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Speaker 1: more on car insurance. Now your hosts, Danny Serek and

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Speaker 1: Brad Sham, welcome everybody. Thank you very much for joining

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Speaker 1: I know it. Sometimes it's hard. Everybody had a tough

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Speaker 1: night last night. Players had a tough night. Coaches had

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Speaker 1: a tough night, Fans had a tough night. Promise they

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Speaker 1: did not do it to personally give you a bad Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: I promise. But those things happen. But we are here

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Speaker 1: to look forward and turn the page. Grateful as always

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Speaker 1: for all of you who are with us on the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Danny waved in the wave to

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Speaker 1: the people, and here's the other guy who's going to

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Speaker 1: wave to you Cowboys tight end Blake Jarwin. Look at

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Speaker 1: you sitting up and not using any crutches anymore. That's right,

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Speaker 1: that's right back on track. Thank you for doing this. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I love to be here. Thank you. I will I

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Speaker 1: will tell everyone that when when the Cowboys PR executive

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Speaker 1: like to alternate offense and defense, throwing some special teams

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Speaker 1: so people don't see all the same thing. Everybody likes everybody.

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Speaker 1: And I also try to look at the schedule. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so if they're playing a night game, especially a night

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Speaker 1: I said, well, I know one guy who will feel

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Speaker 1: because because sadly, Blake Jarwin has is on injured reserve.

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Speaker 1: But we're gonna talk first about what is the good

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Speaker 1: news about your injury. So I asked Blake where his

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Speaker 1: moving good and I'm in a good place. He critiqued

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Speaker 1: doing when I'm walking, and um, you know, a lot

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Speaker 1: to look forward to, a lot of good progress ahead,

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Speaker 1: a lot of good progress made so far. So you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a trying time, but I'm staying positive

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Speaker 1: with it. This will make more sense to you than

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Speaker 1: to probably anybody else. But when doctor Cooper critiques you,

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Speaker 1: By the way, for people who don't know Dan Cooper,

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Speaker 1: he's truly literally one of the great surgeons in the country.

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Speaker 1: He's done the surgeries of people in every sport. You know,

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Speaker 1: But when doctor Cooper critiques you the way you said

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Speaker 1: Brown critiquing you at all? Yeah? Absolutely, they're both on

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Speaker 1: be past that blake, you know, Brod. I've got a

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Speaker 1: hair when that time comes. Now. Is this coaching staff care? No, No,

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Speaker 1: had the big game. I could be wrong about the game,

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Speaker 1: but Dalton had the big game. And Babelfenberg tweeted Dalton

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Speaker 1: Schultz who knew? And Blake tweeted, I knew? What did

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Speaker 1: you know? Why? How did you know? I just know

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Speaker 1: how he repairs. And after that first game, like you

431
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Speaker 1: talked about the drops, I saw him the next morning

432
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Speaker 1: coming in from the field and he had just caught

433
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Speaker 1: like two hundred balls on the jug machine and he was,

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Speaker 1: you know, sick to his stomach that he had had

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Speaker 1: those those plays in the game. So uh, and I

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Speaker 1: can tell you today I was leaving and he was

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Speaker 1: headed to the juge machine. So his uh, his preparation

438
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Speaker 1: weekend and week out, it's phenomenal. And his approach to

439
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Speaker 1: every day, every practice, every game is incredible. So uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's a you know, he's a he's a

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Speaker 1: heck of a player. I love watching him and just

442
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Speaker 1: to see him grow and the time that he's had

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Speaker 1: so far over these last four and a half games,

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Speaker 1: five and a half games, whatever it is as a player,

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Speaker 1: and he just looks so comfortable out there now, I think,

446
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Speaker 1: and he's making some really good plays and you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm happy for him. I'm gonna tinue to push him.

448
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Speaker 1: I think he can be incredible and you know, I

449
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Speaker 1: expect that from him as well. That's what we've gotten

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Speaker 1: our tight end room. I think we all push each

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Speaker 1: other and create that competitive spirit. So if he's that

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Speaker 1: kind of receiver, the two of you together, I'm projecting

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Speaker 1: obviously ahead till next year, but the two of you together,

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Speaker 1: that could be pretty intriguing. Absolutely, yeah. And we've got

455
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Speaker 1: so many offensive weapons that you know, if we can

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Speaker 1: just continue to build like that, and I mean, I

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Speaker 1: just think that we just need to create opportunities. So

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Speaker 1: whether you know, if you want to cover all the receivers. Well,

459
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Speaker 1: the tight ends are there for you. So if you

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Speaker 1: want to cover tight ends, we'll take your pick at receiver.

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Speaker 1: You can throw it to any of them. And that's

462
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Speaker 1: kind of the goal. And I think that we all

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Speaker 1: understand that in the tight end room we know our place.

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Speaker 1: We also know we got to put our hand the

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Speaker 1: ground in block for a Zeke and Toni in the

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Speaker 1: backfield as well, so we're just kind of there for

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Speaker 1: for where we need to be. Now, let me ask

468
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Speaker 1: you something that I would, as you know, I would

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Speaker 1: not ever say, tell me what the and you at

470
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Speaker 1: this point you don't know because you're not in all

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Speaker 1: the meetings. What do the scheme change? What are they doing?

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Speaker 1: But it only makes sense that when you have two

473
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Speaker 1: players as exceptional as Tyrant Smith and Lyle Collins and

474
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Speaker 1: they both go down and the players available, the best

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Speaker 1: players available are undrafted free agent. Not that there's anything

476
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Speaker 1: wrong with undrafted free agents. Sometimes they sign great contracts

477
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Speaker 1: and become outstanding players and have ginormous Christmas trees and

478
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Speaker 1: very long hair. But those were those guys were not

479
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Speaker 1: expected to fill those roles. They were thrust into really

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Speaker 1: critical places. And the first place a lot of fans

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Speaker 1: go in their head is well, you have to the

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Speaker 1: tight end is going to just have to stay in

483
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Speaker 1: and chip all day long. Now, and you can't play

484
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Speaker 1: like that all the time, but you have to. Would

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Speaker 1: you just talk a little bit about how all that

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Speaker 1: possibly works in circumstances like these, Yeah, of course. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: You know when you talk about bringing another guy into

488
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Speaker 1: the box, well and the defense is also going to

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Speaker 1: bring someone else in the box. Sell that doesn't always

490
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Speaker 1: you know, maybe that's not the key. I think we're

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Speaker 1: doing it great. You know, it may not look like it,

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Speaker 1: you know, on Sundays, but we're doing a good job.

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Speaker 1: We're growing, we're getting better. Um. I want people to

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Speaker 1: understand that we're pushing each other, we're we're we're improving

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Speaker 1: each week. Um. It may not look like the best

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Speaker 1: product right now, but I guarantee you those guys are,

497
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Speaker 1: they're they're they're preparing each week like they need to be.

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Speaker 1: And um, it's gonna get it's gonna get put together,

499
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Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see it when those guys start clicking.

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00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 1: Being undrafted guys, being young guys, it's it could be

501
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: difficult at times. You feel the pressure, especially when you're

502
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,359
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agent where everybody's eyes are on you,

503
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 1: you know when we're on TV every every weekend. And

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Speaker 1: you know, like I said, it's my job as an

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00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 1: IR guy to be positive, to stay with those guys

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Speaker 1: and to keep pushing them in the right direction. Don't

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Speaker 1: let them lose their faith in themselves because I've had

508
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Speaker 1: that happen to me, where my confidence a shot and

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Speaker 1: then I'm a you know, I'm not where I need

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00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 1: to be for weeks and weeks. So you know, not

511
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Speaker 1: being an old guy in this league, but being a

512
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: little bit older than those guys, That's what I've got

513
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Speaker 1: for them, And just keep pushing them and tell them, hey, look,

514
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 1: you know, bad stuff's gonna happen, but that's part of football.

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Speaker 1: So we just got to keep moving forward as a team.

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Speaker 1: We need a break and more coming up with Cowboys

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Speaker 1: tight end and Blake Jarwin very well said, and I

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Speaker 1: hope they listened to you, and we will be right

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's the Miller Like Cowboys Hour Brad Sham

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Speaker 1: and Danny Sak. It's our regular Monday night spot except

530
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Speaker 1: for this week because it's Tuesday. Doesn't it feel odd?

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Speaker 1: It does feel strange? Does it feel odd to you,

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Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin or very special guest to night and you

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Speaker 1: didn't even play because you're on injured reserve? Yeah? Yeah,

534
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: it's definitely off, even for me being in our gay

535
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Speaker 1: and so you you, I mean, you've been through through

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Speaker 1: this um schedule upheaval plenty since you've been here. What

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Speaker 1: do you do to adjust your You guys are such

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00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: creatures of habit because you have to be and you're

539
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: on such rhythmic schedules. When it gets disrupted by a

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Speaker 1: Sunday night game or a Thursday game or a Monday

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Speaker 1: night game. How how do you adjust? Yeah, definitely, I

542
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: don't know if we really do adjust. We're always kind

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00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 1: of extra on edge for a few days, trying to

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Speaker 1: get back in the group of things. Uh. You know,

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00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: obviously to day is a day off for the players,

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00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 1: so tomorrow will be like a regular Wednesday for the guy.

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00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: So it'll be back to your normal schedule. But but

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00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: will your body believe that? Uh? Yeah, no, probably not.

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00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: I think Dalton told me he got close to eighty

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00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 1: plays yesterday, so he's gonna be You know, it's tougher

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00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: when you come off a short week like that. Um,

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00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: you know those guys that they play hard all game

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00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: and it's tough. But you know, I know the coaches

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00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: have a good plan for him and they'll be ready

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00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: to go by Sunday. We were talking about these young

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00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: tackles and then we'll move on to something else. But

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Speaker 1: you you were with the brand to Night all last

558
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: year plus this year and uh and you were in

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00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: camp with Terrence Steele. And these are two guys that

560
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: fans hardly know anything about. What can you tell us

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00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: about them as as players mentally and how they learn

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00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: and what kind of guys they are and seem to be. Yeah,

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00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: they're both quiet, quiet individuals. They sit there and meetings

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00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 1: and when they're asked a question, they both answer it

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00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: and they answer it, you know, assertively, like they know

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Speaker 1: the answer. So other young guys, they're learning the way

567
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: of the NFL. Obviously, Brandon Knight got a little bit

568
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: last year and he came in and stepped up big

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Speaker 1: time for us at times. So you know, those guys

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Speaker 1: I've got, you know, nothing but belief in them to

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Speaker 1: get the job done. And like I said, sometimes things

572
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: don't go our way. It's the NFL. The other team's

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00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: good too, so I can tell you they're growing fast

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, it's it's it's just part of it.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I'm excited to see him line up

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Speaker 1: next Sunday improve themselves. Well that's also, I mean, something

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Speaker 1: that's kind of happening at reposition. It almost feels like, right,

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Speaker 1: these young players are not not seasoned veterans per se

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Speaker 1: that are having to step in. Yeah, and I mean,

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Speaker 1: how how tough is that overall as a team, especially

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Speaker 1: when you're having struggles like they are, to kind of

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Speaker 1: keep your head up and stay confident in your abilities Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's definitely difficult. Um, you know, it's and I think

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Speaker 1: that it's critical for the older guys right now to

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Speaker 1: stay positive and make sure those guys see that positivity

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Speaker 1: and and uh just put off a little bit of

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Speaker 1: confidence for these young guys. Um. Like I said, I'm

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Speaker 1: only in year four and uh, you know, but I

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00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: understand I've had a lot of good leaders, a lot

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Speaker 1: of good you know. I talked to Shanley on on

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Speaker 1: a daily basis and he kind of walked me through

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Speaker 1: what I need to do being on IR for an Aco,

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Speaker 1: And it's guys like that that have kind of taught

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Speaker 1: me a lot about how to keep the team up

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Speaker 1: and how as a different you know, being on an

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Speaker 1: IR guys, I can still lead the tight end room

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Speaker 1: and be there for those guys. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: don't I don't talk to the offensive line as much,

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00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: but when I do, you know, it's just little things

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Speaker 1: to make sure that we're on the same page. And

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Speaker 1: I don't ever want them to feel like I don't

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Speaker 1: believe in those guys, because that doesn't that doesn't do

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00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: anything but cause issues for teams. So it's all about chemistry.

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Speaker 1: Like I can continue to say we're going to grow

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Speaker 1: from everything that's happened and we'll be better for it.

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Speaker 1: And when you are an IR guy, and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: more about this in a second, in a little more detailed,

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00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: but you people just tend to think, well, Okay, you

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Speaker 1: get your surgery, then you come back and you sit

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00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: in meetings, and it's not how it works because you're

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00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: on a specific physical rehabilitation schedule. And I've had a

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00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: lot of guys over the years who were on IR

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00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 1: say to me that you at first you kind of

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00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: go through this really weird thing where you just don't

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Speaker 1: feel like part of it because you're not doing all

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Speaker 1: of the things that you do together. Did you experience

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Speaker 1: that a little bit for a minute. Yeah. Absolutely. You

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Speaker 1: kind of just feel lost, You lose your identity, I

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Speaker 1: think a little bit in the beginning. And like I said,

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Speaker 1: I've had a lot of good people around me kind

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Speaker 1: of walk me through the beginning of this and how

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Speaker 1: it's going to be for the next you know, eight

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Speaker 1: months for me moving forward, it's just it can be

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Speaker 1: very difficult, but I think it's important. It's crucial to

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00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: do your part to stay as in tune as you

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Speaker 1: can to uh like I talked about earlier, showing your face,

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Speaker 1: talking to guys, keeping those relationships alive so that when

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Speaker 1: you do come back, you know, you don't just feel

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Speaker 1: like you're, you know, starting over from scratch. You still

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00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,399
Speaker 1: have those relationships. You still don't understand the offense because

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Speaker 1: you're going to meetings and learning from everything. So that's

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Speaker 1: kind of my goal as I move forward. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: even when you're you did a really nice job of

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Speaker 1: kind of transitioning that to talk about it the way

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Speaker 1: the way you intended to when you've learned a lot.

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Speaker 1: Part of my part of my question is, no, you're

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Speaker 1: a starter. You've got a big contract, You've got nothing

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Speaker 1: to worry about. You were doing great, you had a

639
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: great camp. Do you go through a thing where you

640
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: think I gotta get around there so they don't forget

641
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: about me a little bit? You know, like I talked

642
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: about earlier, I'm thankful for the contract, but I don't

643
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: think you can ever let that kind of get to

644
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 1: your head. That's not what That's definitely not what got

645
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 1: me here. I've had a you know, work every day

646
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,959
Speaker 1: and like what you used to say, secrets in the dirt,

647
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: and so to not be able to do that, not

648
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: to be able to physically perform right now, I've got

649
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: to say mentally in tune and I'm sorry I keep

650
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: running run your question, Brad, but no, no, no, you're

651
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: doing exactly what you intend to do. That's fine, that's

652
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: You're that that time you addressed it. Good for you,

653
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: and uh yeah, so let's let's you know, it's it

654
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: definitely is. It's definitely a unique feeling though, being in

655
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 1: a position where I'm at right now, never having something

656
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 1: that significant keep me away from, you know, something I

657
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: love and the people that I love for so long.

658
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: So uh, it's it's uh, it's it's it's difficult at times.

659
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: One big changes you now are watching the games from home?

660
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,879
Speaker 1: Are you seeing the game differently at all now? From

661
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: that a little bit? Yeah, just a different perspective. Uh

662
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: I still, you know, before the game, I'll make sure

663
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,439
Speaker 1: that I'm in tune with the plays of the week,

664
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,400
Speaker 1: you know, the installation and the call sheet and just

665
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: to make sure, like you know, when they line up,

666
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: just to keep me going, I'm trying to think of

667
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: what they're about to run. We run out this formation

668
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,439
Speaker 1: and this and that and what's in for this week?

669
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 1: And you just see things from a different angle, and

670
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, i'm talking, I'm doing everything

671
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: I can to make sure I'll stay in tune with that.

672
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: When you're on the field and the play comes in

673
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: and you have all that running through your head, and

674
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: then you go line up at your position, knowing whether

675
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: you're going in motion or setting whatever you're doing, and

676
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: you look up and you see the coverage and now

677
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 1: you know what the check might be. And and when

678
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: you're sitting on your couch you can't see all of

679
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: that stuff. How frustrating is that for a guy who

680
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: knows what's coming. Yeah, it's definitely difficult for me because

681
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: I'd love I wish I could have another headset at home,

682
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: just so I could know what's coming up, so I

683
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: could see it even better. But there are you know,

684
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: there's spros from it. You know, I see it, you know,

685
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: in real time, and I see kind of what's going on,

686
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 1: and I think, you know, sometimes we get to film

687
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: and we micromanage, Oh we could have done that, we

688
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: could in this, But then you know, from a player's protection, like, oh, yeah,

689
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: it's great. You can see it after the fact, but

690
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 1: in the moment this is what I see, and so

691
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: I'm just seeing that from another angle, you know, watching

692
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: the tight Ends play now, Blake, if we asked your

693
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: fiance what it's like to watch your team play sitting

694
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: next to you on your couch, what would she say. Yeah,

695
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: she hears me screaming quite a bit. She's typically trying

696
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: to keep me calm down, kind of screaming kind of guy.

697
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 1: I don't think i've heard you raise your voice in

698
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: four years. I know, and I do scream at the

699
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: TV though right now, and you know, she does a

700
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: good job keeping me calm, saying, hey, look it's okay,

701
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: it's okay. The next play, I'm like, you're right, you're right,

702
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: because I think that there's just a little bit extra

703
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: to it now, especially that I can't be out there

704
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: with the guys, even on the sideline, so I take

705
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,720
Speaker 1: my frustrations out on the on the TV on Sundays.

706
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: I think sounds like most Cowboys fans pretty vocal, right,

707
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: probably yelling at the TV good and bad things, right, yeah, yes, yes,

708
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: and then at people they know who might be around

709
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: the team. You can get a little bit of that,

710
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: people wanting to know what the hell's going on? Sure,

711
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: yeah right, I would really if you pass the word

712
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: along that next week be a great time start winning again,

713
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: that would that would be good. So you've also your

714
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: teams have been uh teams since you've been here that

715
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: have had Every team in football has to come back

716
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: from some adversity. How does a player know when I

717
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,320
Speaker 1: don't want to say a switch is flipped, but because

718
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: it's not that easy, but you guys usually know, even

719
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: sometimes in a loss, oh we've found So I'm not

720
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: saying it happened last night, but but sometimes you can tell, okay,

721
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: we I think we found something, and then you take

722
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 1: it to the practice field and you confirm that thought

723
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 1: and then things get better. How do you what are

724
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 1: your signals that that's going on? Yeah? I think a

725
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,879
Speaker 1: lot of people look at games and you say, oh,

726
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: we won, oh we've played that, we must have played good,

727
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: and then oh, we lost, we must have played terribly well.

728
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: That's usually not the case. Usually, when you win, you

729
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: don't play as good as you think you played. When

730
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: you lose, you don't usually play as bad as you

731
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: think you played last night. Obviously that's not what the

732
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,919
Speaker 1: outcome we wanted. But you know, you take a few

733
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: interesting plays out of there, and maybe it's a whole

734
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 1: different ball game. So you know, and I've talked to

735
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: quite a few guys a day and looking at the

736
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: film and just already preparing and saying, look, okay, yeah,

737
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: we need to be better than this area. We need

738
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: to do this better, we need to do that better.

739
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: And I think that's that's kind of got to be

740
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: your approach each week. Things aren't always going to go

741
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: your way. Now. I think we've got a lot of

742
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: you know, positive guys on our team that say, okay,

743
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: let's just take from take the good, and let's move

744
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: on with it and let's move forward. You're working with

745
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: a new ten in coach Coach Walls this year. What

746
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: have you liked from him? His coaching style and how

747
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 1: he's handling, you know, keeping his players confident and you know,

748
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,959
Speaker 1: taking what they are doing well in the practice field

749
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 1: and bringing it into games. He's definitely a great tight

750
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: ends coach. Um coming from nuss Meyer last year. Nuss

751
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 1: is a great coach, understands the passing game very well

752
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: and then having coach Wells and this year understanding the

753
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: run game and the past game. Uh, He's definitely helped

754
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 1: me and the other guys with our footwork and just

755
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: understanding the game from a tight end perspective from his

756
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 1: his view, and uh, you know, he does a great

757
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: job keeping us motivated. We watch film every day and

758
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: he says, hey, like this is good stuff. Guys, what

759
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: are you think you just did? Oh? That's that's awesome.

760
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 1: And then you know, if it's not so good, we say, hey,

761
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: what can you do better to make it? Make yourself better?

762
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I think his ultimate goal is

763
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: to make us, you know, very versatile athletes on the

764
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 1: field who can produce at every position. So, um, he's

765
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: doing a great job and he's been awesome in the room.

766
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: And even though he's coaching the quarterbacks now, having nuss

767
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: Meyer still in the building, does that is that helpful

768
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: to the guys at your position? Absolutely? Yeah, we all

769
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 1: have a great relationship with us. And where I'm giving

770
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: him a hard time, he though he's giving me a

771
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: hard time, And you know, I think that we've we've

772
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: really grown and to have him still around as big

773
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 1: time for us. You know, if I ever have a

774
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,399
Speaker 1: question and Coach Wells isn't around, I can definitely reach

775
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: out to us. Blake Jarwin is our guest on the

776
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 1: Cowboys Hour this evening, and we'll be right back in

777
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,080
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784
00:42:00,040 --> 00:45:05,279
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786
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 1: Welcome back, Brad Sham and Danny Siak with our very

787
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:20,399
Speaker 1: special guest, Cowboys tight end Blake Jarwin, rehabbing the ACL

788
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: injury that broke a lot of hearts of Cowboy fans

789
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: in Week one, none more than Blake's. I don't think

790
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,720
Speaker 1: you know we talked about some of the medical stuff,

791
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: but I don't know that I asked you at the

792
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 1: beginning about the prognosis for when you can start doing

793
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 1: what we've established your two days off for crutches. We're

794
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 1: a little bit ahead yourself. Yeah, absolutely so, but what

795
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 1: is what's the prognosis? Yeah, so right now my biggest

796
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:51,839
Speaker 1: focus is to make sure that my extension is good

797
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 1: because if you do not get your extension back pretty quickly,

798
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: that can cause issues down the road. And then I'm

799
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: doing pretty well with that, doctor Cooper said. And then

800
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 1: just now learning to walk normally and then to slowly

801
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: get that motion, that full range of motion back in

802
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 1: my knee. Um, it takes some time, but you know,

803
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: I'd like to have that done, and you know, about

804
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,279
Speaker 1: six weeks or so back to fully from one round,

805
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 1: no from the from two weeks ago. So I've got

806
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: about four weeks left and I'm doing pretty good. So

807
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 1: that's just kind of my goal. And they're doing a

808
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 1: great job in the training room making sure that I'm

809
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: on track. So have they When you were getting all

810
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 1: this medical information at first, did you say, Okay, that's great.

811
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: When am I going to be back on the field,

812
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: Will i'd be ready for OTA's Well, I'd be ready

813
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: for strength and conditioning and this did you ask that? Yeah?

814
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:37,800
Speaker 1: I definitely have a few times. They keep telling me

815
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: to be patient. Uh, you know, Britt Brownie's gonna do

816
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: a great job making sure that I'm conditioning ready to go.

817
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,880
Speaker 1: Now when it comes to OTA's I don't know how

818
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: much I'll be doing that that sense, maybe just a

819
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: little bit hopefully, But obviously the goal is to be

820
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 1: ready for training camp and ultimately game one of next year.

821
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:55,839
Speaker 1: That's that's my goal right now. And I know that

822
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: that with the ACL, it's tricky. It takes it just

823
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: takes time, and you know, luckily I have a little

824
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: bit of time in front of me. You know, unfortunately

825
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 1: it happened in game one, but that that gives me

826
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: more time. I guess to heal before game one of

827
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: next year. And so that's my mindset. I could talk.

828
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,479
Speaker 1: I just gotta stay positive about it and follow those guys.

829
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: Just those guys, they know what they're doing and they'll

830
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: make sure that I'm back in better than ever. And parenthetically,

831
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 1: please God, there should be OTAs next year. Don't even

832
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,360
Speaker 1: start on I mean, you gotta think that way a

833
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 1: little bit, all right, go ahead, talk about something more.

834
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 1: I just depressed myself, Like I want to go back

835
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: a few months ago when you signed your new contract

836
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 1: and shortly after you made a generous donation to your

837
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 1: alma mater Oklahoma State University to help workers who were

838
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 1: affected by you know, the loss of sports because of COVID.

839
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 1: Why was that important for you to give back to them? Yeah, Uncle,

840
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: State means a lot to me, just forgive me the opportunity.

841
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 1: I don't, you know, it's I don't know if a

842
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,319
Speaker 1: lot of people know. I'm gonna I wasn't a scholarship guy,

843
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 1: as i'll walk on guy, and they actually just gave

844
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,760
Speaker 1: me the opportunity I was, you know, just I didn't.

845
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 1: I guess they just need an extra guy on scout

846
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: team at the time, and they let me on the squad.

847
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm thankful for that, and I'm thankful

848
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 1: for Coach Gundy for giving me the chance to be

849
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 1: the player that I was and you know, the man

850
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 1: that I that I am today, and uh, you know,

851
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: so just to give me those opportunities as a walk on,

852
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: I'm very very thankful, and uh, you know, I want

853
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: to give back to my school, and so my goal

854
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:28,720
Speaker 1: is to continue to give to the Oakland State and uh,

855
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 1: the athletic program that was that was so good to me.

856
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 1: Didn't you establish a like a scholarship for walk ons?

857
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago. Uh No, I don't know

858
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 1: if i've I haven't never done anything like that. But

859
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: I actually was honored to present a walk on. He

860
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,319
Speaker 1: was a walk on. I gave him a scholarship at

861
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: the beginning. Maybe that's what I was. Yeah, I got

862
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: to get on a zoom call and do that for him.

863
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: So that that stuff means a lot. And you know,

864
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,040
Speaker 1: like I talked about, they that that school did a

865
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,920
Speaker 1: lot for me. You know, the reason that I'm here,

866
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,319
Speaker 1: that the people that were there they built me into

867
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: what I am, and so I'm very thankful. So boy

868
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,319
Speaker 1: makes you it sound like a Frankenstein's monitor, didn't they

869
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,400
Speaker 1: built me into I'll tell you, I walked into building

870
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: it six to two hundred pounds, and you know I

871
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 1: walked out of it on sixty five to fifty. So

872
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:13,879
Speaker 1: they did a pretty good job. And well they didn't

873
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: get you from six two to six five. I'm wondering,

874
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: how ever, No, Yeah, hey, they did a good job.

875
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 1: I think I'm a late bloomer and I must have

876
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:21,600
Speaker 1: just grown a little bit in college. But they did

877
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:25,799
Speaker 1: a good job. Well, but go ahead pursue that. Well,

878
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: I'm curious if I want to get a little tall

879
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: help me there. Not taller, not taller, no, but but

880
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: just getting bigger and preparing you for this opportunity. And

881
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,839
Speaker 1: not just physically, but but the mental side too, of

882
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 1: of getting stronger as a player. And now going through you.

883
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: You didn't have an injury as severe as you'r acl

884
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: right now, but you even had some you know, injuries

885
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: there that that probably helped you as well prepare for this. Yeah. Yeah,

886
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:54,960
Speaker 1: I mean everything that's happened to me is definitely you know,

887
00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:57,919
Speaker 1: built me. Wait, hold on, I have to tell people

888
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: what they're during. Not this last break, but the one before.

889
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: I said to Blake, you didn't really have any serious

890
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:07,359
Speaker 1: injuries in college, did you? And what did you say? Uh?

891
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,040
Speaker 1: You know, I just I fractured six ribs and clapped

892
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:11,719
Speaker 1: my lung. I got hit in the side, and I

893
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 1: would state my junior year besides that, I'm pretty injury free. Yeah.

894
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: But and I said, yeah, but you can play with

895
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 1: that to take that up, and you can't play with

896
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: a knee. It's it's a whole different deal. What was

897
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: that a shock when that happened? Was that a big

898
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: shock to your system? Yeah? That was definitely because that

899
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,360
Speaker 1: was my first time to ever actually be injured and

900
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,640
Speaker 1: not be able to participate in, you know, the game

901
00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: of football for a few weeks. Um and uh I did.

902
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 1: I definitely learned a lot from that situation because with

903
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: the claps lung you can't do much. You you have

904
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 1: to pretty much take it easy, and you can't get

905
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: your heart rate up and get your system firing too soon.

906
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: You have to kind of let yourself slowly grow and

907
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: that comes with time. And uh so, I guess I've

908
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 1: kind of understood it from that perspective that with my

909
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,759
Speaker 1: knee now that rushing things isn't going to make things better,

910
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: It's only going to make them, you know, more difficult

911
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 1: for me as I moved forward. So I've got to

912
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:04,319
Speaker 1: trust the process and test the trust the clock. You

913
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: grew up in Tuttle, Is that right, Tuttle, Oklahoma? Yeah?

914
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,799
Speaker 1: Did you know all of this much about physiognomy when

915
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: you were at Tuttle? Not even a little bit of it. No,

916
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 1: not any Now that you have a little bit more

917
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: free time, I know you're still rehabbing, you're still working

918
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: with the team and helping out. Have you picked up

919
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:25,319
Speaker 1: any fun new hobbies? Yes, I have. I actually just

920
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 1: went and picked up. Before this, I was getting a

921
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,399
Speaker 1: I got a bow. I'm gonna start, you know, learning

922
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 1: how to bow hunt. And I got it all dressed

923
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 1: up and raid a rock and I'm gonna start tomorrow,

924
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:35,880
Speaker 1: just kind of getting it all sided in. How did

925
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 1: that start? I have a few buddies back home, and

926
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,040
Speaker 1: they do some out like I got a buddy he

927
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:42,319
Speaker 1: just got back from elk hunting in Colorado, and another

928
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: buddy's deer hunting, you know, all the time. And so

929
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 1: I just I've never been big game hunting. I've done

930
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 1: you know, bird hunting and things like that. But I

931
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: was like, man, I'd really like to get into just

932
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: learn how to bow hunt. And I've got a little

933
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 1: bit extra time, you know, in the evenings now. Definitely,

934
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,840
Speaker 1: I think it's something that'll get my it'll kind of

935
00:51:57,840 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: clear my head, if that makes sense, kind of get

936
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,600
Speaker 1: me out of my my zone. This is I'm sorry,

937
00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 1: this is the this is the game hunting season right now,

938
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,360
Speaker 1: isn't it. Right? Yeah, So you're going to invest a

939
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 1: lot of time and energy and maybe some money and

940
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 1: something that hopefully you won't be able to do for

941
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 1: another ten year or so. Right. I picked it up

942
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: and he's like, so, you know, how what do you

943
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 1: think your plans? I was like, well, I hopefully I

944
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 1: can play for at least ten more years, so I

945
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 1: don't plan on using this right, um, but I do

946
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:24,920
Speaker 1: want to learn how to use it. And I think

947
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,080
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's just something that I've wanted to

948
00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 1: do for a while, and so I picked it up today.

949
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 1: Work yourself up to wolf hunting late and right if

950
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: I'm ready for wolf hunting yet, but if you know,

951
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:36,719
Speaker 1: we'll cross that path one of the time. All right,

952
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: So what you said you? What did you say when

953
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:39,799
Speaker 1: you picked up the bow and you did? What? Weather?

954
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: You dress it up? You dress it up? All right?

955
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: What is it? I don't think that means you put

956
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 1: little pants in a sweatshirt on it? What did you

957
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: what's dressing up a bow? You know? I wish I

958
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: knew what everything's called on it. Um, it's got all stuff.

959
00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:53,800
Speaker 1: I will that's my thing right now. I've got to

960
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:55,440
Speaker 1: learn all these things before I can even go out

961
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:57,359
Speaker 1: and deer hunt or el con or anything like that.

962
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 1: But yeah, you get the side on it, and um,

963
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:03,120
Speaker 1: you gotta kind of move everything around to make sure

964
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:04,920
Speaker 1: it fits to your body, because that's the best thing

965
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: about a bow, it's it's you know, it's customized to

966
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: you in a sense. Um. And so I spent about

967
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,399
Speaker 1: an hour and a half kind of making sure that

968
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:14,640
Speaker 1: the sight's on and the peepoles ready, and um, you

969
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: know when I when I draw it back, that I'm

970
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,840
Speaker 1: looking down and I'm confident where it's at. And most importantly,

971
00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: you gotta make sure you don't slap your at your elbow,

972
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:25,480
Speaker 1: your yourearm with the string. Those things are big and dangerous.

973
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: Yeah they are. And what's the difference between learning to site, aim,

974
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 1: and shoot accurately with a bow from a rifle. I

975
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: learned today that, um, you know, usually when you're shooting

976
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:44,480
Speaker 1: with a rifle, let me make sure I get this right. Yeah,

977
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 1: you're shooting left. When you move the the sight to

978
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,960
Speaker 1: the right. Well, they said, when you're working on a bow,

979
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:54,239
Speaker 1: if you're shooting low left, you need to fallow. They say,

980
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:55,879
Speaker 1: follow the arrow. So you have to move the sight

981
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:57,919
Speaker 1: to the left. And now we'll put that to the test.

982
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: I'm sure maybe someone out there when they're they're listening

983
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:01,759
Speaker 1: to this is like, no, he's he's just he doesn't

984
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:04,440
Speaker 1: always talking about. But that's the whole point. You don't

985
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 1: know what you're about it. Yeah, but you're about to right,

986
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: that's the kind of the goal. As I move forward,

987
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,240
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna try to learn, you know, what everything's called.

988
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:11,719
Speaker 1: First off, So next time you have me on here,

989
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:14,359
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have it all ready to run. Right. So

990
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 1: where do you go hunting? Is that close to here?

991
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:19,239
Speaker 1: I've got a my neighbor actually owns land just north

992
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: into Oklahoma, and he said he's gonna take me up

993
00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 1: there when I'm ready and maybe get me something. Um,

994
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:26,120
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see, we'll see how it goes. Well,

995
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: what does that? What does when you're ready mean? And

996
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:31,920
Speaker 1: who decides that I He says, dude, I'm gonna take

997
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,000
Speaker 1: you up there to about I'm like, no, I need

998
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:36,799
Speaker 1: to we can go. Let trucks right out here. Let

999
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:39,400
Speaker 1: me let me get you know, sided in and feel comfortable.

1000
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,319
Speaker 1: You know, I think bow hunting it's a it's kind

1001
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,520
Speaker 1: of a it's a different art. And you know when

1002
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: you when you strike an animal with a bow, you

1003
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:47,239
Speaker 1: want to make sure you do it the right way

1004
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:48,760
Speaker 1: so they're not a lot of pain for a long amount.

1005
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,400
Speaker 1: I think you probably want to strike him with the

1006
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: arrow right actually, so yeah, I mean I think details

1007
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:56,960
Speaker 1: but and I don't know a lot about it, but

1008
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 1: that that might be right, right, no question? And are

1009
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 1: there different kinds of arrows according to the kind of

1010
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,920
Speaker 1: bow that you have? Yeah, I guess the grain of

1011
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 1: the arrow is. I think I don't know. I'm I'm

1012
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: not even gonna say what mine is because I'm not

1013
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: quite sure yet. But I went to a guy and

1014
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:14,239
Speaker 1: he's you know, customized everything for me and made it

1015
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:17,319
Speaker 1: it made it proper. And uh, I've got such a long,

1016
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:20,000
Speaker 1: you know, winspan that minds. I think I'm set like

1017
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:21,880
Speaker 1: a thirty two or a thirty three, which is pretty

1018
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: significant for a bow. Um, and uh, it's it's gonna

1019
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,160
Speaker 1: be a lot of fun. I'm excited for the journey

1020
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 1: of that. And what are the best bows? What kind

1021
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 1: of wood are the best bows made from? Mine's actually carbon,

1022
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:37,120
Speaker 1: and I think so they Yeah, I learned today that

1023
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:38,839
Speaker 1: I guess some of them are aluminum, and those can

1024
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 1: get cold and the when it's cold outside, so the

1025
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:44,439
Speaker 1: carbon stays actually neutral and you don't get near as cold.

1026
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:45,960
Speaker 1: It doesn't you know, run through your body like that.

1027
00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:48,799
Speaker 1: So it's it's supposedly better. I don't know, we'll see. Wow,

1028
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:53,320
Speaker 1: I'm learning a lot, and I'm sure we'll have people

1029
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:55,400
Speaker 1: critique me on all of this. Oh this is great.

1030
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,799
Speaker 1: And and your fiance will this be? Will this be

1031
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:01,000
Speaker 1: a his and her? And never? At some point I

1032
00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: guarantee you it is. Yeah. She likes to do anything outdoors.

1033
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,840
Speaker 1: She's the biggest fisherman ever. When we go, She's competitive

1034
00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:08,359
Speaker 1: as they come when it comes to stuff like that,

1035
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:10,640
Speaker 1: and she makes sure by the end of day she

1036
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 1: has caught more fish than me. So I'm sure it's

1037
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:14,799
Speaker 1: only matter time before I have to get her set

1038
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,879
Speaker 1: up with something similar. Oh my, yeah, okay to see

1039
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,680
Speaker 1: some pictures. Okay, so we got like just seconds left.

1040
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:22,520
Speaker 1: And I don't like to get in your business. But

1041
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 1: how expensive a proposition are we talking about here with

1042
00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:31,680
Speaker 1: this bow? Yeah, it's gonna I mean, it's it's it's outrageous,

1043
00:56:31,719 --> 00:56:33,960
Speaker 1: but I'll just keep it right there. Yeah, and I

1044
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,720
Speaker 1: would like to remind everyone that Blake will be becoming

1045
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,359
Speaker 1: a master at this and not doing it again for

1046
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,479
Speaker 1: ten years. Blake. Great, great to be with you, Great

1047
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 1: to see you. Thanks for spending some time with us.

1048
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,320
Speaker 1: Absolutely thanks for having on for Danny Sorek. I'm Brad Sham.

1049
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,160
Speaker 1: See you next week on the Cowboys Are This has

1050
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:53,040
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1051
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:54,840
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