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Speaker 1: hand and hand off of each other. Obviously that's my

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Speaker 1: best friend, and we talked every single day. I was

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Speaker 1: on FaceTime with him earlier today, and so obviously knowing

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Speaker 1: his situation and how it was going, and obviously he

443
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Speaker 1: know my situation, and so just being able to have

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Speaker 1: somebody that actually is in the professional sport world and understands,

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Speaker 1: you know, the work that you put in and obviously

446
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Speaker 1: it might not you know, might not get the benefit

447
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Speaker 1: or the the you know, attention for it right now,

448
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Speaker 1: but just continuing to keep doing and keep doing it,

449
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Speaker 1: and just having that also that guy that you can

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Speaker 1: talk to outside of your sport about, you know, Like

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Speaker 1: I said, he'll talk to me about his where his

452
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Speaker 1: hands are when he's batting, and he might want to

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Speaker 1: put him higher or lower, and I'll talk to him

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Speaker 1: about you know, route running or something and just having

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Speaker 1: that that that close friend that you can you know,

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Speaker 1: talk with. And like I said, our situations weren't the same,

457
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Speaker 1: but they were similar to a certain extent. And so

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Speaker 1: having him to talk with and get over the mental

459
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Speaker 1: humps as well with what is big for me.

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Speaker 4: So, if you're an NFL player and you're mostly on

461
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Speaker 4: the bench, you're still making a pretty good living, even

462
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Speaker 4: even at a rookie minimum. If you're a minor league

463
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Speaker 4: baseball player on a minor league contract, you're not making

464
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Speaker 4: that kind of limit and you're riding buses and you're

465
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Speaker 4: not staying in the same kind of hotels and everything else.

466
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Speaker 4: So how does Bubba deal with that? And how has

467
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Speaker 4: that helped you and kind of evaluate your own football situation.

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Speaker 1: Uh, I'll it's a blessing to be be in both

469
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Speaker 1: of our situations. And I think Bubba and I both

470
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Speaker 1: know that it's beauty and the journey and so if

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Speaker 1: you're not where you want to be right now, you

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Speaker 1: keep working until you get there. And so he's not

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Speaker 1: gonna harp on, you know, the money that he was

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Speaker 1: making in minor league. He's blessed to be you know,

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Speaker 1: in triple A, he could be in single A, he

476
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Speaker 1: could be not playing, he could be anywhere else doing

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Speaker 1: anything else. And so take what you have at the moment.

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Speaker 1: And like I said, when it's your time, it's gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: And so just continuing, I think we both understand that.

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Speaker 1: And like I said, his beauty and the journey. So

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Speaker 1: his journey, you know, obviously is not over and he

482
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Speaker 1: he will continue to work for you know what he

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Speaker 1: will earn.

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Speaker 4: So here's the real question. Would you rather catch the

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Speaker 4: winning touchdown pass in the Super Bowl or drive in

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Speaker 4: the winning run in the seventh game of the World Series?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think I would rather drive in the

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Speaker 1: winning run in the World Series just because that's outside

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Speaker 1: of my sport and so I'll be a dual sport

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Speaker 1: athlete at that point.

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Speaker 2: Jalen, your your paycheck is paid by Jerry Jones, So

493
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Speaker 2: we're going to give you a second pass on this

494
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Speaker 2: on this question. Would rather catch the winning.

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Speaker 1: But I mean I definitely, I definitely would would rather

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Speaker 1: do both. But if like I said, if I'm able

497
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Speaker 1: to you know, obviously, if I'm able to have a

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Speaker 1: good career right now in the NFL and then that

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Speaker 1: that happens. I mean, I'll be doing something good at

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Speaker 1: both sports.

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Speaker 3: Guys.

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Speaker 4: Bo Jackson did it. Guys, guys have done it. We

503
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Speaker 4: are on the Cowboys Hour with the Cowboys Jalen Tolbert

504
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 4: at Kanye Rosso in the Star District and we'll be

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Speaker 4: right back.

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Speaker 2: No, don't come wards, the official boot maker of the

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Speaker 2: Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders on Christy Scales Cowboys Radio Sideline reporter

508
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Speaker 2: co hosting with the Voice of the Dallas Cowboys, Bradsham,

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Speaker 2: and our guest is Jaylen Tolbert, Number eighteen Cowboys, second

510
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Speaker 2: year wide receiver, the breakout star of training camp, ready

511
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Speaker 2: for a breakout regular season. And Jalen, even though today

512
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Speaker 2: was Labor Day and hopefully most folks had the day off,

513
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Speaker 2: it was game plan installation getting ready for the regular

514
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Speaker 2: season opener Sunday night in primetime at the New York Giants.

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Speaker 2: And I'd love for you to talk about the challenges

516
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Speaker 2: are preparing for a season opener against a Giant's secondary

517
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Speaker 2: that's going to have two starting cornerbacks that are rookies.

518
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Speaker 2: So there's a wrinkle there. You haven't seen them play

519
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Speaker 2: except maybe a little bit in preseason on film. But

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Speaker 2: coach McCarthy said something interesting in his press conference today

521
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Speaker 2: that even when it's a common opponent like the Giants,

522
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Speaker 2: that you know what they're wink Martindale, their defensive coordinator

523
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Speaker 2: kind of what to expect to him of him, Week

524
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Speaker 2: one has about thirty five percent of plays that are

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Speaker 2: unscuted looks, meaning you're not quite sure you're not replicating

526
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Speaker 2: in practice what you think you're going to see on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: So what are the unique challenges for this season, opener?

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Speaker 1: I think the unique challenges are just being yourself. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know what your identity as a team can be

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Speaker 1: or is, and I think you have to focus more

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Speaker 1: on yourself and doing your job to the best of

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Speaker 1: your ability right now, because, like you said, it's a

533
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Speaker 1: lot of unscotted looks, and so you know, just going

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Speaker 1: out there and winning your one on one routes or

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Speaker 1: winning winning your one on one whether you're an old lineman,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, defensive end, whatever it is. And obviously as

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Speaker 1: the game goes on, you will see and understand what

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Speaker 1: they're trying to do or what their playing was, and

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Speaker 1: so you can go from there. But early on this

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Speaker 1: I mean until week four is gonna be unscouted looks,

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Speaker 1: and you know a lot of stuff will be different

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Speaker 1: from what you think it will be. And so it's

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Speaker 1: about focusing more on yourself and not the opponent. It's

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Speaker 1: about just doing what you know you can do and

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Speaker 1: going out there and putting your best foot forward.

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Speaker 2: So if that focus is on your own identity, is

547
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Speaker 2: the identity of the offense this year, because that's been

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Speaker 2: one of the storylines of the off season and training

549
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Speaker 2: campus with coach McCarthy calling the plays. What should Cowboys

550
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Speaker 2: fans expect this year?

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Speaker 1: I mean they should expect tempo, physicality, and obviously, like

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Speaker 1: I said, you know, it's it's a passing offense, and

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Speaker 1: so going out and having some shots and having fun

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Speaker 1: with the ball in the area. So that's what you know,

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to on offense. And obviously defense is

556
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Speaker 1: a gritty group and we have a we have a

557
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Speaker 1: heck of a defense, and so they're just going out

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Speaker 1: there and you know, playing the defense that they've been

559
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Speaker 1: able to play the past couple of years, and so

560
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Speaker 1: having having us played hand to hand off of each

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Speaker 1: other will be special.

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Speaker 3: And so that's what we're looking forward to doing.

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Speaker 4: Something that you just said about winning your one on

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Speaker 4: one battles clicked something in my head about a conversation

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Speaker 4: that I was having with c J. Goodwin today, And

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Speaker 4: a lot of Cowboy fans don't pay close enough attention

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Speaker 4: to CJ. Goodwin. I maintain if they, if they had

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Speaker 4: seasonal captains. It's not the way Mike McCarthy likes to

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Speaker 4: do it, but if they had seasonal captains, c J.

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Speaker 4: Goodwin would be the captain of the special teams definitely,

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Speaker 4: for sure. Okay, So he said, well, first, hold on

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Speaker 4: to what he said. You mentioned special teams a little

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Speaker 4: bit ago. You didn't really have a chance to even

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Speaker 4: do that last year. I'm guessing it at South Alabama

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Speaker 4: you didn't play a whole lot of special teams, did

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Speaker 4: you when you were when you were setting all the

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Speaker 4: receiving records.

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Speaker 1: Nah, I never played a snap. I called punts one

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Speaker 1: two times or for one game and one and a

580
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Speaker 1: half of another just for safe point. I was told

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Speaker 1: to not return it, just give us the ball back.

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Speaker 1: And so that was my special team experience in college.

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Speaker 1: And so coming here and you know, learning the special

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Speaker 1: teams was new for me as well.

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Speaker 4: So let's talk about special teams for a minute, because

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Speaker 4: you're going to be playing teams this year, except that

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Speaker 4: there's not much kickoff. You know, everybody's kicking the ball

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Speaker 4: out of the end zone or now a kickoff return

589
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Speaker 4: team can can fair catch it. And I'm not sure,

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Speaker 4: I mean, you have to practice it, right, but I'm

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Speaker 4: not sure how much you really get to do on

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Speaker 4: the kickoff team. So tell me about that first and

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Speaker 4: then and then let's talk about how really punt and

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Speaker 4: punt return. That's that's the meat and potatoes are the

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Speaker 4: special teams now.

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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, for sure, obviously kickoff, like you said, usually

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Speaker 1: if you're indoors, for sure, the ball will probably get

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Speaker 1: kicked out of the end zone, and depending on the

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Speaker 1: whether and when and where you're playing at, the ball

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Speaker 1: might die. So you might have an opportunity to put

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Speaker 1: some in play or be able to make tackles. And

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Speaker 1: so one thing that Bones expresses to us and and

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Speaker 1: and standing strongly on is just run.

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Speaker 3: So like you never know what a team might have

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Speaker 3: or their their.

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Speaker 1: Idea of you know, maybe we're gonna want to return

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Speaker 1: to this game, So just run. And like I mean,

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Speaker 1: obviously kickoff is majority one on one battles as well.

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Speaker 1: So just run, use your speed, use your physicality, and

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Speaker 1: if they bring the ball out, then make a play.

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Speaker 1: And so we have the same mindset whether we're inside

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Speaker 1: or outside. Uh So, I mean it's one of those

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Speaker 1: deals where it's just like you never know what can happen,

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Speaker 1: so be ready so that if it does happen, that

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Speaker 1: you're not caught off guard where it's like, oh, I

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Speaker 1: thought he was gonna fair catch it, or I thought

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Speaker 1: he was going out of the end zone. Like you

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Speaker 1: just race down there and run full speed and if

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Speaker 1: they if they blow it off, then see who gets

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Speaker 1: to the end zone first.

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Speaker 3: And it's funny you mentioned CJ.

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Speaker 1: Me and him race to the end zone a kickoff

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Speaker 1: a couple of times in preseason.

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Speaker 3: H you know, he's he's smoky, so he beat me.

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Speaker 4: But he's ten years in the league. He still looked

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Speaker 4: pretty good.

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Speaker 3: For sure, for sure.

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Speaker 1: And so but obviously, like you said, punt punt return

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Speaker 1: will be our bread and butter u and so having

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Speaker 1: those two two phases of special teams clicking on all

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Speaker 1: cylinders will be special for us because obviously we have

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Speaker 1: you know, Turp as a returner and he can do

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Speaker 1: anything with the ball in his hands. And then obviously

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Speaker 1: we have Bangor that can punt the ball, you know,

635
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Speaker 1: like no other, and so being able to down the

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Speaker 1: ball deepen on you know, in enemy territory and then

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Speaker 1: being able to return it out of there will be

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Speaker 1: special for offense and defense.

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Speaker 4: Banger, I had to stop for a minute. That's Brian Anger.

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Speaker 5: Anger.

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Speaker 4: So CJ said something to me that I think I'd

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Speaker 4: heard him say before, but I'd love to have your

643
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Speaker 4: thoughts about it now. CJ. Goodwin was a cornerback by trade.

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Speaker 4: He came in the league as a cornerback and he's

645
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Speaker 4: been here six years now. Somewhere along the line, he

646
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 4: just developed into such a good special teams player that

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Speaker 4: it really unless he was going to be an all

648
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Speaker 4: pro corner, it didn't matter. They needed him too much

649
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Speaker 4: on teams and that's where he is now. So I

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Speaker 4: consider him a kind of an expert. And when he talks,

651
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Speaker 4: I listened and he said something that really intrigued me.

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Speaker 4: He said, special teams is the purest part of football,

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Speaker 4: especially in the NFL, because it's you can't scheme it

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Speaker 4: like you do. You can scheme, but things happen, Like

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Speaker 4: you said, they break down. He said, that's all about

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Speaker 4: want to on special teams. Would you you're not in

657
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Speaker 4: your head? Yes? Would you elaborate on that a little bit?

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Speaker 6: Uh?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I mean obviously stuff never goes the way

660
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Speaker 1: that you wanted to go. I mean, the wind can

661
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,760
Speaker 1: kick the ball down and then you know, returning can muffet.

662
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: You can get vised out of bounds by the two

663
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Speaker 1: zero's on the outside of gunner. You could slip running

664
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Speaker 1: down you know somebody. Anything can happen on special teams,

665
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Speaker 1: and it's one of those deals where you don't it's

666
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Speaker 1: no plays on special teams. It's just you know, go

667
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 1: and attack, like if you're a gunner. It's not a

668
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: play where it's like run to the hash and then

669
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Speaker 1: run back out this way and then turn this way

670
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: like I mean, get down there fast as you can

671
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Speaker 1: and make a play kick off return you.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they tell you who to block, and you

673
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,280
Speaker 3: block him. It's one on ones all over the field.

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Speaker 1: There's never you know, it's never real plays or schemes

675
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Speaker 1: that you really drop up and and so I think

676
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Speaker 1: you know what.

677
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 3: He said is true.

678
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: You just go out there and you just play, and

679
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: there's one of those deals where you can really slow

680
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: the game down for yourself special teams by just.

681
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 3: Going out there and playing.

682
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Speaker 1: It's not a lot to think about, it's not a

683
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: lot to really worry about, but making the play and

684
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Speaker 1: doing your one eleven.

685
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 2: When you mentioned Bones a few minutes ago, I think

686
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 2: most Cowboys fans know that that's Jon Fossil, the Cowboys

687
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 2: special teams coordinator, But I think he has the hardest

688
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 2: job on the staff because there's so much turnover year

689
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 2: to year on special teams and guys who didn't play

690
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 2: in college, like yourself, because you were the star whatever position,

691
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 2: skill position, and then now suddenly you're thrust into it

692
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 2: at the NFL level. But when I was talking with

693
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 2: John and with CJ before training camp, it's like, who

694
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 2: are going to be the guys to replace the unsung

695
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 2: heroes of this team? The Luke Gifford, who was such

696
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,359
Speaker 2: a core guy on special teams and left in free

697
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 2: agency is with the Tennessee Titans, and they're mentioning guys,

698
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 2: for example, Tyler Coyle who ended up not making the

699
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 2: fifty three man roster out of camp. Who should Cowboy

700
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,360
Speaker 2: fans be paying attention to? Who you think can emerge

701
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 2: as the real core guys on teams this year, in

702
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 2: addition to of course Turpin, who gets all that publicity

703
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 2: as the return.

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Speaker 3: Jan Ye Thomas for sure is a big special guy.

705
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Speaker 1: Even last year obviously he didn't make the team and

706
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 1: was a practice squad player, and I mean that guy

707
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: practices hard, plays hard, runs fast, does everything that's asked

708
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: to him. So yan Ye is gonna be a special

709
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:30,800
Speaker 1: player on special teams in the safety position or whatever

710
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: is really asked to him as well.

711
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Speaker 3: And then I think Devin Harper is another one.

712
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: He didn't get a lot of playing time last year

713
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: as well, but obviously he probably most likely had a

714
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: lot of special teams reps in college and then once

715
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: he got here, he played special teams early on until

716
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: he was injured. And so the work that he's put

717
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: in on all four phases this year has been special

718
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:56,760
Speaker 1: to see. And I think Israel, I think, is another

719
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: guy that will be a good special teams guy to

720
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 1: have on AUS. And so those three guys are guys

721
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: that stand out to you as teammates that you watch

722
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: and watch how they practice and watch how they move

723
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: on special teams, especially me being a young guy, you know,

724
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,760
Speaker 1: you would look for these guys to see like, Okay,

725
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 1: I see how he's doing it, or I like what

726
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,719
Speaker 1: he did here, so you know, you can try it out.

727
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 1: But those those are guys that have really caught my attention.

728
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Speaker 4: When you got here not having not played teams in

729
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 4: college and everybody said, now, remember you're way to get

730
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 4: on the field of special teams. What were you thinking

731
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 4: to yourself at that point you heard.

732
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Speaker 3: That in college?

733
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Speaker 1: I mean I asked, especially my last year, because I

734
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: knew what I had to put on film and what

735
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: I needed to do to or know to play at

736
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: this next level outside of you know, the one or

737
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 1: two receiver. But it was just something that they weren't

738
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: not gonna let happen. And so I really got here

739
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: and I was in every meeting, and like I said,

740
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: I asked questions I was around, and it was one

741
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: of those deals where I had to learn, you know,

742
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 1: the ins and outs of every position and where you

743
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: go and what's asked to that position, and just continue

744
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: to watch. It was a lot of watching and learning

745
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 1: and asking questions. And so when I first got here,

746
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 1: it was a lot to pick up as well on

747
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: special teams, just because I've never ever done it before,

748
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,319
Speaker 1: and so me going out there and just you know,

749
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 1: trying to play was also one of the hard things

750
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Speaker 1: for me to do on special team because, like we

751
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: talked about special teams something that you shouldn't think on,

752
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,799
Speaker 1: but if you've never done it before and you're not

753
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: really sure what you're doing, is easy to think of

754
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 1: think of things that you should be doing, or did

755
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: you do this, or you know, what could be, what

756
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 1: could happen, And so, like I said, I went through

757
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 1: that as well last year playing special teams. When I

758
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: did get the opportunity to play.

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Speaker 4: Jalen tober to the Cowboys, and we'll be right back.

763
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764
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,480
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765
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766
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Speaker 4: with Jalen Tolbert in just a moment.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to Kanye Rosso in the Star District on

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Speaker 4: the Cowboys Hour, first of the season. I'm Brad Sham

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00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 4: with Christy Scales from the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network and

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00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 4: Cowboys receiver Jalen Tolbert. Before we take a question or

774
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 4: two from our audience here at Kanye Rosso this evening,

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00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:33,719
Speaker 4: I want to go back to we talked about what

776
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 4: t Y Hilton meant to you last year. Now, everybody

777
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 4: who has been around all spring and summer has seen

778
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 4: you following Brandon Cooks and we understand that you've been

779
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 4: following him when we couldn't see you. How'd that start

780
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 4: and what have you gotten from him?

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00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,760
Speaker 3: Yeah? I started obviously.

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Speaker 1: I stay here this offseason and did a lot of

783
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,920
Speaker 1: training and I took no trips. I was just straight,

784
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: you know, work and do it, you know, find a

785
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 1: way to get myself better every day. And I was

786
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 1: in the facility met him when he first got traded here, and.

787
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Speaker 3: Uh, heck of a dude. Like I met him. I

788
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:12,359
Speaker 3: heard a lot from him.

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Speaker 1: From my wide receiver coach, Robert Prince, he coached him

790
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: in Houston and gave him my number, and from there

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Speaker 1: it was one of those deals where it's slowly built

792
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 1: into something special as far as a relationship and fellowship

793
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 1: that we built together.

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Speaker 3: And it was one of those like, Hey, what what

795
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 3: do you eat around here?

796
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: And then I told him, you know some spots that

797
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 1: I like, and then we just continued to grow. Obviously

798
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: went into OTAs and stuff, and we actually uh from OTAs.

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00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: He was asking me because I think, you know, like

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Speaker 1: I said, I put a lot in work into this offseason,

801
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 1: and so he could tell, you know, how prepped and

802
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:49,000
Speaker 1: mentally I was on the playbook and where you know,

803
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: I was moving around playing all four wide receiver positions,

804
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: and so if he had questions or we were on

805
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 1: the field at the same time, you know, he would

806
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 1: ask me early on and I would tell him. And

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00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 1: so I think I built his trust and in that

808
00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 1: way early on where it was like, Hey, remind me

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00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 1: again what we have on this play and then I'll

810
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Speaker 1: tell him you know that, and you know, we go

811
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Speaker 1: eat and sit down and talk, and you.

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Speaker 3: Know, we went at eight and actually told him we

813
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Speaker 3: actually went to d Lincoln.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: He was like, where do you want to eat, and

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Speaker 3: you know, I was like, let's go to d Lincoln.

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Speaker 4: You know, it was either that.

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Speaker 2: Or it's all here in the Star District.

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Speaker 1: And we went there and it was one of those

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Speaker 1: deals where I told him, you know, we talked about

821
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Speaker 1: my last year season and I told him, you know,

822
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Speaker 1: how I went and how I felt I could grow

823
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,840
Speaker 1: from it and be better. And I actually one of the

824
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:33,799
Speaker 1: coaches that told me, Brandon Cooks told him, you know,

825
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: he sees a lot in me, and I'm like him,

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Speaker 1: and you know, obviously I had practiced at that point.

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Speaker 3: He was like, he has elite talent and so I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna take care of him.

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Speaker 1: And so that, you know, he told the coaches he

830
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Speaker 1: was gonna get me to come out the organ with

831
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Speaker 1: him in the off season, and you know, he kept

832
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Speaker 1: his word and from there we just are our bond

833
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,280
Speaker 1: and relationship has grown. So I went out the organ

834
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Speaker 1: with him and back and Ceed actually came out there

835
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Speaker 1: as well, uh, and we threw a Nike and you know,

836
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Speaker 1: we just hung out, had real fellowship out there, and

837
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 1: like I said, I went across the globe and was

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Speaker 1: with you know Brandon who I just met, and you know,

839
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Speaker 1: like I said, heck of a dude, great leader, great

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Speaker 1: human being, great husband man. And so watching the way

841
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:16,239
Speaker 1: that heat processes and works and thinks and processes, you know,

842
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: not only on the field, but off the field as

843
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: well is big. And so having a veteran guy like

844
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 1: that and mentor to follow after that, I've never really

845
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: had in my career, starting late and being at the

846
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:29,160
Speaker 1: school that I was at, I never really had somebody

847
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Speaker 1: that you know, was above me that took me under

848
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Speaker 1: their wing or you know, told me how you should

849
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Speaker 1: be or how to take care of your body, or

850
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,080
Speaker 1: how you should run this route or do anything. So

851
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: having somebody like that was a special in you know,

852
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 1: my early football career.

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00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,960
Speaker 4: I want people to pick up on something that I

854
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:48,879
Speaker 4: think I heard you say. I want to make sure

855
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 4: I got it right. Coach Prince, who as you mentioned,

856
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:55,240
Speaker 4: coached him in Houston, gave him your number.

857
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: No, I gave it to him myself in the locker room, okay,

858
00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:00,240
Speaker 1: and then after that, but Coach Prince had raved about

859
00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 1: the type of guy that he was and was like

860
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: like this guy like he's not gonna be the type

861
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Speaker 1: of guy that comes in and wants to, you know,

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00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 1: step on toes and you know, wants to think he's

863
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: better than everybody, like he's a great guy, so you know,

864
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:11,640
Speaker 1: pick his brain or whatever.

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Speaker 3: And like I said, you know, all you have to

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Speaker 3: do is tell me once.

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Speaker 1: And so gave him my number and you know, started

868
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Speaker 1: picking his brain a little bit and from there just

869
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Speaker 1: continued to grow our relationship. And like I said, now

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Speaker 1: you know we talk every day, whether we're at the

871
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Speaker 1: facility or not.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't want to step on any toes. I thought NFL

873
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 2: wide receivers were supposed to be divas. Huh no, No,

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Speaker 2: it is interesting. How is the dynamic of the wide

875
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 2: receiver room different this year?

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Speaker 1: I think we all play off of each other. I

877
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:42,000
Speaker 1: think we all know, you know, how special we can be.

878
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: And so having you know, CD, obviously having a guy

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Speaker 1: like Brandon Cooks on the outside to take the top

880
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: off and an MG to jump ball the CD to

881
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 1: do what he does, and all play hand and hand

882
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: off of each other, and then what you know, I

883
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: come into play, you know, whatever the role will be

884
00:52:55,960 --> 00:53:00,160
Speaker 1: for me, And so I think we know that our

885
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 1: group can take us far as we want us to

886
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,759
Speaker 1: take us. And so having each other and you know,

887
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: not being selfish within the group and not you know,

888
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 1: being stubborn. You know, whatever somebody can teach you or

889
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:11,720
Speaker 1: tell you, you can.

890
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Speaker 3: Grow from it.

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Speaker 1: And so I think that we all understand that and

892
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,359
Speaker 1: look forward to working off each other. And like I said,

893
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 1: it's been fun so far, just from you know, the

894
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 1: little time that we have had together from OTA's to

895
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 1: training camp, working off of each other and having that

896
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:28,640
Speaker 1: energy boost and competition as well throughout the room to

897
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: get better and push us to go where we want

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Speaker 1: to go.

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Speaker 4: Before we run out of time. I think we've got

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Speaker 4: a question here in the audience.

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Speaker 3: Hi, Jalen, nice to see you. How did Dak help

902
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:39,839
Speaker 3: you this year with your.

903
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 4: New role in the audience?

904
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:46,279
Speaker 1: Dak is an incredible leader, and I don't think he

905
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,360
Speaker 1: gets enough credit for it. And so he actually this

906
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:52,600
Speaker 1: off season or at the end of the season, he

907
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,080
Speaker 1: got me a book and I read a book and

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00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 1: annotate it is called Relentless by Tim Grover. And I

909
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: actually sat down with Dak and had lunch, and you know,

910
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:02,279
Speaker 1: we talked out my situation as well, and uh he

911
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 1: he put light into my situation. As far as you know,

912
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 1: not everybody should start at the top, you know, starting

913
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: at the top, you have nowhere to go but down,

914
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:12,000
Speaker 1: and you know, starting at the bottom. It shows you

915
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:14,279
Speaker 1: to appreciate, you know, where you are right now and

916
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:17,400
Speaker 1: how much better you can be. And having a quarterback

917
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,960
Speaker 1: and a leader like that that also believes in you

918
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:23,360
Speaker 1: as a player and as a person is special. And

919
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 1: so having him know that, you know, I have the

920
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,360
Speaker 1: talent ability and just putting it together and him working

921
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: with me this off season day in and day out,

922
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Speaker 1: whether it was you know, at his house or the

923
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 1: facility was special. And having like I said, a leader

924
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:37,640
Speaker 1: like that is is very comforting. And having him, you know,

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00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,560
Speaker 1: to help me with my confidence was special. And he

926
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Speaker 1: played a big part in it as well, outside of

927
00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:44,920
Speaker 1: you know, myself and you know the wide receivers.

928
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Speaker 2: And in that book, Grover so kind of the mental

929
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:50,080
Speaker 2: aspect of it was. It didn't he work with like

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Speaker 2: Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan and.

931
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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade, uh Dwight Howard, a couple other

932
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:56,439
Speaker 1: guys as well.

933
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Speaker 3: And it's a it's a great read.

934
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 1: Uh, It's it's a so I'll standing reed relentless.

935
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Speaker 4: Right, I'm just gonna go put that in my phone

936
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:06,960
Speaker 4: right now, we're almost at a time. Jalen Tolbert, thank

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00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,840
Speaker 4: you so much. One one last thing.

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Speaker 3: One minute.

939
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Speaker 4: Can you quantify the excitement for going out and playing

940
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,440
Speaker 4: a real game that counts and matters right now with

941
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 4: everything that's gone on in the off season.

942
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Speaker 1: Uh, I mean, like I said, I'm just trying to

943
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: trying to get out there and do what I can

944
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:29,400
Speaker 1: for the team. And Uh, I'm definitely excited to go

945
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,839
Speaker 1: out there and start the new journey with this team

946
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,120
Speaker 1: and you know, see see how far we can take it.

947
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 1: And so I'm looking forward to growing on you know,

948
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:38,880
Speaker 1: the season. Obviously we'll have our highs and lows, but

949
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Speaker 1: looking forward to building upon everything.

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Speaker 4: Uh, it's been it's been a real joy to watch

951
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 4: you throughout the off season because your growth is tangible,

952
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:51,240
Speaker 4: you can reach out and touch it. So I'm fired

953
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 4: up to watch you once the season starts. Thanks for

954
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 4: being with us tonight. There's Jayalen Tolbert, everybody, and uh

955
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 4: for Christy Scales, I'm Brad Sham. We will be right

956
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 4: back here at Kane Rousso in the Star District next

957
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