OXNARD, Calif. -- It's Dorance Armstrong's world and we're just living in it -- at least, that's what it's felt like at times during Dallas Cowboys training camp.

Entering Wednesday's practice, Armstrong already owned what arguably was the best play of camp, a sublime counter-spin move against one of the best offensive tackles in the NFL, Tyron Smith. It was an outstanding display of technique and seemed impossible to top -- until Wednesday's practice, when Armstrong hit a fake-spin move that would make DeMarcus Ware proud:

Fake spin by Armstrong vs La'el #Cowboys 👀👀👀 gorgeous pic.twitter.com/zMMIsGIk2t — John Owning (@JohnOwning) August 8, 2019

Armstrong is aligned across from La'el Collins, a player he's had quite the back-and-forth affair with throughout camp, in the one-on-one pass-rush drills.

Once the ball is snapped, Armstrong explodes out of his stance and accelerates upfield, but Collins does an excellent job of mirroring him up the edge and beating him to the intersection point between Armstrong and the quarterback (or, in this case, where the quarterback would be on a real play).

On his fourth step after attacking Collins' outside edge, Armstrong steps through with his inside foot and actually turns his back to Collins as if he's going to execute a counter spin similar to the one he hit on Smith.

Collins identified the spin move immediately and executed the proper steps to defend it, doing a great job of maintaining a half-man relationship with Armstrong to put himself in position to shut down any inside move, including the counter spin.

But Armstrong didn't actually use a spin move, and Collins' slight hesitation inside was all Armstrong needed to win the edge. From there, Armstrong's athleticism and technique took over, as he did an excellent job of reducing his inside shoulder to limit his blockable surface area -- preventing Collins from adequately recovering -- while also displaying the flexibility and speed necessary to turn the corner tightly and flatten to where the quarterback would be.

Making this play even more impressive is the fact that it was the first time Armstrong had ever used the fake spin in live competition, having previously done it only in non-competitive drills aimed at improving technique.

"It's just something I've worked on during individual when we go down the long bags," Armstrong said. "I never did it in real life until then, so it looked pretty good, I think."

Not bad for a first-timer, right?

Cowboys camp is less than 2 weeks old, and Armstrong has already shown to be vastly improved from his rookie year -- evidenced by the fact he recently overtook Taco Charlton as starting left defensive end while DeMarcus Lawrence is injured, which indicates the coaches are also impressed by Armstrong's strong start.

The Cowboys are littered with NFL-quality depth at defensive end, but one thing is becoming more apparent by the day: Armstrong is a true breakout candidate, and the Cowboys must find a way to get the 22-year-old on the field even when Lawrence and Robert Quinn return from injuries -- he's been that good.

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