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Speaker 1: to a very unique episode of Cowboys Cross Talk as

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Speaker 1: we enter the bye week, and gentlemen, before I make introductions,

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Speaker 1: I have one thing to say. Five and one, baby,

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Speaker 1: five and one. Let's go, man go, Dallas, Cowboy go.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to it. To my right tonight

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Speaker 1: joining us, always a pleasure, always a good time. Ran

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Speaker 1: and brought us the one on five three. Yank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. You're looking good. I'm trying man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I broke out the mid of light. See you at

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Speaker 1: the draft. You know, I tried to kind of cover

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Speaker 1: all the bases. I like it. I like it. Thank

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Speaker 1: you to you're right repping the uh, the Cowboys and

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Speaker 1: the Royal Blue Team. Now. Thaniel Newton, welcome to the

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Speaker 1: show Big Night, it was baby, Baby gotta win the

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Speaker 1: five week Baby, let's go. We will not lose this

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Speaker 1: week and Toil. You're right, yes, sir, the one the

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Speaker 1: only our special guests, our guest of honor tonight Rocket.

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Speaker 1: It's my ell, it's happening right. I never heard from

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Speaker 1: Dallas like that. You said it's my hell with the

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Speaker 1: elaborate enunciation. There we go, kiss my hell. Yeah, there

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Speaker 1: we go. So this is gonna be a fun show

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Speaker 1: because we have nothing really to talk about specifically except

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, how they've been performing, what you like

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Speaker 1: about the team and what you don't, and other than that,

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Speaker 1: we can take this anywhere we want to go because

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Speaker 1: there's no game to talk about. All right, Well, I

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Speaker 1: love it and for the show, Brian asked me a

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Speaker 1: question then we got cut off and ceremoniously, and the

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Speaker 1: question was what the heck happened to my irish when

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Speaker 1: they were playing Cincinnati? And my answer was about to

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Speaker 1: be man, they're a good team as far as Notre

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Speaker 1: Dame is concerned, but they're not good enough to overcome

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Speaker 1: inconsistent quarterback play, and they're not good enough to overcome

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Speaker 1: more than one turnover. And that's the short of what

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Speaker 1: happened in that game. I wanted to be I wanted

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Speaker 1: anytime you could kick a notre dame. It doesn't always

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Speaker 1: happen that way. I can dig it. I can dig it.

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Speaker 1: Told me before the show, he said, you got one job.

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Speaker 1: Don't let him start talking about notre dame. We got

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Speaker 1: thirty seconds in aready your mission? So what have you

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Speaker 1: been up to? Rocket Man? Learning how to parents young adults,

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Speaker 1: because it's like they're still in that age, so that

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Speaker 1: right and have I told my children, you don't have

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Speaker 1: you still have to honor us. And how I tell them,

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Speaker 1: when you're honoring us, is gonna guarantee two things. That

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Speaker 1: you'll live long and that you'll have an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: prosper in this land that you're in. So with that

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Speaker 1: can't just lay down the law because my twenty five,

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Speaker 1: still have to pay for, right, And so it's like that, like, man,

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Speaker 1: Legends community and the Legends community for anybody that's a

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Speaker 1: former player that's out there listening, you're a legend if

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Speaker 1: you're a legend. You play for any of the thirty

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Speaker 1: two teams. Now it is any of the thirty two teams,

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Speaker 1: and you can get information and download an app at

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Speaker 1: NFL dot players dot com. And that's the other part

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Speaker 1: I go to Notre Dame games. Yeah all right, we

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Speaker 1: it feels a lot like two thousand and sixteen a

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Speaker 1: It's helping the defense with the turnovers and things they're

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Speaker 1: I just want to say, And I don't I don't

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Speaker 1: holds my breath every time I see Dak take off. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I am less and less anxious whenever we find ourselves

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Speaker 1: of the play calling with Kelly Moore's three different things. Okay,

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Speaker 1: when you talked about consistency overseason, that that to me

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Speaker 1: it was coming down to these same situations. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: I mean they put so much pressure. I mean Belichick

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Speaker 1: our defense is just good enough to agitate you, and

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Speaker 1: our offense is good enough to win it all. Yes,

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Speaker 1: So we can keep agitating folks defensively and to this

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Speaker 1: think they where they need to be against top level competition,

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Speaker 1: but they can agitate you just well, the turnovers make

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Speaker 1: that's it, and he said like six and two, six

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Speaker 1: what is this language is speaking? And he was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: six steps in his stem, two steps to get out.

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Speaker 1: And I was like, wait what. I didn't know. Literally,

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Speaker 1: I'm in the NFL all this time. I did not

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Speaker 1: know that outside of a slant, a three steps slant

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Speaker 1: know that you could count your steps on every route

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Speaker 1: you run. And then he broke it down to me,

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Speaker 1: and instantly I understood why in my day, teams like

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Speaker 1: Green Bay, teams like San Francisco always had a premierly

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Speaker 1: in the league receiver, not just the number one guy

440
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Speaker 1: was you never heard of him, but he was always

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Speaker 1: amazing and his steps and his routes were precise. Now

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Speaker 1: I say that to say, you asked me about what

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Speaker 1: DBS gave me issues. Nobody gave me issues. Once I

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Speaker 1: understood that, and I was, if you will, declining in

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Speaker 1: my growth hormone was starting to the diminish. I could

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Speaker 1: feel it. Yeah, I'm getting you the science. I'm getting it,

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Speaker 1: the science and everything that was a problem before with

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Speaker 1: any dB it was it wasn't a problem anymore. Moving forward.

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Speaker 1: It was like I could I don't care if you

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Speaker 1: was Darryl Green, I don't care if it was Champ Billy.

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Speaker 1: I don't care if he was Dion Standings, even though

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Speaker 1: I just saw him in practice. So on one time

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Speaker 1: in the game when we played them, nobody was giving

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Speaker 1: me problems anymore. And then it became okay, who's my quarterback?

456
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Speaker 1: And then who's my offensive coordinating? So it was just

457
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Speaker 1: so one guy did initially, But then after I got

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Speaker 1: the knowledge that I should have had back then, oh man,

459
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Speaker 1: it was too bad, Too bad. I didn't have them

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Speaker 1: them things floating around the guys who gave in trouble

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Speaker 1: with the guys who could count along with him when

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Speaker 1: Rocket was one, two three? What did you say, Nate,

463
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Speaker 1: that's just too bad if they didn't have them them

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Speaker 1: places for the hormones that they got out exactly. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: that one a lot. Nebraska did that. Yeah, all right,

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Speaker 1: let's take you know what, this has been such a

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Speaker 1: great show. We're already halfway done. Can you believe that

468
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Speaker 1: we got so much more to talk about it. Let's

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Speaker 1: take our take our second break, and when we come back,

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Speaker 1: got a lot of stuff to get to with the

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Speaker 1: great rocket It. Smile when we come back. You're listening

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Speaker 1: in Frisco. Welcome back to the show. Shannon Gross, Brian

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Speaker 1: brought us Nate Newton and Rocket Ismael joining the show

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Speaker 1: What do we want to talk about here? Do we

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Speaker 1: want to teach you? Write anything down during the show,

491
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Speaker 1: before the show or before the show? No, I's printed

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Speaker 1: some stuff out I could. I've had so many different directions.

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Speaker 1: I can go with these things I wrote down. Let's

494
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Speaker 1: talk about we mentioned it earlier. Yea rocket. You feel

495
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Speaker 1: really good because of a number of things on offense. Right,

496
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Speaker 1: How do you guys feel about Dak Prescott? I feel

497
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: like Wednesday Wednesday last week, but today's Wednesday Sunday against

498
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: the Patriots. I saw something that I've been waiting to

499
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Speaker 1: see with Dak. I've always had that nervousness like, oh,

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Speaker 1: it's always a I don't know if we can go

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Speaker 1: win this game. I don't know if he can start

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Speaker 1: on his own twenty or thirty and go down the

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Speaker 1: field and win a game. I feel like going into

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00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: this year and what he's done on offense taking command

505
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: of the offense, I started feeling better. But I saw

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00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: something on Sunday where it's like, Okay, maybe this is

507
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: the moment where he a mojo mojo, but where he

508
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: did what he had to do. Ugly game, not his

509
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 1: best game by any means, did what he had to

510
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Speaker 1: do in the moment that he had to do it.

511
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Speaker 1: And I almost felt like I just witnessed what I've

512
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Speaker 1: been needing to see for him to be in that

513
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: elite conversation. Now to Nate's gonna say he's got to

514
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Speaker 1: go win a championship to be elite in his book,

515
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: but I can't because I play with people like James. Right.

516
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,959
Speaker 1: But but did we are we witnessing the Dak Prescott

517
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Speaker 1: entering that top five, top three quarterback conversation? Yeah? You know,

518
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: and I understand why Nate does it. And I grew

519
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 1: up in Dallas and season ticket holders for the Cowboys

520
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: from nineteen seventy two till nineteen ninety two. So I

521
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: went to work in Green Bay and my dad said,

522
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Speaker 1: I'm not giving Jerry Jones money to beat you, So

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Speaker 1: he got rid of the ticket. It really didn't matter, Dad,

524
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: We were oh in seven against It just really didn't

525
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: Him and Eric Williams used to take Reggie White for

526
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: rides every once in a while, but no, I love Reggie.

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Speaker 1: And you know the thing about it is, though, with Dak.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think every year we see something different

529
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Speaker 1: with Dak And what do you want to have the

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Speaker 1: elite conversation Joe where he ranks and people say, oh,

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Speaker 1: well he's now in the top three, or he's before

532
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: the season he was eighth or whatever like that. I

533
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 1: think there's always something with Dak that you you know

534
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: how hard he works and you know how important it

535
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Speaker 1: is to him, and you do see things. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I remember things like the ball going down the field,

537
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Speaker 1: the touch, the accuracy, balls behind, balls in front, all's

538
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: too high. But how about just seeing the field. How

539
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: about just kind of having an idea where everybody is,

540
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,399
Speaker 1: you know, and we've seen that more this year with Dak.

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Speaker 1: I think if you talk about the growth of Dak

542
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Speaker 1: Prescott is As a quarterback, you have to be able

543
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Speaker 1: to that play action game. You have to be able

544
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Speaker 1: to take your eyes away from the defense and come

545
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Speaker 1: back and find where everybody is. I think Dak Prescott

546
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: has done that as well as anybody in the league.

547
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 1: You know, and you know, think about this that offensive line.

548
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: I mean, the running game has been good, which has helped,

549
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: but you know, the right tackle situation, they haven't always

550
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 1: been solid. At center. I mean, the left guard had

551
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: some problems last week and he's it doesn't matter. Wait,

552
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Speaker 1: we're gonna take Michael Gallop out of this thing. Oh hey,

553
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: by the way, you know, you know, Maury Cooper is

554
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: gonna be banged up the whole game. You know, there's

555
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: things that Dak Prescott has just totally overcome and he's

556
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 1: not allowed this team to fail at it. You know,

557
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,879
Speaker 1: he said, Okay, I have to carry us when we're

558
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: not good enough. Some guys have come along and helped him,

559
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Speaker 1: but I think with him, it's never been a question

560
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: about the leadership. It's been mechanics and how would he

561
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: see things, and that I think has really really improved

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00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,800
Speaker 1: or him from what I've seen going into this season.

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Speaker 1: About you rocket, so for me, any questions about daxability

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Speaker 1: and or potential have. I was listening to an interview

565
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Speaker 1: and they were going over, hey, you got to this

566
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Speaker 1: point in your career, and what made you feel like

567
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: you you could make it in this league and what

568
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: made you and and he was talking about to whoever

569
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Speaker 1: the guy was, he said that when he first got here,

570
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Speaker 1: not being like a premier draft pick, but just kind

571
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: of being a guy, maybe a little more than a guy.

572
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: And his number was called and he had to step

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Speaker 1: into the huddle with all of the premier guys, the

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Speaker 1: first team, and I remember he said, there's something inside

575
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: of him just like Lit and his self talk was

576
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Speaker 1: I belong here, and not only do I belong here,

577
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: I can do this, and understanding over the years that

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Speaker 1: I played sports. When people talk about mental toughness or

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Speaker 1: leadership mentality, or when people talk about championship mentality, that

580
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Speaker 1: has to be the foundation that has the premier foundation

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Speaker 1: has to be I belong here, I can do this,

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Speaker 1: and then it's willing to put the work in, which

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Speaker 1: he was. So for me, I feel supreme confidence anytime

584
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Speaker 1: Washington's say supreme confidence every time I see him. Like

585
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: I said earlier, take off and start running to something.

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Speaker 1: A little bit of anxiety might sneak up on me.

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Speaker 1: But outside of that, I am totally thankful that he's

588
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: our quarterback. And I'm also thankful that Kellen and his

589
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: development and his maturity as offensive ordinator. It's like, man,

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00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: I'm seeing creative things happening in the play calling that

591
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: is just like the two of them together. That's a

592
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Speaker 1: legal combination. Man. I love it about ready to Go.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I will you know. I'll say this though,

594
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Speaker 1: and I think this is where rockets right about it

595
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: because as a former scout, you know, Mississippi State was

596
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: number one in the country for several weeks with Dak

597
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Speaker 1: Prescott at quarterback, and then Scouts after Dak left, Scouts

598
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: went into Mississippi State looking at their program and going,

599
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Speaker 1: we're all these great players, you know, and Dan Mullen

600
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Speaker 1: and him were like, no, it was a quarterback. It

601
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: was a quarterback that did this, and so that just

602
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 1: kind of shows you. I mean, I remember being at

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Speaker 1: camp with Nate, you know, when Kellen Moore got his

604
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: footstepped on, and then all of a sudden it was

605
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,879
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and we were watching practice and it's like, man,

606
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: the ball is not accurate here, he's not throwing. And

607
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 1: then we have a pre using game against the Rams,

608
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 1: the Rams, and it's like bang bang bang bang bang

609
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: down the field. I'm like going, WHOA, where's this guy?

610
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: And then everybody's telling you this guy's a gamer. And

611
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: then so he went from being a gamer to like

612
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: a real NFL quarterback because he developed along the way

613
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: and Rockets right about him and killing Moore. Kellen Moore's

614
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: developed as a play caller, but Dak Prescott has allowed

615
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: him to develop as a play caller as well. This

616
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: is one thing I know one guy, you know, other

617
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: guys a guy, but Gil guys Yeah, no, I'm time

618
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: about when it came to Dak be in here. Yeah,

619
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 1: Gil Brand from day one and never backed off. That's

620
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 1: that's Dallas quarterback from Gail Brand said Nate. We're sitting

621
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Speaker 1: at the table downstairs. He say, Nate, this kid can

622
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: play before they drafted him. Yes, sir, wow he and

623
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 1: I look, I'm like wow, but I've never heard nobody else. Yeah,

624
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: you know brought us with my key man. I never

625
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 1: went we talk, no, no, you we interviewed and I

626
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: know we did a documentary on him going to mississipp

627
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 1: State and Dan Mullen was telling us about him not

628
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: getting recruited, you know, like they had to convince. You know,

629
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: he threw the ball all over the place, but you know,

630
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,240
Speaker 1: it just shows you his ability. You know, he built

631
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: the dackyard over in his by his house. You know,

632
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: he's throwing every day. He's getting rallying people. You know,

633
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,280
Speaker 1: you know that's that's what he does. He's like, listen,

634
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 1: I know I've got to I've got to keep working

635
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 1: at this. And you know, some some guys just kind

636
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: of say, Okay, the ability is there. I'm just gonna

637
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: not worry about it. He knows he has to work

638
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 1: every single day and he and he does. He's remarkable

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00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,879
Speaker 1: in that way. The sad thing about this and I'm

640
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: never gonna forget this, And if you want to, always

641
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 1: think of that. Whenever Dack has had at least one

642
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: good receiver, a decent offensive line, and they running back,

643
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: tell me when has he failed? Yeah, he's never failed

644
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: when he's at it one good There's a lot of

645
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks but no, there's a lot of guys like, oh, guys,

646
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 1: I got nothing. But I'm saying he knows he's never failed. Now,

647
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: he never failed, you know now, that kid that you

648
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: love with with with the charges, I love that kid.

649
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: He I've never seen him fail. Yeah, I'll tell you

650
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: what though, you never seen him, but he's the first

651
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: you know, the game at the Ravens though. That was

652
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: an eye opener. FA you get what I'm saying. Some

653
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: guys you don't see fail. Yeah, and Dak's got the

654
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 1: the off the field stuff that you look for too.

655
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: You know it's it's he's a guy's guy. The guys

656
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: love him there, gravitate towards him, like they beat him.

657
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: My house beat him. He wouldn't get in trouble, so

658
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: I yeah, come to my house to work out. Yeah,

659
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: I got Hartfield. He took Antonio Brown and said come

660
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: to live with me. Yeah, yeah, I'll throw Yeah, he goes.

661
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 1: I don't know about that, Mike Evans, but I know

662
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: I know this guy. The slot could pay a little bit.

663
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:51,319
Speaker 1: He almost run after the Come on, man, Rocket, who

664
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: is your Who is your favorite teammate that you ever

665
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: had over the years. My favorite teammate, man, I would

666
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: have to say when I was with the Raiders. H

667
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: probably when I first got there. Willie Galt because he

668
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: took me under his wing and I was on it

669
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,760
Speaker 1: like the same wavelength as far as just eating healthy

670
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: and chiropractic right looking looking for and he essentially showed

671
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: me the town of la showed me all the different

672
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,439
Speaker 1: practitioners to go to to keep my body and work

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00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 1: in order. And then I would say Vince Evans would

674
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: be like and the reason why or Vince because I

675
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: could feel his when I got into the hudd or

676
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,240
Speaker 1: if he came in with with the with the first guys,

677
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: I could feel his vibes and energy towards me. Like man,

678
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 1: he loved to throw it deep and he's like, rock,

679
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 1: you're gonna get that. He threw me. He threw me

680
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: my first NFL touchdown to my first game against the

681
00:42:56,080 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, and so it was like so that

682
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: that's the Raiders. And then when I got to Carolina, Uh,

683
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: I had a bunch of Notre Dame former Notre Game guys.

684
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 1: Anthony Johnson was there, Pat Taro there, Ros Smith was there,

685
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: and Kennon Tatum was there, and Steve Burlin, primarily of

686
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: all of them, was there. Steve Burline was a part

687
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:21,800
Speaker 1: of helping to restore my confidence as an NFL receiver

688
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,879
Speaker 1: and me being able to see, okay, with a real

689
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: leader and with a real quarterback, and why teams keep

690
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: veteran quarterbacks at the backup position and how important that

691
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 1: actually is and so uh that group of guys. And

692
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: then by the time I got the Dallas man, it

693
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: was just like everybody like when Mike was here, like

694
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: he was he was my man um. Then he went

695
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,479
Speaker 1: down and I saw how important he was to the team.

696
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 1: The end of the Dallas Cowboys as we knew it

697
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: when he was laying on the field. That was there. Man,

698
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 1: let me tell you something that I knew it too,

699
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 1: and I was in scouting. I knew it were done.

700
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:02,359
Speaker 1: Oh I want to know exactly. Okay, Okay, I want

701
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: to say, and we gotta take our last break. Pay

702
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:06,879
Speaker 1: a couple of bills, all right when we come back.

703
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: Gotta pay rocket. Yeah, so we will feed right back.

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00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: Hold that thought. Rocket. You're listening to the Dallas Cowboys

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00:44:15,640 --> 00:47:19,800
Speaker 1: Cross Talk on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. Back to

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00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:25,240
Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgages Cowboys cross Talk check the broadcasting live

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00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: from the Cowboys Club at the Star in Frisco. Welcome

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00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,120
Speaker 1: back to the show. Shannon Gross, Brian broad Us, Nate Newton,

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00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,720
Speaker 1: and Rocket Smael joining the show tonight for the last

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00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 1: and final segment in Nate Swbcpeo helping to alleviate the

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Speaker 1: HR administrative burden that comes with running a business. Leave

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00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: the wording to them, Nate, visit not right now. Please

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00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: don't pick your phone up, because I know we lose

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00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: you when you pick your phone up. Visit swbcpeo dot

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Speaker 1: com to find out more after the show. It's appropriate

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00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,879
Speaker 1: that you would did the HR thing the Nate is it? Yeah,

717
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:06,880
Speaker 1: he's an HR problem. Wow, I just can't move with

718
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: everybody's can type so fast. I'd be like, I'll tell

719
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: you what. He tries to sit out a tweet and

720
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,919
Speaker 1: it's a semit before he gets it out before the show,

721
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 1: I will say this. I get, you know the thing,

722
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: the butt dial. Yeah, I get more butt dials from

723
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,799
Speaker 1: Nate than anybody else. And you never hear any interesting conversation.

724
00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:27,800
Speaker 1: Just hang up. I just I know when he calls,

725
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 1: I'm like Nate, and I don't hear anything, and I

726
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: just I mean hanging up if he doesn't say anything

727
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,919
Speaker 1: in the first But I get it's a funny I'm sorry,

728
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: brought us. He'll call it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Does

729
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: he call you back when he realizes that he has Yeah,

730
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: he has to say it like zero, Man, you have

731
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: a question for this young man? I do. Why are

732
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: you trying to do my everybody's trying to take my

733
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:53,239
Speaker 1: Wednesday night gig away from me? Get you if he

734
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 1: hasn't asked it one question under thirty seconds that we

735
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 1: ain't got much ta got. It's a race between him

736
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,399
Speaker 1: and because we we only got an eight minutes rocket.

737
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 1: You were talking about Michael Irvin and the impact that

738
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,319
Speaker 1: he had on you as a teammate. So just to

739
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: your point, Brian, when you were looking at it and

740
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 1: you're like, oh, man, he went down, but this is

741
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:17,720
Speaker 1: not good. When I got here, I in the NFL,

742
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: there are a lot of alpha males, and I mean

743
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 1: but a lot of them are what I would call

744
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:27,680
Speaker 1: immature alpha mels who don't have the ability to understand

745
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 1: how to apply to the strength and the potency of

746
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 1: their spirit in the right way on the team so

747
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: that the team could reach their maximum potential. Man, Mike

748
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:43,720
Speaker 1: was masterful at that. I remember how when we were

749
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 1: in Washington and it was the first game of the season,

750
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,959
Speaker 1: and we're in the huddle, man, and we were down.

751
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 1: We were down twenty one, crazy twenty one points going

752
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 1: into the fourth quarter. Bad. And and I just remember

753
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 1: Mike just started with Troy. He just started taking over

754
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 1: in a good way. And I remember we'd being in

755
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:10,319
Speaker 1: the huddle. He'd like, here comes up, the players coming in.

756
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:14,319
Speaker 1: So while Troy's listening to the play before the play,

757
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 1: before Troy told everybody to play, Mike would be like, boy,

758
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:21,480
Speaker 1: look I'm gonna give him an instep. He's playing on

759
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: my inside. I'm gonna give him a little at the

760
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,800
Speaker 1: seventh step and I'm gonna come back on it with

761
00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 1: a skinny rot post. And it was just like and

762
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:35,439
Speaker 1: and literally Troy Blake. But but then the player would work.

763
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:38,919
Speaker 1: He would throw them exactly like he said he would show,

764
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:42,319
Speaker 1: he would show love. He would And it's the thing.

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00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:46,480
Speaker 1: He knew how to reprimand some guys, and then he

766
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,919
Speaker 1: knew some guys that they didn't need to be reprimanded.

767
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,360
Speaker 1: They needed mercy to be shown to him. And he

768
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,359
Speaker 1: loved And it was like when I looked at I

769
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: was like, Michael Irvin is the Dallas Cowboys. This says

770
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: to how they got to be with it and all

771
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:05,439
Speaker 1: the other pieces. It was like he was the main cock.

772
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:08,080
Speaker 1: And so I agree with you when he went down. Yeah, man,

773
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:09,919
Speaker 1: we were there. We were three and l and when

774
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,600
Speaker 1: he was laying on the field, we became an eight

775
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 1: and eighteen. Man. Is that is that something Mike was

776
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: born with or did he practice it? Did he study

777
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 1: one with it and he went to practicing. I'm serious.

778
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:24,879
Speaker 1: He was born with his dad as a preacher because

779
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 1: the baptistry, So he had a spirit. That spirit, that's

780
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:33,799
Speaker 1: where that's where that power came. He saw his father, Yeah,

781
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,280
Speaker 1: he saw his father during the week work on rufs,

782
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 1: tard and rufs and stuff. And then on Sunday mornings, Saturday,

783
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 1: late Sat going into Sunday morning, he would get up

784
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,919
Speaker 1: and drive the Georgia and preach and come back down

785
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 1: to Miami. So he was tough. Yeah, like Irvan. Yeah,

786
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,399
Speaker 1: so you know he he had it in it, man,

787
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:54,520
Speaker 1: his dad annoying him. Dad told me you any to

788
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 1: take care of your eighty five brothers, and so that's

789
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:04,359
Speaker 1: why get that feel of being poor? You know? So absolutely, man,

790
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 1: I just I used to trying to tell people Troy

791
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:10,360
Speaker 1: was our man. He was our guy, he was our leader,

792
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 1: but the heart of the Cowboys. Yes, yes, what are you?

793
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 1: What are you? We got about probably about four or

794
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: five minutes here. What let's go around the table. We've

795
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: seen we're five and one day or five and one.

796
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:26,960
Speaker 1: I keep saying we five and one? Do we know

797
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: what this team is? And what are the expectations? Because

798
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 1: this team's all in the recent history, they struggled with

799
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: a quote unquote identity, right, feel like they have one

800
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: now at least they're developing one. What are your rocket

801
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,040
Speaker 1: to start with you, what are your expectations for the

802
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:44,799
Speaker 1: rest of the season, and you know, what is this team? All? Right?

803
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 1: So my expectations are that every challenge, whether it's the

804
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:58,320
Speaker 1: other team or if there's a shoot yourself in the

805
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:01,040
Speaker 1: foot situation and you gotta dig yourself out of the hole,

806
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 1: my expectations are that every challenge, the Cowboys will meet

807
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:13,960
Speaker 1: more of the challenges than they won't. So that's my answer.

808
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: I'm keeping this acinct. Next time ahead, Yeah, I tell

809
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,440
Speaker 1: you what, this team has proven that they have the personnel,

810
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 1: they have the coaching staff. You know, when you start

811
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:25,520
Speaker 1: to talk, if they went toe to toe with the

812
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champs. You're gonna have to look at

813
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:30,480
Speaker 1: the Packers. You're gonna have to look at the Buccaneers.

814
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 1: You're gonna probably have to look at the Cardinals. You're

815
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 1: gonna have to look at the Rams. I mean, you're

816
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 1: gonna have to beat probably two of those teams. This

817
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,839
Speaker 1: team is capable of doing that. I mean, they're gonna

818
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: get better. I think defensively, they're gonna get some players back,

819
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:47,239
Speaker 1: but scheme wise, they're really really good. They're sound on that. Offensively,

820
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,399
Speaker 1: they're hard to stop, and I think when you talk

821
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:52,640
Speaker 1: about a well coached team with the right personnel, you know,

822
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,319
Speaker 1: the attitude around the team I think is really really good.

823
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 1: The players play hard for each other and if you

824
00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: keep doing that though, they'll keep finding ways to in games,

825
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: and at the end of the year, you know, ultimately

826
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 1: you can get to where you need to be. I mean,

827
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:05,919
Speaker 1: as I was part of a Super Bowl winning team

828
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:08,640
Speaker 1: in Green Bay and it just seemed like, from from

829
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 1: the middle of the season on, we were not going

830
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: to get beat. And this team has that kind of

831
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: demeanor and that kind of attitude about them. If our

832
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: defense find out who they really are, I understand eternals.

833
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,360
Speaker 1: They are great. I wish they never stop what they

834
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: may stop if they find out who they are and

835
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:31,359
Speaker 1: the middle of v defense can bond. If the middle

836
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,920
Speaker 1: defense ever bond, we will be unstop. I just believe that.

837
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 1: That's strong words from day do because you don't normally

838
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:41,600
Speaker 1: talk like that. Yeah, if we can just bond man well. Defense.

839
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 1: They're very much like the teams that when when Green

840
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: Bay played against the Cowboys in the early nineties Super

841
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,839
Speaker 1: Bowl teams they would just physically they would beat you up.

842
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 1: They would they would get a lead and then they

843
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: would run the ball or they would You just couldn't

844
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: stop everything they were doing. Yeah, we had great players

845
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,200
Speaker 1: in Green Bay, not as great at players as they

846
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 1: were in Dallas. I think this team, Nate's right. Defensively,

847
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:05,120
Speaker 1: they continue to grow, figure things out, get some guys

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Speaker 1: back healthy. You know they've got they've got a great shot.

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Speaker 1: Last question before we get out of here, start with you,

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Speaker 1: Nate on this one. Who is your MVP of the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys so far this season? Will McClay Will mcclell,

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Speaker 1: what he's done. I love what he's done with the

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Speaker 1: pro We're going out getting free agents going out getting

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Speaker 1: free agent and all of the guys that helped draft

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Speaker 1: these these young guys. I really like that. I'm serious,

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Speaker 1: without this, without that coach along with coach Queen, they

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Speaker 1: fit in there. That's yeah, real quick for me. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do something different like Nate dan Quinn. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's come in and put something together. I thought he

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Speaker 1: they're playing. They're playing well. They're giving up some plays,

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Speaker 1: but overall making people turn over, you know, finding ways

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Speaker 1: to get off the field, that's what you gotta do.

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Speaker 1: I'm going I'm gonna have to say the combination of

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Speaker 1: Kellen Moore and Dak Prescott. That combination, to me would

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Speaker 1: be who I would vote for. Why are y'all looking

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Speaker 1: at me? You want to answer exactly? Yeah, Well you

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Speaker 1: know you you want that little guy that's on the

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Speaker 1: you don't have a series, stop it stop. You know what.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Dak, Dak Prescott because I think

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Speaker 1: he's the one the one guy that I mean, you

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Speaker 1: can go a lot of different directions, he's the one

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Speaker 1: guy I think he put Dak puts it all together,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like you now, I feel like he

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Speaker 1: can do anything. Man so brought us Nate Rockets. Mael

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Speaker 1: was our special guest tonight. This was a fun show. Rocket.

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Speaker 1: You can come back anytime. And if I ever can't

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Speaker 1: make it on Wednesday night, I'm calling you, calling you

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Speaker 1: right out of the game. You know where we're at. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: now you know? All right? Thank you guys. This has

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Speaker 1: been Cowboys Crosstalk on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. This

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