WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: Let The Preparation Begin 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:07.160 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:17.040 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Players 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:22.279 Lounge broadcasting line from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:31.680 Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCray, and Newy Scrugs. Alright, 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:37.080 Players Lounge, we are getting closer and closer to Game one. 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.320 Cowboys going to Inglewood, California, the brand new Soufi Stadium 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.600 to take on the Los Angeles Rams. I am Newi Scrugs, 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:48.640 longtime Cowboys reporter, joined by the Boys the crew, Danny 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.440 McCray and Barry Church. We do it every day at 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.480 two thirty pm for forty five minutes. We're so happy 0:00:55.720 --> 0:01:00.200 you tuned in here. So it's Wednesday, fellas, tell me 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:04.800 exactly what you guys would do on your Wednesday because 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.800 a lot of people, some people understand that, hey, Wednesdays 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:10.000 when you install the game plan to So Church, tell 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:13.559 everybody exactly what Wednesday's practices are like as you're getting 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:18.360 ready for a game. Well, for the beginning, when I 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.400 was like, you know, my first couple of years, I'm 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.600 not gonna lie, used to dread Wednesdays because Wednesdays where 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:27.240 your full padded practice, and you knew each and every 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:29.360 time you came out there on Wednesday that we're gonna 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:33.160 have some type of in a type of boxes called 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.560 box drill where it's basically the run game and you 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.120 had your offensive lineman, full back, running back versus the 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.720 front seven and the safety in there. So we's always 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.720 have to fill holes and hit going against Zack Martin 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.679 all those big dudes. So I personally, I did not 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.720 like Wednesday's practices, but you did get that game plan 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.440 in and you got to get your first glimpses of 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.680 the opposing offense, and the coaches would highlight, you know, 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.800 their receivers or their threats who they can who can 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.040 take off the top of our second day. So uh, 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.280 you know, Wednesdays were very informative, but as far as practice, 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.280 and it was extremely physical, and I was not a 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:10.519 fan at all. That's a that's that's the life of 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.320 a starting safety in the NFL. The life, the life, 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.880 the life of a special team's specialist is a little 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.120 different for us. On Wednesday, we always put in punt 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.600 because you know, you want to see the real looking 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:25.520 you want to do it with players of being able 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.200 to go full speed, So you have to deal with 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.720 some of those those d linemen and those tackles rushing 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.760 you on punt team just so you can get to 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.760 look because that's basically the most important phase of special teams, 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.919 right and you get the pump block that changes the game. 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.120 So the most intense part of special teams was on 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.920 Wednesday when we cover punt in four pass. It was 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.200 it was rough because some of those scout team guys 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:51.920 are trying to make the team again, so they Jesse 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:56.440 Holly record, shout out, Jesse Holly. I thought he's gonna 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.080 get me cut a couple of times. Man. I was like, 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:03.920 bron let up, It's kick off, let up. And he 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.440 would always says nothing personal, nothing, nothing personal, Man, I'm 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.440 trying to eat. I was like, I didn't understand that 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.480 as a as a rookie, but you know, as I 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.799 got older, I started to understanding. I didn't like it still, 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:17.280 but I definitely understood and I had respect for it. 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.440 Players Lounge brought to you by Hotels dot Com. We 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:27.200 are in the s s WBC Mortgage Virtual Home Studios today, 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.799 so let's talk about special teams and also dive more 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:34.200 into the depth chart here Cowboys releasing their initial one, 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:38.920 so Punk returns, they have Tony Pollard there, mccraig. Tony 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.360 Pollard that he was more of the kickoff guy last year. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.160 Punks is not exactly what he's doing. So what's your 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.200 take on this? Should we buy this? Yeah? I mean 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.760 I actually like it. Um. Like I said, when we 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.560 when when D's first got here and he was playing 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:56.120 punt return, they snatched him off there real quickly because 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.080 he was facing uh you know, injuries more when he 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:02.200 was on special teams. So having Pauler back there, who 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.440 you don't really see getting that many snaps at running 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.000 back and giving him an opportunity to make some of 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.840 those catches and make some of those big plays in 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.760 the return game is huge. I don't think you'll see 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.640 him on those safe punt situations to where you just 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.120 need somebody to catch the ball so your offense and 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:18.720 get back on out on the field. But when you 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.400 see those situations to where the offense the other offenses 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.000 backed up and they're punning and you're looking for a 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.960 big return, you can bet you'll see Tony Pauler out there. 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:30.400 I think it's a great decision, all right, So kind 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.679 of a go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. No no, no no, 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:36.080 no no Church, go ahead, go ahead. I was just gonna, 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.360 you know, reiterate what Danny said, basically that I think 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.080 it was a smart move. But I'm also kind of 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.720 a surprising um. I know, you know, Ceedee Lamb, he's, 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:44.720 you know, the first overall pick, and nobody wants him 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.080 to get injured and all that. But I just figured, 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.400 you know, hey, this is just another opportunity for him 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:50.960 to get the ball in his hands. And we've seen 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.640 how electric he can be returning punts in college, so 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:55.400 I just figured they would get him a crack at 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:59.360 returning punts. But I guess they're super invested in him, 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.160 and you know, they put only poly back there, which 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.320 is a very safe option. He's a great um catcher 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.840 of the ball to the backfield, so returning to punch 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.000 ship to be natural to him. Maybe they need a 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:15.480 replacement form for Murray, right, they got one receiver, so 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.160 Ceedee Lamb might see see a little bit more playtime 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:23.560 on my offense than than we expect. Kick return on 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:27.679 the depth chart has Cedric Wilson going there. So last 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.279 question here on special teams, Danny, what do you want 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:34.840 to see out of John Fossil's unit. What does Danny 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.400 mccraine need to see Sunday night, it's so far standing. 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.720 I need to see them be assignment sound and play 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.720 smart football right as a new coach, as a new system. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:47.280 So I need to see that they picked up the 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.200 system they're playing together. I want to see tight protection 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.520 on punt and I want to see smart, smart decisions 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.960 and the return game that's both on punt and kickoff 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.320 return right. So you don't have to make the huge play. 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:03.520 Especially teams usually gets noticed when the bad play comes 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.400 comes alive. So just make sure that you plan sound 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.800 to take take advantage of opportunities to make big plays 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:14.400 when they come, but don't force it. Church. Oh yeah, 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.640 for me, I'm just I just don't want this special 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.080 team's unit to be the reason that Cowboys lose a 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.479 game or two. I mean, we saw last year what 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:23.960 happened at the Minnesota game when you know, Tavon you 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.800 had about fifteen twenty yards of space to return and 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:30.159 you decided to take a fair catch, or when in 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:33.400 the Patriots game. I mean, we just there's multiple things 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:35.960 that the special teams have done last year to cause 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.839 this team wins or losses. So I'm just hoping that 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.440 they just stay the steady curve and just just you know, 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.240 just be a good overall special teams unit, just not 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:48.560 enough to cost a team a game. They talked so 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.719 many times about how special teams is one third of 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.960 the game offense, defense, special teams, and in my opinion, 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.159 the Cowboys basically lost that almost every dog on week 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.320 and the National Football League is too tough for you 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.760 to go into one phase of the football game and 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.400 not be able to win this thing. And that's why 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.479 there was changed with John Fossil, and they're also changing 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.960 up the guys more So, I'm going to be very 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.800 interested to see how special teams plays. And that's one 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.800 reason why I hope Cowboys Vange listening to the show, 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.600 because Danny McCray and Barry Church played special teams and 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.040 they understand the importance of it, and special teams is 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.000 where Danny really made his bread there. CJ. Goodwin's a 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.360 guy that we had on the show last year, and 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.119 CJ was one of their better special teams players. Danny, 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:30.800 what did you make of the fact that he was 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.360 on the cut list. I was very surprised to be 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.120 honest with y'all, I was I was really about to 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.240 bring that up. I wasn't sure, you know, what was 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.960 going on because we had previously talked about this and 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.679 how the Dallas Cowboys really hadn't value special teams players. 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.920 There wasn't There haven't been very many guys who had 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.880 gotten paid to just specifically play special teams. And then 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:52.800 you have a guy who was your best special teams 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:56.200 player in CJ, and he gets released. So, you know, 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:58.080 to me, it was two things. That Fossil has his 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.960 own guys that he brought in that he liked, or 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.120 c J was playing bad, and then when they brought 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.600 him back. You know, I'm still a little confused about it, 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.200 because you know, you really need that guy. But it 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.960 shocked me because because I know he played well last season, 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.600 so I couldn't imagine, especially without a preseason, what he 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.640 could do that was so wrong for him to get 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:25.320 released like that. All right, let's dive into the starting offense. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.680 On the depth chart, they just put ten starters in. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:38.480 I think they're gonna roll out of eleven dudes on Sunday. So, 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:43.599 so what did you think of that They're taking this 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.720 too far? Bro? They're taking this too far, all right, 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:50.200 No no jersey numbers, all right, no scrimmage, you know, 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.640 and now he's putting ten people on the on the 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.600 on the chart, you know, to try to confuse you. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:57.960 You know, I'm just confused. Even on the defense, I 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.400 see that. I think it Warley was the third third team. 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.520 He tweets it. He's like something, and he tweets it like, nah, 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.960 that's not true. So I mean, how far are you 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.160 gonna take this? You literally only have about three more 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:13.880 days of the trickery before everybody sees what you're really doing. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.559 And this is over with I so you know, take 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.240 advantage of it after this week, come on, man, this 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:24.439 little see what you got? Please? Hey, I mean they're 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:28.600 taking full advantage of this. You know, non guys won't 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.400 know our scheme. You won't know who's playing good, who's 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.439 playing bad. But rookies are inserted into this lineup. So 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:36.920 I just think they're taking full advantage of this, this 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.800 new year, new coaching regime. I mean, the guy that 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.440 they did plug in as the starters, I mean, they're 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.560 pretty much who we figured they'd be. We figured that 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:47.800 Cameron Irving would step in for like calls since he 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.360 has been down. You know, Tyren Smith, the guys, Joe Looney, 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:51.679 those guys, we all knew that they were going to 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.720 be on the offensive line. And I'm sure when they 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.319 come out an eleventh person there, we'll see CD as 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.920 that third wide receiver. But it's just funny to me 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.280 that they're doing all these precautions to make sure they 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.640 got every type of secret held up until week one. 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.360 It's hilarious to me. I mean, they're out doing Bill Belichick. Okay, 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:13.640 they're out doing so. I look here and I see 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:17.040 they got Treyvon Diggs as starting corner. I see everything 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.360 ripping his back up here. So so should we even 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.280 take this serious in your opinion here or they just 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.080 trying to you know, like you said, they don't have 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.480 to give away anything, so they're just choosing not to 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:31.719 give away anything. I mean, it's very vanilla. But the 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.480 thing that surprised me and kind of maybe not really 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.640 want to take this serious is they got our boy, 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:41.600 Alden Smith that's starting sam linebacker and a four three steam. 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:43.800 I could see if this was a three four and 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.520 they had you know, they're outside linebackers are basically rush ends. 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.440 But here he's lined up in the sam linebacker position, 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.880 you know, their defensive end or Tyrone Crawford and DeMarcus Lawrence. 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.160 So I guess they think all this Smith can drop 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:56.920 back in coverage a little bit and you know, play 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:58.440 a little bit of own maybe some man on the 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.439 tight ends here and there. But I thought that was 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.840 definitely a surprise. I mean, he's mostly known for rushing 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.160 the quarterback and getting in the backfield and causing havoc. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:08.640 Let me tell you the next thing we're gonna see 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.079 on the next depth chart is Zek playing safety all right, 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.120 just just just so they can maximize us a little bit. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.719 You know, I'm really I'm really not sure what's going on. 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.959 But my my real question with what the defense is, 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.680 and this may be just a little off topic with 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.720 that one, I want to know how short the leash 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.840 is gonna be on darry and Thompson. I want to 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.920 know how long they're gonna let him play, how many 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.000 mistakes they're gonna let him make our plays he's gonna 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.800 be able to kind of make mistakes on before they 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.800 snatched the car from under him. They to me they 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.559 have to let him at least make it five to 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.400 six games so he can gain some confidence, and I 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:46.800 hope they let him do that because I don't want 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:48.880 to see him have one bad game and get and 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.319 get snatched out of there. Yeah, I'm sorry to say 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.640 about I think I think his his leash is gonna 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:57.040 be a really, really a short one. I mean, I 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.199 think I think what they're gonna go out there with 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.600 is you know, hey, you gonna trot you out there. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:03.640 They were kind of backed into a corner because how 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:05.920 I didn't kind of pan out the way they thought 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.920 he would. So I gave the DoPT Darien Thompson and 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.240 give credit to him. He played great or he played 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.560 well during training camp and kind of earned that spot. 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.800 But I think if he gets, you know, beat once 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.960 or twice here, you'll hear the fans just I told 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.760 you we should have got Earl Thompson back there. So 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.040 I didn't think his leash would be really short. But 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:25.480 hopefully he can go out there and make a couple 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.000 of plays um this first week to kind of give 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.720 him some leeway towards towards the season. All right, let's 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.800 let's stay there Church. Since she went there, I showed 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.839 you guys a picture from I tweeted at your picture 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:43.080 of a Brandon Car out there today, it's Brandon Car. 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.120 In your opinion, do you think he gets called up 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.640 to the active roster on Sunday? Right now, he's on 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:51.680 the practice team. For me, I think eventually he will 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.959 get brought up to that first or to that active roster. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.440 I think for this week one, he'll kind of just 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.400 you know, mentor the young guys getting ready to play, 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.240 and I think go catch up on the playbook for 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:03.319 a week one. So I don't really see him going 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.720 out there and performing and or suiting up for this 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:08.480 week one versus the LA Rams. But later on in 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.800 this year, I could definitely see him injuries or not 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:15.319 getting a spot here on his active roster. Yeah, you're 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.600 the same here. The only reason and the only reason 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.120 that I don't see him become an active for this 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.520 game is because he wasn't on the team previously, So 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.120 he really has to get into that football shape because 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.199 he hadn't done anything probably since since they were out 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:31.520 of the playoffs football wise, if he was coming from 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.840 another team, he would be active. But so so we 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.000 can expect to see him pretty soon on an active roster. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:38.920 All right, let's stay at the defensive backfield here on 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:40.959 the players last, because this is a big question, right, 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.440 George Lewis did not practice today. He's dealing with an 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:47.080 ankle injury. At what point in time, if you're Mike Knowling, 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.680 do you need to have him out here practicing versus 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.080 you just sitting here kind of saying, Hey, look, this 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:52.800 guy's not gonna play. Go ahead and sit him down. 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:59.120 Go ahead, Dye, Matt listening. So so, like Church said, 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.880 Wednesday is really the ring game. Practice. Thursday is when 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.160 you put in, you know a lot of the passing game, 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.400 and then Fridays in your two minutes. So he would 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.640 have to get some practice in on Thursday or Friday 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.240 for me to feel comfortable if I was a coach 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.960 with him, you know, seeing seeing them, being able to 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.120 recognize some of the players that are coming on from 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.680 the rams. So if he's out there maybe a little 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.080 bit Thursday, and he's able to do some two minute 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:26.800 some short yarders and stuff like that on Friday, some 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.360 red zone, then I feel comfortable with him being out 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:34.560 there on Sunday. Yeah, Danny's correct on this one. For Wednesdays, 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.600 as much as the secondary hates Wednesdays, Thursdays is I'm 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.240 a huge secondary day because, like Danny said, I mean, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.560 you got the two minute drill, you got an extra 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.720 seven on seven period where you go app you go 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:49.600 after all the posting team's favorite passing, favorite route concepts, 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.000 and then as also you've got you know, like I mentioned, 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:53.920 two minute seven on seven and then you also got 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.120 an extra team period where it's strictly passed. So if 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:58.840 he were to go out there on Thursday and get 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.040 a little run in on the set all sevens or 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.400 the extra team period, I think that wild bode well 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.080 for him playing Sunday. But for a second day, I 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.280 got to feel comfortable going in there with the game plan, 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.640 and to feel comfortable with how you feel health wise, 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.640 I think you gotta get out there Thursday just to 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.680 run around a little bit and see how your body 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.360 holds up against competition. All right, let's take a break here. 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:20.560 When we come back, want to dive into two topics here. 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.400 One who needs to have a breakout twenty twenty for 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.680 the Cowboys? And also who are you most excited to 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.960 see in week one? We'll do that next on the 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:32.040 player's louds. He's Danny McCrae. Verry Church up too, He scrugs, Hey, 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:36.080 they're Cowboys fans. 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I mean this guy. 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:09.600 He was my first round pick whenever we were doing 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.560 the mock drafts back in back before April and all 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.360 that stuff, and that's tavon days. I mean, I'm super 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:17.480 excited to see what he can do out there. I 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.439 always give his intangibles. I mean, he's long, he can 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.119 jam at the line of scrimmage, he excels at press, 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.360 man and man all the good stuff. But the most 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:27.919 important thing I think about his game is that he 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.000 can take the ball away. He's not afraid to go 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.000 up there and challenge receivers to get the ball at 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:34.840 the high point. And he said earlier during his camp 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:36.560 that when the ball's in the air, it's it's not 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.400 you know, made for the offense, it's anybody's ball when 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:40.719 it goes in the air, and he thinks he can 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.440 take it away. So that's what we need in the secondary. 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:45.840 We needed someone like that for the past couple of years. 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.399 This is a guy who has extremely great ball skills, 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.120 so hopefully he can bring that talent to the Dallas Cowboys, 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:54.359 and if the defensive line is able to play to 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:56.560 where we think they can play, I think this guy 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:58.600 will have a great breakout year and I'm excited to 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.280 see what he can he can do for the Dallas 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:08.800 Cowboys defense. Here we go, Here we go. Listen, listen, 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.880 check this out. I'm gonna go unconventionally with this one. 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:16.440 I'm going with the kool aid. I'm excited to see 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:21.640 Michael McCarthy on the sideline, and I really I want 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:23.719 I want to see you know, right, because NEWI has 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.400 been hyping it up, I actually have faith that Mike 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:28.800 McCarthy will take the Cowboys to whin he leven games 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.280 this season. I want to see in those tight situations, 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:35.120 those ones where NEWI said that j G was kind 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.719 of you know, the communication wasn't right, where he messed up. 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:42.080 I'm excited to see how McCarthy reacts when those situations arise. 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.240 When you get into two minute situations, how do you 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.000 handle your time out, how do you handle your team. 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:48.400 I'm excited to see that I really am, because we've 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:50.879 been talking about it for a while. I hope he succeeds, 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:57.600 but I'm excited to be able to I guess nah, 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:01.160 I'm not gonna say that we're talking about let's talking 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:05.880 about it on Monday. Let's talk about it on Monday, 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:08.400 all right. The guys, I'm gonna go where they're gonna 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:10.639 go in the combination right here. I want to see it. 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:14.120 I'm really excited to see what Jalen Smith and Layton 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:18.360 vander Esh can do under this new Mike McCarty system. Here. 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.080 We saw vander Esh hurt last year, but his first 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.440 year as a rookie, this guy was a difference maker 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:27.000 on the football field. And last year Jalen didn't have, 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:29.800