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Cowboys gather around, watch Zack Martin, Tyron Smith, DeMarcus Lawrence win one-on-one battles

OXNARD, Calif. — One of the biggest highlights of a Cowboys padded practice comes when Jason Garrett gets the team to circle up for some one-on-one battles.

During Saturday’s first training camp practice in pads, Tyron Smith faced off against Greg Hardy, Doug Free went against DeMarcus Lawrence and Zack Martin took on Tyrone Crawford.

Smith held off a hard-charging Hardy, Lawrence got past Free and Martin won his battle vs. Crawford.

“It’s great because it really puts you in a pressure situation just like the game,” Martin said. “It’s third and long in the fourth quarter and that’s what it feels like.