Speaker 1: The player both the week on that. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's you know, any any of that stuff is any recognition,
Speaker 1: and it's it's like a little bit of not of
Speaker 1: respect to what you do, so comes with it. You
Speaker 1: know this this game kind of flies by it. So
Speaker 1: to be able to put a little bit of a
Speaker 1: print on it or your fingerprint on the game is
Speaker 1: always uh an honor. Some debate just how much of
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott is a product of the good things that
Speaker 1: he has around the versus just being a flat out
Speaker 1: good quarterback. How do you see it having going up
Speaker 1: against it? Um? I mean the debate is, you know,
Speaker 1: as an opponent is not a it doesn't matter. It's
Speaker 1: kind of void because at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: he's he's doing a good job. However it's happening. Where
Speaker 1: do you want to argue if it's a chicken or
Speaker 1: the egg first? You know, that's you can go in
Speaker 1: circles about that, but you know, at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, he's performing, and that's what we're getting ready for.
Speaker 1: It is a quarterback who's played well all year, who
Speaker 1: has a strong running game, um, you know aiden him,
Speaker 1: who has the best offensive line in the league in
Speaker 1: front of him, he's got receivers, got a tight end,
Speaker 1: you know. Uh, and then he's a hell of a
Speaker 1: player himself, so U I wouldn't waste my time arguing
Speaker 1: who's you know, was the key to his success. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to stop that success. What
Speaker 1: do you feel like preparing for the final game of
Speaker 1: the season where he has such high hopes after the
Speaker 1: first month. Yeah, I mean it's you know, it's it's weird.
Speaker 1: You know, understanding that this is kind of this is
Speaker 1: that that week, and you understand that here's a lot
Speaker 1: of teams across the league that are kind of doing
Speaker 1: the same thing. This, everything that happens this this week
Speaker 1: is the last of whatever. So today is the last
Speaker 1: you know, Wednesday practice. You know, you're going through the
Speaker 1: last of everything, and it's it's a weird, um feeling.
Speaker 1: It's a little disappointing, but um, you know, at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, we got a game to play
Speaker 1: and we're trying to get ready to get our minds
Speaker 1: in the in the right um mind frame we to
Speaker 1: go out there and compete. Um. But you know, obviously
Speaker 1: this this whole week is kind of a harsh reminder
Speaker 1: that you know, you didn't reach what what you set
Speaker 1: out to Earlier in the spring, we're expecting to see
Speaker 1: their starters. UM. Anybody else who comes in, we'll just
Speaker 1: suggest to you since you came here, that's going to playoffs.
Speaker 1: Aren So I mentioned that typically frustrating money of big cope. UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean this, it's weird. I recognize how
Speaker 1: fortunate I was as a young player to be in
Speaker 1: a situation where four out of the first five years
Speaker 1: I played in the league, we were in the super
Speaker 1: Bowl and in the playoffs. Um. Obviously the last three
Speaker 1: years haven't been. Um, but that's on part for you know,
Speaker 1: a guy who's played eight years in the league. UM,
Speaker 1: it's it's a hard thing to do. Winning in this
Speaker 1: league is not easy, and I recognize that. So, you know,
Speaker 1: although it's frustrating, UM, I do understand that there's a
Speaker 1: process to to building teams. There's a process to win it.
Speaker 1: Right now, you know we're going through that. I see,
Speaker 1: uh hopeful because I see you know the pieces we
Speaker 1: have and which direction this team is training in, and
Speaker 1: I like where we're at. So UM, you know, with
Speaker 1: that in mind, it's just, you know, a game of
Speaker 1: patience to be so durable since you came in in
Speaker 1: three years you played on subce. Now, yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it's um, you know, it's just a blessing really, just
Speaker 1: being able to have good health. That's the number one thing,
Speaker 1: uh in this game is you know, um, your availability.
Speaker 1: And I've been able to uh play in every game
Speaker 1: since I've been here. Hadn't been the case when you know,
Speaker 1: before I got here. So I don't know, you know
Speaker 1: what it is, but you know, I'm definitely blessed. Are
Speaker 1: you doing anything different or is it just kind of luck.
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of luck. I am
Speaker 1: taking care of my body probably a little bit more
Speaker 1: when you talk about it's kind of the the marathon
Speaker 1: that is the season, especially feeling better in the ladder ends.
Speaker 1: But you know, you don't miss games because of you know,
Speaker 1: small things you miss games could big injuries and those
Speaker 1: things you don't avoid. You know, there's nothing you can
Speaker 1: do to avoid, though, So it has been a little
Speaker 1: bit of luck to give fourteen career interceptions. I think
Speaker 1: you six touchdowns. How do you how do you can
Speaker 1: for the next pretty high number. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I like to think I'm a decent ballcare. The hard
Speaker 1: part is getting them, so but you know, it's I've
Speaker 1: always been taught to when you get a chance to
Speaker 1: get the balls a defenders. Scoring on defense is something
Speaker 1: that can blow a game wide open. When when you
Speaker 1: score on defense or even on special teams you have
Speaker 1: returned for a touchdown, the chances of your team winning
Speaker 1: goes way up. So anytime we get an opportunity, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I've always been taught to try to try
Speaker 1: to get into the end zone. Just carry the ball
Speaker 1: from some point ye see for high school. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: they only threw me like two routes, a little bubble
Speaker 1: screen and a go That's about it. So yeah, running
Speaker 1: with the ball something had something I was used to.
Speaker 1: How significant was that laws in Dallas ten point leaders
Speaker 1: as it proteins to kind of setting it to for
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Um yeah, I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: not sure Howard Howard um necessarily carried over for the
Speaker 1: rest of the season, but I think it was a
Speaker 1: game where um, like you said, we had a ten
Speaker 1: point lead, let it slip, um laying the game, didn't
Speaker 1: win in overtime, and obviously didn't come out with the win.
Speaker 1: So it's one of those games where we had to
Speaker 1: learn how to finish. UM. And it's just small plays
Speaker 1: here there UM, some of the plays they earned, you
Speaker 1: know as we go back and watch the tape. UM,
Speaker 1: But there are there are a couple of plays here
Speaker 1: there where we could have helped ourselves. UM. But that's
Speaker 1: you know, that's one of those lessons you learned. It's
Speaker 1: a tough UM, tough team. We're on the road in
Speaker 1: the division. UM, it was just one of those battles
Speaker 1: you want to you want to get back. But UM,
Speaker 1: it's a lesson learn for this team. Said last week
Speaker 1: that there are about six up plays that that seem
Speaker 1: to change the alcohol this season. Do you it as
Speaker 1: that close to you a few plays away from I
Speaker 1: mean where you want to be. Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: if you look at the majority of our losses, you're
Speaker 1: talking about one play, um that we'll probably change those
Speaker 1: two wins. And that's just how close the margin of
Speaker 1: error has been for this team, UM this entire year.
Speaker 1: And the ball really hadn't bounced our way. UM. Some
Speaker 1: of them were self inflicted UM issues, whether we penalty
Speaker 1: is big plays, turnovers or whatever. UM. But then there
Speaker 1: are a couple where the ball just literally didn't go
Speaker 1: in our direction, that the other team made some some
Speaker 1: great plays, and um, you know, we lost a tight game.
Speaker 1: That's the NFL. But UM, I think everybody kind of
Speaker 1: feels like, as you watch the tape, we're not far
Speaker 1: from where we need to be. That marginal area has
Speaker 1: just been, you know, pretty pretty tight, especially with all
Speaker 1: the adversity we've we've had with injuries, Lane Johnsons been
Speaker 1: out obviously, Carson being a rookie quarterback, and the growing
Speaker 1: pains and all that stuff, all that stacked against that that, um,
Speaker 1: that marginal area gets a little bit smaller. Yep.