* Camp Observations: Dunbar, Beasley catch eye

ARLINGTON, Texas – The [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] closed the three-day minicamp at Cowboys Stadium and we will close out the observations for the offseason here with some thoughts. Fear not, the observations will be back when training camp begins.

Here we go:

** If there was an eye-catching player Thursday it was rookie RB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. The North Texas product has speed and took the snaps that had been going to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in the offseason. In one goal line run, Dunbar simply ran away from the defense to the corner of the end zone.

** WR [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] showed some toughness Thursday by practicing after hurting his knee Wednesday. He always made a nice grab down the middle of the field from QB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], slowing down slightly to use his body to create separation from S [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Maybe a pass interference penalty could have been called, but Beasley showed some savvy.

** Earlier WR [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] tried to do the same on CB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], but let a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] deep ball bounce off his hands for an incompletion.

** It was a struggle for QB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] after putting together a pretty good Wednesday workout. McGee held on to the ball too long in red zone drills and was late on some throws down the field. In the two-minute drill he threw five straight passes to WR [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and completed only one of them. The completion came on a fourth-and-long.

** On a fourth-and-short play, Romo forced a throw to TE [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on a bootleg that was intercepted by LB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Bad throw? Maybe but given the situation -- they needed to score a touchdown late in the game -- it was an all or nothing play.

** On the third play of the team period, Romo was able to find WR [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] deep while being covered by CB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and S [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Carr looked to be in decent position but Pool was just off, allowing the completion. It might not have happened, however, in a real game with [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] bringing pressure off the edge.

** Rookie TE [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] seemed to come along well this week in the mini-camp, catching more passes in the three days than he had in the organized team activities.

** LB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] did a nice job of fighting off [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on a screen pass to Phillips. If Smith makes the block, then the offense would have scored a touchdown.

** With [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] sitting because of a sore shoulder, fellow undrafted CB Lionel Smith worked with the first team nickel and dime packages and did a nice job. He was in position on a number of plays and was able to break up a pass in the end zone from Romo to Holmes in seven-on-seven drills.

** Injured rookie WR [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] appeared to be talking about punting steps with kicking coach [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] at one point during practice. Coale did some punting at Virginia Teach. He also worked on some field goal holds, too.

** Secondary coach [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] played catch with some youngsters who were on the field as part of a tour of the stadium while the players stretched.