FIRST DOWN: Why was Mat McBriar staying after practice attempting to punt the ball toward the jumbotron hanging from the Alamodome ceiling?

“Welcome to our laboratory experiment,’’ owner Jerry Jones told me.

Jones supervised McBriar’s skyrocketing boots in order to help determine how high up the jumbotron will need to be hung from the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington ceiling.

Now there’s some trivia: A punter deserves some credit for being a co-architect.

SECOND DOWN: “Some guys have told me that I stole (playoff) money from them, but maybe this year I can help them make some of it back.’’ – Ken Hamlin, the Seahawk-turned-Cowboy who was a part of Seattle’s postseason victory over Dallas last year.

THIRD DOWN: The mainstream media keeps writing about it, and Greg Ellis keeps whining about it, but the Cowboys have no plans to discuss a fattened contract with him. “Greg’s under contract,’’ Stephen Jones says. “That’s the long and the short of it.’’

As we’ve written in this space often, attempts at renegotiations are always about leverage. A Greg Ellis limping around in gym shorts does not represent “leverage,’’ and it is frankly bizarre that the veteran does not realize that.

FOURTH DOWN: Hey, there’s old pal Jay Novacek on the field! “I just showed up,’’ said the former Super Bowl-winning tight end, who remains close friends with O-coordinator Jason Garrett. “I just came down to see what all the fuss is about. I’ll probably have a beer. But remember, I went to Wyoming, where ‘one beer’ means a six-pack.’’

Bruce Bowen was also here on Friday. And Deion Sanders will be here tomorrow. Deion, as bizarre as he is, isn’t close to being as delightfully bizarre as my boy Nova.

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