Beware of Cowboys Stadium on Saturday. 

More than 75,000 fans are expected to descend on Arlington for the George Strait concert at the Cowboys Stadium, causing the potential for traffic nightmares. 

Officials are encouraging concert attendees to arrive early, being patient when trying leaving and park only in Texas Rangers or Dallas Cowboys' parking. 

"That's the only way we can ensure you won't get towed," said Tiara Ellis, an Arlington police spokeswoman.

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Great catches were few and far between at the Cowboys organized team activity in Carrollton today. In fact there were so many drops that when a receiver made a catch it was an exception rather than the norm and head coach Wade Phillips wasn't pleased with it.

"Offensively we struggled a little bit as far as some of our timing and getting off plays, so we gotta work hard at those things." Phillips said.  "One side did a lot of things well, one side struggled a little bit and that's kind of how you do it in the off season but it's good work for both sides"

Roy Williams hauled in a pass from Jon Kitna with one hand and made the best catch of the day.  "He makes an outstanding play nearly every day," said Phillips. "The catch he made today was spectacular, we expect him to do that."  Roy expects that as well but he and the rest of the receivers ran into a feisty group in the secondary that turned heads with several pass break ups.  Williams liked what he saw from the men wearing the defensive blue jerseys today. "I see touchdowns when I go against these guys but they put on a show today, they came our ready to play and tomorrow we have to come back and bring it to these guys."  It was obvious that Roy's competitive nature took a hit after today's workout. "They say we're not playing against these guys, we're playing against ourselves,  getting better,  but they've got the opposite jersey than we do and we have to win, that's my approach.

These OTA workouts are conducted without pads so when Patrick Watkins took down rookie receiver Manuel Johnson from Oklahoma it got a little tense."I didn't try to hit him, I was just going for the ball trying to make a play on it" Watkins said. "I I didn't mean to hit him,  of course, but sometimes it happens, my teammates knew I didn't do it on purpose."

Secondary coach Dave Campo was yelling out Courtney Brown's name all practice long and today that was a good thing.  Brown broke up several passes as he has impressed many folks with his coverage skills in a move from safety to cornerback, especially Phillips. " If he could cover like he did today, he may have a home there" said Phillips.  

While Brown works at his move to corner, Alan Ball is trying his hand at safety, switching from the cornerback spot.  Ball was playing in Ken Hamlin's spot as Hamlin dealt with some personal issues and had an interception to go along with a few pass break ups.  This is his third season on the Cowboys roster.  Bill Parcells always maintained that you really find out what a player is made of in his third season.  Ball is hoping this is the year he breaks out.
"I'm hoping it's a breakout for the Cowboys in general, anywhere I can play my role I hope it helps us get better as a secondary, get better as a defense and as a team" Ball said.

The Cowboys wrap up their voluntary OTA workouts tomorrow, give the team four days off and then reconvene for mandatory mini-camp workouts next Monday.  They'll have two-a-day workouts Monday and Wednesday and a single practice on Tuesday.

Check out today's workout tonight on The 33 News at 9:00pm

Jerry Jones has spent a good portion of the off-season justifying the release of Terrell Owens as a move to open up opportunities for Roy Williams and Patrick Crayton and for the offense to utilize the running backs more effectively.  Well Jerry's son, Stephen, is telling a different story.

Stephen Jones has told Michael Silver of Yahoo.com, Owens was released to help Tony Romo realize his leadership potential, which Jones says was being held back by Owens.

"It's hard to take over leadership when you've got a strong personality like Terrell," Jones said. "If you look back at our old teams [from the 1990s], a lot of people would say maybe Michael [Irvin] was the leader. Then you might say, 'He was a receiver. What about Troy [Aikman]? He was the quarterback. Wasn't he the leader?' And the answer is, yeah, Troy was a leader. But if Michael wasn't supportive of him, Troy would've had problems.

"A lot of our players thought the world of Terrell - they still do. They loved the way he prepared and how hard he played, and everybody respected his skills and what he'd done in the league. And with him here, I think he was always going to carry that kind of weight."

You can read the entire story here

More on Tony Romo and his leadership style, tonight on The 33 News at 9:00pm

This will be the 11th Cowboys Training Camp that I've covered.  We've sweated out the practices in Austin and Wichita Falls and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and terrific temperatures of Oxnard, California.  The workouts held at the Alamodome in San Antonio are always the most exciting, and that's one reason I'm glad camp is moving back there this year.

You can count on a couple thousand Cowboys fans in the crowd to cheer for the big plays and even fire out an occasional boo for a dropped pass or missed coverage. The players are normally very accommodating to sign autographs after practices and if they don't sign after the first workout, there's always after the second workout of two-a-days. 


It is a great place to bring the family, admission is free, autographs are free and they do sell concessions inside.

If you stay at the team hotel, which is the Grand Hyatt San Antonio you can catch players in the morning and evenings in the lobby and get more autographs and pictures.

Training Camp starts with the big fan kickoff event on Tuesday, July 28th.  The first practice is on Wednesday, July 29th and runs through August 19th. 

Patrick Crayton tells us why he is so excited for Camp to be returning to the Alamodome, tonight on The 33 News at 9:00pm

As far as Dallas Cowboys fans go, it's hard to beat the passion that 53 year old Butch Franklin has for the team.  He had autographed posters hanging in his apartment until thieves broke in and ripped them off the walls three weeks ago.More heartbreaking is that Butch is mentally disabled.  But he has a smile on his face today after some Cowboys players stepped up to make Butch an even bigger fan today.

When Cowboys Linebacker Bradie James heard that someone broke into this man's apartment and stole his Cowboys stuff,  he wanted to make sure those empty spaces were filled with new and shiny memorabilia, so he brought a bag full of autographed items to give to his new friend. "He now has a a mini-helmet, a ball, a jersey and a picture so butch got hooked up today" said James.  And his spirit, definitely lifted up after what's been a tough three weeks.  "I didn't feel no good" said Butch Franklin who cried after realizing that thieves took his autographed Tony Romo poster. "He was devastated" said the Mosaic Executive Director Jo Beth Collier, a non profit facility that assists people with disabilities.  "I know how important the memorabilia was to Butch. People cherish certain things in their life, and that was one thing that was important to him."

Bradie heard about the story last week and decided to take action. "That's crazy (the robbery) but things happen and when things happen we have to step up and do something positive." James said. "You know you're doing something that can make an impact in someones life positively, it's part of living your purpose."  And today that meant making it a good day for Butch. 

 "It takes a long time to get a lot of memorabilia that he stored up so I just wanted to contribute and add on to his new collection." James said.

Before Bradie left, there was one important matter to take care of.  He presented Butch with a #56 jersey to wear, in addition to the Tony Romo jersey he was currently wearing. Butch proceeded to switch to the #56.  Butch said with a smile, "Bradie James! Number 56!"

Earlier today,  Cowboys Lineman Cory Proctor also paid Butch a surprise visit and autographed and delivered a seat-back from Texas stadium with signatures from fellow linemen Leonard Davis and Mark Columbo.  Butch may end up being the most highly decorated Cowboys fan in the Metroplex before the season starts.

Butch's message to the Cowboys who took time out of their busy days allow him to have a good day, "Thank you for everything!"