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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys apt Now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves,
Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola and in this time for another edition
Speaker 1: of mix Shots. I'm going to fix my microphone to
Speaker 1: make sure we're not overmodulating here and there we go,
Speaker 1: and Mickey Spagnola almost said something that you may want
Speaker 1: to hear, but Mickey does not want you to hear
Speaker 1: on Mick Shots. So we get started, as we pull
Speaker 1: back the curtain. As we get started on a Wednesday. Okay,
Speaker 1: Chris Beam, our producer, had it under troll make he
Speaker 1: makes sure he knows when to turn up Mickey's mike
Speaker 1: and when to brought it down. Hey, look who's back today?
Speaker 1: Ever since here? Oh baby, I'm ready now renewed Vigor,
Speaker 1: I'm ready. It's a it's a brief ever so brief.
Speaker 1: That's right. He's making a cameo appearance this week. As
Speaker 1: we will tell you about that as we go along
Speaker 1: tomorrow's show. But we got to get through today's show first.
Speaker 1: Mickey inside the SWBC Mortgage studio there at Ford Center
Speaker 1: at the Star in Frisco, where there are football players
Speaker 1: on the premises today. Yes, football players doing football workout here.
Speaker 1: Actually practiced outdoors today so the weather gett't scare them away.
Speaker 1: And they got in about an hour hour and a
Speaker 1: half practice. All right, first time in a while that
Speaker 1: the players have been out there on the practice field,
Speaker 1: have you done. Let's let's see. They would have been
Speaker 1: before day Thanksgiving Day, Wednesday before Thanksgiving, yeah, which is
Speaker 1: unlike the Cowboys next opponent, the Baltimore Ravens, who last
Speaker 1: practice the Friday before their last game, which was a
Speaker 1: week ago Sunday. So it's been and they are within
Speaker 1: an hour kicking off against the Pittsburgh Steelers and not
Speaker 1: checking Twitter. I'm checking Twitter as we go along to
Speaker 1: make sure they're still fond to play. I'm good. I
Speaker 1: have football on a Wednesday afternoon. This is the best
Speaker 1: thing in the world to me. And it's an ugly
Speaker 1: day outside too. This is great, man. This is ordered
Speaker 1: just for me in my household. There there you go.
Speaker 1: That's exactly right. And plus it's a you can scout
Speaker 1: the Cowboys next opponents, so you're doing prep work for
Speaker 1: mix shots even after we get off the air this
Speaker 1: afternoon that he'll use on right. Yeah, that's right. Okay,
Speaker 1: you want to go ahead and tell us what the
Speaker 1: schedule is for tomorrow because I cannot be here. I've
Speaker 1: got a conflict and Everson does as well, So we're
Speaker 1: gonna come in with a kind of an um. I
Speaker 1: don't know if I should say it's an all star
Speaker 1: crew or a pickup crew, but no, no, you better
Speaker 1: not say that. No, no, it's a pickup crew right
Speaker 1: now here, Well, it'll be myself, U Nate Newton stepping
Speaker 1: in again on mix shots to see I think he
Speaker 1: wants to be on mix shots. Tell you the truth. Uh,
Speaker 1: and that's what it is. Our special guests will be
Speaker 1: the voice of the Cowboys. Brad Sham will be joining us.
Speaker 1: So and then we don't have a show on Friday, uh,
Speaker 1: So we will reconvene here as a group on Monday
Speaker 1: of it'll be of game week, right date. The day
Speaker 1: is game day, Game day is two is two day. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a great yeah, yeah, that's a great question. That's
Speaker 1: a sharp now scheduled for Tuesday, right right now. It
Speaker 1: never can count on things. You never know, but I
Speaker 1: did see where Baltimore successfully got on their airplane and
Speaker 1: was going to Pittsburgh. So and they didn't have anybody
Speaker 1: test positive today so far, but I assume they all
Speaker 1: tested before they got on the plane, so that was
Speaker 1: a good news for bio tested positive yesterday, but yesterday
Speaker 1: they did yes, And then Pittsburgh they're starting center. Maurice
Speaker 1: Pouncy tested positive this morning, so he won't be playing
Speaker 1: in the game. Yep, Marquise Pouncy is out, I mean,
Speaker 1: and so I mean that's a last minute deal. I'm
Speaker 1: looking over here at NFL Network. They've got their pregame going,
Speaker 1: and uh, it looks like a beautiful day for foot
Speaker 1: ball there. And ever since, you got the rest of
Speaker 1: your day lined up, because you've got football starting at
Speaker 1: two thirty right after Mick shots, and then you get
Speaker 1: to watch the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center to night.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they starts at seven o'clock. I have the
Speaker 1: eggnog ready with that one tried. And that is why
Speaker 1: they're playing in the afternoon because NBC decided they cannot
Speaker 1: pre empt the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, so they're
Speaker 1: playing alongside that they didn't trust if the Ravens are
Speaker 1: going to do right. You know, they didn't want to
Speaker 1: hang their hats on a game that's been moved what
Speaker 1: two or three times already, So they said, you know what,
Speaker 1: we're gonna go with a shared thing. The tree is
Speaker 1: gonna be there. We don't know about the football team,
Speaker 1: so you know what, this doesn't This doesn't happen, I
Speaker 1: bet too often. But the Dallas Cowboys, after they finished
Speaker 1: their practice already and finished their meetings, their afternoon prep
Speaker 1: work for the game is watching the game this afternoon
Speaker 1: here at the Ford Center. Nah, so they read right now,
Speaker 1: that's right. I bet you never had a team meeting
Speaker 1: that you watched the game when when you were playing.
Speaker 1: But they decided that since they've got so many days
Speaker 1: to prepare for the game, um, that they would, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, use this too. And and uh, my understanding
Speaker 1: is they're gonna watch it from their position groups, so
Speaker 1: not everybody together in one spot. Uh, they'll go into
Speaker 1: the position group meeting everyone together. No, you don't need
Speaker 1: to be together or sharing, you know you want to
Speaker 1: you want to have some stuff. Man, This is like
Speaker 1: going to a theater or something, you know, like like
Speaker 1: being a camp right, this is what this is about.
Speaker 1: Maybe they'll have that kind of feel and you could
Speaker 1: enjoy the session. Maybe they'll open the concession makes the
Speaker 1: Ford Center, you know. And of course it happens a
Speaker 1: lot where you get an opportunity, like when you have
Speaker 1: your bye week and the team that you're going to
Speaker 1: be playing next is doesn't have the same bye week
Speaker 1: that you have, and so like on a Sunday on
Speaker 1: your bye week, you could sit there and watch the game,
Speaker 1: but you're not going to do it as a team
Speaker 1: together because you're off on your own on a bye week.
Speaker 1: The other difference here is, as Mike McCarthy pointed out
Speaker 1: in this press conference this morning, is they've already done
Speaker 1: a couple of days of work on the Ravens, and
Speaker 1: so this is what makes this unique is now they've
Speaker 1: done some work there and the advanced scouting reports on
Speaker 1: and also try to figure out who might be available
Speaker 1: for the Ravens next week. And now as a team
Speaker 1: they can sit down and watch that team play live.
Speaker 1: And so that's what makes this unique. Over and preparation
Speaker 1: time as well. Yeah, because they would they would have
Speaker 1: had their virtual meeting yesterday. Remember, they couldn't come in
Speaker 1: on Monday and Tuesday, but they met, uh, and it
Speaker 1: sounded like Mike talked about we did our installations already. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then they'll you know, continue today and then they'll
Speaker 1: watch the game, and then tomorrow is the memorial service
Speaker 1: for Marcus Paul. Now they're having at a church with
Speaker 1: the family, close friends, and the Cowboys as a team
Speaker 1: will watch that virtually from here at the Star, So
Speaker 1: there'll be somewhat part of it, and they'll be able
Speaker 1: to go through the memorial service, but from afar as
Speaker 1: we've come to know in this twenty twenty year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: with the COVID restrictions, they can only have so many
Speaker 1: people in the church for the show. In regards to
Speaker 1: the Baltimore game, I mean Cowboys could take advantage of
Speaker 1: this extra preparation time. Right, They're supposed to be playing
Speaker 1: them by the schedule. It's supposed to be playing them tomorrow, correct, correct,
Speaker 1: by the schedule. Yeah, try now originally extra days to
Speaker 1: prepare for them. Now having to having said that, watching
Speaker 1: this game, I don't believe Lamar Jackson is gonna play.
Speaker 1: Is that correct? Today? That's my understanding today? Yes, Today,
Speaker 1: The problem for the Cowboys them happy for them without
Speaker 1: Lamar in the game. You know, as you watch today's game,
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's going to help or hurt
Speaker 1: them in regards to the prep because they're going to
Speaker 1: be a completely different team with a different quarterback because
Speaker 1: there is no other beasts like like the Unicorn and
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. Well, and the other part of it is
Speaker 1: that had the game been let's say they had just
Speaker 1: postponed the Steelers game to another week or canceled it
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys and Ravens played on Thursday, then they
Speaker 1: would not be facing Lamar Jackson. And now it looks
Speaker 1: like they will be facing Lamar Jackson when they play
Speaker 1: on Tuesday. Although Billy if if, if he plays, though,
Speaker 1: he's not gonna have much practice time. I don't think
Speaker 1: to prepare. The whole team's not having much practice because
Speaker 1: they won't have ten days. I mean they're they're his
Speaker 1: ten I mean his ten days aren't up until later
Speaker 1: in the week, right or almost till the game day
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson, h right, So so you know, but
Speaker 1: they'll have they'll have, but they're playing. They're playing today,
Speaker 1: so it's only like it's like playing a Saturday game. Right,
Speaker 1: because then they're gonna play on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
Speaker 1: And then right, and then as I went off yesterday, Everson, Uh,
Speaker 1: they get to pray their next game on Monday night,
Speaker 1: while the Cowboys have to play on a short week,
Speaker 1: traveling from the East Coast on Sunday. And you lose Wednesday, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you lose Wednesday. And uh and then they they don't
Speaker 1: get the extra day to practice like Baltimore does. And
Speaker 1: they're the ones that cause problem. So go figure they
Speaker 1: have to be the most infected team so far, right, Uh,
Speaker 1: it sure looks that way. I mean, and this has
Speaker 1: been gone on for several weeks with them. And that's
Speaker 1: that's including the staff, not just the players, but including
Speaker 1: the staff, right absolutely, so yeah, right, and you figure
Speaker 1: and you figure, you know that this is an advantage
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. Knock on wood. The Cowboys don't have
Speaker 1: an issue arise. You know, the Cowboys have extra time
Speaker 1: to repair. It's going to be this will be the
Speaker 1: eleven days in between games. Uh, playing on Tuesday now
Speaker 1: and the bulk of this time all spent preparing for
Speaker 1: the Ravens, while the Ravens haven't been on the practice
Speaker 1: field at all. Even before there's what would have been
Speaker 1: their scheduled game on Thursday, and even since then, preparing
Speaker 1: even for the Steelers, and who knows if their practice
Speaker 1: facility is going to be open for them even this
Speaker 1: weekend because of the number of cases they're still dealing with.
Speaker 1: And so if ever, the Cowboys had an opportunity to
Speaker 1: go on the road and the other part of it,
Speaker 1: and we can get into this as we go along here.
Speaker 1: If you look at the issues that the Ravens have
Speaker 1: had on their offensive line, even not in regard to
Speaker 1: COVID but injury issues. They lost Ronnie Stanley, their left tackle,
Speaker 1: just like the Cowboys lost theirs. They're piecing it together
Speaker 1: having even going back to the offseason when Marshall Yenda
Speaker 1: is out, you know, just like Travis Frederick for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: It's not the same Ravens team that took the field
Speaker 1: last year, even from a personnel's standpoint, even without all
Speaker 1: the COVID stuff and so, and their weapons on offense
Speaker 1: have been have proven not to be as capable, which
Speaker 1: is why they signed Dez Bryant a month ago. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that's what I picked from my Super Bowl team.
Speaker 1: So that seems to be tanked right now. They haven't
Speaker 1: played well at all this year in regards of living
Speaker 1: up to the expectations. So my my AFC Super Bowl
Speaker 1: team is not looking good. Hell for that man, and
Speaker 1: neither is my NFC Super Bowl team good. So we'll see.
Speaker 1: So this will be this will be the first time,
Speaker 1: this will be the first time, assuming Dez is active
Speaker 1: for the game against Baltimore, that the Cowboys have to
Speaker 1: face one of their number eighty eights. Right, Michael finished
Speaker 1: his career. Now I don't know if I don't think
Speaker 1: I saw him play, and I don't recall if he
Speaker 1: had eighty eight or not, but he is eighty eight. So, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Drew Pearson finished his career with the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Michael Irvin finished his career with the Cowboys. We thought
Speaker 1: Dez finished his Uh, and now you'll have two eighty
Speaker 1: eights on the field with CD LAMB were in eighty
Speaker 1: eight going up against the third. Just a little trivia,
Speaker 1: there's a well, you know, when you're talking about dads.
Speaker 1: I know you guys saw his workouts in the offseason.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you did see them, but he
Speaker 1: was all over Facebook. Uh, you know, he's supposed to
Speaker 1: be social distancing. Dad's never paid not one iota to
Speaker 1: social distancing while that was going on, and that was
Speaker 1: in the very early stages. His whole thing was I'm
Speaker 1: getting back to the NFL. He was out there running
Speaker 1: routes and then everyone was saying, well, you know, you're
Speaker 1: just running against air, so you know who you're gonna
Speaker 1: go again. So then he found some defensive back who
Speaker 1: was willing to risk his life as well with Covid
Speaker 1: to go out there and guard him, and so you know,
Speaker 1: he had it together. It has worked out for both
Speaker 1: of them, thank god that you know, nothing serious happened
Speaker 1: to them. But in regards to his drive, I had
Speaker 1: to admire, you know, what he was going through because
Speaker 1: coming off of an achilles injury, I think he was
Speaker 1: at the time close to thirty. That is a tough deal.
Speaker 1: And he looked pretty good through those practices and workouts,
Speaker 1: and he also looked pretty good in the ball game.
Speaker 1: So I'm happy for Dez. And I mean, come on,
Speaker 1: I don't know, I think all Cowboy fans really hated
Speaker 1: to see how it ended here in Dallas. So just
Speaker 1: good to see him hook up with somebody else. So
Speaker 1: that would have been the twenty eighteen season about this
Speaker 1: time of the year in twenty eighteen a little it
Speaker 1: was late November probably when he signed with the Saints.
Speaker 1: In the first practice he tears his achilles and he
Speaker 1: just turned thirty two a little less than a month ago,
Speaker 1: so he would have just turned thirty at that point.
Speaker 1: And so when you think about it, especially at that
Speaker 1: age and playing that position, they realistically coming off in
Speaker 1: achilles last year. It was going to be an uphill
Speaker 1: climb for him even to get the opportunity to have
Speaker 1: the burst that that I mean, he didn't he was
Speaker 1: he didn't have the same burst that he had early
Speaker 1: in his scureer nobody does at age thirty to begin with.
Speaker 1: And so now that he has had another year to rehab,
Speaker 1: it was going to take a lot of hard work
Speaker 1: for him to get to this point. And it's great
Speaker 1: to see that he is to this point where he's
Speaker 1: playing again in the NFL and was already specimen. He
Speaker 1: was already a physical specimen to begin with, so he
Speaker 1: had kind of a head start in that regard. Uh.
Speaker 1: And let's just remember, as much as you know, his
Speaker 1: burst wasn't there. The desire to catch the ball to
Speaker 1: fight for the ball as long as he, you know,
Speaker 1: had his mental acuity together. You know, he was one
Speaker 1: of the more dangerous receivers in the league when he
Speaker 1: was at his peak, he and Romo there was something
Speaker 1: to behold together. And I'm still my finger still hurts
Speaker 1: from jumping up in the in the in the air
Speaker 1: after I thought he made that catch against Green Bay
Speaker 1: and I hit my hand on the ceiling fan. But
Speaker 1: I'm still upstanding back, you know, And to this day,
Speaker 1: the NFL is paying for it. He did make the catch.
Speaker 1: By the way, the rules, the anal people interpreting the
Speaker 1: rules were the ones that screwed it up. Only with
Speaker 1: the cowboys do they say, let's dive a little deeper
Speaker 1: into this than see what's happening here? Come on, man,
Speaker 1: as I guarantee. Still speaking of breaks, yes, what about it,
Speaker 1: speaking of brakes, we need to take a break. Ever
Speaker 1: since said give me a break, We're gonna take a break,
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Speaker 1: against San Francisco the week of Christmas. It'll be December twentieth,
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Speaker 1: for Cowboys fans. Bill, how are you up? And giving
Speaker 1: my popcorn steal and taking care of Bill's Russian to
Speaker 1: get to the end of the season here, geez, they
Speaker 1: kind of like, kind of like the Atlantic Coast Conference,
Speaker 1: rushing to get to the college football playoff. Do you
Speaker 1: see that yesterday? No? Did they? They canceled games because
Speaker 1: they canceled Notre Dame's last game and Clemson's because uh,
Speaker 1: Clemson's got to play this week. But but they canceled
Speaker 1: since Notre Dame already has a tiebreaker and so forth.
Speaker 1: Even if they lost their last game, I think it's
Speaker 1: a would be against Wake Forest. They they went ahead
Speaker 1: and told them, you know what, you don't need to
Speaker 1: play that game. You're in the ACC Championship game. I mean,
Speaker 1: they are just they're just ticket They are punching their
Speaker 1: ticket to get a team into the college football playoff
Speaker 1: and avoid upsets, injuries, whatever they can do in order
Speaker 1: to take advantage of this situation where they played more
Speaker 1: games than the Big Ten has and so uh. In fact,
Speaker 1: they they're hoping they punched their ticket to get two
Speaker 1: teams in probably Notre Dame in Clemson. About that, yeah,
Speaker 1: because at this point, Ohio State hasn't played enough games, right,
Speaker 1: that's right, yeah, and it's a chance that they won't
Speaker 1: get enough games in so here. Herb Street was a
Speaker 1: little bit upset yesterday because he was saying basically that
Speaker 1: teams were just they were just taking They're like, look,
Speaker 1: we can play, but we're not going to play. We
Speaker 1: have decided to just opt out basically, And those teams
Speaker 1: are opting out because either they have a lot of
Speaker 1: problems with personnel or they just said, you know what,
Speaker 1: we don't want to take the SHELACKI And he was
Speaker 1: very upset about that, you know, being part of the
Speaker 1: the elite at Ohio State, he can't understand that coming
Speaker 1: from some of those acc teams. The fact that he
Speaker 1: just said they bailed. He just called it up what
Speaker 1: he thought it was well dabbled talking about accused Florida's
Speaker 1: state of doing just what you said that they canceled
Speaker 1: that game and they blamed it on COVID but they
Speaker 1: weren't buying it. And uh and actually Herb Street must
Speaker 1: have said. I didn't hear it, but he said something
Speaker 1: about Michigan last night on the College Football Playoff Show,
Speaker 1: and I did see on Twitter that he did about
Speaker 1: a two minute apology to Michigan fans and said he
Speaker 1: was unfair with what he said. Come on, man, come on, Kurt,
Speaker 1: stick with your guns, stick man. I thought he was going,
Speaker 1: man up. I was really kind of proud of him
Speaker 1: for saying and then now he backs off. Yeah, Okay,
Speaker 1: the inactive list is out for the Baltimore Ravens for
Speaker 1: this game, and they've got two players they list as inactive,
Speaker 1: Jake Rogers and Brandon Williams, tackle Jake Rodgers and defensive
Speaker 1: tackle Brandon Williams. I guess all the other ones were
Speaker 1: already ruled out because of COVID. Well, they were on
Speaker 1: they were already on the COVID reserve list. On COVID reserve,
Speaker 1: that's right. And so they don't have enough players to
Speaker 1: put the normal number of players inactive. They just have
Speaker 1: two over the limit. I guess that I wish get here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they had forty eight players available to choose from instead
Speaker 1: of fifty three ring up guys from the practice squad. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: that's the shame. I'm hoping for a dilapidated roster from
Speaker 1: Baltimore so the Cowboysts can get a win. This is
Speaker 1: a boy am I desperate? Well the Cowboys. By the way, Mickey, Yes, Micky,
Speaker 1: I know how much you love fantasy football, but imagine
Speaker 1: what this is doing to fantasy football leagues where normally
Speaker 1: the last week's games would end on a Monday night,
Speaker 1: and now this has stretched a Wednesday afternoon. I mean
Speaker 1: normally teams are making their waiver claims and so forth
Speaker 1: on Tuesday night into Wednesday, and now the whole thing
Speaker 1: is getting pushed back this weeks. Yeah. Yeah, I know
Speaker 1: that's something that concerns you greatly. I know where I
Speaker 1: know we're we're delving into this a lot, but you know,
Speaker 1: when you start thinking about the forty nine ers, uh, spags,
Speaker 1: I have a question for if one of those guys
Speaker 1: as they travel to Phoenix and they're going to be
Speaker 1: there for like two three weeks and if I'm not mistaken, Uh,
Speaker 1: what if one of them end up testing positive? Do
Speaker 1: they go back to San fran or do they stay
Speaker 1: isolated in the Arizona area that one player? Yeah, one thing,
Speaker 1: I don't one. Two, it doesn't matter if anyone tests positive. Well,
Speaker 1: they could send them home because if they test positive,
Speaker 1: they're out ten days, or they just leave them in
Speaker 1: the hotel room. Um, but yeah, yeah, No, that's problem
Speaker 1: is when you send them home. The problem is you're fighting. Uh.
Speaker 1: If you give them a rental car, they can go
Speaker 1: by themselves home. Yeah, I was gonna say, so to
Speaker 1: drive home or what what's who's who's who's gonna who's
Speaker 1: gonna pilot that play? Are they are they called? Are
Speaker 1: they called? They called the Jones charter service, you know,
Speaker 1: covid Air that's gonna be dealing load them up in
Speaker 1: the cargo sesson and bring them home. So I would
Speaker 1: think that they would just isolate in their hotel room.
Speaker 1: I don't think I would think so too. Yeah, that'd
Speaker 1: be tough to be away from home and be isolated
Speaker 1: in the hotel room. And by the way, along those
Speaker 1: lines I presented when I heard that they had that
Speaker 1: issue going. I thought that the perfect scenario for San
Speaker 1: Francisco would be to come here and they could stay
Speaker 1: at the Omni and Arlington workout at Globe Life Park,
Speaker 1: the Rangers old ballpark which is now made into a
Speaker 1: football stadium, and play games here the next two here
Speaker 1: again and then and then they would be playing against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys the third week. And apparently that that was
Speaker 1: seriously considered, although they decided to go to Arizona Route instead. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it sounded like they wanted, dude, they preferred to practice
Speaker 1: in good weather outdoors. They I guess they think we
Speaker 1: have winter here and they would have hit thirty degree temperatures.
Speaker 1: But not they're not practicing it right right, goodness gracious. So,
Speaker 1: by the way, I think I mentioned it the cow guess,
Speaker 1: I guess, Mickey, Mickey, hold on a second, I guess
Speaker 1: being in California, they don't have indoor practice facilities like
Speaker 1: every high school in Texas has. Bill just couldn't help
Speaker 1: himself to get that shot in about Texas football. No,
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, speaking of practicing, the Cowboys were
Speaker 1: outdoors today and uh, Mike McCarthy termed the practice beforehand
Speaker 1: as like one that you would have coming back from
Speaker 1: a bye since they haven't practiced since a week ago Wednesday,
Speaker 1: and so it was a lighter practice. They you know,
Speaker 1: they might have had shells. I don't even know if
Speaker 1: they had that on. So uh. He wanted to make
Speaker 1: sure that after sitting around, while not sitting around but
Speaker 1: not doing much physical activity, that they didn't have this
Speaker 1: hard practice and then guys get soft tissue injuries. He
Speaker 1: did point out that, as he said earlier, you know,
Speaker 1: Zack Martin still going to be out a couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: They think Cam Irving maybe back sooner. So from from sooner,
Speaker 1: I don't know if that means, you know, they're they're
Speaker 1: gonna play, They're gonna play Tuesday Sunday. I don't know
Speaker 1: if if a guy that's missed this much time can
Speaker 1: practice maybe twice during the week and be ready to
Speaker 1: play on Sunday. In Irving's case, I would imagine Zach
Speaker 1: misses all that. I also noticed that Anthony Brown was
Speaker 1: at least out on the field, but he was doing
Speaker 1: rehab work with the strength and can auditioning coaches so
Speaker 1: and the trainers, so he still kind of hung up
Speaker 1: on those ribs. Alden Smith didn't practice. I think it
Speaker 1: was illness. We'll see when the official report comes out.
Speaker 1: Tyler Biadish, Remember they put him on IR and he
Speaker 1: had to stay three weeks. But at least I saw
Speaker 1: him standing out there watching practice, so that's kind of
Speaker 1: a good sign for him. And DeMarcus Lawrence and Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott worked off to the side when they were doing
Speaker 1: a stretch and special teams and they were working on
Speaker 1: the resisting chords. So so anyway, that's kind of an
Speaker 1: update on what took place at practice today. Hey, Mickey,
Speaker 1: let me let me we talk about the Ravens not
Speaker 1: practicing much here in the last couple of weeks due
Speaker 1: to their COVID outbreak. How about we go back and
Speaker 1: look at how much the Cowboys have practiced in the
Speaker 1: last month. I mean, I mean, I'm looking at the
Speaker 1: calendar here and I'm going back to November seventh. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's say make sure I get this right. As far
Speaker 1: as the Cowboys schedule, I mean, over the last month,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys haven't because they had during their bye week
Speaker 1: they weren't able to do anything. So it was their
Speaker 1: bye week after November eighth through the fourteenth, they did nothing.
Speaker 1: That week on the practice field. Okay. So then it
Speaker 1: was the Vikings week and they came back and they
Speaker 1: got three practices in that week, okay. And so then
Speaker 1: it's Thanksgiving week and the day after the game they're
Speaker 1: not doing much except getting loose a little bit. And
Speaker 1: then you had the Marcus Paul tragedy on last Tuesday,
Speaker 1: and so they were out on the field the twenty fifth,
Speaker 1: the day before the game, and then they haven't practiced
Speaker 1: since then. Today was the first practice since then December second.
Speaker 1: So we're talking since November seventh the Cowboys, and this
Speaker 1: is December second, the Cowboys have had four practices. Am
Speaker 1: I adding that up right? I believe. I'm pretty sure
Speaker 1: that's what it is, because they had none. They had
Speaker 1: none during their bye week three, the week of the
Speaker 1: Vikings game one which probably was more of a walkthrough
Speaker 1: than anything, you know, just the day before the game
Speaker 1: and whatever they normally do, which is all right. So
Speaker 1: that whether it's four practices and now they've been off
Speaker 1: basically for a week, well they might have done something.
Speaker 1: They might have done something that Wednesday before the bye
Speaker 1: week took place, with the four days in a row off,
Speaker 1: did they do something Wednesday before that, I think they
Speaker 1: had to shut it down that Wednesday shut it down.
Speaker 1: They Yeah, it was it was the week the bye week.
Speaker 1: They that was when played Pittsburgh on the eighth and
Speaker 1: they had to shut down because of Pittsburgh where that
Speaker 1: couldn't do anything positive, That's right, And so what they
Speaker 1: had planned to do during the bye way it was
Speaker 1: all whatever. It was virtual it got canceled. They got
Speaker 1: canceled on field stuff. So they've had they've been on
Speaker 1: the practice field really for a practice four times since
Speaker 1: November seventh. So that's just spended twenty five days. Here's
Speaker 1: here's a here's a question for your spags. You know,
Speaker 1: this is so foreign to to myself as a former player,
Speaker 1: if I were to put myself in the position that
Speaker 1: they're in now as the present players. Okay, so, uh,
Speaker 1: if I'm injured, such as a Zach Mardin or Cam Irving, uh,
Speaker 1: and it's time for me to come back and practice.
Speaker 1: And so here I am. I'm still a little gimpie,
Speaker 1: been doing my little rehab and trying to stay not
Speaker 1: too active. But is it an advantage to not practice
Speaker 1: as much after you're coming off of an injury? Right?
Speaker 1: That's what I was gonna ask you. Ever suggest in general,
Speaker 1: even at this point in the season, how much do
Speaker 1: they need practice? Well, once again, because we started off
Speaker 1: the way we started, they never really got into that routine. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that can be a problem for anyone that's healthy
Speaker 1: or not healthy. But if you're coming off of an injury.
Speaker 1: If I'm coming off an enjy, I was blessed I
Speaker 1: didn't get hurt that much. But if I'm coming off
Speaker 1: of an injury, I don't really want to come out
Speaker 1: there and do too much. And I'm not gonna be
Speaker 1: too upset if we don't have practice, because what I'm
Speaker 1: the other part of that that scenario is fags. If
Speaker 1: I'm hurt and I go home, or if I'm even
Speaker 1: healthy and we don't practice, they still would say do
Speaker 1: something at home, right, I mean They're not just laying
Speaker 1: up on the butts and sitting up chilling, right, I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean they still should have a routine. I know,
Speaker 1: if I was playing, if I know I'm not getting
Speaker 1: enough practice, I'm gonna do something myself. Even though they
Speaker 1: have shut down the practice field because of COVID, I'm
Speaker 1: still gonna go home as a healthy person and do
Speaker 1: something to stay active. I'm still gonna try to find
Speaker 1: somewhere outside to whereever some my back peeling things in
Speaker 1: that nature, Everson. If I'm Andy Dalton, the last two
Speaker 1: days with that with the cowboy with the stars shut
Speaker 1: down where they can't go up to the star and
Speaker 1: do anything, I'm going to Dak Prescott's backyard. I'm getting
Speaker 1: my receivers and Monday and Tuesday this week, I'm out
Speaker 1: there throwing to my receivers. Yeah, and I would not
Speaker 1: at all be surprised. In fact, I wish Channel eleven
Speaker 1: would have got the jumper out and we would have
Speaker 1: got a it's a video, just a drone. A drone
Speaker 1: will done. That's fine and all right, and we gotta
Speaker 1: take a break. And when you guys would have got
Speaker 1: busted for breaking the protocol, we gotta come back and
Speaker 1: talk about that. We gotta come back and talk about that,
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Speaker 1: got the last few minutes here. We got eight minutes
Speaker 1: left here on mix shots. I'm watching the NFL network
Speaker 1: feed of pregame warmups prior to the Ravens Steelers game,
Speaker 1: and they are showing number seven Trace McSorley throwing passes
Speaker 1: in pregame. Robert Griffin the third should be the starting
Speaker 1: quarterback for the Ravens U and Lamar Jackson should be
Speaker 1: back next week. Last from the past. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: I think I think I just read I think I
Speaker 1: just read a note that the last time Pittsburgh lost
Speaker 1: a game, RG three started it for Baltimore last year.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, so that's that's when that that Baltimore. The
Speaker 1: Baltimore defense was balin and Pittsburgh didn't have Big Bin right,
Speaker 1: that's right. Who was playing quarterback? Who was playing quarterback
Speaker 1: for Pittsburgh. It would have been in Mason Rudolph. I
Speaker 1: believe that probably unless unless he was over suspended. He
Speaker 1: and Miles Garrett. Yeah, I try so. Anyway, we get you,
Speaker 1: We get you ready for Cowboys and Ravens with a
Speaker 1: little Ravens Steelers action. Uh this afternoon. And one thing
Speaker 1: we talked about Everson yesterday. When you look at the
Speaker 1: NFC East and the opponents for NFC East teams the
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks, and now you look at this
Speaker 1: situation that Baltimore is going through, and uh, it'll be
Speaker 1: interesting to watch them the next three hours and see
Speaker 1: how they look. But believe it or not, don't now, boys?
Speaker 1: Ready three and eight? Ready, Everson. I can't go through
Speaker 1: this every week. Man, You're killing me. I was so,
Speaker 1: I was so you know, upbeat last week, and then
Speaker 1: I fell into a depression and I'm just climbing back
Speaker 1: out of bed. Man, come on, don't don't do me
Speaker 1: like that. Well, we're gonna We're gonna help you. We're
Speaker 1: gonna help you out because when you look at the
Speaker 1: other three teams and who they have to play. The
Speaker 1: Giants next two games at Seattle and against Arizona for
Speaker 1: Washington loss loss, They're at Pittsburgh and at San Francisco,
Speaker 1: and Philadelphia's loss at Green Bay and New Orleans. So
Speaker 1: there's a lot of losing the cross loss. Now, the
Speaker 1: big question is Dallas at Baltimore and Cincinnati. Can they
Speaker 1: Can they win two straight? Oh my god, or even
Speaker 1: one straight? Or even one straight, they might be a
Speaker 1: tie for first place. I tried, and then they'd be
Speaker 1: they be tied for first with the home game against
Speaker 1: San Francisco and San Francisco might be the toughest game
Speaker 1: they got the rest of the way. I hate let's
Speaker 1: just say it. I hate to say it, trust me,
Speaker 1: I hate to say it, but those New York Giants,
Speaker 1: they look really good. Backup quarterback though. Oh now, who
Speaker 1: Who's Who's in now? Well, Daniel Joe Daniel Jones is
Speaker 1: out this week. He's out at least this week. See,
Speaker 1: but by the time we by the time we play,
Speaker 1: it'll be okay. He'll be just fine. Defense, that's defense
Speaker 1: is still balling, guys, and and we we we don't
Speaker 1: know much about that here lately. But a good defense
Speaker 1: can keep a bad offense in any ball game. All
Speaker 1: you gotta do is get a little luck from that.
Speaker 1: And they have been they have been really doing it
Speaker 1: on defense. Hey, with Lamar Jackson coming back for Baltimore
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys game, I mean, Daniel Jones will be
Speaker 1: back for the Giants game. I expect Joe Burrow to
Speaker 1: be back with the Cowboys play Cincinnati nixt week. He
Speaker 1: already recovered. Jimmy Garoppolo will be back for the Niners.
Speaker 1: You'll be out there in the boot or something. And
Speaker 1: Ron Jaworski will be back for the Eagles where they
Speaker 1: play them. Then I'm coming back and Ron's coming back.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, here's what's the most I was gonna say.
Speaker 1: Here's here's the hang up on all that. When I
Speaker 1: looked at the stats, the Cowboys are giving up one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty six point four yards rushing a game,
Speaker 1: and by no surprise, that's dead last in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. So we can sit here and talk all
Speaker 1: we want about, you know, the problems they have offensively,
Speaker 1: they aren't compensating for them their problems defensively. And even
Speaker 1: in the game they won against Minnesota, they gave up
Speaker 1: twenty eight points. Um, they gave up more than one
Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing. Again. Uh So until from dance some
Speaker 1: good passing yards as well, right, until that gets fixed.
Speaker 1: H then they don't have the ability to compensate for
Speaker 1: the struggles they'll have on offense, with both of those
Speaker 1: offensive tackles probably missing um the next two games. Uh
Speaker 1: And as we saw, not only do they not protect
Speaker 1: the quarterback with four of the five guys on that
Speaker 1: offensive line backups, but they are not really opening anything
Speaker 1: up to run the football either. So that's why we
Speaker 1: always go for it on fourth down, no matter where
Speaker 1: the ball is. Is that what you're telling that's my theory?
Speaker 1: And ill and why is that again? He said, that's why,
Speaker 1: that's why, that's why we that's why we always go
Speaker 1: for it on fourth down. Uh and no matter what
Speaker 1: the ball is placed, because those dire, that dire situation
Speaker 1: that Stagnola has so artfully pointed out. And then we
Speaker 1: can and then we can throw in that they're thirty
Speaker 1: first in the turnover differential with a minus thirteen. I
Speaker 1: believe they were thirty thirty first in giveaways with twenty three,
Speaker 1: and when it came to fumbles lost, they are dead last.
Speaker 1: What about points giving up? Well, I can look that
Speaker 1: up if you guys talk amongst yourself. I'm pretty sure
Speaker 1: by the last, because I heard them talk about some
Speaker 1: other poor team was having that problem. I can't remember
Speaker 1: who it was, but I heard that this past weekend. Well,
Speaker 1: and they'd be thirty second in the league and giveaways
Speaker 1: if they factored in failed fake putts and on the
Speaker 1: fourth down plays and to giveaways too. But we might
Speaker 1: be leading the league in successful uh fake field goals
Speaker 1: and punts as well. So and ever something, you were
Speaker 1: dead right thirty second in points giving up per game.
Speaker 1: M you had to look that up, Mickey. I needed
Speaker 1: to double check. I didn't want to just assume you
Speaker 1: didn't just want to dump on them. Yeah, you wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure there was a righteous dump. I got
Speaker 1: have you. What's the games? There's no way another team
Speaker 1: is given up for three hundred and fifty nine points
Speaker 1: in eleven games, so that's thirty two. Well something a
Speaker 1: game they're giving up hard to win when your offense
Speaker 1: is struggling and your defense is doing that. You know
Speaker 1: what though, Mickey, Yes, there is hope on the horizon
Speaker 1: for you because you've got Brad Sham and Nate Newton
Speaker 1: joining you tomorrow. I got nobodies. No one's gonna watch
Speaker 1: the show, Bill, no one's gonna watch the show because
Speaker 1: we're not long. That's right. Your ratings are gonna take tomorrow, Mickey. Now,
Speaker 1: if they tank, it'll be because of the person leading
Speaker 1: the show. All right, I think we're out of time
Speaker 1: for this week. For for this week, for Everson and
Speaker 1: Shots have to make do with the voice of the
Speaker 1: Cowboys Brad Sham and Nate Newton tomorrow with Mickey Spagnola. Mickey,
Speaker 1: would you like the last word today. Uh you know what,
Speaker 1: We're gonna have a bang up show because Nate Newton
Speaker 1: is fired up to join Mick Shots once again. All right,
Speaker 1: very good. I may or may not tune in tomorrow
Speaker 1: for Mick Shots one thirty on Thursday. Otherwise, have a
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