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Speaker 1: so much for that. It's time for The Break on

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and

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Speaker 1: bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Tuesday, July thirtieth,

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, episode number sixteen. Welcome to another

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Speaker 1: edition of The Break. We are live from Hawkstart, California,

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Speaker 1: and we've got some really, really great conversation for you

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Speaker 1: lot to talk about with Ezekiel Elliott and Cowboys signing

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Speaker 1: some camp observations from yesterday. Yesterday was the first day

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Speaker 1: I'll take the opinions of these guys and what they

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Speaker 1: How's everybody feeling this morning? Lovely, really really good good.

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Speaker 1: There is a practice that will be starting up here

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Speaker 1: at ten forty five this morning out here in Oxnards,

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Speaker 1: so we'll be ending the show a little bit early,

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Speaker 1: but let's just jump right into it. Also, there's there's

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Speaker 1: a guy sam blasting over there. There's nothing we can

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Speaker 1: do about it. We're sorry. Hopefully he'll stop. I apologize.

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Speaker 1: Nick has that little giggle like, yeah, something I was

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Speaker 1: he trained there during his suspension. Maybe it's a bad

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Speaker 1: look because Cabo is a vacation destination. I'm because of

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Speaker 1: But when Ezekiel Elliott was eight, I mean, so what,

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Speaker 1: I don't care. I know Ezekiel Elliott. You know he

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Speaker 1: comes with his baggage. He's had some issues off the field,

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Speaker 1: You know, players like training on the sand and somehow

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Speaker 1: be tough. I'd here during training Yeah, I'll put it

427
00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,240
Speaker 1: more on Tyring. And we've noticed this this all off season.

428
00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,479
Speaker 1: He just looks as good as he's ever looked. I

429
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,200
Speaker 1: think physically, he just looks like he's all he's never

430
00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,720
Speaker 1: not looked that good. But you could just tell he

431
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,720
Speaker 1: seems healthy, and he looks the part, and he looks

432
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,040
Speaker 1: like a badass. Yeah, and he played like one yesterday,

433
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,120
Speaker 1: he said, yesterday, this is as good as he's felt

434
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,920
Speaker 1: in a couple of years now. But thing that he's

435
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,359
Speaker 1: got on his yeah, he looks like a cyborg honestly,

436
00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,600
Speaker 1: like he does. He doesn't look like a human being

437
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,600
Speaker 1: when he's all padded up like that. It's it's it's frightening,

438
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,639
Speaker 1: which is but he's like the least frightening guy like personally.

439
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,720
Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, that's gonna say. To be fair to

440
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,840
Speaker 1: Robert Quinn, every time he went back against him, he

441
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 1: gotta timey a little bit better. I mean he was

442
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,760
Speaker 1: still on the ground, but he got better every time.

443
00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 1: You're right, the fourth time. The two the first two

444
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 1: he just he well, he got up just like yeah,

445
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,199
Speaker 1: grass on his face. Third one got a little bit.

446
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,680
Speaker 1: The fourth one had he had to have moved Dak. Yeah,

447
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,399
Speaker 1: like Dak would have had to move up into the

448
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 1: pocket or whatever because he was kind of so yeah,

449
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,720
Speaker 1: getting better. Yeah, And by the end of camp, my

450
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,080
Speaker 1: suspicion is that he's gonna be winning some like he

451
00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,439
Speaker 1: won't win every time, but he's gonna win some because

452
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,640
Speaker 1: that's also nature of We've seen that with other guys

453
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,399
Speaker 1: when you have to that kind of match up. We

454
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 1: saw it with DeMarcus wearing Tyron when Tyrone was a

455
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,720
Speaker 1: rookie and DeMarcus are just killing him. By the end

456
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,919
Speaker 1: of camp, Tyron's holding his own a little bit, right,

457
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 1: So you get better as time goes on and you

458
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:47,760
Speaker 1: kind of get to know what they like to do

459
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,119
Speaker 1: and where what areas they're a little bit deficient in,

460
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 1: and you try to explore Tyron said after practice, and

461
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,480
Speaker 1: he said, we will. We work together a lot after practice.

462
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 1: We're gonna make each other better, So that that's a

463
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 1: good part of it too. Resolutely, Dave throw a little

464
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,360
Speaker 1: credit to Connor Williams too, been you know, he's done

465
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,800
Speaker 1: amazing work in the offseason. He's one of the award

466
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,280
Speaker 1: winners for best Strength and Conditioning and sure as hell

467
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 1: looks like it's translating out there. They called him up

468
00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 1: in front of the team for compete period. Daniel Ross

469
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,240
Speaker 1: just sat down on him just a just hack, power, strength,

470
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,479
Speaker 1: all that stuff. We said he didn't have last year early,

471
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,680
Speaker 1: but it looks like he's got it, so shout out

472
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 1: to him. And then just watching what the offense kind

473
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,719
Speaker 1: of looked like. You know, Um, I saw a lot

474
00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 1: of jet sweeps yesterday, a lot of wide receiver action,

475
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,520
Speaker 1: a lot of motion in the backfield. Saw Tony Pollard

476
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: split out wide and just move all over the formation,

477
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 1: which you know we're at we're at ground level here,

478
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 1: and these guys are enormous, so like, it's hard to

479
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,679
Speaker 1: really see what it looks like without having that bird's

480
00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 1: eye view, but I don't know, there's a lot of

481
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,119
Speaker 1: people moving around back there, and it's exciting. I like

482
00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: watching it. Well to those people, Dad to keep wondering

483
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: how Taco looks and how Tristan Hill looks when you

484
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:10,200
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen this season, it's not good, no boy, no,

485
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 1: no boy. No. Yeah, it's a little embarrassing out there,

486
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:19,520
Speaker 1: but you're gonna still embarrassing. That was for Taco. Tristin Hill.

487
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: Obviously he's new, he's getting adjusted to everything that's going

488
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:29,119
Speaker 1: on here. He still lacks that strength that you would

489
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,720
Speaker 1: want him to have, so yes, there's room to grow,

490
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,760
Speaker 1: but when you move and start talking about Taco, a

491
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,480
Speaker 1: guy that is going into a third year here he

492
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,240
Speaker 1: does not look good. And him going up against le Collins.

493
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about Lyle. Yes, he's a great

494
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,359
Speaker 1: offensive lineman, but at the same time he makes errors.

495
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: He's not the greatest old line out there, so he

496
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 1: handle him easy with one arm. I take video of

497
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 1: every single snap at practice, Like I don't have time

498
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,120
Speaker 1: to really look at at it. I mean I might

499
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 1: watch it once to make sure it's good, but like

500
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,400
Speaker 1: I don't have time to study it, so I don't

501
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,639
Speaker 1: see everything. I went back and looked at a Rep

502
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: Taco going against Lyell and he just got handled and

503
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,920
Speaker 1: like towards the end of his rush, he's like, nah,

504
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: screw this, and it was like the most half hearted

505
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 1: you know, the Taco spin move, but it was like

506
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 1: twenty five percent speed. He just looked. He just looked. Honestly,

507
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: you couldn't tell that he's supposed to be a veteran.

508
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 1: You cannot tell him die. Far apart from what I love,

509
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,679
Speaker 1: Like you take this personally, you know, you're like, damn it, Taco,

510
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: come on. But I actually noticed that a couple of

511
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 1: times there were a couple of rushes he had in

512
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,159
Speaker 1: the one on ones where it seemed like by the

513
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,199
Speaker 1: end of it he was just so exasperated because he

514
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 1: was just like, I have nothing to get, Like I

515
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 1: can't beat this guy at this point, and so he's

516
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,359
Speaker 1: kind of it's almost like he just kind of gave up.

517
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: You see some guys that are like those one hundred

518
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 1: milk ball in our you know, full time motor type guys,

519
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,920
Speaker 1: and they don't stop until the whistle blows. That wasn't

520
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,359
Speaker 1: him on some of those one on one and the

521
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: hoss rush drills, and so I don't know, he's he's

522
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: got this will be a long camp. He's got some time.

523
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,879
Speaker 1: But when he's got a but he's got to jump in,

524
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,440
Speaker 1: he's got showing something he really does. Will has said

525
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: this before, so it's not new news, but he said

526
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 1: it again today where he's like, you know, Taco has

527
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: to compete just like everybody else. He's got to compete

528
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: for a roster spot. That's the whole point of this.

529
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: And I think he will, but if he doesn't, the

530
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 1: train will leave without him. Like we're you know this,

531
00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,360
Speaker 1: this thing ain't that time, This thing ain't slowing down

532
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,160
Speaker 1: for anybody so that time. Yeah, and they drafted two

533
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 1: defensive ends. I mean they drafted Jokes and uh Joe

534
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,239
Speaker 1: Jackson and got one of free agency and got one

535
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: free agency who Hyder Hyder? Yeah? Everybody sleeps on right,

536
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: but howbody sleeps on Carrie Hyder? You know? And I

537
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 1: know he plays tackle? And I was just like, who

538
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 1: you refer? Hider wears fifty one, which is like the

539
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 1: least sexy d N number, even like Quinn wears fifty eight.

540
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 1: That even kind of looks cool because the eight is

541
00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: like long, Yeah, that's true, Like fifty one. You're just like,

542
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: is he alive? Shouldn't you be over there? The tackling sled,

543
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 1: like what are you doing here? Yeah? But I think

544
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 1: he could be. He's somebody to watch if he gets

545
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,199
Speaker 1: to that hot boy status he'll get in the ninth Ye,

546
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:07,959
Speaker 1: speaking of numbers, Alfred Morris is wearing twenty three. Okay, Okay,

547
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 1: I don't know. I guess yeah, it just looks different.

548
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: I mean, forty six is a big bulky number for him.

549
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: I bet he looks slimmer. People are gonna, you know,

550
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: he looks slimmer only because he's not that he was like,

551
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 1: not that he's like fat or anything, but yeah, forty

552
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: six makes you look big. Yeah he'll be like, oh,

553
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 1: it's pretty good. I'd like to throw some a couple

554
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,359
Speaker 1: names out on offense that I wanted to get your

555
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,199
Speaker 1: opinions on. Reggie Davis yesterday was popped out at me.

556
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 1: He's a guy that can run and he had a

557
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: really phenomenal catch down the side. I don't know if

558
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: you guys saw it running down field. Talk a little

559
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: about Reggie Davis, what you saw it during first of

560
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 1: all him coming to the team and what he brings

561
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: to the team, but what you saw during OTA's mini

562
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: camps and then what you're seeing out here from this

563
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,680
Speaker 1: was that the one against Jordan, I don't I don't

564
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: know who you remember who the cornerback was, although Jordan did.

565
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 1: Jordan talked yesterday just about how much the insane amount

566
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,880
Speaker 1: of speed that's this receiver corps because Guidon and John

567
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 1: Vay like that's why they're here. They run four to three.

568
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: Devin Smith was was a freakid Ohio State before all

569
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,120
Speaker 1: the injuries. So there's a and Reggie Davis too. Um,

570
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 1: there's a lot of speed on this receiver. Corps and

571
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: actually what stood out it was a great catch. It

572
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: was a go route, he high pointed it, he needed

573
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 1: one hand to hold on to it while he got tackled.

574
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: But was more impressive than me was the one he made.

575
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 1: H He ran a skinny post and it wasn't a

576
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,119
Speaker 1: spectacular catch. But the reason why it stood out was

577
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: because it was with the first team, which I don't

578
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 1: know if that was an in practice decision or well,

579
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: but I was like, Okay, Reggie Davis is getting some

580
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 1: run with the ones and he looked good doing it. Um,

581
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: he's he does not look like. He does not have

582
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: an NFL build. He's skinny, he's five probably five ten,

583
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: five eleven maybe, but he can run. And to answer

584
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,240
Speaker 1: your question, what he did during OTAs that like once

585
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 1: a day you're like, holy crap, well who caught the

586
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: Oh Reggie Davis with the nice catch. So yeah, it's

587
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: something to watch. I've said this statement for fifteen years,

588
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: but it's true, and it's really true this year. These

589
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 1: guys are here because they can run and they can catch,

590
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 1: and they're gonna turn some heads and talk get talked

591
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: about because they what they they can catch. The guy

592
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: that's gonna take that leap is the one that makes

593
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: the best tackle, And that's that's always what happens with

594
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,560
Speaker 1: those receivers. The guy that comes out in that first

595
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 1: game and goes down and blows somebody up at the

596
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: punt return, it could be guiding and you're like, you

597
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: know what, he could play special teams. That's what happened

598
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: to Sam heard. That's what those guys can do. And

599
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna Now unless you're Reggie Davis that continues to

600
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 1: make these plays with the first team, Now you jump

601
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: into this category like I can help as a receiver.

602
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: But if they're gonna try to figure out the best

603
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: guys in this group down here, the special team's contributor

604
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: is going to rise to the front. Pretty fun moment

605
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: to speaking of just high end speed. John Vay Johnson

606
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: had a long touchdown and like it wasn't even hard.

607
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: That's how many yards behind Chris Wester he was. I

608
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 1: mean it was he burned him and Chris Richard. After

609
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: it was over, like he pointed at Westrey and pointed

610
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: at the sideline. He was like, ah, like that's no sir. Yeah,

611
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to watch a reppertwo after that one.

612
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: So these guys have some speed. That's that guys, It's

613
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: gonna be an uphill battle for him. How does that

614
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: affect a guy like Tavon Austin who his calling card

615
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: to speed. But you look at the Avon had a

616
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: long catch yesterday too. I know that. But my point

617
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: is why you last year, the reason why I thought

618
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: Tavon was important to this team is because he added

619
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 1: an element of speed that maybe they didn't have from

620
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: a lot of guys. You're talking about the fact that

621
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 1: there's a ton of guys right now that are young

622
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: that also have that kind of speed. Does how does

623
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: that affect Tavon now not being the only guy with

624
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: that kind of blazing blaze had a punt return as well,

625
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: And I think if you continues to run the way

626
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: he did on that one punt return, I mean there's

627
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: there's different kinds of speed. We've seen guys that are

628
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 1: clocked that could run a Randall Williams or somebody like that.

629
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: But but Terry Glenn it had an aggressive speed speed

630
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: on the field and and Tavon has that kind of speed.

631
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: So all these other guys, Devin Smith and John Vay, Yeah,

632
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: that They've proven they can run well, but can they

633
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: run well in the middle of crowd and do those

634
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 1: kind of things that Tavon has proven to do in

635
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: his career he needs to do on a consistent basis

636
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: for this team though. Yeah, well really, to elaborate, I

637
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: was talking about the motions and all that stuff. We

638
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,959
Speaker 1: saw Cedric Wilson, we saw John Vay, Tavon did some

639
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: things like there are a lot of guys with speed

640
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Speaker 1: and so, you know, even we joked yesterday like Jordan

641
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:28,920
Speaker 1: Lewis had to do a lot of that stuff when

642
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: Tavon got hurt last year, Like, I don't think that's

643
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Speaker 1: the case, and hopefully calam Moore will be more willing

644
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 1: to use guys like that. So it's you know, I

645
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: think Tavon probably makes this team, but you can't say

646
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,239
Speaker 1: that with any certainty because I do think there are

647
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: a few guys on this team that can kind of

648
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Speaker 1: replicate what he does. It's just amazing to me, as

649
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: we talk about all these different positions each day, just

650
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: how much depth the Cowboys have this year that that

651
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: just didn't seem to be there in this amount last year.

652
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 1: And again this is all very early on. We will

653
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: find out a lot more. We got to see that,

654
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 1: like I've made that mistake before where I'm like, there's

655
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: so many great guys out here when they're practicing against

656
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: each other. You got to see that translate to preseason

657
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: games too. But even just looking at and the reason

658
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Speaker 1: why I said it like I said it is because

659
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Speaker 1: you know, we've seen teams where you'll have these you

660
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: may have one guy like a Amari Cooper and then

661
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 1: all the rest of the guys are the guys like

662
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Speaker 1: Guy eating in that you're trying to see something from

663
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: Like you've got three guys you already know day one

664
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,120
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665
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: you get to these guys it's like Scott has a

666
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: little talent, Scot has some speed. It's just we talked

667
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,080
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668
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,000
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669
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670
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Speaker 1: I just think right now, you look the depth overall,

671
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: Cowboys are looking really really good from a depth standpoint,

672
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674
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: Looks like our final break. When we come back, we're

675
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: gonna get into the tight end position a little bit.

676
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: That might be an area that's a little different. Depths

677
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: might be a little bit less at that position. We'll

678
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:55,920
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Speaker 1: of the break Lick of Hot Star California. The players

727
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 1: are starting to take the field out here for the

728
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: morning practice. It is the only practice of the day.

729
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: They'll have a walk through this afternoon and tomorrow will

730
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: be a day off for them so they can kind

731
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: of get their legs back under them after a couple

732
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: of days and pass Sizzler day? Is that what it is?

733
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: First off day off training camp? All right, you're welcome

734
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: to come. Thank you. I never get the invite. That's awesome.

735
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: The boss never gets the invite, no problem, so I

736
00:34:56,040 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: appreciate that. All right, let's talk about the tight end position. Yeah,

737
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 1: you wouldn't like it anyway. Really, Okay, let's talk about

738
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: the tight end position. I guess let's start. I want

739
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: to start by giving you, you guys, an opportunity just

740
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: to give me kind of your general observations of the

741
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: tight end position, because it is, as as I mentioned

742
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: a little earlier, there are a lot of positions where

743
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: you look at the depth and you're like, man, they

744
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: got a lot of talent here. I think the tight

745
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: end position is one of the positions where they're probably

746
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 1: just as many questions as answers. So just give me

747
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: your overall view of kind of where the cowboys sit

748
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,280
Speaker 1: here heading into training camp at the tight end position. Nicholas,

749
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: start with you. They have a Hall of Fame tight

750
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: end that they need to figure out if he's still

751
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer, and if he's not, then it

752
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: is Blake Jarr woodn't better, is it Jason Witten the

753
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: same guy that he used to be? And if not,

754
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: how is he is? He's still better than jar went

755
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: to get off the field at times. I mean, that's

756
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,879
Speaker 1: really what it comes down to, is that can they

757
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,760
Speaker 1: both play? Because before it was just one guy playing?

758
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: Now is it to the point where they both need

759
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: to kind of be out there? But everybody has something

760
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: to prove? Everybody in that group. Charltz, can you can

761
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: you be a factor? Rico? Can you do stuff? I mean,

762
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 1: can you be a blocker? Now? Rico? Are you better

763
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: than Witten? Whitten? Do you still have it? They all

764
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: have questions. I think he still does. Yeah, I think

765
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: he still has it. I feel that right now. And

766
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: I was hesitant of him coming back. I was like, Okay,

767
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 1: how is it gonna come down to? You know, he

768
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: when he was here, to me, he seemed like his

769
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: game was getting slower. He just seemed a little slower

770
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: and not as fast. Not that he was ever super fast,

771
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: but you know what I mean, Now what I've seen

772
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: from him, to me, he looks better than what he

773
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 1: looked like two years ago. Really, I feel like when

774
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: he moves around again, we haven't seen a whole ton yet,

775
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: but he moving around the field and running around catching

776
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 1: the ball. I feel that his mobility, he just looks

777
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: better than two years ago. He's got more pepp and

778
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: his step, to be sure, And that makes sense when

779
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: you think about it. I mean, he took a year

780
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 1: off from getting in that stance sixty times a day

781
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: and getting beat to hell every Sunday and all that

782
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: stuffs and guys leaning on it. Yeah, and if I

783
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: had to guess, he probably still took really good care

784
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: of himself even when he was a broadcast. You know,

785
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's on Tom Brady's level, but

786
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 1: he definitely you know, I think somebody did a behind

787
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 1: the scenes thing on kind of his routine, like you know,

788
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: hours of stretching and a massage every day. And you know,

789
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: it's not just like hashtag blessed, Like you got to

790
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: put hours in into it to still function that well

791
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: at that age after this many years of taking that

792
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 1: kind of beating, and I think a year off might

793
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: have been good for his overall legs. It'll be interesting

794
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: to see how that holds up. You know, I just

795
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 1: look at it and I just you know, no offense

796
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: to Wit. It's like a holding pattern. You know, Jason

797
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 1: garrettson a contractor year, Jason Witten wanted to come back.

798
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: I think they worked well for each other, like, hey,

799
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: you can help me, I can help you. Let's go

800
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:58,479
Speaker 1: try to accomplish this thing together and we'll worry about

801
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: the future of the position later. I didn't. I did

802
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: not know Blake Jarwin had the athleticism to jump over

803
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: an entire jugs machine that was on top of a

804
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: golf cart by the way. They just kind of popped

805
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: up for him because he was running full speed, caught

806
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 1: a pass and then looked up and there's a jug machine.

807
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: He's got to so negotiate that. You know, you don't

808
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: unless it's like Jimmy Graham, who we all know used

809
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: to play basketball, Like, you don't think of tight ends

810
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: as being like super freak guys like that. But that

811
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 1: was impressive. So I'm interested to see where Jarwin is.

812
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: Maybe he really can push for playing time, like significant

813
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: playing time. I'm not I'm not ready to say that yet,

814
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,760
Speaker 1: just because I know who Witten is and what he's about.

815
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm still kind of waiting to see, do

816
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: you guys think there's a chance that he could possibly.

817
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll be the starter because I think

818
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: that they value making the veteran, the guy that runs

819
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 1: out of the tunnel as the starter. But do you

820
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: think there's an opportunity for Blake Jarwin here being the

821
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:54,839
Speaker 1: more athletic of the two. And I don't think I'm

822
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: speaking out of turn by saying that for him to

823
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 1: be the primary tight end at some point throughout the season.

824
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll ever be like the primary primary

825
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 1: tight end. But even just in the four days we've

826
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: been here, we know this team's not afraid to use

827
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: twelve personnel. Hopefully they're afraid to use thirteen personnel, but

828
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: maybe not why because it never works. It never works.

829
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: Maybe it'll work now that they have another tight end

830
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: who can do it. But like every time they do

831
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,759
Speaker 1: thirteen personnel, it's like, Okay, this is gonna be a

832
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 1: run for like a yard every time, every single time. Anyway,

833
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: every time they call twelve, it's always Blake Like. It

834
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: certainly seems so far that there is a clear two,

835
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: and then Schultz and Rico are significantly behind Whitten and Jarwin.

836
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: So I think maybe he can get significant snaps in

837
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 1: multiple tight end sets and stuff like that and have

838
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: a real role. But I'd be surprised if he's ever

839
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: the guy in every formation. What I think you might

840
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: see is when they get down by the goal line,

841
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: I think he might be a better option because of

842
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,279
Speaker 1: his athleticism. He might be a better option down there

843
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: because Witt is a better blocker. I don't know that yet.

844
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: I know he's been a pretty good blocker, but you know, Jarwin,

845
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: that's an area that all young tight ends have to

846
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 1: get better at it. So it might be a situation

847
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: where Witten plays more and he has one touchdown and

848
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,879
Speaker 1: w and Jarwin has four for five because he's getting

849
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Speaker 1: a little bit more opportunities down there. He's maybe more

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Speaker 1: of a jump and ball type of guy than, you know,

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Speaker 1: than Witten. What do you think that Schultz had to

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Speaker 1: get better coming out of his rookie year? What do

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Speaker 1: you think there was the area he had to get

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Speaker 1: he had improven most in order to be a viable

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Speaker 1: tight end for the team? Drink strength, Yeah, bulk and strength.

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Speaker 1: Do you see any of that? I haven't seen enough.

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Speaker 1: I mean one padded practice and I honestly don't remember

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Speaker 1: even watching him yesterday, and I was talking more about

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Speaker 1: just his physical appearance because I know for Connor, we

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Speaker 1: saw him the first time we saw him coming out

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Speaker 1: of the offseason program. We were like, oh wow, he's

862
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Speaker 1: put on weight, he's bulked up. He looks the part.

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Speaker 1: At this point, I'll get back to you. I'll you

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Speaker 1: know that's on my brain. Now I'll take a look

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Speaker 1: at him. Well. Aside from physical stuff, I think he

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00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: still needs to get better his reaction and his instincts,

867
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Speaker 1: just reacting a lot faster than what he does right now.

868
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Speaker 1: And we'll see second year coming in. But last year

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Speaker 1: I didn't feel that he had that quiet Yeah, and

870
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: that's okay. He was a rookie, but it takes time

871
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: to learn how to react and how to move at

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Speaker 1: a certain time. What do you guys, do you guys

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Speaker 1: think the Cowboys will get anything out of the Rico

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Speaker 1: experien experiment at this point, Well, based on where we are,

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Speaker 1: on what you've seen at this point. First day of

876
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: first day of pads, he dropped a slant that got intercepted. So, um,

877
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Speaker 1: that's not a great start, you know, same thing as Taco.

878
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: It's early, But no, I I'm surprised. It's still ongoing,

879
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, and I think I've said

880
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: I think this is the year it ends for two years,

881
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: but I do think this is the year that it ends.

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Speaker 1: So let's assume for a second that that Rico does

883
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Speaker 1: not make this team. Do you think that Cowboys, knowing

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00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: how much they like to use twelve thirteen personnel, that

885
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: they'll have to go to the well and maybe bring

886
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 1: in a fourth tight end or do you think that

887
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 1: that person's already on the team. It's a unique situation.

888
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: I think what happens in this case is I think Winten, Jarwin,

889
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Speaker 1: and Schultz make the team to start the year and

890
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Speaker 1: Rico goes to spended list for one game. Oh, I

891
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: forgot about that. But then in week two then they

892
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: have a decision to make and knock on wood. But

893
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Speaker 1: I mean, somebody gets banged up in week one, you know,

894
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Speaker 1: like let's say a couple two or three weeks. You

895
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Speaker 1: know that Rico's a guy, Well he comes right in,

896
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Speaker 1: and then if not, if you decide, well we don't

897
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: have space for him, let's cut him. You know, it's

898
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: it's at that point in the season where maybe other

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Speaker 1: teams aren't going to say, well, let's let's take a

900
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Speaker 1: shot on this guy. You know, maybe they will, maybe

901
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Speaker 1: they don't. Maybe he's back on the practice squad. If

902
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: he's got eligibility for it, I'm not even sure. But

903
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Speaker 1: if everyone's healthy, okay, yeah, are you wanting to keep

904
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Speaker 1: four tight ends on the roster? It's all about him

905
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Speaker 1: to me, it's all about Rico. Is Rico doing anything

906
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Speaker 1: that makes you think I just not ready to let go?

907
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: It's not a not a fourth tight end, it's a

908
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: is it nine lineman? Is it six linebackers, it's whatever.

909
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:08,839
Speaker 1: You know, he's another quarterback you know, I don't know.

910
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Speaker 1: And that's what's happened before. He's he'sn't been on this

911
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 1: team because of other positions. But he's one practice he's

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Speaker 1: not you know, to answer me to answer your question, well,

913
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Speaker 1: he did too. But I do I want four tight ends?

914
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Speaker 1: Not really, but I think they probably do. That's and

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Speaker 1: I always frame my answers in regard to that, knowing

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Speaker 1: how much they like their team personnel. If you were

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Speaker 1: mentioned before, you don't necessarily, but they love it seem

918
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Speaker 1: like to do mooring stuff, So that's part of it.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, and you think if they if they're

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Speaker 1: going to do that, they may one a half four

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Speaker 1: tight ends. But if you know, Will McClay said it

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Speaker 1: about Taco Charlton, the first round pick. He said, you know,

923
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Speaker 1: the train will be leaving and you're you know, if

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Speaker 1: you better be on it. If that's the case with

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Speaker 1: Taco Charlton, that's got to be the case with Rico

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Speaker 1: gets right. All right, guys, we appreciate you joining us.

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Speaker 1: Practice will be starting hearing about a couple of minutes here.

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Speaker 1: They got everybody a symbol, player are on the field.

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Speaker 1: We got fans out here. If you're in the area,

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Speaker 1: make sure you come check it out as an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to be able to see the Cowboys up close and personal.

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Speaker 1: Till tomorrow for Nick Even, Dave Hillman, Amber Garcia. I

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Speaker 1: am Derek Eagleton. This has been The Break live on

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