Cowboys Mailbag:Mick's Mail: 07/27

It looks to me like the Cowboys are adding some "long" bodies who can run (Marquez Valdez-Scantling, Anthony Smith). With Dak Prescott's success on the deep ball, is this a sign Brian Schottenheimer is planning to stretch the field, or am I just getting too excited for football?

If the Cowboys have significantly improved their defense, do you think we will see the offense take more red-zone chances due to increased optimism in the defense's capabilities to stop the opponent and even get the ball back for the offense?

Von Miller recently posted a picture of him wearing a Cowboys uniform, begging the question if it would make sense for the Cowboys to sign the veteran pass-rusher.

Once training camp starts and we see players being cut from other teams, how does the scouting department evaluate who would benefit the Cowboys?

I loved your recent Mailbag question for the best offensive linemen in team history. Would you please consider the defensive line next? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has fun seeing how your selections line up with my own. And it's a great way to honor our stars across generations and remind everyone of our storied sixty-six-year history.

What is the plan to correct the longstanding problem with penalties that has plagued the team for as long as I can remember? The Cowboys simply will never make it back to the big game if they continue to beat themselves.

Going back over the years, the Cowboys have been blessed with several Hall of Fame offensive linemen. If you had to create an offensive line out of the best linemen in team history, who would be your starters? Any backups? Please don't leave out the 1970s.

With uncertainty at both tackle positions, wouldn't it be worth trying to move Tyler Guyton back to his natural right tackle position? And then have Nate Thomas and Drew Shelton battle for the left tackle spot?

I've always questioned the logic of a three-day mandatory minicamp in June. It seems to me that in three days (and really two since they didn't practice the last day), they are just getting things started, and then it's over. Then there is a significant gap in time before the real training camp starts, and the learning and conditioning begin again. So what outcomes were the Cowboys looking for in those three days?

Jaydon Blue was electric at Texas but struggled last year with the Cowboys. Any chance he takes a second-year leap? If not him, then who?

Is what happened in Cincinnati perhaps a caution for the Cowboys in regard to having two high-priced receivers? The Bengals signed both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to big contracts and now are struggling to field a serviceable offensive line and defense.