{"id":967389,"date":"2026-08-08T07:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/967389\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:24:18","slug":"cowboys-tyler-smith-details-adjustments-of-going-from-guard-to-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/967389\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys’ Tyler Smith details adjustments of going from guard to tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyler Smith has had to slide out to left tackle for the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> before, but will he have to do it again in 2026?<\/p>\n

“I have all the faith in the world in [Guyton],” he said. “I think we all have to do what we have to do. I’m not the only guy that’s being asked to step out of position. T.J. Bass is being asked to play center. Some of the tackles might swithc sides. There’s guys all across the board that are being cross-trained.<\/p>\n

“But I do think it’s my responsibility to ultimately do what I’m asked when I’m asked to do it because I want our team to be the best it can be.”<\/p>\n

“I take a lot of pride in it for sure, just always looking for that edge to get better,” Smith explained. “I’ve done great things, I want to continue to do great things, but it’s putting in the work every single day, it’s not being satisfied, it’s being honed in on the details. That’s truly what makes the great ones great, is they’re always looking for that edge.”<\/p>\n

A common misconception among fans is the level of difficulty of moving spots on the offensive line. So much changes when a lineman has to move from the inside to the outside or switches sides. Smith offered his perspective on the biggest adjustments involved in moving spots.<\/p>\n

“I truly think it’s the fundamentals of everything,” he said. “I really do think when you talk about offensive line play, especially playing it at a high level, it’s all about your fundamentals and the basics. The stance, the start, the sets, getting to your spot, getting off the ball, things of that nature to put you in the best position to win.<\/p>\n

“But with offensive line, I think the biggest thing and the key factor of success is controlling everything that you can control when setting yourself up in position to win rep. So I think when you’re switching positions, the biggest thing is technique and fundamentals all the way through.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler Smith has had to slide out to left tackle for the Dallas Cowboys before, but will he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":967390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[2009,230,229,257,2461,7,6,123386,121011],"class_list":["post-967389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-cowboys","tag-brief","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallascowboys","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tp-training-camp","tag-tp-tyler-smith"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117058696889598382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}