1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. He is Radioheads, broadcasting 3 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official Dallas 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: Cowboys app. Now your hosts, Tyler Klutz, Christie Scales, and 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: Brad Sham Welcome to Radioheads. Everybody happy, Um, Cyber Monday, 6 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: Cyber Monday. But it's but it's Thursday or is it Friday? 7 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: It's Thursday. I have a personal philosophy that I adapted 8 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: to Justice Morning about cyber Monday. Yeah, and that is, 9 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: if you send me a cyber Monday email, I am 10 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: automatically not buying anything from you. If yourself, how would 11 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: you let me up for a minute? I was I 12 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: was literally at a meeting today and my phone just 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: kept going off that someone was looking at me like 14 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: do you need to get those I mean it sounds 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: like someone's trying to get ahold of you you. It was like, no, 16 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: it's Dick Sporting Good Academy. And I think I deleted 17 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: fifty emails since now mantl all right, so um, so 18 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: is Christy mentioned today is Thursday? So happy Thursday? That yeah, 19 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: we quit week quit by fast and though when you 20 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: did you play in Thanksgiving games besides here, yes, with Bears, 21 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: with the Bears and Texans, And did you have h 22 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: ever a situation like this where you played the next 23 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: Thursday and so you didn't get your mini buy until now. 24 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: That was one of the things that we look forward 25 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: to on the Thanksgiving game was you had the extended weekend. 26 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: So essentially you had, you know, Friday, Saturday, Sunday completely 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: off and then you come in Monday and get your 28 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: week started. And that's what they'll have next week. Correct, 29 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: and that now this is easier than last week because 30 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: it's a seven day cycle. Yes, that's why today's Thursday. 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: That's what we mean. And so they yesterday while everybody 32 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: was sitting around watching the Eagles do the absolutely impossible 33 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: lose to the Miami Dolphins, the Cowboys were it was Wednesday. 34 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: They just had less traffic getting to and from work, 35 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: and so they're they're used to that. But I want 36 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: to start with an aspect of that, because this is 37 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: not in any way meant to be an excuse for 38 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: why they lost to Buffalo, who I think is a 39 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: better team and certainly was that day. I thought they 40 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: looked tired in the second half, and I didn't think 41 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: i'd seen that all year. And what it put me 42 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: in mind of was, Christy, you'll help me with the year. 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: But I believe it was twenty sixteen Sunday night game 44 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: at the Giants immediately preceding Thanksgiving against Philadelphia, and they 45 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 1: got kicked right out of the gym by Philadelphia, and 46 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: they looked like they were two steps behind everything. All 47 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: that was fourteen. It was yeah, you were on that 48 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: team because Foles came back in that game. Was it 49 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: Foals or is it Sanchez? Sanchez plays Mark Sanchez played 50 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: that game and beat the brakes off of us. Yeah, 51 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: So to me, it look everybody had everybody knew what 52 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: the schedule was. But I don't think you'll ever see 53 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: a team play a road Sunday night game and get 54 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: back at five in the morning before a Thursday game again. 55 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: And this team got back at about two in the 56 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: morning from New England. Yeah, and playing in those conditions. 57 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: I mean, Christy's only now thawing out from being on 58 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: the sideline's I'm not offering it as an excuse. I 59 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: don't think that's why they lost to Buffalo, But I 60 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: really thought that they were tired in the second half 61 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: and physically unable to mount a comeback. That was the 62 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: first game this season that I did not see the 63 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: fight in them that second half. And you know, I 64 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: think that got lost in Okay, is Jason losing the team? 65 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: Is it a motivation thing? And you're exactly right. That 66 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: turnaround is really hard, and they just they just looked 67 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: slower and tired. I don't think that they were any 68 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: less motivated, but I mean it's a hard turnaround to have. 69 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: They had really one practice, right, one legitimate practice, and 70 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: no rest, no none. Because you get back and then 71 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: you come in at probably what they come in at 72 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: ten o'clock on early early afternoon. Okay, so but that's 73 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: when guys start coming in as about ten o'clock, right, 74 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: because they're gonna watch their film, get their treatment, do 75 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: all that. Yeah, like practice or the official reporting time 76 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: may not be till one o'clock or two o'clock, but 77 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: you really, Okay, so I've got eight hours of sleep 78 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: after a trip like that, and then that's you know, 79 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: saying I'm not even gonna see my family at home, 80 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: and then you come back, get right back into it, 81 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: and mentally you're already prepping. I mean you're repey for 82 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: Buffalo on the way home from New England after a 83 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: really tough loss, really bad weather, and then you got 84 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: to go right into a short week. I mean, that's 85 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: it's a challenging schedule traditionally, guys. I think the NFL 86 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: could do a better job of Okay, hey, let's plug 87 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: in a Saturday game. Whoever's playing, whoever's playing Thanksgiving, play 88 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: Saturday and then give you an extra day at least, right, 89 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: But the hard part is or at least play an 90 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: early game required to be early, right, And I don't know. 91 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: The hard part is Thursdays are such a regular thing 92 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: now and then you use that all year, that excuse 93 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: all year. Yeah, And the thing about Saturdays is the 94 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: NFL is not going to do that until early to 95 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: mid December to not conflict college football. So what did 96 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: it look to you on the sideline like they were 97 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: tired in the second hand? And did I think what 98 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: was frustrating about it is the thing that you look 99 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: at the previous five losses and it's been so hard 100 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: to get a handle on this team because it's like 101 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: you've got to get off to a good start. They 102 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: keep putting themselves in a hole where they come out 103 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: and have a fantastic drive to open the game score 104 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: a touchdown, and then it really played well in the 105 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: first quarter. The defense did all right too, and it 106 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: was the middle of the second quarter on but yes, 107 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: they looked sluggish in the second half, but by that 108 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: time Buffalo just had that momentum. The biggest play in 109 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: the game and it was right before the gadget play 110 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: where John Brown, the wide receiver on the double reverse, 111 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: throws the touchdown pass. The play before that is when 112 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: Josh Allen recovered his own fumble on fourth and one, 113 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: and it was all downhill after that. You could feel 114 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: sometimes when you're on the sideline, you feel the building 115 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: everything just changes. And I thought that Cowboys fans were 116 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: pretty dead after that. Of course they didn't have much 117 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: to cheer for, but that's when the Bills mafia when 118 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,239 Speaker 1: they really came alive. But you could just feel everything 119 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: change after that play. It was the Buffalo Bills that 120 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: made the catalytic play, even though it was recovering your 121 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: own fum, not the Cowboys and Christian Covington. I can 122 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: still see the picture in my mind of him. The 123 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: ball was he was laying on his stomach as you 124 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: can see right there, and he had bodies on top 125 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: of him, and the ball's coming right to his face 126 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: but he can't he can't recover it with his face. 127 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: And Jalen was looking at it and not going. You know, 128 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: it's like, why didn't you jump on the ball. You know, 129 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: I couldn't really see that until watching later at night 130 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: the replay. Couldn't really see that part of it from 131 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: the sideline. But it's like everybody stopped except for Josh Allen. 132 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: And then when you throw in a bad interception and 133 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: a couple of missed field goals that are psychological backbreakers, 134 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: you get a result like that. And so now bring 135 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: us the player's perspective. I'm sitting at home, sitting at 136 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: my desk, work and trying to, you know, start getting 137 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: ready for this game Thursday, and the scores keep coming 138 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: in from Miami, and when Miami actually beat Philadelphia, I 139 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: almost almost felt like the Cowboys had won a game. 140 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: What's it like for a player? I mean they were 141 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: here working, so they didn't know right away. Yeah, so 142 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: what's the what's the media answer from a player is 143 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: that we can't worry about anybody else. We control our 144 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: own destiny and all that. But with that, there's two 145 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: things that one can come hope that Okay, hey, look 146 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: like we had two losses that you know, obviously not 147 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: great for us. Thankfully they weren't conference losses, so that 148 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: helps us. But you know, there's two things. You can 149 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: have hope Okay, we're still in this We're still in 150 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: the driver's seat, or you can have what's the You 151 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: could be yeah, well like lethargic, right, you become complacent 152 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: in that. Oh okay, well it is what it is, right, 153 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: we're still in the driver's seat. Like, you can say 154 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: the same thing two ways. Right, you can say it like, okay, good, 155 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: we're still alive. Let's go, or you can say good, 156 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: we're in the same position we were last week. So 157 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: there's two different perspectives. And that's where the leadership of 158 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: the team and I'm talking about players, Yeah, that's where 159 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: the players have to step up and instill a sense 160 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: of urgency in the remaining four games of the season 161 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: because they are all must wins. Because if we win 162 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: and then go into Philly and don't do what we 163 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: are supposed to do Philly, then can take that spot 164 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: from us. So you have to say every game is 165 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: a must win. I know we're one week at a 166 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: time and focus on this week. Yeah, but you have 167 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: to have a sense of urgency because how you prepare 168 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: today has an effect on how you play on Week four, 169 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: that's a fourth week, the last week of the season. 170 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: That's what I loved about Dak today. Again, today is 171 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: Thursday by Cowboy standards, and so Dak usually speaks with 172 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: the media on Thursday. So we just came out of 173 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: the locker room an hour ago, and I loved what 174 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: Dak had to say because he's answering the same questions 175 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: about how you get together and you know, execution all that. 176 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: And he says talk is cheap, and I love that. 177 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: I love that because we are so tired of hearing 178 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: the Oh we just we're reading ourselves. We need to 179 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: execute better. I just want to gag if I have 180 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: to hear it one more time. And so I was 181 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: just happy to hear him, you know, and Dack's a 182 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: stand up guy. You know, now he's going to say 183 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: politically correct things. But I just thought that was it 184 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: was the perfect timing to hear that today. And he 185 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: also said and so for the young guys. You know, 186 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: it's time for me as a leader and the other 187 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: leaders to show those young guys, Okay, follow us, this 188 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: is how we're going to do it. Yeah, Because here's 189 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: the deal is, you picked a profession that is really hard. 190 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: It's really hard to get wins on a weekly basis 191 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: and to be able to stack those wins up. But 192 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: here's one thing that I would say I was a 193 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: little bit disappointed with watching that game is your leadership. 194 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: The Dax, the Jason's, the Shawn's, the Jaalens, the DeMarcus Lawrence, 195 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: the guys that are touted as leaders on this team. 196 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: When their flatness started in that second half, that's when 197 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: there needed to be some emotion. There needed to be 198 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: some accountability. There needed to be something going on on 199 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 1: that sideline. And I don't and I'm not comparing this 200 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 1: team to the mid late of the late nineties Cowboys, 201 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: but I just watched Troy Aikman's True Life right and 202 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: it kind of his way out, which, by the way, 203 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: you did a spectacular job on that. But he was 204 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: just talking about Okay, look, there needs to be some accountability, 205 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: and it can't come from the same person every single time. 206 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: There needs to be a group of leaders that come 207 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 1: together on the defensive side, on the offensive side, and 208 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: then someone they could pull everybody together. One thing I 209 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: haven't seen at all this year, and maybe just the 210 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: TV compy didn't show it. When have you seen the 211 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: entire team come together and say, look, okay, we've got 212 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: one quarter left, you better strap it on because we're 213 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: coming after these guys and we're gonna leave it all 214 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: out on the field. I haven't seen that from the team, 215 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: And that's where I think our senior leadership on this team, 216 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: not coaches, players have to step up and be accountable 217 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: for this. Yeah, it's happened a couple of times on defense. 218 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: I can think of a few times, but at least 219 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: twice it's been Chris Rohard bringing people up. I've seen 220 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: DeMarcus bring people up. Hadn't really seen it on offense. 221 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: But it's interesting because you talk about the veteran guys. 222 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: It was Michael Bennett who was yelling in the law 223 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 1: locker room after the game, in the postgame locker room, 224 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: and it's interesting. Of course he's got a fresh perspectivetive right, 225 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: being here for just a month and and you know, 226 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: he sees the talent on this team, and he knows 227 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 1: what it takes. Um, you know, with a championship. He's 228 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: won one, so it's going to be really interesting to 229 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: see if they follow that lead. I and Michael's a 230 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: mercurial kind of guy, but I think that players will 231 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: listen to him because of the success that he's had. 232 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: That's right, Um, one more topic, will take a break. Um, 233 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: how many this could? What a horrible question this is. 234 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: I would hate for anyone who'd asked me this. Okay, 235 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm start to get nervous. Yeah. How many teams have 236 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: you been on where the coach got fired or not resigned? 237 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: M Cleveland? Yes, Mangini. So I came in with Mangini. 238 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: That was the only one because when I left Chicago 239 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: love he was there when Kubiak was still in Houston. 240 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: Philbin later got fired. But the only transition that I 241 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 1: that I have been a part of was that Mangini 242 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: to Schermer transition there, but it was over an offseason. 243 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: So UM. My observation is that some coaches are over 244 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: their head, and my personal opinion is that Jason Garrett's 245 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: proved he's not over his head. He may not have 246 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: won enough to suit people, but he's not over his 247 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: head now. So when players are about to get a 248 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: coach fired, how do they feel about it? Do they 249 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: know it? I think you do. I think you do. 250 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: I know the last few games of the season in 251 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: twenty and ten in Cleveland, there was just a feeling, 252 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: right it was. It was and you know what everybody's saying, Yes, yeah, yeah, 253 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: I've got a forty five minute drive now that that 254 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: I get caught up on on all the talk. But 255 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: he has some advice for you about that later podcast. 256 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: Listen to Cowboys podcast on Dallas Cowboys dot com. Yeah, 257 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: you know what I need to be but uh, you 258 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: know that the from a player's perspective, UM, I think 259 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: I think you're you're going to see the heart of 260 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: a team in a situation like this. Um, you know, 261 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, when we were really really struggling, right, Uh, 262 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: you know, coach Garrett had just signed a new contract. 263 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: You knew he was probably going to be there the 264 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: next year. But there was still an accountability that we 265 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: did owe Jason more and we could have put more 266 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: out there. Um. Yeah, we lost a couple of key 267 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: players that year, but we owed him more and there 268 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: is that sense of devotion to our leader, right and 269 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: he is our leader. So you're going to see the 270 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: heart of the team. And I don't necessarily say they, uh, 271 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: you know, Jason has lost a team or this, but 272 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: you're going to see what Zeke's heart is. You're gonna 273 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: see what Dax heart is. You're gonna see what Jalen's 274 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: heart is. You're gonna see the guys that are gonna 275 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: are the future of this program if they're more worried 276 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: about Okay, we're worried about us right now, or worried 277 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: about this team in this organization, because ultimately this teams 278 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,359 Speaker 1: should be fighting for a goal much bigger than themselves 279 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: and that means sacrificing yourself physically, emotionally, statistically, it doesn't matter, 280 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: for the betterment of the team and doing whatever you 281 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: have to do, whatever that is. So we're going to 282 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: see a lot in these last four weeks because when 283 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: it is on the line, are you going to step up? 284 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: You're going to prepare and then you're going to go execute. 285 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: So this is gonna be a tale of what this group, 286 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: this core group, is going to look like over the 287 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: next few years. A right, we're gonna take a break. 288 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: We'll be back and look ahead. Beginning to look Ahead 289 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: just two days from Thursday to Sunday, three days for 290 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Bears with Tyler Klutz and Christie Scales. 291 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: I'm Brad Sham and this is Radioheads. 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But um, 328 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: but for the players and the coaches right now, it's Thursday, 329 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 1: so they are winding down there week before they go 330 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: to Chicago. Another one of Tyler Klutz's former addressing it's 331 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: hard not to go to one of my former teams. 332 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: What was it like? I mean, that is such a historic, 333 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: traditional franchise. What was it like? And I'll say I'll 334 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: say this, I think you'd be hard pressed to find 335 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: outside of Lambeau. I think there would be a harder 336 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: place to are a better place to play in September 337 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: than Soldier Field after that, don't want to play there, 338 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: but I like an NFL venue. I don't believe that 339 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: there's a better UM stadium to play in Soldier Field 340 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: as a as a home team or a visiting team. Wait, 341 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: even after the renovation, after the UF on top of 342 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: the inside though, from the inside, you still have that feel, 343 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: you still have that sense, and you know it's a 344 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: long grass, it's it's always just really nice. It's the 345 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: weather is always really pretty nice in September October UM. 346 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: But I don't know, I loved playing in that stadium. 347 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: It's a good city, good fans. They're pretty loyal regardless. 348 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Okay, here's the thing. It's passionate 349 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: they are. And you know, people always give the Cowboys 350 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: a bad time for living in the past. Go to 351 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: Chicago and ask them about the eighty five Bears. They 352 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: are still the biggest celebrities in the entire city. But no, 353 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: it's a it's a cool place, and there's there is 354 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: a cool factor. Two. Playing Soldier Field in December, there's 355 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: always inevitably a bad weather game. I'm looking right now 356 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: and it looks like it's going to be pretty nice. Actually, Christie, Christie, 357 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 1: by the way, I can tell you everything about the 358 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: weather three days out, and she is delighted at the forecast. 359 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: That should be a high. It's going to be in 360 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,959 Speaker 1: the mid thirties to upper chirties by the time we can. 361 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: In fact, I'm going to interrupt our look ahead to 362 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: this game to take advantage of this opportunity to let 363 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: Christie tell a couple of stories about being on the 364 00:19:54,240 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: sideline in twenty ye first game as a cowboy, your 365 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: first game, My first game as a cowboy. Yeah, And 366 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: actually I remember when Tyler came because I knew that 367 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: he had played in Canada and had played in Chicago. 368 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: And you may not remember, but me sitting next to 369 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: you at your locker, trying to get ideas on how 370 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: to stay warm. But Kyle, our producer, Kyle Yeoman's Kyle, 371 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: I'm getting ready to hold up this picture. This is 372 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: pregame two and a half hours before kickoff, where it's 373 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: me and the soldier field security guards roasting marshmallows on 374 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: the sideline. It sold your feet. So these are the 375 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: big jet heaters that you see on the sideline any 376 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: any cold weather game, any venue is going to have these, 377 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: and so for years in Witton, unless it's Fresno State 378 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: or College Station or something like that. But the players 379 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: always warm their hands around there. And I always in 380 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: my head and kind of singing Kumbaya, and I thought, 381 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: you get that feel because it's it's a it's a 382 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: it's a huddle right there, right and they make like 383 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: a year all gathered around like a campfire. And I've 384 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: always thought, could you roast a marshmall? And so um, 385 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: I knew it was going to be awful for that game, 386 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: and that I would be the only fool out there 387 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: doing my pregame reports that the players and coaches would 388 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: be inside. And that was the case, and the big 389 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: tough security guards of Soldier Field, whom I gathered them 390 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: all around. And here's the key. The key for anything 391 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: to get people on your side is to share your food. Yeah, 392 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: And so I would roast the marshmallows and they would 393 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: eat it. And so then it got to a game 394 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: where I gave them my stop watch and we were 395 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: timing how quickly we could roast a marshmallow. And so 396 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: the unofficial record, I'm going to have to contact Guinness 397 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: book a World Records to make it official. But you 398 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: want to take a guess on how long it takes 399 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: to roast a marshmallow. We did several So it took 400 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: thirty seven seconds, six seconds. I was sixty seconds without 401 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: burning it, you know, without But anyway, I tell you what, 402 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: my hamstrings have been really really close to that thing. 403 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: So no, but it was so cold for that game. 404 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: And Tyler can attest to this. The guys, the trainers 405 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: and the equipment managers that are on the sideline that 406 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: have the gatorade bottles, so it's green gatorade bottles. They 407 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: were holding it in front of the jet heaters because 408 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: the water was frozen in the gatorade cups and it 409 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: was frozen in the gatorade bottles, and they were trying 410 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: to keep it liquid so they could run out there 411 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: and give it to the players. That was awful. It 412 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: was officially it was eight degrees, which is the coldest 413 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: regular season game in Cowboys history. The coldest all time 414 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: was the postseason game, the Ice Bowl, but it was 415 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: minus seven wind chilling at kickoff. Yeah, and the psychological 416 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: game that was played against us. Right, So, first of all, 417 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: that week going into it, Joe Dicamillis, who had come 418 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: from Dallas as especial teams coach, went to Chicago. He 419 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: made some comments in the media that Dallas was Hollywood 420 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: and he made all these like so we were fired up, right, 421 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: and then we get out there and it is freezing, 422 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: and we'd had the cold week leading up to it, 423 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: so it was in the teens here in Dallas, and 424 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 1: we'd had that snowstorm and so we're like, oh, we're 425 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: ready to go. We practice outside and then we get 426 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: there and we're like, this is way colder. And I 427 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: was like, I told you guys, Chicago is just different. 428 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: And then the Bears come out with no shirts during 429 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: warm up, Brandon Marshall coming out with a cut off 430 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: shirt and linebackers no shirts, and we're like bundled up. 431 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: Half the guys didn't even come out because it was 432 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: too cold and they didn't want to, you know, get tight. 433 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: And uh yeah, that was a really tough game to play. 434 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: And they scored forty something but was it Luke mccount 435 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 1: or account so. And the other thing is, yeah, Jay 436 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 1: had gotten hurt and I came in. So Josh came 437 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: in Thanksgiving of twenty eleven and we played in the 438 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: UFL together. I mean, long story, but Josh great guy. 439 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: But he comes in and everyone's like, Okay, Jay's out. Josh, 440 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: I said, listen, Josh leads that team better than Jay 441 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: ever could or will, so you should be more worried 442 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: about Josh and they and that was gosh, man, that 443 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: was I think it hit six hundred yards passing. The 444 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: final was like forty five to twenty seven or something like. 445 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: And that was the thing. There was so much scoring 446 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: that it was kind of a long game and it's like, please, 447 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: we ran the ball really well. I think we had 448 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: like one hundred and fifty yards rushing. Statistically, it looked 449 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: exactly exactly. But yeah, that that was a That was 450 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: a cool game. That was the second coldest game I've 451 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: played in. But what was the coldest was at Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba, 452 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: Edmonton Eskimos they play indoors. No, okay, I guess I'm 453 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: thinking of the Comma Stadium, Yeah, Homa Warren Moon. How 454 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: how cold was Winnipeg when Winnipeg was twenty below Yeah, 455 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 1: so it was, oh gosh, it was like three degrees 456 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: and then Winshell, it was windy two because the planes 457 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: that there were bad. But the problem there that made 458 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: that game even worse was that they plowed the snow 459 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: off the field the day before and not the day off. Yeah, 460 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: so it's it acts like a blanket, and so then 461 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 1: they plowed it and it was literally like we're playing 462 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: on this table. So, and that was the first time 463 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: I ever saw a team handout liquor before you walked 464 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: out to the field. There was a bottle of jack 465 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: and there was a bottle of stuff for the players. 466 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: The sideline reporter, I'm assuming that I'm sorry that yes, yeah, 467 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: you liquor. It was it was on the training table. 468 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: So are you guys doing shots before? Well, yeah, you 469 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: could take one poll off of it and then you 470 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: walk out. So it's not like they were, you know, like, hey, 471 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: go ahead and drink. But Canada's just a little more relaxed, right, 472 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: But it was when we're guys coming back around to 473 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: the back of the line. But no, and I'll say 474 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 1: this because I saw it and guys were doing it 475 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: before warm ups and I was like, that's insane. And 476 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: I'm so like business and when I'm at football, like 477 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: I check in like two days before a game, like 478 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: they'll talk to me, they'll be around me. My preparation starts, 479 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: and so I'm like, what are you guys doing? And 480 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: I went out for warm ups and I almost died. 481 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: And I came back and I was like okay, And 482 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 1: so I tried it and it all it does is 483 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: just take the edge off, so it's not as much 484 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: of a bite. But it was. It was wild. It 485 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: was It was a whole other level, which one was 486 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: crazier Tyler. Was it the Bears warming up shirtless in 487 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: the Chicago cold or the liquor in the Canadon the liquor? 488 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: Was that was more because I've seen stuff like whenever 489 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: we'd play Boise State, they'd kind of do the whole 490 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: the same thing, but the liquor. I was just like, 491 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: this is insanity. Like in Canada though, I mean it's 492 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: you know, it's Saturday, they would advertise that they would 493 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: have a longer line of people trying to get into 494 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: the Canadian football Well, you know the old thing, the 495 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: psychological part that was the old stories of Brad You 496 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: can maybe speak to this. Back in the seventies went 497 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: the Bud Grant and old Metropolitan Stadium up in Minneapolis, 498 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: where of course that was outdoors and it'd be super cold, 499 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: and they would put a thermometer behind the visitors bench 500 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: so that the visitors were we from Miami or Dallas. Yeah, 501 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: exactly like the Pink locker room and the Vikings were 502 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: not allowed to wear long sleeves. Yeah, so they come 503 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: out out. I still do this day, have not worn 504 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: long sleeves. Right now, did you do the new skin 505 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: or do any that spray vasling? Yeah, so you do vassoling. 506 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: So you do like rubber surgical gloves under your gloves 507 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: and then you're vassolting on the arms of vassolating breaks 508 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: the wind, so it acts as like a layer and 509 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: it also makes the fullback hard to tackle. When yeah, 510 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: are you are you reaching into your bag to show 511 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: us some of your supplies. Yeah, this is uh, Tyler 512 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: and I have been promising for weeks to share handy 513 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 1: dandy tips. Now this is good not only for you're 514 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: going to a high school playoff game, but you say 515 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: you've got your kids, your grandkids soccer, or you're going 516 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: to college. This is good for any time that you're 517 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: outdoors and it's going to be cold. So this is 518 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: for this weekend or Thursday that I'm taking there. It 519 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: is there you go. So, my husband's fishing socks, So 520 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: good socks. Okay, So, so the two areas you have 521 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: to address first and foremost is your fingers and your 522 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: toes because those are obviously your extremities the least amount 523 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: of blood flow. You have to take care of those, 524 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: so good socks are key. And then talk about underneath 525 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: the socks. Yes, So the main thing when I first 526 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: started doing this, I had heard Bob Lilly tell the 527 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: story of he didn't suffer frostbite on his toes as 528 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: badly from the ice bowl is like Jethrow and some 529 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: of his teammates because he had done the old hunting 530 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: trick of wrapping his feet in plastics. So I used 531 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: to use just some saran ramp or glad rap. But 532 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: the problem is your feet sweat and so that's the 533 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: problem is they're wet from sweat. There maybe dry from 534 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: rain or snow, but they're wet from sweat. So what 535 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: you need is powder or spray to keep your feet dry. 536 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: I got the spray idea from Clay Matthews when he 537 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: was with the packers, So that's the thing. Now this 538 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: is bag. This was actually from the New England game 539 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: and it's because I forgot bread bags. Yeah all right, 540 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: this is actually the I want to do is go 541 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,719 Speaker 1: to the grocery store and get the bags, the produce 542 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: bags because it's a real those that's where we used. 543 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: So did you do it straight over your skin or 544 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: do you do it between? So I do sa bag 545 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: sock and again that's to keep your feet drive from 546 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: rain or snow. So that's very helpful. Now this is 547 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: the best thing that for me. It's these thermicare or 548 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: you can do off brand um, you know, cheaper generic things, 549 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: but these thermicare heat patches. Think of you know, like 550 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: your grandparents, they got arthritis and they're always sore, and 551 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: they put on those heat patches. It's the best thing ever. 552 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: So for this particular game, the minus seven wind chill, 553 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: i had seventeen heat patches on my body and my chest, 554 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: my back, my belly, my lower back, my thighs, my hamstrings, 555 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: my arms. But my forearms were too skinny, so Ted, 556 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: our radio engineer, Gaff, taped the heat patches to my arms. 557 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: And then the other thing is people say, well, you 558 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: use the little handwarmers right, and it's okay. But here's 559 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: the thing. It doesn't work for me wearing headsets on 560 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,239 Speaker 1: the sideline. But this is a great trick for all 561 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: of you to learn. So you when you're wearing your cap, right, 562 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: you take the rich Bisacci getting the cats their former. 563 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: So you take the handwarmers and I'm going to leave 564 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: them in the package for now, but take them out 565 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: of the package when they get warm, and you stick 566 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: them here in the fold of your hat and it 567 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: keeps your ears warm. It's a great trick. Doctor Dan Cooper, 568 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, noted orthopedist, taught me that trick. So There 569 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: are all sorts of little things that you can do, 570 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,719 Speaker 1: but heat patches are really the way to go because 571 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: they really do last for like six to eight hours. 572 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: And I just remember leaving that game when it was 573 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: minus seven win Hill at kickoff and getting on the 574 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: team bus and I was just drenched with sweat because 575 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: those suckers were still working and I was just it was. 576 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: It was good. 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Back 610 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: to Radioheads. Welcome back to Radioheads. Brad Sham with Christie 611 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: Scales and Tyler Klutz. The Cowboys are leaving on Saturday, 612 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: which this week comes on Wednesday for their game with 613 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: the Bears in Chicago on Thursday night, and two teams 614 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: at six and six, both of them disappointed with how 615 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: they have performed, and so it'll be a very interesting game. 616 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: Fans in both cities are down on the teams, and 617 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: yet it could be a very even matchup. So what, 618 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: Tyler Klutz, what area of this Cowboys team are you 619 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: most looking at to see if it steps up and 620 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: grabs the leadership of this game and takes over. And 621 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: so here's who we're going to be tonight. Yeah, so 622 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 1: you know, first and foremost, I think as special teams. 623 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: Special teams this late in the season is a huge 624 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: deciding factor, especially a Thursday night game. There's gonna need 625 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,280 Speaker 1: to change the field position at some point, so special 626 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: teams has to turn it around. They have to make 627 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: an impact play, whether it's a great punt, whether it's 628 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: a block punt, whether it's a good return. I'm not 629 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: saying we have to return anything, but there has to 630 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: be an impact play that completely changes the field of game. 631 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: So special teams is one, but two, I've got to 632 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: see these linebackers be who they were hyped up to 633 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: be and I haven't seen it, and I've got to see. 634 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: I've got to see if that if the running back 635 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,440 Speaker 1: makes it through that first line of defense and our 636 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 1: defensive front, that these linebackers are going to come in 637 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,720 Speaker 1: and fill it. And it can't be sewn on every play. 638 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,720 Speaker 1: He can't, I mean, he can't be everywhere and do everything. 639 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: So I need to see Jalen come up and be 640 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: a force. I need the coverage by the linebacker group 641 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: to be on point. Because Tarik Cohen is a good 642 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: back and he can do a lot of different things. 643 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 1: He doesn't get all the attention that he did maybe 644 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, but he is a good 645 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,240 Speaker 1: back and has to be accounted for, and these linebackers 646 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 1: have to shut that down. And then I've got to 647 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: see pass rush like it can't just be Quinn, I mean, 648 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: DeMarcus has to land has to be there. And you know, 649 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: with Traubinsky and his struggles, they're going to try to 650 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: move them around, They're going to try to play action, 651 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: boot them out, throw on the run, get outside. We've 652 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: got to have contained. We have to And you know, 653 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: here's the thing with this defensive line that I think 654 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 1: we've struggled with is we've bought into Marinelli's idea of penetration, penetration, penetration, right, 655 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: and so our defensive at least our edge guys are 656 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,439 Speaker 1: getting up the field right. The problem is is there's 657 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 1: those gaps back behind them, and that's where those linebackers 658 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: need to fill it. So if if DeMarcus and Robert 659 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,760 Speaker 1: are going to penetrate off the edges, or Michael Bennett 660 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,320 Speaker 1: or whoever we've got in is penetrating, these backers have 661 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: to fill those gaps and they have to fill it 662 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 1: downhill and fast. Um. The injury report, I was just 663 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: looking at it just came out. So Randall Cobb didn't 664 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: practice because of an illness. Yeah, today, it was bad news. Today. 665 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,520 Speaker 1: When I'm eating lunch and the team is practicing outside 666 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,840 Speaker 1: and there's Randall in line for the salads, It's like Okay, 667 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 1: wait a minute, early, you know he's got came over 668 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,759 Speaker 1: and just stirred your salad. Yes, that's so good. He's 669 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: got seventy two hours to to feel better, hopefully. But 670 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 1: I have a feeling that they'll play without vander esh 671 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 1: and um Heath again, and and An Torne felt that 672 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,239 Speaker 1: up the middle, you know, up the middle we were 673 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: week last week. We were without our starting nose tackle, 674 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: we were without a very good linebacker, and we were 675 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: without our starting safety. So one thing that that they 676 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,279 Speaker 1: did was blitzmore last week, Craig, if I'm wrong, we 677 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 1: had four sacks. Yes, three of them were by defensive backs. Um. 678 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: Do they need to get more creative defensively and play 679 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:09,399 Speaker 1: in ways that neither Rod nor Chris Richard would most 680 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: prefer to play in order to be effective given the personnel. 681 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't think. I don't think you 682 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,400 Speaker 1: have to reinvent the wheel for this Chicago offense. I 683 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: don't think that they're as dangerous as um, you know, 684 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: as Buffalo was with the with the backs that they 685 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 1: had and Um and obviously Alan is a great quarterback 686 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: that can do a lot, But I don't think that 687 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: they're as dangerous as as we need to be. I 688 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: think we just I know that everybody in the media 689 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,160 Speaker 1: is in all the players are saying, we just need 690 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: to execute. We just need to execute. But we just 691 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,640 Speaker 1: need to be gap sound, and we need to have 692 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: integrity in our defense. And you know, we've got to 693 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: we got to have our safeties come up and fill 694 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 1: where they need to fill, but we we need to 695 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: we need to be able to as a defense. We 696 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: need to be able to put pressure out of our 697 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,840 Speaker 1: base out of our base packages and not have to 698 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 1: bring in Xavier Woods or Jordon Lewis or Cheeto to 699 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: come and do a corner blitz or nickel blitz or 700 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: something like that. And I'd like to go back to 701 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: what you were saying, Tyler about special teams. Did you 702 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: ever go against Patterson Cordarrel Patterson, because obviously he's leading 703 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: the league and kickoff returns this year. He has one 704 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 1: hundred and two yard one already this season. But it 705 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: seems like Chicago going back, whether it's Devin Hester, and 706 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: that is an interesting dynamic in that stadium. I remember 707 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: very vividly when the Cowboys would play there and Devin 708 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 1: Hester was the returner on punts. The entire energy of 709 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: the building when he would drop back, it was lit up. 710 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,799 Speaker 1: And it was even more than when Dion Sanders at 711 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,880 Speaker 1: Texas Stadium when Dion was returning for the Cowboys. But 712 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 1: you could just feel the buoyancy of the entire place, 713 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. And I got to block for Devon 714 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,360 Speaker 1: for the twenty eleventh season and he had gosh, he 715 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,760 Speaker 1: had six touchdowns on special teams that year, but two 716 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: or three of them were called back. I think we 717 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,000 Speaker 1: had two against Minnesota that we're called back, a kickoff 718 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: return for a touchdown and a punt return for a 719 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 1: touchdown that we're both called back. But I mean that spark, right, 720 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,320 Speaker 1: that's what gets the defense spark. That's what gets the 721 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 1: offense start. Imagine as an offense, which we don't do 722 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 1: because what our average drive start is inside of our 723 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: fifteen it's the worst in the NFL. It's it's actually overall. 724 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,239 Speaker 1: I think it's a twenty two yard line talking. So 725 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 1: imagine the energy that the offense can fill and saying, okay, 726 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:33,839 Speaker 1: our special teams got us to the their forty yard line, 727 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,920 Speaker 1: so we've got forty yards to go. I mean that 728 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: what that does to an offense and the energy and 729 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: the and the perkiness that that provides. I mean it's 730 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,400 Speaker 1: really hard to replicate that. And so I mean special 731 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 1: teams has to change the field, has to change the 732 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: field and put these guys because here's what we need 733 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,520 Speaker 1: to do is we need to run the ball. We 734 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,239 Speaker 1: need to stop being something that we're not. I mean 735 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,839 Speaker 1: we are, yes, we're one of the top passing teams, 736 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: but we are built to run the ball and we 737 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: still need to do that. And we can't just be 738 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: the passing the passing team that we want to be 739 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: because the run has to be important part of who 740 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: we are, especially in a colder evening night game. We 741 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,239 Speaker 1: have to be able to run the ball. The statistic 742 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 1: is pending the Minnesota Seattle game tonight. The Cowboys are 743 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 1: thirty first out of thirty two teams. Oh good, we're 744 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,720 Speaker 1: not lasting to know. In the average starting field position 745 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,719 Speaker 1: receiving a kickoff after receiving a kickoff, the average is 746 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 1: the twenty three short of just over the twenty three 747 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: yard And just to put that in perspective, when the 748 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,160 Speaker 1: Cowboys played at New England, the Patriots were number one 749 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,319 Speaker 1: and it was just beyond the thirty five yard line, 750 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,399 Speaker 1: so that's one and a half first downs that they're 751 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: getting ahead start. The Bears are third in the league 752 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,239 Speaker 1: at that statistic. They average starting now, it's only three 753 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 1: yards they average starting at the twenty six point eight 754 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,680 Speaker 1: But think of the think of the individual plays that 755 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,759 Speaker 1: had to happen to get you to that three yard 756 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: average twelve thresh twelve weeks. Patterson's average, I think it's 757 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,960 Speaker 1: twenty nine and a half yards per kickoff return. But 758 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 1: here's the thing about Patterson, and we saw it a 759 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day game at Detroit. He fielded it from seven 760 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,200 Speaker 1: yards deep. Yeah, he's the NFL record holder for longest 761 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,960 Speaker 1: kickoff return because he fielded it nine yards deep. Yeah, 762 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 1: and has one hundred nine yard or Randall. Cobb is 763 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,000 Speaker 1: still upset by the way that with the Packers that 764 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,800 Speaker 1: he had the all time record at one hundred and 765 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,880 Speaker 1: eight yards and then had it for less than a 766 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: year because Patterson broke his record within a year. So 767 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:43,080 Speaker 1: beware of cyber Monday. Yeah, everybody, have a great Thursday. Yeah, 768 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,320 Speaker 1: and we will be back with you next reel and 769 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: football Monday. I had to look ahead the fourth quarters 770 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:55,480 Speaker 1: just starting, yeah, and our destiny is in our control. 771 00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:01,160 Speaker 1: I mean I want to write that our destiny is 772 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,960 Speaker 1: in our control. Tyler Klutz twenty nineteen. For Tyler and Christy, 773 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,719 Speaker 1: I'm brad. Thanks for joining us on radioheads. This has 774 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,560 Speaker 1: been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the 775 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys Football Club.