Dallas Cowboys return specialist/receiver KaVontae Turpin is ready to take no prisoners as he enters his second year in Mike McCarthy’s offense.
Dallas Cowboys speed merchant KaVontae Turpin is ready to unleash his full arsenal of weapons in 2024. Seen largely as a return specialist with the occasional jet sweep running play in his rookie season, Turpin showed last year that he’s more than a one-trick pony.
In Mike McCarthy’s Texas Coast Offense, Turpin was used in various ways. He totaled 11 rushing attempts for 110 yards and a touchdown while also catching 12 passes for 127 yards and three touchdowns.
Turpin played just 62 offensive snaps in his rookie season, but last year that rose to 140, and he had 30 fewer special teams snaps, perhaps hinting at the shift in how McCarthy wants his “rocketship” to play.
For Turpin, in his second year with McCarthy as a play-caller, things are becoming far easier for him now.
“This is my second year with the offense, so I feel like I’m a veteran in offense now,” Turpin said. “So I’m just going out there playing fast. I ain’t got to worry about too much, think too much. Basically, just read the defense and just go play football.”
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A player who boasts the speed that Turpin does simply has to get involved in the offense, and no, not just on a simple jet sweep.
McCarthy used Turpin as a proper receiver, and he repaid the faith put in him and made plays. With Michael Gallup no longer with the franchise, more snaps have become available, and Turpin is expected to fight for them with Jalen Tolbert and Jalen Brooks.
With the new NFL kickoff rules will make Turpin an even more feared commodity as it is nearly impossible to kick the ball away from him, if he can be a consistent contributor on offense as well, then his value to the team will skyrocket.
He has already shown that if given the chance, he can play positive plays, and now, with another year in McCarthy’s offense, Turpin isn’t in his head as much; he’s free.
And that should strike fear into the rest of the league.