Do the Cowboys Have the Next Aaron Donald?

Boy oh boy, I’ve seen some spectacular things in my life. Probably at #1 on that list, is new Dallas Cowboy and future NFL Hall of Famer, Mazi Smith breaking MichiGAIN’s machines in the weight room.

Mazi Smith is built DIFFERENT in the weight room.

To start, Smith does 22 reps on the bench press, but with 325 pounds instead of 225.

Smith’s max bench press is 550 pounds.

Aaron Donald does 500.

The Michigan football team even had to call the manufacturers of this machine… pic.twitter.com/3CVaqF5uyw

— NFL Rookie Watch (@NFLRookieWatxh) June 29, 2023

I had heard rumblings of this story before the draft, but this tweet really caught my eye. “Next Aaron Donald…”?I What! For the rest of the NFL’s sake, they better hope it ain’t true! Imagine pairing Lawrence Taylor and Aaron Donald on the same defense. That’s essentially what we have with Micah Parsons and now Mazi Smith. The #HotBoyz just got a little #hotter. This defense has a real chance to be aMAZIng. Boom

Will he be the anchor to a super bowl defense? Only time will tell. There are 71 days left until the NFL season kicks off, and boy oh boy I cannot wait. God only knows how many machines Mazi can break in the Cowboy’s facility in that timespan. I imagine he’s like the Hulk, just getting madder and stronger every single day until we’re all dead. Or at least until the Eagles are. Let’s also not forget the firepower we’ll have on offense with Travis Kelce 2.0 aka Jake Ferguson poised for a breakout year. I plan on doing a full Cowboys season outlook, so I’ll break down what we have in store then. Watch the FUCK out, NFL…

The sample size is small… but there are some REALLY encouraging stats out there for #Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson (via @PFF)

No. 1 in separation percentage

No. 1 in seperation percentage vs. single coverage.

No. 2 in yards after the catch/reception

No. 6 in yards per route run pic.twitter.com/kKPwykKsAz

— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) June 28, 2023