WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Back To Football – Sorta 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:06.600 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:15.240 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This is nick Shot, 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:19.400 streaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot com and the official 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:24.119 Dallas Cowboys apt now. Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:29.880 and Nicky Spagnola. Get ready first, get ready for some 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:35.000 missoo gold on this show from Nicky Spagnola. It's time 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:39.960 for mick shots high noon on a Wednesday, Washington week. 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:44.640 Here inside the SWBC podcast studio, Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.640 and the man who wrote the book on this rivalry 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:57.480 with Washington. No, no, that's that's old McDonald n Missouri fall. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.640 How's the part I'm going out to chop some wood. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:09.520 I'm splitting some For those not watching on Dallas Cowboys 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.520 dot com just listening, how would you describe what Nicky 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:19.600 has on today? It's a it's flannel gold black, and 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.640 there's some bread in there too. It's very bright. It's 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:26.880 a yield signment. Did you see me coming? You better 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:30.679 to yield? So was this a Christmas present? Yes? Oh okay, 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.640 so he was, and it was and it was cold morning, 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.520 and it's not honor of Missouri, right and they're playing 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:41.800 the Hogs today or tonight. Oh basketball? Yeah, how's your 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:47.720 how's the banking? Arkansass is high? No? No, Missouri they're twentieth. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:53.280 But last week they beat Kentuck Tucky. That and they 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:57.680 beat Illinois. Okay, look out, all right, very good. That 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.000 the first time in a long time they've beatn too right, 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.920 Uh no, but this first time in a long time 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:07.120 to beat Kentucky fasture. Okay, So on that note, we'll 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.720 have more on Norm Stewart and the Missouri Tigers later 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.600 on big shots. But let's get to the task at hand. 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.320 But you guys brought it up. No, you brought it up. 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.840 You wore that. Yeah, hey, there are football player is 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.359 going to be on a football field very soon here 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.440 at the start and frisket. Don't you love those days? 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:30.400 It'll be interesting to see, um just how much they do. 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:35.160 Um you know if you watched. I mean I saw 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.480 yesterday there were teams that were supposed to practice, and 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:43.120 I don't know how much they practiced. I saw a 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:47.160 bunch of them shut down the locker rooms. Um. I 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:51.120 think it was Jacksonville had the offensive lineman. Is that 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.600 where he's at? Schriff Brandon Schurff sheriff. He was the 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.720 kind of the spokesman for the team, and then they 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.040 closed the locker rooms. Will be interesting to see what 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.440 they do today. I think they were still debating. And 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.720 Jacksonville and Tennessee are playing on Saturday, and so that's 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:11.119 why they had their locker room availability yesterday. And this 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.960 is the first time for the Cowboys players to be 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:19.200 back and with media availability come and I'm not sure 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.799 how much I mean, you know what, everybody's going to 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:23.960 be asked, right, and so I don't know how much 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:25.360 they want to talk about it. I don't know if 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:28.840 you guys listened to McCarthy, but they spent most of 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:36.920 the team meeting discussing that, having the chaplain in there, guys, yeah, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:42.040 and having just kind of talk the psychiatrist. Yeah. I 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:48.320 don't know if Chad was there, but that that's I 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.320 think was his main goal this morning, was to take 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.880 care of everybody and let everybody talk. And you know, 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:59.160 this kind of uh brings up what happened when Marcus 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.720 Paul was only what two years ago leading into the 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:07.000 Thanksgiving Day game. Uh, And they didn't have much time 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.560 to recover, by the way, because I believe it was Tuesday, 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:15.640 it took place and they found out he passed away. 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.360 It was before the game. I think, so, uh, kind 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:23.400 they've been through this before, not that this is the same, 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:27.600 but I'm sure you know these guys, I mean, you know, 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.360 I'm sure this has affected him. Well you would call 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.680 and I'm, like I said, I'm very pleased at the 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.960 change in the temperature. You know. Yeah, how people treat 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.600 this now, how they they treat athletes who are out 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:48.919 there really putting themselves in danger every every game. You 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:53.920 remember Mike going down, Michael playmaker Michael, Yeah, yeah, and 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:58.840 I was yeah, I know, yeah, and that was despicable 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.760 even then, was despicable, right right, And so nowadays, I'm 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.719 pretty sure you know that that that climate is no 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.960 longer exists. And by the way, um, kudos to you, 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.880 Bill for bringing up Chuck who Hughes yesterday and I 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.120 don't know if people saw it, go to the Dallas 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.600 Morning News. Uh, Brad Townsend did a really good story 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:26.480 of his, uh this happening to Chuck Hughes and getting 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:32.440 ahold of his h his his wife, his son, and 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.560 a I believe it was either a brother or nephew. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:40.800 He interviewed. He's from he was from Yeah, and uh 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.479 uh talking to them about you know, the memory and 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.920 they were talking about, Yeah, this brought I mean, it's 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.640 fifty one years ago, but it brought back, you know, memories, 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:56.039 emotional memories for when that happened to him. He played 0:05:56.080 --> 0:06:01.200 at West Texas No, no Texas El Paso. So what 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.560 was it back then? Texas Western? Oh, it may. I 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.400 don't know when the change went from Texas Western to 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:13.240 Texas El Paso. But yeah, So anyway, if if anybody 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.960 go to the Dallas Morning News website, it's a front 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.560 page story. It's rightly have an iconic picture of Dick 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:22.719 Buckas standing over him trying to get right. Yeah, yeah, 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:24.760 it was. It was really good. And so that what 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.280 year was that? Okay? Well also in seventy one, it 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:33.039 would have been about it was about time Texas Stadium opened, 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:38.080 but right, which yeah, and six days I think that 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.800 was like October twenty fourth, maybe, yeah, six days later. 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:46.000 It was when the TCU head coach Jim Pittman died 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.800 on the sideline of a heart attack. In nineteen seventy one. 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.680 It's October thirtieth, nineteen seventy one, had a heart attack 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.039 on the sidelines of a game against Baylor and Waco 0:06:55.360 --> 0:07:01.320 and passed away at the age of forty six. Yeah. Yeah, 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:05.840 So so anyway, I you know, it'll be interesting to see, 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.400 you know, the concentration in practice and if they can 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.600 get back into the routine. I mean, there is a 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:18.120 game to play on Sunday. I saw the injury report 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:23.679 for early guys missing for the Commanders, and it was lengthy, 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.680 including their running back Robinson. But wasn't he coming back 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:32.160 from some sort of injury? I am not sure recently, 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.840 of course, prior to the season he was shot and 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.240 then came back and made a great return and I've 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.280 checked on that might have been it. Yeah, but it 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.480 was pretty long, so I don't know. And then my 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:48.000 buddy John Kim that helped write the book that Bill 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:53.520 brought up, said that when they the part of practice 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:57.720 they got to watch the first drill they did, the 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.320 reps went to Sam how their rookie quarterback, and then 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.800 the second drill they did, the reps went to Taylor Heineke. 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.040 So they were kind of rotating sounds like they're positive 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:11.600 play both guys. Carson through three picks last yeah, yea, 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:17.320 his reputation and the team. So they decided they were 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.680 making that change and going to take a look now 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:24.240 that their playoff chances are. Yeah, so they may who 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:26.840 knows that, As Mike McCarthy said, yeah, I would just 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.040 get ready for all three. And it happened just like 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.600 last week. And you get ready for whoever you get 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.319 ready for, and all of a sudden, the guy that 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.760 they signed eight days ago starts against Ship. I mean, 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.839 that would be amazing if three games in a row 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:43.800 they faced backup quarterbacks. That's right, with Minshoe the Philadelphia 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:48.400 game and and then Joshua Dobbs last week starting again 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.959 today or this week, and then we'll see what happens. Now, 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.400 Heineck was the one that kind of gave them the 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.199 impetus to contend for that. You could make the contention 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:02.120 that Heineke is actually their starting quarterback. Yeah, and that 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:07.280 was just playing He's not bad. I mean, he's Menshoe. Yeah, 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.880 I mean there's good good quarterbacks. I don't I don't. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.160 I'm not gonna dog these guys because if you throw 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.040 things on time and you have the weapons they have, 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.120 then they can be potentially dangerous. Yeah. But now they 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.360 talked about the other day the comeback player of the year, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:26.559 and they were talking about getting ready for Kyla. I 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.680 think they said, Russell Wilson's gonna end up being called 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.959 like black predicting for next year the comeback player, who 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.640 the comeback So who's had a horrible season this year? 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.800 So those are the candidates for Comeback Player of the 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.320 Year next year. But then you think about he just 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.760 brought up Robinson he got shot. Now that's a comeback, 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.160 yeah right, I mean he should win his hands down, 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:48.880 so he'd be the comeback player of the Year this year. 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:50.960 He's got to be. I mean, he's got to be 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.600 the man got shot. I mean he is bawling right now, 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:57.440 and that's a mental comeback. Yeah. So I mean, let's 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.679 just see who wins this because if whoever wins it 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.439 over here him, if they went it over him, like man, 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:04.560 this guy must have been through fire and come out 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:08.240 on the other side. I'm burning. Okay, So the team 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:12.480 will be on the field twelve fifteen, Okay, yep. So 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:17.000 what else did you glean from Mike McCarthy's press conference 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:20.200 today or anything else even from the coordinators the other 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:21.880 day that you want to bring up to get us 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:24.439 started here, you know he was. I mean, he spent 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.120 the majority of the first part of the press conference 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.920 just talking about the players, taking care of the players, um, 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:38.000 you know, UM, talking about just kind of letting them talk. Listen. 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.240 And I guess the big news we should get to 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.319 if we have time to hear, is the roster moves 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:50.200 I made. Yeah, they release James Washington. Poor guy, man, 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:54.959 he just never had a Yeah. I mean, you think 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.320 about it. He had It was a hamstring in the 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.200 off season. He missed all the offseason work, and then 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:07.040 the first day of pads he fractures his fifth metatarsul. 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.840 Finally gets back. Unfortunately, when they were going to do 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:14.440 the ramp up, it was around Thanksgiving. They weren't practicing 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:18.080 for a couple of games there, so they waited, and 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.920 then he played, uh in two games, eleven snaps in 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.960 one game, four and another. Um. But you know, I 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.800 think they they tried to use them on special teams. 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:32.960 The guy probably not ever played special teams before, UH, 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:40.199 and so they ended up releasing him. Yeah. And that's why, right, 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:44.119 because you've got a guy with more experience, more production, 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.400 and no injuries and no injuries and looking pretty dark 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.559 good too. By the way, So here's the other thing 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.320 they they you know, so obviously they opened up a 0:11:54.400 --> 0:12:00.240 roster spot. Um, they've got a problem at back up 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:05.080 center because they've used three different guys off the practice 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:10.640 squad and all three have their elevations have expired. Um. 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:20.040 It was Dakota Vley, Aviante Collins, well Hoffman and brock Hoffman. 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.400 And Collins is more of a tackle, but they but 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.520 he had played some center, I think, but they his 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:30.360 his has been used up, so they need somebody to 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:34.480 be the backup center. Now on the practice squad on 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:39.360 injured reserve is Alec Lindstrom, who is a center. Uh, 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:44.559 he's only played in one game. He's only had one elevation. Um, 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.520 so they could elevate him, or they could sign if 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:49.960 they think these other guys are better, they can sign 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:53.439 him to the fifty three. Uh if if they go 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.400 that direction, So be interesting to see how And you 0:12:56.440 --> 0:13:01.679 would think, well, they're gonna they're going to obviously with 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:05.520 the Beadish injury, they're gonna go with. I mean, you're 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.320 now one injury away from this guy actually playing in 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.360 the game. Before they were two injuries away. Now you 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.600 would have done what they did right, you move Connor 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:17.040 mcgun So it's whoever they consider to be the best 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:21.400 candidate to play a full game. If the starting center 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.680 McGovern goes down, you know, early in a game, so 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:26.800 they got to cover that. And Hoffman has been the 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:30.200 most recent one that's been up. So but that is 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:34.280 the roster move that you would anticipate. Why why they're 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.120 making the move now with Washington, it is because they 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.440 were going to need a roster spot this weekend, and 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:44.800 then they you know, we likely you know, after everybody 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.240 gets to watch practice, see what they're doing at the 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.800 tackle position. If they're going to move tiring to left 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.920 and then do something at right tackle. Um, if they're 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:59.079 gonna leave Tyler Smith at at guard? Okay, is there 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.880 any part of it which James Washington, I'm okay, we're 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:06.040 now to the last game of the season. Okay. If 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.199 a team doesn't pick him up, okay, he's now if 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:13.240 you have an injury at you still have him handy, 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:17.160 you know, And or would there be yeah, don't go 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:21.480 don't go home and start working on the ranch, right right, right, 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.240 don't go out to Stamford yet, you know, and and 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:28.160 even over the next several weeks if he remains out 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.800 there as a free agent, or you could sign him 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:32.520 to the practice squad. If right, that's what I was 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:36.800 talking about, right, practice squad, because you're right, one injury 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:41.000 at wide receiver, and so you got you got. So 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:45.400 you're making this decision on Okay, at what position do 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.480 we have the most depth and what player may not 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:53.000 be picked up. Here's a veteran player, you know what 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:56.440 teams picking him up who basically hadn't played this year, 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.680 you know, have coming off an injury. And so even 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.320 from that standpoint, it seems to be a prudent move 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.000 as far as a roster manipulation to do that, right, 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.120 because if you if you put sign him back to 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:12.520 the practice squad, even though you're technically a free agent, 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:14.600 if someone picks them up, they got to pay him 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:18.960 three weeks and there's only one game left, one game left, 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.440 and then you better have you know, you better be 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.400 in the playoff. But even at that, you'd be paying 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.960 him if you got beat in the first round, you're 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:31.160 paying him another game. Well, here's here's the other thing 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:35.240 on James Washington is he was a veteran minimum guy, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:39.480 salary guy, and so uh, he's a great young man, 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.480 you know, and everyone roots for him, and he had 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.320 the unfortunate injuries not only in the off season, but 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.920 as you've detailed and first day of practice. But the 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.840 bottom line is there wasn't a lot of clamoring for 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.200 him in the free agency. In the off season. He 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.320 was a veteran minimum guy. This was a prove it 0:15:58.400 --> 0:15:59.960 year and next year is going to be another. Now, 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.120 prove it year for James Washington. A lot of times 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:08.760 we because they are our players, we put more value 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:12.040 on them that you know. But the bottom line is 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.720 you follow the money in this way. We invested in him, right, 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.560 a lot of time. Yeah, right, that's the main right, 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.640 that's why we look at him as I was, right, Yeah, 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:24.720 and it's not just with him with idiot players, yeah, rehab, Yeah, 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:30.200 that's yeah, right. But there's a there's a reason t 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.880 why Hilton has been t Y Hilton for a decade 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.600 in this league. And I was waiting on the I 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.200 was waiting on the t Y when he caught them 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.960 U fifties. He does that, he does that? Oh yeah, 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:45.800 why yeah, he does that. Yeah, he did it. But 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:50.920 he's my new favorite player. Just talking to him, he's great. 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.080 And then I think the other thing they've got to 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:57.280 continue working on is what they do at that third 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:01.480 quarterback the cornerback position. Um, you know, are they happy 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:06.240 with Nashon Wright? Remember they picked up Mulling. He's been 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:09.320 with him and he's played quite a bit, uh in 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.760 the league. If they're looking for more experience, Um, so 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.600 interesting to see what they what they do there. So 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:19.440 those those two things center are actually three center tackle 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.240 and then what what they continue to do with the 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:26.000 cornerback position. I mean, you know, if you're gonna pay 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:29.600 the guy, you might as well play him. Talking about 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.760 Joseph if you need him, I mean, there's no need 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.760 in just having him bare. I know. Will you know 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:40.400 what this kid? He can't get out of his own way, right, 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.080 he's doing what he's supposed to do, going down covering 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.600 the punt and he's in position to just stand there 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.480 and then the punt comes more to his way and 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.640 the guy runs into him to catch him. There's a flag, 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:56.320 but you can see the athleticism. Yeah, oh yeah, speed. 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.840 I think it's you know, once again, if we're paying, 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.840 we should go ahead. And you know, with the depth 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.800 problems that we're having, right, we just may be forced 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:10.760 to play him and you're gonna have to trust a god. 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They stopped practice 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.040 for you when you went out there in that shirt. 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:29.080 Look like noodles. Let's yield, we gather. And I don't 0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:31.399 think they could see me through the window. Oh you 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:34.560 were just on this side. I couldn't go very far 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:38.840 that you were late. I did notice that it looked 0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:42.040 like h Layton vander esh was out there with a 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:46.000 helmet on. Yay, So that bodes well for the two 0:22:46.040 --> 0:22:48.679 weeks from man the first week of the playoffs cool 0:22:49.080 --> 0:22:51.440 and he said he would do a little something, so 0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:55.160 that was good. And Lyndstrom they were going to start 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:59.320 his twenty one day ramp up. But McCarthy when he 0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:11.119 spoke about him, um um Farney um, yeah, yeah that's 0:23:11.160 --> 0:23:15.840 what I meant. Um. They he sounded like, you know, 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:19.359 we might he might be ready. And when I talked 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:21.679 to Farniyac on Monday, he said, yeah, I'm good to go. 0:23:21.760 --> 0:23:24.720 Now we'll see how much they let me do. So well, 0:23:24.760 --> 0:23:29.399 it's certainly made sense to wait until now on Farneyac 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:31.879 because of the short weeks. The last couple of weeks 0:23:32.000 --> 0:23:35.679 right exactly, because if they did, they would have wasted 0:23:35.720 --> 0:23:38.560 a week last week, right, They aren't really practiced, so 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.280 he could have been ready, really yeah, two weeks ago 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:45.000 and they just waited until the full week to get 0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:46.639 him a full week or press. So that that's a 0:23:46.840 --> 0:23:49.600 that'll be interesting to see if they think, well, he's 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:52.760 practiced three times this week, he's good to be the backup. 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:55.600 You just never know when you need the backup. M 0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:59.520 all right. And with the breaking news from Washington, Ron 0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:03.120 Rivera has announced who his starting quarterback will be on 0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:07.160 Sunday against the Cowboys. Sam and they are going with 0:24:07.200 --> 0:24:12.200 the rookie Sam How Wow, why not? You gotta see 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:16.760 fifth round draft pick out of North Carolina. Okay, McCarthy 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:22.320 said he liked what he saw from him at North Carolina, 0:24:22.480 --> 0:24:25.960 so no, Heineke, Well, he would probably be the backup 0:24:26.000 --> 0:24:29.720 in Wentz would be inactive. Poor Wins. They'll be looking 0:24:29.760 --> 0:24:34.119 for a job. Sam how last year at North Carolina 0:24:34.880 --> 0:24:40.000 head in twelve starts, twenty four touchdown passes, nine interceptions. 0:24:40.080 --> 0:24:45.040 He's only six one let's say six one two twenty 0:24:46.359 --> 0:24:49.520 and fifth round draft pick number one hundred forty four 0:24:49.600 --> 0:24:51.639 pick in the draft this year. Please don't tell me. 0:24:51.680 --> 0:24:57.119 He runs the football well. Last year at North Carolina, 0:24:57.200 --> 0:24:59.440 he had eight hundred and twenty eight yards rushing in 0:24:59.560 --> 0:25:06.280 eleven touchdowns. Thousand yards. He had eight hundred and twenty 0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:09.600 eight yards rushing in North Carolina last year. Last year, 0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:13.280 in his last year at North Carolina, yes, some guy 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:17.159 named Sam so he had. He had twenty plus passing touchdowns. 0:25:17.840 --> 0:25:21.239 He had nine picks and twenty four touchdowns the previous year. 0:25:21.280 --> 0:25:25.320 In twenty twenty, he had thirty touchdown passes in seven picks, 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.600 but only ran for one hundred and forty six yards. 0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:29.840 Probably got sacked a lot. You know in college they 0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.720 count the sacks on their rushing totals. Well, I mean, 0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:34.920 so he could have gotten a thousand yards of rushing. 0:25:35.040 --> 0:25:37.360 He could have and got sacked for a thousand yards 0:25:38.040 --> 0:25:42.520 two thousand nineteen twenty nineteen, he had even more touchdowns 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:46.600