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Cowboys Defense Focusing on Work, Brotherhood

With voluntary workouts commencing last Monday, the switch flipped from the off-season to the "on" season for the league's 17th-ranked defense in 2015.

In mid-April, both football writers and football players are focused on the fall when the regular season kicks off. Football writers get caught up in the moment of who is "winning" free agency and crown division champs with days to go before the NFL draft. Football players keep their heads down and concentrate on stacking good days on top of each other to be the best versions of themselves come September.

On Friday night, the two worlds collided when Cowboys defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford took his blinders off to peek at Twitter.