Brian Schottenheimer says the #Cowboys were scheduled to only wear pads for the first two periods of practice yesterday. When Schottenheimer called the team up to move to shells, his players told him no. “We’re not backing off the fact that we’re going to be a physical football…

Briana Aldridge and Patrik Walker of Dallascowboys.com discuss the latest at Dallas Cowboys Training Camp in Oxnard, CA. Micah Parsons’ absence from practice is still on the mind as we get closer to the first official preseason game against the LA Rams.

On Thursday, at Cowboys training camp, Parsons was not present at practice. Parsons, who is conducting a hold-in in hopes of landing a contract extension, had been watching practices from the sidelines and talking to teammates at practices in Oxnard.