OXNARD, Calif. — At a position of key concern for the Dallas Cowboys, there are some beginning to step up and shine as training camp rolls along and the preseason gets underway, and one such player is veteran cornerback Israel Mukuamu who, in the preseason opener against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday, reeled in a wildly impressive interception.
Mukuamu not only glued himself to the hip of the streaking receiver deep down the seam on a go ball from quarterback Stetson Bennett, but his ability to get his head around to track the ball while falling forward for better positioning while also reeling in the extremely difficult over-the-shoulder grab was a showstealer of a play.
"It says a lot [about the work I'm putting in]," said Mukuamu after the game. "I went out there and made a play,