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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. This He's Talking Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: screening live from the Dallas Cowboys World Hours at the

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Speaker 1: Star in Frisco, and now your hosts Iaiah stand Back,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Walker and Kyle Yeomans. It is a wonderful Wednesday

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Speaker 1: edition of Talking Cowboys, presented by Black Rifle Coffee Company

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Speaker 1: from the Star in Frisco in the SWBC studios. It

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Speaker 1: is the final bye week episode of the podcast as

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Speaker 1: we head into a little bit of a break Thursday, Friday,

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Speaker 1: no podcast and then of course no game on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and then we'll be back here on Monday with the

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Speaker 1: normal crew Isaiah Standbackpatrick Nose, Walker and myself. But today

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Speaker 1: we've got the mix up crew one more time. Brian

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Speaker 1: Talking Cowboys. Gentlemen, how are we doing? I'm doing great,

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Speaker 1: doing great, Really enjoyed yesterday. Mom gave a big thumbs

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Speaker 1: up after the show. She said, boy, that was really entertaining.

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Speaker 1: She said, you two were outstanding, and I was a

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Speaker 1: little subpart need to pick up my game. So I

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Speaker 1: don't know but I'll try and pick it up this week. No,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what it's. It's it's a lot of fun.

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Speaker 1: I think Derek Eagleton said it best yesterday when I

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Speaker 1: was listening a little bit of their podcast. He was

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Speaker 1: talking about sometimes you get in that bubble where everybody

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Speaker 1: tends to have the same opinion, and it's nice to

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Speaker 1: be to go out and get another opinion or hear

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Speaker 1: another view. And I love doing that. I love working

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Speaker 1: with you guys, whether it's the Draft show or back

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Speaker 1: in the day when we did pre and postgame shows together.

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Speaker 1: But it's just nice to hear a different opinion on

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Speaker 1: something that you might have been a little dug in on. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you're like, you know, but they's right about that,

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Speaker 1: Kyle's right about that, you know it kind of it's

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Speaker 1: it's a good way. I think. I think the listeners

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Speaker 1: benefit from that. Oh. I got a lot of compliments

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Speaker 1: yesterday about the pairing of you two on the show,

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Speaker 1: and they love Patrick and Isaiah two. And everybody brings

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Speaker 1: their own different opinion and different personality to the show.

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Speaker 1: But that makes up it's fun, just funning this every year.

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Speaker 1: And Nate, I mean, you're smiling over there. You must

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Speaker 1: have had a good day yesterday too. Well, I'm just

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Speaker 1: trying to figure out man, neither one of these us

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Speaker 1: you or who you are. I don't have drizz, you

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Speaker 1: don't have dress. He see Patrick because I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. It's funny you say that. It's

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Speaker 1: like it's like my mom was telling me this was funny.

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Speaker 1: My mom is one of my biggest critics, and she

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Speaker 1: listens to everything, and she says, when you get people

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Speaker 1: people like me on the personnel side, and then Nate

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Speaker 1: is a former player, you know, you when you live things,

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Speaker 1: you could kind of you know, I'm not always clear

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Speaker 1: about how I say it, but when you listen, this

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Speaker 1: is why I'm telling you this. Yeah, you know, And

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Speaker 1: I got to live that. I think there was a

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Speaker 1: We were never good enough to play with that grew

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Speaker 1: not to play with Nate, right, No, Nate just wore

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Speaker 1: It's funny you mentioned the dreads. Both Patrick and Isaiah

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Speaker 1: But if Edward's report, and I don't think I think

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Speaker 1: to keep an eye out for the Multi Grammy Award

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Speaker 1: three Mathematics Tour. Sharon will be accompanied by special guest

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Speaker 1: a big edge shearing guy, right, Nate, It's on your iPod?

443
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Speaker 1: Does alternative is? I think what he's too classified as

444
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Speaker 1: is the rock and roll No. I wouldn't even say

445
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Speaker 1: ron troll. No, he's writing an alternative. I don't know.

446
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,560
Speaker 1: I don't know. Yes, he has some really good days

447
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 1: and he has some really bad days. He's kind of

448
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 1: one of those guys that's kind of right around it. Yeah,

449
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,199
Speaker 1: I like Ed Sheering specifically, but I just becially if

450
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Speaker 1: he coming here. He's pretty good at what he does.

451
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,439
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, are you kidding me? Yeah, he would never

452
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Speaker 1: believe he's a superstar by his appearance. Okay, he's got

453
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Speaker 1: this long, like ratty orange chair, and I mean it's

454
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Speaker 1: like it's kind of like a guy. Yeah, it just

455
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: looks like they do. But he's got a fantastic voice.

456
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 1: He can go, he can go, he can go. A

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Speaker 1: little bit back here with Nate Newton and Brian brought us.

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Speaker 1: I'm Kyle Yeoman's here on Talking Cowboys, presented by Black

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Speaker 1: And I thought, gentlemen, since the last day I have you,

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Speaker 1: let's take a full look back to the first half

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Speaker 1: of the season. I want to give some superlatives, some awards.

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Speaker 1: I guess, okay, for this first half of the season,

464
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Speaker 1: I've got five of them. Here. We're gonna start with

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Speaker 1: most Improved Player from the Cowboys roster this season. We're

466
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Speaker 1: gonna start from your expectations to start the season and

467
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Speaker 1: where they've gotten to this point right now. Most improved

468
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Speaker 1: player for the Dallas Cowboys. Anybody come to mind, Conn mcgovernor.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, why is that? Because no one has given

470
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Speaker 1: him a chance. We wanted him out as the left guard.

471
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: He battled, he kept playing. We tried to get him

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Speaker 1: out with with the with the big guy seventy one.

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Speaker 1: He's still there. He's more than just a glorified fullback.

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Speaker 1: He's he's a C plus player that gives you everything

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Speaker 1: he got. Evidently he studies film well and he's holding

476
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Speaker 1: up and and and I like that type of guy.

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Speaker 1: I'm that type of guy, you know, give it all

478
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Speaker 1: you got, and that's what this kid is doing. That's

479
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Speaker 1: what he's doing. We I didn't have him starting, but

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00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: he's starting, and he's done a nice job for the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Condom a governor. I like that. I'll tell

482
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Speaker 1: you what, that's a really good one. I'll stay. I'll

483
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Speaker 1: stay on the offensive line because I never give the

484
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Speaker 1: right tackle any credit at all. Terrence Steele, I've I've

485
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Speaker 1: been on so many platforms and people probably wondering why

486
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Speaker 1: on so many platforms. And I have opinions about Terrence Steele,

487
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Speaker 1: but I'll say this, though I've thrown a lot of

488
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Speaker 1: dirt on him. I thought he was a liability. I

489
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: thought he was His playing style was not conducive to

490
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Speaker 1: how you really wanted to, you know, play, But you

491
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: can run the ball behind him. Is he perfect and

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Speaker 1: pass protection? No, But he's the liability that I thought

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Speaker 1: he was. I thought he was going to get just overpowered, worked,

494
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Speaker 1: run run around. He's a he does a great job.

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Speaker 1: If you want to always talk about this. They run

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Speaker 1: sixty five plays, great sixty five plays. He's gonna have

497
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Speaker 1: probably he's probably gonna have sixty two pluses and three minuses. Yes,

498
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Speaker 1: and the three minuses don't always kill you, and that's

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Speaker 1: that's a credit to offensive line play. The center's kind

500
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Speaker 1: of the same way too, you know, Tyler Bottish in

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Speaker 1: my mind, But yeah, I really I was super, super

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Speaker 1: super critical of Terrence Steele. And he is not as

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Speaker 1: bad of a player as as I deemed him to be.

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Speaker 1: And my expectations of him were zero. That maybe that

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Speaker 1: Tyren Smith needed to play left tackle and Tyler Smith

506
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: needed to play right tackle. We'll see what happens, but

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00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 1: I think they're they're gonna have to make some decisions.

508
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: But it's not as cut and dry now as it

509
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Speaker 1: once was. And that's a credit to the staff on

510
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: the other side of the building too and grabbing him.

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Speaker 1: Because I remember our initial conversation about Terren Steele. I

512
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 1: was watching film on him at Texas Tech right when

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Speaker 1: they signed him, and I was awful in the Senior Bowl.

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00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: It was really he was not good at all. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I remember watching this guy and I was hearing

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Speaker 1: all of the noise that this staff in the front

517
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Speaker 1: office they loved this dude. Yeah, And I just couldn't

518
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: put my finger on I was like, what is he

519
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: doing that? And I texted you because I was at

520
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: a loss. I had no idea what he was doing

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Speaker 1: to where they were able to say and point to

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Speaker 1: Terren Steele and say I love this guy. And I

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Speaker 1: remember you you kind of talked about his feet, and

524
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: you talked about he's a little top heavy. There was

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Speaker 1: a lot of things that you were saying that I

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Speaker 1: was seeing on the tape. And then he comes back

527
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 1: and he's the starter. In twenty twenty, fills In did

528
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: a great job. He really basically, and then he's just

529
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 1: grown and grown since then. Yeah, you know what he is.

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Speaker 1: He deserves a lot of credit because you know, sometimes

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Speaker 1: you roll your eyes when they say he's the opposite

532
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Speaker 1: of what Lyle Collins was. If you talk about first in,

533
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Speaker 1: last out, reliable, coming to work in, work out, you

534
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,560
Speaker 1: know those things I mean, and coaches sometimes fall in

535
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,400
Speaker 1: love with those guys. What hurt me was Kyle. Let's

536
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Speaker 1: tell you. I never even when he was young, rookie whatever,

537
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: back and forth. Yeah, when you got a guy you

538
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: have big questions, you put in one place and working.

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Speaker 1: I hated that back and forth moving him to the

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Speaker 1: left tackle, right tackle, Yeah that was that was such

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Speaker 1: a hindrance and slowing him down. He's still a C

542
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: pass blocker and a B plus run blocker. He's that guy.

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00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: He's that guy, but he's willing to work. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: like it. I think both of your names were fantastic.

545
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: On defense, you could think about thinking Quentin Bohanna. That's

546
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: kind of where I was headed there on the defensive side.

547
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: You talk about a guy who six round pick, not

548
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: a ton of expectation. He's come in and played well.

549
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: He hasn't played off the charts, but he's he's been

550
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Speaker 1: a contributor on defense and he's been in that rotation.

551
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Speaker 1: So that's probably the name I would go with. I

552
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: like that, and then I also wanted to add it

553
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Speaker 1: Peyton Hindershot in there too. You talk about an undrafted

554
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: guy who's come in and found the role. I've I

555
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: did the thing yesterday in wind five three the Fan

556
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: where I had him grade Simil with what we're doing

557
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 1: right now Gray just to ABC or d on players,

558
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: and I put Hindershot and Ferguson together. I always just

559
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: put him together because yeah, and then like, how would

560
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: you grade Hindershot and and Ferguson together? They kittle? Yeah,

561
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. They're like, they block really well together,

562
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Speaker 1: they run routes well, they catch the ball win ass yea, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean expectation Hendershot plus Ferguson Eagles kittle. Okay, to

564
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 1: the point where you like, if you really don't want

565
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 1: to if you want to move on from Dalton Schultz

566
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Speaker 1: and not pay twelve to thirteen million dollars or you know,

567
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: if you could get a deal, you now have that option. Yeah,

568
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: you now have that option. Yeah, both of those guys

569
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: coming in have made an impact and they found a role.

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Speaker 1: What's your biggest surprise this season for the Cowboys team?

571
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: Anybody pop up in that how well Cooper Rush played? Okay,

572
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Speaker 1: I was not. I was like in camp, I'm thinking,

573
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: Will Greer looks like a better player to me, just

574
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 1: moving around and throwing the ball, you know. And there

575
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: were a couple of times in practice where I'm watching

576
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Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, I'm like, throw it, throw it, throw it,

577
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 1: and you know, and some of the stuff. You know,

578
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 1: give him credit because my expectations for him was once

579
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: again zero. I'm thinking, well, maybe Will Greer runs the

580
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: offense a little bit better with what how you play

581
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: with the waggles and the boots and the things like that.

582
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,080
Speaker 1: You know, But Cooper Rush coming in and win in

583
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: four games. You couldn't have drawn it up any better

584
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Speaker 1: for the Dallas Colbert As a matter of fact, I'm

585
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: watching Dallas Stars hockey last night and Daryl Raiser Ray

586
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: the color commentary, says Wedgewood is the the uh uh

587
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: goalie for the Stars. Now he's filling in, and it's

588
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: like he goes, think of this guys, Cooper Rush, you know,

589
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: think of this as you know Cooper Rush, you know,

590
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: and so that's that's kind of where you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: that's how great he did for you then because the

592
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: otter is out and that's your Dak Prescott, that's your yeah,

593
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 1: yeah exactly. And then you're bringing in this guy and

594
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: he sees your Cooper Rush. But Rush, he's turned into

595
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Speaker 1: the broadcast. I'm like thinking, that makes a lot of sense.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Biggest surprise name, uh coach McCarthy alone with

597
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: the quarterback because they became one hand in hand. He

598
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: had to protect his kid, yeah, you know, and he

599
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: and so he told his office according to don't do

600
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: this to this kid. Yeah, no, don't hang him out

601
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Speaker 1: to dry. And uh so coach your arth along with

602
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, I think they did a magnificent job. I

603
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Speaker 1: think my name kind of goes along those same routes.

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00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: And and a guy that stepped up to allow Cooper

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Speaker 1: Rush to be successful. Noah Brown. That's one of my

606
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: big ones too, because yeah, he was a Cincinnati game.

607
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 1: He absolutely did. You could go to the defensive side

608
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Speaker 1: of the football, maybe throw Doran's armstrong out there, but

609
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: I had a lot of confidence Mstrong. See I was

610
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Speaker 1: fifty fifty because noa noah, uh, I think, well, Doword's armstrong.

611
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Speaker 1: And then all said Anthony Brown. Yeah, sure, Anthony Brown

612
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: is not played to the level that I thought he

613
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Speaker 1: was gonna play. Let me say this real quick, in

614
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: a bad way, in a negative way. I just think

615
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: he's not I thought he would be a lot better. Yeah,

616
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: I give him a pass because look at the guys

617
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: that are eating him up. I mean, you know, maybe

618
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: last week one, but he's normally facing the number two received. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's it ain't a lot of great players in this league.

620
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Speaker 1: He's facing Mike Evans, he's facing Julio Jones. If he no,

621
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Speaker 1: I not a lot and I was. I was over.

622
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: I was over, but he was camp way over hyping

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Speaker 1: Anthony Brown. Camp I felt like, I'm like, this guy's

624
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: gonna get four interceptions, he's gonna lead the team, he's

625
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: gonna make a lot of tackles, He's gonna knock down

626
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Speaker 1: a lot of balls. Are you pro bowling it? I

627
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:23,719
Speaker 1: pro bowlded, but I pro bowled Uh door. It's Armstrong too,

628
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Speaker 1: and he has always been my guy coming out of chance. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think I think the last coach of staff knew

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Speaker 1: what to do with this kid and didn't allow it,

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Speaker 1: but didn't do it. Yeah, they knew what they knew

632
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Speaker 1: what they had, but they couldn't get it done. Yes, uh,

633
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Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year Nate. Anybody come to come

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Speaker 1: to mind there? Zeke and Tony Poler? Who the run

635
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: game duo? Okay, Zeke and Tony Poler. Look, he's doing

636
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: one of my things, lose tight end together. Okay, So

637
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: you get Henry Zeke versus Zeke plus Pollard equals Henry. Okay,

638
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 1: Well I think about it. He's not wrong. Twenty seven

639
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: you know that. At a game the other day, I

640
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 1: keep using these numbers. Twenty seven carries one hundred and

641
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: forty two yards, you know, five point two yards in

642
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: average when you give one back, you know, fifteen carries

643
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: in the other twelve. It's less wear and tear on

644
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 1: if you give one guy twenty seven carries and let

645
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 1: him go be. Now, there are people that will argue

646
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: with you, namely the guys I work with from two

647
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 1: to seven on one oh five three, the fan. They'll say, well, yeah, no, no,

648
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: give Pollard. All the carries get pollared, all the carries

649
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,879
Speaker 1: and so yesterday I went on a rant like, yeah,

650
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: give him thirty three carries, give him thirty carries. That's

651
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: the kind of number Zeke's had. Zeke's had career days

652
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: where it's thirty three carries, thirty carries, twenty eight carries, Yeah,

653
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: twenty seven carries. Tweet, I'm like, yeah, clote him up,

654
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: let's go, you know, let's go, you know. And I'm

655
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: really kind of trolling my guys. But that's they must

656
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: have Pollard in fantasy football. No, no, no, no, it's

657
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: it's the eye test. Yeah, it's the eye test. It

658
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: really really is. It's zest and the bank tests. You

659
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: say twelve million, it's the oh is he really worked

660
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Speaker 1: twelve Maybe may if you're not worth to wale, But together,

661
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 1: let me ask you this. Did you when you guys

662
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 1: started oh and two that one year when Emmett was

663
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: holding out? Do you think him it was worth every

664
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 1: pity they paid him? Oh? Yes, this he was. Okay,

665
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that we're on the

666
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: same page here yet carries. Okay, I've never seen a

667
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: team start off O and two and everybody kind of

668
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: looked at you should have, like Jerry get Emmett back

669
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: in here, Get him back in here. Nobody was speaking

670
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: missus Jones. Then everybody's looking at miss walk Away. You

671
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: knew he had old fat Nate baking sound offensive player, Brian,

672
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: what you think? I think. I think Nate is completely

673
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 1: onto something here with the with the running back situation.

674
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,600
Speaker 1: I mean that to me has been I think that's

675
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: been fabulous that they've been able to And what I've

676
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 1: learned though, is if you look at all the top

677
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: rushing teams in the league, most of them do have

678
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,439
Speaker 1: a running quarterback, but a lot of them have bad

679
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: offensive lines. Yes, and so what happens is teams that

680
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: run the ball with a bad offensive line usually can't

681
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: protect worth a damp. This team kind of figured out

682
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: how to run the football, learning how to play pass,

683
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: how to pass block too, is what they've done. So

684
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: I think they've gotten better as they've you know, as

685
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 1: they've gone along here. But I will I will say

686
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: the running backs, but I also kick a vote to

687
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 1: the to the offensive line, because I think they've gotten

688
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: better since week one. I was gonna do Zach Martin,

689
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: that was gonna be my name, Yeah, just because he's

690
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: he's always been the steady guy. Yeah, on your team,

691
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. You know that when push comes

692
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: to shove, Zach Martin is gonna be the one shoving.

693
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: And he's getting better because he was. He had some

694
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: games where he was he went Zach. Yeah, it's a

695
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: different offensive line around, That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I

696
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: think about it. Yeah, when you got to pull, when

697
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: you're anchoring, you gotta pull up a shield. It can't

698
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: be even even Hercules can struggle a little bite. He's

699
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:08,320
Speaker 1: getting that that anchor off the off the ground. All right, offense,

700
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: I mean, defensive player of the Year. Anybody come to mind,

701
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: it's got to be Parsons, right. Yeah. But I mean

702
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: if you if you think about some of the things

703
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: that they've been able to do, they've survived, Like we

704
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: all kind of thought that Curse was going to be Curse,

705
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: God bless him. Man. The poor guy comes off the

706
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: field every third play. If anybody needed a bye week

707
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: more than Curse, I thank you. I don't know who

708
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: it was, but you know, they had guys step in.

709
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: Donovan Wilson stepped in for Curse. They've had linebackers that

710
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: have had to step in a little bit and make

711
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: some place. But yeah, Parsons by far for what he's done.

712
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 1: I think Tank Lawrence has actually played pretty well for

713
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: you too, you mean, And when you ask me like

714
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 1: who's the best cowboy, who's the best who's the most

715
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: complete cowboy defensive lineman, it's Tank rushed the passer, get

716
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: after the run. You know, that's what that's what you want.

717
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: You love for Armstrong and Fouler and all those guys.

718
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,479
Speaker 1: They were recipients of those two guys and mainly freak

719
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 1: out there. They're recipients of that. You know, has been

720
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: damn good too. I mean, I know the run the

721
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,359
Speaker 1: run support stuff is not his big cup of tea,

722
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: but man, he when he covers, he covers what are

723
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 1: you laughing at? Name? Games? And the guy was sweeping

724
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: out of it and he took the running back like

725
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 1: I don't know how he did it. It's like I'm

726
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: gonna get you down, but I don't want you to

727
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 1: touch me. So he kind of like like against Detroit

728
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: Detroit the fourth and one, if you we all watch

729
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: y'all twenty two, he had a chance to knife in

730
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,439
Speaker 1: there and make the play. They played the run really

731
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: well against Aunt. The ball went towards Anthony Brown and

732
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 1: he was able to get the guy on the ground

733
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: on the toss sweep and a shame. I mean, you

734
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: get a great defensive call. The guy I'm talking great

735
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:10,439
Speaker 1: about it kind of goes this decision. Yeah, but you know, man,

736
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: I'm loving it. I'm loving it, man. You know, I'm

737
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: all about his D and I get mad when anything

738
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: don't work. They're way man, you know, so I love

739
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: the whole D like come up with some big plays. Yeah,

740
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: I mean back to back. I've seen a lot of

741
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: NFL games in my life. I've never seen two better

742
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 1: plays than in Detroit when Parsons made that tackle in

743
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: the goal line and then Tank knife through there and

744
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,879
Speaker 1: knocked the ball loose. I have never seen. I've seen

745
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: a lot of impactful plays, but back to back like that.

746
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: It changed the way that coach thought, Yeah, I wouldn't

747
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: never stop running. Yeah, but it changed the way coach

748
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 1: coach like, we threw running, just throw it and he

749
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 1: gave the game away right then that Micah Parsons stopped

750
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: getting down right at the goal line and able to

751
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,800
Speaker 1: pull him down from behind the amount of space that

752
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: he made up there, it's by far my favorite Michael

753
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 1: Parsons play he's ever had, and he's had a lot

754
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: of them. He's had a lot of great Oh no,

755
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: you watch him. It's every week he makes one of

756
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: those plays where you're like, going, he can't get there,

757
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: Oh my god, he got there. And you know the

758
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,320
Speaker 1: thing about when you watch the like you watch the

759
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: end zone copy, he's running past other defenders. Yeah, I

760
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,800
Speaker 1: mean like and guys are hustling, but he's just blowing

761
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 1: past everybody on the way. This is the first time

762
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: that we've had a defensive player in a lot of

763
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: years make plays when they count the most, third down,

764
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 1: fourth down, it don't matter. He makes the plays when

765
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 1: we need it. That's a superstar. Other guys are just

766
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: great players. That's a great way to end that segment.

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00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 1: He never wore a stress shirt. He never wore a

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819
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: waste food on it. Yeah, that's see, now he's gotten smart.

820
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 1: He keeps the dress shirt on, but then he brings

821
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822
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: so he's got a dress dress shirt on underneath. And

823
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,759
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826
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827
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828
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829
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831
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,640
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00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: and good times. Good times. But uh, but yeah, we'll

834
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Speaker 1: have some fun coming up next week. So before we

835
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840
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,640
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843
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 1: so much. Nick and I have fought a lot on things,

844
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 1: you know, and Nick's always you know, Nick could be

845
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,399
Speaker 1: stubborn in a good way. And so yeah, I think

846
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: that's the thing about it is varying opinions, some stubbornness,

847
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 1: you know, and then some other fresh ideas I think

848
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 1: are really really good about the show. It is a

849
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 1: great show. So I came back, no doubt. Yeah, and

850
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: it's a long running show too. It's got a great

851
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,840
Speaker 1: following a lot of people that watch it. Nate, what

852
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: about Hanging with the Boys. We we quirky man, We

853
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: off the charts and we give you good information but

854
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: you get what we'll we'll, we'll we'll ver off Man

855
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Speaker 1: and uh, I'm that guy at a very off the

856
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,840
Speaker 1: courteins statistician and he gives us all our stats and

857
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Speaker 1: updates and Jerry's let me excuse me, Jesse, I is

858
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: that serious guy. I'm gonna stop breaking in on him

859
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, because you ship away at him, gonna

860
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: be that serious guy. I'm gonna giving him some tape like, hey,

861
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: you supposed to not talk so much and let me

862
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: do the talking. But it ain't gonna work. But we

863
00:45:57,760 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 1: got a good show. We off the charts, we have,

864
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: but we give you a lot of information, plenty of

865
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 1: time to catch up on both of those shows. Throughout

866
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 1: the bye week. You can listen back to some of

867
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,839
Speaker 1: their old ones and and then whenever Monday comes around,

868
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: listen to the break, listen to Hanging with the Boys,

869
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 1: and of course stick here on Talking Cowboys as well.

870
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: But I got one more superlative I want to get to,

871
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,280
Speaker 1: and that's Rookie of the Year. You got a number

872
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: of names that have made impacts. You talk about Tyler

873
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:26,319
Speaker 1: Smith and Sam Williams and d Ron Bland who's come

874
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 1: in and Blands a hell of a football player. He

875
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: is Ron Bland with the school at Fresno. He should

876
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: have been playing at UCLA or USC Yep. You know,

877
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 1: maybe some didn't help him that along that way, but

878
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 1: they missed him out there on that West Coast kids

879
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: a football player. Tyler Smith. Yeah, there was so much

880
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:47,319
Speaker 1: unknown about I mean, I've seen him at Tulsa. I've

881
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: seen him play left tackle. I was half like thinking, man,

882
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 1: he's gonna be fine. Don't worry about him. He's been

883
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: more than fine to the point where when Tyron Smith

884
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: comes back just to see what they do. Yeah, I

885
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: really am. But Tyler Smith has gone in there and

886
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: done a great job of playing a very difficult position

887
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: in the National Football League and not being a liability

888
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 1: out there. I have a value asset Inne and Tyrone Smith. Yeah,

889
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: you have a value asset. He could play two or

890
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 1: three positions and you're gonna move him. Hum. Yeah, I

891
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:24,839
Speaker 1: ain't get my rookie. Yeah, you're you're keeping them there. Yeah,

892
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: I'm not playing them. You've always had that, you always

893
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 1: liked the consistently. See, he just told you about He

894
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: just told you about Steel. He hated the fact that

895
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 1: they were playing still at left and right, left and right,

896
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,280
Speaker 1: left and right, and just keep him at one spot.

897
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Speaker 1: See your first five guys, you don't play that game. Yeah,

898
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,479
Speaker 1: your first six guys, you don't play that game. Yeah.

899
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Speaker 1: Now you the seventh and eighth guy, they got to

900
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 1: be due all of us. But the first five you

901
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: don't play that game. But anyway, my rookie of the

902
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,800
Speaker 1: year is that kid that nevill got his chance and

903
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 1: Bland is his name. Yeah, yeah, that's my rookie of year.

904
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:01,239
Speaker 1: I thought this guy will be star coming out of

905
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 1: training camp because he was so good. Oh I really did.

906
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, and he's gonna prove me right. He's gonna

907
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 1: shine at that slot position. He's gonna shine. Man. You

908
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: know what's funny about Bland. I think I think he's

909
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: shown you could play him at slot, yes, but you

910
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: could also play him on the outside. And I don't

911
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: know if you could do that with Jordan Lewis. I

912
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: think Jordan Lewis is just kind of a slot He's

913
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:27,239
Speaker 1: slot guy's it and nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong

914
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: with that. But I think you could play Bland at

915
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Speaker 1: both spots and I think you'd be fine. Well, think

916
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Speaker 1: about it this way. If the Jordan Lewis injury happens

917
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Speaker 1: the way that it did, and that's unfortunate because Jordan

918
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 1: Lewis has been playing well, He's been doing a good job.

919
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,360
Speaker 1: But if that injury happens, are you thinking of this

920
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:48,680
Speaker 1: cornerback situation a completely different way? I think I would be,

921
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,720
Speaker 1: because then instead you're talking about moving Anthony Brown inside,

922
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: you're putting Kelvin Joseph on the outside, You're playing Nashan

923
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: right on the outside. You're doing so many different things.

924
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: But now you're just like, Okay, here you go to

925
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:01,720
Speaker 1: Ron Bland, have fun, get after it, and it hasn't

926
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Speaker 1: affected you. I wish I wish Jordan. I wish that

927
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:10,879
Speaker 1: Kelvin Joseph was durn Bland absolutely those Yeah, I wish

928
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 1: I wish that. I wish that we'd be talking Kelvin

929
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,959
Speaker 1: Joseph like we're talking about durn Bland right now, no doubt.

930
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 1: You know. That's That's the thing I'm kind of disappointed

931
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 1: in the question was when he got drafted, everybody say

932
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:27,839
Speaker 1: it is he sincere about football, and into this bad

933
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:32,720
Speaker 1: offseason he was not sincere about football. Yeah, yeah, Kelvin

934
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 1: Joseph specifically, Yeah, yeah, no doubt expectations for the back

935
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Speaker 1: half of the season. What are you looking forward to

936
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: to see in here over these next couple of weeks.

937
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: Of course, the Cowboys return, they'll play the green Bay Packers.

938
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: Got three tough games, Yeah, got three tough games, and

939
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:51,120
Speaker 1: you're on the road against Minnesota. Minnesota's one five straight

940
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,719
Speaker 1: at home. But ye see that. I think Minnesota's playing

941
00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: a lot better. We'll see what they're doing defensively, though,

942
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 1: but their offense is tough to deal with with the

943
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:01,840
Speaker 1: running game. Kirk Cousins, though, in those those shine the

944
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,399
Speaker 1: Light games, tends to kind of fall apart a little

945
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:08,440
Speaker 1: bit when he's on that stage. I think Green Bay

946
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: is a wounded, wounded team right now. Yeah, and if

947
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,400
Speaker 1: they get a victory against a Cowboy team coming off

948
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:16,760
Speaker 1: a bye that's six and two that everybody's talking about

949
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,879
Speaker 1: right now, that could turn their season around. And I'm

950
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Speaker 1: not just saying that because they used to work for

951
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 1: the Packers. I work for the Packers, guys, a long

952
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 1: long time ago, probably before a lot of you were

953
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: even born that are listening to me right now. But

954
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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, though, I always subscribe to the desperate

955
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: team theory, and Green Bay has They've got a game

956
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 1: against Detroit this weekend, find a way to win that one,

957
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:40,919
Speaker 1: and then you turn around and beat the Cowboys. Now

958
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:43,480
Speaker 1: their seasons starting to come back. That's got me a

959
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:46,840
Speaker 1: little bit nervous about them. It's a desperation back against

960
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,400
Speaker 1: the wall sort of feeling desperate team theory. It's like,

961
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:53,720
Speaker 1: like I say, they Aaron Rodgers. His demeanor is getting

962
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: worse and worse after every loss. And you know, they

963
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 1: go out loose to Detroit this weekend, then they're done.

964
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:03,839
Speaker 1: And the Packers might be done right now. But if

965
00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 1: they if they want to get back into this playoff picture,

966
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 1: you know, and get the last spot in the tournament,

967
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,439
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to start winning some games. That's gonna

968
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: be a tough game for the Cowboys to gonna lambeau Field. Hey,

969
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 1: oh just something about Lamboys sell? No, just in general, two, one, two, three,

970
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: four or five five road games? Yeah, second half, Yeah,

971
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:29,800
Speaker 1: we're gonna find out. Do you want to play for

972
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 1: your defense? Yeah? Because what you have to take on

973
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: the road, especially against these teams that got good defenses

974
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:39,399
Speaker 1: in good run games, you gotta take on the road

975
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,439
Speaker 1: your run game, your special team's got to be tight

976
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 1: and your defense gotta be right. Yeah, so we're gonna

977
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 1: find out about this team. We're gonna find out who

978
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 1: really wants to play football because you're on the road.

979
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:54,920
Speaker 1: So but I still got the Cowboys easily winning by

980
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: one about nine of these games. Yeah, yeah, he's gonna

981
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:04,919
Speaker 1: he's gotta be easily by one, easily by Hey, last

982
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:06,959
Speaker 1: couple of weeks he's predicted him to win by three.

983
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:13,759
Speaker 1: So I mean those are blowout numbers. Yeah, bout all right,

984
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 1: that's gonna do it here for us on Talking Cowboys.

985
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:17,839
Speaker 1: Hope you had some fun with us this week. We'll

986
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Speaker 1: be back on Monday to break it all down for

987
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,279
Speaker 1: you and get you ready for week number ten of

988
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: the NFL season. The Cowboys on the road to take

989
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,720
Speaker 1: on the Green Bay Packers. Brian Nate, it's been absolutely

990
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:31,279
Speaker 1: last man's been so much fun. Glad to have you

991
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: guys along the ride. Good luck on the break, hey,

992
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 1: good luck. Look on hanging with the boys for Chris Bean,

993
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 1: Nate Newton, Brian brought us some Kyle Yeomans. We'll see

994
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Speaker 1: you next time with more Talking Cowboys. This has been

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Speaker 1: a production of Dallas Cowboys dot com and the Dallas

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