaining to look at, largely as a result of he does not take himself too significantly. Take into account how he contrasts with Mike McCarthy; sure, the top coach has a completely completely different job, nevertheless it’s rather more enjoyable seeing Zeke laughing over sunflower seeds through the Cowboys’ preseason sport than McCarthy forcing the F-bomb right into a toughen-up speech at camp. Factor is, Elliott’s goofiness doesn’t suggest he is not invested, both; nobody was extra excited for preseason backups rattling off large performs than him.

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We preserve coming again to the Penn State rookie, solely to ever see him straight-faced or mildly irritated over preseason enjoying time. It is good that Parson’s mother is a loyal cheerleader, however even her presence hasn’t given this No. 1 decide a deep or affecting storyline. Oh, and he apparently received schooled in chess by an ungainly Ben DiNucci.

What little we lastly received of Lamb was a few of this season’s finest stuff: An off-field dedication to candles, just like the Candy Berry Peony in his camp dorm (“I am excessive on smells,” he quipped); and a number of the acrobatic leaping catches that Cowboys followers and reporters have change into accustomed to at camp. Lamb’s rising star energy is actual — a lot so that you’d be excused in case you forgot Amari Cooper was a part of the crew till a wordless cameo on the preseason sidelines. Let’s hope we get extra of CeeDee shifting ahead.

Loser: Cowboys coaches

Broadening this from “Mike McCarthy” in order to not pile on the top man. Look, Mike might be an incredible man, however when it comes to reality-show materials, properly, it says one thing that Sean McVay’s cameo through the Cowboys-Rams joint follow was probably the most thrilling a part of Episode 2’s workers focus. At the very least McVay acted like a Jon Gruden incarnation. After which poor Aden Durde, the Cowboys’ D-line coach who received spotlighted … as a result of he has a British accent? And never solely that, however needed to endure via gamers’ impressions of it? Good for Durde making it from London, however that entire phase was higher suited to the kiddos. Bonus factors for Dan Quinn performing just like the Cowboys have been within the divisional playoffs whereas overseeing preseason snaps from the sales space.

Now this is a participant profile that deserves extra consideration and already boasts some depth. Kamara, the 2020 undrafted Kansas move rusher, is a former refugee who discovered American soccer on the fly, and he did not have a spotless “Exhausting Knocks” debut: After unintentionally bumping backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in camp drills, he acquired the ire of each close by coach. However his temporary second with household after the Cowboys’ preseason sport in Arizona was great things, as is his struggle to show he belongs.