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Speaker 1: Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, and Nicky Spagnola.
Speaker 2: And here it is It's Giants Week at the Star
Speaker 2: in Frisco. Bill Jones, along with Mickey Spagnola as Everson
Speaker 2: Walls is on assignment today.
Speaker 1: He's a Walls, Yes he is.
Speaker 2: He's somewhere. We're not sure where, but anyway, we've got
Speaker 2: lots to get to. It's Tuesday here at the Star.
Speaker 2: It's a day off of the players. But you know what, Mickey,
Speaker 2: it is Friday elsewhere.
Speaker 1: Friday.
Speaker 2: It's Friday in Kansas City and Detroit. Is the NFL season.
Speaker 2: Tirksa game Thursday night in Kansas City, And if you
Speaker 2: do the math on that, it's like a It's like
Speaker 2: a Friday in Kansas City and Detroit. The Lions will
Speaker 2: be flying to Kansas City tomorrow. We are that close
Speaker 2: to the real games in the National Football League and
Speaker 2: I can't wait.
Speaker 1: After we got a pretty good college kickoff.
Speaker 2: Good weekend. The weekend was a good weekend.
Speaker 1: Watched a lot of football and now the NFL takes off.
Speaker 2: Watched a little Dion on Saturday?
Speaker 1: Did you a little Dion or a lot of Dyon?
Speaker 2: I watched Dion's kid, Shador Sanders passed for a school
Speaker 2: record five hundred and ten yards.
Speaker 1: So if you have a quarterback throwing for five hundred
Speaker 1: and ten yards on you, why would you rush him
Speaker 1: with a three man front?
Speaker 2: Oh? Okay, just asking, just asking. That's where we're starting today.
Speaker 2: I know what.
Speaker 1: I asked my TV that and I didn't get an answer.
Speaker 2: It goes back to when you got the best, the
Speaker 2: better players on your team, you got a better chance
Speaker 2: of winning.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: It was pretty darn good. It was. It was fun
Speaker 2: to watch. And uh, you know, tc you put up
Speaker 2: a great you know. TCU was depleted as obvious from
Speaker 2: the draft. They had more players drafted this year than
Speaker 2: in previous years and so they can still have a
Speaker 2: great season there. But Sunny Dyke's lived by the transfer
Speaker 2: portal at both s m U and TCU. Well, Dion
Speaker 2: showed him a thing or two about the transfer portal,
Speaker 2: did he Well, well, you can, well, you can go
Speaker 2: to the transfer portal, and it's in your own home.
Speaker 2: With the quarterback, it helps there. And then you got
Speaker 2: a Charles Woodson like player on your team, and you've
Speaker 2: got a running back who looked like Tony dor said
Speaker 2: out there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and uh it was. And they kept saying that
Speaker 1: it was. This team played in the National Championship Game
Speaker 1: last year, this school played in it. That's not the
Speaker 1: same team. After you just mentioned how many guys they
Speaker 1: hadn't drafted into the NFL.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, So anyway, that was a great way to
Speaker 2: cut off, and it was exciting. It keeps getting better
Speaker 2: and better because now you know, through the Labor Day weekend.
Speaker 2: I love summer, but I love football more. And and
Speaker 2: here we go. It all gets started with the NFL slate.
Speaker 2: You know, it's funny, you know, the high school season
Speaker 2: around here started two weeks ago. They're going to have
Speaker 2: three games under their belt before the cow kick it
Speaker 2: off against the Giants on Sunday night, and the college
Speaker 2: season will be two games deep by the time the
Speaker 2: Cowboys start. And and this past Sunday was the last
Speaker 2: Sunday without the NFL until after Valentine's Day.
Speaker 1: Basically, you're absolutely right, you know, and I was thinking, well,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are going to play a night game the
Speaker 1: kickoff the season, and it's in New York. Well, if
Speaker 1: anybody watched the US Open tennis last night, that's no
Speaker 1: piece of cake. It may be one hundred degrees there,
Speaker 1: but I've never seen two tennis players cramping up more
Speaker 1: than I did last night watching Center and zev How
Speaker 1: do you say it's Zeviev?
Speaker 2: I was watching Clemson get beat by Duke.
Speaker 1: I can't no, I but no. It went on till
Speaker 1: midnight and they didn't finish till one thirty morning.
Speaker 2: Wow. The Cowboys should be well prepared if it's going
Speaker 2: to be hot any right, humid in the Meadowlands on
Speaker 2: Sunday night, because it's that they got that here, and
Speaker 2: it's going to be all week continuing. Well, summer continues.
Speaker 1: Here, but they're probably only going to practice one more
Speaker 1: time outdoors. I would imagine then Thursday and Friday their indoor.
Speaker 1: But they were leased outdoors on Monday. There was a
Speaker 1: practice here. By the way, everybody's talking about Labor Day
Speaker 1: and everybody's got a holiday. Well, the Cowboys were practicing
Speaker 1: on Labor.
Speaker 2: Day, and that means you were working on labor.
Speaker 1: That's right, right once again, I didn't have shells on,
Speaker 1: but they did when they when they worked out on Monday,
Speaker 1: and it got a little toasty out there before they finished,
Speaker 1: so they got a little taste of it.
Speaker 2: Bring us up to speed. Then, while we were laying
Speaker 2: by the pool on Labor Day, what happened here at
Speaker 2: the Star.
Speaker 1: So the Cowboys had about an hour hour and a
Speaker 1: half practice. We got to watch the first twenty minutes
Speaker 1: half hour. You know, they seemed a good pace and everything. Now,
Speaker 1: one of the things that did happen is Tyler Smith
Speaker 1: kind of walked off with a little bit of a
Speaker 1: hamstring irritation tightness, I think they called it. And Jerry
Speaker 1: Jones said this morning that they were going to get
Speaker 1: an MRI for precautionary reasons. I see where everybody got
Speaker 1: headlines that he had a going for an MRI. They
Speaker 1: left out the precautionary part of it. And Jerry also
Speaker 1: said that they felt better about his tightness after we
Speaker 1: assessed it after practice, not as severe enough that should
Speaker 1: impact him on Sunday. So that's a good thing because
Speaker 1: the last thing you want to do is once again
Speaker 1: have to dig into your not much depth on the
Speaker 1: offensive line right off the bat, all.
Speaker 2: Right, So we might as well dive into that. You know,
Speaker 2: if you look at one position group on this team
Speaker 2: that might be that looks good on paper that you
Speaker 2: might have the biggest concerns about holding up for the
Speaker 2: entire length of a seventeen game regular season and then
Speaker 2: hopefully the playoffs. The offensive line would be at the
Speaker 2: top of the list.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you start assessing the Boys roster, I
Speaker 1: think one of your biggest concerns. But I'm guessing the
Speaker 1: majority of teams in the NFL have the same thing.
Speaker 1: Depth on the offensive line. He just don't have it.
Speaker 1: Teams don't have it. It's hard to find offensive linemen
Speaker 1: these days. And if you got five good ones, that's great,
Speaker 1: you might have a sixth, but getting to seven, eight
Speaker 1: and nine sometimes is very, very difficult at that offensive
Speaker 1: line position.
Speaker 2: And speaking of the offensive line, the other news that
Speaker 2: has happened here in the last forty eight hours and
Speaker 2: especially since we last talked to you last week, Terrence
Speaker 2: Steele has a five year contract extension nearly eighty seven
Speaker 2: million dollars fifty million guaranteed. And what a great story
Speaker 2: that is for the undrafted right tackle out of Texas
Speaker 2: Tech who now is being compensated with the top right
Speaker 2: tackles in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and you know what he played at that level.
Speaker 1: I think the last year for sure until the ACL injuries.
Speaker 1: And if you think about it, one of the big questions,
Speaker 1: and this tells you how important Terrence Steele was to
Speaker 1: this offensive line. The big question was would he be
Speaker 1: ready to start the season after suffering that torn ACL
Speaker 1: the first week in December, and he's absolutely ready to go.
Speaker 1: And the Cowboys had been wanting to work on that contract.
Speaker 1: He was a restricted free agent this year. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: qualified him at four point three million, and I always
Speaker 1: thought that they would like to start the extension, an
Speaker 1: extension this year or a new contract this year, and
Speaker 1: they finally got it done. And the key number there, Bill,
Speaker 1: you just mentioned it, it's the fifty million guaranteed. You know,
Speaker 1: you can say, well, it's eighty six as much as
Speaker 1: ninety one, but the guarantee is what is in. So
Speaker 1: you've got basically ten million dollars a year guaranteed over
Speaker 1: the five years and that's significant. And what a good
Speaker 1: story of a guy that was an undrafted rookie free
Speaker 1: agent in twenty twenty, and he made himself. I think
Speaker 1: Jerry called it a testament to him developing himself over
Speaker 1: the years and not only developing himself, but getting back
Speaker 1: ready to play com September tenth.
Speaker 2: And I mentioned that he's now being compensated like the
Speaker 2: top right tackles in the league. Lane Johnson's at the
Speaker 2: top of the list. He averages. I think his contract
Speaker 2: value is around twenty million dollars a year. But when
Speaker 2: you look at this past off season and the money
Speaker 2: that right tackles were getting in free agency, Mike mcclinchy,
Speaker 2: former first round number nine overall pick of San Francisco
Speaker 2: five years ago, he got virtually the same contract a
Speaker 2: ten and Steel got with the Denver Broncos. It was
Speaker 2: basically a little over fifty million dollars guaranteed. And to
Speaker 2: put it in that ballpark, Okay, mclenche comes into the league,
Speaker 2: he was being paid at the top of what tackles
Speaker 2: get paid in the league as rookies coming in. Well,
Speaker 2: Terrence Steele was at the bottom as an undrafted guy. Well,
Speaker 2: now Terrence Steele has made up ground in a hurry,
Speaker 2: and especially less than nine months after his knee surgery, right,
Speaker 2: And it wasn't just ACL surgery. He had damage to
Speaker 2: other ligaments, the whole alphabet.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and ACL M MCL, and.
Speaker 2: Then I can't ACL. And I thought, even before this
Speaker 2: contract was signed, when I'd look at what happened over
Speaker 2: the course of training camp in Oxnard and the preseason,
Speaker 2: perhaps the most significant thing that happened was that Terrence Steele, well,
Speaker 2: Antony Pollard, but Terrence Steele right, was healthy and improved
Speaker 2: it during ol of KMP.
Speaker 1: I mean, don't you think those were the two big
Speaker 1: question marks going in the training ramp?
Speaker 4: Right?
Speaker 1: Those guys be ready, and they are. And now the
Speaker 1: Cowboys right side of that offensive line, it's a pretty
Speaker 1: expensive right side if you consider he's flying up.
Speaker 2: That guy his money guaranteed a few weeks ago and now, and.
Speaker 1: I think his guarantee ended up being two years, thirty
Speaker 1: six million total, so eighteen million a year. So yeah,
Speaker 1: now maybe they can start working on beattish because people
Speaker 1: forget he went to the Pro Bowl last year, so
Speaker 1: his contract is up, and it is he's in his
Speaker 1: last year. Everybody talks about, well CD is next, and
Speaker 1: very well could be. But again everybody goes, well, how
Speaker 1: does this work out? It's like, whoever wants to sign,
Speaker 1: whoever wants to get it done, they can get it done.
Speaker 1: They're offering a matter of look at, let's just.
Speaker 2: Review real quick. Yes, what they've done as far as
Speaker 2: a contract extension since the start training camp. And it
Speaker 2: started with Trayvon Diggs and his five year extension, and
Speaker 2: it continued with Malie Hooker got basically the same deal
Speaker 2: that Donovan Wilson got in the off season, so they
Speaker 2: got two of their safeties locked up for the next
Speaker 2: three years. And then it continues with Zach Martin after
Speaker 2: his holdout and they got him taken care of. And
Speaker 2: now Terrence Steele and.
Speaker 1: I think, what what you need to consider? It's like, oh,
Speaker 1: to have enough money for this, this, and this. The
Speaker 1: salary CAP's going to go up significantly next year when
Speaker 1: the TV new TV contract money kicks in. It may
Speaker 1: go up as much as twenty five thirty million dollars.
Speaker 1: So that you get it done now and you're able
Speaker 1: to start spreading it out looking towards the future. You mentioned,
Speaker 1: you know, they got to get CD LAMB done at
Speaker 1: some point. Dak Prescott's not going to count sixty million
Speaker 1: against the cap next year, fifty nine point whatever. You know,
Speaker 1: that'll get done. So yeah, now it's just a matter
Speaker 1: of you know, we talked about, well what happens like
Speaker 1: who's your backup offensive guard on this team? And I
Speaker 1: think that, you know, from what I can tell looking
Speaker 1: at practice yesterday, one of the guys that was working
Speaker 1: at backup left guard was Awesome Richards, the fifth round
Speaker 1: draft choice. Now he's been working tackle guard. The other
Speaker 1: guy that has some experience there is Chuma Doga. They've
Speaker 1: got him as a backup tackle after getting him on
Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster. So we'll see where that
Speaker 1: one goes, you know, as quiet and maybe we didn't
Speaker 1: make enough of it. They had been working Josh Ball
Speaker 1: a lot at guard and was he great, No, But
Speaker 1: was he serviceable as a backup yes? And then he
Speaker 1: has the a hip injury and they lose him for
Speaker 1: the season and for the season, and that I think
Speaker 1: really really hurts. The other guy as a backup, TJ. Bass.
Speaker 1: They like him, but again he's making a jump you know,
Speaker 1: from was it Oregon, yes, yes, Oregon right to the
Speaker 1: NFL and he didn't get drafted, so got to keep
Speaker 1: an eye on that. And then they picked up a
Speaker 1: guy on the practice squad, a center guard. The Giants
Speaker 1: let go Sean Harlowe and again.
Speaker 2: And he started three games in Arizona last year.
Speaker 1: Right, So he's I think he started eight games of
Speaker 1: the thirty three he's played in the league. He was
Speaker 1: a fourth round pick of Atlanta at one point. But
Speaker 1: he's not very big. Bill two eighty five, that's nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety size.
Speaker 2: I think that might be when he came out of college.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, I saw another number of six four, three
Speaker 2: oh three. Got him? You got get get him up
Speaker 2: over three bills.
Speaker 1: Let's see what we got here. Practice squad they don't
Speaker 1: have it none.
Speaker 2: But I've seen I've seen the two eighty five and
Speaker 2: I've seen the three oh three on him. But really,
Speaker 2: when you look at it, if the Cowboys get to
Speaker 2: that point and he's a practice squad guy, so he
Speaker 2: could be eligible to be called up week to week.
Speaker 2: If they were looking for a more veteran guy early
Speaker 2: in the season, uh, to be that kind of that
Speaker 2: swing inside guy. Uh, then he could be he could
Speaker 2: be the guy that they call up.
Speaker 1: And they also work brock Hoffman, who's kind of the
Speaker 1: backup center now at guard and so you got three
Speaker 1: call ups there, three call ups, you know, and you
Speaker 1: might just kind of see how that all works out,
Speaker 1: have it because you're gonna have to call somebody up
Speaker 1: to be the backup center, right, So that'll be an
Speaker 1: interesting one to watch how many times you can use
Speaker 1: that call up, because that's what they're doing with CJ.
Speaker 1: Goodwin also for special teams, knowing he's got three call
Speaker 1: ups and you're thinking maybe week four a roster spot and.
Speaker 2: You can do a couple of a couple of call
Speaker 2: ups a week, right, So you could be looking at well,
Speaker 2: for sure you'll have CJ. Goodwin one of the call ups, and.
Speaker 1: Then you'll probably an offensive maybe Harlow because of his experience,
Speaker 1: but he had many or as long. Right.
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Speaker 2: All right, we continue here on Mixed Shots on a Tuesday.
Speaker 2: The team will get back together on Wednesday, and that
Speaker 2: is when they will officially start giants this week. But really, Mickey,
Speaker 2: they've been working on the giants for a while now.
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, probably somewhat in training camp at some point,
Speaker 1: and you know the coaches have been so yeah, this
Speaker 1: is nothing new that I don't know that the Giants
Speaker 1: changed dramatically from last year, same quarterback, same running back.
Speaker 2: They changed dramatically at tight end with Waller, yes, and
Speaker 2: they've added some others at wide. Do you receive a
Speaker 2: rookie jal And Hyatt and Paris Campbell a veteran signed
Speaker 2: in free agency. But I will get more into the
Speaker 2: Giants as the week goes on. Anything else that you
Speaker 2: heard from Jerry on the radio today that that was
Speaker 2: of interest that we should point out.
Speaker 1: You know, one of the things, well, one thing he
Speaker 1: said about Dak Prescott, because of course they wanted to
Speaker 1: know about his contract and can you handle that much
Speaker 1: against the salary cap? He said, we expect Dak to
Speaker 1: be with us a long time. So once again we'll
Speaker 1: reiterate that the Cowboys did not trade for Trey Lance
Speaker 1: to be a threat to Dak Prescott's going forward with
Speaker 1: the Cowboys.
Speaker 2: You did get a chance to see Trey Lance on
Speaker 2: the practice field since we last convened the last Thursday.
Speaker 1: So they are working with him. So I saw it
Speaker 1: on Monday, and I also saw it on Thursday with
Speaker 1: his kind of three step drop turn, get your arm
Speaker 1: up and throw. So working on some mechanics fundamentals. Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1: And the good thing about him, well, the team was
Speaker 1: off on Friday, but I saw he was here. So
Speaker 1: I think he and Scott Tolzine's going to be his
Speaker 1: next best friend, because I think they ever told Scott
Speaker 1: cold Zine, this is your project right here.
Speaker 2: The new quarterbacks Doug Smiers with Kellen Moore now with
Speaker 2: the Chargers, right.
Speaker 1: So, Uh, and UH got a chance when the locker
Speaker 1: room opened on Thursday, Uh, to just kind of chit
Speaker 1: chat with Trey Lance, not like an interview. There was
Speaker 1: a couple of us there. And I'll tell you what,
Speaker 1: Uh just kind of impressed with how he handles himself. Boy,
Speaker 1: he's got a big old bicep by the way, okay.
Speaker 1: Uh and if you watch him throw, I mean he's
Speaker 1: got an arm. Now, it's just a matter of playing football,
Speaker 1: as we talked about uh previously, you know. And for
Speaker 1: him getting settled in here, uh, you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you get traded and you zoom
Speaker 1: here right away. Uh And I mean zoom on a plane. Okay,
Speaker 1: and uh uh. But I just kind of liked his
Speaker 1: nature and you know, his thoughts about knowing that he's
Speaker 1: to play football, that he hasn't played that much. So
Speaker 1: I'll be interesting to see where this goes from. You know.
Speaker 2: It's interesting. We've talked before about Trey Lance and the
Speaker 2: number of passes he attempted even at North Dakota State,
Speaker 2: which was in the three hundred range in his one
Speaker 2: year sixteen starts at North Dakota State when they won
Speaker 2: the national championship. I was looking at Bryce Young. I
Speaker 2: was watching some of him last night. I had to
Speaker 2: make my picks on you know, predictions on who's going
Speaker 2: to be the offensive Rookie of the year, defensive Rookie
Speaker 2: of the year, Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, all
Speaker 2: that stuff. So I just watched Bryce Young in some
Speaker 2: preseason games. I really like what I see from him
Speaker 2: as far as his ability to process quickly and so forth,
Speaker 2: which is a huge factor in making a transition from
Speaker 2: college to the NFL. But I just looked up his
Speaker 2: number of games, number of passes he threw in college.
Speaker 2: At the highest level of college football, Alabama, he had
Speaker 2: nine and forty nine pass attempts in two years as
Speaker 2: a starting quarterback at Alabama twenty seven games. And so
Speaker 2: I mean that's three times as many pass attempts. And
Speaker 2: there's a whole bunch of other quarterbacks coming into the
Speaker 2: league who have upwards of twelve hundred pass attempts in
Speaker 2: their college career. In fact, dak Prescott is probably up
Speaker 2: near that level in his three years as a starter
Speaker 2: at Mississippi State. You're just behind. And Trey Lance came
Speaker 2: into the league, as we talked about, he was drafted
Speaker 2: at age twenty, didn't turn twenty one until May of
Speaker 2: that year. And it's a lot to ask of him
Speaker 2: to be able coming out of that college atmosphere, that
Speaker 2: college offense, to make the transition to the NFL seamlessly.
Speaker 1: And I'll say it one more time. He only started
Speaker 1: one year in high school. He redshirted his first year
Speaker 1: at North Dakota State, started his second year third year.
Speaker 1: So covid played one game and turned pro and turn pro.
Speaker 1: And so since high school, now think about this, since
Speaker 1: high school, he has thrown in competitive games four hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty passes. Four hundred and twenty. That is not enough.
Speaker 1: Dack through four to sixty five is rookie year after
Speaker 1: starting or playing three years at Mississippi State at.
Speaker 2: Age twenty three, which is what Trey Lance is now
Speaker 2: right now.
Speaker 1: So there's a developmental part that has to take place,
Speaker 1: and I think the Cowboys understand that and they're willing to.
Speaker 1: You know, it's almo to like taking a doing a
Speaker 1: redo on a house, you know, and you're hoping that
Speaker 1: you can upgrade it and then flip it at the end,
Speaker 1: if that's what it means, or have a backup court, quality,
Speaker 1: backup quarterback down the line.
Speaker 2: And I have another preseason prediction right now. That's the
Speaker 2: last time we'll talk about Trey Lance for a long time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, Or that's the way Jerry wants, that's the
Speaker 1: way he put it out. One other thing from practice
Speaker 1: on on on Monday, Uh, kind of an injury update. Uh,
Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis did practice, but again they were in shells,
Speaker 1: helmets and shells. Uh. And my understanding is, you know,
Speaker 1: he was gonna be limited in practice and he's probably
Speaker 1: limited the first week or two. And again, knowing the
Speaker 1: Cowboys and how they treat guys coming off injuries like that,
Speaker 1: he needs to be in pads for a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks before I think they they put him in a game.
Speaker 1: Same thing with Donovan Wilson. He's not quite ready yet.
Speaker 1: Uh and again he probably needs a ramp up. He
Speaker 1: hasn't played, you know, any football since that first padded
Speaker 1: practice in training camp, So we keep an eye on that.
Speaker 1: Sam Williams a little bit of a foot injury tow
Speaker 1: that was a question mark. They're going to see where
Speaker 1: that goes. But my understanding is a dooga Tuma adoga
Speaker 1: who had missed quite a bit of time with the
Speaker 1: hyper extended knee causing a bone bruise, should be good
Speaker 1: to go for at least practice and then we'll see
Speaker 1: if he's ready for the season opener. So those are
Speaker 1: some of the guys that they're keeping an eye on
Speaker 1: from an injury standpoint.
Speaker 2: Would you like to know on my little predictions, who
Speaker 2: I selected as the Defensive Player of the Year and
Speaker 2: the National Football League this year will be?
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a shock.
Speaker 2: It's the same guy who just tweeted seven minutes ago.
Speaker 2: I wish the Scooby Doo gummy snacks go back to.
Speaker 1: Original two thousand version. This new version don't hit the
Speaker 1: same and that would be Michael Parsons.
Speaker 2: Well, he hits the save.
Speaker 1: Is he twenty three?
Speaker 2: Yet? Actually we share the same birthday, May twenty sixth Yeah.
Speaker 1: Years a little different.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. I think. Let's see, Micah was twenty.
Speaker 1: Four, twenty four, Yeah, but he just turned twenty four
Speaker 1: in May.
Speaker 2: Yeah, May twenty six.
Speaker 1: Yeah, newly minted twenty four, So the original two thousand version.
Speaker 2: That means he was one year old when the Scooby
Speaker 2: Doo gummy snacks came out, and I guess as.
Speaker 1: A one year old he was probably eating there.
Speaker 2: You like my pick, Michah Parsons.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's a good going out on I.
Speaker 2: Think he was my pick last year too. But I
Speaker 2: do think that, uh, And we've talked about it a
Speaker 2: lot since it started training camp. But you just see
Speaker 2: where Micah is in his career, what he did in
Speaker 2: the off season, the way he was coming off the
Speaker 2: edge in training camp practices. I think he is poised
Speaker 2: to have a huge year.
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely. And you know we've talked about this, but
Speaker 1: he ruined many offensive practices during training camp because they
Speaker 1: just couldn't block them. Uh. And you hope that wasn't
Speaker 1: a reflection on the Cowboys tackle situation because Uh, he
Speaker 1: was he was revved up.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 1: And one thing that I did kind of find out
Speaker 1: is that, you know, that was the other position I
Speaker 1: was worried about depth was linebacker. After Overshawn got hurt. Uh,
Speaker 1: they didn't get Jabril Cox back onto the practice squad.
Speaker 1: What were they going to do there if one of
Speaker 1: the starters, because they play so much two linebacker in
Speaker 1: a big safety Uh with Demon Clark and Leyton vander
Speaker 1: ash you know what happens to one of those guys
Speaker 1: get hurt. Well, Michael Parsons is your next linebacker. And
Speaker 1: I was told that they may use him a little
Speaker 1: bit more at linebacker this year than they previously have.
Speaker 1: Now they're gonna they're gonna pass rush him, They're gonna
Speaker 1: use them all over the place.
Speaker 2: But and they were they were thinking that even before
Speaker 2: the Overshown injury. Yeah, would imagine, because you can't anticipate
Speaker 2: unless there was an injury or whatever. I mean, you
Speaker 2: were preparing Overshown in case there was an injury. But
Speaker 2: if everybody stays healthy, Overshown was going to be a
Speaker 2: special teams guy and maybe you figure out defense. Yeah right, Yeah,
Speaker 2: in some sort of sub package as he as he
Speaker 2: learns the defense.
Speaker 1: And so the other thing to help the depth at
Speaker 1: linebacker is the big safeties that they kept, Marquise Bell
Speaker 1: and Janier Thomas. Those guys certainly can take some of
Speaker 1: the pressure off in passing situations. But I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to see Micah Parsons all over the defensive formation this year.
Speaker 2: Did you get a chance to see Noah Benigany out
Speaker 2: on the practice field?
Speaker 1: Yeah, but they didn't. It wasn't a real, real highly
Speaker 1: competitive one. Got to listen to him, and he was
Speaker 1: another guy that talked about came out at an early
Speaker 1: age and really didn't understand what it meant to be
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And he feels like he's matured now.
Speaker 1: So again, you know you were gonna cut Calvin Joseph.
Speaker 1: They were gonna cut him, No Noah, and uh, I
Speaker 1: didn't want to trip over it. And and so okay,
Speaker 1: you give a guy a new each guy a new
Speaker 1: chance in a new atmosphere and kind of see how
Speaker 1: it works out. But they needed another guy with experience
Speaker 1: on the outside because the only really other corner, you know,
Speaker 1: until they get Lewis back and he's inside, would be
Speaker 1: Eric Scott, the rookie sixth round pick Nashwan Wright is
Speaker 1: still banged up and and he ended up on on
Speaker 1: injured reserve, right or did he? Yeah? He did? Uh,
Speaker 1: So they needed another guy on the outside.
Speaker 2: Okay, second Noah Igbanigany You talk about how young he
Speaker 2: was when he came into the league. Yeah, I don't
Speaker 2: think I've ever seen anyone now. Tyron is close. I
Speaker 2: guess he was drafted first round draft pick in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2: He turned twenty on November twenty seventh of twenty nineteen,
Speaker 2: so he was he was less than twenty and a
Speaker 2: half years and tyroing his birthday's in December, right, and
Speaker 2: he would, So this he's actually younger than Tyron Smith
Speaker 2: was when he was.
Speaker 1: Drafted, and we thought he was young, right, And.
Speaker 2: So Igbinnigindy turns twenty four in November. He's he's still
Speaker 2: very young. And so that's another reason why you go
Speaker 2: ahead and take a Yeah, take a fire on him.
Speaker 2: See what he's what you got this year, and then
Speaker 2: he might be a guy you want to resign in
Speaker 2: the offseason he becomes a free agent.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And they certainly probably wouldn't unless he becomes a
Speaker 1: star pick up his fifty year.
Speaker 2: But that's an already decision was made.
Speaker 1: That was made by they didn't that's right, that's right.
Speaker 1: So basically it's almost a free look to see a
Speaker 1: guy on a minimum salary, and.
Speaker 2: They needed and with Nashawan Wright's injury, they needed a
Speaker 2: guy at outside corner type body.
Speaker 1: Right, yeah, absolutely, and and so you know, and and
Speaker 1: so Nashawan Wright's gonna miss the first he has to
Speaker 1: miss the first four games. Uh. And then they've used
Speaker 1: Macwamu some outside the safety, but I think you wanted
Speaker 1: more of a true cornerback to be able to play
Speaker 1: that spot. So it's not all about what they think
Speaker 1: of a guy as putting together your roster at spots
Speaker 1: where you need guys to fill in.
Speaker 2: And you did see Anthony Brown of Steelers Steelers practice
Speaker 2: squad Anthony Brown, and.
Speaker 1: That gives him an opportunity to go there and see
Speaker 1: how far he's recovered from the Achilles. You know, the
Speaker 1: Cowboys were going to keep.
Speaker 2: An eye on them, and they can still keep it.
Speaker 2: And they still can, right, I mean, he's still a
Speaker 2: free agent. He's on a practice squad, But I mean,
Speaker 2: you don't even with the practice squad guy. You don't
Speaker 2: even have to go through their team. You could just
Speaker 2: go straight to the player. So if the Cowboys had
Speaker 2: an injury at cornerback, they could go right to Anthony
Speaker 2: Brown and say and so it's a really a good thing.
Speaker 2: This was what I thought of when he signed with Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2: That's a good thing as a for the Cowboys to
Speaker 2: have in their hip pocket that he's working out with
Speaker 2: the team and somebody else, Yeah, exactly, and then he's
Speaker 2: he's on your short list if you needed something, because.
Speaker 1: They know all they need to know exactly him. Right.
Speaker 1: The other guy I saw got picked up was the
Speaker 1: Rams signed Brett Maher after he got released by Denver
Speaker 1: because Will Lutts was available for Sean Payton.
Speaker 2: But a good thing for Brett Maher. The way it
Speaker 2: looks with the Rams team this year, and especially Cooper
Speaker 2: cup But has a hamstring issue, I don't think there
Speaker 2: will be a lot of extra points attempted by the
Speaker 2: Rams this year. All right, that's cruel. Continue with more
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Speaker 1: How about what about this offense?
Speaker 2: Yep?
Speaker 1: What you think needs to happen to qualify being as
Speaker 1: good or better than they were last year? And I
Speaker 1: think people forget because of the San Francisco playoff game
Speaker 1: how good they were offensively last year.
Speaker 2: Well, obviously aside from the offensive line. Staying healthy right
Speaker 2: Brandon Cooks is a huge addition. And I think there
Speaker 2: is another thing that is going to factor into because
Speaker 2: when you look at the San Francisco game last year,
Speaker 2: once Pauler went down with the injury, what explosive players
Speaker 2: did they have to go to the right game? It
Speaker 2: was Ceedee Lamb basically that was it.
Speaker 1: And a guy that came off as couch to help him,
Speaker 1: a y.
Speaker 2: Hill who hadn't been here very long.
Speaker 1: And you can actually add Michael gallup to that addition
Speaker 1: because he looks like.
Speaker 2: Now it's matter what he was seven months ago. The
Speaker 2: other guy I will add to it is ducevawn In
Speaker 2: Cavante Turpin. You can add to it too. He's going
Speaker 2: to be used more, I think on offense. I mean
Speaker 2: barely had any snaps last year on offense. Ducevaan, I
Speaker 2: think is going to I said this in my Little
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Speaker 1: I think what I think there's a plan for him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there is. And I think what Bill's suggesting is this
Speaker 1: offense has speed to burn right now because Cooks can run,
Speaker 1: CD can run, Pollard can run, Turpin can run, and
Speaker 1: Deuce Vaughan can run. And I think that sets a
Speaker 1: combination there. And there was a day in training camp
Speaker 1: practice where they went five wide and I don't even
Speaker 1: remember if there was a tight end on the field,
Speaker 1: but they had the three wide receivers, they had Pollard
Speaker 1: and Deuce on the field at the same time, and
Speaker 1: I think one of the wide receivers was Turpin. So
Speaker 1: now who you Dublin, Because Cooks is going to be
Speaker 1: a nightmare for some of these defenses going forward. And
Speaker 1: that's a lot of speed that this offense hasn't had
Speaker 1: in quite some time.
Speaker 2: And I like Jay Ferguson and Peyton Endershot as receiving
Speaker 2: tight ends too.
Speaker 1: And Scoonmaker's coming on UH and watching college football, I
Speaker 1: saw some this this one play that got used over
Speaker 1: and over again where all the motion goes to the
Speaker 1: right and they leak out the running back to the left,
Speaker 1: and it seemed like inevitably the linebackers forgot to cover
Speaker 1: the running back.
Speaker 2: Where you get you get the linebacker isolated on the
Speaker 2: running back, which works really well when you're running back.
Speaker 2: Is Dylan Edwards the freshman for.
Speaker 8: UH Colorado or do you think you might have adjusted
Speaker 8: to that? Like they rent it over and over again, right,
Speaker 8: And then I saw it in other games where all
Speaker 8: the motion goes to the right and the running back
Speaker 8: goes to the left and they forgot about.
Speaker 2: Them well, and you can really feel it in college.
Speaker 2: But even now with the NFL there's only a certain
Speaker 2: amount of time and due to the Collective Barting Agreement,
Speaker 2: there was only eleven hours during of work time during
Speaker 2: camp and during the season. You can't cover everything, so
Speaker 2: you can you can scheme mismatches.
Speaker 1: Right and think about if that running back going against
Speaker 1: the grain is Deuce Vaughan and they get him out
Speaker 1: in the open field, or even Tony Pollard. You know,
Speaker 1: you might not see Deuce leak out to the left. Now.
Speaker 1: I think people have more of awareness of Pollard, but
Speaker 1: not Deuce or Turpin. I just think they've got some
Speaker 1: guys that can create serious mismatches on offense. And you
Speaker 1: have to remember, you know, other than the first game
Speaker 1: of the year and the last game of the year,
Speaker 1: this team was awfully good with Dak Prescott at quarterback,
Speaker 1: despite the number of interceptions those ten games after he returned,
Speaker 1: when they averaged thirty five points a game. You know, okay,
Speaker 1: maybe you don't do that, but it's a different type
Speaker 1: of offense where maybe you consume the ball a little
Speaker 1: bit more, but you're still scoring points.
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Speaker 2: mixed shots. Are you watch any baseball yesterday?
Speaker 1: I listened to it. I just I'd listened to it outside,
Speaker 1: and I wanted to drown myself.
Speaker 2: Rangers have waited seven years to play meaningful games in September,
Speaker 2: and they've got a very meaningful series going on at
Speaker 2: the ballpark against the Houston Astros. And they had a
Speaker 2: nothing lead to start that game. Correy Seeger hits a
Speaker 2: homer's first bat hit another home run to give him
Speaker 2: the lead again in the fourth inning in the bull
Speaker 2: ten three thirteen to six loss.
Speaker 1: So that was another question I had for the TV
Speaker 1: that I get an answer. Why in the hell did
Speaker 1: they bring in Spores?
Speaker 4: Why he's been awful and they left him in there
Speaker 4: until he gave up six runs they were trying to
Speaker 4: get by.
Speaker 2: Ah, here's their problem? Is there? In fact? You know,
Speaker 2: they acquired eraldis Chapman, who's thirty five years old, and
Speaker 2: then they had to use him four out of five
Speaker 2: days last week. They don't have enough depth in their bullpen.
Speaker 2: It's like an offensive line that doesn't have enough depth,
Speaker 2: and there's leakage all over the place. So six runs scored,
Speaker 2: then they had to keep spores in the game because
Speaker 2: they didn't want to use once they fell behind, but
Speaker 2: three or four runs, they didn't want to use up
Speaker 2: any more of their bullpen because they got Nathan Evaldi
Speaker 2: coming back tonight to pitch. And just like you're trying
Speaker 2: to ramp up a Jordan Lewis or someone coming off
Speaker 2: an injury, Nathan Evaldi's not going to be able to
Speaker 2: go more than three or four innings tonight.
Speaker 1: They got if he goes five, that's great, right. The
Speaker 1: same thing happened with the.
Speaker 2: They're sitting there, they're a game back, and they're only
Speaker 2: a game game back of the Astros and the Mariners,
Speaker 2: And you got Nathan Valdi versus from Brevaldez tonight, and
Speaker 2: then tomorrow night you got Sures versus Verlander.
Speaker 1: Is a night It is a night game, yes on Wednesday?
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, Well, and if the Rangers lose these two,
Speaker 2: that's they won't be mentioned again on mix shots.
Speaker 1: The last time he pitched, they gave them seven innings, right,
Speaker 1: and that was good, right, or six whatever it was,
Speaker 1: and then the bullpen blew it.
Speaker 2: If the Rangers lose the next two, there'll be three
Speaker 2: games out and it'll feel like it's thirteen games out.
Speaker 1: It's just depressing.
Speaker 2: And where they were a month ago, two months ago,
Speaker 2: it looked like they were going to be runaway winners
Speaker 2: in the West.
Speaker 1: It's uh, yep.
Speaker 2: You gotta have guys who can throw, just like in
Speaker 2: the NFL, you have to have guys who can throw
Speaker 2: the football. You gotta have guys who can throw a baseball.
Speaker 1: And you gotta have an offensive line.
Speaker 2: All right. So that does it for this edition of
Speaker 2: Mixed Shots, we dive into those New York Giants when
Speaker 2: the Cowboys get back to work on Wednesday. In the meantime,
Speaker 2: make it a great Tuesday.
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