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Speaker 1: And now your hosts Isaiah Standback, Patrick Walker, Josh Rodriguez

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Speaker 1: and Kyle Yeomans.

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Speaker 4: It's a schedule edition of Talking Cowboys, presented by Black

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Speaker 2: Welcome and everybody.

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Speaker 4: We've got Tommy Yarish, We've got Josh Rodriguez with Chris Beam.

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Speaker 3: In the back of Kyle Yeomans.

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Speaker 4: The schedule is out of course, it happens right after

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Speaker 4: we get off the air and always us, we're also

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Speaker 4: going to talk some OTAs, which, by the way, guess

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Speaker 4: when that happens, Tommy today, Right after what this Talking

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Speaker 4: Cowboys OTAs continues and we get our first look at

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Speaker 4: the twenty twenty five Dallas Cowboys team.

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Speaker 2: Glad you're with us, though, as we'll talk through at

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Speaker 2: the best.

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Speaker 4: We know how, and then we'll wrap it up again

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Speaker 4: next week going into Mini camp, which starts right after

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Speaker 4: what josh OTAs talking Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, next week Tuesday. So you said I wasn't

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Speaker 3: being indigenous.

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Speaker 5: That's okay, No, no, no, to be fair, don't think

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Speaker 5: of this as a late show, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 5: It's not late, it's not after everything. It's it's a recap. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: we're just recapping it. We're just hanging back, we're chilling.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, we know, you know, the schedule currently breaking.

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Speaker 4: Any news on this show not until the season starts,

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Speaker 4: but then we get after it.

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Speaker 5: We break news during the season, for sure. We do

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Speaker 5: quite a bit actually, because that's when it's going down.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, right at nine o'clock.

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Speaker 3: Isaiah's out of town.

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Speaker 4: He'll be out the next couple weeks, and then Patrick

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Speaker 4: should be back next week. So looking forward to getting

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Speaker 4: everybody back. I do want to give a little bit

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Speaker 4: of credit here though, before we get things underway and

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Speaker 4: start talking about the twenty twenty five Cowboys schedule, I

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Speaker 4: want to give some props to Tommy Yarish, who yesterday

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Speaker 4: called the first ever girls Flag Football Championship held here

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Speaker 4: at the Star in Frisco, Arlington. Martin takes home the

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Speaker 4: Crown just down the street from AT and T Stadium

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Speaker 4: is where they are. They get to celebrate with state

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Speaker 4: championship aspirations. But Tommy Yarsh, Nicole Hutcheson, we're on the

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Speaker 4: call for those games.

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Speaker 2: He did a great job. Miche well, thanks man, I

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Speaker 2: appreciate it. Yeah, Nicole was awesome, and the whole production

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Speaker 2: team was great and really tip of the captain. Danny

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Speaker 2: McCrae has been kind of the spearhead of pushing girls

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Speaker 2: flag football to the forefront. This is for their first

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Speaker 2: time doing this thing. He did an unbelievable job and

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Speaker 2: cap to Danny and now hoping that the UIL makes

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Speaker 2: this a sanctioned sport so that girls all around the

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Speaker 4: It was a really cool event. There were so many

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Speaker 4: different teams represented. They played all day yesterday and leading

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Speaker 4: was another event in Houston, Texans and may have been

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Speaker 4: and so it's really a statewide NFL push to continue

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Speaker 4: giving high school aged girls the opportunity to possibly earn

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Speaker 4: going on. If you have any questions on that or

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Speaker 4: want to learn more, go to NFL dot com.

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Speaker 3: I think it's slash backslash flag or something.

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Speaker 2: I think there's also on the Cowboys side too. I

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Speaker 2: think it's an absolute lowboys dot com backslash girls flag.

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Speaker 5: Girls flag. That's the that's the site. And again, big

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Speaker 5: shouts to Danny McCrae for putting it together. And really

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Speaker 2: The first year, that's incredible.

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Speaker 2: a lot of positives to go around for Girls Flight.

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Speaker 2: For one, it's only the.

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Speaker 4: Beginning, only the beginning, just like the beginning of us

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Speaker 4: knowing what the Cowboys schedule looks like. It was released

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Speaker 4: last week Wednesdays. The Cowboys pro right here.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 4: Week one to week ten is kind of what a

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Speaker 4: The reason I set it up that way, though, is

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Speaker 2: A couple of tough ones, couple road.

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Speaker 5: Sounds like a monster truck commercials. Yeah, Sunday Sunday, Sunday Sunday.

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Speaker 4: But the back half of the schedule, Joe Oo, might

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Speaker 4: It's the only time that an NFL team has ever

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Speaker 4: They have six straight games against teams that won eleven

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Speaker 4: It goes Philadelphia, Kansas City, Detroit, Minnesota, Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: Washington, Bang Bang Bang bang bang, And.

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Speaker 4: It's four straight games including Philadelphia, Kansas City, Detroit, and

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Speaker 2: Now, to make matters worse, two of those are on

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Speaker 2: No, they didn't. And this is you know, you look

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Speaker 2: if you're a Cowboys fan, that sits out there. One.

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Speaker 2: You know, you get some of these games, sure, on

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Speaker 2: You know, between Detroit and Minnesota you get ten days off.

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Speaker 2: If you're the Cowboys, you play the two teams have

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Speaker 2: That's that's tough, man. It's a tough stretch.

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Speaker 4: And then you go against the team that was arguably

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Luckily you get four of those six games at home,

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Speaker 5: Gast We were talking about a gauntlet last year to

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Speaker 4: The end of the season, right, Yeah, by the time

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Speaker 5: So it is tough, it is, but it is the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, if we're looking at teams on this

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was really funny just to hear you say like,

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Speaker 4: It was because he had such a great year last here.

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Speaker 4: But I don't know if anybody in the NFL expected

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Speaker 2: But I mean, seriously, it's when you hand the reins

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Speaker 2: Out Here's the kind of wild card I'll say that,

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Speaker 3: You weren't better than them in that day.

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Speaker 4: But if you can find things to build on, you

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Speaker 2: be the case for Dallas because they're not going to

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Speaker 2: have Trayvon Diggs, They're not going to have Marvion over.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is not not even full strength.

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Speaker 2: At that, not at all. It's not This is not

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Speaker 2: going to be what the Cowboys are going to look like.

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Speaker 2: And you know, who knows what happens in training camp

446
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Speaker 2: as full strength you're going to get. Yeah, that's very

447
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Speaker 2: true because by the time though, by the time those

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Speaker 2: guys come back, other guys will be gone. No, you're

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Speaker 2: absolutely right. But nonetheless, you know, I completely agree with you.

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Speaker 2: If you make that a game and you show that

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Speaker 2: you can compete, that's a great sign for this team

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Speaker 2: and this coaching staff. But it's also a game that

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Speaker 2: this coaching staff is going to have two four months

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Speaker 2: to prepare for and they know that they're they're going

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Speaker 2: to go and get it. So you know that that

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Speaker 2: those opening games of the season. I think can can

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Speaker 2: kind of sway you a little bit into thinking, Okay,

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Speaker 2: this team is this. I think Cleveland last year was

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Speaker 2: a great example that obviously injuries and everything completely made

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Speaker 2: things different for the Cowboys going on later in the year.

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Speaker 2: But you know, once we get through that third game

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Speaker 2: against Chicago and even really I think the most telling

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Speaker 2: game the make or break early game. I think you

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Speaker 2: could categorize it as is that Green Bay game in

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Speaker 2: Week four, then we're really gonna know what this team is.

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Speaker 2: If they come out of that stretch at three and

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Speaker 2: one or somehow four and oh, then I think we've

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Speaker 2: got a really good football team on our hands. But

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Speaker 2: if they go two and two or one and three,

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised by that either.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, just because there's a Lions fan in the chat

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Speaker 4: giving all the Cowboys fans some flak right now, I

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Speaker 4: just would like to say that the most possible upset

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Speaker 4: on the back half of the schedule is Lions on

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Speaker 4: the road, because Dallas just likes to win in Detroit

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Speaker 4: and win against Detroit do pretty often, Yeah, do it

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Speaker 4: pretty good. I Mean, I know last year didn't go

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Speaker 4: Dallas's way, but if you look back at the next one, two, three, four, five,

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Speaker 4: six meetings going back to twenty thirteen, Dallas was six

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Speaker 4: and oh going.

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Speaker 3: Into that game last year.

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Speaker 5: Oh wow, that seems like a lot lions.

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Speaker 4: So I just I think they could get the better

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Speaker 4: of Dan Campbell again if they're at full strength.

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Speaker 5: It seems like a lot of winning.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of winning.

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Speaker 4: All right, let's take our first break when we come

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Speaker 4: back here on Talking Cowboys OTAs start this week. Cowboys

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Speaker 4: were on the practice field yesterday. We'll get a look

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Speaker 4: at them on the practice field today, first open media

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Speaker 4: portion of practice. What are we looking for out of

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Speaker 2: To Talking Cowboys.

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Speaker 4: I'm Kyle Yeomens we have our YouTube comment of the

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Speaker 4: day out of the first segment. I'm gonna give it

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Speaker 4: to Camo. I liked this comment. It's all about confidence.

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Speaker 4: Surprise you saw it. I know it's just a one

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Speaker 4: liner because it's Oh, it's Camoot. It is a one

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Speaker 4: liner who cares everybody getting the belt talking about the

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Speaker 4: Cowboys schedule in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 3: I like the confidence. I like it.

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Speaker 5: I love it.

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Speaker 4: There was one comment that just flowed in a minute

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Speaker 4: ago said they disagree that the Bears are going to

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Speaker 4: be better than they were last year. They were five

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Speaker 4: and twelve last year. I I don't think they're better

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Speaker 4: than the Cowboys. I just think they're going to be

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Speaker 4: better than five and twelve, even with the first year

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Speaker 4: coaching staff. I know there are some people out there

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Speaker 4: that might think that there's a chance they win that division.

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Speaker 3: There's no way that wait, they win that division.

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Speaker 4: With them now Vikings and the Bear or excuse me,

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Speaker 4: the Vikings, the Packers and the Detroit Lions, who are

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Speaker 4: not very good and I just don't want to say

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Speaker 4: anything positive about them specifically because of who's in the comments.

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Speaker 3: That's a tough division overall, it's a tough division.

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Speaker 2: I still think they're a ten win team though. I

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Speaker 2: think they've got that kind of group. I think I

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Speaker 2: love what they did at the offensive.

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Speaker 3: That's a five win improved.

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Speaker 5: I know, I know that's as good as last year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they're twice as good. Oh man, I

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Speaker 2: don't know.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I would like to see it. They deserve a decent

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Speaker 2: team in Chicago.

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Speaker 3: They've been waiting for a good team.

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Speaker 5: For Chris Chris, what do you think? What's the Bear

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Speaker 5: record next year? Chris Chris, I've got to turn down

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Speaker 5: so much stuff and.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no, you got a minute. What do you think.

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Speaker 2: Up? He's got to turn more stuff down.

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Speaker 5: He's turning it down.

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Speaker 3: I have to turn stuff up.

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Speaker 4: And and sorry, I'll say not looking at their schedule,

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Speaker 4: I'll say they go seven.

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Speaker 3: Wins next year.

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Speaker 5: Seven wins, that's better.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd say seven or eight. It's two wins better.

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Speaker 4: There's a chance they could fight to be five hundred

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Speaker 4: next year.

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Speaker 5: I like it. Yeah, I like seven.

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Speaker 3: You're thinking seven, I'm thinking seven. I think that I

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Speaker 3: think they improve more than that.

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Speaker 4: I'd say eight or nine. There, they're gonna be right

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Speaker 4: on the cusp of five hundred. Right right around there

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Speaker 4: is where I'll throw it. But all right, OTA's in

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Speaker 4: the buildings. Starting yesterday, the Cowboys got on the practice field.

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Speaker 4: It's the first time the whole group has been together, rookies, veterans,

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Speaker 4: everybody on the field. Uh, who are some of the

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Speaker 4: guys that you want to see more of this week?

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Speaker 5: It's like how Jones says, it's football players on a

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Speaker 5: football field. He does it every single time. Every time

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Speaker 5: you see Yeah, I try but.

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Speaker 3: To the blitz, he's a good boys report.

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Speaker 5: I like Jones. I like how he did a guy.

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Speaker 5: But Donovan Azraiku, let's see him. Let's see him. I

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Speaker 5: want to see how he can contribute to a defensive

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Speaker 5: line that is in desperate need of depth. Obviously you

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Speaker 5: want to see that. And then Tommy Arsh posted a

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Speaker 5: great article yesterday for depth chart on dallascobies dot com.

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Speaker 5: Please check that out. Where you have rookie defensive tackles

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Speaker 5: going up against each other.

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Speaker 9: You have j.

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Speaker 5: Toya. Thank you very much.

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Speaker 4: It's really so we kind of got like tought on

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Speaker 4: that a little bit while we were in the locker room,

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Speaker 4: and it's almost like a d at the beginning it's like.

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Speaker 5: A doya doya, doya doya.

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Speaker 2: It's like a soft tea.

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Speaker 4: It was really weird that you were there right whenever

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Speaker 4: he was talking about it, and so we were talking

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Speaker 4: with pr about it, and it's it's going to be

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Speaker 4: a weird pronunciation. I don't know what to officially put

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Speaker 4: it on there, but toyea is what the pronunciation is.

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Speaker 4: But it's supposed to be like an e, like a

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Speaker 4: like a soft tea. Yeah, doia what I heard at.

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Speaker 3: Least very interesting.

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Speaker 5: And then you have Tommy King Basote as well, another

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Speaker 5: rookie that I mean, I.

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Speaker 3: Just want to didn't help us with these names?

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Speaker 2: Did they?

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Speaker 5: No? Not at all. But I think we got it

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Speaker 5: for the most part.

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Speaker 2: We did. We can learn you nailed it.

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Speaker 5: We can grow and learn you nailed it. Thank you.

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Speaker 5: I want to see how that battle plays out. I

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Speaker 5: want to see how the depth is able to step

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Speaker 5: up this year because we just simply did not have

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Speaker 5: it last year and we desperately needed it. Uh So

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Speaker 5: let's just see how these battles work out.

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Speaker 4: Let's uh, let's go through Tommy's ot A article yesterday

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Speaker 4: and answer the five questions the monitor as Cowboys began

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Speaker 4: ot a, how about will Micah Parsons participate on the field.

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Speaker 2: That's what I wish I knew the answer to. We're

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Speaker 2: going to find out here in a couple hours. But

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Speaker 2: I would not be shocked if he doesn't, just because

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Speaker 2: you know, kind of hinted at it in the sense of, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, I'll be around in terms of, you know,

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Speaker 2: being able to learn and walk through it, see the playbook,

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Speaker 2: be around my teammates. I don't know if that means

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Speaker 2: he's going to necessarily partake in practice and those drills

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Speaker 2: and those kinds of things as he goes through this

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Speaker 2: contract extension talks with the organization.

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Speaker 4: And we don't know if he participated yesterday either because

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Speaker 4: we weren't able to see you.

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Speaker 2: We did practice, we are not so today it'll be

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Speaker 2: the telltale sign.

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Speaker 5: Let me ask you this. Do you guys care at

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Speaker 5: this point? No, we're not playing a game today.

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Speaker 4: I don't care, not right now. If he's out there,

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Speaker 4: I'll see him out there later on.

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00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 2: He's out there, I think if he's not there by

661
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 2: training camp, of course, and that's I would for right now.

662
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 2: I think you have you're better off per se. But

663
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 2: any any kind of work that you can get with

664
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Speaker 2: a new coaching especially with the new coaching staff. Any

665
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 2: kind of work you can get in together with your

666
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 2: new teammates and everything like that is going to help

667
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 2: you because then it'll who's Matt Eberflus and his staff

668
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 2: to get a look of like, Okay, this is what

669
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 2: this personnel package is going to look like, here's what

670
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 2: we can do when Mike is on the field. Here's

671
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 2: what we can do when he's on this side of

672
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 2: the ball, or what he's on this side of the ball.

673
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 2: When he's not there, it makes it a little bit

674
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Speaker 2: more difficult in terms of, like, Okay, obviously, since he's

675
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 2: their best player defensively, he's going to be involved in

676
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 2: so much of the conversation that when you remove him

677
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 2: from that equation, you're putting yourself on a spot of like, Okay,

678
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 2: we may not be in this situation a lot, but

679
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 2: here's what we're going to be doing. And so that

680
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 2: to me is the kind of catch with that is

681
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 2: you want your best players to participate in that kind

682
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 2: of stuff. And you know, Jerry Jones talked about with

683
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 2: us at the NFL's league meetings. We want to see

684
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 2: Michael Parsons grow more as a leader, and we've seen

685
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 2: the locker room shuffle and all kinds of things like that,

686
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 2: and Mike has talked about wanting to grow in that

687
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 2: department too. Yeah, it would be a massive step in

688
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 2: the right direction if he's out there participating with his team.

689
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 4: I would love to see him out there. Don't get

690
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 4: me wrong. I would love to see him out there because,

691
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 4: like you said, everything he's doing out there on the field,

692
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 4: this something positive for the team, something positive as a unit.

693
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 4: But if you're asking me if it's going to affect

694
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 4: him as a player, I don't think so.

695
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 2: No, I don't think so either. I think there's more.

696
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 4: He's not sitting on the couch podcasting or playing video games.

697
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:18,479
Speaker 4: He's training elsewhere while he's also taking time away from

698
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 4: the facility.

699
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 5: And I think that's important to quill any sort of

700
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 5: Devil's advocates that are like he's under condragt whise you

701
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 5: know they're participating. Yeah, I think it's it's safe to

702
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 5: say that, like, obviously he's going to get the work in.

703
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 5: And again, like we said before, just sort of open

704
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 5: this segment is like there's no game today, there's plenty

705
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 5: to learn. If he's out there, all the better, But yeah,

706
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 5: there's plenty of time to kind of work on that.

707
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 5: And if he's not that they're training camp, that's a

708
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 5: whole different conversation.

709
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think they'll get a deal done and he'll

710
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 4: training camp will change things. But even mandatory mini camp

711
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 4: stuff like that, like the mandatory team activities, I would

712
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Speaker 4: love to see him there for that. I don't want

713
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 4: them skipping anything mandatory. But right now, at this point

714
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Speaker 4: in time, we're in the middle of June or excuse me,

715
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 4: middle of May. We're not been into JUNI yet. It'll

716
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 4: take some time and once they get it right from

717
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 4: a contract standpoint, they'll get there all right. Next question,

718
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 4: what does Ceede Lamb and George Pickens dynamic look like

719
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 4: on the field together. That's what I'm most excited to see.

720
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Speaker 3: Well going into it.

721
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Speaker 5: We kind of saw it this past weekend, Tommy, I

722
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Speaker 5: believe you did an update on it.

723
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, they hung out together at Kyler Murray's charity softball

724
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 2: tournament out in Arizona. And you know something that George

725
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 2: told the media when when we got to do a

726
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 2: conference call with him, and something that CD said too

727
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 2: is Hey, we're we're both ones, right like this is

728
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 2: this has been this conversation around Dallas, and even Stephen

729
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 2: Jones used the term wide receiver two or second wide receiver,

730
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 2: and you know, everybody thinks it's like it's it's.

731
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 5: A tier list right of the hierarchy, Like.

732
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Speaker 2: You've got to have this guy above this guy. And

733
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 2: you know, Ceedey Lamb and George Pickens are saying, we

734
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 2: can throw all that out the window. We've just got

735
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 2: two very good wide receivers lined up alongside each other,

736
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Speaker 2: which is true.

737
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Speaker 4: Yeah, that I still think it's a one A one B,

738
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 4: which is still tiered.

739
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 2: Right. You know, you can tear it as much as

740
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: you want, and you know one's gonna have more production

741
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 2: than the other, and that's fine. But all your look,

742
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 2: if you're a Cowboys fan or if you are the Cowboys,

743
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 2: all you're looking for is for George Pickens to come

744
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 2: and take this offense to the next level, right, to

745
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 2: make some of the plays that the guys on the

746
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 2: roster from last year weren't able to make, right, like

747
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 2: those downfield shots that you know Dak Prescott loves the

748
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 2: seam routes and loves throwing in the seam. George Pickens

749
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 2: can can go up and get a ball in the seam,

750
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Speaker 2: and that that's what I'm looking for. The start of

751
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 2: OTA is the most is you know what kind of

752
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 2: routes are they running opposite each other? You know what's

753
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 2: George Pickens looking like from a separation standpoint. He hasn't

754
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 2: been great added for most of his career, but he's

755
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 2: just so much more athletic than everybody else that he

756
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 2: just goes and gets the ball and finds a way

757
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 2: to come down with it. So what does that look like?

758
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 2: And he continued to take the next step going into

759
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 2: a contract here, which is another motivating factor for him.

760
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 2: And then how does Seedy Lamb play off of that? Right?

761
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 2: Ceedee Lamb has been really good for the Cowboys after

762
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,239
Speaker 2: the catch him just on quick routes where they get

763
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 2: the ball in his hand. Whereas you know, Pickens can

764
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 2: be the all right, we're going to try to take

765
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 2: a shot here kind of player where you go outside

766
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 2: the numbers and see if Dak Prescott put Ken put

767
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: the ball in the right spot.

768
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Speaker 5: I just think having a player like George Pickens is

769
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 5: going to be beneficial to your team and it's going

770
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 5: to help in every way, in every way on the offense.

771
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Speaker 5: And you know, looking at even a player like Camante Turpin,

772
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 5: I think the opportunities for him will be more abundant

773
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 5: this year because you are afraid of those two receivers

774
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Speaker 5: on the outside. And just based on the interview that

775
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 5: they did from Kyler Murrays thing over the weekend, it

776
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 5: felt like they're they're on the same page. They're feeling good.

777
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 5: That's granted, without actually practicing on football field. That's actually

778
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 5: without playing a game. But I just think it keeps

779
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 5: defenses honest. I mean, they are going to see exactly

780
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,840
Speaker 5: what CD and George Pickens are talking about. They're going

781
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,800
Speaker 5: to see CD on one side and they're going to

782
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 5: see George Pickens on the other, and you have to

783
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Speaker 5: account for that.

784
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, And to your point with Turpin, it slots everybody

785
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 4: else into their role. Jalen Tolbert as a number two receiver,

786
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 4: I don't think any of us felt comfortable with him

787
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 4: being a number two receiver, but as a number three receiver,

788
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,240
Speaker 4: as somebody who's the third option to make a play,

789
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,360
Speaker 4: I think Jalen Tolbert's one of the better three receivers

790
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 4: top three receivers in the league right in terms of

791
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 4: a third guy on three yeah, third guy, third or

792
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 4: fourth guy on a depth chart. The depth now at

793
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 4: wide receiver looks fine. You are okay with it because

794
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,479
Speaker 4: you have that second weapon, that second lethal, elite type

795
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 4: of pass catcher, because you still have the blanket for

796
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 4: Dak Prescott and Jake Ferguson. You still have him coming

797
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,840
Speaker 4: back from an injury. Now he's had an entire offseason

798
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 4: healthy work with Dak Prescott. You get that connection back.

799
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 4: Hopefully he takes a step back to the Pro Bowl

800
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 4: caliber season that he had in twenty twenty three. Then

801
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 4: you turn around and you look at Turpin as a weapon.

802
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 4: You look at Jonathan Mingo as a red zone target.

803
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 4: Tolbert had seven touchdowns last year. If people forget how

804
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 4: effective he was in the red zone, even goal line situations.

805
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 4: He was effective, had the game winning catch against Pittsburgh.

806
00:35:56,719 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 4: All of that plays a factor now that You'reeorge Pickens

807
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 4: is in the fold. If you didn't have George Pickens

808
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 4: in the fold, I don't think you could talk about

809
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 4: Tolbert and Turpin and Mingo in the same light as

810
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 4: you can now because.

811
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 5: You wouldn't be using him in their best practices.

812
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 3: Now you can use them where they are best utilized.

813
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 4: Exactly where they can line up in where they're comfortable,

814
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,240
Speaker 4: where they're proof lies in their best spot. I think overall,

815
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 4: proven is a big, big word for it. I think

816
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,760
Speaker 4: those guys can be proven as depth receivers on your roster.

817
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 4: And now the Pickens is in the fold, they have

818
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 4: an opportunity to fall into that and have an impact

819
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 4: just like they have previously, just in a smaller role.

820
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 4: Speaking of impact, can Tyler Geiden, Mozzi Smith show flashes

821
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 4: of taking the next step? Couple first round picks that

822
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 4: people have their eyes on. I saw Mazzi the other day.

823
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 4: I will say he looks the part of a possible

824
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 4: either one or a three technique. You could really kind

825
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 4: of put him in the middle of both of those,

826
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 4: maybe even like a two technique type of body. He

827
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 4: looks big, he looks like he's been in the weight room.

828
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 4: We'll see him a little bit more today without the pads.

829
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 5: On setting prs. Probably, dude, he looks massive.

830
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 4: He definitely does so. I think there's one thing to

831
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 4: step in the right direction.

832
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 3: Tyler guid In another one.

833
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, those are the two players that you look at,

834
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 2: and I think this is the second year in a

835
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 2: row that we've probably said, Okay, we want to see

836
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 2: more from Mozzie Smith. Of course, we want to see

837
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 2: him take that next step. And Tyler Guiden. It was

838
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 2: a roller coaster rookie season. It was I think more

839
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 2: down than it was up probably, but you know, with

840
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 2: that frame and the size that he's got, there's a

841
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 2: lot to work with there, and that's why you bring

842
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 2: in two guys who have been very good at developing

843
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 2: and taking guys to the next level on the offensive line,

844
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 2: and Clayton Adams and Connor Riley both at different levels.

845
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 2: Connor of course going from Kansas State where he's had

846
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 2: a lot of success on the offensive line with the

847
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 2: Wildcats over there, Couper bb being one of the examples

848
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 2: of that, and then Clayton Adams in Arizona when he's

849
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 2: had to work with some of those guys too. But

850
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 2: you know, the interesting thing with Mozzy Smith is when

851
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 2: Matty Reflucing his staff got here, I remember there was

852
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 2: a lot of chatter about, hey, we're really excited to

853
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 2: work with Mozzie Smith. Usually when you when you would

854
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,760
Speaker 2: take this job, it's like, oh, we got Michael Parsons

855
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 2: to Ron Bland, Trayvon Dick, It's like that was excited about.

856
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 2: We're excited about Mozzi Smith and what we can do

857
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 2: with him. So that's not to say, all right, all

858
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 2: pro season for Missie Smith coming up, but I think

859
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 2: it's interesting that they pointed that out and that was

860
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 2: the first name amongst the many very talented players that

861
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 2: Dallas has on this defense. So another guy who's got

862
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 2: a good track record on the inside, especially with those

863
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 2: big one Texas, Aaron Whitecotton. You look at Quinn Williams

864
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 2: in New York, who you know. I think obviously Quinn

865
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 2: is a lot more versatile than Mozzy is than a

866
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 2: lot of the guys in the league are. But the

867
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 2: Jets had a pretty good defensive line and Aaron white

868
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 2: Connon was a big part of that. So if they

869
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 2: can take Missey Smith to the next level, then I

870
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 2: think you feel better about the defensive tackle position, because

871
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 2: right now, as it stands, I don't feel great about

872
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 2: defensive tackles at all, not at all. I mean, let

873
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 2: me let me read you the names the Cowboys have

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Speaker 2: at defensive It's.

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Speaker 4: Not even I'll let you read here in a second,

876
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 4: but it's not even an if they can take Mazzie

877
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Speaker 4: Smith to the next level.

878
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 5: It is a must they have to.

879
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Speaker 4: With the way that this lineup and the depth chart

880
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 4: is a defensive tackle or else, it's going to be

881
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 4: the same thing as they were last year. They're gonna

882
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 4: be thirty second and stopping the run. Teams are going

883
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Speaker 4: to gouge them up the middle, and it's going to

884
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Speaker 4: be tough on your linebackers to stay healthy all season.

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Speaker 3: Long read the list though, real quick.

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Speaker 2: So it's OsO, Dicky Zuo, Mazzi Smith, Good, Solomon Thomas,

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Speaker 2: j Doya, Tommy A King Besote, Justin Rodgers, and Denzel Dackson.

888
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 3: That's it.

889
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Speaker 4: Defensive tackle room, Osa and Solomon Thomas as three techs.

890
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Speaker 4: I feel okay about. I think that's a good one

891
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,919
Speaker 4: two punch of three tech. I don't feel good about

892
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Speaker 4: anything else.

893
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 2: There no not and you should. I mean, until we

894
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Speaker 2: see you are. If you are coming into this season

895
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 2: relying on two seventh round picks to serve as important

896
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 2: depth pieces for you, that's not a great sign. I'm

897
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Speaker 2: not saying that Doya and a King Besota can't be

898
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Speaker 2: good for this team. They very well could, but that's

899
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Speaker 2: asking a lot of two rookies right off the bat

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00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 2: as soon as they get here. Yeah, and a team

901
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Speaker 2: that has struggled as much as the Cowboys do in

902
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Speaker 2: their front seven at stopping the run. That is, it's

903
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 2: a room that I think needs improvement. They can prove

904
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Speaker 2: me wrong, and that's fine. I mean, I'm sure the

905
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Speaker 2: Cowboys fans would want that, and the Cowboys would love

906
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Speaker 2: to see the growth in the next step. But there's

907
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Speaker 2: a lot to be There's a lot left to be

908
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Speaker 2: desired in that in that room.

909
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Speaker 5: I think it's not like there season oververse gets some

910
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 5: one of the best run running attacks in the NFL, right.

911
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 2: Nah, you know Saquon Barkley kind of oh guy, you

912
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Speaker 2: know two thousand yard season last year? Got it something

913
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Speaker 2: like that?

914
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Speaker 3: Man side bar to that.

915
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Speaker 4: The one of my favorite parts of the NFL schedule

916
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Speaker 4: release is seeing all like the little easter eggs and

917
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Speaker 4: shots that other teams take at other teams. The Chargers

918
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Speaker 4: having the ghost of Saquon Barkley haunting the Giants in

919
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Speaker 4: the middle of like their room in their Minecraft schedule

920
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Speaker 4: release was hilarious.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was so good.

922
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Speaker 2: It just like pops out of the wall and it's.

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Speaker 4: Just Saquon haunting the giants, and that will haunt for

924
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Speaker 4: a while.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly will.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take our second break.

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Speaker 4: When we come back, we'll answer the other couple questions

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Speaker 2: To Talking Cowboys.

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Speaker 4: Back here on Talking Cowboys, Glad you're with us. Tommy Urrish,

976
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Speaker 4: Josh Rodriguez, Chris Bean doing great work in the back

977
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Speaker 4: of Kyle Yeomans. All right, we're going through Tommy's article

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Speaker 4: five questions to monitor as the Cowboys began. OTA's great article.

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Speaker 4: can see a little bit more in depth even to

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Speaker 4: what we're giving at the moment. We've gone through receivers,

982
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Speaker 4: We've gone through MICHAEH. Parsons. How about how involved will

983
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,439
Speaker 4: Dak Prescott be that's a big one right now. Where

984
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 4: do you feel like Dak Prescott's involvement should be at

985
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 4: this point in time coming back from the injury.

986
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Speaker 3: Seen him on the field a little bit, but not

987
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:03,320
Speaker 3: like full speed.

988
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 4: There's no pads yet, you think he should be fully

989
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 4: involved or just pitch count.

990
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:08,440
Speaker 2: At the moment.

991
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,479
Speaker 5: I think he's he's earned the right to do whatever

992
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 5: he needs to do on the field. I mean, obviously

993
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 5: they have him out there. You see him working out.

994
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 5: I mean I see him working out just about every

995
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 5: single day. He's out there, and he's active.

996
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 3: And see it on social media videos too.

997
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, the social media videos. I mean he was

998
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 5: like catching puns out there, like just for fun, you know.

999
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,319
Speaker 5: I Mean it wasn't anything serious at all, but like

1000
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 5: he's active, he's having a good time clearly out there.

1001
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,360
Speaker 5: I think as involved as he wants to be in

1002
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Speaker 5: OTAs he will be. And I think he's already on

1003
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 5: the same page with coaches as far as like how

1004
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 5: in fault he's going to be.

1005
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 3: He's been like an extension of the coaching staff, Like.

1006
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, since he got hurt, even before McCarthy's era came

1007
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 4: to a halted in the middle of the year or

1008
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 4: in the middle of the off season. Now into the

1009
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 4: Schottenheimer era, he was a big proponent for Schottenheimer to

1010
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,319
Speaker 4: be the head coach. Yeah, so he's going to give

1011
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 4: everything he can to try and help Shottenheimer. I think

1012
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 4: he's he's on the right track. He's putting in the

1013
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:04,839
Speaker 4: work for sure.

1014
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I mean going back to Shotty, I mean,

1015
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,839
Speaker 2: Dak Prescott was a big reason that Brian Schottenheimer's name

1016
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:12,720
Speaker 2: kind of got pushed to the forefront of the Cowboys

1017
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 2: coaching search. He was a big advocate for him. They

1018
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 2: have a great relationship and you know, Shoty talked about

1019
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 2: when he got the job that they've got a relationship

1020
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 2: to the point where they can have tough conversations too,

1021
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 2: and they can push each other in the right direction.

1022
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 2: Knowing Dak Prescott, excuse me, that's exactly what he's gonna want.

1023
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 2: As far as how involved he'll be, I think the

1024
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 2: Cowboys need to be cautious with this in terms of

1025
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,439
Speaker 2: you know, he's a guy that because he cares so much,

1026
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,720
Speaker 2: and Mike McCarthy talked about it with us several times,

1027
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 2: he's a guy that can sometimes overwork and and do

1028
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 2: more than he's supposed to. And all great players want

1029
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 2: to do that. But when you're nursing an injury and you,

1030
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Speaker 2: like I said, have only been played fully hit Nick Harris,

1031
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Speaker 2: you got to can't call me during the show.

1032
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Speaker 3: I would say it's a bad idea, terrible idea.

1033
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 2: But you know, when you're coming back, like I said,

1034
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,919
Speaker 2: two healthy seasons in the last five years, you got

1035
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 2: to be cautious and make sure that he's fully ready

1036
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 2: by week one because that's what matters. Like we talked

1037
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 2: about with Michael Parsons, like when he gets on the field,

1038
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 2: you know, you can debate that it doesn't really matter

1039
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 2: until trading camp. Dak Prescott, you can you can hang

1040
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 2: your hat on. Okay, we've seen this guy play. He's

1041
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 2: going into his tenth NFL season. He knows everything he

1042
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,879
Speaker 2: needs to know about our scheme. He's in the room

1043
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 2: every day and he's still participating in practice. But we

1044
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 2: don't need to have him taking every rep or go

1045
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 2: on one hundred percent when he's still nursing back to

1046
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 2: full health. We want this guy at one hundred percent

1047
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 2: for seventeen games, so you can I think he played

1048
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 2: a little bit more cautious with Dak Prescott.

1049
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 4: No, yeah, I think you can. And it was a

1050
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,880
Speaker 4: non contact injury to start, right. You don't want anything

1051
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 4: else like that to happen, So continue to get him involved.

1052
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 4: I think he's going to be really involved, just like

1053
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 4: you said, based off of what we've seen.

1054
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:54,760
Speaker 2: In the building.

1055
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 5: He's out there every single day.

1056
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 4: I think he'll be pretty much in the thick of

1057
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 4: it as you would expect at this time of the year.

1058
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 5: And when I say out there, not with the clipboard

1059
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:02,280
Speaker 5: like he's run.

1060
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:04,320
Speaker 3: Running around, got a jersey on and everything.

1061
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 4: Who can rise to the top in the running back

1062
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Speaker 4: and corner back rooms.

1063
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Speaker 3: Now we just.

1064
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 4: Talked about defensive tackle. These two spots concerned me significantly.

1065
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 4: When it comes to the Cowboys roster running back. I

1066
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 4: like the veterans that they've had. I think Jaden Blue

1067
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 4: can be a home run hitter at some point, but

1068
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:26,800
Speaker 4: it's not likely that you're going to rely on a

1069
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 4: fifth round running back to be that guy off the

1070
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 4: jump and to be a starting bell cow back or

1071
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:33,839
Speaker 4: even a change of pace back at this point in time.

1072
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Speaker 5: You say that, but I think that's a lot of

1073
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 5: people's expectations. I think I think that's the fans expectations.

1074
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:39,839
Speaker 3: That's unrealistic to think.

1075
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,359
Speaker 4: And I think it's it's great if it happens, yep,

1076
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,240
Speaker 4: but the expectation of it would be unrealistic in my opinion.

1077
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 5: But I think we have to put it out there

1078
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 5: that it's like, I don't think you want to go

1079
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 5: into the season thinking that Jayden Blue is going to

1080
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Speaker 5: be your every down back because he was not that

1081
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 5: in college.

1082
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:55,239
Speaker 2: Now he was not that.

1083
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 4: He never showed, but there's less tread on the tires,

1084
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 4: of course, in around some great running backs. He had

1085
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 4: a great run coach that's now coaching for some team

1086
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 4: up north that wears blue and has a cat on

1087
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Speaker 4: their helmet. There's a couple of things to kind of

1088
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 4: keep in mind with him though. Is he had a

1089
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:13,239
Speaker 4: fumbling concern. He's not a physical back. There's a lot

1090
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 4: of speed element to his game and a finesse element

1091
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 4: to his game. He's gonna have to have to add

1092
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,480
Speaker 4: some size. He's going to have to add some physicality.

1093
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 4: Pass protection is going to be a thing that they're

1094
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:25,360
Speaker 4: going to be concerned about early in his career.

1095
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 3: Running back corner. I look at and I.

1096
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:32,320
Speaker 4: Say, there are still holes here, especially until Diggs returns.

1097
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,719
Speaker 4: He did put out a tweet yesterday that I thought

1098
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 4: was kind of interesting, saying that he was returning quicker

1099
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 4: than he thought. Initially, it kind of felt like he

1100
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 4: was talking about his initial injury, like the one from

1101
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 4: He was speaking in past tense, in past terminology, So

1102
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:48,399
Speaker 4: I don't know if he was talking about the first

1103
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,399
Speaker 4: time he had a major injury, but.

1104
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:51,279
Speaker 3: This is a second time.

1105
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 4: So even if he does return earlier than expected, I'm

1106
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 4: interested to see how he's going to fit into the

1107
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:57,719
Speaker 4: fold in this cornerback room.

1108
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, if he can return earlier than expected,

1109
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 2: that would be massive for Dallas because you know, you

1110
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,240
Speaker 2: look at the cornerback room, You've got Deran and Bland

1111
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 2: in there, and then after that, it's really a lot

1112
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,359
Speaker 2: of question marks, like what are the Cowboys getting out

1113
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,720
Speaker 2: of Kyrie Elam who they traded for in the off season.

1114
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 2: You know, does a fresh is a fresh start what

1115
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 2: he needed to be more of what we saw when

1116
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 2: he was coming out of Florida. Savone Revel the third

1117
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 2: round pick from this year's draft. Is he ready to.

1118
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 3: Go and been there to starting like that?

1119
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,840
Speaker 2: Right? But he's been off to the side. He hasn't

1120
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 2: been participating in any team activities and he won't as

1121
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 2: he continues to recover from attorney cl but he said

1122
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 2: he should be ready by training camp. So if he

1123
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 2: goes through trading camp and does well, does this staff

1124
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:44,080
Speaker 2: trust him enough to start him on day one opposite

1125
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 2: to Ron planned? And then, you know, the biggest thing

1126
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 2: for me is who are you putting in the slot?

1127
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 2: You know, with Jordan Lewis leaving this off season going

1128
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 2: to Jacksonville, you know, do you look at Israel mcwamou

1129
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 2: is that a guy that you want to put in there?

1130
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 2: I know there's been some tretterary that's wherever he's out.

1131
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,200
Speaker 2: I know there's been a lot of chatter about Deron

1132
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 2: Bland moving into slot. I don't see that happening. I

1133
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 2: think that's less likely, but I think you can still

1134
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 2: lay it out on the table. But those that position

1135
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:13,240
Speaker 2: the slot corner especially is going to be the biggest

1136
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,080
Speaker 2: question for me, just because I think it's a really

1137
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 2: important role in today's NFL.

1138
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 5: I think that's the one answer that you don't really

1139
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 5: find out until training camp. Until the start training camp

1140
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:25,800
Speaker 5: and when you see uh Savon revol Savone Rebel, Savone REVL.

1141
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 5: I don't think it until he's healthy and on the

1142
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 5: field and you know, taking reps. I don't think that

1143
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 5: you really know the answer until then, because I think

1144
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:37,240
Speaker 5: you're banking a lot on how he's going to produce.

1145
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 5: You're banking a lot on his production during the season

1146
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 5: when you don't exactly know what he looks like in

1147
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:42,359
Speaker 5: the defense here.

1148
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 4: I don't think you can bank on anybody's production in

1149
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,759
Speaker 4: the cornerback room period because if you think of Deron Blan,

1150
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,880
Speaker 4: Trayvon Diggs, those guys have been injured, they've been out

1151
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 4: of the lineup, they've been back and forth. Sure, Trayvon

1152
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,160
Speaker 4: did what he did a couple of years ago and

1153
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,720
Speaker 4: broke records with the interception. Same thing with Deron Bland

1154
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 4: too years ago. Now broke records with the pick sixes

1155
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 4: and had a great year. But they've had major injuries,

1156
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 4: sometimes multiple in the case of Trayvon Diggs going into

1157
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 4: this year, I don't think you can bank on any

1158
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 4: of those guys because everybody that's expected to be a

1159
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:20,720
Speaker 4: starter right now had had some kind of injury last year. Bland, Digs, Carson,

1160
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 4: and revel At the college level, all four of your

1161
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 4: guys that could possibly be a starter in that room

1162
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:30,040
Speaker 4: are coming off of some level of injury, sometimes major injuries,

1163
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 4: most of the time major injuries, and you're gonna have

1164
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,440
Speaker 4: to fit them in with the expectation that they're going

1165
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:36,280
Speaker 4: to be solidified in the cornerback spot.

1166
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 3: And I don't feel great about that.

1167
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 5: And that's exactly why I say I don't think that

1168
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,200
Speaker 5: question reveals itself or or it gets answered in any

1169
00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:45,920
Speaker 5: way until camp. I don't think there's anything between now

1170
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,319
Speaker 5: and camp that they do until we get there on

1171
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:49,719
Speaker 5: the ground and then they start seeing.

1172
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,640
Speaker 4: These You say the same thing, because I think I

1173
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:53,359
Speaker 4: could say the same thing about running.

1174
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,879
Speaker 5: Back that I feel like it. I feel like we're

1175
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:57,960
Speaker 5: we're going to see something. I feel like we are

1176
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 5: where we're at with running back. I don't know that

1177
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,400
Speaker 5: that change that all. I think it's you're going to

1178
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 5: lean on Javonte Williams. I think he's going to be

1179
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 5: your starter.

1180
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 3: Okay.

1181
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,439
Speaker 2: I think Gavonte Williams is a little bit more juice

1182
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,320
Speaker 2: and we're giving him credit for Okay, I'm not saying

1183
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,040
Speaker 2: I would be. I'm not saying that he's, you know,

1184
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 2: a Pro Bowl lock or anything like that. But I

1185
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 2: think that he's got a little bit more left on

1186
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 2: the tank than people think. Obviously, the injury passed with

1187
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 2: him has been you know, really what what has changed things.

1188
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 2: But we'll see what happens obviously, But you know, when

1189
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:29,640
Speaker 2: you look at a buy committee approaches, is what it

1190
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 2: looks like the Cowboys are going to have to rely

1191
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 2: on at least to start. I think Williams is your

1192
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,480
Speaker 2: spearhead there and then everything after that is is kind

1193
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 2: of up for grabs. You know what kind of version

1194
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 2: of Miles Sanders do you get? Do you get more

1195
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 2: of the twenty twenty two Philadelphia Miles Sanders or do

1196
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:47,120
Speaker 2: you get more of the twenty twenty four Carolina Panthers

1197
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:49,879
Speaker 2: Miles Sanders. Right, that's an interesting one to look at.

1198
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,520
Speaker 2: And you know Jaden Blue watching him for since his

1199
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,120
Speaker 2: high school days at Cline Kane and then going to Texas,

1200
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 2: you know, what he's able to do in the open

1201
00:52:57,280 --> 00:53:00,160
Speaker 2: field with his speed and as a receiving back is

1202
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 2: incredibly dangerous. And you know, in the open field he

1203
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,440
Speaker 2: is one of the harder guys I've ever seen to

1204
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:08,279
Speaker 2: bring down just because of what he can do. With

1205
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 2: his legs and you know, making guys miss one on one.

1206
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:13,800
Speaker 2: But this is a guy who in his college days

1207
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 2: had one game with eighteen or more offensive touches in

1208
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,320
Speaker 2: a game. So this is not a I'm gonna carry

1209
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 2: the workload type of running back. Yeah, this is a

1210
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 2: guy who you know, he can run in between the tackles.

1211
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:28,800
Speaker 3: Think Tony Pollard coming out of Memphis.

1212
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, he can run in between the tackles, and he

1213
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 2: can slip out of the backfield on a wheel route

1214
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 2: or on a Texas route and catch and run for you.

1215
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:36,879
Speaker 2: But he's not gonna be a guy who's gonna carry

1216
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 2: the ball twenty twenty five times a game, which is

1217
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,799
Speaker 2: what it sounds like Brian Schotdheimer would be looking for,

1218
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:43,920
Speaker 2: because based on how much he wants to run the football,

1219
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,200
Speaker 2: he can give you the home run ability, but just

1220
00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 2: in a different way compared to some of the other

1221
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:51,400
Speaker 2: guys in the draft we were talking about, like a

1222
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,160
Speaker 2: Traveon Henderson or an Ashton gent or something like that,

1223
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:57,359
Speaker 2: just because his looks a little bit different. And it's

1224
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 2: a good different, I mean, because he's so fast and

1225
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,760
Speaker 2: he can do once he gets the ball in space,

1226
00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 2: you know, But it does he is he able to

1227
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:07,640
Speaker 2: do enough and is he able to contribute enough? And

1228
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 2: what Brian Schotenheimer's trying to do compared to what Steve

1229
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,360
Speaker 2: Sarkisian did a Texas to be able to find his

1230
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 2: fit here. That'll be the interesting thing to watch. And

1231
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 2: then of course Phil Maffa from Clemson is the other

1232
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:18,759
Speaker 2: wild card there. He's more of the you know.

1233
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 6: Bigger bodies, sugger bodies, get the yard right, pass protection,

1234
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 6: and you know he's he's the thumper who can go

1235
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:28,680
Speaker 6: in between the tackles and have more success there.

1236
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,319
Speaker 2: He's had a little bit better. He's a much better

1237
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 2: history in terms of ball security compared to Jayden Blue,

1238
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:36,279
Speaker 2: who has really struggled with that. So it's a it's

1239
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 2: a wide open room. I think behind Javonte Williams. But

1240
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:42,480
Speaker 2: like I said, I think Davonte Williams, I don't think

1241
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 2: we've given him enough credit just yet. I hope you're right.

1242
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:47,799
Speaker 4: I hope you are because I think he did some

1243
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 4: things in Denver that was worthwhile, and and yes he

1244
00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:53,000
Speaker 4: dealt with injuries there too and kind of had it

1245
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 4: up and down ending. I just still don't feel comfortable

1246
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,320
Speaker 4: with either one of those positions, running back or corner.

1247
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,839
Speaker 4: I think so somebody from running back will emerge as

1248
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,680
Speaker 4: the guy. Now, does that mean they can't go get

1249
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 4: some outside help or go sign somebody else. No, that

1250
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 4: doesn't mean that that's going to end that. I think

1251
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 4: it would take somebody being just through the roof for

1252
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 4: that to be out of the equation.

1253
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:16,800
Speaker 5: But aren't you at least a little bit surprised of

1254
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 5: what they've done so far at running back? What do

1255
00:55:19,239 --> 00:55:22,759
Speaker 5: you mean this offseason? I just mean, like, isn't any

1256
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 5: of this? Is any of this surprising to you? What

1257
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 5: they've done with the running back positions?

1258
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:31,640
Speaker 4: Really really drafted a guy late, added two veterans. I

1259
00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,840
Speaker 4: mean they've added veterans before. I think Javonte Williams is

1260
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,800
Speaker 4: probably the best of the veterans that they've added. Research

1261
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:41,600
Speaker 4: for think about guys like Royce Freeman and I'm trying

1262
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 4: to think of even some of the other guys they had. Yeah,

1263
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:47,239
Speaker 4: like that was an undrafted free agent, Yeah, the same

1264
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 4: kind of They.

1265
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,879
Speaker 5: Haven't spent guys that are not gonna like blow you away.

1266
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 4: Correct, they haven't done the big move at running back

1267
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:58,799
Speaker 4: in since drafting Zeke. Really that was the last time

1268
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 4: they did a big move at running back, and am

1269
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 4: I saying you have to make a big remove at

1270
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,160
Speaker 4: running back. No, but you need somebody that's gonna sit

1271
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 4: up there and run the football behind a revamped offensive

1272
00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:11,799
Speaker 4: line and give you some confidence in pass protection, to

1273
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 4: get your quarterback some time to throw, and to give

1274
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,839
Speaker 4: you a pass catch option out of the backfield. If

1275
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 4: these three guys Blue, Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders can get

1276
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:24,480
Speaker 4: you that, then I think will feel Okay. I'm not

1277
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 4: looking at this with the expectation of those three guys doing.

1278
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:27,719
Speaker 2: That, though.

1279
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:29,880
Speaker 5: Which of the guys most likely to do that?

1280
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 3: For probably Williams, Yeah, I would say Williams, and then.

1281
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 4: Blues probably in the second the competition with Sanderss guys

1282
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 4: on a similar tier, mostly because Blue is gonna be

1283
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:43,400
Speaker 4: on a rookie deal. He's got a younger, quicker background

1284
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,799
Speaker 4: to him. He's also got a pass catching element to

1285
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:50,640
Speaker 4: his game. Sanders was almost exclusively a pass catcher out

1286
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 4: of the backfield for Carolina last year.

1287
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,640
Speaker 3: Was really where the majority of his production came.

1288
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:56,839
Speaker 5: From, which is something that the Cowboys desperately needs They

1289
00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,720
Speaker 5: need to incorporate in their offense. Non existent.

1290
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, then that's where the running back by committee can

1291
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:05,120
Speaker 4: can work. But man, there's a lot that can fall

1292
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:08,240
Speaker 4: apart too, because what you might get in a positive

1293
00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:10,239
Speaker 4: element from one player, you may give up in a

1294
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,880
Speaker 4: negative element in that same player exactly. It's kind of

1295
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:16,840
Speaker 4: inconsistive and take yeah, yeah, So that's gonna do it

1296
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:17,400
Speaker 4: for us though.

1297
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:19,760
Speaker 3: Here on Talking Cowboys, I hope you had some fun

1298
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:20,320
Speaker 3: with us here.

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Speaker 2: Over the last hour.

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Speaker 4: Started the show making the joke that we won't be

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Speaker 4: back on the air until next Tuesday, and all of

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Speaker 4: this stuff's gonna happen between now and then. While that

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Speaker 4: is serious, and we'll be back next Tuesday. Be sure

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Speaker 4: to keep up to date Dallas Cowboys dot com. Tommy Rish,

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Speaker 4: Patrick Walker, Nick Eatman contributing through OTA's getting into mini

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Speaker 4: camp coming up very soon.

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Speaker 5: And talking Kylie Ome's on there too.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna sprinkle a little bit so in there we'll

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Speaker 4: Take five or something maybe yeah or five I presented

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Speaker 4: by Take five Bank. There you go, for Tommy rsh

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Speaker 4: for Josh Rodriguez, for Chris Beam in the back.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for watching.

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Speaker 4: I'm Kyli Yomans saying so long from Talking Cowboys We'll

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Speaker 4: see you next week.

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Speaker 1: This has been a production of dallascowboys dot Com and

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