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The Dallas Cowboys’ two rookies from Florida had an up and down day in SUnday’s loss at Denver. Trikweze Bridges played in his third game of the season, getting his first NFL start on Sunday. He had the lone defensive highlight in an otherwise miserable day for Matt Eberflus’ unit. Bridges, a seventh round pick in April of the Los Angles Chargers, actually made his debut in the Week 3 loss at Chicago, finishing with four tackles in 20 defensive snaps (33.9%) and 10 more (43.5%) on special teams. In last week’s win over Washington, he also had four solo tackles in 53 defensive snaps (79.1%). On Sunday, he saw 48 snaps on defense (76.2%) and once again had four solo tackles. He also added two passes defended. But his highlight play came in the first 80 seconds of the contest. Bridges intercepted Bo Nix’s second pass of the game and gave the Cowboys the ball at their own 48. Seven plays later, Dallas cashed in the turnover with a 24-yard Brandon Aubrey field goal and an early 3-0 lead. It was all downhill from there. Bridges gave up four completions for a total of 57 yards in Sunday’s loss. Linebacker Shemar James, the other Florida rookie on the roster in addition to Bridges, had his third straight start but his lowest output numbers wise.
