He always imagined the day he signed his first NFL contract as one of being extreme joy but today was a bittersweet for Cowboys third round draft pick Robert Brewster.  Happy because he finally signed his deal but disappointed because an injury will force him to miss all of his rookie season.

Brewster tore a pectoral muscle in the weight room after mini-camp in June and had to have surgery to repair it which will take the entire season to heal.  Right after the Cowboys signed him today, they put him on the physically unable to perform list.  He was the last of the 12 draft picks to come to terms with the team. 

Brewster never missed a game at Ball State where he won MAC Conference honors for his work on the offensive line.  He spent the off season backing up Marc Columbo at right tackle.

Jerry Jones spent the better part of 20 minutes at Cowboys Training Camp trying to paint the picture of the kind of party atmosphere the new Cowboys Stadium will be.

"Picture the experience of the Pavilion at the Nelson, or the infield at the Kentucky Derby, open completely to the event" said the Cowboys Owner/GM.   "We want fans to enjoy a party atmosphere, collegiate, very loose and we want for them to enjoy the participation of  the game." 

To accomplish that vision, the Cowboys have created a Party Pass ticket for $29 which will allow the fans to stand on the tall ramps in the end zone of the stadium.  "We sold 10-thousand of them for event with our soccer, Gold Cup" said Jones. "Those people came through with the Party Pass, migrated down to club areas, stood at some of our rail areas where you can hold your drinks.  Several people deep watched the game, or stepped back and watched on the video board. It's a big part of what we want our stadium to be" Jones said.

Right now, the Party Pass will be available for the inaugural regular season game against the New York Giants on September 20th.

Jones said it's not just about having a ticket to the first ever game at the stadium, but to help create an atmosphere that fans haven't experienced around here before.  "We want to make this stadium one of the real amazing venues of sports" Jones said. "To have that kind of electricity in the end zone, people at other parts of the stadium will gain energy.  We hope to have a loud stadium when the Cowboys are at home."

When the 12 Cowboys draft picks arrived at Valley Ranch for their first workout of rookie camp, they felt a little overwhelmed to be in the big show, but they were only competing against fellow rookies.

Then the veterans arrived for the OTA's and Mini Camp and their taste of the NFL got a little saltier.  Now that they've put on the pads for the first two-a-day workout of training camp, Bradie James had to chuckle a bit about what those rooks are going through.

"Oh some of the rookies, they're learning." James said.   "It's not a game that you play in shorts and jerseys.  This was the first day with pads, the guys were getting a little roughed up, but I think the rookies look decent. You have to be consistent.  You can't celebrate one play and have a down play; you can't take a play off, you have to be right every play."

Just a few of the lessons Bradie is trying to teach some of the youngsters who have five more
practices before the new week arrives.  DeMarcus Ware still vividly remembers his rookie season in 2005 coming to the Cowboys from Troy State.  He's now doing his best to mentor another player from a small school, Jason Williams from Western Illinois.

"The thing is right now he's listening, he's listening and he's learning as much as he can" Ware said about the first player the Cowboys drafted this year with the 69th overall pick. "  He's an athlete just in general and he had a great first day today in half pads on.  A lot of the guys who are rookies, they were learning and just moving forward."

You're looking for leaders on the Cowboys?  Looks like you just found two of them in James and Ware.

Much more from Day 2 of Cowboys Training Camp coverage including Desmond Purnell's report on Tony Romo's first chat with the media...tonight on The 33 News at 9:00pm