WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Pressure Points 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:06.480 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:16.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:20.520 screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:25.239 Dallas Cowboys at now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:31.800 and Nicky Spagnola and it's time for another edition of 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:35.639 Mick Shots, our final opportunity to get you ready for 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.599 Thanksgiving Day as the Washington football team making their way 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.000 to Dallas Fort Worth probably as we speak right now 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:47.879 for the three thirty kickoff tomorrow afternoon the Cowboys and 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.440 the football team, which has been something of a tradition 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:55.440 here the last three times now Fox has had the 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.880 Thursday afternoon game. It's been Washington that has been the 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:02.640 Cowboys opponent every other year. Bill Jones with Everson Walls 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:10.400 and Mickey Spagnolo wearing his Sunday Best responsibilities as well 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.640 as we kicked things. I thought we were supposed to 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:18.760 dress up for this Thanksgiving the show. Yes, yeah, obviously, 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:21.840 Mickey wearing many hats here the last couple of days 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:26.520 and doing his TV responsibilities just made it into the 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:31.240 SWBC Mortgage studios in time for his own show, Mixed Shots, 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:34.479 and of course right off the top. We want to 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:38.280 express our thoughts and prayers to the Marcus Paul and 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:42.480 his family, and Mickey, perhaps you can give us an update. 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:48.160 Is everyone knows obviously what happened on Tuesday morning and 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:53.400 the practice gets canceled for the day yesterday and family 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:57.200 in town and Marcus Paul at this hour hospitalized at 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:01.160 a local hospital after the medical emergency at the Star 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:06.880 just before seven thirty yesterday morning. Yeah, Bill, and you know, 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.960 the Cowboys did a very good job of getting his 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:16.920 family members here while he's in the hospital. And we've 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:23.080 seen various Facebook posts and tweets when from family members, 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.080 one from his daughter, one from a niece, kind of 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:31.519 updating everybody on everything. And I believe it was his 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:37.240 daughter that pointed out that he was in He was 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:41.520 basically on life support right now, so I think Jerry 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.920 Jones mentioned it when he did his round of interviews 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:49.120 this morning with the TV stations for the Red Kettle 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.240 campaign the Thanksgiving Day game, pointed out, it's kind of 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:57.000 a grave situation. So yeah, it's a it's a pretty 0:02:57.040 --> 0:03:00.680 tough day. But the Cowboys did go out and hold 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:06.520 their practice today after canceling yesterday's practice. They were in shells, 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.160 and I could tell that the coaching staff was trying 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:14.120 to do their best to create some just kind of 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:19.480 create some focus, create some noise and and maybe kind 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:23.120 of lighten the situation up. I'd noticed that. And by 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:27.120 the way, you know, they weren't allowing independent media into 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.840 the practice today. It's kind of an NFL deal going 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:35.040 on right now. So myself and our teammate Rob Phillips, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.160 we were the pool reporters and so we were the 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.600 only ones in there watching and kind of gave everybody 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.560 an idea of what went on. But I noticed the 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:48.120 music during the stretch was much louder than normal. The 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:52.520 other thing that I noticed is the assistant coaches were chirping. 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.360 They were a little bit more vocal and loud and 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:59.440 trying to get everybody's attention. And then the other obviously 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:04.720 noticeable change was without Marcus Paul there, Harold Nash, one 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:09.440 of the Strength and Conditioning department's assistance was leading the 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:13.960 team stretch. So they seem to be uh kind of 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.360 you know, into it. So that that's a good thing. 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.280 And I don't know if they would have had shells 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.479 on today or not, but that's probably a little bit 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:31.080 more physical practice on Wednesday than they normally would have had. Well, 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.960 you look at this situations, such a tragic situation, what's 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:38.840 going on? And uh, and yet there's a football game 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.480 that has to be played on on Thursday afternoon, and uh, 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.599 you know it's it's a difficult situation to begin with 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:48.840 just getting ready for the football game on a short 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:54.640 week like this, but especially with from an emotional standpoint 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:58.279 for this team, I think the one thing that should 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:02.680 be pointed out with a with a strength and conditioning 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.359 coach the relation And maybe Everson you can talk to 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.680 this a little bit. The relationship that a strength and 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:12.560 conditioning coach has with the players may be as close 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:16.600 as any as any coach has with players on the 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.880 team when you consider what they how close they are 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.120 to them during the off season. And many head coaches 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.080 in this league talk about their their strength coaches being 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.960 their off season head coach. And so you can only 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.880 imagine what's going through the minds of these players as 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.479 they as one of the family members is going through 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:42.640 something like this right now. Well, it lets you know 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:48.760 how sacred that position is, because you really don't see 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:53.599 many strength coaches coming through an organization. They don't like 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.200 running them through as if they're running through a meal 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:00.360 or something. I would call Bob Ward was my strength 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.440 and consitioning coach. He was there for a long time, 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.440 very innovative in some of the techniques. He was one 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:11.400 of the more innovative strength coaches probably in the NFL. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.200 You know, they had the defensive lineman doing all sorts 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.920 of things with their hands. I think we were ahead 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.160 of the game in that regard because of Bob Ward. 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.840 A matter of fact, they brought in I forget the 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.040 Asian young man's name, but he became very close with 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:30.240 Randy White, two Tall Jones, Harvey Martin, John Dutton. Because 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:35.839 the hand movement in martial arts is the same movement 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:37.919 that you use when you're coming up against the wide 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.400 receiver man to man, or even when a defensive lineman 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.400 is coming off the line of scrimmage. All those hand moves. 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:50.320 The Cowboys were taught that by the Bob Ward's strength 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.719 and conditioning innovator. I forget, like I said, I forget 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.720 the Asian young man's name, but he was very prominent 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.280 in what we did. Mike wars It came right after him, 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:04.840 so you know, we're talking justin that's almost a twenty 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.680 years span. You've only got two Strength and Contenson coaches. 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.080 I don't know how mister Paul got through there and 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.680 how many have been through, but regardless of that, just 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.560 that's how close they are to players because you don't 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:23.040 bring that many in. These people are innovative and how 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:27.520 they can almost individually attack whatever a person's weakness is 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:31.280 and make him a better player. I must admit, you know, 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.600 I hated working out there. I hated lifting weights. I 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.760 just did. Bob Ward just used to. He would see 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:39.520 me coming in and he would automatically just shake his 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.840 head because he knew I wasn't gonna do much. But 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:45.280 though they were always there for the core of the team, 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.440 the big guys, they are the ones that he depends on. 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:52.200 They have a great relationship. So for Marcus Paul to 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.640 have to go through this and his family to have 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.800 to go through this, and I'm Thanksgiving, I'm sure those 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.840 memories will always be there a four them unfortunately, and 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:06.480 for this team. I know that you know it seems 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.480 a bit insensitive to the lay person that that doesn't 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:13.280 follow sports much, but the show must go on. It's 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.600 just the way it is. And I'm sure this Cowboy 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:22.800 team would rather talk about their conditioning Coach Uh in 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:27.200 the aftermath of a Cowboys win rather than, you know, 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.480 after a Cowboys loss. So that's how you get the whole, 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:37.040 you know, emotional dedication to his memory in this particular 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.600 ball game. And I'm sure that's what the coaches and 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.360 the player's goal is to make sure that they respect 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.360 his memory and play as hard as they can win 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.080 or lose. Just give it all you got, just for 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.959 his for his sake and for his family's sake. Hey, 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.480 let me let me say this, Everson, Uh and Mackey, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.319 you know, here's you think about and and we're we're 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:03.600 all praying for a miracle for Marcus Paul. But the 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.920 best way to honor Marcus Paul, think about what Marcus 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.800 Paul has spent his life doing. His life's work has 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:14.360 been getting football players ready to play a football game. 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:19.240 And in the best way for these players to honor 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:22.720 Marcus Paul with what he's going through right now is 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:27.079 to get themselves in the most difficult week there is 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.960 to get ready to play a football game. To get 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.880 themselves ready, just like Marcus Paul would get them ready 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:38.680 to play, and we hear coaches head coaches around the league. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:43.400 Ron Rivera in fact knows Marcus Paul. They were at 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:47.200 Chicago together. He opened up his press conference after he 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.560 heard the news. First thing he said was talking about 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:52.079 Marcus Paul. There are other coaches who have done the 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.120 same this week. He is widely respected across the league. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.680 And you think about the devotion that he is given 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:03.640 to getting football players ready to play games. Over the 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.520 twenty two twenty three year career as a strength coach 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.680 in this league, has five Super Bowl rings to show 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:13.079 for it, three with the Patriots, two in a twelve 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.400 years stint with the New York Giants. Now, I mean 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.360 that that's the way you honor Marcus Paul right now 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.200 if you're a football player for this team, and Bill, 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.160 you know, I think one of the things we should 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:28.640 we should do. And I know you found a tweet 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.280 from his niece. But yesterday when there was some confusion 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:37.960 had he passed away or not, his daughter Tabitha Clary 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.520 posted this on a Facebook and I thought it was 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.520 it spoke a lot about where the family was and 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:50.640 what they thought of their father. She posted and said, 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:55.200 please keep my dad in your prayers. He has not 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.800 gone yet. The doctors are doing everything they can possibly 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:01.760 do for him. He is on life support and we 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.760 are praying for a miracle. God has brought the dead 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.360 back to life before, and I need to believe that 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.720 it can happen for my dad. I can't lose my 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.680 dad yet. There's still so much he has to watch 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.120 me do and so much of my life I need 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.120 him to be a part of. Please pull through this, Dad, 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:24.640 Please keep praying for everyone. Praying everyone. And she posted 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.640 that yesterday and again when we're doing our show. It's 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.000 almost quarter to two, So these are the updates we 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:36.120 have at this point in case anybody's listening to this 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:41.360 later on today, and I know his niece Bill, you 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.640 can speak to that. She gave an update on how 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.880 the Cowboys were graciously trying to get the family members 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:53.600 here for them. Yep, and I don't have the tweet 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.000 in front of me right now, but she said that 0:11:56.320 --> 0:12:00.080 his children flew in last night and his dad and 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.520 other family members making their way to Dallas today. And 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.960 you know Jerry Jones, the Jones family is doing all 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.079 a ken to take care of that family right now 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.480 and make sure that they are all get whoever wants 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.719 to fly in or has the ability to fly in. 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.839 He's making sure that that happens over the last twenty 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.960 four hours. And you have to you have to feel 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.120 for the family, of course, because let's face it, at 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:29.440 our age, guys, we've all been there. We have all 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:32.200 been there. You know, no one wants to look forward 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.640 to what your future might be in that regard because 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.360 we've seen it happen to our parents. We've seen it 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.520 happen to our loved ones as well. I know exactly 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.440 the position there, and my mom was in the same position, 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.560 my dad was in the position as well. I'm sure 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:49.920 you guys could speak on that. And I know that 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.000 there's a lot of people out there going through a 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:55.199 lot of stuff. You know this this twenty twenty has 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:58.080 been Man, if you come through twenty twenty, then you're 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.920 blessed human being. But for those who had that, have 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:05.760 lost loved ones, it is something that we're not trying 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:09.720 to prioritize his life over anyone else's life, but we're 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.000 just really trying to empathize with them, just like we 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.360 would empathize with anyone else who goes through that, because, 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.440 like I said, we've all if we haven't gone through it, 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:22.319 we're going to go through it. So Mickey, you are 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:26.080 the poor reporter out at practice today, you and me 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:31.280 and Rob Phillips, yes, Rob Phillips, okay. And we saw 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:35.480 about fifteen minutes maybe uh, you know, it's the normal thing. 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:39.720 We saw the team stretch and then they get into 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:44.319 individual drills, and then they broke into some special team stuff. 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:49.720 And I can tell you that everybody was accounted for, 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.000 So even the guys that were on the list of 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:57.000 even maybe not projected not practicing on Monday or limited, 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:01.320 everybody was out there. So that includes Anthony Brown, I 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.400 believe he was on the list. Greg Zerline was on 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:09.360 the list. He was there stretching. We saw Zeke and 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:13.440 Sean Lee working on the resistant chords before they got 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:17.720 into their part of the practice. But yeah, everybody was there, 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.600 and as I said, it seemed to be, you know, 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.880 more upbeat than you might have expected. Guys were moving 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.720 around and h and the coaches were doing all they can. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.880 And I'm sure you know Mike McCarthy talked to him 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.480 and said, hey, let's let's make sure that we're not 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:38.120 kind of dragging along. Let's make sure we're loud, Let's 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.720 make sure we're on point with our instructions and getting 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:45.040 everything moving. So and the good thing was is and 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.520 you know, we got to get past the national anthem. 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.200 But all the offensive linemen that are healthy were there, right, 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.520 so they might they might be able to start the 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:59.680 same five in consecutive weeks for the first time. That's 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:04.000 good news. How big of a difference is that to 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:08.080 the last time the Cowboys played this Washington football team, 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:12.800 Because the last time they played, if memory serves me right, 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:16.480 Brandon Knight was starting at left tackle and coming into 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:20.000 this season he had one career start. Connor Williams was 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:24.320 the left guard. Tyler Biadas, a rookie with no career 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.360 starts of course before this season, was your starting center. 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:31.360 Connor McGovern was making his first start at right guard, 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:36.520 and the right tackle was Terry Steele, also a rookie. 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:42.280 One change, actually one change to that. Bill Brandon Knight 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.560 got injured in practice that week. So the guy that 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.480 they had lying as the backup to Tye to Tyrone 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:52.600 Crawford because cam Irving got hurt in the first game. 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.480 Remember it was his second special team snap and he 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:58.520 hurt his knee, so Brandon Knight got forced into a 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:02.720 starting role. When Iran went down, Tyran came back and 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.360 then they had the surgery. So Brandon Knight and if 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.200 you remember I said that week, I said, you know what, 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.440 I never thought I'd be sitting here saying, oh my gosh, 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:16.160 they don't have Brandon Knight, right, So cam so Cam 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:20.120 Irving was making his first start of the season for 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:24.360 the Cowboys in that game at left tack right. So 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:27.920 the only guy that was still standing was Connor Williams. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.520 Beotish was making his third start. McGovern, you were, right, 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.200 his first start, and then Terrence Steele. So you had 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:39.320 two rookies out there, and basically three if you look 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.480 at McGovern because he didn't play all last year, so 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.440 you basically had three rookies. And guess what happened. The 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:50.200 Cowboys quarterbacks huffered six sacks, eight quarterback hits, and they 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:54.000 had Washington had six tackles for losses and one of 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.760 those sacks was a sack fumble. The Cowboys were recovered 0:16:56.800 --> 0:17:02.120 in the end zone for a Washington safety. Can I 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:07.399 talk about Zack Martin, Yes, because nobody else is. He 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.040 did a great job. The other day. You know, I 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.199 know how tough it is to change positions, and you 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:17.800 know we talk about as as players it's it's a 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:24.240 fine line between safety and cornerback, or guard and tackle, 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:28.119 offensive guard and offensive tackle. Uh, those kind of things 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:33.200 really are those finite differences that can make a break 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.560 of players success. On a particular play, I thought Zack 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.640 Martin did a great job filling in at tackle. He's 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:44.280 usually playing at guard and playing that that that tackle 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:46.800 and going against that defensive end. I know it's not 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.120 the left side, but that right side is just as important. 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:51.920 And to see what he did in that ball game, 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.600 I thought it really kind of helped show up any 0:17:56.920 --> 0:18:00.320 inconsistency we had throughout the entire line. I thought that's 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:04.159 why we were so successful running the ball. He helped 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.480 show up some young kids that really need his leadership 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:12.440 in there. And all I saw was an old school 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.800 Cowboys ball game that I had been looking forward to 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:18.520 seeing for a long time. And that's why Zeke got 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.840 his yards and that's why Pollock was able to be 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:24.320 as successful as he was. Zach Martin really came through 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.199 for us. And when you do something like that and 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.719 it's quiet, that's the best time, you know, don't make 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.359 a lot of noise going there and just be a 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.840 professional and do your job and kick somebody's ass. And 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.720 that's what he did. He did the whole game. I'm serious, 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.679 He did the whole game well. And he makes Connor 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.800 McGovern a better player inside at right guard too. I mean, 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:48.440 when McGovern's got two veterans on either side of him, 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.760 as opposed to the last time where he had two 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:54.600 rookies on either side of him, he might, you know, 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:56.560 things are gonna work out a little bit better for him. 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:58.960 You feel like your armor is a little bit better, 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:03.800 a little bit better put together. You know, you just 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:07.000 might make sure the veteran might just might make sure 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:11.800 that that young right guard uh picks up that blitzing 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:20.720 linebacker and not the blitzing safety. Exactly. That all the 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:24.360 difference in the world on any pass play we've set here, 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:28.720 and and spags will go over critical situations all the time, 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:34.080 and those critical situations was really a bad term for us. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.639 But when you have a veteran in there and you 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:42.080 everything just goes smoothly, nothing critical at all. That's what 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:48.600 you want, just a quiet, normal transition to success. All right. 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:51.440 We're just getting started on this edition of Mixed shot. 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:53.679 So much to get to as we get you ready 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:58.120 for the Cowboys and the football team on Thanksgiving Day 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:02.160 in just a moment, their Cowboys fans with Type Cleaners 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:05.760 at Home pickup and delivery. Cleaning your clothes has never 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:08.840 been more convenient. 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New Doctor Pepper and Cream 0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:58.640 Soda delash, just do back back back to mixed shots. 0:22:06.080 --> 0:22:10.280 The Doctor Pepper Big Twelve Championship returns to AT and 0:22:10.359 --> 0:22:14.960 T Stadium on December nineteenth, when Oklahoma hosts one of 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:17.600 two one of two teams that's still in contention for 0:22:17.640 --> 0:22:21.800 the Big Twelve Championship tickets on sale now at SeatGeek 0:22:21.840 --> 0:22:24.880 dot com. Get yours before they sell out. Neither one 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:29.200 of you even reacted to that. I love no. First 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:31.760 of all, I know which one you want in there, 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:35.840 I know which I know which one I wanted, So 0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:39.560 we are in agreement here. Nicky, Nicky so focused he 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:42.679 didn't even hear me say when Oklahoma hosts one of 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:45.960 two teams I always stayed or Texas, I know who 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:48.880 it won't be. We know who it won't be. Huge 0:22:49.040 --> 0:22:53.440 game on Friday, by the way, as Texas plays ioways 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:57.720 stayed at eleven o'clock and if Texas wins that game, 0:22:58.480 --> 0:23:01.840 look out it could be a rematch Texas versus Oklahoma 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:04.480 in the Big twelve championship game. But I always State's 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:06.439 got a pretty good team this year. The better get 0:23:09.520 --> 0:23:12.840 No Missouri, no Missouri anywhere. Well they're in the SEC. 0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:20.399 That happened about ten years ago. Ever since, tickets are 0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:24.960 still still want to Missouri SEC or Big twelve. Still 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:30.199 no Missouri. They made it to the sec UH championship 0:23:30.240 --> 0:23:33.080 game one year, didn't they twice? Was that ten years ago? 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:36.840 Well they made it twelve twice. By the way, yeah, 0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:39.440 I tried. How did that work out for him? Well, 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:43.679 they ran into Oklahoma, I think both times. There we 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:46.880 go and they made it to they and then they 0:23:46.920 --> 0:23:49.800 went to the SEC and they ended up playing Auburn. 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:53.040 And uh it was in Auburn that was Cam Newton? 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:56.960 It was a no, was it Cam? It was two 0:23:57.000 --> 0:24:02.159 thousand and twelve? Maybe I want to say was Cam Newton? 0:24:03.600 --> 0:24:05.760 All I know is the running back is still gaining 0:24:05.840 --> 0:24:13.800 yards against him. They went into the fourth quarter, the 0:24:13.840 --> 0:24:16.680 game was like forty one to thirty eight or something 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:21.200 like that, and and and Auburn ran for five hundred 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.680 yards and Missouri scored forty some points and got beat, 0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:29.199 got beat. Guy ran for they ran for five hundred yards. 0:24:29.920 --> 0:24:36.400 Guess who was yelling at the defense? Uh no, it 0:24:36.440 --> 0:24:42.800 was Franklin. Um the quarterback, James Franklin quarterball like Dallas. Uh. 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:46.000 I was yelling at the defensive coordinator to try to 0:24:46.000 --> 0:24:47.919 help him out. He just wouldn't listen to me on 0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:52.080 what he was doing on the offensive line. They're running 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:54.800 for five hundred yards on you, and he's playing he's 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:59.080 playing a three man front, and it's like, okay, they're 0:24:59.160 --> 0:25:02.720 running on you and they're picking off your linebackers with 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:06.639 three hundred and twenty pound offensive linemen. What are you doing? 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:12.680 He didn't listen. Okay, we go forward now very familiar, 0:25:12.680 --> 0:25:15.920 but speaking it's fast forward about eight years. But speaking 0:25:15.960 --> 0:25:18.280 of that and not being able to stop the run, 0:25:18.440 --> 0:25:21.320 the Cowboys better buckled down because in the first time. 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:23.719 I got reminded today when I was looking at the 0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:28.200 stats that Washington ran for two hundred and eight yards 0:25:28.240 --> 0:25:31.800 against the Cowboys the first time around, and they only 0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:35.480 and think about this, they got two hundred and eight 0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:39.080 in that game and they only averaged now going into 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:45.399 game eleven ninety nine yards a game rushing. So that 0:25:45.520 --> 0:25:48.520