The Cowboys held their first joint practice of the preseason on Tuesday against the Rams, and by all accounts it didn’t go well for the good guys. Beat reporters in attendance described the Rams as being the more physical team and largely walking all over the Cowboys on both offense and defense.

On Wednesday, though, head coach Brian Schottenheimer took a moment to ease any concerns about his team getting punked in their first bit of action against another team.

In short, Schottenheimer is opting to keep things bland on both offense and defense for the bulk of the preseason, which makes it harder (at least according to Schottenheimer) to excel against other teams that aren’t holding as much back.

If that is, in fact, the explanation behind Monday’s one-sided practice, it should offer a

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