Cowboys fired up over feisty slot corner Tyler Patmo

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The of cornerback has stripped the of their finest cover man for 2015.It's a grim talent-drain for a secondary that leaned heavily on Scandrick last season in a division housing a flurry of top-flight wideouts in , and Philly's productive cast of pa s-catchers.The can't replace Scandrick, but the team is high on new slot corner , the undrafted second-year defender who played just Pat Hentgen Jersey 74 snaps for Dallas in 2014."He has a that Orlando has," coach Jason Garrett said, per The Dallas Morning News. "His strengths are the instinctive way he plays, his ability to make plays, just has a good feel for the game."He's a great competitor. He's feisty, he fights, he battles and scratches and claws, so we're going to give him an opportunity in there first."Playing alongside , and rookie , Patmon is a 5-foot-10, 188-pounder with some history of ball-hawking. He was a one-man show against the in Week 3 of last year's preseason, intercepting before logging a pick six off :Patmon did it again in Week 9 when he scored on a 58-yard interception return off :He's not afraid of a fight, with wideout in training camp and later, per The Morning News, having to be "restrained by Jerry Jones' personal body guard" in the in last week's joint practice."You've got to be scrappy, man. But at the same time you have to be smart. You can't be over aggre sive," Patmon said, adding: "Now is the time where my teammates are counting on me and I've got to be ready to step up." Steward Berroa Jersey