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Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and talk with Galboys executive vice president

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Speaker 1: Stephen Jones right here on the Home of the Cowboys. Stephen,

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Speaker 1: feeling pretty good this morning, hunh Absolutely, anytime you get

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Speaker 1: a big win in the East is it's hard to beat.

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Speaker 1: And I know the Giants had their share of challenges

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Speaker 1: yesterday with their injuries, but I thought we played well

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Speaker 1: as a team, and you know, had some things we

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Speaker 1: I really played well and finished strong. You know, there's

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Speaker 1: been so much talk, Stephen, over the years on getting turnovers,

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Speaker 1: whether it was from Wade Phillips all the way through,

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Speaker 1: you know, all the defensive coaches that you've had, and

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Speaker 1: this year it is just it happens every game. Like

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Speaker 1: I expect you guys next week to have two or

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Speaker 1: three turnovers. I know that's not realistic, but it's just

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Speaker 1: like at this point, every game you watch, the team

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Speaker 1: is getting turnovers. And why do you think it's so

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Speaker 1: different this year that the defense is getting these turnovers, which,

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Speaker 1: you know, whatever it was just wasn't accomplished in the

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Speaker 1: previous years. Well, I think it started obviously when Mike

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Speaker 1: and you know, we had some opportunities last year as

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Speaker 1: we all know. Uh. You know, Jerry and I were

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Speaker 1: talking yesterday when he was making those plays. He was

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Speaker 1: real close on a lot of balls last year. I

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Speaker 1: had a couple of that he was just right there

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Speaker 1: Whereas this year he's he seems to be getting them

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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I just think it's

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Speaker 1: what we're stressing. What we stress when we draft, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, players who can make plays on the ball.

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Speaker 1: It's uh, you know, it's an ever scouting report. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, we give a scale of uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: the plays ball skills, that type of thing for the

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Speaker 1: dbs and then certainly with the linebackers as well. But

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Speaker 1: you know, it's a big, big point that we go

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Speaker 1: over every week, and you know, Mike leads away with it,

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Speaker 1: and Dan's done a great job of coach with his staff,

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Speaker 1: and you know, at the same time, overall, I think

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Speaker 1: we'd get done a good job of protecting the ball.

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Speaker 1: Had a couple of unfortunate situations there yesterday, But I

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Speaker 1: just think as we move forward. We know in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: if you win the turnover battle, you give yourself a

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Speaker 1: great chance to win the game. Now, we've heard both

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Speaker 1: Troy Aikman and Jimmy Johnson say that the team that

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Speaker 1: what they had, well y'all had in the early nineties.

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Speaker 1: Can you talk a little bit about what you see

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Speaker 1: is similar to those teams, whether it be teams speed, confidence,

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Speaker 1: What exactly kind of do you think they see in

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Speaker 1: with the quarterback. I mean Troy was obviously a great leader.

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Speaker 1: I think Dac is the same. He has high expectations,

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Speaker 1: sides of the ball offensively obviously, another thing that's very familiar,

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Speaker 1: And there's no question in my mind Troy could have

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Speaker 1: four wins that we've had, I mean, Das played great

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Speaker 1: and he's had very productive games, but he's not needing

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Speaker 1: McCarthy has said multiple times the offensive lines that play

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Speaker 1: Kellen Moore and his creativity and how he's getting the

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Speaker 1: you know, we always think anything above about six seven

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Speaker 1: we always appreciate talking with you every single Monday at

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Speaker 1: after the Patriots, and also we really enjoyed on a

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Speaker 1: Cowboys victory Monday. Thanks Stephen Hey. Great being on guys.

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Speaker 1: Have a good week.