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2023 Cowboys rookie report: First-year players mostly a no-show against Cardinals

The Cowboys are still reeling from the embarrassment that was losing to the Cardinals 28-16. The whole team looked out of sorts, and it was almost like the team we’ve watched the last two weeks didn’t even show up. For many in the rookie class, that was quite literally the case. Let’s take a look at how the Cowboys rookies fared in this one.

iDL Mazi Smith

Mazi Smith barely played in the Cowboys’ first two games this year, but it didn’t seem like cause for concern with the way those games had gone; the fact that he played as many snaps as fellow run-stuffer Johnathan Hankins through two weeks seemed to reflect that Smith’s snap count was just about the flow of the game.