Dallas Cowboys strength and conditioning coach Markus Paul died Wednesday after suffering a medical episode at The Star a day earlier.
The Cowboys honored the memory of Paul with “MP” stickers on the back of their helmets as they faced the Washington Football Team.
#DallasCowboys wearing “MP” sticker to honor Markus Paul 💙 pic.twitter.com/NtTOYTuCIU
— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) November 26, 2020
Additionally, they knelt in prayer rather than the usual pre-game jumping and hollering to remember Paul, who Paul played five years in the NFL as a defensive back with the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, from 1989 to 1993, after four seasons at Syracuse, where he was a two-time All-American.
Paul has been with the Cowboys for three seasons and was in his first season as the team’s head strength and conditioning coach. During the previous two seasons, he’d been the assistant under Mike Woicik, whom the Cowboys said he’d worked with previously in New Orleans (1998-99) and with New England (2000-04).
Cowboys usually conclude pregame workout with jumping and hollering. Today, they took a knee, and center Joe Looney led team in prayer. Cowboys playing with heavy hearts following sudden death of strength and conditioning coordinator Markus Paul. https://t.co/mS5TXMICLl pic.twitter.com/5NpX50OpOE
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) November 26, 2020
