1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys football Club. This is nick Shot 3 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: streaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at now. Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 5 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola under the superb producing direction of Chris Beam. 6 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: Here it is a Tuesday edition of Mix Shots. And yes, 7 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: the victory tower is still let behind me. It's still 8 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: tis the season, tis playoff season in the National Football League, 9 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: as the Cowboys are in position to win a spot 10 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: in the tournament. Bill Jones with Everson Walls and his 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys gear, Mickey Spagnola in his Cowboys gear inside the 12 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: s WBC Mortgage Studios at Ford Center at the Start 13 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: in Frisco. And here we are. It's the final week 14 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: of the regular season. Ever, so let's give you the 15 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: first thought as we get started on this Tuesday. Well, 16 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: my first thought is, you know, Chris has really been 17 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: asserting himself as a producer here. Now, I think that's 18 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: kind of necessary because you know, it's not named Mick 19 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: Shots for no reason, right, I mean, it's Mick Shots 20 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,559 Speaker 1: because Mick can be a jerk sometimes, So Chris Chris, 21 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: don't play right. I'm gonna start calling Chris uh, mister Carter. 22 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: Remember the old Lean on Me movie Morgan Freeman was 23 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: running the high school and he had the back. Yeah, 24 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna start calling Chris Batman. How about that? Chris 25 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: Beam is the one who keeps Mickey in line on 26 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: Mick shots and Mickey, what are you doing on this 27 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: fine Tuesday? Good? We're talking playoffs? Playoffs possibly. I tell you, guys, 28 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: I do have a scenario that I really didn't think of, 29 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: because usually you're talking about college players going into bowl games, 30 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: and some of them who are highly touted, they're like 31 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: they opt out, like, look, I'm about to get drafted. 32 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: I don't want to get hurt playing against, you know, 33 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: somebody like North Carolina State in a bowl game or 34 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: something like that. So now this morning they talk about 35 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers taking that same attitude. They have decided not 36 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: to start Ben Roethlisberger along with many prominent starters on 37 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: their squad. So now I think they were going to 38 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: play the Browns. They're going to play the Browns. So 39 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: those other teams, Miami, some of those low hanging teams 40 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: that are trying to make the playoffs in the AFC, 41 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: What are you going to look at now? You know, 42 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: what are your options? How do you feel about a 43 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: team basically tanking a game because it doesn't do them 44 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: any good, they can't improve their position. That that's something 45 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: that all of a sudden, you know, it's a foregone 46 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: conclusion on the Brown Steelers game. So whoever's expecting the 47 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: brown the Steelers or the Browns to put up a 48 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: fight one way or the other, that's already pretty much 49 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: predetermined because I can't see Pittsburgh beating the Browns without 50 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger or many of the prominent starters that they've decided 51 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: to sit. So advantage Cleveland is what you're saying. Advantage 52 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: Cleveland and those that need Cleveland to win for them 53 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: to get in. You understand what I'm saying, Well, I'm 54 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: thinking of teams need Cleveland to lose to get in. 55 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: Now you go, it's all determined. It's all been, I 56 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: think now predetermined because I just can't see the Steelers 57 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: winning without their starts. Okay, with Washington cutting Dwayne Haxkins, Hey, 58 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: if it can benefit the Cowboy, I don't give a 59 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: damn what Washington does. Well, I just see what I'm saying. 60 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: I just say I just saw something that Rivera said 61 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: that he seems confident that Alex Smith will be able 62 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: to play on Sunday. But who knows what you say 63 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the week, right smoke screens could 64 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: be I don't I don't like that. I don't like 65 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: that Alex Smith is he was doing very well before 66 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: the cast or the schooling with him, and boy, he's 67 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: gonna come out fired him, ready to go, and uh. 68 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: And what I had heard and I can't remember if 69 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: it was one of those information guys at the major 70 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: sports networks, either NFL Network or ESPN, I can't remember 71 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: which one said that Alex Smith. They Washington felt like 72 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: on Friday that Alex Smith was going to be good 73 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: to go this week against Carolina. This past week against Carolina, 74 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: he had a little bit of soreness on Saturday, and 75 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: then they just as a group decided, let's hold off, 76 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: let's let's give it another week because they didn't have 77 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: to win on Sunday against Carolina. Yeah, if they would 78 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: have benefited greatly had they won, but they didn't have 79 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: to win, and so I think they feel pretty confident 80 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: Alex Smith is going to play against Philadelphia Sunday night, 81 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: and I would imagine that it made it a lot 82 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: easier for them to make the decision to go ahead 83 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: and release Dwayne Haskins, especially because Taylor Heineke with Bill 84 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: bad I agree with, and Heineke had moved past Haskins anyway, 85 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: So if Smith can't go, they were comfortable with going 86 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: with Heineke over Haskins. So and who Actually, we'll see 87 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: the game at the end and played better. That's right, 88 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: That's right, That's what that's That's what I'm saying. And 89 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: so with the issues that we're going on anyway with 90 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 1: Haskins over the course of the last week or if 91 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: not longer than that, they just decided to cut bait 92 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: now and and we'll see what happens. You know. The 93 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 1: other thing as it relates to Philadelphia and Washington in 94 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: regards to what you're talking about, one thing that I 95 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: was thinking about in this COVID year where opting out 96 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: has been, uh, something that was prevalent even before the 97 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: season began. What about these teams with veteran players who 98 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: now come down, who are out of the playoff hunt, 99 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: and now they come down to the last game of 100 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: the season. They might be even more apt to opt 101 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: out of this game than in previous years. One guy 102 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: in particular is Fletcher Cox, who was on the sideline 103 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: anyway he got and it had been nursing an injury 104 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: even and he didn't practice last week coming into the 105 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: Cowboys game and then left with a stinger. I would 106 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: think it's the chances that Fletcher Cox's playing against Washington 107 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: are not great at all this week. Yeah, but I 108 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: don't I don't think you would. I mean, I don't 109 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: think you can call it an opt out because I 110 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: don't think I think there was a deadline to opt 111 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: out for COVID reasons. So you're right, right, but you 112 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: can easily Yeah, it wouldn't be official. One of the 113 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: veteran guys say, I'm not playing that bowl game. I 114 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: got nothing to gain. I gotta get exactly Yeah, exactly, which, which, 115 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: by the way, on the college thing, I'm all for 116 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: right now, but with the state of college football, not 117 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: to get two into this topic, but I'm good with 118 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,679 Speaker 1: every NFL draft prospect who's not playing in a national 119 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: semifinal opt out of these bowl games, opt out out, 120 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: and that that is the only way we're going to 121 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: be able to fix college football where they can expand 122 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: the playoffs into an eighteen playoff or whatever and make 123 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: these games matter. You get all those players opting out, 124 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: and then they'll understand that they've got a broke product 125 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: in college football as far as the bowls are concerned. 126 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: Or you can be like Missouri and have a COVID 127 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: outbreak and have to cancel your bowl game. It's Missouri 128 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: the reason that they canceled. Yeah, and you probably don't 129 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: want to go to Nashville anyway, with the problems they've 130 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: been having there. That's right. They were in the music 131 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: city boy watch out bags, Yes, watch out but it 132 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: so anyway. You know, when you look at these this 133 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: final week of the regular season, there's there's so many 134 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: different variables at play. And then and by the way, 135 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: and I know, Mickey, you're not big into fantasy football. 136 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: This is why the fantasy football season ends in week 137 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: sixteen and not in week seventeen, because you never know 138 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: who's going to actually be playing in the games in 139 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: a week seventeen. But obviously the Cowboys need and I 140 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: think the Eagles will put a good effort out there. 141 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: I think they benefit from the fact that Jalen Hurts 142 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: is at quarterback. He has shown that he's got good 143 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: leadership ability and his teammates want to play for him. 144 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: And really, those the younger guys, I mean, they've got 145 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: a lot to play for in term on every team 146 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: have a lot to play for in terms of making 147 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: an impression for next season. Yeah, especially those young cornerbacks right, 148 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: trying to find their way in the league. You would 149 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: think the running back Sanders, he needs to play, right, 150 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: he's trying to earn a job, and they don't draft 151 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: the running back ahead of him, you know. And yeah, 152 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: I just think I just think, you know, the guys 153 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: that play will play. No one wants to put bad 154 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: tape out there, and everybody knows that at some point 155 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: maybe free agency looms on the horizon and somebody will go, hell, 156 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: let me see how this guy played games seventeen or 157 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: game sixteen and twenty, right, and they go, and he 158 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: did that? Seriously, I don't want him. So I think 159 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: those things are you have to take into consideration about, 160 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, just going up and going through the motions 161 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: and playing the last game of the season. But but 162 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: on the other hand, you have to be excited about 163 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: some players opportunity. You know, you've got some guys we 164 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: talked about all the practice players. The cowboy hasn't been 165 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: using on the offensive line, talking about the secondary of 166 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: being depleted. So now you've got guys like and I 167 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: know his name, but remember when we first saw number 168 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: four them and like, who the hell is number four? 169 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: They were? Now Parker, if I'm not mistaken, Yeah, he's 170 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: he's got it. He's got he's on film now and 171 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: he can shop himself around and he is amongst many 172 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: other players that have an opportunity to do that who 173 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: otherwise we would not know who in the hell they 174 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: were if it wasn't for twenty twenty in the pandemic. 175 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: And that gave those guys an opportunity to show when 176 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: otherwise they would just probably be another practice player on 177 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: another team. If they're lucky, now you've got a chance 178 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: to actually take some film with you and show what 179 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: you did, you know stuff. The irony of Stephen Parker 180 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: is that kind of need him now but he's on 181 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: rir Who knows, but next year, if he's lucky, he 182 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: could be very business I know, but we didn't even 183 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: know who he was. And now we're sitting there going, gosh, 184 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: it would have been nice if he was still there 185 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: with David Woods, who knows if he's back or not. 186 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: You know, it was like the same thing with Brandon Knight. 187 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: You're sitting there going, oh, Brandon Knights laying left tackle. 188 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: Then he gets hurt and it's like, oh, no, what 189 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: are you going to do without Brandon Knight? Hey? You 190 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: know who on the Cowboys roster might have benefited the 191 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: most from the the new rules during the pandemic and 192 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: so forth. Think about who might have benefited the most 193 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: on this Cowboys roster from where his career was going 194 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: into this season and where it will be coming out 195 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: of this season, all because he had an opportunity with 196 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: expanded practice squads and the COVID rules in the league 197 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: where he has a chance now to revive his career. 198 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: Who do you think he Correck Gilbert? Gilbert? Exactly Garrett Gilbert, 199 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: Because if Garrett gilt if Garrett Gilbert, if it was 200 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 1: a normal year, there would not he would not have 201 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: qualified for the practice squad because he's too The reason 202 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: he was still in the league was because he had 203 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: practice squad eligibility this year, and so he's sitting there 204 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: on the Browns practice squad. And then when the Cowboys 205 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: had a need and h and the head coach had 206 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: some some product knowledge from going back to high school 207 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: at Lake Travis High School and at Austin, he got 208 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: information from you, Bill. They came straight to you when 209 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: they wanted information on any quarterback that won the Texas 210 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: high schools. There you go, there you go. But I 211 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 1: think about it. So he played one game and almost 212 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: beat the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers, doesn't get into another game, 213 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: and he is going to have an opportunity, whether it's 214 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: here with the Cowboys or elsewhere, at the age of 215 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: thirty next year that he might not. He might have 216 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: been playing in whatever spring league is going to arise 217 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: coming out of this pandemic. I would I would carry that. 218 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: I would carry that game film with me wherever I go. 219 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: Anyone that would be my middle name, Jar almost beat 220 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: the Steelers, Gilbert, that's my name. Yeah, let me send 221 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: you a link to my game film. He had him 222 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: down to the twenty one yard line before things fell 223 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: apart in the final minute. Yeah, before I pulled out 224 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: some of my hair, Yeah, exactly. Here's the other thing though, 225 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: that scares me about the whole scenario that's gonna play 226 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: out on Sunday. Cowboys take care of business, they play well, 227 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: they beat the Giants. Okay, they're now in their flight 228 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: home and they're getting home, you know, second half of 229 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: that Washington Philadelphia game turning on the television, and what 230 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: is the story of the year in the National Football 231 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: League as far as comeback stories. Alex Smith and you 232 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: know al Michaels. Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworthy're gonna be 233 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: playing up the Alex Smith story and if he has 234 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: an opportunity to win that game and propel the Washington 235 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: football team, which by the way, was the other story 236 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: of the off season them changing their name to the 237 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: Washington Football Team of Alex Smith is the guy that's 238 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: putting them in the playoffs. That you talk about stories, 239 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: that scares me from a Cowboys perspective, that it might 240 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: play out on Sunday night. Well, the other problems the 241 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: other part of that. If the Cowboys win and Washington's losing, 242 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: then the story is Andy Dalton maybe reviving his career, 243 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: by the way, there you go, and also, by the way, 244 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: earning some serious incentive money by playing more than fifty 245 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: percent of the snaps and getting the Cowboys into the playoffs, 246 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: I think it's a million den it's a million dollars, 247 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: and if they happen to win, I think it's another 248 00:15:54,360 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: five hundred thousand dollars. Wow. Okay, So let me revised 249 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: what I said about Garrett Gilbert, all right, because when 250 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: you think about it, when you think about it, where 251 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton was in his career going coming into October, 252 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: and if Dak stays healthy the whole year, and with 253 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: the everyone leaning towards the play the young quarterbacks the 254 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: way he's played here in December, and as the opportunity 255 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: perhaps to play on into January, even beyond January third, 256 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: he could propel himself back into starter money in the 257 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: National Football League. Yeah, as you brought that up. Here's 258 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: what's unique we have. We haven't even talked about, as 259 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: we've talked about in previous seasons, the ability to win 260 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: after Thanksgiving, right, that was always I will push either 261 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: we made or we stunk up our season based on 262 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: that stretch. Well, here we are now. I think we've 263 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: had one of the more successful Decembers. In a minute, 264 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: you know, here we are three in a row in 265 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: December that hasn't happened for a while, and when that 266 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: has happened, it's always on the cusp of either we're 267 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: gonna make or break this season. So I'm very proud 268 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: of the fact that Andy was a part of that. 269 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: And not just that. Guys, let's look back to when 270 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: he got knocked out. You know, a concussion protocol. All right, 271 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: we're ready to come back. Cowboys are losing. We've you know, 272 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: we look bad. You've got third string, fourth string quarterbacks, 273 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: and he has COVID. Okay, So then now that pushes 274 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: him back even more as far as his progression is concerned. 275 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: And now once he finally gets a chance to get 276 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: a number of consecutive games on this belt, he's shown 277 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: us what he can do and why they brought him here. 278 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: So yeah, he's looking pretty good. Will McClay looking pretty 279 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: good in regards to uh finding players. Beckn helped push 280 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: this team along even doing this these tough times. You know, 281 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: the other thing about playing in December and we got it, 282 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: we're up against it. We need to go to a 283 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: break here in a second. But the other thing to 284 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: keep in mind, and I'm looking it up right now, 285 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: is Mike McCarthy in his first year with the Green 286 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. Okay, they finished eight and eight in two 287 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: thousand and six, and what did he do in December 288 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: that year? The last four games? They started the year 289 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: four and eight, and they won their last four games 290 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: in December to finish at eight and eight. And then 291 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: what they do the following season fourteen and two? There 292 00:18:55,160 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: you go, and we're ended up in Dallas and we're overtime. 293 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: I'm away from going to the Super Bowl. Uh, in 294 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: the NFC title game against the Giants. They actually were 295 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: thirteen and three, but that was close enough, Mickey, all right, 296 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: I thought I had it. And of course that was 297 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: the year. Of course that was oh seven more bad 298 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys memories when the Giants beat the Cowboys and then 299 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: the Giants go to Green Bay and three. Yeah, that 300 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: we were the Packers and the Cowboys were both thirteen 301 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: and three that year that but anyway, there you go, 302 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: and it says a lot about McCarthy in his first year, 303 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: UH season, much like this one, where it's kind of 304 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: going down the tubes and they finished strong and then 305 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: they parlayed that into a pretty nice little run that 306 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: he had in Green Bay, I'm gonna call Bill Parselves 307 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna call Bill Parcels and tell him Bill 308 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: Jones disagrees with you. You are who you are at Thanksgiving. 309 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: That's trying. That's exactly right. 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You can now support 345 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: your beloved Cowboys from anywhere. Open up AT and T's 346 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: fan Zone feature inside the Cowboys app and record your 347 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: personal cheer and referee signals. You will receive a personalized 348 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: mosaic and may show up on the AT and T 349 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: Live FX video board during the game. Mickey is sitting 350 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: there perusing something. Not to get into your business there, Mickey, Yeah, 351 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: has something to do with the show. I was making 352 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: sure I had. I was making sure I had to 353 00:22:54,119 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: read for the next break. There you go, all right, Jerry, 354 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: he was on the radio this morning. Any highlights that 355 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: you gleaned from Jerry's weekly appearance on the fan Yeah. 356 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: The last thing he said, as they say there's a 357 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: pony in here somewhere. I don't think i've heard that 358 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: one before I have. What does that mean? I'm sorry? 359 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: What was the context? It was? It was? It was 360 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: they were talking. They finished talking about, uh, not only 361 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: the possibility of having a playoff game at AT and 362 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: T Stadium, but also a Cotton Bowl and a Rose Bowl. Uh. 363 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: And to think that the stadium's gonna host could host 364 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: all three of those within a week's time. Uh and 365 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: uh and and they were just talking to playoff possibilities 366 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: for the cowboys, and he said, as they say, there's 367 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 1: a pony in there somewhere. I heard the story. So 368 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: we got, well, yeah, what Jerry's say. What Jerry's saying 369 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: is I'm going to make some money off of this 370 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: some kind of way. I'm making some money off of something. Um. 371 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: And then he also so he not only did he 372 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: inject the pony into his segment, but he also injected 373 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: the buzzards into the segment. And we've heard that one before, 374 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: sitting on a fence and waiting for kind of something 375 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: to come by for food, and one patient being patient 376 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: and everything, and one of the buzzers to turn to 377 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: the other one said, uh, to hell with patients, I'm 378 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: going to kill something. And it was it was all right, 379 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: and that one. It's important to talk about the context 380 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: he was talking about Moore. Yeah, and you know, Stephen 381 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: had pointed out sometimes when these opportunities come, sometimes you 382 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: have to be patient. Uh, and kind of pointed out, 383 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: you know, we kind of kicked it off back and forth. 384 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: I guess we really didn't talk about it that much 385 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: yesterday about Kellen have looking like he to have the 386 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 1: opportunity to take the head coaching job at Boise State, 387 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: And you know, I see both sides of that obviously. 388 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: You know, we'd all like to go victoriously back home 389 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: and do something great. But then also when you've set 390 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: the bar as high as he has as a player 391 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: at Boise State, you're better be careful because they might 392 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: expect that as you as a head coach. Now you 393 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: probably expect that as yourself of yourself. And then the 394 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: other thing is is what if you continue to do 395 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: what you've been doing for these two years as an 396 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator in the NFL. I don't think teams have 397 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: any problems hiring a thirty four year old head coach 398 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: these days. And I think you have to just decide 399 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: what's what's where's your priority light Is it in college 400 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: or would you want to do it in the NFL. 401 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: He has head coaching in his genes right. His dad's 402 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: a head coach. And I don't remember if I told 403 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: you guys this story, but his grandfather was a decorated 404 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: high school basketball coach in the state of Illinois. He 405 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: had gone to Western Illinois, earned his degree and start 406 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: coaching high school basketball. And I didn't know this until 407 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore showed up and one of my college roommates 408 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: informed me of it because he knew about the Washington 409 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: history of the Moors that his grandfather and this was 410 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: way before I was in high school actually won these 411 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: awards coaching high school basketball at my high school. If 412 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: you can believe that, we go all the way back, 413 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: and you know, he talked about coming in. You know, 414 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: where the town I lived, there was a forest preserved 415 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: between the next town and that's where his grandparents lived 416 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: and they used to go there to visit back in 417 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 1: the day. So anyway, there's head coaching in his genes 418 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: all the way back to his grandfather. I have to say, 419 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: if I'm in Kellen's position, you know, you talk about 420 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: going back home and coaching for an alma model where 421 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: you were a legend. That's one thing. But he's still young, 422 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: you know, to sit up here and say, Okay, it's 423 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: time for me to go back home at thirty four 424 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: years old, thirty two. Trust me, Borisi States a great school, 425 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: and I'm sure with him being there that that's his place. 426 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: He feels comfortable there, and of course it depends on 427 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 1: what goes on with his family situation and how that works. 428 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 1: We never really consider that, but of course the coaches 429 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: always do have to consider that. But when I look 430 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: at Kellen's ascension into UH, into his position where he 431 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: is now, and then maybe even going further on as 432 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: a head coach for the NFL, to me, that's the 433 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: possibility for him in regards to going back. If you 434 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: want to go back home, man, you got plenty of 435 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: time god willing to go back home, you know, wait 436 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: till you're around fifty years old or something like that. 437 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: But to go back to be a head coach at 438 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: Boysey State right while you still have a chance to 439 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 1: make them make big noise in the NFL, to me, 440 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 1: it's a no brainer. But like I said, that depends 441 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: on his family situation and what his ideals are. I 442 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: have high ideals for him that he will be a 443 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: head coach in the NFL, you know. And the other 444 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: thing you have to consider is he's got to ask himself, 445 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: am I ready to be a head coach? You know? 446 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: It's one thing to be a coordinator, and we've seen 447 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: how teams have promoted coordinators to become head coaches, right 448 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: and they're not head coach material. They're great coordinators. And 449 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's not. Is he ready after two 450 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: years as a coordinator, one year as a quarterback coach 451 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: to be a head coach and take on a program? 452 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: Does he know enough people to hire a staff? And 453 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: that's one of the things they'll ask you, you know 454 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: what kind of staff you're gonna put together? So he 455 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: has to ask himself those things. And you know what 456 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: I always remembered did sometimes you do have to be patient. 457 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: You remember when Mike Zimmert interviewed for the head coaching 458 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: job at Nebraska and he decided, no, I don't think 459 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: I liked that situation. He stayed. Remember when Sean Payton 460 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: interviewed for the Raiders' head coaching job and he felt 461 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: uncomfortable with the Al Davis situation there and the fact 462 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: that they didn't have a quarterback and he felt like 463 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: this just isn't right, and he remained with the Cowboys. 464 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: And the same thing with Jason Garrett when he was 465 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator and he interviewed at Baltimore and they 466 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: were offering him the job and he turned it down 467 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: because he felt like head coach of the Cowboys was 468 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: in his future at some point. So yeah, we always 469 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: have to ask those guys where they're at in their 470 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: coaching careers and not just take the job. To take 471 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: the job, because the last place you want to do 472 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: is go I have war. It's a coaching you know 473 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: you're it's a coach killer. And I remember this story 474 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: and then I'll let you go back in. When I 475 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: got to Jackson, Mississippi. Uh, Steve Sloan had been the 476 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: head coach at Texas Tech, right, and uh he was. 477 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: He was Bear Bryant's might as well been his son, right, 478 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: And Bear Bryant advised him, don't go to Old Miss. 479 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 1: It's a coach killing spot for you. And he didn't listen. 480 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: Parcels went to Army instead of going to Old Miss 481 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: with him, or went to Vanderbilt. I know they came 482 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: from Vanderbilt, sorry, And and he went to Old Miss 483 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: and it was a coach killer. He couldn't win there. 484 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: And he didn't listen to Daddy Bryant at that time, 485 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: and he should have. So sometimes you got to look 486 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: at the situation not to just to say I want 487 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: to be a head coach. Right. I told you I 488 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: got one. I was there. I saw it as soon 489 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: as he won the Super Bowl twenty five in nineteen 490 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: ninety one, Parsels has an angio plastic. In the off season, 491 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick has gone to Cleveland. We had a running 492 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: back coach named Ray Hanley. Ray Handley after the Super 493 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: Bowl was going to be promoted immediately to offensive coordinator, 494 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: and that did happen. Right after he was promoted to 495 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, that's when Parcels had the angio plastic. Right, 496 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: So now you're stuck with no head coach. George Young 497 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: decides to reach back for a puppet. He thought Ray 498 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: Handley would be that great puppet for him because he 499 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: never thought George did that he could run the team. 500 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: While Parcels was there, they were always button heads. So 501 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: now George Young saw an opportunity to have a guy 502 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: there that he didn't have to butt heads with it 503 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: he could control. Well. We ended up missing the Super 504 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: Bowl that year and the year after that, and when 505 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: it was all said and done, Ray Hanley was not 506 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: just roasted. His entire life was turned upside down in 507 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: regards to rumors and things of that nature. And so 508 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: it just got real ugly. So, like you said, This 509 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: is a caution every tale for Keller Moore, it ain't 510 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: always rosy on the other side, you know what I'm saying. 511 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: Some things can happen to where everything can go off 512 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: the rails, and that's exactly what happened with Ray Hanley. Okay. Ever, 513 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: so let me ask you this, if Belichick had not 514 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: taken the Brown's job when that happened with Parcels, would 515 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: Belichick had been the interim guy or was he not 516 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: of the not what George Young was looking at. As 517 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: far as me and a puppet, let me let me 518 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: say this, Belichick is more of a When I say 519 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: company man, I mean he's very devout to his superiors. 520 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: He's very devout to the owners and things of that nature. Sure, 521 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,040 Speaker 1: if he would have taken that job, I think he 522 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: and George Young would have had fewer fights, you know, 523 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: fewer uproars between the two than what Paulsall has had. 524 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: But at the same time, if Belichick didn't like it 525 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: after one year, he would have been out of there. 526 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: He would have been out of there because he would 527 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: have known right away if this was a situation for him. 528 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 1: If I would Belichick, and if I would have step 529 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: into his shoes. I would not have taken the job 530 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: under George Young just because of his nature. And that's 531 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 1: why Pause sells left as well. The other thing as 532 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: far as Kellen Moore. The other thing as far as 533 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore is concerned. Obviously, when you're looking at a 534 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: college job, it's a different whole job than what coach. 535 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: Being a head coach in the NFL is And I 536 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: don't know how much Kellen Moore would enjoy the recruiting 537 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: aspect of it. You know, people talk about Lincoln Riley 538 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: being a potential NFL coach. Here's the difference as I 539 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: see Kellen Moore and Lincoln Riley. A Kellen Moore for 540 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: the last nine years has been cutting his teeth in 541 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: the NFL at first as a player, then as an 542 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: assistant coach, then as a coordinator, and so he knows 543 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: intimately how the NFL works. Okay, he doesn't have the 544 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: same connections as far as recruiting goes Lincoln Riley has 545 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: had always He's never stepped on an NFL campus. He's 546 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: always groomed himself from when he was a freshman in 547 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 1: college to be a college head coach. And he loves 548 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: the recruiting aspect of it. He recruits great because he 549 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: loves it. I mean that is sort of his lifeblood. 550 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,319 Speaker 1: And so that would be something that Kellen Moore would 551 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: have to ask himself, how much would I really like 552 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: the recruiting part of it? Go ahead, Mickey, No, I 553 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: was just going to finish the segment off by saying, 554 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: speaking of Belichick, did you see the phone throwing incident 555 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: last night? Yes, even my wife saw that. He's like, 556 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: what does that? And the camera's caught it. It is great. 557 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: I don't even can't. I can't believe somebody up in 558 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: the coach's booth suggested to him that they should challenge that. 559 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: You could see. All they had to do is look 560 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: at the first replay. It was obvious it was a catch, right, 561 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: and he's chewing the guy off. He could tell he's 562 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: chewing them out. Afterwards, and he takes the phone and boom, 563 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: throws it against the phone bank. That's one thing about 564 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: these masks. 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All right to our final segment here of 609 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,800 Speaker 1: mick shots. We got about eight minutes or so to 610 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: go the other thing, one of the other things that 611 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,920 Speaker 1: Jerry jobs get two because I talk buzzards and ponies. 612 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 1: Go ahead, all right, klid you tomore on Jerry Zack Martin. 613 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: Unlikely this week, but there's hope in the postseason, yes, 614 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: he said, for the future. There is there is a possibility. 615 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,800 Speaker 1: So h you know, we we get a chance to 616 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: see those guys do their rehab outside with Britt Brown 617 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,719 Speaker 1: and they're on the Resistance chords and somebody had asked 618 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 1: me about them last week and I said, oh, he 619 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,600 Speaker 1: doesn't look like you know, he's doing those side steps 620 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 1: that they have him do as well as maybe some 621 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:14,640 Speaker 1: of the other guys. So I figured he was a 622 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: little further behind. So we'll see how he's doing this week. 623 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 1: If it's improved. And I have to met that's one 624 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 1: of the things that I have to do my rehab. 625 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 1: They put these elastic bang bands around both ankles or 626 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,320 Speaker 1: one around both and you do sidesteps and when you 627 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,520 Speaker 1: squat down and do those for about ten each way. 628 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: It's difficult. So when I see those guys on those 629 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: resistant chords, I'm going, Kyle, that's so easy. What are 630 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: they doing? You know? That doesn't seem like it takes 631 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 1: much effort. Oh, it takes some effort, believe me. I 632 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 1: gotta say, Spags, you should just from a personal standpoint, 633 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 1: you should continue with those bands even as your achilles 634 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,400 Speaker 1: starts to feel bad. Excellent work out for you. My 635 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: son does them all the time. The small tendons always 636 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 1: good to keep those in shape, especially as we get 637 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: older and our bones start to get a little bit weaker. 638 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 1: We need those tendons and muscles to be just a 639 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: little bit stronger as we go forward. But I was 640 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 1: gonna say, did you guys hear what the zeke said 641 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:25,760 Speaker 1: yesterday in regards to how good he felt as opposed 642 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,280 Speaker 1: to the other during the other periods of the season. 643 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,160 Speaker 1: He had kind of mentioned that he had been hurting 644 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: and hadn't said much to anyone about how sore and 645 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,719 Speaker 1: then hurting he has been throughout the entire season. And 646 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if a hundred yards, if one hundred 647 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,439 Speaker 1: yard game helps you feel better, or do you feel 648 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,439 Speaker 1: better and that's why you had the hundred yard game. 649 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,560 Speaker 1: But either way, he seems to be feeling a whole 650 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: lot better right now in regards to physically and where 651 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: his head is at right now. Looking for with him 652 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:05,520 Speaker 1: coming out this weekend and having a really Zekiel Elliott 653 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 1: type of type of game this weekend. You know the 654 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: other thing that he said after the game, and I 655 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: thought this was very I don't know if people know 656 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,240 Speaker 1: who Zeke is. I don't know if they know what's 657 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: in his heart or just his inner feelings. And he 658 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: really doesn't a lot, a lot allow a lot out. 659 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,759 Speaker 1: But you know, he was asked after the game what 660 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,760 Speaker 1: gave him confidence that they could possibly playing for something 661 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,959 Speaker 1: meaningful in the last game of the season, and he said, 662 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: because I'm a competitor. If you gave up five six 663 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: weeks ago, you shouldn't even be We don't even want 664 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,960 Speaker 1: you on our side. I mean, we are competitors. The 665 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,319 Speaker 1: whole team is we are a team of competitors, I mean, 666 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,920 Speaker 1: and we aren't out of it, you know. And then 667 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,399 Speaker 1: he kind of explained what they had to do next 668 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,719 Speaker 1: to be able to get in and needing some help, 669 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 1: and as he said at the end, he goes, I 670 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,600 Speaker 1: think we are catching fire at the right time, so 671 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,320 Speaker 1: we'll see. But when I when he said that, I 672 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,520 Speaker 1: was a little surprised that he was that outspoken. But 673 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,800 Speaker 1: but he's right, right, I mean, Tyrone Crawford said the 674 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:19,160 Speaker 1: same thing. He goes, you know, until they say eliminated 675 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,880 Speaker 1: on the message board, I'm not eliminated. And and and 676 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 1: that's the way you got to play. And you know what, somehow, 677 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,840 Speaker 1: some way they bought into this. And I don't know 678 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:35,760 Speaker 1: what causes takeaways the way they've had these last three weeks, 679 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, and you can't coach them. I mean, you 680 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,160 Speaker 1: can do drills, but they just kind of happen, right, 681 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: But I think if you're playing hard and you're still competing, 682 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: that maybe you get ten takeaways in three games, it 683 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:53,600 Speaker 1: seems improbable. And without those takeaways, they don't win. They 684 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,359 Speaker 1: don't win three games. Everybody knows, well, what's the difference. Well, 685 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,319 Speaker 1: when you get ten takeaways and you're a plus nine, 686 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,759 Speaker 1: my goodness, you'd have to really screw up to not 687 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,200 Speaker 1: win those games when you're getting at least three every game. 688 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: Is what they did three, three and four. So they 689 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,840 Speaker 1: kept playing, you know, and whatever happens on Sunday happens, 690 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,400 Speaker 1: I get it, but at least they made it interesting 691 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:22,640 Speaker 1: to the bitter end. If it's bitter, I gotta say, spag. 692 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,719 Speaker 1: The only the only thing I disagree with you on 693 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 1: is yes, you do know why they started getting the turnovers. 694 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:34,279 Speaker 1: It's because everything the game plan itself started to work. 695 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,080 Speaker 1: Talk I always talk about critical moments doing a game, 696 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys have honed in on that we talked 697 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:46,279 Speaker 1: about last this past game, you could clearly see that 698 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:51,040 Speaker 1: Kelly Moore's approach to this game was to be successful 699 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:56,239 Speaker 1: on first down and consequently, as much as I've been 700 00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:02,320 Speaker 1: on his butt, Mike Nolan's defensive strategy was also the same. 701 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:07,240 Speaker 1: Let's win the first down and also, even more important, 702 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: let's get that third down, because regardless of how many 703 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 1: yards we give up, how many points we give up, 704 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,719 Speaker 1: we give those up because we're not successful mostly on 705 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,800 Speaker 1: third down. You know how many times we've allowed the 706 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,160 Speaker 1: team to be successful on third down, either by our 707 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 1: mistake covering a guy or our mistakes and penalties. So 708 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,640 Speaker 1: it seems like we've cut that out. Very few penalties 709 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,640 Speaker 1: in the secondary of this past weekend. Therefore, a very 710 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:42,400 Speaker 1: few third down successes for the Philadelphia Eagles. So, yes, bags, 711 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,440 Speaker 1: you do know how those interceptions come because instead of 712 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:50,080 Speaker 1: us putting pressure on ourselves, we put pressure on the opposition. 713 00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,440 Speaker 1: You don't just do that from the defensive line, you 714 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,959 Speaker 1: do that from strategy. So that's how we started getting 715 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,040 Speaker 1: these interceptions. And you know what, there's another mention a 716 00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,960 Speaker 1: third down. Going into that game, they were giving up 717 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:11,839 Speaker 1: third down conversions at fifty percent rate. Fifty fifty if 718 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,800 Speaker 1: if if if if if, if you as a team 719 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: are converting like thirty five to forty percent of your 720 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: third downs, you're sitting there going out. Really, you're good, 721 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,839 Speaker 1: You're successful. They were given fifty percent, and I think 722 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,520 Speaker 1: in the game it ended up being fifty percent again 723 00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,440 Speaker 1: if I remember correctly, or at least close to it. 724 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:34,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, but what happened after that first drive? After 725 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:37,839 Speaker 1: that first drive, then that's when things got a little 726 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,680 Speaker 1: bit dicier. After the after the second quarter and even 727 00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:44,960 Speaker 1: to the second half, they were a lot more successful 728 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:50,279 Speaker 1: on third downs. So uh, they they converted seven of 729 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,640 Speaker 1: seventeen forty one percent, but I bet at the first 730 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:58,600 Speaker 1: half it was a lot higher than that. Let's see 731 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:05,400 Speaker 1: own efficiency Philadelphia was five of eight sixty two the 732 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,880 Speaker 1: first half. So yeah, And you know the other thing 733 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,640 Speaker 1: they did defensively, and you talked about game plan is 734 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:16,080 Speaker 1: when they got into those third down situations, they rushed 735 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:20,880 Speaker 1: three guys, kept three two linebackers and six dbs and 736 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:24,040 Speaker 1: use CJ. Goodwin to kind of keep an eye on 737 00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,920 Speaker 1: the quarterback. He would have been one of the few 738 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,600 Speaker 1: guys in the team that had the speed to be 739 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,759 Speaker 1: able to run with Jalen Hurts. And I think, as 740 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:37,840 Speaker 1: Mike Nolan said, it did accomplished two things. One that 741 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,080 Speaker 1: they had somebody that if Jalen Hurts took off, that 742 00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:45,200 Speaker 1: could run with them. And two, because Jalen Hurts realized 743 00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,680 Speaker 1: there was someone to run with him, he was less 744 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,320 Speaker 1: likely to jump outside the pocket. He did not know 745 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,000 Speaker 1: where to throw the ball, and then he had he 746 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,799 Speaker 1: did not know where to throw the ball. Exactly right. 747 00:46:56,200 --> 00:47:00,359 Speaker 1: That's right. You know another thing and we're out time, 748 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,080 Speaker 1: but I want to throw it in there going ahead 749 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,000 Speaker 1: and punting the ball on fourth and one, thinking of 750 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:14,719 Speaker 1: you on that play, all right, first quarter, you're down, 751 00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,360 Speaker 1: you're down fourteen to three, and there have been times 752 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,000 Speaker 1: this season your fourth and one at your own thirty 753 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 1: four yard line, and you feel like you gotta do 754 00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,319 Speaker 1: something because you don't trust your defense to stop them, 755 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,640 Speaker 1: and so you got to do more than what is necessary, 756 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:34,120 Speaker 1: all right, And they went ahead and punting the ball 757 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:39,240 Speaker 1: away from their own thirty four, and the Eagles started 758 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:43,759 Speaker 1: their drive at the fourteen yard line. You flipped the 759 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:47,279 Speaker 1: field on them. They started their own fourteen. They ran 760 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,800 Speaker 1: it three times three and out they punt it, and 761 00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,240 Speaker 1: now you're getting the ball back at your own thirty seven, 762 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,839 Speaker 1: and you put together a sixty three yard touchdown drive 763 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,759 Speaker 1: and the rest, as they say, is history. And then 764 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,480 Speaker 1: down on the goal line in the second quarter, you 765 00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:04,120 Speaker 1: were third and goal at the one. You had the busted, 766 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,440 Speaker 1: the mental bust, whatever it was where Dalton had to 767 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,680 Speaker 1: run it. And now your fourth and goal at the two. 768 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,319 Speaker 1: Rather than going forward on fourth and goal at the two, 769 00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:13,920 Speaker 1: go ahead and kick your field goal, take your points, 770 00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:18,839 Speaker 1: and you're not trying to do too much to help 771 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:22,640 Speaker 1: your defense. You know when they when they had that play, 772 00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:24,920 Speaker 1: looking at him, and I saw the way the offense 773 00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,839 Speaker 1: started it. If a game, I was sitting there going, oh, 774 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,919 Speaker 1: if they punt here, it's gonna be twenty one to three, 775 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,759 Speaker 1: and I was sitting there going, maybe you need to 776 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:41,600 Speaker 1: go one more thing. We always had ever saying one 777 00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:46,839 Speaker 1: more thing. I love Dalton. I love Andy Dalton's interview gear. 778 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:52,160 Speaker 1: He looks like he's from the Grease Broadway play. Yes, 779 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,879 Speaker 1: he's got the right coat on. He's got his head 780 00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,920 Speaker 1: looking all cool. I'm like, who is this guy? John, 781 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:04,680 Speaker 1: I'm Travolta. What the hell's going on here? Well, we're 782 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,960 Speaker 1: staying alive, staying alive, So that's why he's got the 783 00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:11,640 Speaker 1: jan staying alive. Right, all right, that does it. It 784 00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:13,920 Speaker 1: will be all our mix shots and we will see 785 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:17,200 Speaker 1: you again tomorrow at one thirty. This has been a 786 00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,840 Speaker 1: production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys 787 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:21,560 Speaker 1: Football Club.