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Speaker 1: Jerry Jones joined us every Tuesday at this time here

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Speaker 1: on Sean and RJ, brought to you by Ford four

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Speaker 1: Built four Texas Built four You on Cowboys Cut Down Day.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Jerry, how are you, hey, guys, Sean r J.

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Speaker 1: Good to be on with you and great really to

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Speaker 1: be this close to our opening opening game and both

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Speaker 1: one and upon a topa with yes, sir Jerry. The

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Speaker 1: news coming out that you guys have released Ben Denucci

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Speaker 1: and Garrett Gilbert. What led to the decisions to keep

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Speaker 1: Cooper Rush over those guys, Well, I think his consistency.

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Speaker 1: We've of course had him for now going on, and

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Speaker 1: I think three years just be the third season, and

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Speaker 1: I just I just think that he's shown that he

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Speaker 1: can run the complete offense. And credit to him, he

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Speaker 1: had some tough competition. Those guys didn't cut him mini slack.

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Speaker 1: He's had a lot of reps, all of our quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: have because of the absence of Dak. All of those

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Speaker 1: things make us feel real possible here, Jerry. How much

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Speaker 1: do you guys judge I know you judge everything, but

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Speaker 1: we were curious how much do you judge practice reps

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Speaker 1: versus you know, the limited game reps. You see these

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Speaker 1: guys play at quarterback. How do you weigh those two together. Well,

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Speaker 1: if you're specifically looking at the competitive the premier competitive times,

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Speaker 1: then I would say the game reps do influence you more. However,

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Speaker 1: without using a cliche, it's the entire look. See, it's

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Speaker 1: what you're talking about, his big command of what he

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Speaker 1: needs to do in a classroom, what he needs to

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Speaker 1: take to the practice field, and then how he executes

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Speaker 1: that own the practice feel and of course of an

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Speaker 1: opportunity within a game. But you know, I don't know

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Speaker 1: how to give percentages to it. It all gets ultimately

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Speaker 1: to where it's a simple choice. But I think the

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Speaker 1: big thing is you got to feel good. You've got

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Speaker 1: to feel like the team feels good when he's in

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Speaker 1: that huddle, and so all of that is alive and

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Speaker 1: well with Cooper Jerry Anel. Right now, it looks like

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Speaker 1: Cooper's the number two. But do you expect to take

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Speaker 1: a look at who is available today after cuts are

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Speaker 1: made and maybe bring in another quarterback that's outside the

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Speaker 1: organization right now? I don't. I think that you've got

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Speaker 1: to assume that with his knowledge of what we're doing

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Speaker 1: offensively with what we're doing with the existing personnel that

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Speaker 1: we're going to be opening with. You've got to assume

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Speaker 1: you've got a pretty high bar here in terms of

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Speaker 1: what's the most effective way to play if you didn't

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Speaker 1: have back now and all of that said, it's a

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Speaker 1: high bar when you've got the background in it that

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Speaker 1: Cooper's got. So we'll see how that goes. Obviously, this

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Speaker 1: wave of wire comments about whose waves, your interest, where

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Speaker 1: you're going to be those are highly competitive things and

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Speaker 1: Proudy's reason we won't be commenting a lot on it. Jerry,

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Speaker 1: just in terms of not players names, but positions. Did

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Speaker 1: you have a really tough decision or multiple tough decisions

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Speaker 1: when he came down to cutting down some of the

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Speaker 1: position groups or where where were those spots? Well? Those, uh,

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Speaker 1: positions are are good deal as we had good numbers,

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Speaker 1: especially on our defensive front, and frankly we had some

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Speaker 1: we had some linebacker plus this here because of our

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Speaker 1: depth at linebacker and so those were those were the

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Speaker 1: challenges frankly because of our numbers there. Jerry, speaking of

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Speaker 1: the linebackers, who do you guys have at the top

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Speaker 1: of the depth chart right now? Well, I'm saying that

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Speaker 1: your starters there and that has different many different ways

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Speaker 1: to view it, but your starters are certainly Neo Parsons

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Speaker 1: Vandrei Smith. Those are the guys that have given us

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Speaker 1: our best look and anticipating what we're going to be

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Speaker 1: doing defensively, Jerry, let's let's go back to the D

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Speaker 1: line real quick. You said you had good numbers there,

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Speaker 1: But when we're trying to evaluate, maybe you know a

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Speaker 1: part of the team that could use an addition or

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Speaker 1: the most help. We take it to defensive tackle. How

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Speaker 1: do you feel about defensive tackle and do you view

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Speaker 1: that right now? Is maybe the part of your team

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Speaker 1: where if you're going to make an addition or add

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Speaker 1: some strength, that would be the first place to do it. No,

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Speaker 1: it wouldn't be, And frankly, not defensive about it. Just

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Speaker 1: used the term own defense. But having said that, we

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Speaker 1: really liked the way that our young guys had stepped up.

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Speaker 1: We've got a lot of help on the way. We've

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Speaker 1: strength for us. Jerry Jones, Right, here on Sean and

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Speaker 1: RJ on the Romeo's Pizza Hotline on DFW Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: You said last week that Dak got uncorked. We saw

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Speaker 1: some videos of him letting that thing loose. How has

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Speaker 1: mister Prescott been looking as of latent practice, Well, I

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Speaker 1: think clearly encouraging from my viewpoint. He's moved and good.

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Speaker 1: He's really got that zip on the ball. We know

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Speaker 1: that he's been throwing with his key receivers for a

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Speaker 1: as far as him being able to execute and execute

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Speaker 1: I don't have any concern at all about that, and

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Speaker 1: I know he's mentally ready to go. That's that's truly.

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Speaker 1: One of his real attributes is his ability to take

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Speaker 1: the study, take the game plan, and execute it in

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Speaker 1: the game. So full goal, no limitations in terms of

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Speaker 1: workload or playbook limitations, full go, none whatsoever. Was there

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Speaker 1: a point in this, you know, post arm injury, were

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Speaker 1: you were ever truly concerned? Well, I haven't seen a instance.

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Speaker 1: For the decision making process had a certain ambiguity to

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Speaker 1: it that was rare and that is, uh, you know

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Speaker 1: every day that you might not use his arm or

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Speaker 1: let him rest every day that he does that would

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Speaker 1: that make him better in December? Would that make him

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Speaker 1: better in the end of the year. The more rest

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Speaker 1: that you could give that particular area of the better

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Speaker 1: off you were. On the other hand, you didn't want

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Speaker 1: of what he has there of having thrown all during

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Speaker 1: the off season. So you know that that was a

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Speaker 1: kind of a catch twenty two. But we worked to

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Speaker 1: it good and we let let the player, let his

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Speaker 1: physical response dictate the decision. And so I think we're

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Speaker 1: week or two, we'd have been better off in December.

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Speaker 1: In your time as as Cowboys owner, have you had

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Speaker 1: to learn more about medicine, law or math. Well, I

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Speaker 1: think you certainly learned to rely on your experts, which

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be madness if you didn't in those areas you

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Speaker 1: just mentioned. But I think it's a it's a it's

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Speaker 1: just really it's like most things most everyday life. Those

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Speaker 1: you weigh against the other. There's always a compromise. Always

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Speaker 1: everything costs you. If you want a little more of this,

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Speaker 1: you take a little more risk over here. That's where

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Speaker 1: my decision making comes in. Jerry Jones on one oh

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Speaker 1: five three of the Fan Last thing on cutdown day, Jerry,

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Speaker 1: how tough are these conversations with you and these players?

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Speaker 1: Can you recall one that that was really difficult for you?

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Speaker 1: And has anyone ever been able to talk you out

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Speaker 1: fourth or a fifth chance when you have these tough

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Speaker 1: discussions today. No, that's not the nature of the visit.

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Speaker 1: I don't visit with all players, but eventually I see

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Speaker 1: It's it's very rare when I have not had a

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Speaker 1: contact after a player has left the Cowboys, very rare,

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Speaker 1: and usually that what goes around comes around there. And

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Speaker 1: so what I will tell you, it's not fun, it's

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Speaker 1: it's a tough time. And the key thing is that

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Speaker 1: the nature of our game, if you're a player that

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Speaker 1: You could have other opportunities with the Cowboys, and so

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Speaker 1: you've got to really keep that in mind. And that's

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Speaker 1: not a false to keep hope alive. That's a fact.

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Speaker 1: These guys have a real good chance. When they're cut here,

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Speaker 1: it's very common to see them back in the league

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Speaker 1: Jerry Jones jon us here one oh five through the fan.

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Speaker 1: I know you guys have opened your doors to the

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Speaker 1: maybe having to move their game here that they play

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Speaker 1: of that actually happening. Well, that's certainly possible. We're having discussions.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of moving parts, but we certainly

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Speaker 1: So it's a natural for us. I've spent a lot

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Speaker 1: Kimbell So this works, Jerry. We wanted to finish up

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Speaker 1: with a documentary that your Dallas Cowboys dot Com team

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Speaker 1: put together on the war Room, and the history is

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Speaker 1: some of the draft decisions we know about the spears

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Speaker 1: where one we've heard about Menzel. Can you recall just

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Speaker 1: your mind? Well, there's so many, so many, and of

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Speaker 1: course we've had some real drama because for whatever the reasons,

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Speaker 1: what I did, was trade and trade under pressure when

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Speaker 1: if you miss Hugh, your ass was on the line.

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Speaker 1: That's how I got to be a part of the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: And so I've used the analogy of one hand, your

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Speaker 1: that's the same thing that really carries over to a

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Speaker 1: draft room sometimes. How often does it happen that your

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Speaker 1: misperception of your misconception outside of the Metroplex. Well, Jerry

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Speaker 1: just makes the call and Stephen and Will mc clay

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Speaker 1: let us know, no, that's not the case. How often

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Speaker 1: has that that gut pick been overruled in that in

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Speaker 1: that war room? Well, you still have to make the

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Speaker 1: call because that is my responsibility. Yeah, what you're really

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Speaker 1: saying is not overruled. Is really what you're saying is

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Speaker 1: is when had their input influenced you differently as they

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Speaker 1: make their points. Yeah, and that happens all the time.

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Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, only God knows.

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Speaker 1: And so you know, they've done a lot of homework,

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Speaker 1: Hard Knocks tonight and we'll preview the Buccaneers next Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thanks guys, Jerry Jones brought to you by word,

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