FRISCO, Texas — Four days before his Dallas Cowboys debut, T.Y. Hilton stood at his new locker and shared a bold proclamation.
“I can still run,” the 33-year-old four-time Pro Bowler, whom Dallas signed Dec. 12, said. “If you think you just gonna come up there and play press man-to-man, and not get ran by, you’re crazy.”
For weeks, team owner Jerry Jones, coaches and players had publicly expressed belief Odell Beckham Jr. would be that guy. Then Beckham visited Dec. 5 and 6, declining to work out in a telling move about his readiness and recover timeline from a February ACL tear. When Hilton visited a week later, he ran routes so smoothly the Cowboys didn't even require he finish the script. Hilton could help, they figured.Teammates expect he will continue to as they hope to threaten well into the playoffs.
“He’s the best football player I’ve ever played with and he’s a better teammate than he is a football player.” The Cowboys, somewhat surprisingly, decided to go for it on fourth-and-8 from the Eagles’ 45-yard line.
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