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Horn: Fast food or optimism, bet on Cowboys' injured rookie Jaylon Smith to serve it up with a smile

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Dallas Cowboys Jaylon Smith (54) listens as Dallas Cowboys linebackers coach Matt Eberflus gives him some direction during rookie minicamp at the Dallas Cowboys headquarters at Valley Ranch in Irving on Saturday, May 7, 2016. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)

The football coach had a hankering for a hamburger. And so he left his office at the small Catholic high school, drove down the street to the nearest fast food emporium and, as he placed his order at the drive-through, thought only of how he would shed the sinful calories.

As he crept up to the pay window, he couldn't suspect the surprise that awaited.