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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves,
Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola and it's time for another edition of
Speaker 1: Mick Shots, our final opportunity to get you ready for
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day as the Washington football team making their way
Speaker 1: to Dallas Fort Worth probably as we speak right now
Speaker 1: for the three thirty kickoff tomorrow afternoon the Cowboys and
Speaker 1: the football team, which has been something of a tradition
Speaker 1: here the last three times now Fox has had the
Speaker 1: Thursday afternoon game. It's been Washington that has been the
Speaker 1: Cowboys opponent every other year. Bill Jones with Everson Walls
Speaker 1: and Mickey Spagnolo wearing his Sunday Best responsibilities as well
Speaker 1: as we kicked things. I thought we were supposed to
Speaker 1: dress up for this Thanksgiving the show. Yes, yeah, obviously,
Speaker 1: Mickey wearing many hats here the last couple of days
Speaker 1: and doing his TV responsibilities just made it into the
Speaker 1: SWBC Mortgage studios in time for his own show, Mixed Shots,
Speaker 1: and of course right off the top. We want to
Speaker 1: express our thoughts and prayers to the Marcus Paul and
Speaker 1: his family, and Mickey, perhaps you can give us an update.
Speaker 1: Is everyone knows obviously what happened on Tuesday morning and
Speaker 1: the practice gets canceled for the day yesterday and family
Speaker 1: in town and Marcus Paul at this hour hospitalized at
Speaker 1: a local hospital after the medical emergency at the Star
Speaker 1: just before seven thirty yesterday morning. Yeah, Bill, and you know,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys did a very good job of getting his
Speaker 1: family members here while he's in the hospital. And we've
Speaker 1: seen various Facebook posts and tweets when from family members,
Speaker 1: one from his daughter, one from a niece, kind of
Speaker 1: updating everybody on everything. And I believe it was his
Speaker 1: daughter that pointed out that he was in He was
Speaker 1: basically on life support right now, so I think Jerry
Speaker 1: Jones mentioned it when he did his round of interviews
Speaker 1: this morning with the TV stations for the Red Kettle
Speaker 1: campaign the Thanksgiving Day game, pointed out, it's kind of
Speaker 1: a grave situation. So yeah, it's a it's a pretty
Speaker 1: tough day. But the Cowboys did go out and hold
Speaker 1: their practice today after canceling yesterday's practice. They were in shells,
Speaker 1: and I could tell that the coaching staff was trying
Speaker 1: to do their best to create some just kind of
Speaker 1: create some focus, create some noise and and maybe kind
Speaker 1: of lighten the situation up. I'd noticed that. And by
Speaker 1: the way, you know, they weren't allowing independent media into
Speaker 1: the practice today. It's kind of an NFL deal going
Speaker 1: on right now. So myself and our teammate Rob Phillips,
Speaker 1: we were the pool reporters and so we were the
Speaker 1: only ones in there watching and kind of gave everybody
Speaker 1: an idea of what went on. But I noticed the
Speaker 1: music during the stretch was much louder than normal. The
Speaker 1: other thing that I noticed is the assistant coaches were chirping.
Speaker 1: They were a little bit more vocal and loud and
Speaker 1: trying to get everybody's attention. And then the other obviously
Speaker 1: noticeable change was without Marcus Paul there, Harold Nash, one
Speaker 1: of the Strength and Conditioning department's assistance was leading the
Speaker 1: team stretch. So they seem to be uh kind of
Speaker 1: you know, into it. So that that's a good thing.
Speaker 1: And I don't know if they would have had shells
Speaker 1: on today or not, but that's probably a little bit
Speaker 1: more physical practice on Wednesday than they normally would have had. Well,
Speaker 1: you look at this situations, such a tragic situation, what's
Speaker 1: going on? And uh, and yet there's a football game
Speaker 1: that has to be played on on Thursday afternoon, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know it's it's a difficult situation to begin with
Speaker 1: just getting ready for the football game on a short
Speaker 1: week like this, but especially with from an emotional standpoint
Speaker 1: for this team, I think the one thing that should
Speaker 1: be pointed out with a with a strength and conditioning
Speaker 1: coach the relation And maybe Everson you can talk to
Speaker 1: this a little bit. The relationship that a strength and
Speaker 1: conditioning coach has with the players may be as close
Speaker 1: as any as any coach has with players on the
Speaker 1: team when you consider what they how close they are
Speaker 1: to them during the off season. And many head coaches
Speaker 1: in this league talk about their their strength coaches being
Speaker 1: their off season head coach. And so you can only
Speaker 1: imagine what's going through the minds of these players as
Speaker 1: they as one of the family members is going through
Speaker 1: something like this right now. Well, it lets you know
Speaker 1: how sacred that position is, because you really don't see
Speaker 1: many strength coaches coming through an organization. They don't like
Speaker 1: running them through as if they're running through a meal
Speaker 1: or something. I would call Bob Ward was my strength
Speaker 1: and consitioning coach. He was there for a long time,
Speaker 1: very innovative in some of the techniques. He was one
Speaker 1: of the more innovative strength coaches probably in the NFL.
Speaker 1: You know, they had the defensive lineman doing all sorts
Speaker 1: of things with their hands. I think we were ahead
Speaker 1: of the game in that regard because of Bob Ward.
Speaker 1: A matter of fact, they brought in I forget the
Speaker 1: Asian young man's name, but he became very close with
Speaker 1: Randy White, two Tall Jones, Harvey Martin, John Dutton. Because
Speaker 1: the hand movement in martial arts is the same movement
Speaker 1: that you use when you're coming up against the wide
Speaker 1: receiver man to man, or even when a defensive lineman
Speaker 1: is coming off the line of scrimmage. All those hand moves.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys were taught that by the Bob Ward's strength
Speaker 1: and conditioning innovator. I forget, like I said, I forget
Speaker 1: the Asian young man's name, but he was very prominent
Speaker 1: in what we did. Mike wars It came right after him,
Speaker 1: so you know, we're talking justin that's almost a twenty
Speaker 1: years span. You've only got two Strength and Contenson coaches.
Speaker 1: I don't know how mister Paul got through there and
Speaker 1: how many have been through, but regardless of that, just
Speaker 1: that's how close they are to players because you don't
Speaker 1: bring that many in. These people are innovative and how
Speaker 1: they can almost individually attack whatever a person's weakness is
Speaker 1: and make him a better player. I must admit, you know,
Speaker 1: I hated working out there. I hated lifting weights. I
Speaker 1: just did. Bob Ward just used to. He would see
Speaker 1: me coming in and he would automatically just shake his
Speaker 1: head because he knew I wasn't gonna do much. But
Speaker 1: though they were always there for the core of the team,
Speaker 1: the big guys, they are the ones that he depends on.
Speaker 1: They have a great relationship. So for Marcus Paul to
Speaker 1: have to go through this and his family to have
Speaker 1: to go through this, and I'm Thanksgiving, I'm sure those
Speaker 1: memories will always be there a four them unfortunately, and
Speaker 1: for this team. I know that you know it seems
Speaker 1: a bit insensitive to the lay person that that doesn't
Speaker 1: follow sports much, but the show must go on. It's
Speaker 1: just the way it is. And I'm sure this Cowboy
Speaker 1: team would rather talk about their conditioning Coach Uh in
Speaker 1: the aftermath of a Cowboys win rather than, you know,
Speaker 1: after a Cowboys loss. So that's how you get the whole,
Speaker 1: you know, emotional dedication to his memory in this particular
Speaker 1: ball game. And I'm sure that's what the coaches and
Speaker 1: the player's goal is to make sure that they respect
Speaker 1: his memory and play as hard as they can win
Speaker 1: or lose. Just give it all you got, just for
Speaker 1: his for his sake and for his family's sake. Hey,
Speaker 1: let me let me say this, Everson, Uh and Mackey,
Speaker 1: you know, here's you think about and and we're we're
Speaker 1: all praying for a miracle for Marcus Paul. But the
Speaker 1: best way to honor Marcus Paul, think about what Marcus
Speaker 1: Paul has spent his life doing. His life's work has
Speaker 1: been getting football players ready to play a football game.
Speaker 1: And in the best way for these players to honor
Speaker 1: Marcus Paul with what he's going through right now is
Speaker 1: to get themselves in the most difficult week there is
Speaker 1: to get ready to play a football game. To get
Speaker 1: themselves ready, just like Marcus Paul would get them ready
Speaker 1: to play, and we hear coaches head coaches around the league.
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera in fact knows Marcus Paul. They were at
Speaker 1: Chicago together. He opened up his press conference after he
Speaker 1: heard the news. First thing he said was talking about
Speaker 1: Marcus Paul. There are other coaches who have done the
Speaker 1: same this week. He is widely respected across the league.
Speaker 1: And you think about the devotion that he is given
Speaker 1: to getting football players ready to play games. Over the
Speaker 1: twenty two twenty three year career as a strength coach
Speaker 1: in this league, has five Super Bowl rings to show
Speaker 1: for it, three with the Patriots, two in a twelve
Speaker 1: years stint with the New York Giants. Now, I mean
Speaker 1: that that's the way you honor Marcus Paul right now
Speaker 1: if you're a football player for this team, and Bill,
Speaker 1: you know, I think one of the things we should
Speaker 1: we should do. And I know you found a tweet
Speaker 1: from his niece. But yesterday when there was some confusion
Speaker 1: had he passed away or not, his daughter Tabitha Clary
Speaker 1: posted this on a Facebook and I thought it was
Speaker 1: it spoke a lot about where the family was and
Speaker 1: what they thought of their father. She posted and said,
Speaker 1: please keep my dad in your prayers. He has not
Speaker 1: gone yet. The doctors are doing everything they can possibly
Speaker 1: do for him. He is on life support and we
Speaker 1: are praying for a miracle. God has brought the dead
Speaker 1: back to life before, and I need to believe that
Speaker 1: it can happen for my dad. I can't lose my
Speaker 1: dad yet. There's still so much he has to watch
Speaker 1: me do and so much of my life I need
Speaker 1: him to be a part of. Please pull through this, Dad,
Speaker 1: Please keep praying for everyone. Praying everyone. And she posted
Speaker 1: that yesterday and again when we're doing our show. It's
Speaker 1: almost quarter to two, So these are the updates we
Speaker 1: have at this point in case anybody's listening to this
Speaker 1: later on today, and I know his niece Bill, you
Speaker 1: can speak to that. She gave an update on how
Speaker 1: the Cowboys were graciously trying to get the family members
Speaker 1: here for them. Yep, and I don't have the tweet
Speaker 1: in front of me right now, but she said that
Speaker 1: his children flew in last night and his dad and
Speaker 1: other family members making their way to Dallas today. And
Speaker 1: you know Jerry Jones, the Jones family is doing all
Speaker 1: a ken to take care of that family right now
Speaker 1: and make sure that they are all get whoever wants
Speaker 1: to fly in or has the ability to fly in.
Speaker 1: He's making sure that that happens over the last twenty
Speaker 1: four hours. And you have to you have to feel
Speaker 1: for the family, of course, because let's face it, at
Speaker 1: our age, guys, we've all been there. We have all
Speaker 1: been there. You know, no one wants to look forward
Speaker 1: to what your future might be in that regard because
Speaker 1: we've seen it happen to our parents. We've seen it
Speaker 1: happen to our loved ones as well. I know exactly
Speaker 1: the position there, and my mom was in the same position,
Speaker 1: my dad was in the position as well. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you guys could speak on that. And I know that
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people out there going through a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff. You know this this twenty twenty has
Speaker 1: been Man, if you come through twenty twenty, then you're
Speaker 1: blessed human being. But for those who had that, have
Speaker 1: lost loved ones, it is something that we're not trying
Speaker 1: to prioritize his life over anyone else's life, but we're
Speaker 1: just really trying to empathize with them, just like we
Speaker 1: would empathize with anyone else who goes through that, because,
Speaker 1: like I said, we've all if we haven't gone through it,
Speaker 1: we're going to go through it. So Mickey, you are
Speaker 1: the poor reporter out at practice today, you and me
Speaker 1: and Rob Phillips, yes, Rob Phillips, okay. And we saw
Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes maybe uh, you know, it's the normal thing.
Speaker 1: We saw the team stretch and then they get into
Speaker 1: individual drills, and then they broke into some special team stuff.
Speaker 1: And I can tell you that everybody was accounted for,
Speaker 1: So even the guys that were on the list of
Speaker 1: even maybe not projected not practicing on Monday or limited,
Speaker 1: everybody was out there. So that includes Anthony Brown, I
Speaker 1: believe he was on the list. Greg Zerline was on
Speaker 1: the list. He was there stretching. We saw Zeke and
Speaker 1: Sean Lee working on the resistant chords before they got
Speaker 1: into their part of the practice. But yeah, everybody was there,
Speaker 1: and as I said, it seemed to be, you know,
Speaker 1: more upbeat than you might have expected. Guys were moving
Speaker 1: around and h and the coaches were doing all they can.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure you know Mike McCarthy talked to him
Speaker 1: and said, hey, let's let's make sure that we're not
Speaker 1: kind of dragging along. Let's make sure we're loud, Let's
Speaker 1: make sure we're on point with our instructions and getting
Speaker 1: everything moving. So and the good thing was is and
Speaker 1: you know, we got to get past the national anthem.
Speaker 1: But all the offensive linemen that are healthy were there, right,
Speaker 1: so they might they might be able to start the
Speaker 1: same five in consecutive weeks for the first time. That's
Speaker 1: good news. How big of a difference is that to
Speaker 1: the last time the Cowboys played this Washington football team,
Speaker 1: Because the last time they played, if memory serves me right,
Speaker 1: Brandon Knight was starting at left tackle and coming into
Speaker 1: this season he had one career start. Connor Williams was
Speaker 1: the left guard. Tyler Biadas, a rookie with no career
Speaker 1: starts of course before this season, was your starting center.
Speaker 1: Connor McGovern was making his first start at right guard,
Speaker 1: and the right tackle was Terry Steele, also a rookie.
Speaker 1: One change, actually one change to that. Bill Brandon Knight
Speaker 1: got injured in practice that week. So the guy that
Speaker 1: they had lying as the backup to Tye to Tyrone
Speaker 1: Crawford because cam Irving got hurt in the first game.
Speaker 1: Remember it was his second special team snap and he
Speaker 1: hurt his knee, so Brandon Knight got forced into a
Speaker 1: starting role. When Iran went down, Tyran came back and
Speaker 1: then they had the surgery. So Brandon Knight and if
Speaker 1: you remember I said that week, I said, you know what,
Speaker 1: I never thought I'd be sitting here saying, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: they don't have Brandon Knight, right, So cam so Cam
Speaker 1: Irving was making his first start of the season for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys in that game at left tack right. So
Speaker 1: the only guy that was still standing was Connor Williams.
Speaker 1: Beotish was making his third start. McGovern, you were, right,
Speaker 1: his first start, and then Terrence Steele. So you had
Speaker 1: two rookies out there, and basically three if you look
Speaker 1: at McGovern because he didn't play all last year, so
Speaker 1: you basically had three rookies. And guess what happened. The
Speaker 1: Cowboys quarterbacks huffered six sacks, eight quarterback hits, and they
Speaker 1: had Washington had six tackles for losses and one of
Speaker 1: those sacks was a sack fumble. The Cowboys were recovered
Speaker 1: in the end zone for a Washington safety. Can I
Speaker 1: talk about Zack Martin, Yes, because nobody else is. He
Speaker 1: did a great job. The other day. You know, I
Speaker 1: know how tough it is to change positions, and you
Speaker 1: know we talk about as as players it's it's a
Speaker 1: fine line between safety and cornerback, or guard and tackle,
Speaker 1: offensive guard and offensive tackle. Uh, those kind of things
Speaker 1: really are those finite differences that can make a break
Speaker 1: of players success. On a particular play, I thought Zack
Speaker 1: Martin did a great job filling in at tackle. He's
Speaker 1: usually playing at guard and playing that that that tackle
Speaker 1: and going against that defensive end. I know it's not
Speaker 1: the left side, but that right side is just as important.
Speaker 1: And to see what he did in that ball game,
Speaker 1: I thought it really kind of helped show up any
Speaker 1: inconsistency we had throughout the entire line. I thought that's
Speaker 1: why we were so successful running the ball. He helped
Speaker 1: show up some young kids that really need his leadership
Speaker 1: in there. And all I saw was an old school
Speaker 1: Cowboys ball game that I had been looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing for a long time. And that's why Zeke got
Speaker 1: his yards and that's why Pollock was able to be
Speaker 1: as successful as he was. Zach Martin really came through
Speaker 1: for us. And when you do something like that and
Speaker 1: it's quiet, that's the best time, you know, don't make
Speaker 1: a lot of noise going there and just be a
Speaker 1: professional and do your job and kick somebody's ass. And
Speaker 1: that's what he did. He did the whole game. I'm serious,
Speaker 1: He did the whole game well. And he makes Connor
Speaker 1: McGovern a better player inside at right guard too. I mean,
Speaker 1: when McGovern's got two veterans on either side of him,
Speaker 1: as opposed to the last time where he had two
Speaker 1: rookies on either side of him, he might, you know,
Speaker 1: things are gonna work out a little bit better for him.
Speaker 1: You feel like your armor is a little bit better,
Speaker 1: a little bit better put together. You know, you just
Speaker 1: might make sure the veteran might just might make sure
Speaker 1: that that young right guard uh picks up that blitzing
Speaker 1: linebacker and not the blitzing safety. Exactly. That all the
Speaker 1: difference in the world on any pass play we've set here,
Speaker 1: and and spags will go over critical situations all the time,
Speaker 1: and those critical situations was really a bad term for us.
Speaker 1: But when you have a veteran in there and you
Speaker 1: everything just goes smoothly, nothing critical at all. That's what
Speaker 1: you want, just a quiet, normal transition to success. All right.
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Speaker 1: That happened about ten years ago. Ever since, tickets are
Speaker 1: still still want to Missouri SEC or Big twelve. Still
Speaker 1: no Missouri. They made it to the sec UH championship
Speaker 1: game one year, didn't they twice? Was that ten years ago?
Speaker 1: Well they made it twelve twice. By the way, yeah,
Speaker 1: I tried. How did that work out for him? Well,
Speaker 1: they ran into Oklahoma, I think both times. There we
Speaker 1: go and they made it to they and then they
Speaker 1: went to the SEC and they ended up playing Auburn.
Speaker 1: And uh it was in Auburn that was Cam Newton?
Speaker 1: It was a no, was it Cam? It was two
Speaker 1: thousand and twelve? Maybe I want to say was Cam Newton?
Speaker 1: All I know is the running back is still gaining
Speaker 1: yards against him. They went into the fourth quarter, the
Speaker 1: game was like forty one to thirty eight or something
Speaker 1: like that, and and and Auburn ran for five hundred
Speaker 1: yards and Missouri scored forty some points and got beat,
Speaker 1: got beat. Guy ran for they ran for five hundred yards.
Speaker 1: Guess who was yelling at the defense? Uh no, it
Speaker 1: was Franklin. Um the quarterback, James Franklin quarterball like Dallas. Uh.
Speaker 1: I was yelling at the defensive coordinator to try to
Speaker 1: help him out. He just wouldn't listen to me on
Speaker 1: what he was doing on the offensive line. They're running
Speaker 1: for five hundred yards on you, and he's playing he's
Speaker 1: playing a three man front, and it's like, okay, they're
Speaker 1: running on you and they're picking off your linebackers with
Speaker 1: three hundred and twenty pound offensive linemen. What are you doing?
Speaker 1: He didn't listen. Okay, we go forward now very familiar,
Speaker 1: but speaking it's fast forward about eight years. But speaking
Speaker 1: of that and not being able to stop the run,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys better buckled down because in the first time.
Speaker 1: I got reminded today when I was looking at the
Speaker 1: stats that Washington ran for two hundred and eight yards
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys the first time around, and they only
Speaker 1: and think about this, they got two hundred and eight
Speaker 1: in that game and they only averaged now going into
Speaker 1: game eleven ninety nine yards a game rushing. So that
Speaker 1: tells you that they do really run the ball that well,
Speaker 1: but they ran it against the Cowboys, and that also
Speaker 1: tells you that those days are over. The Cowboys are
Speaker 1: now a solid defensive squad. Now we're not gonna shut
Speaker 1: anybody down. But when I just think those those days
Speaker 1: of gaping holes that we saw early in the Arizona
Speaker 1: game in the Washington game, I think we're gonna be
Speaker 1: done with that. I think our coordination is so much
Speaker 1: better up front with our front seven. I think our
Speaker 1: issues are gonna be trying to play against the pass
Speaker 1: anytime we've got a good receiver coming into the into
Speaker 1: the ball game, we always seem to somehow let him
Speaker 1: have his way through our secondary. And I'm still upset
Speaker 1: about our technique. I talked about the other day. When
Speaker 1: we can get brown and and a Wuzier to adjust
Speaker 1: their technique to man to man inside man, it would
Speaker 1: be such a total difference in their success. I recall
Speaker 1: Tom Landry hated it the way I played cornerback. Uh.
Speaker 1: He hated the way that I kept my eye on
Speaker 1: the receiver and the quarterback at the same time. He
Speaker 1: called it cluing. I just called it playmaking. For some reason,
Speaker 1: he gave it another name. And Uh, as much as
Speaker 1: he hated that I did it, he was happy with
Speaker 1: the success. So I like to compare myself and guys
Speaker 1: like you're you're like this one. Uh Bill dick Lebo,
Speaker 1: remember Dick dick lebov dick Lebon was as slow as
Speaker 1: I was, all right, but he had about fifty plus
Speaker 1: interceptions just like I did. So I would I would
Speaker 1: be his ass, so to speak. And we were both
Speaker 1: good at keeping everything in our sights. Tony Romo talked
Speaker 1: about eyes back to the to the to the play.
Speaker 1: We always kept our eye on the ball. That's when
Speaker 1: you see the balls in the air. Guys like Dick,
Speaker 1: myself and interceptors, we think it's I was as much
Speaker 1: as there is, and so I would dare call Dick
Speaker 1: and myself the Leonardo da Vinci of cornerbacks. Tom Langrid
Speaker 1: considered what we did heresy. He hated it, but it
Speaker 1: was something that in the end was proven out. So
Speaker 1: trail blazers like Dick Leaball, I want to thank them,
Speaker 1: and I want to ask the defensive backs to this
Speaker 1: day to take that into consideration. Keep your eye back
Speaker 1: on the quarterback, keep your keeping the other eye in
Speaker 1: the peripheral on your wide receiver, and by God, make
Speaker 1: some plays on the ball. I promise you. It's been
Speaker 1: done throughout history. There's nothing new about this. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: secondary needs to especially the cornerbacks. They got to step
Speaker 1: up and keep those inside routes from killing us all
Speaker 1: game long. That's my plant. By the way, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: I know it's early for that. Little Early had sixty
Speaker 1: two interceptions in his Hall of Fame career. He got
Speaker 1: me by that much. Man, I wouldn't even brought his
Speaker 1: name up if I would have known he got me
Speaker 1: by that fifty seven fifty seven, that's right. I don't
Speaker 1: know the man he was the man he had recognition. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Well he played for the Lions, so there wasn't a
Speaker 1: lot of postseason for him. Well, we don't count postseasons anyway. So,
Speaker 1: by the way, on that topic, I think that uh,
Speaker 1: like Ceedee Lamb had the two point conversion, and I
Speaker 1: think that the stats on two point conversions need to
Speaker 1: be included into the game stats. Myself, that's just a
Speaker 1: lay of mine. They're not interesting. I think his career
Speaker 1: touchdowns then no, no, no, wow no, and and it
Speaker 1: should be I don't think it should count as a touchdown.
Speaker 1: It should count as a There ought to be a
Speaker 1: separate category, PA t touch You know, if you make
Speaker 1: a kids like that, it should count as a touchdown.
Speaker 1: That only depends on the degree that a touchdown that
Speaker 1: was a touchdown. I'm talking about the option run right
Speaker 1: for exactly. Um, all right, mickey, Uh, Luke Gifford. A
Speaker 1: little bit of news about Luke Gifford. He's out the
Speaker 1: next couple of games. Tested positive for performance enhancing drug
Speaker 1: uh and get suspended for two games. And I don't
Speaker 1: know if that's a new thing, because before even the
Speaker 1: first time offenders would get suspended immediately for four games.
Speaker 1: So I don't know if that's something that was changed
Speaker 1: or what, or maybe he it wasn't as offensive as
Speaker 1: previous times when we've seen it, but maybe it was.
Speaker 1: They lose the Special Teams guy basically positive to taking
Speaker 1: five hour energy instead. Well, well, I be called back
Speaker 1: in the day's bags. The first time that you're tested positive,
Speaker 1: then there is no announcement anytime that this it's known
Speaker 1: to be a public then that's at least the second time. Well,
Speaker 1: the way it used to work, that was the way
Speaker 1: it worked for testing for U. It was for um
Speaker 1: what did they call it. It was for basically marijuana
Speaker 1: recreational drugs. But when it was a PEED, you were
Speaker 1: slapped right away with four games. Uh. So I don't
Speaker 1: know the two game what it is, but uh, they
Speaker 1: lose a basically a Special Teams player. So I would
Speaker 1: imagine that Bernard will be uh, well he was active
Speaker 1: this last game, and I'm sure he'll continue to be active. Uh,
Speaker 1: they'll have to keep him up. So yeah, they did
Speaker 1: lose him, and um, well let's say we're up again.
Speaker 1: We're on the top of the hour. We're gonna come
Speaker 1: back here. We need to break down exactly what the
Speaker 1: Cowboys need to do to beat this Washington football team.
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Speaker 1: in our next segment. I want to make sure we
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Speaker 1: All right, we're getting you ready for Thanksgiving Day and
Speaker 1: only two games instead of three games. And this affects
Speaker 1: the Cowboys a little bit going forward next week too,
Speaker 1: as of course you know about the COVID situation with
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens and their scheduled game against the Steelers
Speaker 1: now push back to Sunday, so they will not be
Speaker 1: playing on Thursday night. And of course, the Cowboys next
Speaker 1: opponent after Washington a week from Thursday against those Ravens,
Speaker 1: So the Ravens will be working on a short week
Speaker 1: next week when they take on the Cowboys. Host the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the club. See we do that every year, Well,
Speaker 1: every team does it every year. You know. They try
Speaker 1: to set it up now, you know, And what the
Speaker 1: Cowboys have been doing, or the NFL has been doing
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys recently is they play the Thursday, the
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day game, and then their other Thursday game. That's
Speaker 1: the difference. Now the Cowboys are getting two Thursday games,
Speaker 1: and so that their Thursday night game part of that
Speaker 1: package is usually scheduled the week after their Thanksgiving Day game.
Speaker 1: And that's what they've tried to do with the Cowboys
Speaker 1: opponent too for those games, because that's why Baltimore played
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving. But you know, COVID hit and so Baltimore
Speaker 1: is going to be working on short week next week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure they does, is looking. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: they do anybody any favors though, making them play three
Speaker 1: games in twelve days. And I understand why they do
Speaker 1: Thursday to Thursday, but that's a long that's a tough haul,
Speaker 1: especially when two of the three games are on the road. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how much? Ever, since uh, you know, the Cowboys not
Speaker 1: practicing yesterday and so I'm sure that there was there's
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff going on as far as studying Washington,
Speaker 1: and the fortunate thing for the Cowboys is they just
Speaker 1: played them here last month. How do you how do
Speaker 1: you how does that affect the team? You think on
Speaker 1: this short week? Not being out on the field on Tuesday.
Speaker 1: To me, I think it's a blessing to have a
Speaker 1: short week and it'd be a divisional opponent. That's a
Speaker 1: good thing. You play them once already this year. If
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, they still have the same quarterback is well,
Speaker 1: Alex Smith is starting, so Alex not bad. That is
Speaker 1: a big difference. I like Alex Smith. He's a guy
Speaker 1: that I would not discount simply because he has so
Speaker 1: much to prove every time he comes out into a
Speaker 1: ball game. Alex Smith feels like he's been blessed after
Speaker 1: the horrific injury that he had a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: and for him to be back out there playing, and
Speaker 1: when I tell you, he has been throwing that ball
Speaker 1: all over the field, that's something the Cowboys are going
Speaker 1: to have to be prepared for. I don't think they're
Speaker 1: gonna try and run much against the Cowboys at all.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna If it doesn't work early on
Speaker 1: for Washington, I think they're going to end up happily
Speaker 1: allowing Alex Smith to call plays right there on the
Speaker 1: field whatever he feels and if he feels like he
Speaker 1: needs to open it up over and over again, He's
Speaker 1: been doing that for the past two or three weeks,
Speaker 1: so his arm is not tired. I don't know how
Speaker 1: his knee is doing. It seems like it's doing well,
Speaker 1: but his arm is not because he has been throwing
Speaker 1: it all over the field. I think the Cowboys themselves
Speaker 1: have to just really concentrate on how they're going to
Speaker 1: be able to stop the big plays against this Redskins offense,
Speaker 1: because if they can do that, I see us controlling
Speaker 1: the tempo of this ball game. You know. I got
Speaker 1: to look at the Washington quarterback situation. Of course, I'm
Speaker 1: not even including Dwayne Haskins in the mix here because
Speaker 1: he hasn't been in the mix here lately for them.
Speaker 1: But I look at the Kyle Allen versus Alex Smith
Speaker 1: for Washington kind of the same as Garrett Gilbert versus
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton for the Cowboys. I think Kyle Allen and
Speaker 1: Garrett Gilbert are a lot alike. They were at Caroline
Speaker 1: at the same time. Allen actually started ahead of Gilbert.
Speaker 1: Gilbert was on the practice squad a lot of the
Speaker 1: time there. But what Gilbert showed in his one start
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys this year, I think both these teams
Speaker 1: are better with obvious clearly with the veteran quarterback Alex
Speaker 1: Smith for Washington, Andy Dalton for Dallas, and I think
Speaker 1: they're both given it their best shot at And the
Speaker 1: other thing that's happened since then is the way Philadelphia
Speaker 1: has spit the bit. Everything is tightened up to where
Speaker 1: you know, everyone's in a virtual tie right now for
Speaker 1: first place in the NFC East. There's so much writing
Speaker 1: on this game as far as getting a leg up
Speaker 1: on everybody in the East. I gotta tell you, guys,
Speaker 1: we have been talking so much about Philadelphia, and of
Speaker 1: course we as Cowboy fans, everyone's afraid if Dallas was
Speaker 1: to get hot. Redskins hadn't really been talked about that much.
Speaker 1: But the team that we should be prepared for, and
Speaker 1: I know it's coming up soon. Those new young Giants
Speaker 1: are looking really, really solid, And if anyone makes me
Speaker 1: nervous at this point, I would rather put I think
Speaker 1: I'm more afraid of the Giants right now than I
Speaker 1: am of any other team in the NFC East. Well,
Speaker 1: when the Cowboys played the Giants, they're just hoping that
Speaker 1: they're in playoff contention at that point, because that's the
Speaker 1: last game of the regular season and you have to
Speaker 1: go to New Jersey to play it too. That's that's
Speaker 1: gonna be tough. All right, let's get into We got
Speaker 1: six minutes left here, so let's make it you get
Speaker 1: something else before we get into our picks to click.
Speaker 1: You know the thing the other thing I talked about
Speaker 1: I just thought about when you were talking about Alex
Speaker 1: Smith and everything and controlling their big play in the
Speaker 1: passing game, which, by the way, that's how they opened
Speaker 1: up the game right against the Cowboys the first time,
Speaker 1: the fifty two yard touchdown past the mclaarden when they
Speaker 1: caught Digs looking inside. While we talk about the Washington's
Speaker 1: ability to sack quarterbacks, they have thirty two Their quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have been sacked thirty two times also, so teams have
Speaker 1: been able to put pressure on their quarterbacks. And that's
Speaker 1: something I think imperative that this Cowboy defense does. That'll
Speaker 1: help out the secondary. You get pressure on opposing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and then they'll make some throws for you Lord to you,
Speaker 1: I should say. So that's one thing that I think
Speaker 1: that uh, it could swing this game either way, their
Speaker 1: ability to put the pressure on the Cowboys quarterbacks. But
Speaker 1: the Cowboys need to have the ability to put the
Speaker 1: pressure on Washington quarterbacks. Let's not forget they have a
Speaker 1: hell of a wide receiver in h Terry McLaren. McLaren, Yeah, McLaren,
Speaker 1: so McLaren. Uh, this guy is just as deadly as
Speaker 1: any receiver we've gone up against this year. He's big,
Speaker 1: fast and strong, and he's dependable. So Alex is going
Speaker 1: to be looking at him. One thing that I've always
Speaker 1: talked about, great defensive coaches always make the opposition do
Speaker 1: things that they're not accustomed to doing. We need to
Speaker 1: make sure that no matter what McLaren does not get
Speaker 1: UM ten option one hundred plus your day, if we
Speaker 1: can hold him down, it gives us a chance to
Speaker 1: win this ball game. All right, let's talk about that.
Speaker 1: Who's your pick to click? Everson my pick to click.
Speaker 1: I have to say the Cowboys have been very good
Speaker 1: at not just being successful, but keeping penalties down in
Speaker 1: this this last stretch, and that has really kept us
Speaker 1: in every ball game. It's kind of it allowed us
Speaker 1: to have manageable situations time and time again. And what
Speaker 1: we do with that is when we're in that position offensively,
Speaker 1: we took that rock and I'm loving the way we're
Speaker 1: talking the rock right now. Your boy apoloit is having
Speaker 1: a great year. Everyone's talking about we need to have
Speaker 1: him as a start and all of that. I think
Speaker 1: this game, Zeke is going to continue to show people
Speaker 1: why he was our first round draft pick and why
Speaker 1: he's gonna get another thousand plus yards this year. My
Speaker 1: pick to click is I was gonna pick the offensive line,
Speaker 1: but I think y'all got kind of upset at me
Speaker 1: last week because I picked the whole linebacker unit. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna do that anymore. I'm looking for Zeke Elliott
Speaker 1: to get off because of that offensive line, in the
Speaker 1: way Zach Martin the guys are playing, and uh so
Speaker 1: he's my pick to click. And my score, of course,
Speaker 1: Cowboys winning best case scenario twenty six to thirteen. Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: a lot of field goals in this game. Okay, that
Speaker 1: would be four field goals for Greg's earline. Unless there
Speaker 1: are some funky way of scoring some points. Well, hey,
Speaker 1: that could trust me, that could happen as well. Safety
Speaker 1: all right, making what yeah, yeah, we can go on.
Speaker 1: I am thinking that this Cowboys defense of front has
Speaker 1: been improving and improving so I'm not gonna do like
Speaker 1: Everson and take the whole defensive front. Okay, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: just pick one guy out. And I like the fact
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys had been playing Alden Smith when they're
Speaker 1: in their four man front in Nickel. They've been playing
Speaker 1: Alden Smith inside, and I think he can give the
Speaker 1: Washington offensive line problems not only from the defensive end spot,
Speaker 1: but from that inside spot too. So Mike picked the
Speaker 1: click is Alden. And I think I'm not allowed to
Speaker 1: pick the Cowboys because I said I wouldn't pick them
Speaker 1: to win again until they won two, and you can
Speaker 1: pick a tie. I guess I could, but I think
Speaker 1: they have a very good chance of continuing the momentum
Speaker 1: they have and winning this game. So if I was
Speaker 1: going to pick them to win, I would have picked
Speaker 1: them twenty six twenty three. So I'll pick the Redskins
Speaker 1: because I'm obligated to do it. Twenty six twenty three. Washington, boy,
Speaker 1: he danced, he danced all the way. Well you are
Speaker 1: Sammy Davis Junior man back on my word, you know right?
Speaker 1: He can end on to that, though Randy Gravy has
Speaker 1: been bawling guys. Yeah, I can't. I think he's gonna
Speaker 1: gets more. He gets more snaps because he only had
Speaker 1: sixteen extremely aggressive, he still had three quarterback pressures with
Speaker 1: the with the sixteen snaps on right Dinnesota and all
Speaker 1: of those lines, I'm going with DeMarcus Lawrence is my
Speaker 1: pick to click. I think, you know, DeMarcus is kind
Speaker 1: of the emotional leader at defense and uh and I
Speaker 1: can see him really stepping up. And I think he's
Speaker 1: been playing well here lately, especially against the run and
Speaker 1: so but I think he's gonna have an opportunity to
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback in this game too. I think
Speaker 1: he might also I don't mean use it, but I
Speaker 1: think I think with the issues that they have in now,
Speaker 1: with the strength coach, I think I think de Marcus
Speaker 1: Lawrence is really going to take that to heart. And
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a very emotional player
Speaker 1: just for that family and for coach Paul. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I'll give you, guys, we're almost out of time, but
Speaker 1: I'll give you what. I think. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: keys to the game. But I think the big key
Speaker 1: for this, and we kind of talked about it at
Speaker 1: the top, is that this team focuses has been a
Speaker 1: tough week, an emotional week. Who knows what happens between
Speaker 1: short and the kickoff, but they've got to be able
Speaker 1: to kind of compartmentalize and focus on what they need
Speaker 1: to do. You don't have to be overly emotional, but
Speaker 1: you've got to focus. And the mental part of this
Speaker 1: game may be more important than the physical. Just with
Speaker 1: this cloud. I'm sure, I'm sure. I'm sure if Marcus
Speaker 1: could say something, if Marcus could say something, that's what
Speaker 1: he would want. Right, there's facts, that's perfect all right.
Speaker 1: That does it for Mick SHOT's. Happy Thanksgiving everybody, and
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Speaker 1: fast approaching by then. Have a great Thanksgiving, everybody, Go Cowboys.
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