WEBVTT - Mick Shots: We’re Back! 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:07.880 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:17.759 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shots 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:23.480 streaming live on Dallascowboys dot Com and the official Dallas Cowboys. 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:32.920 At Here we go. It's time for the twenty twenty 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:37.280 four Dallas Cowboys training camp here at the corner of 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:43.080 Ventura and Vineyard in Oxnard, California. In Savannah, you got 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.400 a huge smile on your face. You've been here for 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.760 a long time. Mickey got in with the team earlier 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:50.919 in the week, and we are set to tell you 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.959 this is the pregame show for the as it turns out, 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:55.960 for the State of the Cowboys Fresh Conference. 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.000 You are right about that one. 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.279 Mix Shots brought to you by Miller Life. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.400 And you could see Bill's a little tougher than us 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.560 because he's got shorts leeves on at sixty three degrees? 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:07.840 Is it sixty three? It doesn't feel like it. I mean, 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:12.720 it's I thought, I'm still I'm still on Dallas. 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:16.800 By what freeze is coming in the California cool air 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.600 of the morning is just lovely. 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.280 I don't know, you've hated it for a whole week. 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:26.720 Right, eleven days, eleven days yes, this is day eleven 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:27.120 for me. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.600 I got eleven days until I leave, and so not 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.360 that I'm counting the days, but here it is. It's day. 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:37.640 It's really and truly day number one of Cowboys camp 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.040 because this is the first time the team is officially 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:45.039 on the practice field and it's gonna, as it turns out, 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:49.640 kick off with at twelve thirty Dallas time, ten to 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:54.480 thirty Pacific time with Jerry and Stephen and Mike and 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.360 the State of the Cowboys press conference that we always 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:58.280 look at the big one. 0:01:58.360 --> 0:01:59.280 We're waiting for it. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.760 We have the pre game for that, as you said, 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.680 but I'm excited to hear from coach and Jerry and 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.960 just hear what they have to say for the opening 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:08.480 of campus. 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.480 Yeah, and we I mean, we know what the questions 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:12.080 are going to be. 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:14.799 Uh it'll pertain. 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:19.400 To contracts and uh ceedee Lamb not being here and 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:25.600 Dak Prescott and Michael Parsons and Mike McCarthy too. When 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:30.799 we're talking about uh last year of contracts. And when 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.760 I was writing the mix shots yesterday, I don't know 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:36.440 why this occurred to me, but I mentioned that, you know, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.000 Mike McCarthy is on the last year of his contract, 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.080 and I wonder if a head coach has ever held 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:43.280 out a training camp. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.840 A good one looking for extension. 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:52.080 No, I'm not coaching. I want an extension right, just 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.720 the way the players do. So uh yeah, it'll be interesting. 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.560 Uh you know, those will be the questions those guys 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:04.480 will have to answer. I'm sure somebody will asked Jerry 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.280 about the delay. This was supposed to be yesterday. I 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:12.120 got pushed back today because of his schedule. But I 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:16.800 did notice that the Joneses showed up here at twelve 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:22.400 thirty in the afternoon yesterday, and so reporting for the 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:25.760 players was one pm, so they get fined. 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:29.359 So the arrival for the Joneses was twelve thirty or 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:33.480 two thirty Dallas, right, So they made it yesterday afternoon. 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.280 Thirty minutes before they got fined for being late. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:41.520 And for us in the media, and it's basically, they 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:43.800 have the same schedule every year when they come out here. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:48.240 They arrive on a Tuesday, and then the next day 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.280 they have the big press conference and so for us 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.760 in the media, that's what we cover that day. And 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.080 then on the third day, which is Thursday, which is today, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:02.000 they have the practice. He focus starts focusing on football. 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.440 We focus on what Jerry says on Wednesday, and so 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:09.440 now we've got to cram what Jerry says on Thursday 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.840 into the first practice and then we find out that 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:15.440 Dak Prescott is also talking after practice. Yeah, we just 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.719 take care of it. We just take care of everything. 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:18.440 In one day. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.479 I was just talking to doctor Cooper and I said, yeah, 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.279 we finally get something tangible. You know, we go through 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.520 this whole off season and you have to come up 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:31.480 with different things and you know, give me the top 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.480 five of this or the top five of that, and 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.159 now we finally get something tangible. But it's like a 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.400 hurricane hits now. It's like we got enough stuff for 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:44.680 three days with all the stuff you said Bill going on. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:46.560 But it's quite welcome. 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:48.160 Let me tell you know what. 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.240 I got my big blue notebook. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:54.680 I have a blue one too, that was appropriate. 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:59.120 Yeah, wow, how about that? And there's nothing in it 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.280 right now. It's a blank sheet of paper ready for 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:03.960 the press conference coming in. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:08.520 Yeah, here's my preparation. We half hours are this my notes? 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:08.919 You know? 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.280 And the other thing. I want to pick both of 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:15.240 your brains on this because I've I've been out of 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.799 touch in the off season because of the playoff run 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:22.680 of the Dallas Stars and the Dallas Mavericks. In fact, 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.000 I was in Boston at the NBA Finals when the 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.560 mini camp occurred, so I wasn't able to be there 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.479 for that, And then, as it turned out, when the 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:33.320 availabilities dre at OTAs, I was busy doing basketball and 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:37.159 hockey stuff. And so I'm coming into this with a 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.920 clean slate in my own mind about what this training 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:41.760 camp is going to be. 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.560 Like, you know what, and I think we all are 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.799 built because as we know, the OTAs and the mini 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:55.960 camp and for all impracticable purposes, the first four practices 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:59.320 is like flag football. It's you know, the pads don't 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:04.200 come on till next Tuesday. So the thing we could 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.840 see is how they were lining people up, where they 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.760 were putting some guys, what teams they were on, and 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:15.600 what opportunities they were given some guys to maybe upgrade 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.880 their snaps heading towards the season. And you know, a 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.640 couple of things I think we noticed during that time, 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.960 at least I did, is that it sounds like they 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.520 were going to give Cavante Turpin a real opportunity to 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:33.440 play wide receiver. I need to a real opportunity to 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.919 get him the ball either on end rounds or in 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:41.320 the backfield as a running back. The fact that they 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.200 started lining up Deuce Vaughan a little bit more in 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.760 the slot in some of the formations, or starting as 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.920 a running back and then motioning into the slot as 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:51.560 a receiver. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:53.440 Things like that. 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:58.760 I think they think a lot of Marshan Needlin as 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:04.440 a defensive end and we're giving him until he suffered 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.359 a minor injury, he was getting some first team snaps 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:09.960 at right defensive end. 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.800 And he of course the second round draft pick, Marsha. 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.360 Right and the weird thing that happened to him, and 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.200 I can't remember if it was. I think it ended 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.840 up being in the rookie mini camp where they were 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.920 there was no contact or whatever, but they had a 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:30.160 he had an unfortunate circumstance. He got hit in the 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:34.040 nose and he had to have his nose straightened out right, 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.880 and so he ended up being taken out of any 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:39.960 drill that they didn't have a helmet on. 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.160 But yeah, it was like the weirdest thing. 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.960 He was almost embarrassed when he was telling me about it, 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:49.320 and he goes, yeah, no big deal, no big deal. 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.440 But I think this kid's got something and they really 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.240 need for him to have something going forward. 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:55.480 You know. 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.800 You know what tells me that they think highly of 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:06.160 Marshawn Neelan The number he's wearing. It. You give a 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.560 player the number ninety four, and that's a pretty special number. 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.960 You were right about that, Savannah. What is it as 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.800 we start this training camp that you're most interested in 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:17.840 watching on the practice field. 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.360 I feel like we have so many training camp battles 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:23.360 this year at different positions. I'll touch on a few 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:27.360 wide receiver you're looking for that number three slot there, 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:31.960 Jalen Tolbert Brooks, Cavante Turpin getting some opportunities, and I 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:36.640 will say, not having CD Lamb at this moment who 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.400 is not reported to training camp, it gives some of 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:43.000 these guys that are younger some opportunities to get more 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.679 reps in and so that's where some of these battles 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.000 start to take place. And I know that wide receiver 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.400 one is top of mind. Tight end that's another one. 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:52.679 I'm looking at Peyton. 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.400 Hendershot and then Luke scoon Maker. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.240 We obviously have Jake Ferguson who I believe in his 0:08:57.760 --> 0:08:58.800 third year is going to. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.600 Do immense things. 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.360 However, you still have to have these guys kind of 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.079 fighting for whatever that second opportunity looks like at the 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:11.439 tight end position, so Hendershot, Schoonmaker, you know, kind of 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.480 up in the air there, and then I'm looking at 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:14.800 the center position as well. 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:15.439 That's a big one. 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.679 Brock Hoffman, obviously, I would say, is a little bit 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.840 more experience, but you have Cooper Beebe that you put 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.600 in there, and then you have some other guys on 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.640 the offensive line that are kind of looking to solidify 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:30.559 their position. So I'm more excited to see the battles 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:32.600 because I feel like this is the year where there's 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.000 more of them than any other year. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.600 There's more opportunities for younger guys to step up. 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.880 And you know why. You know why there's more opportunities. 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.480 Because they had eleven guys leaving. 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:47.440 Free A and they basically only sign right two that 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:51.120 are potential starters and Zeke Elliott and Eric Kendrick exactly. 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.280 I mean Royce Freeman was another one they signed. But 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:58.200 and that is that is something that is highly unusual, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:03.160 and yet that says a lot about how they feel 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:07.000 about some of the young guys on this roster. And 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.320 you know, I look at I kind of liken this 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:15.439 to the Cowboys first preseason opponent, the Los Angeles Rams 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:19.560 last year. And I remember at this time a year ago, 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:24.680 the Rams said, because they were salary caps and have 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:26.800 had a problem in this with a salary cap. 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.920 They were all in the year before. 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:35.480 And they had so many players on their roster that 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:40.640 and I study it pretty intently, but there were a 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.439 lot of no name guys on their roster, and they 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.319 built through the draft and they wind up making the 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:50.520 playoffs last year. It was an unbelievable job, not only 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.200 as far as they had coaches concerned, but their personnel 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.199 department and putting guys in position. Of course, they had 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.880 and now they've had Aaron Donald retire in the meantime, 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.280 but they had Aaron Donald was that when he signed 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:04.240 his contract the highest paid defensive player in the league. 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:06.560 They are spending a lot of money on Matthew Stafford 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.600 Cooper Cup also, and so it's kind of the same 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.760 situation the Cowboys find themselves in this year. And so 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.040 now this is going to be a real test of 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.640 the scouting department and what the work that they've done 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:24.079 in finding these players that a lot of people haven't 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.320 maybe haven't heard of, that are going to emerge here. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.000 And that's why we're having more training camp battles this 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.000 year because in most years, all you have to do 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.600 is follow the money and you know exactly who's going 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.360 to make the team, and you can probably as training 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.120 camp starts, figure out forty eight of the fifty three 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.599 players on the roster, barring injury, who are going to 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.719 make the team. And this year it's more up in 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:47.080 the year. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:51.679 And you know, it's not just lip service. When Mike McCarthy, well, 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:56.079 we'll say our improvement has to be from within. It's 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.000 like people ask me, well, how did this team improve, 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.400 It's like, well, that's we're going to training camp and 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:01.920 find out. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.680 And part of it is doing what you suggested with 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.480 Cavante Turpin and you've got a guy who is multi 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.720 talented and he can do more for this football team 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:13.160 than just return kicks, you know. 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:15.640 And Savannah brought up the tight end position. And there's 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:17.920 two young guys that I think are going to track 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:18.840 people's attention. 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:21.400 We forget John Stevens. 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:26.520 Last year, the undrafted rookie free agent was gonna make 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.640 this team until he tore his ACL and so now 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:37.440 he's back and he and Demarvian Overshown along with David Durden, 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.040 three young guys last year that had a shot of 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:45.040 making this team and actually playing, all tore their acls 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:49.280 and spent their rookie season rehabbing. And there's another guy. 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.880 And I saw him yesterday when I was going by 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.880 our last yesterday evening, going by the locker room, and 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.760 I looked at him and I was like, who is 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:00.880 that guy? 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:01.240 Tall? 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:07.520 You know, well structured, And it was the rookie, undrafted 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:11.840 rookie tight end, Brevin spawn Ford. And he's attracted some 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:13.560 attention from this team. 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.280 Because of his height. Yeah, he's he has the height. 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:17.040 What is he? 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.800 He's like, Uh, I think he's six six six to 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.360 sixty right, twenty four years old, so this is not 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.760 just a young kid, right and uh. 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:31.040 By the way, if you're watching video highlights whatever camp, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.079 he wears number forty seven. So they're very good. When 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.240 one thing, one thing I think we should do at 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.719 training camp because of all the new players, is when 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.360 we talk about him, we'll mention the number two in 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:45.200 that way. Yeah, when you just see some something on 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.280 social media or whatever of a player. Oh, that's that's. 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.920 Can't tell the team without scorecards, right, that's right. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:52.400 I got the numbers here, guys. 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.640 You just let me know who we need. So so, yeah, 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.679 there's there's young guys like that that you know, have 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.160 an opportunity. There's young guys like them Marve and Overshown 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:02.560 that they need to step up. 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.120 And that's the guy that I really want to see this. 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:05.600 Yeah. 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.760 Absolutely, And he was making a huge impression last year 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.720 and they had all these plans for him and what 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.960 was it, a week or so into training camp and 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.880 he tears his acl so, which, by the way, today 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:22.120 will be the day they have to put guys on 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.720 physically unable to perform. I was told at that last 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.680 mini camp that the plan was to start with Trayvon 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:34.160 Diggs on pump And it wasn't because he was behind 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.520 or anything. They just felt like his time could be 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:41.920 better spent continuing to rehab than to get out there 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:45.040 and start playing football and then you have less time 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.400 to rehab. So they're probably going to start him off there, 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.640 That's what I'm expecting. But it had nothing to do 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.160 with him not being ready for the start of the season. 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.320 It was all kind of the plan on how to 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:04.080 bring him along. But the other three guys, I think 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:04.920 they're ready to go. 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:06.160 The ACL guys. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.160 The interesting one will be Mozzi Smith to see if 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:14.240 he's ready. He spent the entire offseason rehabbing from the 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:19.040 shoulder surgery, trying to get in better shape, so we'll 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:22.760 see exactly where he is when this starts. Harold Nash, 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:26.520 the strength and conditioning coordinator, that was kind of his 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.760 pet project in the off season. He was one on 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:34.440 one rehabbing Mazzy Smith, and they really need him to 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.760 step up because the depth at that nose tackle position 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:42.840 is very thin and you don't want thin stuff at 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:43.600 the nose tackle. 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:45.680 Now, that's right. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.560 And the three ACLS that you're talking about are number 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:53.920 thirteen to marve On Overshown, Number eighty one John Stevens, 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.800 and number eighty five David Dirty and Stevens. 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.440 I mean, when you come out of college like that, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.720 and remember his days at TCU. He was a wide 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.280 receiver and still was a wide receiver at Louisiana until 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.520 the Cowboys kind of looked at him and said, this 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:14.040 guy could be a tight end and you spend a year, 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:17.320 not only rehabbing, but in the weight room. He looks 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.400 the part now of a tight end. Not that he 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.520 put on a ton of weight, but just the body 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.680 structure looks like an NFL player. 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.240 Mickey told me earlier this offseason. It was during Mini camp. 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.120 I believe, he said, I'm going to be an expert 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.560 on all these guys doing rehab by the time training 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.640 camp comes, and I think that has been accomplished if 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:37.320 you ask me. 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.040 Well, you just see those guys working out there all 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.680 the time and exactly you know, with Britt Brown and 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:49.080 then Harold Nash and and you kind of see how 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:53.520 devoted they are to get back, you know, you first time, 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.120 I think all three of them suffered an injury and 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.200 you're left out and all you can do is rehab, 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.200 and I think these guys did it full steam ahead. 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:06.000 You know. It's interesting because the just the setup at 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.920 the Star in Frisco, you're able to just at your 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.320 office desk be able to look out and see some 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.159 things that are going on on the practice field, like 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.000 during the off season the rehab guys. One of the 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:17.760 things last night that was very interesting right out here 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.840 we were doing our live shot at for the ten 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:25.600 o'clock newscast last night. So the sun was just setting 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:29.520 and it was basically out here the sun goes down 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:31.640 to run around eight o'clock, and so by the time 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:37.360 we hit our sports cast time at eight twenty, out 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:41.159 on the field, there were four players out here that 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.720 were just going that one of them had like his 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:49.040 cell phone, and I didn't even I didn't recognize the players. 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:50.320 I assume they were playing. 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:52.960 I didn't have their numbers out they were They weren't. 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.119 You know, equipment staff guys or you know, but they 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.480 were out there and they were they were doing a 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:02.800 little skull session on their own, just going running through plays. 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.200 It was like wide receivers and a tight end and 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.840 probably rookies on the roster and one I'm at his 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.160 cell phone. He was calling out the plays and they 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:13.879 would line up and then go through the motions of 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:17.320 the It was really interesting to see. I would love 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.320 to find out who the players were because it really 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.800 shows work ethic, you know, and an attention to detail. 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.800 And I want to not to get screamed at in 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:26.600 practice today. 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.600 Let's we'll see if we can. 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.119 Find out who it was. Well, you know, that was 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:34.359 one of the things that caught my eye or ear 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:38.240 whatever of Cooper BBI when he came in for the 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.800 rookie mini camp and they put the players up at 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:47.439 the Omni right next door, and found out that so 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:51.040 he's making a transition from guard to center, and he 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.240 really hadn't played any center practice a little bit, but 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:57.560 so he asked to one of the transitions is not 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.359 only switching position, but switching into position you got to 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:05.000 snap the ball, right, So talking to him, he pointed 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:08.080 out that he goes, yeah, he goes, I carry a 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:11.280 football round with me and we went into the ballroom 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.639 and I got anybody that would catch for me. 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:14.920 I was snapping. 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.600 So at night in the ballroom, he was snapping deep 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.160 snaps to try to get used to snap in the football. 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.960 And I'm going, okay, I like this kid. I like 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:28.280 him even more now that the effort in his downtime. 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:30.800 And then to even add on to that, when he 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.479 was drafted, he would go out into his backyard with 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.200 his dad and his brother, yes and practice some snaps 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:36.560 with them. 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:38.800 So that's some dedication, yeah, if you ask me. 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:41.679 And that's why I think the kid has a chance. 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.800 But as Savannah pointed out, it'll be a pretty good 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:50.080 competition between Brock Kaufman and Bbie at the center position. 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:53.240 So I want to dive into our first round draft pick, 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:55.720 Tyler Geiton out of Oklahoma. 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:59.560 Where are your guys' thoughts on where he is at? 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:01.840 He was one of those guys that came in two 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.359 days after he was drafted, came down to Dallas and 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:06.879 already started putting in a little bit of work. He 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.520 has that drive, he has that motivation. What are your 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:12.359 expectations for him out here at training? 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.439 Can you know what? And that is a great tease 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:18.280 when we come back in just a moment here Producer Supreme, 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:21.920 who by the way, like me, is braving the elements 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:25.399 of this. 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