WEBVTT - Mick Shots: No Shortage Of Topics

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<v Speaker 1>The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot

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<v Speaker 1>screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Cowboys apt Now Here are Bill Jones and Mickey Spagnola.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into another edition of Mick Shots on this beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday morning. We've got a lot of great stuff coming

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<v Speaker 1>your way. I'm Danny Siak alongside two of the Cowboys greats,

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<v Speaker 1>Mickey Spagnola and Everson Walls. Now we are doing this virtually.

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<v Speaker 1>We're following the social distancing rules making sure everyone is safe.

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<v Speaker 1>So I gotta check in with you guys during this quarantine.

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<v Speaker 1>How have you guys been holding up so far? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>I think pretty well, you know, being able to work

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<v Speaker 1>at home and do basically everything we would do in

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<v Speaker 1>the office. The only downside is is we don't bump

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<v Speaker 1>into anybody to talk to, uh to get some information

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<v Speaker 1>I'm getting ready for this draft. But other than that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're still doing our podcasts and uh still

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<v Speaker 1>uh feeding the monster Dallas Cowboys dot Com. So still

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<v Speaker 1>writing and uh yeah, kind of staying busy, although uh

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<v Speaker 1>you don't get a chance to talk too many people.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I've been doing okay here on this end.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm working out a lot. Oh my god, spags you

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<v Speaker 1>and I. We're gonna have a little contest when it's

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<v Speaker 1>all setting up. Well, we'll have to tour to North Texas, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we right, we might have. We're gonna we're gonna start

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<v Speaker 1>out with an ab contest. I want to see what

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<v Speaker 1>your abs. Oh gosh, yeah, I would love to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>Who could do more crunches? Oh my gosh, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>come back looking like us dog buffed up a little

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<v Speaker 1>uh wowa something coming up there. You scared me, Bro.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe you're getting the shah. I don't think so. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yesterday I rode my bike out into the country and

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<v Speaker 1>I went down some roads that I'd never been on before,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, I don't know where I'm at

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<v Speaker 1>right now, and I don't know if I've gone too

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<v Speaker 1>far to get back in one piece. So but it

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<v Speaker 1>all worked out and ended up being a huge circuit.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's amazing you guys out this way, this part

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<v Speaker 1>of North Texas or North Texas here. Uh, the amount

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<v Speaker 1>of a country that's out here, the amount of horse

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<v Speaker 1>fires and the mansions that are out here. I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to know what these people do for a living.

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<v Speaker 1>They're steal these bags, they steal, that's how they got it.

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<v Speaker 1>They stole the minor I've seen. I've seen more equestrians centers,

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<v Speaker 1>and I ever knew that. I knew there was one

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<v Speaker 1>or two out here, but there must be six or seven.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing. But it's great to be out on those

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<v Speaker 1>country roads. No one's bothered you, and I'm within I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not within six feet of anybody. I'll guarantee you. There

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<v Speaker 1>you go, you're following the rules. I love that making

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<v Speaker 1>back out there with nature. But I know you've been

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<v Speaker 1>watching some TV two even watching some of those old

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<v Speaker 1>games that have been reairing. Yeah. I actually yesterday it

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<v Speaker 1>was the first time I see I got to go

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<v Speaker 1>to the National Championship game, the LSU Clemson game, so

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<v Speaker 1>I never saw the game on television. I never heard

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<v Speaker 1>the commentary, and so yesterday it was on and I said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>let me watching it. I think I watched the majority

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<v Speaker 1>of the second half, and the one thing I was

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<v Speaker 1>surprised about in the third quarter. And remember and Everson,

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<v Speaker 1>you jump in on here, but Clemson had a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good defense, and in that third quarter they were starting

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<v Speaker 1>to give LSU a little problems and Burrow wasn't completing

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<v Speaker 1>every pass right, And I heard the guys say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Joe looks like he might be ill.

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<v Speaker 1>He's I don't know if he's heard. He's not playing well,

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<v Speaker 1>he might be sick. And I'm sitting there watching this,

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<v Speaker 1>and as the game continued, I said, the only sick

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<v Speaker 1>thing about it were the dimes he was dropping on

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<v Speaker 1>his receivers. It was ridiculous, some of those touchdown passes. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it was kind of looking at that whole game, Spags.

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<v Speaker 1>You look did the entire game. That was some amazing football.

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<v Speaker 1>You had two great quarterbacks and once again we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about the wide receivers, the studs that they had in

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<v Speaker 1>their game on both sides. That was something that was

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<v Speaker 1>very impressive. That was one of the more talent ritten

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<v Speaker 1>exciting playoff games I think I've ever seen in college football. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were. They were starting to give Lawrence the

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<v Speaker 1>clums and quarterback a hard time, and I'm going, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the reason he's having a hard time is that the

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<v Speaker 1>LSU front is getting after him. He didn't have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time in the pocket, so it was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of good to go back and watch that. And then Danny.

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<v Speaker 1>The other thing I watched, and it was on last

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday they showed. It was a replay of all the

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<v Speaker 1>Peyton's places, the half hour shows that they were showing me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I had never seen one of them because they

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<v Speaker 1>were on ESPN Plus and I don't have it. So

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<v Speaker 1>they were broadcasting these on ESPN, and I started watching

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<v Speaker 1>one or two or three, and then I said, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, I don't know how many of there are,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm going to record the whole series. So I

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of I binge watched like half of them.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you learn, spags? Tell me what you learn? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the one I did learn, and it was about

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<v Speaker 1>the the Lombardi Trophy because I had forgotten that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>once they came up with the trophy in those first

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<v Speaker 1>years of the Super Bowls, it wasn't called the Lombardi Trophy, right,

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<v Speaker 1>It was called something like the Professional World Professional Football Championship,

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<v Speaker 1>and they inscribed that on the trophy, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>a traveling trophy. It was like the Stanley Cup, so

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<v Speaker 1>the winner got to keep it for a year with

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<v Speaker 1>the team's name on it. And then in nineteen seventy,

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<v Speaker 1>when they decided after Vince Lombardi passed away after his

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<v Speaker 1>one year coaching the Redskins, they decided to name the

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<v Speaker 1>trophy the Lombardi Trophy. So the first year of the

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<v Speaker 1>Lombardi Trophy was actually nineteen seventy and it dawned on me.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I saw that, I said, oh, the Cowboys

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<v Speaker 1>had an opportunity to win the first Lombardi Trophy since

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<v Speaker 1>they were in Super Bowl five. They ended up losing

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<v Speaker 1>to Baltimore sixteen to thirteen, and they could have and

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<v Speaker 1>that's when they finally gave the trophy away. So they

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<v Speaker 1>had made a new one every year. And the funny thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is certainly what I didn't know for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>and Everson you'll remember this. And uh, like midnight in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty four, the Baltimore Colts left Baltimore for Indianapolis, right, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and no one knew they were leaving. They just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of took off. And yeah, that was way before social media.

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<v Speaker 1>They couldn't get away with that. Now, there's no way

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<v Speaker 1>they could get away with that. Which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>all you. All you would call was uh, Mayflower trucks

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<v Speaker 1>being moved and packed up. That's all that they showed

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<v Speaker 1>that in the dead of night. They snuck out in

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<v Speaker 1>the dead of night. That was one of the more

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<v Speaker 1>classless moves I think by any organization until Model came

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<v Speaker 1>and reversed it with to Baltimore from Cleveland. So do

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<v Speaker 1>you remember that happening? Like, were you shocked when you

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<v Speaker 1>heard a team that you probably could play moved to Indianapolis?

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<v Speaker 1>That that was a low blow. I was shocked at

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<v Speaker 1>the entire sports world was shot because they just couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>believe that a team would would first of all, be

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<v Speaker 1>able to do it under my under cover of darkness,

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<v Speaker 1>which it just seemed like such a sneaky way. Could

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<v Speaker 1>you imagine if a brother had to pay his bills

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<v Speaker 1>and he just leaves his apartment right not paying his bills.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, they'd be looking for They'd be looking for

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<v Speaker 1>him all over. Or what if the Chargers just decided, Okay, tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>we're leaving San Diego for La which I will yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know daddy. And the funny thing was is

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<v Speaker 1>so they were awarded the Lombardi Trophy. Uh and in

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<v Speaker 1>their agreement with the city. When they left, they left

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<v Speaker 1>the they decided the city of Baltimore said, no, that

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<v Speaker 1>trophies ours, it's nut yours. And so they left the

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<v Speaker 1>trophy behind. Oh my gosh. And when I mean, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>tell me, that's Cleveland going to Baltimore. That's the same

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<v Speaker 1>things that I think, right, it's right. They left the

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<v Speaker 1>records behind, right, and so Cleveland would not let them

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<v Speaker 1>take anything. When Payton was trying to do the story

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<v Speaker 1>on the trophy, UH, they basically showed said, okay, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>show you where we're keeping the trophy. And it was

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<v Speaker 1>in the basement of the Babe Ruth Base. You'll have

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<v Speaker 1>the trophy. Yes, it's still base, not on display. It's

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<v Speaker 1>down in a basement, just sitting on a table. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, okay, that's a waste. This is too good.

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<v Speaker 1>So those were some of the things I think I learned.

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<v Speaker 1>And now here's the other one. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>ever soon if you'll remember this, but that year when

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys went to the Super Bowl, uh, they ended

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<v Speaker 1>up with a two game losing streak kind of mid

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<v Speaker 1>season uh. And in the big showdown against the Saint

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<v Speaker 1>Louis Cardinals, who were in first place at the time. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys at the Cotton Bowl get wiped out thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight to nothing. They turned the ball over six times.

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<v Speaker 1>And now after nine games, they're sitting there five and four,

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody is given the team grief right there under fire.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a team that was supposed to be really

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<v Speaker 1>good and they're sitting there at five and four, and

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Landry goes, well, the only way we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>get in the playoffs if we win the last five

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<v Speaker 1>games in a row. And they won the last five games,

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<v Speaker 1>finished ten and four and in the first round of

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs beat Detroit just pummeled him five to nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>That they win. Then they win the NFC Championship game

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen to ten over samfra Tom Tom Landry called that

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<v Speaker 1>Detroit game the most dominating defensive effort he's ever seen

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<v Speaker 1>by a doomsday defense. Yeah, and that's what's at their height, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's kind of uh they were had You had

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<v Speaker 1>meyl Winfeld back there doing his thing, doing his d

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders thing. You had Cornell Green playing both safety and

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<v Speaker 1>corner at that time. I think he got I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure if he got all Pro at safety that year

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<v Speaker 1>or if he got All Pro at cornerback that year,

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<v Speaker 1>but that he was such a diverse player for the Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when you had the versatility, you had the talent,

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<v Speaker 1>and you had the scheme all in one. That was

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect storm for the Dallas Cowboys defense at that time.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when that's really when doomsday became alive. Right, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you know they go to the Super Bowl and

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<v Speaker 1>they basically hold Baltimore to sixteen points and they get

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<v Speaker 1>beat sixteen thirteen, but giving him sixteen thank you. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>So when you had the John Mackie, the John mcke

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<v Speaker 1>double double tap U double tips, so to speak, you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't you couldn't. You couldn't tip the ball to a

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<v Speaker 1>to your own player, right right? And how wentz bags? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>so they tipped the ball John mckincardon went seventy plus yards,

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie Waters, Cliff Haris going crazy out on the field.

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<v Speaker 1>But they didn't take it back. No, we play at

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<v Speaker 1>that time, of course, so the mistake is mistake. It stood.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's how close to Cowboys came to winning the

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<v Speaker 1>first Lombardi Trophy. And then we know what happened after that.

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<v Speaker 1>They went back to the Super Bowl the next year

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<v Speaker 1>and won the first chapel. But I'll tell you with me,

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<v Speaker 1>I've I've been so bored around here. So I decided

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<v Speaker 1>to stroke my ego one day. Danny Oh, nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 1>one was you know, that's the my rookie year. I

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<v Speaker 1>get eleven picks. No one's got the eleven interceptions since

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<v Speaker 1>that year. That's a long time ago. So I go

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<v Speaker 1>back and I think I'm gonna give my my ego stroke.

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<v Speaker 1>And all I see was all the times I was

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<v Speaker 1>getting toasted. Right every time I looked up, I like,

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<v Speaker 1>I forgot about that play. Oh my god, I got

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<v Speaker 1>about that touchdown. Wow, I forgot I gave up those

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<v Speaker 1>many yards in that particular game. So at first, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I started trying to fast forward to my interceptions. That

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<v Speaker 1>took too long, and so I started calling people. I

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<v Speaker 1>just started calling the guys that were toasting me. So

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<v Speaker 1>I called her call Michael, and I cursed him out.

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<v Speaker 1>I called boy Green, I called him an old goat.

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<v Speaker 1>And I didn't mean that in a in a complimentary way.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just calling everybody that I called everybody that

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<v Speaker 1>beat me. It was so I got caught up with

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of guys. We had some good conversations. That's

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<v Speaker 1>after I ended up, After I cursed him out, I

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<v Speaker 1>ended up. We had ended up having great conversations, having

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<v Speaker 1>a good time. But that's what I've been doing, going

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<v Speaker 1>back on YouTube, watching old Cowboy games and reliving those moments,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, it's it's it's good, of course, just

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<v Speaker 1>to see those those old memories. But man, you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the guys that are not here, and that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of really took me, took me back a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>as far as the guys that are gone now and

0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.000
<v Speaker 1>the guys that are you know, that are kind of

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<v Speaker 1>sick right now. And it's just so amazing when you

0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.000
<v Speaker 1>look at the history of the Cowboys and and just

0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:16.360
<v Speaker 1>my own brief history here in Dallas. Uh, And you

0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:19.800
<v Speaker 1>look at your teammates that you you had that bond with,

0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.880
<v Speaker 1>You look at your folds that you actually had relationships

0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:27.640
<v Speaker 1>with his well post career, and uh, it really made

0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.960
<v Speaker 1>me kind of connect a lot with the people that

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<v Speaker 1>that I had played with and played again. I called

0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.840
<v Speaker 1>Tony Hill, Who else did I call? I called Billy

0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.480
<v Speaker 1>Joe Dupree. I was just calling everybody, and you know,

0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.600
<v Speaker 1>just having a good time just making some calls. So

0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:45.280
<v Speaker 1>that's my that's been my connection through this entire coronavirus.

0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.040
<v Speaker 1>Then you should you should have given Tony Dorsetta call.

0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.600
<v Speaker 1>It was his birthday on Tuesday. You're right, You're so right.

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<v Speaker 1>I should have give him a call. Found these things

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<v Speaker 1>that are forty years old, and you found us? Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and you on YouTube and find anything. My shame is.

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<v Speaker 1>My shame is on YouTube, up and down the line.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good, well, mickey, UM, I have some homework for

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<v Speaker 1>you for next week for the Paynes places. You need

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<v Speaker 1>to go watch the Emmett Smith one. I did the

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<v Speaker 1>one that they did with Emmett far Vron, Eric Dickerson.

0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.680
<v Speaker 1>Was it that one? Um? I can't remember if it

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<v Speaker 1>was all three of them. I remember watching it like

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<v Speaker 1>on social media when it they put it out a

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<v Speaker 1>couple months ago. But he has the storage unit and

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<v Speaker 1>it's gone. I saw that football You did see that one? Okay? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I like that right? And that's and Peyton ever said

0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.040
<v Speaker 1>Peyton Nascomb. He goes, so is there something in here

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<v Speaker 1>I can take as a souvenir? He goes, absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 1>But but the story is Emmett when he when he

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<v Speaker 1>first started, he would he would keep every touchdown ball

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<v Speaker 1>that he remember and they put it in and then

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<v Speaker 1>his dad in Pensacola, um he uh he up. And

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<v Speaker 1>this was at the at the advent of trading cards

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<v Speaker 1>and so he epped en up basically a souvenir shop

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<v Speaker 1>and they had all the balls there and Emmett would

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<v Speaker 1>just keep storing them in boxes and had to get

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<v Speaker 1>a storage unit because he had so many touchdowns. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a pretty cool that was That was one

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<v Speaker 1>of the pretty cool stories. Absolutely. They also showed the

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<v Speaker 1>one about making the football and they walked into the

0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.560
<v Speaker 1>lady who was sewing them by hand, and she was

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<v Speaker 1>shocked that Peyton was standing there. Yeah, it was pretty

0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:36.520
<v Speaker 1>good stuff. You're exactly right. I used to I used

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<v Speaker 1>to keep all my interceptions from my rookie year, and

0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.720
<v Speaker 1>I found out that I would if you give them

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<v Speaker 1>away to charity, you know, they would bid on them, right,

0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:52.000
<v Speaker 1>And so pretty much I'd say nine out of the

0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.600
<v Speaker 1>first eleven interceptions I gave away to charity, I kept

0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:00.400
<v Speaker 1>for my first one. I kept my first one, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know the other one I gave to my nephews.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, it's it's all to up. Did they make

0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:12.960
<v Speaker 1>you pay for him? No, they did not. Eventually we

0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:18.600
<v Speaker 1>pay for everything. Okay, well you pay. You did a

0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.280
<v Speaker 1>better job than Drew did. After he cut the hill,

0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.920
<v Speaker 1>Mary ended up throwing the ball out of the stadium

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<v Speaker 1>and they never found the football. And get you know what,

0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:32.040
<v Speaker 1>that is one of the most controversial things ever. Someone

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<v Speaker 1>has that ball. Absolutely okay someone You would think they

0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.240
<v Speaker 1>would come out with it, but they were so mad

0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:41.399
<v Speaker 1>in Minnesota. They may have gone home and thrown it

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<v Speaker 1>into the fireplace or something, or they blew it up,

0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:50.480
<v Speaker 1>deflated it or something. Yeah. Absolutely, yeah, Oh my gosh, um, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>well real quick, going back, Mackey, when you were watching

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<v Speaker 1>that uh national you're watching that title game with LSU,

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<v Speaker 1>there's uh you were talking about the defense and they

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<v Speaker 1>have got some amazing defensive players going into the draft

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<v Speaker 1>this year, and you kind of touched on that front

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<v Speaker 1>defensive line, But there is a player in the secondary

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<v Speaker 1>who is a really top candidate for the Cowboys with

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<v Speaker 1>that seventeenth pick. And I'm sure Everson you have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot to touch on talking about safety, Grant Delpit. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw where Gil Brandt, Cowboys former personnel director and

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<v Speaker 1>he's still keeping a hand in the NFL after all

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<v Speaker 1>these years. Said that when they asked him, who do

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<v Speaker 1>you think the best safety is in the draft, and

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<v Speaker 1>he said Grant Delpot LSU, and yeah, he's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>And Everson, I understand that, you know maybe a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about the mister Delpot. Well, you know, I've got

0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:55.080
<v Speaker 1>my connections in New Orleans. My college roommates from New Orleans,

0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.280
<v Speaker 1>and of course that's my second family down there. And

0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:03.400
<v Speaker 1>they talked about the del famed family and how prominent

0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:06.840
<v Speaker 1>they are in the city. Talked about how this young

0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:10.359
<v Speaker 1>kid came up even from a from an early age,

0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.040
<v Speaker 1>he was always a stud. And when you look at

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<v Speaker 1>how he played in the in the playoffs, I was

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<v Speaker 1>impressed with how he challenged the receivers for Clemson. I

0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.679
<v Speaker 1>had never seen anyone challenge receivers the way he was

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<v Speaker 1>down the field. He took the proper angles. He was

0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:33.800
<v Speaker 1>very anticipatory on every play that was coming down the pike. Now,

0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:37.600
<v Speaker 1>of course they were able to Clemson was able to

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<v Speaker 1>get some good plays down the field because they have

0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.840
<v Speaker 1>amazing players at the wide receiver position. But when you

0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:46.520
<v Speaker 1>look at his play, not only is he adept at

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<v Speaker 1>playing the ball. He's also a very physical and aggressive

0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:56.720
<v Speaker 1>defensive back. Right now, you would have to give him.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's the top defensive back in the draft.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that as soon as I saw him play,

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<v Speaker 1>because the ball skills were evident. There was no confusion

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<v Speaker 1>out there. He was never out of position. And of

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<v Speaker 1>course there were times when the ball there were playing

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<v Speaker 1>still made on him. But that's just the way it

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<v Speaker 1>was in that particular game because you had talent all

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<v Speaker 1>over the field, but he even stood out amongst all

0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:23.800
<v Speaker 1>of that talent. And that says a lot about him

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<v Speaker 1>when you're looking at the game. That just possessed so

0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:29.520
<v Speaker 1>many great athletes in their game. Yeah, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at cowboy needs, you know, and gosh, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>that's a whole segment, right, a whole probably show because

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many needs, right you know, in safety's one

0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:44.320
<v Speaker 1>of them, cornerbacks one of them. Uh yeah, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was awfully aggressive against the run. Now, Gill said, one

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<v Speaker 1>of his one of his weaknesses is sometimes he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>tackle real well, takes bad angles. He goes, but that's teachable.

0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:57.680
<v Speaker 1>You could cure that he goes. But the coverage skills

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<v Speaker 1>and his ability just to play that same position. He

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<v Speaker 1>considers him that the best guy there, and I thought

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<v Speaker 1>that was awfully interesting. Well, in years past, the Cowboys

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<v Speaker 1>haven't used those early draft picks on safeties or cornerbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, now we have a new coaching staff,

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<v Speaker 1>so really anything is up for grabs, and defensive back

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<v Speaker 1>is definitely a unit where the Cowboys are needing to

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<v Speaker 1>add some depth. We will have more discussion though, coming

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<v Speaker 1>up about the draft and some of the players and

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<v Speaker 1>to do all those behind the scenes and Mickey, it's

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<v Speaker 1>been pretty cool seeing the way that at least the

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<v Speaker 1>Cowboys have been conducting these We've seen some of them

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<v Speaker 1>go on the Dallas Cowboys social media this past week. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys are it's it's pretty neat, you know. I

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<v Speaker 1>was wondering how this stuff was gonna work. Well. The

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<v Speaker 1>ones that we've been able to see basically has Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>Jones sitting on a couch in one of his rooms

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<v Speaker 1>at his house and he's got a huge video screen

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<v Speaker 1>up on the wall and basically they're doing what we're

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<v Speaker 1>doing right now. Everybody, uh that's involved in the interview

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<v Speaker 1>has a little box up there and Danny, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you'll remember this, but it looks like Hollywood Squares, right,

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<v Speaker 1>the old TV show with everybody in a boat. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I don't know how you know, Mickey, I've

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<v Speaker 1>watched those vintage shows, all right, very good. We got

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<v Speaker 1>old school. Yeah, she had the game show Network right. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>So they got Jerry, and they're showing the screen and

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<v Speaker 1>they've got uh, Mike Nolan, the defensive coordinator. McCarthy's up there,

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<v Speaker 1>Harris the dB coach, Will McClay. So there was like

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<v Speaker 1>six or seven people involved in it, and the one

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<v Speaker 1>that stuck out to me was they were doing the

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<v Speaker 1>interview with Oklahoma linebacker Kenneth Murray, who, by the way,

0:26:13.240 --> 0:26:17.840
<v Speaker 1>when I watched Oklahoma games and I saw this number eight,

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<v Speaker 1>and I go, I don't know who he is, but

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<v Speaker 1>I want number eight on my football. He is a linebacker, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's awfully good. So they conducted an interview with

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<v Speaker 1>him on there, and it was one of the more

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<v Speaker 1>amazing answers that I've heard a football player give to

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry Jones question. And I thought it would be great

0:26:41.040 --> 0:26:44.439
<v Speaker 1>if we just played it for you guys, because just

0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:47.120
<v Speaker 1>to try to summarize it, I don't think I could

0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:51.080
<v Speaker 1>do it justice. So let's hear Jerry Jones along with

0:26:51.240 --> 0:26:59.120
<v Speaker 1>Kenneth Murray. Let me ask one that I ask it

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<v Speaker 1>quickly this play. If you can come up with a setback,

0:27:05.280 --> 0:27:07.560
<v Speaker 1>if you can come up with where you had to

0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:11.000
<v Speaker 1>really call yourself at any time in your life when

0:27:11.000 --> 0:27:15.520
<v Speaker 1>you were young, you were kicked around or what do

0:27:15.600 --> 0:27:20.800
<v Speaker 1>you think gave you a lot of the the setbacks

0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:24.600
<v Speaker 1>or the controversy or the challenge that might have helped

0:27:24.600 --> 0:27:29.639
<v Speaker 1>you be a football player? You are well, uh, you know,

0:27:30.840 --> 0:27:33.399
<v Speaker 1>situation of them that that I would that I like

0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:35.560
<v Speaker 1>to talk about it that's made me who I am

0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:38.480
<v Speaker 1>on the field and off the field. You know, I

0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:42.040
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't say it's more so a setback. I say it's

0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:45.760
<v Speaker 1>more so a blessing. I mean, you know, if you

0:27:45.800 --> 0:27:47.480
<v Speaker 1>look at it the way I am, from the way

0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:51.960
<v Speaker 1>you know my family has, it is a blessing. So um,

0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:54.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, for me, I learned, you know, how to

0:27:54.560 --> 0:27:59.359
<v Speaker 1>be selfless an extremely extremely young age. What true gratitude

0:27:59.440 --> 0:28:01.400
<v Speaker 1>is the extreame me engaged because of what I went

0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:03.800
<v Speaker 1>through and so um, you know when when I was

0:28:03.840 --> 0:28:07.399
<v Speaker 1>growing up, Um, my mom and my dad, you know,

0:28:07.440 --> 0:28:11.119
<v Speaker 1>they they they they did some things that that were

0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:15.840
<v Speaker 1>true acts of selfless, self selflessness and so UM, around

0:28:15.880 --> 0:28:20.120
<v Speaker 1>the edge of eleven, my parents adopted three special needs

0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:23.280
<v Speaker 1>kids and UM, you know, it's kind of a unique

0:28:23.280 --> 0:28:26.679
<v Speaker 1>situation for us because you know, the disease that they

0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:30.800
<v Speaker 1>had was was was extremely extremely rare. Um. Only one

0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:33.200
<v Speaker 1>of the set of children had it in the world. UM.

0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:38.000
<v Speaker 1>And so that that pushed my parents into you know,

0:28:38.320 --> 0:28:41.200
<v Speaker 1>one to twenty five thirty doctors suppointments a week, um,

0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:42.920
<v Speaker 1>just to you know, be able to get the kids

0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:45.880
<v Speaker 1>to the proper help that they need to get them um.

0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:48.880
<v Speaker 1>You know, you know, started and get them the help

0:28:48.920 --> 0:28:51.920
<v Speaker 1>that they needed. So you know, you know, going through

0:28:51.960 --> 0:28:54.040
<v Speaker 1>all that stuff and that that that was a time

0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.720
<v Speaker 1>where you know, my parents were leaving on me a lot,

0:28:57.400 --> 0:29:00.440
<v Speaker 1>given that I was the oldest. So you know, I

0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:02.800
<v Speaker 1>was the kid that you know basically you know, my

0:29:02.800 --> 0:29:05.840
<v Speaker 1>parents anytime they needed anything, anytime you needed um, you know,

0:29:06.120 --> 0:29:07.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, things should be done. You know, I was

0:29:07.640 --> 0:29:09.640
<v Speaker 1>the oldest shot, I was just wanted everybody was looking

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:12.560
<v Speaker 1>to UM. And so you know I wouldn't I wouldn't

0:29:12.600 --> 0:29:13.840
<v Speaker 1>say it was a set back. I would say it

0:29:13.920 --> 0:29:15.880
<v Speaker 1>was a blessing. Because you know, at that at that age,

0:29:15.960 --> 0:29:19.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, it really really forced me to be you

0:29:19.160 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 1>know what what what you guys see on the field now,

0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:23.960
<v Speaker 1>which is you know the product of a of a

0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:26.520
<v Speaker 1>kid that's a go getter, of a kid that that

0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:29.720
<v Speaker 1>just goes out, um and just and just get it

0:29:29.720 --> 0:29:32.400
<v Speaker 1>for until um And and for me, you know, I've

0:29:32.400 --> 0:29:35.080
<v Speaker 1>always been a self starter. Um. You know, I've never

0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:38.320
<v Speaker 1>been somebody that that that needs to be started. You know,

0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:40.120
<v Speaker 1>I've always been a guy that's that's been the first

0:29:40.120 --> 0:29:42.720
<v Speaker 1>thing to build it, last one out. And I think

0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:45.160
<v Speaker 1>that's a direct by product of this how I came

0:29:45.240 --> 0:29:47.320
<v Speaker 1>up and I had to go through as a kid,

0:29:48.200 --> 0:29:50.120
<v Speaker 1>and you know, you know, early on, you know I

0:29:50.280 --> 0:29:51.840
<v Speaker 1>was you know, I took you on top like I

0:29:51.960 --> 0:29:54.360
<v Speaker 1>raised three kids already, because you know, you just got

0:29:54.360 --> 0:29:56.680
<v Speaker 1>to grow up fast. Um, you know, you know, going

0:29:56.720 --> 0:29:58.840
<v Speaker 1>through that type of situation and then my parents you

0:29:58.880 --> 0:30:03.360
<v Speaker 1>know basically you know, being from one lifestyle to a complete,

0:30:03.960 --> 0:30:07.600
<v Speaker 1>completely other type of lifestyle. And so you know, for that,

0:30:07.840 --> 0:30:10.400
<v Speaker 1>for us, you know, it was definitely a unique situation

0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:13.480
<v Speaker 1>and it's definitely a situation that has mowed to me

0:30:13.640 --> 0:30:20.480
<v Speaker 1>and maybe who I am today. I can't attends as strong.

0:30:21.960 --> 0:30:30.640
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, sir. These interviews are so important because it's

0:30:30.640 --> 0:30:32.880
<v Speaker 1>not just that the Cowboys want to make sure they're

0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 1>drafting a player who can perform well on the field,

0:30:35.440 --> 0:30:37.000
<v Speaker 1>but they're also trying to get a feel for who

0:30:37.080 --> 0:30:40.200
<v Speaker 1>these guys are as people off the field and get

0:30:40.200 --> 0:30:42.080
<v Speaker 1>a sense of their true character. And when you hear

0:30:42.160 --> 0:30:44.640
<v Speaker 1>Kenneth Murray talk about his family like that and how

0:30:44.640 --> 0:30:46.440
<v Speaker 1>he stepped up as a young kid, I'm not sure

0:30:46.480 --> 0:30:49.120
<v Speaker 1>how you don't want someone like him on your team.

0:30:49.880 --> 0:30:52.000
<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you what. That's one of the best answers

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:56.000
<v Speaker 1>I think I've I've ever heard a player give off

0:30:56.040 --> 0:31:00.280
<v Speaker 1>the cuff because he didn't really have a set back

0:31:00.320 --> 0:31:03.560
<v Speaker 1>to refer to. He talked about what kind of made

0:31:03.680 --> 0:31:07.560
<v Speaker 1>him the person he is on the field, the leader

0:31:07.680 --> 0:31:10.600
<v Speaker 1>he is. And Everson, I think when when guys are

0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:13.600
<v Speaker 1>like that, you sit there and you go, Okay, this

0:31:13.640 --> 0:31:18.400
<v Speaker 1>guy can play, but he's also probably a pretty quality person. Well,

0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:21.080
<v Speaker 1>you know, Danny said it right. When you're talking about character,

0:31:21.640 --> 0:31:24.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, we talk about grades in school, We talk

0:31:24.400 --> 0:31:29.000
<v Speaker 1>about evaluations and for your dashes and how how you

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:31.320
<v Speaker 1>jump in all of this, you know a lot of

0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:34.840
<v Speaker 1>being a good football player for a long period of time.

0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:38.840
<v Speaker 1>Most of the time, those players have good character, They

0:31:38.880 --> 0:31:43.360
<v Speaker 1>have something else that that drives them other than football.

0:31:43.720 --> 0:31:47.200
<v Speaker 1>And you could just tell in Mary's case that this

0:31:47.240 --> 0:31:52.880
<v Speaker 1>guy was always motivated by things other than sports. You know,

0:31:52.880 --> 0:31:55.920
<v Speaker 1>when you're when you're when you're burdened, for lack of

0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:59.880
<v Speaker 1>a better term, with that kind of responsibility, and you

0:32:00.120 --> 0:32:02.600
<v Speaker 1>come through it on the other side a better person.

0:32:03.360 --> 0:32:08.080
<v Speaker 1>To me, that just says all about what Murray's all about. Uh,

0:32:08.080 --> 0:32:11.200
<v Speaker 1>And lets you know that this guy is someone that

0:32:11.640 --> 0:32:17.080
<v Speaker 1>you can depend on, hopefully to do things well off

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:19.560
<v Speaker 1>the field that will allow you to be a better

0:32:19.600 --> 0:32:22.600
<v Speaker 1>football player on the field. And that that sounds a

0:32:22.680 --> 0:32:25.479
<v Speaker 1>little cheeky, A lot of sounds a little corny, but

0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:28.680
<v Speaker 1>that stuff is real. That's why you have longevity with

0:32:28.800 --> 0:32:31.320
<v Speaker 1>guys like a Bob Lily or you know, we went

0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:35.080
<v Speaker 1>way back, guys that played a long time with the Cowboys,

0:32:35.080 --> 0:32:37.640
<v Speaker 1>Guys like two tall Jones. You know now you're talking

0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:41.560
<v Speaker 1>about Emmitt Smith, Troy Egman. These guys had they were

0:32:41.800 --> 0:32:44.840
<v Speaker 1>there were things more important to them or as important

0:32:44.840 --> 0:32:49.280
<v Speaker 1>to them other than football that kept them to be

0:32:49.400 --> 0:32:53.920
<v Speaker 1>good football players. You know, ever, since and you're so right,

0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:58.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, and I realized, um, gosh, you know, coming

0:32:58.240 --> 0:33:00.600
<v Speaker 1>out of college, basically I was around a lot of

0:33:00.640 --> 0:33:07.480
<v Speaker 1>college football players, and then my first job covering some

0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:11.120
<v Speaker 1>sports for a newspaper, I was close to the Atlanta

0:33:11.200 --> 0:33:14.480
<v Speaker 1>area and I was able to cover some of the

0:33:14.520 --> 0:33:18.480
<v Speaker 1>Atlanta Falcons games. And the more I was around some

0:33:18.600 --> 0:33:23.080
<v Speaker 1>of those professional athletes and I realized how sharp they were.

0:33:23.560 --> 0:33:26.520
<v Speaker 1>It's like, Okay, now I understand why these guys are

0:33:26.520 --> 0:33:29.479
<v Speaker 1>playing at this level. And it's not everybody, but the

0:33:29.520 --> 0:33:32.600
<v Speaker 1>majority of the guys I ran into they were character guys.

0:33:32.680 --> 0:33:35.239
<v Speaker 1>They could give you an answer like that, and it

0:33:35.320 --> 0:33:38.240
<v Speaker 1>was like, Okay, that's why these guys are around the league.

0:33:38.240 --> 0:33:41.200
<v Speaker 1>And as I got around it more and more I

0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:44.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of understood. And that's why this time of the

0:33:45.160 --> 0:33:48.200
<v Speaker 1>off season getting ready for the draft is so important

0:33:48.520 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 1>because what they would do, you would do this one

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:53.720
<v Speaker 1>on one in a meeting. But I always thought the

0:33:53.760 --> 0:33:58.959
<v Speaker 1>interview process was as important, if not more, then watching

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:01.280
<v Speaker 1>a guy work out, because you've seen him play, you

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:04.240
<v Speaker 1>seen him on tape. But the character, I think is

0:34:04.240 --> 0:34:07.960
<v Speaker 1>awfully important. There are times facts when you've got a

0:34:08.000 --> 0:34:11.040
<v Speaker 1>player who you know he may not be that that

0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:14.759
<v Speaker 1>a category player. He may not be that player, but

0:34:14.800 --> 0:34:18.200
<v Speaker 1>he might be on that B level. So the interview itself,

0:34:18.520 --> 0:34:21.200
<v Speaker 1>in that case will make all of the difference, even

0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:23.840
<v Speaker 1>more so than a player like Murray, who you know

0:34:24.040 --> 0:34:25.920
<v Speaker 1>is going to be a number one pick. You know,

0:34:25.960 --> 0:34:29.480
<v Speaker 1>you got those guys down there, second second rounders, you know,

0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:33.719
<v Speaker 1>high third rounders. Those interviews, those interviews will make all

0:34:33.760 --> 0:34:36.440
<v Speaker 1>the difference in the world because that could be that

0:34:36.960 --> 0:34:40.920
<v Speaker 1>that X factor that a team would say, you know what,

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:44.080
<v Speaker 1>instead of me taking this kid who's an amazing player,

0:34:44.120 --> 0:34:46.279
<v Speaker 1>but he doesn't have much upstairs or doesn't have much

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:49.719
<v Speaker 1>going on otherwise, I think I'm gonna move up and

0:34:49.719 --> 0:34:51.680
<v Speaker 1>take a chance on this guy. And most of the

0:34:51.719 --> 0:34:54.560
<v Speaker 1>time those kind of players work out. So I know

0:34:54.640 --> 0:34:57.160
<v Speaker 1>you didn't get drafted. Did you get any in pre

0:34:57.320 --> 0:35:00.480
<v Speaker 1>draft interviews? Heck no, I didn't. No interview was man,

0:35:00.480 --> 0:35:03.040
<v Speaker 1>were you talking about? I didn't even get an interview

0:35:03.040 --> 0:35:07.640
<v Speaker 1>for Winny Grown and he was from Grambling. Everybody after

0:35:07.680 --> 0:35:10.160
<v Speaker 1>they saw my forty yard dads, they were like, okay,

0:35:10.640 --> 0:35:15.920
<v Speaker 1>moving on. They stopped. They just made a brief stop

0:35:15.960 --> 0:35:20.200
<v Speaker 1>at Alice's Diner in downtown Grambling and they kept moving on. Man,

0:35:20.239 --> 0:35:22.360
<v Speaker 1>that was it? So were there were there when you

0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:24.879
<v Speaker 1>got drafted? Were there seventeen rounds or was it down

0:35:24.960 --> 0:35:27.400
<v Speaker 1>to twelve by then? Oh? No, still it was only twelve.

0:35:27.440 --> 0:35:29.239
<v Speaker 1>It was only twelve. But they held They held six

0:35:29.320 --> 0:35:32.160
<v Speaker 1>on first day, six on second day? So did how

0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:35.919
<v Speaker 1>did the Cowboys contact you? Then? Well, they I think

0:35:36.000 --> 0:35:41.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm mistaken. They sent uh jethroll Pew. Uh sent jet

0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:44.840
<v Speaker 1>Vill Pew. No, no, it was either Jethvill Pew. It

0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:49.160
<v Speaker 1>was Wooden, but I remember one of them came. And uh,

0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:52.080
<v Speaker 1>they came on the first day of the draft. So

0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:56.200
<v Speaker 1>we're a free agent contract, by the way, which was

0:35:56.560 --> 0:35:58.879
<v Speaker 1>at the time, it was kind of off. There were

0:35:58.920 --> 0:36:01.760
<v Speaker 1>still We're still on the first day of the draft

0:36:02.480 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 1>and you're coming to me with a free agent contract.

0:36:05.760 --> 0:36:09.120
<v Speaker 1>You can tell the future. So I was, I was done.

0:36:09.239 --> 0:36:13.520
<v Speaker 1>I was done. Did you get any other offers from

0:36:13.560 --> 0:36:16.120
<v Speaker 1>any other teams? Or was this? I got an offer

0:36:16.160 --> 0:36:19.320
<v Speaker 1>from Buffalo at the time, and I got an offer

0:36:19.520 --> 0:36:23.320
<v Speaker 1>at the time from the Aints with really the Saints,

0:36:23.400 --> 0:36:25.520
<v Speaker 1>they were the Saints. But you know that's when the

0:36:25.520 --> 0:36:27.719
<v Speaker 1>bad that's when the bad thing was going on. Now,

0:36:28.320 --> 0:36:31.440
<v Speaker 1>a little tit bit about that, you know, I'm looking

0:36:31.520 --> 0:36:35.080
<v Speaker 1>down on the Saints because they were just horrible at

0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:38.120
<v Speaker 1>the time, and of course the Cowboys that was going

0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:39.640
<v Speaker 1>to be the place I was going to be because

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:41.160
<v Speaker 1>to me, it was the devil, you know. I mean,

0:36:41.160 --> 0:36:43.440
<v Speaker 1>I knew the Cowboys organization was tough to deal with,

0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:46.279
<v Speaker 1>but I knew about them, and so when you're talking

0:36:46.280 --> 0:36:48.040
<v Speaker 1>about going to the Saints, I was like, it's no

0:36:48.080 --> 0:36:50.279
<v Speaker 1>way I'm going to that team. Well, they ended up

0:36:50.320 --> 0:36:52.640
<v Speaker 1>being one of the better defenses in the history of

0:36:53.239 --> 0:36:56.560
<v Speaker 1>the nineteen eighties for four linebackers. I think all of

0:36:56.600 --> 0:36:59.840
<v Speaker 1>them are Hall of famers, and so it just l

0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:03.160
<v Speaker 1>to know that it maybe if I would have gone there,

0:37:03.239 --> 0:37:05.439
<v Speaker 1>you never know what would have happened. But when you're

0:37:05.440 --> 0:37:07.600
<v Speaker 1>a free agent, when you might not be on the

0:37:07.640 --> 0:37:09.480
<v Speaker 1>show ever, so I sort of saying, went there, you

0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:13.040
<v Speaker 1>might not be on the show if you're a free agent.

0:37:13.120 --> 0:37:15.440
<v Speaker 1>Though at that time, you want to go to an

0:37:15.520 --> 0:37:18.759
<v Speaker 1>organization that's going to be accountable. When you go to

0:37:18.880 --> 0:37:22.360
<v Speaker 1>a one in sixteen one and fifteen Saints team, you

0:37:22.520 --> 0:37:25.839
<v Speaker 1>don't expect accountability. So that's why the Cowboys were an

0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:31.520
<v Speaker 1>easy choice. What was your sighting votus? Oh, it was

0:37:33.520 --> 0:37:37.160
<v Speaker 1>fifteen hundred dollars. Wait, let me say let me say

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:39.960
<v Speaker 1>it differently. Let me say it differently. It was one thousand,

0:37:40.360 --> 0:37:43.320
<v Speaker 1>five hundred dollars. That makes it sound like it's a bigger,

0:37:43.400 --> 0:37:48.080
<v Speaker 1>nuts better. Yeah, yeah, that sounds barely good. Oh my gosh. Well,

0:37:48.080 --> 0:37:50.759
<v Speaker 1>I gotta say I'm glad that the Cowboys and the

0:37:50.840 --> 0:37:53.000
<v Speaker 1>other NFL teams are still finding a way to get

0:37:53.080 --> 0:37:55.879
<v Speaker 1>these interviews done, especially because of the combine. They cut

0:37:55.960 --> 0:37:57.920
<v Speaker 1>the amount of interviews that the teams were able to

0:37:58.000 --> 0:38:00.600
<v Speaker 1>conduct this year. So it's nice to know that they're

0:38:00.600 --> 0:38:04.400
<v Speaker 1>able to still get this done to lead to that

0:38:04.560 --> 0:38:08.080
<v Speaker 1>draft process. Real quick, I want to hear from you guys.

0:38:08.880 --> 0:38:15.000
<v Speaker 1>This past week, Rex Ryan kind of went viral. He

0:38:15.200 --> 0:38:18.320
<v Speaker 1>was definitely trending on Twitter. He had some comments to

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:21.840
<v Speaker 1>say when he was talking about how Dak Prescott hasn't

0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:24.520
<v Speaker 1>been he hasn't signed a new deal, but other players,

0:38:24.600 --> 0:38:27.120
<v Speaker 1>specifically Amari Cooper, got a new deal before him, so

0:38:27.200 --> 0:38:30.320
<v Speaker 1>he was kind of saying he doesn't like that. However,

0:38:30.640 --> 0:38:33.160
<v Speaker 1>when he was talking about how Amari Cooper didn't perform

0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:36.839
<v Speaker 1>so well on the road, he ended up whiles kind

0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:40.000
<v Speaker 1>of talking pretty poorly about his character which people were

0:38:40.080 --> 0:38:41.680
<v Speaker 1>not a fan of. Were you guys able to hear

0:38:41.760 --> 0:38:46.359
<v Speaker 1>his comments? Yeah, I read it, and you know, it's

0:38:46.800 --> 0:38:52.239
<v Speaker 1>a typical Ryan family deal where they're kind of bombastic,

0:38:52.400 --> 0:38:55.120
<v Speaker 1>and you know, I don't know did he feel that

0:38:55.239 --> 0:38:57.120
<v Speaker 1>way or was he trying to make a splash to

0:38:57.440 --> 0:39:02.560
<v Speaker 1>get noticed on the to get his name out there,

0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:06.400
<v Speaker 1>to say, oh, yeah, I'm working right, And you know,

0:39:06.560 --> 0:39:08.960
<v Speaker 1>I get it, I understand it. But I thought it

0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:11.759
<v Speaker 1>was interesting this week. And I'm going to read a

0:39:11.840 --> 0:39:14.919
<v Speaker 1>quick little thing here from Ron Rivera, the new head

0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:19.000
<v Speaker 1>coach of Washington Redskins, and they were in on Cooper.

0:39:19.120 --> 0:39:21.640
<v Speaker 1>They were trying to sign him and when they asked

0:39:21.719 --> 0:39:24.920
<v Speaker 1>him about him, and he said, Amari was someone that

0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:27.719
<v Speaker 1>we chased very hard all the way up to the

0:39:27.960 --> 0:39:31.279
<v Speaker 1>very end. He decided to return to Dallas. We were

0:39:31.400 --> 0:39:34.560
<v Speaker 1>in it and we were talking about substantial money. But

0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:37.120
<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day, he made a decision.

0:39:37.920 --> 0:39:42.000
<v Speaker 1>He felt it was best, and we respected. He said.

0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:44.160
<v Speaker 1>We would have loved to have him as part of

0:39:44.280 --> 0:39:46.839
<v Speaker 1>what we're trying to do. Believe he would have been

0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:49.799
<v Speaker 1>a great veteran presence in our room, especially for those

0:39:49.920 --> 0:39:54.799
<v Speaker 1>young guys. So Ron Rivera evidently didn't have the same

0:39:54.880 --> 0:40:00.759
<v Speaker 1>opinion of Amari Cooper as Rex Ryan did. Where you

0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:03.319
<v Speaker 1>know how, you know how the Ryans have always been

0:40:03.800 --> 0:40:06.359
<v Speaker 1>spags and you touched on it earlier. You know, when

0:40:06.400 --> 0:40:10.080
<v Speaker 1>you're talking about somebody like Cooper, we always look at

0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:14.440
<v Speaker 1>the exception of his entire great career here in Dallas.

0:40:14.680 --> 0:40:17.160
<v Speaker 1>So that's just always the way it is. And I'm

0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:21.080
<v Speaker 1>sure he was referring to the Patriots game and those

0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:25.800
<v Speaker 1>those those stretch of games that where Cooper was clearly

0:40:26.000 --> 0:40:30.760
<v Speaker 1>fighting through an injury, and so everyone was looking forward

0:40:30.800 --> 0:40:36.239
<v Speaker 1>to the matchup between he and the Patriots secondary and

0:40:36.560 --> 0:40:39.000
<v Speaker 1>just so happened the timing was bad for Cooper because

0:40:39.040 --> 0:40:42.360
<v Speaker 1>he didn't come through simply, I think simply because of

0:40:42.440 --> 0:40:46.440
<v Speaker 1>the injury and of course the conditions that they had

0:40:46.520 --> 0:40:48.640
<v Speaker 1>to play in up in New England at that time.

0:40:49.480 --> 0:40:53.400
<v Speaker 1>But when you take a look at Mary Cooper's value

0:40:54.200 --> 0:40:57.400
<v Speaker 1>to the Dallas Cowboys, you can't put a number on that.

0:40:58.080 --> 0:41:03.200
<v Speaker 1>He turned our entire season, he turned Dak's entire professional

0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:07.720
<v Speaker 1>career around because at that time Dak was up against

0:41:08.080 --> 0:41:11.719
<v Speaker 1>a lot of variables that were affecting his game and

0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:15.480
<v Speaker 1>affecting his coductivity here comes to Mary Cooper like Superman.

0:41:15.600 --> 0:41:18.960
<v Speaker 1>He comes in, he saves the season, saves Dak's career,

0:41:19.560 --> 0:41:21.640
<v Speaker 1>and now all of a sudden, he's a staple for

0:41:21.880 --> 0:41:25.120
<v Speaker 1>US here and with the Dallas Cowboys. I don't I

0:41:25.200 --> 0:41:27.480
<v Speaker 1>don't mind the fact that he signed early for US

0:41:27.560 --> 0:41:31.040
<v Speaker 1>at all. I like the fact that I believe that

0:41:31.280 --> 0:41:34.279
<v Speaker 1>that Dak feels the same way. Also stags the fact

0:41:34.360 --> 0:41:38.080
<v Speaker 1>that your wide receiver, your star wide receiver, signs first,

0:41:38.440 --> 0:41:42.080
<v Speaker 1>you show him up. I'm pretty sure Dak Prescott doesn't

0:41:42.120 --> 0:41:46.400
<v Speaker 1>have the same problem with that that Rex Ryan had. Yeah. Absolutely.

0:41:46.560 --> 0:41:48.960
<v Speaker 1>And the one thing you know, and I keep seeing it,

0:41:49.080 --> 0:41:51.879
<v Speaker 1>and it's always nice when you can take some statistics

0:41:52.360 --> 0:41:54.000
<v Speaker 1>and you kind of put him in a box and

0:41:54.080 --> 0:41:56.920
<v Speaker 1>put a bow on top of it. With his numbers

0:41:57.280 --> 0:42:00.759
<v Speaker 1>this past year on the road not as good as

0:42:00.880 --> 0:42:03.759
<v Speaker 1>his numbers at home. But I think you have to

0:42:03.880 --> 0:42:06.279
<v Speaker 1>remember and you need to point out you need to

0:42:06.360 --> 0:42:09.440
<v Speaker 1>go in that box, right And there were two games

0:42:10.000 --> 0:42:14.000
<v Speaker 1>one game. Now you're gonna it's gonna ruin his average

0:42:14.000 --> 0:42:16.920
<v Speaker 1>because all he did was played three plays against the Jets.

0:42:17.280 --> 0:42:21.400
<v Speaker 1>He was hurt, he tried to play, and he played

0:42:21.440 --> 0:42:23.600
<v Speaker 1>the first series and that was in so I didn't

0:42:23.600 --> 0:42:26.640
<v Speaker 1>have any catches all right, And then in New England,

0:42:26.800 --> 0:42:29.839
<v Speaker 1>as Everson just said, no one had had a lot

0:42:29.920 --> 0:42:32.080
<v Speaker 1>of catches in the game. I can't tell that was

0:42:32.200 --> 0:42:35.600
<v Speaker 1>one of the most miserable weather days I think I've

0:42:35.680 --> 0:42:39.200
<v Speaker 1>ever witnessed. Not only did it rain the whole time,

0:42:39.640 --> 0:42:42.480
<v Speaker 1>the wind is blowing twenty miles an hour and the

0:42:42.640 --> 0:42:46.160
<v Speaker 1>rains coming down in sheets. Right, Tom Brady. If you

0:42:46.360 --> 0:42:49.520
<v Speaker 1>judged Tom Brady's performance off that one game, you would

0:42:49.560 --> 0:42:53.160
<v Speaker 1>say I paying him twenty five million a year, right,

0:42:53.560 --> 0:42:59.239
<v Speaker 1>No one. There was one touchdown in the game. And

0:42:59.320 --> 0:43:01.279
<v Speaker 1>the only reason, and there was a touchdown in the

0:43:01.400 --> 0:43:05.520
<v Speaker 1>game is the fumble the Cowboys had, right, and the

0:43:06.000 --> 0:43:08.640
<v Speaker 1>Patriots get the ball at what the twelve yard line.

0:43:09.520 --> 0:43:14.520
<v Speaker 1>So other than that, no one scored anything. No one

0:43:14.680 --> 0:43:17.080
<v Speaker 1>was catching the ball, they were trying to run it.

0:43:17.400 --> 0:43:20.400
<v Speaker 1>It was just miserable. So those are two games, and

0:43:20.640 --> 0:43:24.279
<v Speaker 1>you know, he take two games and put that in eight, Now,

0:43:24.360 --> 0:43:26.320
<v Speaker 1>that will really mess up an average. Now. I know

0:43:26.520 --> 0:43:28.799
<v Speaker 1>some of the other games he didn't perform as well,

0:43:28.880 --> 0:43:32.000
<v Speaker 1>but as Everson said, there were times he was playing

0:43:32.040 --> 0:43:34.960
<v Speaker 1>through an injury too. By the way, So go back

0:43:35.040 --> 0:43:38.600
<v Speaker 1>to the year before and look at those final eight games,

0:43:38.719 --> 0:43:42.480
<v Speaker 1>when nine games he had that he turned around the

0:43:42.560 --> 0:43:47.120
<v Speaker 1>Cowboys season that was going down the tubes quickly. And Danny,

0:43:47.320 --> 0:43:51.719
<v Speaker 1>I must, I must add to that, Danny, the Cowboys

0:43:52.000 --> 0:43:57.400
<v Speaker 1>this past season, when you look at Mary's numbers, the

0:43:57.600 --> 0:44:00.960
<v Speaker 1>amount of catches he had could have been so much more.

0:44:01.560 --> 0:44:06.279
<v Speaker 1>But we are blessed with a number backup tight end

0:44:06.320 --> 0:44:09.840
<v Speaker 1>who's now starting tight end. We are blessed with a

0:44:10.000 --> 0:44:11.759
<v Speaker 1>young man on the other side by the name of

0:44:11.840 --> 0:44:15.520
<v Speaker 1>Gallop that that just had a breakout year. We were

0:44:15.640 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 1>blessed with Randall Cobb to be our slot guy begging

0:44:21.280 --> 0:44:24.640
<v Speaker 1>for passes himself barely got fifty five catches, got his

0:44:24.719 --> 0:44:28.640
<v Speaker 1>little quarter of a million dollar boners. You had a

0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:32.880
<v Speaker 1>lot of talent out there that we had a chance

0:44:32.960 --> 0:44:39.400
<v Speaker 1>to exploit. Zeke Elliott had fifty plus catches, So there

0:44:39.560 --> 0:44:42.239
<v Speaker 1>was a plethora of talent out there from the wide

0:44:42.280 --> 0:44:46.880
<v Speaker 1>receiver position. And Amari Cooper was still extremely impactful for

0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:51.040
<v Speaker 1>this team. So to me, that says even more about

0:44:51.080 --> 0:44:53.839
<v Speaker 1>how important he is about this team than it does

0:44:54.000 --> 0:44:56.520
<v Speaker 1>for the previous year when he came in and saved

0:44:56.600 --> 0:45:00.360
<v Speaker 1>us and doing half the season coming from Oakland, absolutely, Everson,

0:45:00.440 --> 0:45:04.400
<v Speaker 1>and also on his character. I mean, we're around these players,

0:45:04.560 --> 0:45:07.360
<v Speaker 1>and even after those games on the road when Amari

0:45:07.960 --> 0:45:10.600
<v Speaker 1>wasn't performing well, he knew it, and he would say

0:45:10.640 --> 0:45:12.520
<v Speaker 1>he would stand about his locker, and he would talk

0:45:12.560 --> 0:45:14.440
<v Speaker 1>to the meet and he would answer every question, and

0:45:14.560 --> 0:45:17.520
<v Speaker 1>he was holding himself accountable. So I think those comments

0:45:17.560 --> 0:45:20.840
<v Speaker 1>about his character and it's just not true. That's not

0:45:21.320 --> 0:45:23.440
<v Speaker 1>that's not who he is. He was holding himself accountable

0:45:23.440 --> 0:45:26.279
<v Speaker 1>and he knows that he can and needs to be better. Well,

0:45:26.520 --> 0:45:29.719
<v Speaker 1>Danny Everson will tell you that the Ryan family did

0:45:29.920 --> 0:45:34.239
<v Speaker 1>never ever like the Cowboys. And as a matter of fact,

0:45:34.360 --> 0:45:38.080
<v Speaker 1>Buddy didn't like Tom Landry. Who didn't like Tom Landry? Right,

0:45:41.840 --> 0:45:45.560
<v Speaker 1>Buddy didn't even like players that came from the Philadelphia

0:45:45.640 --> 0:45:49.879
<v Speaker 1>team he was coaching to the Dallas Cowboys. If you recall, yes,

0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:54.320
<v Speaker 1>they had the kicker, Danny. They had a kicker that

0:45:54.440 --> 0:45:57.160
<v Speaker 1>came Zenn Dajas was his name, if I'm not mistaken,

0:45:57.760 --> 0:46:01.759
<v Speaker 1>the kicker that came from Philadelphia to Dallas Cowboys. So

0:46:01.960 --> 0:46:05.160
<v Speaker 1>Buddy Ryan wants to make an example of a kicker.

0:46:05.840 --> 0:46:10.160
<v Speaker 1>Who makes an example of a kicker. On the opening kick,

0:46:10.800 --> 0:46:15.279
<v Speaker 1>they targeted the kicker doing the ball game pretty much

0:46:15.440 --> 0:46:18.200
<v Speaker 1>knocked him out of the game, and that was his

0:46:18.360 --> 0:46:21.719
<v Speaker 1>punishment for leaving the Philadelphia Eagles and going to the

0:46:21.800 --> 0:46:27.120
<v Speaker 1>Dallas cowboyd So Buddy Ryan, Rex, Ryan, both of those guys, Yeah,

0:46:27.160 --> 0:46:29.479
<v Speaker 1>they got they have. They have a stick after about

0:46:29.480 --> 0:46:32.840
<v Speaker 1>the Dallas Cowboy, which is which is known to this

0:46:33.040 --> 0:46:36.560
<v Speaker 1>day as the Bounty Ball, Right, the bounty ball. You

0:46:36.640 --> 0:46:41.320
<v Speaker 1>put a bounty out on a kicker. That's petty, that's petty.

0:46:41.360 --> 0:46:44.320
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<v Speaker 1>U this time asked week, guys, we had some breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>The Cowboys are trying to fill the loss of defensive

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<v Speaker 1>end Robert Quinna free agency, who led the team in

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<v Speaker 1>sacks last year. They've been trying to find a pass

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<v Speaker 1>rusher on that right side, and they signed Aldon Smith

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<v Speaker 1>to a one year deal. Now, remember he hasn't played

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<v Speaker 1>football in four seasons, but he is being reunited with

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Tomsula, the new Cowboys defensive line coach, and Mickey,

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<v Speaker 1>you were able to find out some of those details

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<v Speaker 1>of his one year deal. Yeah, absolutely, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>there was some you know, when guys signed like that,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a lot of agent stuff. And initially it was

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<v Speaker 1>reported as a two year, four million dollars deal, then

0:50:37.840 --> 0:50:40.960
<v Speaker 1>it was a one year, two million dollar deal. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the deal on his contracting the Cowboys. Really this

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<v Speaker 1>is a low risk opportunity for them and an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>for Alden Smith if he gets reinstated. And let's start

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<v Speaker 1>right there. He's still on reserves suspended, so none of

0:50:59.080 --> 0:51:03.280
<v Speaker 1>his money is against the Cowboys salary cap at this point.

0:51:03.400 --> 0:51:06.680
<v Speaker 1>And we got to see if Roger Goodell reinstatesman. Before

0:51:06.960 --> 0:51:10.239
<v Speaker 1>everybody gets excited about this, But what I noticed is

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<v Speaker 1>basically he's playing for I think he's five five years

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<v Speaker 1>into the league, six years into the league, so he's

0:51:19.520 --> 0:51:24.520
<v Speaker 1>playing for basically the minimum of nine hundred and ten

0:51:24.680 --> 0:51:29.600
<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars. That's it, and it's not guaranteed. So basically

0:51:29.680 --> 0:51:32.600
<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys are betting nine hundred and ten thousand dollars

0:51:32.880 --> 0:51:35.680
<v Speaker 1>and then the rest of the contract that adds up

0:51:35.719 --> 0:51:39.400
<v Speaker 1>to two million. It's one point zero nine million. Is

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<v Speaker 1>all with various bonuses, various incentives in the contract that

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<v Speaker 1>he has to meet. And I'll give you an example.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got a bonus for per game, how many games

0:51:51.360 --> 0:51:54.840
<v Speaker 1>you play, you get paid so much per game, you

0:51:54.960 --> 0:51:59.319
<v Speaker 1>get paid a bonus if he gets reinstated, he gets

0:51:59.360 --> 0:52:03.000
<v Speaker 1>a bonus if he goes to training camp, and he

0:52:03.120 --> 0:52:06.480
<v Speaker 1>gets a bonus if he plays two preseason games. And

0:52:06.600 --> 0:52:11.520
<v Speaker 1>then he's got bonuses tied to how many sacks he produces,

0:52:12.239 --> 0:52:14.439
<v Speaker 1>going from I think it was a minimum of eight

0:52:14.560 --> 0:52:20.800
<v Speaker 1>to fourteen, and each level in between you get extra money.

0:52:21.160 --> 0:52:25.360
<v Speaker 1>So again it's a very from a financial standpoint, a

0:52:25.520 --> 0:52:29.520
<v Speaker 1>salary cap standpoint, a low risk that you could get

0:52:29.560 --> 0:52:33.200
<v Speaker 1>a high reward. But Everson boy for somebody that hasn't

0:52:33.239 --> 0:52:37.360
<v Speaker 1>played in four years. You just wonder how long it

0:52:37.440 --> 0:52:40.439
<v Speaker 1>would take him to get back in the swing of things,

0:52:40.920 --> 0:52:45.600
<v Speaker 1>what his ability still is, and it's compounded by what

0:52:45.760 --> 0:52:51.120
<v Speaker 1>we're going through right now, possibly no offseason. You know.

0:52:51.320 --> 0:52:54.080
<v Speaker 1>The thing about this is you talk about him being

0:52:54.120 --> 0:52:57.600
<v Speaker 1>a low risk sign, but he's a high risk individual.

0:52:58.840 --> 0:53:02.520
<v Speaker 1>This guy has some serious issues. When he first started

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<v Speaker 1>playing ball. You know, he had this amazing start where

0:53:06.480 --> 0:53:08.920
<v Speaker 1>the first three years, I think he averaged like a

0:53:09.080 --> 0:53:14.280
<v Speaker 1>sack a game, which is almost unheard of. And along

0:53:14.400 --> 0:53:16.920
<v Speaker 1>with that, though, was some other things off the field

0:53:16.960 --> 0:53:19.080
<v Speaker 1>that were also unheard of. I believe he had some

0:53:19.960 --> 0:53:23.480
<v Speaker 1>issues of alcohol issues that stemmed from that even and

0:53:23.560 --> 0:53:26.480
<v Speaker 1>I think it was some domestic abuse problems that he

0:53:26.640 --> 0:53:30.080
<v Speaker 1>was having that just really ran him out of the league.

0:53:30.120 --> 0:53:33.319
<v Speaker 1>He ran himself out of the league. And so that's

0:53:33.360 --> 0:53:36.600
<v Speaker 1>why those incentives are so important, because they want to

0:53:36.680 --> 0:53:40.040
<v Speaker 1>make sure that he stays on point. You can't look

0:53:40.160 --> 0:53:43.080
<v Speaker 1>forward when you have the issues that he's had in life.

0:53:43.520 --> 0:53:45.759
<v Speaker 1>You can't leave and look forward to the next day.

0:53:46.440 --> 0:53:50.200
<v Speaker 1>And so I think those incentives are stated for that

0:53:50.760 --> 0:53:55.719
<v Speaker 1>just for that particular reason. I don't know what went

0:53:55.800 --> 0:53:58.839
<v Speaker 1>into this signing and Spags, I'm gonna throw that back

0:53:58.880 --> 0:54:02.759
<v Speaker 1>to you in the set. But for someone even as

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<v Speaker 1>amazing as he was, for someone to get consideration after

0:54:06.120 --> 0:54:10.120
<v Speaker 1>three four years of being out of football, there has

0:54:10.200 --> 0:54:13.120
<v Speaker 1>to be some type of connection there. Not just a

0:54:13.200 --> 0:54:15.239
<v Speaker 1>relationship with a coach, but there has to be a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of back and forth going on. And even though

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<v Speaker 1>you're talking about low risks, that's still a million dollars

0:54:20.520 --> 0:54:22.680
<v Speaker 1>that you're putting out there for a guy that hadn't

0:54:22.680 --> 0:54:26.440
<v Speaker 1>been the league for three, four or five years. To me,

0:54:26.600 --> 0:54:30.359
<v Speaker 1>he's a obviously a high risk individual and he knows

0:54:30.440 --> 0:54:34.600
<v Speaker 1>that because he's had his struggles. And so the Cowboys

0:54:35.200 --> 0:54:39.640
<v Speaker 1>once again they're going after some guys that I guess

0:54:39.719 --> 0:54:42.719
<v Speaker 1>they think that they're worth taking the chance on. And

0:54:42.840 --> 0:54:46.600
<v Speaker 1>once against facts, what was the connection that made them

0:54:46.719 --> 0:54:48.839
<v Speaker 1>think that this was worth it? You know, I think

0:54:49.160 --> 0:54:51.839
<v Speaker 1>number one it would have been Tom Sula. He had

0:54:51.920 --> 0:54:55.160
<v Speaker 1>him those first four years in San Francisco, the new

0:54:55.280 --> 0:54:59.280
<v Speaker 1>Cowboys defensive line coach. And then his agent is local

0:54:59.400 --> 0:55:04.680
<v Speaker 1>here in Dallas, so they may had a relationship with him. Uh.

0:55:04.920 --> 0:55:08.560
<v Speaker 1>Now he's been in supposing, you know, going through rehab

0:55:09.560 --> 0:55:12.080
<v Speaker 1>looks like he's getting better, and we'll find out if

0:55:12.120 --> 0:55:16.719
<v Speaker 1>the NFL thinks he is uh, you know, made progress

0:55:16.960 --> 0:55:19.600
<v Speaker 1>to the point where okay, we'll give you another chance.

0:55:19.719 --> 0:55:22.000
<v Speaker 1>He's had a lot of chances, you know. I printed

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<v Speaker 1>out his list of transgressions. Uh, and boy, it's like

0:55:26.680 --> 0:55:31.640
<v Speaker 1>a dozen. It's a long long list. And here're saying, also, Spags,

0:55:31.880 --> 0:55:35.400
<v Speaker 1>when you start thinking about the other league, we just

0:55:35.560 --> 0:55:37.960
<v Speaker 1>we just have a new league here in the in

0:55:38.160 --> 0:55:42.440
<v Speaker 1>in America. We have a new team in Dallas. You know,

0:55:42.520 --> 0:55:45.319
<v Speaker 1>they've got a kid that had his own issues coming

0:55:45.360 --> 0:55:48.279
<v Speaker 1>out of the out of Carolina, Alexander I think his

0:55:48.400 --> 0:55:53.239
<v Speaker 1>named Frank Alexander, defensive end for the Dallas team. You know,

0:55:53.320 --> 0:55:55.640
<v Speaker 1>you would think they would go out to guys who

0:55:55.800 --> 0:56:00.440
<v Speaker 1>are also trying to work their way back into the NFL,

0:56:01.160 --> 0:56:03.080
<v Speaker 1>and you know that could be like a little feeder

0:56:03.200 --> 0:56:06.279
<v Speaker 1>system for them. So I'm surprised they jumped all the

0:56:06.360 --> 0:56:11.040
<v Speaker 1>way back to the Algun Smith in San Francisco and

0:56:11.200 --> 0:56:14.520
<v Speaker 1>they jumped right over some really decent athletes that they

0:56:14.600 --> 0:56:18.960
<v Speaker 1>have on their their Dallas team. Well, the Dallas Winnigades,

0:56:19.040 --> 0:56:22.960
<v Speaker 1>the Runnegades, Yes, yeah, the Renegades. They have some decent

0:56:23.040 --> 0:56:26.040
<v Speaker 1>talent on that team. I'm surprised they didn't try to

0:56:26.120 --> 0:56:28.000
<v Speaker 1>sign one of those guys. And like I said, in

0:56:28.080 --> 0:56:30.680
<v Speaker 1>particularly guy named Frank Alexander, who had a lot of

0:56:30.880 --> 0:56:35.759
<v Speaker 1>potential when he signed with Carolina coming out of college. Yeah,

0:56:35.800 --> 0:56:39.400
<v Speaker 1>and think about this, the last time Aldon Smith actually

0:56:39.480 --> 0:56:44.600
<v Speaker 1>played in the game was around Thanksgiving of twenty fifteen.

0:56:45.360 --> 0:56:48.200
<v Speaker 1>That's a long time and I don't know ever since.

0:56:48.320 --> 0:56:50.320
<v Speaker 1>If I can think of somebody that's been out of

0:56:50.360 --> 0:56:55.080
<v Speaker 1>the league that long, I've never never seen successfully returned. Right,

0:56:55.440 --> 0:56:58.840
<v Speaker 1>Winton was out one year, Right, he came back to

0:56:59.480 --> 0:57:03.480
<v Speaker 1>Jones to talk. Jones was out one year, he came back.

0:57:03.680 --> 0:57:06.920
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, and without that offseason, boy, that's going to

0:57:07.000 --> 0:57:09.840
<v Speaker 1>make this one difficult. But we'll see because first and

0:57:09.960 --> 0:57:15.359
<v Speaker 1>four words, he's got to be reinstated before he does anything. Yeah,

0:57:15.400 --> 0:57:18.880
<v Speaker 1>that's why I'm just gonna say macause it would be very,

0:57:19.040 --> 0:57:21.360
<v Speaker 1>very helpful for him if he got reinstated and had

0:57:21.400 --> 0:57:24.000
<v Speaker 1>OTA's mini camps a training camp, and we just we

0:57:24.080 --> 0:57:25.680
<v Speaker 1>don't know what the future is going to look like.

0:57:26.000 --> 0:57:28.440
<v Speaker 1>That's why we've been doing this virtually, why the Cowboys

0:57:28.480 --> 0:57:30.600
<v Speaker 1>have been doing this virtually, why the NFL announced this

0:57:30.680 --> 0:57:33.120
<v Speaker 1>week that the draft is going to be virtual, So

0:57:33.200 --> 0:57:34.959
<v Speaker 1>that'll be something that we'll have to keep our minds

0:57:35.000 --> 0:57:37.760
<v Speaker 1>on real quick about the draft. It's going to be

0:57:37.800 --> 0:57:40.920
<v Speaker 1>all virtual, like we've been seeing those behind the scenes interviews.

0:57:41.080 --> 0:57:43.400
<v Speaker 1>Real quick, each of you, what is what concerns you

0:57:43.520 --> 0:57:46.439
<v Speaker 1>the most about that or what excites you the most?

0:57:46.520 --> 0:57:51.280
<v Speaker 1>What's one thing? Well, the all star of these this

0:57:51.600 --> 0:57:54.960
<v Speaker 1>virtual draft is going to be the IT departments because

0:57:55.040 --> 0:57:58.040
<v Speaker 1>they got to be perfect, right to keep the connections going,

0:57:58.400 --> 0:58:01.960
<v Speaker 1>keep the fodes going, keep the video going. And I

0:58:02.160 --> 0:58:05.160
<v Speaker 1>know for a fact that these guys are working night

0:58:05.280 --> 0:58:10.960
<v Speaker 1>and day to coordinate because all the coaches, the scouts, whatever,

0:58:11.280 --> 0:58:13.440
<v Speaker 1>they're all going to be in separate places. So they're

0:58:13.480 --> 0:58:17.120
<v Speaker 1>gonna be like us doing the draft. You know what

0:58:17.360 --> 0:58:20.960
<v Speaker 1>we're doing right now, you know doesn't have anything to

0:58:21.040 --> 0:58:24.720
<v Speaker 1>do with winning and losing, right, but this is going

0:58:24.800 --> 0:58:27.479
<v Speaker 1>to be serious important. And I was reading a story

0:58:27.640 --> 0:58:30.160
<v Speaker 1>yesterday ever Sin that they said that they were going

0:58:30.200 --> 0:58:32.360
<v Speaker 1>to try and do a dry run, like have a

0:58:32.480 --> 0:58:35.560
<v Speaker 1>mock draft to make sure all thirty two teams they're

0:58:35.640 --> 0:58:39.120
<v Speaker 1>hooked up together and they could communicate, they could communicate

0:58:39.200 --> 0:58:43.040
<v Speaker 1>with the NFL office. They would have an open conference

0:58:43.120 --> 0:58:47.000
<v Speaker 1>call line for everybody to use. Boy, that's a lot

0:58:47.040 --> 0:58:51.640
<v Speaker 1>to coordinate. But again, and I think the tough thing

0:58:51.720 --> 0:58:55.000
<v Speaker 1>will be how are you going to make trades? You know,

0:58:55.120 --> 0:59:00.320
<v Speaker 1>the conversations back and forth and you're on a video board,

0:59:00.360 --> 0:59:13.280
<v Speaker 1>but you're gonna be on your phone. And that's true. Oh.

0:59:13.360 --> 0:59:15.360
<v Speaker 1>I think ever Sin John also see that that that's

0:59:15.360 --> 0:59:20.400
<v Speaker 1>a concern. That's what what if Jerry Jones drops off

0:59:20.440 --> 0:59:23.800
<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the draft, right, uh? Or Stephen

0:59:23.920 --> 0:59:27.840
<v Speaker 1>Jones And so yeah, that's the difficulty of this whole thing.

0:59:28.000 --> 0:59:32.200
<v Speaker 1>So uh, you know what, Uh, I remember reading this book,

0:59:32.280 --> 0:59:34.880
<v Speaker 1>I think goes back in high school, Brave New World,

0:59:34.960 --> 0:59:38.640
<v Speaker 1>and we are certainly in a brave New world situation

0:59:38.800 --> 0:59:43.240
<v Speaker 1>here trying to conduct an NFL draft over uh the

0:59:43.400 --> 0:59:48.840
<v Speaker 1>seven rounds without everybody meeting in person. Yeah, it'll definitely

0:59:48.880 --> 0:59:52.360
<v Speaker 1>be a change for everyone, but hopeful that the Cowboys

0:59:52.600 --> 0:59:54.560
<v Speaker 1>will be able to still do their jobs to the

0:59:54.640 --> 0:59:57.600
<v Speaker 1>best of their ability. That's gonna unfortunately do it for us.

0:59:57.680 --> 1:00:00.560
<v Speaker 1>I think ever Sin might have popped off. But Mickey,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for Lenn Everson I pop on with you this week.

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