1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club is hanging with the 3 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: Talking Cowboys break streaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: and the official Dallas Cowboys out Well, it is actually 5 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: hanging with the boys, but it's only me because my 6 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: good buddies Kurt and Nate did not make it out 7 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: to training camp. So we'll resume the normal show when 8 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: we get back to Frisco. But I do have a 9 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: special guest with me today for the very first show 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: here training camp. We're joined by none other than Blake Jarwin. 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: How you doing, Blake great? It's an honor to be 12 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: the first guest. Yeah, and I'm you know. I seek 13 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: you out today after practice and I was like, there's 14 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: only one person that we can get on the show 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: to kick it off, and that was you because you 16 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: have some at a rapport with the show because Kurt 17 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: told you last year you were snake bit and we 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: have not let him live that down since that moment. 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: That's like a running joke on our show. So, oh man, 20 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: how you been. How's been the off season? I've been good. Uh, 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: you know, did some traveling this this off season. My 22 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: girlfriend kind of refreshed my mind and now ready to 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: get back to it. Yeah, where'd you go? I was 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: in Dominican Republic for a little bit, made it out 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: of their lives. I was gonna say that's a bad, bad, 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: bad place right now. Yeah, yeah, No, it was fun though, 27 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: had a great time, and then went to Arizona for 28 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: a little bit, play some golf. Okay, what's the connect? 29 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: The Arizona connection? I was just hey, let's go somewhere 30 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: real quick, and yeah, weekend trip right before we left. 31 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: So big golfer. I love the golf. Not good at it. Yeah, 32 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: if I could fix it off the tea box, maybe 33 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: i'd have a chance. Yeah. What's your what's the typical 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: score for you? Oh? Hi, eighties? Probably right there. Well 35 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: that's pretty solid. Well it's not you know, it's not great, 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: but I'm a great scramble partner. Yeah yeah, okay, all right? 37 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: What uh? So this is what year for you? Going 38 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: into three three? So what's different? I guess this year 39 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: we'll talk a little football and then I don't want 40 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: to talk too much for them all, But what's different 41 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: for you this year coming into training camp? Other than 42 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: knowing where how to get from your room to where 43 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: to eat, to the clubhouse and all that. But what 44 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: what mentally, I guess is different. Yeah. I think every 45 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: year you kind of find more and more yourself. You 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: find that routine that's good for you and what works. 47 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: And then also having that year of experience. I didn't 48 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: play much my rookie year, but this last year I 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: got quite a bit in there. So having that experience 50 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: behind me kind of built a little bit of confidence 51 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: in me coming into this year and so learning the 52 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: playbook and just getting more comfortable with it's been nice. Um, 53 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: he got big whip back in the room, so that's 54 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: that's a big helpful Usaul. He's a great asset to 55 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: the tight ends. Yeah, I'm sure everybody you talked to 56 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: has asked you, what's what's that like with him him 57 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: being back? Yeah, he hasn't. He hasn't missed a beat. 58 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: I mean he's the same guy was my rookie year. 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: He comes out here and he works hard and he 60 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: pushes us all to be better every single day. So 61 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: I couldn't ask much more from that guy. And then 62 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: you know, just tremendous leader for the team. Still, Yeah, 63 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: it seems like so you know, he's been around the 64 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: building now this offseason a little bit, and he seems 65 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: to us, you know, the media, the you know, the 66 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: public or whatever, he seems like he's like a little kid. 67 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: Like he used to kind of be a little you know, 68 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 1: you know, a little little there's a little barrier there. 69 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: But now he's like, it's like he's really really having 70 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: fun this year. Is he Is he a little different 71 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 1: behind closed doors too, or oh I think it's the 72 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: same way. Yeah, he just loves ball and he wants 73 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: to get back out there and play with us. So uh, 74 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's tremendous to see, like how he 75 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: prepares day in and day out and goes out and 76 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: does that. You know, it's going on a sixteenth year. 77 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: It's impressive. And like you said, yeah, he's well giddy 78 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,399 Speaker 1: and he's excited. Yeah. So speaking of ball, I've got 79 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: to tell the public because there weren't a lot of 80 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: people out of practice yesterday. I saw what I was 81 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: about five feet away from one of the most athletic 82 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: plays I have ever seen in my life. And the 83 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: athleticism came after you you ran what about a twelve 84 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: fourteen yards fourteen yard out caught the ball pretty much 85 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: toe tapped to stay in bounds full speed and there 86 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: was a juggamen in between the two fields. Full speed. 87 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: You hurdled it, turns your hips in the air, flipped, 88 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: almost flipped over it landed, get up, said you could. 89 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: It was a catch and all you had to show 90 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: for it is just a little red scrape on your scrape. Yeah, 91 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: there's a big emphasis for nuts. Mary. He's been telling 92 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: me to make sure I get out of my seven 93 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: cut and just keep running out of it. And so 94 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: I was having a good time with him yesterday saying 95 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: he's trying to, you know, get rid of me with 96 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: that that jug machine right there, because that's what happened, 97 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: ran through it, caught the ball, jumped for my life. 98 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: Luckily I made it over. Yeah, I just kind of 99 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: got a little little spot on my arm. But you're good. 100 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm good, Okay, Okay, good deal. So the New York 101 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: game last year, three touchdowns, right, that's pretty That's pretty 102 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: hard to do in the NFL. Yeah, how what was that? 103 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: What was that like? Was that? Probably? Was that one 104 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: of the bigger moments of your career? Yeah? Oh? Absolutely? 105 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: Um to have that, you know that belief intacted he 106 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: to throw me the ball that many times in the 107 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: game and get me ins on like that. Tremendous just 108 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: goes to you know, the work we all put in together, 109 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: and you know I was just in the right spot 110 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: the right time. But I try not to think of 111 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: it too much. I'm a young player. I don't want 112 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: to get content with just that. I got a lot 113 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: of other things I want to work on and get 114 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: better on. And so even in that game, I could 115 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: have done a lot more differently, I think, so just 116 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: putting the next step forward and putting the good stuff 117 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: behind me as well as the bad stuff and moving 118 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: on to the next part. So we would getting on 119 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: the airplane and we asked you, what's the one thing 120 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: that you couldn't come to training camp without? And what 121 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: was your answer? I was a Nintendo Switch. I could 122 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: show Schultz how to play some video games on the plane. 123 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: So do you and Schultz have this competitive thing going 124 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: with video games? Like? What's the deal with that deal? 125 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: He's actually a really good gamer. He's a PC gamer 126 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: like through and through and has done it for a 127 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: long time, and so I'm always giving him a hard time, 128 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: tell him and beat him and actually I struggle at 129 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: times to do so, so it's kind of my you know, 130 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: my mental break. I guess you could say we go 131 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: do stuff like that, and you know, he destroys me sometimes, 132 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 1: but sometimes I hang in there and hold my own. 133 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: Have you guys been over to Complexity? Yeah, he actually 134 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: took me over there a few weeks back. Yeah. It's 135 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: incredible spot. Oh yeah, yeah, so cool. They're about to 136 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: put in a massive like ribbon deal. They said it's 137 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: gonna yeah that big led out on the road look crazy. Yeah, 138 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: we'll have to get when we get into the season 139 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: or get back to Frisco. We'll have to get you 140 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: guys over there and pick a game and figure it 141 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: out and do some kind of some kind of social 142 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: video with that. Would love that. Yeah, maybe get all 143 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: the time. Maybe maybe even get the old man over there, 144 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: get wet over there with you guys. I don't know 145 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: if he has time for video games. He's got like 146 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: twenty kids, denye now before I think it's the same thing. 147 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: I don't know, but yeah, no, you could definitely catch 148 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: us some of there. We only go check it out. 149 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: You know, it's a cool spot so close to you 150 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: just run over there and yeah, so what do you do? 151 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: So obviously you like to travel, you went out of 152 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,559 Speaker 1: the country with the arizonally, like to play golf, video 153 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: game a little bit. What else do you do? You 154 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: don't have much downtime obviously during the season, but whenever 155 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: you do have a little bit of downtime or you know, 156 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: off season. What are some other things that that you 157 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: like to do outside of football. Yeah, no, no, offouslyson, 158 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: My family is just you know, three hours north up 159 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma City, So I go see them quite a bit. Um, 160 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: you know, just drive or you take Jury's helicopter. I 161 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: haven't reached that level yet. No, no, not either, but 162 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: maybe one day. No, Yeah, I just drive up there 163 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: and go see my family, and you know, make sure 164 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: I keep those connections, you know, as good as I 165 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: can because I can't see him a lot during the year, 166 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, maybe Sunday night for about thirty or forty 167 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: five minutes on the right home. Besides that, you know, 168 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm busy, So I just go up there as much 169 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: as I can see all day my old friends from 170 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: high school and college and just try to keep those connections. Yeah. 171 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: So that them being that close, and that's where you're 172 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: from your friends and family. Um, do they make it 173 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: down to a lot of games? Yeah? Absolutely. I got 174 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: quite a few friends that come out down all the time, 175 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: and you know, they understand we don't get like a 176 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: million tickets, so I can help him out here and there. 177 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: But right, they're really good about that. And not one 178 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: to all stay at my house either because I know 179 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: I like one of my space at time. Um, you live, 180 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: what are you do? You live? You live in Dallas, 181 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: you're living up in a Frisco. Yeah, McKinney, McKinney, okay, 182 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: and what's um what what game on the schedule are 183 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: you looking most forward to year? The first one? Yeah, 184 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: let's just get to the first game. And you know, 185 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: we got a lot of these preseason games. We'll take 186 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: those seriously for sure, but I know the end goal 187 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: is to get to game one and and to you know, 188 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: start the season off right. So you know we're gonna 189 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: do what's necessarily this obviously this uh, this training camp 190 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: and and get prepared for the year. Yeah what uh, 191 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: what's what's so far? So the Giants obviously was a 192 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: big game. This is you know, you got two good years, 193 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: two years under your belt, what's Is there any standout 194 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: NFL standout moments or any any moments hell, it could 195 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: be in a practice, it could be at training camp. 196 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: Is there anything that's kind of like your cool NFL moment? No, 197 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: not too much. Um you know it's sometimes I just 198 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: sit back and I look up and I say, man, 199 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: I get to compete with the best guys on the 200 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: planet at the sport I love to play. So uh 201 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: that's really sometimes that you know, that's awesome to me. 202 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: I think, and yeah, I have to sit back sometimes 203 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: when you get stressed, you get you mess up on 204 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: something and you know it's gonna be okay, just get 205 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: get going on the next play. But so realize where 206 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: you're at. You know, you're with the best guys on 207 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: the planet. So it makes it fun out there, you know, 208 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: you get to compete like that. Yeah, And it's not 209 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: a bad building we go to work in every day. 210 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: I mean the facility is. I mean it's okay. I 211 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 1: mean mister Jones did an okay job when he built 212 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: that little bit of us. Yeah, yeah, a little bit 213 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: above average. Um Uh. I had something I was gonna 214 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: ask you, and I totally lost my train of thought 215 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: because we're in this beautiful place like this is. Tell 216 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: you what, it doesn't get any I don't know if 217 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: there's a training camp set up that's any better, Like 218 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: you can't see it on camera. Practice fields behind us. 219 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: We literally sleep what is that probably fifty yards sixty 220 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: yards from here. We roll out of bed. These guys 221 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: go to meetings another probably two hundred yards from here, 222 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: and we walk everywhere. The weather's in the low eighties, 223 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: high seventies. Um, I mean, it's it's an awesome place 224 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: that we that we they've set up out here for 225 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: us and that we come to work every day. So 226 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: one thing before we go, because I know, you got 227 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: to get to practice. By the way, AD's going soon tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, 228 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: you're excited. I'm excited. Get to it. You tired of 229 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: just running routes and short trying to put the pads 230 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: on and have some real fun, real fun. Um. What's 231 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: one thing that people may not know about you other 232 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: than if they listen to this show, they know that 233 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: you've had a problem keeping weight on in the past, which, 234 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: by the way, you look like you bulcked up a 235 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: little bit. I'm trying to get a little weight. Yeah, 236 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: you know, I'm trying to hold on all muscle. Oh yeah, yeah, 237 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: you know it okay, yeah, but something people may not 238 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: know about you. That's always a tough question for me. 239 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: Um nice beard. By the way, thanks some growing that up? 240 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: Are you letting that go long hair right now too? 241 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: I like it and switch it up a little bit fun. 242 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: Is that a thing with the whole team or is 243 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: it just you? You know last year Chris Jones. Actually 244 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: we sit right next to each other in the locker room, 245 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: and he was always something man and we grow my 246 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: hair out, and I was like, ah, you know what, 247 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: I'll do it with you. And I ended up like bailing, 248 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: like you know, halfway through the season or something. He 249 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: kept going and so he's always giving me a hard 250 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: time and so I was like, you know, just keep 251 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: it growing. So it's been growing, I think since March now, 252 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: maybe February, So yeah, let grow and Don smire is 253 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: always give me a hard time about it. Yeah, you know, 254 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: and I'm going to hold on to it until it 255 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: gets too hot and then we'll see what happens. Yeah, 256 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: well we play inside so maybe yeah right, yeah, except 257 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: practice that's that might be a little rough and into August. Yeah, 258 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: we'll see. Hopefully I'm in good shape there and it 259 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: won't bother me too much. But yeah, you know, some 260 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: people don't know about me. I mean, if you've got 261 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: not a lot of people. I don't know if they 262 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: watched the college stats or anything, but I was. I 263 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: was a walk on back then, and so I came 264 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: out of my high school as a It was a 265 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: small three A in Oklahoma. I don't know if you're 266 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: familiar with three A Oklahoma ball, but we passed it 267 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: like maybe five times a game. So we didn't have 268 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: a lot of guys. So I had to play offensive 269 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: tackle actually about sixty three, about one hundred and ninety 270 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: five pounds, you know, get in there and do what 271 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: I could with all these other Oklahoma boys. So yeah, 272 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: and how did you transition to I had always been 273 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: you know, I tied in before that receiver m. My 274 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 1: coach is like, hey man, we need you to play tackle. 275 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: I was like, okay, you know whatever for THEE for 276 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: the team. Yeah, so, you know, and then I didn't 277 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: have much recruiting because of that, and kind of emailed 278 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: Oaklahama State and they said, hey, come up, no promises, 279 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,599 Speaker 1: and then kind of view the place and how to 280 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: do the actual tryout, you know, the bench pro us 281 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: the article at forty. Yeah, they must have needed an 282 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: extra scout guy or something that snuck in the door. 283 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: So kind of worked out. Yeah. So that started with 284 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: with an email. Yep, yep. I remember there was another 285 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: he's a running back and he went to Southwestern Oaklham State, 286 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: and my coach like, you should seriously, he was talking 287 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: to him, I should seriously consider, you know, emailing these 288 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: teams see if they, you know, would give you a shot. 289 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: And I was like it kind of. I was like, yeah, 290 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: I'd like to do that. And so it worked out. 291 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't change any of it. Oh man, 292 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: So kids, for everybody listening, if you have dreams, it 293 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: can all start with an email. That was his ticket 294 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: to the NFL connection started with an email, right, well, man, 295 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: I appreciate you taking a few minutes. I hope maybe 296 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: we can get you back on sometime during the season. 297 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: It's always a place. You're always such a nice, pleasant person. 298 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: I appreciate it, on and on and off camera. I 299 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Just seem like you're enjoying, enjoying this experience. 300 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: It could be worse. You know it could be worse. 301 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: Always right, well, we will be bad back with another 302 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: episode soon from Oxnard, California, with Hanging with the Boys. 303 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 304 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.