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Quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper of the Dallas Cowboys were named to the Pro Bowl on Monday.Prescott and Cooper will take the place of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and wide receiver Michael Thomas Devin Singletary Jersey , who bowed out of the game due to injuries.The trade of Cooper to Dallas from the Oakland Raiders in October completely altered the trajectory of the Cowboys season. Prescott was given a highly productive weapon on offense that helped Dallas go 7-2 over the final nine weeks of the season to win the NFC East. The duo helped lead the Cowboys to a Wild Card victory over the Seattle Seahawks as well before losing to the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round.Cooper caught 75 passes for 1,005 yards and seven touchdowns on the year split between Oakland and Dallas. However, he was on pace for a nearly 1,300-yard season in the nine games he played with Prescott for the Cowboys. In he played the entire year in Dallas at the same pace he showed over his nine games played, Cooper would have posted 94 catches for 1,289 yards and 12 touchdowns.Prescott’s numbers soared after Cooper’s addition as well. He threw for 2,468 yards with 14 touchdowns and four interceptions, a completion percentage of 71.3 and a 103.0 passer rating in the nine games after Cooper joined the team. For the season, Prescott completed 67.7 percent of his attempts for 3,885 yards with 22 touchdowns and eight interceptions.It’s Cooper’s third trip to the Pro Bowl and Prescott’s second. They will join teammates Ezekiel Elliott, DeMarcus Lawrence, Byron Jones and Leighton Vander Esch on the NFC squad. Zach Martin and Tyron Smith were also named to the team but pulled out due to injuries. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Here’s the catch: Brendan Langley reached a point where he would rather receive passes than pick them off.So Dawson Knox Jersey , the Denver Broncos third-year player is calling an audible and going over to the other side — from cornerback to wide receiver.No offense, he just prefers offense.“It’s going well,” Langley said of learning the ropes at wideout after Monday’s organized team activities. “It’s not really a transition for me. It’s going back to my natural element.”Langley has long floated between DB and WR. During his high school days in Marietta, Georgia, he was a standout at both. At the University of Georgia, he was primarily a defensive back. After transferring to Lamar, he began as a receiver (catching a 20-yard TD pass against Baylor) before moving over to defense that season (he had an 86-yard interception return for a score against Incarnate Word). In his two seasons at Lamar, he finished with seven interceptions for 135 yards while hauling in four passes for 51 yards.Given his versatility and quickness (4.43 in the 40 dash), the Broncos drafted the cornerback during the third round in 2017 . His rookie season, Langley suited up in 11 games on special teams, which included a 61-yard kickoff return against the Los Angeles Chargers. Last season, Langley was cut out of camp before being quickly signed to the practice squad. He played in five games on special teams at the end of the season.Still, he turned a few heads — on scout team. When the Broncos needed someone to mimic a fast wideout in practice Brian Burns Jersey , Langley was summoned into duty.“It felt natural,” the 6-foot, 199-pound Langley said. “There weren’t too many hiccups to the learning curve. It felt good.”At the exit interviews following the season, Langley brought his iPad with him for his meeting with Broncos boss John Elway. He wanted to convince Elway that receiver could be his best way to help the team.“I had the film from scout team. I had my numbers from high school when I was receiver,” recounted Langley, who now wears No. 12 instead of No. 27. “I was ready to do whatever I had to do to convince him to let me make that switch.“But then Mr. Elway smiled and said, ‘I was going to ask you the same thing.'”This offseason, Langley’s been working out in California and hauling in 500 passes a day. He also watches film of receivers to study their route running techniques.Anything to catch on. Anything to ease the conversion from one position to another.He’s also picking up pointers from Emmanuel Sanders, DaeSean Hamilton and Courtland Sutton, who actually know firsthand what Langley’s going through. Sutton said he started out as a safety at Southern Methodist before switching to receiver.“It’s rough,” said Sutton, who had 42 catches for 704 yards last season as a rookie. “Even coming out of college, going into the league Greg Little Jersey , I wasn’t fully fine-tuned to play this (receiver) position. For a guy who played receiver, moved to defense and then played defense when he first got into the league and is now making that transition to receiver while in the league, it’s tough. But he’s handling it really well. He’s learning as much as he possibly can, from everybody. He takes a little advice from everybody.”Langley is banking on his experience as a cornerback to give him a helping hand at receiver. There are small details that can betray a cornerback’s tendencies.“I can tell by a corner’s stance what he’s playing,” Langley said. “If he’s flat-footed, he’s in cover-2. With one foot back, he’s going to backpedal. I used to do those same things.”Now, he’s hoping his best defense just might make for good offense.“In defensive back drills, sometimes you go into the individual drills and they’re like, ‘We don’t need a ball,'” Langley said. “That felt awkward to me. I need a ball at all times.”