When the local television feed flickered on for the Dallas Cowboys’ annual preseason scrimmage on Sunday night, it was instantly apparent that something different was about to happen.
The much anticipated new era “Triplets” at wideout? Blank jerseys all around.
This wasn’t a field of football players. It was a chess board set up between two opposing jersey colors, with key players distinguishable only by their shapes, sizes and positions on the field. Not that viewers actually saw any of the positions on the field, that is. The Cowboys stomped most of that out, too, focusing the broadcast on a stream of sideline glamour shots and angles tight enough to asphyxiate eyeballs.