WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Oh That Line 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.640 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:13.720 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys, This is Mick 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:18.480 Shots streaming live on Dallascowboys dot Com and the official 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:20.040 Dallas Cowboys. 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:26.400 Have Welcome to another edition of mix Shots here at 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:33.640 beautiful Oxnard, California, the River Ridge Sports Complex on this Tuesday, 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:39.320 August sixth, Mickey Spagnola here with you, Savannah, and we 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:46.160 have a lineup change. No, Bill Jones, Nate Newton, Jane. Yes, 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:50.280 Nate coming out of the bullpen to help us out. 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:54.760 Yeah, man, And every team, every baseball team, at the 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:56.800 beginning of the year, they worry about pitching, and they 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.680 were about the center fielder. But during the season, in 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.160 the middle, the hot time, everybody worried about the bull pen. 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:03.840 There we go. 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:07.319 We have enough guys to take us through. I'm that guy, and. 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:11.840 We got a reliable reliever here that's always available to 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.839 us here on Mixed Shots. As a matter of fact, 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.119 Nate and I go way back, yes, back to the 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.920 star in the in the in the what we call 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.039 that little room, what it was. We were in the basement. 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:27.920 We're in the basement, man, Yes, we were well. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.480 Good to have you with us. Thanks a lot, and 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:35.040 thank you. Another beautiful day here in ox start sixty 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:41.640 two degrees here, eight o'clock our time. Everybody, good, good 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:43.080 day yesterday for everyone? 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:44.679 Yes, great day, Yes, ma'am. 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:47.600 You have an impression of practice yesterday, Nate. 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:49.640 Yes, I mean. 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.160 When you speak to the coaches that some coaches said, 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:57.360 I went to good today. But from my point of view, 0:01:57.880 --> 0:01:59.160 guys are moving fast. 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:00.640 Guys. 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:02.640 You know a few guys have injured, which you will 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.800 bring us up to date, but other than it has 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:06.680 not been since the Sam Williams deal. 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:08.280 Somebody just missed the. 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.639 Whole a lot of practice time, except our first round 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.640 pick with the flu, but he'll be back. 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:14.560 So it's been good for me. 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.760 You've gotten to see a high competition and great play 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.080 and guys just trying to make this team. And the 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:24.399 off sides will be coming more now. When we first 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.120 started camp, well hardly know all sides, but it seemed 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.600 like the more we have practice that I guess guys 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:32.520 are getting tired and losing focus there. But other than that, 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:33.880 everything's been pretty good. 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.360 Either that or they're trying to be overly aggressive. 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.000 Yes, that could be obay, that would be a nice 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:39.760 thing to think. 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.359 Hughes false starts, But then when Michael Parsons lighting up 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.440 in front of you, you're probably a little jumping. He 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:50.600 about ruined practice yesterday for the offense. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:52.560 Yeah, it was one of his days. 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.320 You know, we had a lot of those last year 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.680 where he just took over practice and uh, but we've 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.480 had not had a lot of that due to the 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.040 fact that our tackles have been fairly decent this year. 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.840 They're used to that speed. They they're making adjustments to 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.160 that speed. But when Mike decides to turn it up, 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:10.559 he can't wreck practice. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.799 And if anybody's new to mix shots here at eight 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.560 o'clock in the morning, the Zambodi's out loud and clear 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:23.480 morning right. I thought Savannah was in charge of operations here. 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.720 I don't know why she can't get this fixed. 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:29.239 Do you know the field crew, they're unfortunately not under me. 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.280 But I'll try and make some calls. We'll see if 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.720 we can get misadjusted in the future. 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.720 Don't Savannah, don't make that call because they may reach 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.360 Mike McCarthy. He'll wipe out our show up. We gotta 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.000 we got a deal between getting the field right and 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:44.560 wipe it out. 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.560 The show. He gonna wipe out our show. He'll blow 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:48.240 us away, so don't bother they. 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.200 It would be one thing if he was cutting grass 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.080 or they were putting lines down, but he's just blowing 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.720 the loose stuff off the field to make it look good. 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:01.360 Yeah, we have to make it look's ready because it's 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:05.000 Rams week and the Rams are coming here in two days. 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.040 We have to make sure our field is nice and 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.760 set for the big scrimmage on Thursday afternoons. 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.040 Well they call it out a scrimmage off practice, they're. 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.400 Gonna call it a scrimmage. I believe it starts at 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:20.800 two o'clock Thursday here and I go to California and 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:26.440 Sunday for the first preseason game, which will be telecast 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:33.320 live back to the Bluestar Network stations. So we got 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.600 a lot to look forward to. Any observations yesterday, Savannah 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:39.840 from practice, anything that jumped out to. 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:43.200 You, you know, I like seeing as we've progressed with 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:47.039 these guys being in pads, just the amount of effort 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:49.400 that they've been putting in now that they're getting kind 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.919 of used to these practices. But I like seeing some 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.920 of these younger guys get a little bit more adjusted 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.800 and comfortable as camp goes on. So one of the 0:04:57.839 --> 0:04:59.920 guys that kind of stuck out to me was Mayor 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.000 wrist LEAFU Is that how I pronounce his name correctly? 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:03.360 Got it? 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:03.640 Okay? 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:04.000 Great? 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.960 Uh? Yes, he has number thirty five. 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:09.280 He had a really good interview the other day and 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.760 he was just saying, like, as a rookie, how quickly 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.320 you need to pick things up, and that as you 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.400 put on those pads and you're out there and you're 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.719 starting to learn the playbook a little bit more, he's 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.159 feeling more comfortable in that zone. And so I like 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:25.159 hearing the rookies getting a little bit more comfortable with 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:26.000 this playbook. 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.000 He is. Excuse me, I'm sorry, he is. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.719 From the day one to now, I saw him breaking 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.480 on some balls, especially if short pass is coming out 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.040 of the backfield, he is right upon it. 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.719 This kid is fast quick. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.200 I don't think he's the most athletic guy, and that's 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.600 what they say, but the way he playing and knowledge 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.919 that he shows out there, he seemed to be on 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:51.200 top of everything. 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.800 You know, as as advertised when they took him in 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.880 the third round. 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:55.800 Uh huh. 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.120 He was supposed to be a really good cover guy 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:01.839 linebacker that was mobile, that could help you on the nickel, 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.800 and I think we've seen that man. You know the 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:11.480 other thing I noticed, so Saturday's practice and Monday's practice, 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.040 and a lot of times when you're off on Sunday 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.280 and you come back on Monday, it's a little sloppy. 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.040 You got to back. But I thought those two padded 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.719 practice were two of the best they've had so far. 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:26.920 One of the things I've noticed. I guess we should 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:33.040 mention this first talking about Micah, So Tyler gotten still 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:38.720 not practicing. I've been told that he has a chess cold. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.320 How do you get a chess cold out here? 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.919 We're just talking about that yesterday. It's just the vitamin 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:44.880 C from the sun. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:50.200 Anyway, he at least was working with britt Brown yesterday, 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.200 so that was a step forward. We'll see where he 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:58.680 can go. But hid his absence, Chuma Doga and Awesome 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:03.880 Richards were taken care of that left tackle spot, and 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:08.720 that kind of was where the defense was attacking. With 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:13.960 Michael Parsons on that side. You think Zim decided, Okay, 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:17.239 we're gonna see what they can do with Micah lighting 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.920 up at defensive end on that side. 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:21.080 Well, and I. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.400 Think for some reason, I was as Michael was doing 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:27.520 an individual he kept going back and forth with the 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.800 strength coach, the head strength coach, about whether. 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:32.320 He could continue practice. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.360 And he asked coach Jeff, the defensive line coach once 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.840 they went over to team like periods inside run, like 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.800 can I do this? And Coach Jeff like, yeah, he 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.800 should be able to do it. And so Michah had 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.720 a little chip on his shoulder because they was trying 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:48.600 to hold him out of practice, right, A lot of 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.480 you know, and so a lot of time when you 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.440 when you rubble a great athlete like that the wrong way. 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.800 He just turned it up all day. I mean, he 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.280 just continued to show everybody I'm all right, I'm all right. 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:02.200 So it's it's good to see that because when your 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:07.520 stars practice, what can the role player say? A role 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.320 player has to get out there and do his job, 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.960 because if you see the stars giving it up, it 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:13.240 makes you want to be a part of it. 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.560 So I noticed that when they went seven on seven 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.160 and then at the other end they were practicing basically 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.960 running plays. Yes, sir, I don't know if it was 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.760 goal line, but it was. But they didn't have him 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.080 in there. So when he wasn't in there, he was 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.600 running sprints across the field. Did you notice that? Now? No? 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:37.720 Man, I know Michael looks at me sometime weird because 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:43.040 he like, I'm serious, because I'm that guy that always 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.520 think that he has more to give, you know. 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:50.640 I don't. I believe in complete stars, and I think 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:51.920 Mike has another level. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.120 So you know, I know people like man that Nate 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.600 Doon be on you, but I be on him because 0:08:57.160 --> 0:08:59.680 if he becomes the best he can be, then. 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:03.559 I def will be unstoppable. But if you just tagged 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.160 a pass rusher, and that's. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:06.680 Why me and Mick and I don't know how you felt, 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.680 young lady, yeah about the linebacker down line of stuff 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:11.840 a few years ago. 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.840 But this is the best possible position for this kid. 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.200 I mean, what's your thoughts on that linebacker down line? 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:18.440 How did you look at that? 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:23.200 I think Micah is the perfect player to move around. Yeah, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.640 and you have to see him be moved around, whether 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.520 that's off the edge, whether that's playing linebacker. But to 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.440 see what he's just doing out here, just practicing, you 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.160 can tell he has that drive and it's progressed over 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.960 the past few years. But I think really locking in 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.320 a little bit more and just knowing what he brings 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.440 to the table. I think that's really important for him 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.440 because he is that guy. But it's the it's a 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.959 matter of you, you do your job there. 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.400 It is I like the fact that it is, like 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.199 Zimmer pointed out the other day, that he could properly 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:01.400 play every position on defense, and think he could, and 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:05.800 I'm sure he would want to. But putting him at linebacker, 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.600 I think has opened up a whole new realm of 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.000 what he can do out there to ruin plays. And 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.480 he was doing that a couple of things. So with 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:21.160 him one on one with Tuma, they finally adjusted. They 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.880 started putting a tight end over there, and then I 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:29.120 saw a tight end and the fullback over there to 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.400 just counter that they could Tuma could not handle him. Now, 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:36.480 it wasn't every play, right, but I bet he beat 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.880 him one out of three plays every time. 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.840 That's not a good ratio. That's not a very good ratio. 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:43.760 You shouldn't even bring that to the public. 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:44.800 You got here about one. 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.080 Not even for the offensive lineman. 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.640 Yeah, all of a sudden, the public like guid and Guiden, 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.679 where are you? But he's got a chess cold. 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:53.640 Baby's sick. 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.320 We need to get him back out there. 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:56.559 Now. 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:57.840 You need to get him back. 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.560 I'm not saying he fixes that, but I think his 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:07.640 wider wingspan, yes, causes Micah when he goes outside to 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.320 go further outside. But he's still got that inside move 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:12.640 that you gotta be aware of. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:17.880 And I'm watching our tackles, and I'm quite sure Kachi 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.720 Lari in his system is telling them play him for 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.960 the outside. You gotta play him for the outside, but 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.000 always be weary of the inside move, because that is 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:28.959 the quickest. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:29.599 Way to the quarterback. 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.720 If Michael can blow you past you a couple times, 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:36.720 you can turn and run. If you're half man, you 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:37.560 can turn and run. 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.240 But once he gets on your inside shoulder. You see 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:43.040 he hit. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.800 Dak hand two or three times in the last two 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.040 or three days. Somebody gotta tell him that's not a 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.760 good thing. Somebody gotta squalk with. Mica said, no more 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:54.760 than you break the quarterback on we threw, you can 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:55.240 forget it. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:56.880 But anyway, somebody need to warner. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.280 But every time he goes to the inside move, he 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.839 gets to that and that should not be happening, not 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:03.480 every day, And so what. 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.240 I'm sorry, go ahead, it is obviously you know, we 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.440 do need Tyler Goyton back in here, and we hope 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.920 he gets better soon and we'll see what his status 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.719 is later today. But it is very important to have 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.840 those reps from Awesome Richard and Schuma Adoga. They need 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:21.400 that little push, especially if Micah's coming at them. They 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.600 need to feel that and feel the pressure because they're 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:26.440 also fighting for a spot right now. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.440 So what do you think of Awesome Richards? 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.839 That is my man, That was my man last year. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:36.240 You know how I felt about him and Tja. When 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:40.840 you have given kids a true opportunity. And I'm talking 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.520 about its two guys before them. I'm not gonna call 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.880 their names. I just hate bashing guys. But it's two 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.120 guys before them that they've given three years. And I 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.120 tried to tell Mika the first year, these guys are 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:58.280 not gonna work, but these bass and Awesome Riches will work. 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.680 Awesome Riches needed to get stronger from last year. That's 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.360 why he disappeared. I stacked mac w M Mick. Why 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.800 did he disappear? Well, he needed to get stronger. Will 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.680 told me that. Uh coachin Lauri told me man. He 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:14.240 get and he's stronger. Now what he needs now is reps. 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.320 I think he did good Saturday. He held his own Saturday. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.160 He uh, he didn't get a lot of reps cause 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.120 Schuma was getting all the first team reps. But that 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.520 that's my guy. He he's got the feet to stay 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:28.880 in front of people. He's got the strength. Now he's 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.760 got to start believing. It's like stacking good Day on 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.720 to good day. Those are my two guys. And I 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:40.120 told coach to Lawry, if you allow awesome Richards to 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.840 hit them streets, you'll see that he'll be starting on 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.319 somebody the team for like ten years and we'll be like, no, 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:45.880 we didn't. 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:47.959 This kid can play for us. 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:50.800 So at one of these spots, whether it's the right 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.440 side or left side guard attack, h all, some Richards 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.720 can play. And I want TJ. Bash to get every 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.920 rep he can and and and that that's just the 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.760 bottom line, because these guys needed they can play. 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.680 So since we're on the offensive line, I wanted to 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:12.440 get your guys thoughts on brock Hoffman, and I thought, uh, 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.640 and I wrote a column on him yesterday, and I 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.280 think that where we go to read this, Mick on 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.800 Dallas Cowboys dot com. Okay, you should be reading that 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:26.520 website every night to see what's new there. I think 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.280 there was this assumption, because they used that third round 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.920 pick on Cooper BB, that BB was going to be 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.840 the starting center, and everybody kind of dismissed brock coffin, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.680 Yes we did, who was a reliable backup last year. 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.200 Started only two games at guard, one at center, but 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:48.520 he played well. And I remember before training camp started, 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:53.200 Mike McCarthy pointed out that the center position was competition 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.160 and he said, and by the way, brock Hoffman was 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.840 not going to just roll over and allow BB to 0:14:59.880 --> 0:15:03.880 be the starter. This guy is really competitive and he'll 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:07.440 bring his lunch pail to work. And we're what's two 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.160 weeks in the training camp, brock Kaufman's still your starting center? 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.080 What in five padded practices, whatever. 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.520 We're at now? Yeah, what were your thoughts on him 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.040 and what he's done so far? 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:19.720 I just want to hear what a young lady got 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.080 to say. First, she's rolling this one. I'm liking that. 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:23.560 Go ahead on young lady work. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.960 Jed brock Kaufman. I listened to his interview the other day. 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:31.200 He said verbatim, I've always had a chip on my shoulder, 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.000 and he feels that this year he's had a better 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.160 mentality going into training camp and that he has a 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.520 little bit more fight in him and his mental speed. 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.560 He said that in terms of his growth, he feels 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.440 like he's grown a lot learning the playbook. But I 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:50.560 think brock Hoffman is your starter this year as far 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.280 as the center position goes, Cooper Beb I don't think 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.480 that he is up to speed enough as brock Hoffman is. 0:15:56.840 --> 0:16:00.720 Rock Coffin has that experience in that position. And I've 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.400 even just seen around this complex him spending time with 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:08.000 Dak and that's important right there, just being the center. 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.040 And I just like the way his attitude is. I 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.280 think Cooper Beebe has some time to where he can 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.920 step up to that. Brock Kaufman has the attitude we 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:17.880 need for this position. 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:21.880 Confidence playing confidence, you know. 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.880 I thought about it more and more as as we 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.800 got closest to the to the training camp, and I'm 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:31.080 like the brock Hoffen we've seen is very competitive. 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:32.600 He's a chatty guy. 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.560 He reminds me of Kevin Golgig a lot of times. 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.640 Kevin Gogan would always be able to match the foot 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.000 speed or the defensive guy. 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:42.800 But he would get at etra shove. 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.680 He would he would do something to irritate that guy, 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.520 say something to get the guy focused in on him. 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:50.640 And I see Hoffman as that same way. 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.720 I don't know if he's a chatty type guy, but 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:58.600 he's very highly competitive. He and and i'ma tell you something. 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.160 You don't know how important the snap is until you 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.800 see four or five of those balls go low, too 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.640 high and the quarterback has to go to the right 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:08.800 of the left too much. 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:09.960 Like he's played a goal tender. 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.560 Yeah, and that's what our second team quarterback, Cooper has 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.200 been going through a lot of with uh. 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:22.919 Cooper Cooper is what the quarterback name. It's cool. I'm like, 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:26.119 I want to say Cooper. I'm like to minute Cooper. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.199 I mean, I'm like, hold on home man when I'm 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.240 talking about Cooper, Rush and Cooper Babe. 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.639 But anyway, I can give you three starting wide receivers 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:37.920 all named jayl Yeah. 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:43.560 But anyway, I had this kid will one day we'll 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.960 convert the center. But it's just a little bit harder 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.000 if you'd have took his last year and moved to 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:53.000 center and did it a lot, he would It'll be 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.760 an easy adjustment because you're trying to do it. It's 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:59.120 against grown men, guys that are trying to win jobs, 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.040 so they're not gonna to take it easy on you. 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.439 They moveing and blowing into you. And you see a 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.960 better player at guard. Did you do it center way 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:08.720 better because he doesn't have to hack that ball. 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:12.560 And I will also note that he mentioned in his 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:16.240 interview that he talked to Tyler Biattish just the other day. 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.160 I mean that just goes to show how close he 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.800 was when Tyler was here and how much of probably 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:27.320 a mentor Tyler was as far as veteran leadership goes. 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:30.520 And now that Brock has this position and he's able 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.919 to step into this role, I think it's great that 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:36.680 he still talks to Tyler. But I think just Brockhoffmann 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:37.760 is that guy right now. 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:41.439 Well, like I said, I see him playing with confidence. 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.520 But the key thing is he started three years at 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.840 Virginia Tech at center. Ye in the center right, so 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:55.320 he's got experience playing that position. Highly competitive, by the way, 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:59.679 I could tell just from his interview how competitive he is, 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.040 and he basically said, you know, when I asked him. 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:08.320 I said, so everybody just assumed that Cooper Bebee was 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.560 going to be the starter, and you almost got dismissed. 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:13.520 And I said, what were your thoughts when you heard 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:16.119 that stuff? And he Goes didn't pay any attention to it. 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:21.040 He goes, I knew I needed to come out. So 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:24.840 he was a undrafted free agent by Cleveland in twenty 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:30.800 twenty two. He was signed them to their practice squad. 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:35.840 They let them go maybe November and the Cowboys claimed 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.520 him on waivers and or no, they claimed they just 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.159 signed them to their practice squad. But at the end 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:44.879 of the year. You know how the practice squad guys 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.800 had three elevations, They elevated them three times at the 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:53.040 end of the year. And then last year he started 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.040 off on the practice squad, but I think second or 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:59.600 third game they brought him on to the fifty three 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:03.560 man roster and he remained there played seventeen games. So 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:07.000 he was like the backup center guard. Uh to be 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:10.080 Hodish last year and uh, I think he got some 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.360 confidence that they had confidence in him, and I think 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:14.440 it's showing out there. 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:18.840 The thing is and the what and the reason I 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:22.199 think they they don't hesitate is the two guards. We 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:25.639 got two elite guards, you know, so you know, you 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:30.440 look at Hoffman and you look at BB. Short arm guys, 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.159 not very tall, stocky built guys. So they have to 0:20:33.200 --> 0:20:37.080 rely a lot on on a tenacity and their technique 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:39.720 and you know, the ability to grapple and stuff like that. 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:44.359 So but when you got two guards that we have, yeah, yeah, 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:46.359 I think it should work. I mean, he gonna have 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:48.480 some games where he struggled just because of the length 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.000 of his arms. And I'm talking about both both centers 0:20:51.160 --> 0:20:54.879 BB and Hoffman. But Haffman is the is the clear 0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:58.720 like like you know they say, the clear, uh, winner 0:20:58.760 --> 0:20:59.640 of this race? 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:00.000 So far? 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:03.919 All right, with great start here to mix shots in 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:08.280 when we come back here on dallascowboys dot Com. 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Some Van of Humoler, 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:41.400 Nate Newton, myself, Mickey Spagnola, and great to have Nate 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:42.199 here with us. 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:42.960 Why are you laughing? 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:49.080 Every every guy that sits in that chair, Bill, Nick, 0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:55.040 Josh Cow even you sometime when you sit in that chip. 0:23:55.080 --> 0:23:55.119 What? 0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:55.440 What? 0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:58.520 Why we have to get these new voices while we 0:23:58.640 --> 0:23:59.880 just had a normal voice. 0:24:00.240 --> 0:24:01.800 What my voice wasn't normal? 0:24:02.320 --> 0:24:07.720 Back here Mickey's reporter? Wow? Why everybody voice? 0:24:08.359 --> 0:24:11.160 I got to be TV guy right here we go? 0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:17.200 And so I teased it. Got any observations from training 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:18.000 camp yesterday? 0:24:18.119 --> 0:24:21.520 You know, I have a little bit of a quirky observation, 0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:25.800 and this is for Trayvon Diggs yesterday with his first 0:24:25.880 --> 0:24:28.320 day that we saw him out here in pads. But 0:24:28.680 --> 0:24:32.640 I will note that every time I have seen Trayvon 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:35.680 come onto the field, it's usually a little later after 0:24:35.760 --> 0:24:38.639 practice just gets rolling and he'll kind of leave a 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:41.919 little bit early, trickle out. He doesn't have his shoes on. 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:46.159 He always is just wearing socks, running out here with 0:24:46.280 --> 0:24:50.040 his socks on. I don't know what it is, but 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:53.400 I just don't think he likes wearing shoes or cleats. 0:24:53.600 --> 0:24:55.040 That's my observation of the day. 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:58.520 Well, it's a good one because I did notice after 0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:03.600 practice he walked all the way to the tower. I 0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:05.680 don't know where he was going or what he's going 0:25:05.760 --> 0:25:07.560 to do, but he's carrying his shoes. 0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:10.280 He was in his stocking feet okay. And did he 0:25:10.320 --> 0:25:13.359 have his water bottle with him? Yes, yeah, that's. 0:25:13.080 --> 0:25:13.879 Him he carries. 0:25:14.280 --> 0:25:16.520 I didn't notice the shoes, but I always noticed the water, 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:18.880 like they have a water bottles. 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:21.560 Thousands of my why has he got in the water bottle? 0:25:21.600 --> 0:25:23.320 But you went even deeper with the shoes. 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:26.960 And well even during Mini camp and OTAs this year 0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:30.280 when he was out there with Britt Brown doing his rehab, 0:25:30.720 --> 0:25:34.400 no shoes. Yeah, I don't think he likes the shoes. 0:25:35.760 --> 0:25:44.480 It's part of his rehab. So Supreme letting us know 0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:46.119 that it's easier on his knees. 0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.480 Likely, how did you come up with the Supreme name? 0:25:50.200 --> 0:25:51.240 Produce the Supreme? 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:52.439 Bill Jones? 0:25:52.440 --> 0:25:53.239 Bill Jones came. 0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:55.360 Yeah. 0:25:55.400 --> 0:25:58.200 So since you brought out Trayvon Diggs, it was great 0:25:58.280 --> 0:26:01.639 to see him. It was his first padded practice yesterday, 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:05.240 took part in seven on seven. He didn't take part 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:08.040 in team, but it was good to see him out 0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:12.640 there and immediately he was making plays on some passes 0:26:13.359 --> 0:26:16.800 in the seven on seven. So think about that. You've 0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:20.080 got a guy that's been to the Pro Bowl twice 0:26:20.280 --> 0:26:23.560 at cornerback on one side, and the guy that went 0:26:23.640 --> 0:26:26.679 to the Pro Bowl last year, Deron Bland on the 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:31.080 other side. I did a little bit of research and 0:26:31.160 --> 0:26:34.680 also thanks to David Brusey in the Cowboys PR department, 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:38.679 and we figured out that the Cowboys are the only 0:26:38.840 --> 0:26:44.200 team this year to have two Pro Bowlers starting at cornerback. 0:26:44.680 --> 0:26:49.200 You just don't incredible. What a luxury, right, I don't know, Nate, 0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:53.000 if you ever I mean, I know you played with Dion, 0:26:53.160 --> 0:26:56.320 but unfortunately Kevin Smith got hurt right away with a 0:26:56.400 --> 0:27:00.000 torn achilles. I mean, this might be the best cornerback 0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:02.280 combo the Cowboys have had in quite some time. 0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:05.320 Yeah, it's it's It's a nice combo. And I hope 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:08.639 they take their time with with Trayvon. I even spoke 0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:11.920 to Trayvon. I said, make sure you're mentally ready. I mean, 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:14.560 I'm not saying don't go back on the field, but 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:17.679 make sure you're mentally ready, because a guy like him 0:27:17.720 --> 0:27:19.680 who breaks on the ball the way he does, in 0:27:19.760 --> 0:27:22.560 the way a Bland does, you want to make sure 0:27:22.600 --> 0:27:25.879 that is really there, not only physically, but mentally because 0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:28.240 a lot of times you can see things and you 0:27:28.240 --> 0:27:31.360 don't have the ability ability to get there. Make sure 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:33.680 you have that ability to get there when you see it, 0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:37.160 you know. And and I've spoken to Britt Brown and 0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:40.000 brit on him to continue to work and to do 0:27:40.119 --> 0:27:42.719 extra things to make sure that he that he can 0:27:42.760 --> 0:27:45.320 be mentally ready and physically ready. I know he's physically 0:27:45.359 --> 0:27:49.480 ready because if Britt Brown lets you loose, you're physically ready. 0:27:49.560 --> 0:27:52.840 Yeah, he's not because his motto is when I let 0:27:52.920 --> 0:27:56.200 you turn, you loose to practice. Yes, I don't want 0:27:56.240 --> 0:27:58.480 you back, That's right. And so they make sure. And 0:27:58.520 --> 0:28:01.880 one of the reasons Savannah, I think he doesn't get 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:05.160 out there immediately. He's still doing some of his recaps. Yes, 0:28:05.320 --> 0:28:07.879 he is doing the warm ups that that he needs 0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:11.840 to do, but just seeing him out there, uh, competing, 0:28:11.880 --> 0:28:13.879 and you knew he was chomping at the bit. He 0:28:14.240 --> 0:28:17.040 even when they put him on pop, he wanted to practice, 0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:20.919 but they thought that, uh, it was more valuable to 0:28:21.119 --> 0:28:24.160 use his time continuing to rehab, because once you get 0:28:24.200 --> 0:28:27.320 out there and practice, you may just slough off your 0:28:27.359 --> 0:28:33.520 rehab yes, uh and yeah right, he'll uh, he'll take 0:28:33.560 --> 0:28:35.399 care of that. So that was one of the things 0:28:35.440 --> 0:28:37.640 that I think was a good thing. 0:28:38.000 --> 0:28:38.240 Uh. 0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:44.160 Yesterday and from an injury standpoint, a couple Ryan Flornoy 0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:47.360 returned to practice. He was dealing with a little bit 0:28:47.360 --> 0:28:49.280 of a knee, so it was good to see him 0:28:49.800 --> 0:28:51.000 uh back out there. 0:28:51.520 --> 0:28:51.720 Uh. 0:28:51.760 --> 0:28:55.440 They were still without uh Douce Vaughan. It's got a 0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:58.080 little bit of a strained hamstring, so he was working 0:28:58.120 --> 0:28:58.760 on the side. 0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:08.840 Zeke ric O'Donnell, what's my guy there? Those are your 0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:12.440 three backs. Duke's got to go. Uh And I'm not 0:29:12.520 --> 0:29:16.200 going off the team, but DU's gotta gotta gotta time. 0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:18.440 Uh. 0:29:19.160 --> 0:29:23.840 And this is this is what Deuce has to do. 0:29:25.320 --> 0:29:26.200 From my point of view. 0:29:26.320 --> 0:29:28.600 It was a great kid, played for Philadelphia a lot 0:29:28.640 --> 0:29:31.200 of years. About his same height. I can't think of 0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:35.160 his name. He has to be one cut and gone, 0:29:35.280 --> 0:29:40.000 deucey is that what you're thinking of. It's another guy, okay, Uh, 0:29:40.840 --> 0:29:43.760 you have to have and he come from Kansas City, 0:29:43.920 --> 0:29:46.720 I mean from Kansas too. He was a guy who played. 0:29:48.320 --> 0:29:51.520 Yeah he played for Kansas too in his earlier years. 0:29:51.960 --> 0:29:56.080 But my thing is this one cut and gold you 0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:59.320 you can't you can't make you cut and hesitate to 0:29:59.360 --> 0:30:03.720 see which way to guys you're thinking Darren spcause Sprolls 0:30:03.760 --> 0:30:06.880 started out slow too in his career, but once he 0:30:07.000 --> 0:30:09.760 figured it out, it's like, I'm quickening all of these guys. 0:30:10.040 --> 0:30:13.000 Now my anticipation of once I stop, I gotta go. 0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:15.880 Once I make a move, I gotta anticipate what he's 0:30:15.920 --> 0:30:18.440 gonna do. And now time I ten, your first instinct 0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:23.120 is gonna take you. Because he has the speed and explosiveness. 0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:26.080 But sometimes he hesitates a little bit too long, and 0:30:26.600 --> 0:30:29.040 these guys are athletic enough and this thing to recover. 0:30:29.480 --> 0:30:32.560 So once he make that cut, once he makes that stop, 0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:35.080 his next step gotta be going ninety going north. 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:40.200 So they're continuing to talk about running back by committee 0:30:40.560 --> 0:30:45.760 right now. To me, the committee is Zeke, rico'dondo and 0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:48.440 probably Royce Freeman. Now he had a little bit of 0:30:48.520 --> 0:30:53.040 a man limp growing. No, there's gonna be four of them. 0:30:53.360 --> 0:30:55.360 They're gonna keep Lepke as a as. 0:30:55.240 --> 0:30:57.520 A full back and a third down back. 0:30:57.360 --> 0:30:59.560 And a third down back as you've seen him as 0:30:59.560 --> 0:31:02.680 a one out there. But I think they keep four. 0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:03.680 Oh, they gonna keep four. 0:31:03.840 --> 0:31:06.800 I think so, and I think that Royce Freeman right 0:31:06.840 --> 0:31:10.640 now is head ahead. But he was I had a 0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:15.680 groin issue yesterday and I saw Malite Davis sort of like, hey, 0:31:16.080 --> 0:31:18.640 got my hand in the air. I'm still here. By 0:31:18.640 --> 0:31:22.880 the way, you guys kind of liked me previously. So 0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:26.440 he was getting more reps and you know what it 0:31:26.920 --> 0:31:31.640 maybe you can speak to this trendy camp is about reps. 0:31:31.680 --> 0:31:34.600 If you get opportunities, then you got to cash in. 0:31:34.680 --> 0:31:39.720 But if you don't get the opportunity, yeah, you get overlooked. Right. 0:31:40.640 --> 0:31:43.120 Also, just a note on Royce Freeman. The other day 0:31:43.600 --> 0:31:48.200 during coach McCarthy's presser, he noted how well Royce Freeman 0:31:48.320 --> 0:31:51.160 has been doing this training camp and how just happy 0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:54.040 they are to have him on this roster, and he 0:31:54.120 --> 0:31:56.760 said specifically he does everything well. He has a chance 0:31:56.800 --> 0:31:59.719 to be one of our primary players on special teams. 0:32:00.400 --> 0:32:03.280 So I think that's really important to note how they 0:32:03.360 --> 0:32:06.440 potentially want to use Royce freemant. But I do completely 0:32:06.480 --> 0:32:10.320 agree with you, Nate Hunter. Lupkey absolutely love what he's 0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:14.520 been doing. He is such a neutral mindset. He's so 0:32:14.760 --> 0:32:18.400 focused on the game right now, and I think he 0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:19.840 has a lot to bring to the table. 0:32:20.040 --> 0:32:23.680 I agree the thing the thing that I'm looking for, 0:32:24.600 --> 0:32:25.680 and Zeke gives that. 0:32:25.680 --> 0:32:26.640 That's durability. 0:32:27.800 --> 0:32:32.480 The best ability is availability and that is Zeke now. 0:32:32.840 --> 0:32:34.880 And I was telling Zeke the other day man rubbed 0:32:34.920 --> 0:32:38.800 some of that toughness off on the Rico O'Donnell Rico 0:32:38.920 --> 0:32:42.440 would get out of this league as a as a 0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:45.040 well known player, but why is he out wall He 0:32:45.120 --> 0:32:48.760 stayed injured, you know, after three or four years of 0:32:49.000 --> 0:32:53.120 five and six games missing, coaches a kind of like 0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:55.680 they're doing the leak, you know, kind of forget about you, 0:32:56.080 --> 0:32:58.520 and you don't want that. So some of that, some 0:32:58.600 --> 0:33:00.320 of that stuff you have to work through. Some rose 0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:02.800 injuries you have to work through and make sure. I 0:33:02.840 --> 0:33:04.360 think he tried to do a lot of it, as 0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:05.520 should work through the injuries. 0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:09.160 But they're not careful. It'll be Zeke and Hanah Limpke. 0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:13.280 Well, I'll tell you what I thought that. You know, 0:33:13.320 --> 0:33:16.600 when they first signed Royce Freeman, I was like, well, 0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:20.440 it's a camp body assurance. Well, he showed he could 0:33:20.440 --> 0:33:22.680 be maybe more than that. But I think the bottom 0:33:22.720 --> 0:33:26.800 line right now is this, if you want to call 0:33:26.840 --> 0:33:29.920 it committee, I think the running backs have looked between 0:33:30.040 --> 0:33:34.440 Zeke and Rio, rico'dado and lip Key. I think these 0:33:34.480 --> 0:33:37.560 guys have played well so far there. I can't wait 0:33:37.680 --> 0:33:41.880 till the scrimmage and then the game. Now. I don't 0:33:41.880 --> 0:33:44.200 know how much they're going to put Zeke into a 0:33:44.240 --> 0:33:49.160 preseason now at SOFI on Sunday, but I bet he 0:33:49.240 --> 0:33:52.840 gets some work against the Rams right out here on Thursday. 0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:56.320 And he's looked good. He looks spry. He had a 0:33:56.400 --> 0:34:01.880 one cut yesterday that he just left everybody behind. So 0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:06.000 don't what I'm saying is, don't sell Zeke short. 0:34:06.720 --> 0:34:09.440 You know what, do what you want. Zeke got a 0:34:09.480 --> 0:34:10.200 lot left. 0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:13.239 When you know, I screamed to the top of my 0:34:13.320 --> 0:34:17.120 lungs and Supreme over there, I'll tell you, I was like, 0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:20.080 lock him in a room and let all the free 0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:23.760 agency pass, and they just offer him three mil because 0:34:23.760 --> 0:34:25.600 that's what I already had the right. 0:34:25.560 --> 0:34:30.600 Now say that all, yes, you did. 0:34:28.760 --> 0:34:31.279 That, man, You should have never left. And he just 0:34:31.360 --> 0:34:32.759 kind of looked at me, smiled at me. 0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:35.919 Should have done it last year, last year. 0:34:36.120 --> 0:34:37.959 But and I talked us to Zeke, if you would 0:34:38.000 --> 0:34:41.120 have been here, maybe we would have still had Tony 0:34:41.160 --> 0:34:46.080 Pollock because he would have been more healthier. We wouldn't 0:34:46.080 --> 0:34:47.640 have had to use him as much because we would 0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:50.319 have had you and you can still Toalke the rock 0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:53.799 you know last year between you and him, I just 0:34:54.360 --> 0:34:56.600 I just felt last year we kind of dropped the 0:34:56.640 --> 0:34:59.480 ball on that, but we we still was successful twelve. 0:34:59.160 --> 0:35:02.680 Wins, you know. And uh, but man Zeke has always 0:35:02.680 --> 0:35:04.440 been he quick stories. 0:35:05.440 --> 0:35:08.440 I was talking about the big kid that went to 0:35:09.239 --> 0:35:11.200 the big running back out of Bama at the time, 0:35:11.239 --> 0:35:13.480 I can't think of his name, and uh, that's why 0:35:13.520 --> 0:35:16.240 I was on too, and Mick was telling me, Man. 0:35:16.080 --> 0:35:18.200 You like this guy in college? 0:35:18.560 --> 0:35:23.400 Yeah, yeah, big Henry and that in the cornerback that 0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:26.040 went to the Rams and now he's in Miami. 0:35:26.280 --> 0:35:28.920 And so those were my two guys in that draft. 0:35:29.360 --> 0:35:32.160 But Mick was all about this kid. 0:35:32.360 --> 0:35:35.120 I saw him over there at the stadium and I 0:35:35.160 --> 0:35:36.520 loved him, and I talked about he was. 0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:37.799 Gonna run over everybody. 0:35:38.000 --> 0:35:39.960 And then one day makes it well, you're talking about it, 0:35:40.040 --> 0:35:42.239 and then a carler came in and say, you're really 0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:45.839 talking about this kid. You really like this kid, but 0:35:45.920 --> 0:35:48.239 you're going with this other kid. What's your issue here? 0:35:48.440 --> 0:35:51.319 From that day on, I've been a Zeke fan and 0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:56.040 Zeke is real. Zeke is the closest thing to emmittt 0:35:56.080 --> 0:36:00.799 not in yards, but I'm talking endurability, the abilities to 0:36:00.880 --> 0:36:03.360 play through pain and to contend you, to give you 0:36:03.440 --> 0:36:07.520 a high level of performance. Zeke is nothing special. He 0:36:07.640 --> 0:36:10.680 is not gonna break sixty seventy yards unless it's perfect. 0:36:11.080 --> 0:36:14.040 But he's gonna give you one hundred and ten yards 0:36:14.040 --> 0:36:16.440 and then maybe fifteen carriages and maybe one hundred and 0:36:16.480 --> 0:36:17.280 fifteen carriages. 0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:20.000 He can give you that weekend and week out him. 0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:21.600 We don't have to use him that way this year 0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:23.240 with Rico O'Donnell and with Limke. 0:36:23.520 --> 0:36:26.080 Now we can just slowly build him up into the playoffs. 0:36:26.120 --> 0:36:28.880 And I saw and usually don't get this out of 0:36:28.880 --> 0:36:32.319 a veteran running back. I can't remember. I think it 0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:35.160 was Saturday. They did a little goal line. He was 0:36:35.200 --> 0:36:38.080 in on goal line, Yes, and he knocked people back 0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:40.960 into the end zone to get the ball into the 0:36:41.080 --> 0:36:41.520 end zone. 0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:41.799 Yes. 0:36:41.960 --> 0:36:44.680 And that's the Zeke that we know, Yes, And that's the. 0:36:44.719 --> 0:36:48.160 Zeke that we know needed too last year and they've 0:36:48.200 --> 0:36:50.879 got him this year. And we'll continue here on mixed 0:36:50.880 --> 0:36:59.800 shots in a moment in Auxnard, California. 0:36:57.160 --> 0:37:00.360 The Medal of Honor is our country's highest military for 0:37:00.440 --> 0:37:04.200 valor in combat. More than forty million individuals have served 0:37:04.239 --> 0:37:07.000 in the armed forces since the Civil War. Fewer than 0:37:07.080 --> 0:37:10.960 four thousand have received the Medal of Honor. 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Right, you remember when we 0:39:35.200 --> 0:39:39.840 did that, Nicky, We did that on the the game 0:39:40.000 --> 0:39:43.640 the game pregame show. Nate was going to finish the 0:39:43.680 --> 0:39:46.359 segment out and I said, thanks for joining us here 0:39:46.400 --> 0:39:50.640 on Talking Cowboys, and he goes, you're doing too many shows. 0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:56.040 Ye to the place, save me? All right, Here's something 0:39:56.120 --> 0:40:02.360 that I've noticed. We seem to have somebody different every 0:40:02.480 --> 0:40:06.000 day sort of stepping up. And you notice, I thought, 0:40:06.080 --> 0:40:09.680 yesterday Jalen Brooks had a really good day. Yes the 0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:13.840 day before it was Jalen Cropper. Maybe before that it 0:40:13.960 --> 0:40:20.600 was t Billy right, and then defensively, you know, Josh 0:40:20.600 --> 0:40:23.600 Butler will step up and make some plays. The other 0:40:23.719 --> 0:40:26.680 day it was Janie Thomas. But the key to these 0:40:26.760 --> 0:40:29.480 young guys is you gotta do that day in and 0:40:29.560 --> 0:40:32.759 day out. Right. You can't, as Bill Parcells would say, 0:40:32.880 --> 0:40:35.839 can't be a one hit wonder. You gotta be able 0:40:35.880 --> 0:40:38.040 to be consistent to make an impression. 0:40:39.000 --> 0:40:43.120 And that's why we're talking about our first round pick guiding. 0:40:43.640 --> 0:40:45.960 You gotta be out here to stack good day onto 0:40:45.960 --> 0:40:48.239 good day on to good day, and the whole day 0:40:48.280 --> 0:40:50.920 won't be perfect, but for the majority of you're getting 0:40:50.960 --> 0:40:53.760 better in your technique. You're getting better in your knowledge 0:40:53.760 --> 0:40:55.640 of the offense, and you're and what you have to 0:40:55.719 --> 0:40:58.480 do within that offensive scheme. And that is what we're 0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:01.120 looking for, you know, you know, to be out here 0:41:01.480 --> 0:41:03.600 to do your job. And like you say, every day 0:41:03.960 --> 0:41:07.040 it's a guy just stepping up, you know. But can 0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:09.479 they do it to the point where Dak would notice 0:41:09.520 --> 0:41:12.920 it and say, hey man, until this missing player get back, 0:41:13.000 --> 0:41:15.520 you are my guy, you know. So he's trying to 0:41:15.520 --> 0:41:18.959 make Billy that guy that that that that stud guy. 0:41:19.000 --> 0:41:22.280 But Billy is a lily inconsistent with the drop sometimes, 0:41:22.320 --> 0:41:24.560 you know, he would drop every nine DN. 0:41:24.760 --> 0:41:27.520 So I tell you who's stepped up and it's a 0:41:27.560 --> 0:41:32.480 real connection. It's DAK and Brandon Cooks. Yes, they've developed 0:41:33.400 --> 0:41:36.919 something I think special without c d here. Yes, that's 0:41:36.920 --> 0:41:39.759 his guy right now, right guys have seen that. 0:41:40.160 --> 0:41:43.239 Yes, definitely a little bit of that. And obviously like 0:41:43.360 --> 0:41:46.400 Brandon Cooks being that vet here that this wide receiver 0:41:46.480 --> 0:41:49.480 room can look up to love seeing that connection between 0:41:49.560 --> 0:41:52.200 him and Dak. But you did hit it straight on 0:41:52.320 --> 0:41:56.000 the consistency that you're seeing out of some of these 0:41:56.040 --> 0:41:58.560 throws right now with Dak and some of these receivers. 0:41:59.160 --> 0:42:02.120 You need to see these receivers keep that consistency a 0:42:02.120 --> 0:42:05.040 little bit. Cooks is one of them. Jalen Tolbert, I 0:42:05.120 --> 0:42:09.479 feel like, is another guy that's been more consistent. And yes, 0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:11.520 these guys are having some good days, they're having a 0:42:11.520 --> 0:42:13.200 little bit of off days, but I'd like to see 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:16.800 Jalen Brooks kind of keep that consistency. And then Tyron 0:42:16.880 --> 0:42:18.560 Billy Johnson as well. 0:42:18.880 --> 0:42:22.279 Yeah, and Von Turpan he's getting lost in he was 0:42:22.320 --> 0:42:24.360 two years ago. He was that guy we couldn't stop 0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:25.040 talking about. 0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:26.880 But has been pretty consistent. 0:42:26.960 --> 0:42:29.160 He has, and if you look at what they've been 0:42:29.239 --> 0:42:32.520 doing with the when they go Nickel top three receivers. 0:42:32.560 --> 0:42:35.960 Turpin's in there, and he's making plays too, by the way. 0:42:36.160 --> 0:42:38.960 I always thought he would, you know. I mean he 0:42:39.040 --> 0:42:41.439 got a little bit more of a chance last year 0:42:41.520 --> 0:42:43.759 as a receiver. I think they're going to rely on 0:42:43.840 --> 0:42:46.160 them a little more. Get the ball in his hands. Yes, 0:42:46.280 --> 0:42:48.279 you remember to see how many times they've tried that 0:42:48.400 --> 0:42:51.680 end around with him to start a series. Right, Keep 0:42:51.719 --> 0:42:55.600 the defense honest when they get in those pressure situations. 0:42:56.080 --> 0:42:59.800 Uh so, Yeah, But I just think Dak and Cooks 0:42:59.800 --> 0:43:02.640 are really cooking. How about that? 0:43:03.040 --> 0:43:03.279 Yeah? 0:43:04.560 --> 0:43:08.399 And and and and it when when they were in 0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:11.920 like third and whatever, the ball's going to Cooks and 0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:16.960 he gets open consistently, and against the first team, uh defense. 0:43:17.920 --> 0:43:23.200 The other thing that I wanted to mention is this 0:43:23.320 --> 0:43:26.120 tight end room. It's pretty crowded. 0:43:26.200 --> 0:43:27.799 It's one to watch, that's for sure. 0:43:27.880 --> 0:43:28.000 Right. 0:43:28.880 --> 0:43:32.319 You know, Ferguson is picking up where he left off, 0:43:33.680 --> 0:43:36.200 and then let's let's see what goes on after that. 0:43:36.760 --> 0:43:39.800 Schoon Maker was having a good, good camp and now 0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:43.359 he's out with a tight growing right, And that's what 0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:46.600 you were talking about Nate staying healthy, right, I. 0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:47.480 Just it's just. 0:43:49.680 --> 0:43:56.680 Him Schoonmaker. Uh No, the guy, the defensive back with 0:43:57.280 --> 0:44:03.920 the great name. Uh, mock up a more, Uh you 0:44:04.040 --> 0:44:09.239 got me, give me a hint. I'm I'm fine, qualm 0:44:09.760 --> 0:44:15.480 is he he? They stay hurt, you you can depend 0:44:16.040 --> 0:44:18.719 on these guys, and I hate to say that they're 0:44:18.719 --> 0:44:23.640 gonna get hurt. And another guy who's getting through, who's 0:44:23.719 --> 0:44:29.800 forcing himself through is Tuma. Those three guys, ever since. 0:44:29.600 --> 0:44:33.240 They've been here, have missed most of training camp. 0:44:33.680 --> 0:44:36.200 You know, they'll go two days, they'll miss two days, 0:44:36.560 --> 0:44:39.280 and you have and these guys all have great. 0:44:39.080 --> 0:44:41.600 Potential to be swing. 0:44:41.239 --> 0:44:45.640 Tackle, to be playing all the positions, but in the 0:44:45.719 --> 0:44:51.719 secondary and Schoolmaker, we didn't bring you here to to 0:44:51.760 --> 0:44:56.719 not be to not force this team to play less 0:44:56.719 --> 0:44:59.799 than two tight ends. We should be a two tight 0:44:59.840 --> 0:45:03.120 ends team, Schoolmaking Ferguson and. 0:45:03.160 --> 0:45:04.600 And that's how it should be. 0:45:04.719 --> 0:45:08.480 But the guy's been he's been hurt, not serious way 0:45:08.520 --> 0:45:12.600 he can't play, can't come back, but serious enough that 0:45:12.680 --> 0:45:16.359 he can't prosper and be better as a tight end. 0:45:16.719 --> 0:45:20.040 And I think that tight end group is it's it's 0:45:20.120 --> 0:45:26.560 getting pretty full. John Stevens keeps showing up, as you know, 0:45:27.000 --> 0:45:29.759 he's more of a pass catcher obviously, but when you're 0:45:29.800 --> 0:45:32.680 going to tight ends, you know, you need guys that 0:45:32.760 --> 0:45:36.360 can block. And I noticed one guy that has getting 0:45:36.400 --> 0:45:40.360 more opportunities is Princeton Fan. Yes, and I thought he 0:45:40.560 --> 0:45:44.719 was maybe just a camp body, right, but he's he's 0:45:44.800 --> 0:45:49.000 kind of built strange. He's six two fifty and I 0:45:49.080 --> 0:45:52.239 saw yesterday they were using him at full back and 0:45:52.320 --> 0:45:54.879 it wasn't like an h back thing. It was as 0:45:54.960 --> 0:45:59.000 another full back and he'll stick his head in there. 0:45:59.719 --> 0:46:03.560 So you got him. Uh. And then the rookie for agent, 0:46:04.280 --> 0:46:09.680 Brevin spawned Ford has showed up as a complete tight end. 0:46:10.000 --> 0:46:16.680 So that room is pretty stocked, and you almost forget 0:46:16.680 --> 0:46:20.839 about Peyton Hendershot Uh that you know he's been here, 0:46:20.920 --> 0:46:22.359 what is his third fourth year? 0:46:22.480 --> 0:46:26.839 Now, this is another guy that has to be consistent 0:46:26.920 --> 0:46:29.120 throughout all of training camp. 0:46:29.000 --> 0:46:31.120 And both as a receiver and a block. 0:46:31.360 --> 0:46:31.560 Yes. 0:46:32.320 --> 0:46:35.759 Uh, he's kind of up and down guy, especially with 0:46:35.840 --> 0:46:39.600 his with his moodiness. And I tell people not in 0:46:39.600 --> 0:46:42.040 this game, because you can pick the wrong day to 0:46:42.080 --> 0:46:45.000 be moody and you can be out of here, you know, 0:46:45.040 --> 0:46:47.719 because this because this fan guy can can turn it 0:46:47.760 --> 0:46:49.600 on for a couple of days and you not have 0:46:49.760 --> 0:46:52.239 it going on in your mind mentally, and. 0:46:52.200 --> 0:46:53.000 You can be out of here. 0:46:53.120 --> 0:46:54.960 You can be placed on the practice squad, or you 0:46:55.000 --> 0:46:57.920 can be on these other squads that that cow. I 0:46:57.960 --> 0:47:00.560 mean that the league is developing it every time I 0:47:00.600 --> 0:47:02.160 turn around and got a new name for a new 0:47:02.640 --> 0:47:03.400 set of guys. 0:47:03.440 --> 0:47:05.080 So you can be one of those guys. 0:47:05.160 --> 0:47:08.240 And we'll see exactly what the status is on Luke's 0:47:08.239 --> 0:47:11.759 schoonmaker later today and how maybe long this injury is 0:47:11.800 --> 0:47:15.400 gonna last for him. But in regards to Peyton Hendershot, 0:47:15.520 --> 0:47:18.920 yesterday he had a drop pass that did not look great. 0:47:19.200 --> 0:47:22.480 And just as you said, it doesn't matter what day 0:47:22.520 --> 0:47:24.719 it is, Yeah, you're here out at camp to make 0:47:24.719 --> 0:47:27.200 an impression. So he does need to have that step up. 0:47:27.440 --> 0:47:30.560 Because guys like Princeton fam have looked really good this 0:47:30.640 --> 0:47:33.000 camp so far, and they're using them in different areas. 0:47:33.080 --> 0:47:36.000 John Steven's coming back, you never know what he's about 0:47:36.040 --> 0:47:38.719 to bring to the table. So this room, as kind 0:47:38.760 --> 0:47:40.960 of large as it is, and we've talked about them 0:47:41.040 --> 0:47:44.120 probably bringing on four guys out of this, I feel 0:47:44.120 --> 0:47:47.960 like it's narrowing down slightly as we keep going into camp. 0:47:48.280 --> 0:47:51.839 So it's one room to really watch out for, right now, and. 0:47:51.800 --> 0:47:53.640 It's I think it's going to be a tough cut 0:47:53.680 --> 0:47:56.320 for them to see which tight ends they keep, because 0:47:56.840 --> 0:47:58.960 I don't know that you can cut some of these 0:47:59.000 --> 0:48:01.640 guys and get them on to the practice squad that 0:48:01.880 --> 0:48:05.120 you know they could be playing for somebody else. I 0:48:05.160 --> 0:48:08.480 think they're that talented there. So it's a good group 0:48:08.520 --> 0:48:11.640 to keep your eye on. But again, that's why these 0:48:11.680 --> 0:48:15.600 preseason games are so important. These guys have to step 0:48:15.680 --> 0:48:18.839 up in these prec You know everybody ohes oh, preseason 0:48:18.920 --> 0:48:22.920 games don't matter. These preseason games matter. They matter for 0:48:22.960 --> 0:48:26.040 these tight ends, they matter for the running backs, they 0:48:26.080 --> 0:48:29.000 matter for Trey Lance. There's a lot of guys that 0:48:29.120 --> 0:48:31.280 got a lot on the line in these preseasons. 0:48:31.280 --> 0:48:32.040 I have a question. 0:48:32.360 --> 0:48:36.360 Eleven and eleven, that's twenty two, right, yeah, then you 0:48:36.400 --> 0:48:42.040 take about six more guys. That's thirty thirty one in back. 0:48:42.120 --> 0:48:44.359 You better Yeah, it means a lot to thirty one 0:48:44.360 --> 0:48:46.839 in back. Believe me, I was one of them thirty 0:48:46.880 --> 0:48:48.839 ones in back, did you way? 0:48:49.000 --> 0:48:51.120 Oh yeah, you had to play. You had to play. 0:48:51.200 --> 0:48:55.319 You can set up in an advantage you have as 0:48:55.320 --> 0:48:58.440 a player going into preseason. You ain't got to worry 0:48:58.480 --> 0:49:01.000 about no tricky stuff. They in a cover two, they're 0:49:01.000 --> 0:49:03.319 gonna stand the COVID too. If they're in the over, 0:49:03.360 --> 0:49:05.000 they're gonna stand. They're gonna be a whole lot of 0:49:05.040 --> 0:49:07.480 moving around, jumping around. So as a player, you get 0:49:07.560 --> 0:49:09.759 to show the coach your skill. You ain't got to 0:49:09.800 --> 0:49:12.440 be stopping and thinking and hesitate. What they line up in. 0:49:12.520 --> 0:49:15.360 They basically stay in and so the play fits and 0:49:15.440 --> 0:49:18.040 you go. And so you get the chance to show 0:49:18.040 --> 0:49:22.280 the coaches your ability to run this play, to be technique, sound, 0:49:22.680 --> 0:49:26.799 and and to dominate. So the preseason are built for 0:49:26.880 --> 0:49:28.120 number thirty one and back. 0:49:28.280 --> 0:49:29.000 I promise you. 0:49:29.600 --> 0:49:33.240 I think that this scrimmage coming up here on Thursday, 0:49:33.280 --> 0:49:35.719 which will preview on Thursday. 0:49:35.440 --> 0:49:38.320 Thursday when we come back on is it mix shots. 0:49:38.440 --> 0:49:43.279 Yes, right, I think that is a very important day 0:49:43.400 --> 0:49:46.839 for this. It is well based on the fact this 0:49:46.880 --> 0:49:50.440 is the first time that these guys are being able 0:49:50.480 --> 0:49:52.839 to hit somebody other than their own teammates out here. 0:49:53.120 --> 0:49:56.560 So they're gonna really bring that energy. And that's a 0:49:56.560 --> 0:49:59.440 big preview as to you know, what they're gonna do 0:49:59.560 --> 0:50:02.600 as far as is lining guys up and looking at 0:50:02.600 --> 0:50:06.800 what that looks like. But I think preseason yes, Sundays 0:50:06.880 --> 0:50:09.160 on on the horizon here, but I think Thursday is 0:50:09.160 --> 0:50:11.239 one of the most important days of this training camp. 0:50:11.280 --> 0:50:15.799 And the Rams have always been a physical team when 0:50:15.840 --> 0:50:18.440 they come to Dallas to scrimmage or we go to 0:50:18.480 --> 0:50:22.120 them to the point where we haven't been able to 0:50:22.160 --> 0:50:23.440 complete them, you know. 0:50:23.480 --> 0:50:26.799 So it's been physical and it's been right. So here 0:50:26.800 --> 0:50:29.480 we go. I mean, I'm with you, miss Evanna. 0:50:29.760 --> 0:50:32.719 This is this is the first test, and you don't 0:50:32.719 --> 0:50:35.040 have to be oh, I'm sorry, just do what you 0:50:35.120 --> 0:50:36.520 gotta do, and. 0:50:37.600 --> 0:50:42.000 We appreciate you stepping in join us on Thursday. Oh yeah, 0:50:42.160 --> 0:50:46.600 I'll be back man, all right, and we will preview 0:50:46.719 --> 0:50:50.360 that scrimmage that will start here at two pm. I 0:50:50.400 --> 0:50:54.279 believe that's the start time. And we've had a great 0:50:54.360 --> 0:50:57.719 morning here on mixed Shots. We'll be back on Thursday. 0:50:57.840 --> 0:51:03.239 Thanks to Nate, Savannah, Chris and we will see you 0:51:03.320 --> 0:51:07.720 again on Thursday. On Dallascowboys dot Com. 0:51:07.760 --> 0:51:10.759 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:51:10.920 --> 0:51:13.840 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.