1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 3 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola, and it is time for a Thursday 6 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: edition of Mixed Shots as we get you set for 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: Opening week in the National Football League. In fact, this 8 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,639 Speaker 1: is opening day in the National Football League. We've got 9 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: football tonight at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City as the 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs take on the Houston Texans. 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: But of course we're more interested in Sunday night football 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,639 Speaker 1: at SO five Stadium in Los Angeles. Mickey Spagnola. It's 13 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Rams and a padded practice outdoors today, 14 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: the Cowboys getting geared up for some football. As you 15 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: sit there in the you're in the SWBC Mortgage studios. 16 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: Everson Walls should be joining us shortly. That sound like 17 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: a lead in from Joe Buck and along shortly will 18 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: be Everson Walls. Yes, I am in in the studio. 19 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: Always aspired to be Joe Buck right. Well, I think 20 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: you played it well. Yeah, And I can hear you perfectly. 21 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: I don't think we're in delay this time. I've got 22 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: my own headset on, so we should be good to go. 23 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: And we're working through our kinks like the cowboys working 24 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: through their kinks, getting ready. And think about this bill. 25 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: Do we have all four sports going at once tonight? 26 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: We got hockey, baseball, and basketball. That's that's exactly right. 27 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: That's right. The local baseball team, the Rangers actually playing 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: this afternoon. Stars are playing tonight, the NFL game that's 29 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: going to sweep the ratings, you know that, and Rockets 30 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: playing the Lakers tonight and earlier start at six o'clock. 31 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: And I think that they did that purposely knowing that 32 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: the NFL was going to be reigning supreme starting at 33 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: seven twenty or a little bit earlier than seven twenty 34 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: with all the pregame stuff. But it's here final, Yes, 35 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting, Mickey. I've charted it from the 36 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: beginning of this pandemic, just counting down the days, praying 37 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: that this thing will get over in time for football season. 38 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: For sure. Here we are today, this very day, I'm 39 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: going to write this down. We are at the six 40 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: month mark on this pandemic. Rudy Gobert couldn't take the 41 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: court was diagnosed with COVID nineteen on March eleventh, which 42 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: was a Wednesday night. That's when our sports world shut down. 43 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: NCAA tournament was called out or the conference tournaments, and 44 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: then the NCAA tournament shut down the next day, which 45 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: was a Thursday. We are precisely at the sixth month 46 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: mark right now as we kick off this NFL season, 47 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: and it seems like a year. Actually those a long 48 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: six months, right, yeah, long six months. But yeah, we're 49 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: not totally out of it yet, no, but at least 50 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: it starts like yeah, yeah, And it seems like the 51 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: NFL has the protocols in place that they knock on 52 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: wood will be able to get this thing going without 53 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: a hitch. And they certainly have done their homework and 54 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: they follow the lead of some other sports. Of course, 55 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: baseball has been doing it in home ballparks. But you 56 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: know they're going to go to a bubble once they 57 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: get to the postseason. In fact, one of those bubbles 58 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: is going to be how about that year in the Metroplex. Yeah, 59 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: the Rangers are actually going to host the World Series 60 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: as well as the National League Championship Series and a 61 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: National League Division Series and that's the closest the Rangers 62 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: will get to the World Series this year, you think. 63 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: But but you know, we got we got so much 64 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: to talk about about this matchup, and uh, and Everson 65 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: rejoins us here in just a little bit. I gave 66 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: him the assignment at the start of the week. I 67 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: wanted in to study up on this Van Jefferson, the 68 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: rookie receiver for the Rams. But they've got a potent 69 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: offense over there, and we've all talked about how potent 70 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: this Cowboys offense is. I think it's it's gonna make 71 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: for some kind of Sunday night. Yeah, I think you're 72 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: exactly right. And you know, while there's so much unknown 73 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: for us following the team, uh, you know, listening to 74 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, it sounds like there's a good bit of 75 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: unknown for the coaching staff going forward, not about his 76 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: own team and maybe a little bit, but about what 77 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: the Rams are going to do. And you know, they've 78 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: got a new defensive coordinator, they got some new coaches 79 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: on the staff, and you know, he keeps pointing out, 80 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: he goes, you know, there'll be thirty percent of the 81 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: stuff that the other teams doing that you're going to 82 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,119 Speaker 1: have to adjust to that you really don't know what's 83 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: going on, and maybe even with themselves. So to me, 84 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: these coaching staffs are going to have to be nimble 85 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: on their feet making adjustments and not waiting a halftime, 86 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: by the way, doing it in game when they start 87 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: seeing what the other team's going to do, because no 88 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: one really has an idea of what's going to go on, 89 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: and without a preseason game, you know, you may think 90 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: your team's ready and the execution is great, but gosh, 91 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: until it's for real, you really just can't know. And 92 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: you know, as hard as it is for us, imagine 93 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: if you were a coach, my stomach would be a 94 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: knots kind of just thinking I know about my team 95 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: but not really knowing. And they've had so much extra 96 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: time throughout the pandemic to study all the tape that 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: they can get their hands on, and so it's it's 98 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: almost like you have to guard against having too much information, 99 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: probably as far as a coach goes going into this thing. 100 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: But you know, one of the main concerns I would 101 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: have is, yeah, I mean, the starters don't play that 102 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: much in the preseason. But yeah, and you can try 103 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: to simulate game speed out on the practice field game 104 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: hits on the practice field, but you really don't know 105 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: until you start playing. And then again, the tackling. I mean, 106 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: we've seen issues with Cowboys teams in the past, even 107 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: when they've had preseason games where it takes a while 108 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: to get up to speed as far as the tackling 109 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: is concerned. So it's it's gonna be very interesting to 110 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: see its starting tonight with this Chief Sexans game. Just 111 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: what brand of football we're gonna be watching here? You know, 112 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: everybody asks when you look at it, oh, we got 113 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: evert he just jumps in without introducing himself. You know, 114 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: everybody knows who I'm trying to be as seamless as possible. 115 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: You just ruined that from fact. But now, as I 116 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: as I was listening to Bill, we're talked about this 117 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: earlier about how the timing is extremely important, not just 118 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: when it comes to covering man to man or things 119 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: of that nature, but when it comes to contact. You know, 120 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: you have to have a I mean, you have an 121 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: instinct for it, of course, because you've been hitting people 122 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: all your lives since you're in peewee league. But at 123 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: the same time you have to worry about not just 124 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: injuring yourself, but you have these these still people trying 125 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: to get accustomed to not hitting someone in the head instinctively. 126 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: Those kind of things. I think you're gonna see a 127 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: lot of penalties where players are going to be leading 128 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: with their heads unintentionally. Well, it's going to be intentional, 129 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: but it's because that's been your instinct for all these years, 130 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, we have to adhere 131 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: to these still relatively new rules in regards to contact 132 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: with the crown of the helmet. You see, those things 133 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: have to be they have to be nourished a little bit. 134 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: They have You have to have your timing together in 135 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: that regard, so that not just you don't injure your 136 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: player and getting penalty, but you don't injure yourself either 137 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: as an attacker. You know what occurred to me today. 138 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: You know, the Cowboys have this drill where they kind 139 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: of practice tackling and everybody lands on a pad on 140 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: the ground. You know, we always talk about well what 141 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: about tackling, Well what about getting tackled? You know, how 142 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: long does it take to get used to somebody laying 143 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: you out, knocking the daylights out of you, but still 144 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: holding on to the football, you know. And funny story 145 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: from way back when EMMT Smith got to the point 146 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: where in training camp he basically didn't take any snaps 147 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: during preseason, and I remember one time I went up 148 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: to him and I said, well, don't you need to 149 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: take a couple snaps to kind of get used to 150 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,599 Speaker 1: getting hit? And he looked at me like I was 151 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: cross eyed, and he goes, are you crazy? He goes, 152 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: I don't need to be reminded what it feels like 153 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: to get hit. But I'm thinking you got to be 154 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: able to remember to hold out of the football when 155 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: you're getting blasted like that. So there's another element. I 156 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: just go ahead. It's not it's not just you know, 157 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: being hit, but how you get hit. You see runners 158 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: who will have an amazing ability to take the blow 159 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: on a certain part of their body and keep on 160 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 1: keep the legs churning. There are times when two defenders 161 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: might come at a runner and instinctively he will know 162 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: how to make those two defenders negate their power by 163 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: you know, sliding in there just at the right time, 164 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: the timing has to be impeccable. Best things that dore 165 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: Set and Emma Smith and all the great runners they 166 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: do instinctively, but they do them after they've gone through 167 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: training camp and after they've gone through some preseason games 168 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: to where that timing really does have to be impeccable. 169 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: And I gotta tell you, we're gonna see some moments 170 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: to where running backs are gonna look a little bit awkward, 171 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: and even the defenders are going to look a little 172 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: bit elementary because they haven't really had a chance to 173 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: go at it in preseason and now here it is, 174 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: it's game time. It's game time. You're gonna be geeked up. 175 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: You're gonna be ready to go out there and play. 176 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: And you gotta be careful because these are some unusual 177 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: moments with no preparation, a very little preparation. And ever since, 178 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter that there are no fans in the stands. 179 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: From a player's perspective, when you say that, I mean 180 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: you you get motivated to play regardless of what's in 181 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: the stands. You're focused on what's happening on that field, 182 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: right I was always motivated the spring practice. It didn't 183 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: really matter, you know, when it comes down to playing ball. 184 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: You line up against that guy, you got to make 185 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: sure you do your job. So as much as you 186 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: want to get in there and and hear the fans 187 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: and have them geek you up, so to speak, that's 188 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: after the play is made. So you still have to 189 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: concentrate on making the play first, and that's one of 190 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: what's gonna get you geeked up. And your teammates are 191 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: gonna be supporting you from the sidelines as well. So 192 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: those are the guys that you really need from a 193 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: priority standpoint, you know. And as we've been watching these 194 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: NBA games, I think that's what the guys on the 195 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 1: court here, they hear the benches. They hear the guys 196 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: on the benches, right, and there's more talking now, you know. 197 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: I've always heard professional athletes say, you know, I really 198 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: don't hear the crowd when you're playing. You're concentrating, but 199 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: you can hear the noise, I would imagine, And you 200 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: know there's gonna be pipe there's gonna be piped in noise, 201 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: and there's a decibel maximum that they're allowed to do. 202 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: I want to know who the decibel officiator is that 203 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, Oh wait a minute, it's too loud. You 204 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: got to turn that down. But I like they have 205 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: a governor on the dial, so this is okay. I 206 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: probably have a governor. And I like what Mike when 207 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy was answering the question today about the noise 208 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: and you have to get used to it, and he said, 209 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer you've got to make your own 210 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: noise when you're on the road. And there's some sense 211 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: to that too, because you know, you play well, you 212 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: quiet that crowd down. And what few fans you have there. 213 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: Remember when the Cowboys have been going to LA they've 214 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: had a lot of Cowboy fans in the stadium too, 215 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: so especially for the playoff game that year. So yeah, 216 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: that'll be something they got an adjust to. You is 217 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: when you think about when you think about tennis. You know, 218 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: when you think about tennis, you don't have any teammates 219 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: right all you have a coach in the stands. So 220 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: you see the tennis players they really need that. As 221 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: we we sometimes look at the throwback pictures, the crowd 222 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: is geeking up that tennis player after he's made a 223 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: great shot. Well before he makes that great shot, he's 224 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: honed in on his opponent only Now. Of course, once 225 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 1: the play is made, then the crowd gets them geeked up. 226 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: But what's really important is you're honed in on making 227 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: that play first. So even in tennis, they still need 228 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: the crowd much more than we do as team players 229 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: because we have teammates, but the same town. The element 230 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: is still there. You have to make the play first. 231 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: And I would imagine you remember for your high school 232 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: then your high school basketball days when you were on 233 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: a fast break and you could hear the crowd getting excited. Man, 234 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: you were getting ready to hit a layup, right or 235 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: maybe a dunk. I don't know, you don't know, Ali 236 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: you yeah, Allie, you for Bill. I'm sure that's exactly. No. 237 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: I do remember that that JV game, that JV game 238 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: my sophomore year against Arlington Sam Houston. I got fouled 239 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: with no time left on the clock. We're down by two. 240 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: I need to make two free throws in order to 241 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: force overtime, and the varsity crowd was roaring okay, and 242 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: I sit calmly, I stand calmly at the line, sink 243 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: both free throws, force overtime, and then we lose it 244 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: overtime exactly what you're talking about. In fact, I probably 245 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: I got the trophy on the wall behind me from 246 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: the r OLD Turner All Tournament Team. N Right, you 247 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: remember Rid right, Mike Battle, those guys at Roosevelt. Yeah, ever, 248 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: soon I can hang with those guys. That's right, Baby 249 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: Ring right right was a bad boy man. It was 250 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: that just right. His brother Carl right too, right too, Yes, sir, yes, 251 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: right story, right story, yeah, try quick story. The RLD 252 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: Turner Tournament. We played Roosevelt on a Saturday morning at 253 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: nine am. We show up, We're irving MacArthur. Okay, we're nothing. Okay, 254 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: We're playing Dallas Roosevelt. And it's eight fifty. We're looking 255 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: at the clock, eight fifty nine, and Roosevelt hasn't walked 256 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: into the um yet, and so and so the clock 257 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: strikes nine o'clock and here they come strolling in. Ran right, 258 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: Mike Battle, who played at Baylor. Right, Queint Andrews is 259 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: a great point guard for him. Anyway, they didn't warm up, 260 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: they didn't do nothing. They took their sweats off, walked 261 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: out the court, and they beat us eighty five to forty. 262 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I made the All Tournament team. Way 263 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: to go bill Way. Yeah all right, huh think I 264 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: think we digressed a little bit, Yeah we did. 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All right, h Mickey has 319 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: been on that practice field today? Who was out there? Well, 320 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: it was good news for the cowboys because dressed and 321 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: practicing once again Xavier Woods, chit Beowoozier and Amari Cooper. 322 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: So if those were the three guys everybody was worried about, uh, 323 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: they were in full practice today. As a matter of fact, 324 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,959 Speaker 1: I believe when the injury report came out yesterday, Woods 325 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: wasn't even on it, so he should be good to go. 326 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: And really the only guy other than the guys on 327 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: injured reserve that aren't practicing can't practice with the team 328 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,959 Speaker 1: that was had been missing was Jordan Lewis and he 329 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: was back on at least out on the field today, 330 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: so he was, you know, dressed out like he was 331 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: going to practice and then he got on the resistant chord. 332 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: So that was a step in the right direction. And 333 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: really us the first time we've seen him practice in 334 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: or at least out there in like two weeks when 335 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: he turned his ankle in practice when they were inside 336 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 1: the Ford Center. So that was good news. And you know, 337 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,239 Speaker 1: the only you know, the only I still and we 338 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: talked about it yesterday, that big question, and by away, 339 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: Brandon Carr no worse from the where he was back 340 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: out there again today. Mike McCarthy said, you know, we'll 341 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: just have to see going along, you know, Jerry said 342 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: early in the week, you know, he didn't think it 343 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: was you know, reasonable to put him out there having 344 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 1: not gone through any training camp practices, but two practices 345 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: in the row for him. So really, you know, the 346 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: big question mark for the Cowboys I think is the 347 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: fact that, you know, Lale Collins is on ir and 348 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: they've got a compensate for his absence. And we talked 349 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: about it yesterday and you know, first guy up looks 350 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: like it's Cam Irving, but we'll see. Terrence Steele is 351 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: a possibility because those are really the only other two 352 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: tackles on the fifty three man roster. Now. Brandon Knight 353 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: has played some tackle, he played tackle last year, he's 354 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: played some guard. So between those guys, that looks like 355 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: what they're going to have to try to do without 356 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: Lale Collins on the field. Wow, So how do you 357 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: feel about that? You know, you look at Cam Irving 358 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: last year and going into the season opener for the 359 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, he did not know he was going 360 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: to be playing a lot in that game. Eric Fisher 361 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: there left tackle, got hurt in that season opener. I 362 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: believe in the first half of the game he got 363 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: put in and he wound up starting eight games at 364 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: left tackle for the Chiefs and season turned out pretty 365 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: well for Kansas City last year, now we'll see him 366 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: at right tackle, which I would assume would be better 367 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: for him. The one thing about the Rams, they don't 368 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: have the what appears to be the elite pass rusher 369 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: that some other teams in the league have. So maybe 370 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: he catches a break there against the Rams. But as 371 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: soon as I say that someone will have a career 372 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: day or they'll move, they'll move Aaron Dial from the 373 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: middle to the outside. Yeah. Ever since they'll I guarantee you, 374 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: they will look for the soft spot and say, okay, 375 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: that's where you play. Because I don't think there's any 376 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: any doubt that he'll either be up on Joe Looney 377 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: or in between Looney and Connor Williams. And if that 378 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: doesn't work out as well and they're having some luck 379 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: on the outside, he can rush as a defensive end. 380 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: And you know, maybe the good thing for the Cowboys 381 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: is you know, who knows how much they'll be in nickel. 382 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: But when they go to the nickel offense, then the 383 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: Rams go four down and maybe the guy the nose 384 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: tackles no longer head up on Looney where he can 385 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 1: help out one side or the other wherever Donald is, 386 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: if he's in the middle at defensive tackle, I'll tell 387 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: you what you have to be beware of. Where that 388 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 1: what they're gonna do with Aaron Donald, you know, with 389 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: lack of preparation, things of that nature, it could be 390 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: an opportunity for the Rams to take advantage of what 391 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: they might perceive to be Cowboys not really being prepared 392 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: on that offense of line, especially even with the injury 393 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: two columns. That kind of concerns me just a little 394 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: bit because you know, of course you can start moving 395 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: him around and see how confusing things can be for 396 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys offensive line, because even though we're one of 397 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: the best in the league, you know which, we still 398 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: depend on what we know and right now it is 399 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: all part of the unknown coming into the game on Sunday. 400 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: The other thing with Jordan Lewis, I'm a bit concerned 401 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: about that spacts. We need that experienced a third dbat. 402 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: They're gonna come out in that slot. They're gonna have 403 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: mister cupp Is gonna be coming in there trying to 404 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: light things up as as well as he did last year, 405 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: you're talking about hot sauce with a little Hobbaniera added 406 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: to it. That's how good this guy was, because he 407 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: really had a great season last year and he had 408 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: a lot of it from the slot position. So let's 409 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: see how we are gonna do on third downs or 410 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: when they start opening things up, because let's face it, 411 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: their running game is going to be suspect. The Rams 412 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: running game, I think is going to be suspect because 413 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 1: they lost the running backs. But now here you are, 414 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: you have two really good wide receivers, at least two 415 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: good wide receivers and the heck of a tight end. 416 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: So their their game plan might go from the conservative 417 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 1: running game plan to really opening it up right away 418 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: and trying to test our secondary. So Jordan Lewis will 419 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: be a guy that we need to have in there. 420 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: If not, we're gonna go with some guys with a 421 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: little bit less experience at playing the Cowboys slot. Well. 422 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: One saving Grace and while they've worked him at both 423 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: corner and safety, Darryl Worley is a guy that can 424 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: probably step into the slot. And you know he started games. 425 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: He was a starter for the Raiders, So from an 426 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: experienced standpoint, You're right about the rest of him, Everson, 427 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: but this guy gives them some experience and they can 428 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: play with it. You know, Anthony Brown has played in 429 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: the slot. They've they've put Cheeto you know, at times 430 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: in the slot. So and the fact that we'll see 431 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: how much confidence they have in in Trey Vun Diggs, 432 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: because if if they trust him outside, then you can 433 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: do stuff with the other guys inside and you have 434 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: the ability to play about three different guys inside with 435 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis uh not there. And really, I mean it 436 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: seems like almost the majority of training camp that Jordan 437 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: Lewis hasn't been here, so it's not like they were 438 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: counting on him at any point during this. So, uh, 439 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: they'll have a pretty good rotation, I would think. And 440 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, and they should cause And here's where those 441 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: saving grace is. If there's a saving grace, they better 442 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: cause problems upfront with that pass rush. You know, they've 443 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: got some guys that can go right, and they need 444 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: to create problems. You know, you mentioned the running game, 445 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: and I referred back to how the Cowboys got beat 446 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: in the playoff game against the Rams. But last year 447 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: when they beat them forty four twenty one, the Rams 448 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: ran for twenty two yards. I had forgotten that. I 449 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,199 Speaker 1: had also forgotten that after the game was seven to seven, 450 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: the Cowboys scored thirty straight points on the Rams, and 451 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 1: they were beating them thirty seven seven before they scored 452 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: two late touchdowns. So I don't know if the Rams 453 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: go look at that film and get pissed off, or 454 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,199 Speaker 1: are they looking and go, gosh, we weren't really that 455 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: good last time we played this team, or maybe they 456 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: just burned it. Yeah, what I would do, right, no sense, 457 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: look at it this right like that. We don't want 458 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: to see that anymore. You know. That was when, Yeah, 459 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: after Sean McVay was just really throwing out there as 460 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 1: like one of the smartest coaches in the NFL, all 461 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: of a sudden they have this injury to Girly. Girly 462 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: had this weird and they had this weird relationship to 463 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: where all of a sudden, I don't know if if 464 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: he was really as injured as coach McVay said he was, 465 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: or if Girly was as healthy as Girly kept saying 466 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: he was, But that became a clash within that entire 467 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: organization based on that deteriorating relationship that that kind of 468 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 1: led to a lot of downfall in regards to the 469 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: Rams and a lot of unmet expectations. I would imagine 470 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: that as smart as McVeigh is, I'm hoping well. I'm 471 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: sure the Rams fans are hoping that he has remedied 472 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: that whole situation. But I still believe they don't have 473 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: a proven running back right now. I don't think for 474 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: the start of the game, and I would dare believe 475 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: that they're going to see if Jared Golf is the 476 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: quarterback that they paid all this money too. Everybody's got 477 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: a new contract with Dak Prescott, so let's see if 478 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: Jared Goff can really come through and show that he's 479 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: worth all the money that they just paid him. And 480 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 1: they're gonna put the ball, I think, in his hands. Okay, 481 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 1: when we come back here on mix Shots, I'm gonna 482 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: open up my big green NFL Draft scouting notebook and 483 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna take a look at a couple of rookies 484 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: that might impact this game for the Los Angeles Rams 485 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,239 Speaker 1: and Everson, I want to get your scouting report on 486 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: your homework assignment for this week. That would be one 487 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: of those rookies taking late in the second round. Van Jefferson, 488 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: the receiver from Florida. That's when mix shots continues at 489 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: a moment. Hey, they're Cowboys fans with type Cleaners at 490 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: home pickup and delivery. 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I got to take reading lessons better. 536 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: Bet those reading glasses have really helped out absolute. He 537 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: got him out of his ass, nicky before we jump 538 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: in more on the rams on that right tackle position 539 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: and Mike McCarthy the press conference today when he was 540 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: asked about right tackle, Uh, share your little pot on that. Basically, 541 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: I think he pulled a Bill Parcels on because, uh, 542 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: he knew that question was coming. So when he when 543 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: he got the question about update on the right tackle 544 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: and he basically said, I got nothing and then he 545 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 1: and then he went on to expand and said, uh, 546 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: he goes, why do you think I've been answering those 547 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: other questions so long? I thought we'd run out of 548 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: time before you asked me about it. So that he 549 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: basically said, hey, we'll have eight linemen up. So if 550 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: you have eight linemen up, by the way, uh, you 551 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: can expand the game day roster from forty six to 552 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: forty eight. Uh. So uh, he'll have you know, somebody's 553 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: got to be the backup center, somebody's got to be 554 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: the backup guard. Uh. And you need a backup tackle 555 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: since the tackle backup tackle is starting. So he said 556 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: there'll be a combination of things. So he was very 557 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: very vague. And you know, sometimes, and I keep saying this, 558 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: he becomes more vague than Jason Garrett was. And Jason 559 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: Garrett was putting vanilla when answering some of those positions questions. 560 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: He was down right bage forgive vanilla, das get was 561 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: this bage? He was bad? He was, And a good 562 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: thing for Mike McCarthy right now is he hasn't lost 563 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: any games yet, hadn't want any yet either, But uh, 564 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: and so it's a very good thing before you've played 565 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: a game, because all of it looks like, wow, he 566 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: really looks like he's you know, he's he's making sure 567 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,959 Speaker 1: he's dotting all the eyes, crossing all the teas. He's 568 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: not gonna give away any trade secrets. And so he's 569 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: getting credit for all of that evasiveness right now. But 570 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: if the team starts losing games, then it turns on 571 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: a coach. But it is interesting that is a ploy 572 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: that a lot of coaches using a press conference that 573 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,719 Speaker 1: if you just talk long enough, then you eat up 574 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: all the time and they don't have as many questions 575 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: to ask you because we're out of time. Bill Bill 576 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: Parcels was the professor at that. He would tell all 577 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: these interesting stories and then he'd look at the clock 578 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: and it's like, oh my twenty minutes are up, gotta go. 579 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: He didn't get a chance to ask him what you 580 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:11,439 Speaker 1: really wanted to ask him. He was great. All right, 581 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: I've got my big green NFL draft scouting notebook out 582 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,280 Speaker 1: let me show it off here. Okay, there's a reason 583 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: in the springtime I do all this work on these 584 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: draft prospects. And I'm telling you I don't know that 585 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: it's I agree with you, Everson that there is not 586 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,800 Speaker 1: a proven established running back for the Rams to replace 587 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley right now. But the guy they want to 588 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: eventually be that guy is Cam Akers, who they drafted 589 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: in the second round out of Florida State. And he's 590 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,399 Speaker 1: one of my He's one of the guys that I've 591 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: looked at in the draft and thought, you know, this 592 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: guy's got a shot at really being something on a 593 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: bad Florida State team. Last year he had eighteen touchdowns 594 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: and you know, and he I mean, it's a phenomenal 595 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: his what he was coming out of high school in Clinton, Mississippi. 596 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: You remember Marcus Duprie. He was compared to Marcus Dupree, 597 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: who is the greatest player ever to come out of Mississippi, 598 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 1: greatest running back out of there. And so anyway, he's 599 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,480 Speaker 1: a young guy, just turned twenty one, but he's got 600 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: I think he's got it all and it just remains 601 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: to be seen how quickly can he transition. I think 602 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,720 Speaker 1: the Cowboys might be catching a break playing the Rams 603 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 1: in the first game of the year, where he hasn't 604 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: been able to get his legs so to speak, in 605 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,760 Speaker 1: the league and not having the off season as well. 606 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: All right, but let me tell me about Van Jefferson. 607 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,399 Speaker 1: What have you figured out on Van Jefferson, who's at 608 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,760 Speaker 1: other the third receiver behind Cooper Cup and Robert Woods. 609 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 1: And of course you got Josh Reynolds in the mix 610 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: as well for the Rams. Yes, you know you have 611 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,359 Speaker 1: Josh me Reynolds in the mix. And U was that 612 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 1: he's an A and M guy, right, Yes, yes, I 613 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: believe he's an A and M guy. Been pretty uneventful 614 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: of him because to Josh Reynolds. But that's why they 615 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: signed Van. They were hoping that they can get some 616 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: size in here. The guys about almost he's almost six two, 617 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 1: he's about two hundred plus pounds. One of those big, 618 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: strong receivers that you saw in the SEC. I talked 619 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 1: about the studs that are coming out of college these days. 620 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,440 Speaker 1: He would be considered one of those studs. When he 621 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: came into camp. All the Rams Brass talked about was 622 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: just his amazing hands, his patience as a route runner, 623 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 1: and his ability to make plays. So when you look 624 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 1: at him, he reminds you of the old Henry Eller 625 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,399 Speaker 1: type of players, guys who were very disciplined in their 626 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: route running. I saw some videos of him coming off 627 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. If you allow him to sit 628 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 1: there and make his moves off the line, he will 629 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: cross you up and probably break your ankles. He is 630 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: that kind of a receiver, but I have never seen 631 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 1: him handle the press well from an aggressive defensive back. 632 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: What I saw with the videos leading up to looking 633 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,279 Speaker 1: him up, I saw a bunch of small dbs. We 634 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: don't deal in really small dbs. Here in Dallas. We've 635 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: got some big guys that are pretty physical, and he's 636 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: gonna be a real test to see how well he 637 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 1: plays and if he does play a sum in the slot, 638 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:39,319 Speaker 1: but his main thing is being out wide and being isolated. 639 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: I have never seen him play in the slot. I 640 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: have never seen him go in motion either. Bill, So 641 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,360 Speaker 1: he looks like one of those guys that they depend on, 642 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 1: such as a Dad's Bryant. He's gonna be designated to 643 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:55,880 Speaker 1: be that physical receiver to make the tough catch. He 644 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,879 Speaker 1: made it throughout his entire career at Florida after tram 645 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: from Georgia, and UH, they're waiting on him to just 646 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 1: live up to his potential. Our goal here, of course, 647 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: in Dallas, is to make sure that he does not, 648 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,399 Speaker 1: and again being his first NFL game too, and uh yeah, yeah, 649 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 1: he started his career at Old Miss and then transferred 650 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: to Florida. Yeah. By the way, you know he's well coached. 651 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 1: You know, he's well coached. His dad, Sean Jefferson, played 652 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: in the league for many years and he's I believe 653 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: he's still with the Jets receivers coach with the Jets. Yes. 654 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,839 Speaker 1: And by the way, Bill on cam Acres, I just 655 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 1: got a call down from Walter Payton and said, well, 656 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: let's ease up on him being the best running back 657 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: to come out of the state of Mississippi. Okayed down 658 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:53,480 Speaker 1: the Mississippi maybe the best. Let me let me rephrase 659 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:58,319 Speaker 1: that he was the most accomplished high school Okay, yeah, 660 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: because no no one, no one knew that Walter Payton 661 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:05,240 Speaker 1: was in Colem, mississip said there's gonna be somebody for Mississippion. 662 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:10,320 Speaker 1: You know, there's gonna somebody, sure enough, Walter Payton. Okay, 663 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: and you know maybe and Walter's brother probably would would 664 00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:19,160 Speaker 1: maybe disagree with you. Also, that's true, very true. Oh, 665 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,879 Speaker 1: Eddie Eddie Peyton, Eddie Peyton. And by the way, when 666 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: he was talking about when Everson was talking about small receivers, 667 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: I mean small cornerbacks that the Cowboys don't have any. 668 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 1: I said, all I can think of, And I learned 669 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: my lesson on small corners was Ron Francis, a teammate 670 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 1: of years ever singing guy can cover. He was always there, 671 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: but he can never get to the football. And you 672 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 1: know what else, uh you want to you want to chastise, 673 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, for giving up the plays. But he was 674 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: such a humble, quiet young man. Yeah. That is almost 675 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,920 Speaker 1: as if you if you were to engage him negative, 676 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: he would just go into a shell. He was one 677 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: of the more quiet teammates I've ever had. And I 678 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,640 Speaker 1: hope he's doing well. I hope he's doing well in life. 679 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,239 Speaker 1: He was a really good day. Yeah, he wanted to 680 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: do all right. I'm now researching Walter Payton's real late 681 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:25,440 Speaker 1: for that. Now, Bill you already put Yeah, But when 682 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: you talk, when you talk about Jefferson, he is a 683 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 1: guy with a great potential. I would be extremely surprised 684 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,720 Speaker 1: if he was significant in this ball game. You're talking 685 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,320 Speaker 1: about Cup who was an extreme and a very established player. 686 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,719 Speaker 1: Everyone else is going to be window dressing for he 687 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,840 Speaker 1: and Bigsby uh, to make it, make it very to 688 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:51,319 Speaker 1: try and make it an easier day for Jerry Garf. 689 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,399 Speaker 1: You know the guy in the Cowboys, and he's gonna 690 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,440 Speaker 1: need that slot. Yeah. You know the Cowboys that had 691 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,399 Speaker 1: trouble with it in the game last year that they 692 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,720 Speaker 1: wiped him out was Tyler Higbee getting up catching twelve 693 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: passes for one hundred and eleven yards. Now, they pretty 694 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 1: much shut down that they're wide receivers, but they did 695 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 1: not control Higbee at all well his entire the last 696 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: half of his season last year. Big plays, big game 697 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: after big games, so we have problems with tight ends 698 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,600 Speaker 1: in the past. We had Spagnola out there operating with 699 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: off of one leg and he kicked out butts last year. 700 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: So tight ends should be a priority for us to 701 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,680 Speaker 1: shut down. When you talk about the slot position, you're 702 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:39,480 Speaker 1: talking about the tight end position. Those are friendly confines 703 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,440 Speaker 1: for quarterbacks. If you want to make a living and 704 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,359 Speaker 1: play it safe, and when you're in trouble, you look 705 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,480 Speaker 1: for the tight end. You look for the slot man. 706 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: That's just offense one oh one. Got to watch out 707 00:41:51,719 --> 00:42:00,600 Speaker 1: for those tight ends named Spagnola, right, I hate them. Micky, 708 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 1: What do you make of the coaches workout regimen his 709 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:11,279 Speaker 1: weekly in season practice schedule where on Friday is the 710 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,759 Speaker 1: walkthrough day and Saturday is more of a workout. You know. 711 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 1: I knew that they did that in Green Bay where 712 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 1: they moved the practice that you would normally have on 713 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: Friday to Saturday, and it used to upset US reporters 714 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: because the last injury update you would get would be 715 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,360 Speaker 1: from the Friday practice. Well, when they practiced on Saturday, 716 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,719 Speaker 1: they didn't have to change their injury update, so you 717 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,440 Speaker 1: didn't know if significant guys were practice. That's why I 718 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 1: thought they did it. But Mike explained that it was 719 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,920 Speaker 1: something he learned from track coaches on given the guys 720 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,960 Speaker 1: on Friday kind of a regeneration day. All you do 721 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:54,200 Speaker 1: is the walkthrough, kind of game like walkthrough, and then 722 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,520 Speaker 1: go ahead and have a light one hour practice on Saturday. 723 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 1: He said it kind of nights your neurological clock that 724 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,520 Speaker 1: you get yourself in kind of game mentality instead of 725 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: having a day off before you actually go out there 726 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 1: and play. So he said he learned that from track 727 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,800 Speaker 1: and field coaches and he'd been doing it the last 728 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:19,240 Speaker 1: several years at Green Bay and he thought it helped 729 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 1: cut down decrease the amount of soft tissue injuries on 730 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: game day and especially later in the season. So it's 731 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: kind of a strategy he's used now in Green Bay 732 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:35,319 Speaker 1: for the latter part of his coaching career there that 733 00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,799 Speaker 1: is the opposite of what every other coach has been 734 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,319 Speaker 1: doing and is doing in the NFL. There's something very 735 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 1: interesting those bags, because you know, when you think about it, 736 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:50,200 Speaker 1: that gap you have between Friday's practice and Sunday, you know, 737 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,320 Speaker 1: you might your body might become a little bit too relaxed. 738 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,080 Speaker 1: And you know, I think what he's trying to do 739 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,920 Speaker 1: is really Keaton. Not just the soft tissue thing, okay, 740 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:04,560 Speaker 1: but mentally everything seems to be fresher. I would imagine 741 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,680 Speaker 1: going over on Saturday as opposed to going over things 742 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,279 Speaker 1: on Friday. You know, think about this out of time. 743 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,000 Speaker 1: I know, we're out of time. We're real quick, Bill, 744 00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:15,440 Speaker 1: Even for myself. You work real hard Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 745 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,279 Speaker 1: Friday getting ready for a game, and then Saturday you 746 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 1: lay off. You don't have to do anything. And I 747 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,400 Speaker 1: find myself on Sunday going, oh wait, I gotta go 748 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,520 Speaker 1: back over this stuff to remember what I was supposed 749 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: to remember. On game day, so there might be something 750 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,320 Speaker 1: to it, all right, Bill, go ahead, Okay, So Mickey 751 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,759 Speaker 1: you need to you need to start implementing that in 752 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:38,319 Speaker 1: your preparation for the game too. Absolutely, So take Friday off. Nope, no, 753 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 1: take Friday. We're gonna work Friday, all right, We're not 754 00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:46,960 Speaker 1: working Saturday. And we've got our first prediction tonight, the 755 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,640 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans. Right, are we 756 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:54,960 Speaker 1: in agreement? I'm with you, I do agree. Yeah. Right, 757 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,680 Speaker 1: So we'll see if we are one to oh on 758 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:01,759 Speaker 1: our predictions for this season. We a Cowboys Rams tomorrow 759 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:06,279 Speaker 1: on the next episode of mix Shots. So long, everybody. 760 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,200 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 761 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,279 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.