NFL Network’s Jane Slater took on-the-ground reporting to a new level Saturday at Cowboys training camp.
Slater practiced her tackling skills against a dummy while covering Cowboys camp in Oxnard, Calif., where she went full charge against it before falling onto the field.
“Not gonna lie. Felt this one. @BaldyNFL and I have some work to do folks,” Slater wrote on Twitter alongside the video of the tackle.
Before taking on the tackling dummy, Slater received a few tips about her setup and form from Brian Baldinger, a former offensive lineman and current NFL Network analyst.
“Oh, I think I got concussed,” Slater jokingly said after the tackle.
“You’re good, Jane, you’re good,” Baldinger said. “That’s good, that’s the way to attack it.”
Slater then posted three screenshots from the video on Twitter showing her descent to the ground with the dummy on top of her.
“Dumb ways to die,” she quipped.
Slater’s encounter with the tackling dummy isn’t the only viral moment to come out of Cowboys training camp.
Last week, 5-foot-5 rookie running back Deuce Vaughn was at the center of videos circulating on the internet.
The 21-year-old Vaughn was the shortest player measured at the NFL Combine since that information began getting tracked in 2003, according to CBS, and looked especially small next to his towering teammates at practice.
Vaughn was selected in the sixth round of this year’s NFL Draft, No. 212 overall, and has always had a special tie to the organization.
The Kansas State product’s father, Chris Vaugh, is the assistant director of college scouting for the Cowboys and got to call his son with the life-altering news after Dallas confirmed its pick.
The Cowboys will open the 2023 campaign on Sept. 9 against the Giants after losing to the 49ers in the Divisional Round last season –– and perhaps they’ll look for Slater’s assistance on the defensive end.