1 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: Killer. I'm Mike. This is This is the Miller Lte 2 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: Cowboys Hour, supported by Albertson and Omni Hotels and Resources. 3 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: Brought to you by Miller Light, the only beer of 4 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. It's Miller Tu, Albertson's and Tom Thumbs, the 5 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: official supermarket and pharmacy of the Dallas Cowboys. Choose VA 6 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: Veterans get the benefits you've burned. Visit Choose dot ba 7 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: dot com and by Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you 8 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: fifteen percent or more on car and shirts. Now your hosts, 9 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: Shannon Gross and Brad Shan And welcome everybody. It is Victory. Welcome, 10 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: thank you, it is it just the mention of Victory Monday. 11 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: It's Brad. It's been a while since it's been three 12 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: in one Victory Monday. Two years. That's a long time 13 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: for me. Yeah, I don't know how many of these 14 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: years I got left. It's been too long. Who are 15 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: you talking to over here? Come on? Yeah, Oh it's good. 16 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: It just feels different. This whole thing feels different and good. 17 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: And it's Victory Monday. So thank you, thank you those 18 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: of you who have come out to our regular Monday 19 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: night stop and bye, Golli. For the next couple of months, 20 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: it's gonna be like right here every Monday night. Games 21 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: are all on Sunday for a change, at reasonable times 22 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: in most cases, and so we're delighted to have you here. 23 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 1: We are on the south concourse of the Ford Center 24 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: at the Star in Frisco, and we welcome all of 25 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: you who are listening around the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network, 26 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: and we welcome those of you who are watching streaming 27 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. And we especially I've been 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: really looking forward to this one. Welcome our special guest, 29 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: Cowboys safety jay Ron Curse. Welcome to the show. Thanks 30 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: for coming, JK problem, I'm problem appreciate you having me here. 31 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: You know, JK does not mean just kidding in the 32 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: case of jay Ron Curse and I have been really 33 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: fascinated by watching you play and the things that you've done, 34 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: and the way that they've used you, and the way 35 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: you have stopped stepped up to every challenge. So jay 36 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: Ron and I were just talking a moment ago about 37 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: a couple of things about the team off the air, 38 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: so I'm going to ask you this one again. You're 39 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: far from being the defensive team that you hope to be. 40 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: You're still missing some pieces and and you've got a 41 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: lot of young, young players, but you're as a group, 42 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: you're certainly exceeding people's expectations, whether your own or not. 43 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: I don't know what do you attribute that too, and 44 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: how how do you think you're doing as a group 45 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: against your own expectations? Uh? For us, just our expectations 46 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: are extremely high, just whether it's just a loan or 47 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: our dB room or as a defensive unit. But uh, 48 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: I think a lot of the things we're doing is 49 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: is is the things that we were prepared for and 50 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: we and we thought we would do. It's some areas 51 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: that we still we still can get better at. But 52 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: as far as expect tastes coming into the season, for 53 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: these first four games, these first four weeks, I feel 54 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: like we we've done a lot of things that nobody 55 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: expected us to do. But the people that was in 56 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: that locker room and the people that worked with us, 57 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: so uh, we're going to continue to keep working. And 58 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: I think that by the time those guys get back 59 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: that we are missing, it's gonna it's gonna be like 60 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: year as ahead of you know, what everyone's seeing from 61 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: these first four weeks. What do you think you're doing 62 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: as a group better. We'll we'll talk about jay Ron 63 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: in a minute. What do you think as a group 64 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: you're doing better than a lot of folks shot you would. 65 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: We're getting the ball. We're getting the ball, and it's 66 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: just and it's not even it's not even just this 67 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: year even you know, coming back from last year. I 68 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: think we're four weeks in this year, so and I 69 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: think we're like nine weeks in a row, nine weeks 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: in a row with the turnover in every game. So, uh, 71 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: it's just something that we carried over from last year. 72 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: I mean, last year wasn't all bad, you know for 73 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 1: the guys that was here. Uh, you know, so towards 74 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: the end of the season, they were getting together and 75 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: they was getting a lot of turnover. So we came 76 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: in this year and just knew that that was something 77 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: that we had to do. We had to take the 78 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: ball away, Uh, give our offense a great field position 79 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: when when that time comes in, you know, knowing that 80 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: we got the guys like that cd Amari, Uh, we're 81 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: not we're not having we're not having gallop right now. 82 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: You know, we're missing those type of guys zeke and 83 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: running the ball good uh TP. So you know, just 84 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: always trying to get those guys the ball back and 85 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: see what they can do when they get the ball. 86 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody knows what they can do. One of 87 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: the things that really fascinates me about this team is that, 88 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: and we were just talking about it a minute ago. 89 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: In addition to all the rookies, you can see all 90 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: the especially on the defensive side, all the contributions being 91 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: made by rookies who were who were all drafted. But 92 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: there I've counted eight players and you're one of them 93 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: who came here from other teams knew this year. And 94 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: that's a lot to all working and be playing and 95 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: be in the rotation and be important and making contributions. 96 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: Is am I right? Does it a little bit of 97 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: a high number for all of you to come gel together? 98 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: And how has that happened? Uh? I think the number 99 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: one thing is we all have a common goal and 100 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: that's to play great defense in and win football games. 101 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: But it is a it is a hot number. Uh. 102 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: We actually just talked about it today coose quincias I'm 103 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: about it. We had like thirty guys throughout the fourth 104 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: four weeks on the defensive side of the all this 105 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: that's played in the game, and uh, you know, just 106 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: in the past, you know, whether it's with Minnesota Detroit, 107 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: you don't have that, especially like within the first four weeks. 108 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: So you know, we're getting everybody involved and uh, they 109 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: believe in everybody they put on the field, and that's Uh, 110 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: I think that's taking us a long way, just knowing 111 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: that we have the coaches belief in us. You know, 112 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: rather than being a guy that's playing just because you 113 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: have to play, like you don't have to play, but 114 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: coaches putting you in because he trusts us. So I 115 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: think that's a that's a big name. That was a 116 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: big name for me. Just knowing that, Uh, you know 117 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: I have I have everybody's belief. They believe in me, 118 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: so you know, my my only thing was I didn't 119 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: want to let them down. So uh, stepping out on 120 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: the field put my best foot for it every week. 121 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: Is it's something that I feel like I have to do, 122 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: you know, the prove those guys. Right. Brad called you 123 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: JK earlier. Do you have a nickname on the team? Nah, 124 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: really really much. Everybody calls me JK, JK. Okay, did 125 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: you know that or did you just make that up 126 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: on the fly? Not that smart? Yes, and they call 127 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: me big body, so big body, Okay, I'm gonna call 128 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: you big body with with with with with with with 129 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: Bohannah and oh Dicky Zewa and Gallimore and they call 130 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: you big body. Yeah. I think it is more so 131 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: because you know, I'm I'm big. I'm big for you know, 132 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: a guy in the defensive backfield. So okay, all right, 133 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: Well do you mind if I ask you about your uncle? 134 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: Is that okay? That's fine? Okay because this I was 135 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: gonna maybe get to this later. And look, hey, families 136 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: are private things. Everybody doesn't it doesn't want to talk 137 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: about their family, all right, But but it appears that 138 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: you're okay with it. So for those of you who 139 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: don't know, uh, Jay Run's uncle is Javon Curse, who 140 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: was a an All American at Florida. By the way, 141 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: jay Ron was an All American at Clemson. I'll have 142 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: you know that. We're gonna get back to that in 143 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: a minute. But jay Ron Curse, you know, I mean, 144 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: I knew i'd do that. Javon Kurse. They called him 145 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: the freak because he was so big and long and 146 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: covered so much ground. He was a three time All 147 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: Pro and he had a really nice career with the 148 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: Tennessee and Philadelphia. So obviously there's something genetic going on there. 149 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: You've got. You didn't get quite the the girth, but 150 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: for a dB you got, is that what you attributed 151 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: it to a little bit of genetics. Yeah, it's mainly genetics. 152 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: It's mainly genetics. U. I'm just blessed in that in 153 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: that in that aspect, as far as you know, coming 154 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: from a great from a great line, whether it's my grandfather, 155 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, uncles, my dad, just coming from guys, that's big. 156 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: So I guess I just attributed it to them. I 157 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: guess I think how many how many of them besides 158 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: your uncle were high level competitive athletes? Uh? Really none? 159 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: Uh my cousin in the Buchana, that's actually my cousin. 160 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, okay, ruining my whole Wikipedia segment right off 161 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: the sorrygiz. So yeah, you know those two, Uh, you know, 162 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: it just helped me a lot, you know, growing up 163 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: high school ball, little league. You didn't even go into college, 164 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: so you know, I attribute a lot of it to them. 165 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: In the in the the the growth that they that 166 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: they things that they learned throughout their their playing career 167 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: that they brought to me and gave me knowledge. And 168 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: I got another nickname for you. You got JK, big body. 169 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start calling you the voice. You gotta man 170 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: an outstanding You would be killed. I would kill in 171 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: my line of work when this football thing is over 172 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: you you need to do something. You know who Barry 173 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: White is? Nah? Oh what, Brad? Are we that old? 174 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: We are that old? And so I'm gonna leave it 175 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: to Shannon to school you on Barry White. But believe me, 176 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: we're talking to break. You're gonna like it. You're gonna 177 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: like it. Yeah, that's another blessing that you got. You know, 178 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: you were talking a second ago about them playing you 179 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 1: because they wanted had a place for you. They had 180 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: an idea, and you didn't want to let them down. 181 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: And um, last week someone asked you if you kind 182 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: of knew when you signed here what your role was 183 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: going to be, and you indicated that you kind of did. 184 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: So did they when you were in free agency? Did 185 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: they indicate that they had specific plans for you? Yeah? 186 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: I was actually you know, my my, uh my DCM 187 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: Minnesota was George Edwards. So I spoke with George. I 188 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: spoke with George ahead of coming here from my visit, 189 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: and you know, he just gave me to run down 190 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: on everything and how they how they visualize, visualize using 191 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: me this year. Came in on my visit, spoke with 192 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: coach Quinn and uh, you know, he told me he 193 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: was the same thing that Cold Joyce told me, and 194 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: it was just basically the same things that I did 195 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. Tom's ten. So you know, I was ill. 196 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: I was all for it, and uh, he not just 197 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: came in ready to work. Well. George Edwards, for those 198 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: of you who don't know, he's a special guy. He 199 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: was on the staff here before and then he's been 200 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: with Mike Zimmer in Minnesota for a very long time. 201 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: He's an exceptional coach and a terrific guy. I'm happy 202 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: to call him a friend and and that's a good 203 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: one to be steered by. But here's the thing. I 204 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: was just watching the first few plays of the first 205 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: quarter of defense from yesterday, and everybody's talking about Michael Parsons, 206 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: and that's the correct thing to do. Mike is here, 207 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: he's there. You don't know where he is. And now 208 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 1: try watching twenty seven. Go find twenty seven. You're gonna 209 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 1: see him nose to nose on the tight end. You're 210 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: gonna see him playing linebacker. You're gonna see him playing slot. 211 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: You're gonna now And so I asked Jay Round a 212 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: few minutes ago. But I think people would love to 213 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: hear it from you again. How many times have you 214 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: ever had this much to do within the course of 215 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: one game in your life? Never? Never, It's this is 216 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: the first time that I've been putting this many positions 217 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: within a week span, like one game. Whereas you can 218 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: be here, you can be there, you can be here, 219 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: you can be there. You know. I had times where 220 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: I've played multiple positions, but it would be Okay, this week, 221 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna play you here. This week, we're gonna play 222 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: you here, rather than coming in. I have to be 223 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: prepared for everything. I have to know all the calls 224 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: and whether it's at the backup position, safety nickel. I 225 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: have to be ready for everything. So you know, it's just, 226 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: it's just And I attribute a lot of that to 227 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: coach with you know, gets me ready every week, you know, 228 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: game planning and giving me the ends and outsing, really 229 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: hammering the film with me and making sure I get 230 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: everything down and making sure it's not putting much on 231 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: my plate. They always makes this to write them out 232 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: so I can go out there and continue to play fast. 233 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: I always think this show in particular is about letting 234 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: fans get to know who these players are as men, 235 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: as individuals, not just numbers on a shirt and with 236 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: a cage on their head running around that you see 237 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: from two miles away. And I love the opportunity to 238 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: introduce jay Ron Curse to Cowboy fans and really get 239 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: to know you. Were very grateful to have you here, 240 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: and we're grateful to have all of you with us 241 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: as a matter of fact. And Shannon, I'm also grateful 242 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 1: that we have sponsors that we can take a break 243 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: and talk about them and very grateful too. Let me 244 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: tell you about one of them before we go to break. 245 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: Would you play absolutely? When it comes time to shop 246 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: for tailgate favorites, go to Albertson's and Tom Thumb. Get 247 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: ten percent off your groceries every Dallas Cowboys game day 248 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: when you wear your Cowboys jersey, Albertson's and Tom Thumb 249 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: the official supermarket and pharmacy of the Dallas Cowboy And 250 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: we're also brought to you by Luke Casey, the official 251 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: bootmaker of the Dallas cow Boys. Cheerleaders will be right 252 00:14:01,440 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: back on the Cowboys Hour with Jay Ron Curse. Cowboys 253 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: Hour supported by Albertsons and Omni Hotels and Resorts. Welcome 254 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: back to the Cowboys Hour. Brad Sham Shannon Gross are 255 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: very special guest Cowboys Swiss Army Knife, jy Ron Curse 256 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 1: who who. Um has definitely won the shoe game tonight. 257 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: Now we have talked last couple of weeks about Shannon's 258 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: very strong in the shot in the sock game. Although UM, 259 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: I do want to point out that you have warned 260 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: those socks in the last couple of weeks on the 261 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: month Y. I try to mix them up. I know 262 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: you do, but I and they're very They're they're great looking. 263 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 1: There's a tremendous screw design thing with a big red 264 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: and blue going on. But we have seen that I'm 265 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: very plain, uh because I'm wearing Grace Lack with gray 266 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: plain gray socks and gray shoes. I wasn't even trying 267 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: to win this one to night and it's a good 268 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: thing because jay Ron Curse has the purple socks, which 269 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: is a strong statement to begin with. Uh. And then 270 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: and then are those Jordans just Nikes? Dun dunk and yeah? Describe? 271 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 1: How would you describe? Though? Those are some serious good 272 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: looking kicks right there. Uh, I don't know how I 273 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: would describe them. I just you know, I'm I'm I'm 274 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: a I'm a shoe guy. I'm I'm a faston guy. Actually, uh, 275 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: allowed to go a lot with my dress for game days. Uh, 276 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: just my shoe game and you know I'm big on 277 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: the faston thing. All right, Well, we're gonna describe these 278 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: now to the audience, which is primarily a radio audience. 279 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: And I don't know, since these cameras are on autopilot 280 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: for those of you watching on now watching this, if 281 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: you want to see a professional, this is a professional 282 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: radio person. I mean, I describe things. Here we go, 283 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm ready for this. So this so the basic color 284 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: motif is gray and around the edge at the toe 285 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: line all the way around is white with a red sole. 286 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: So you got a basic gray with a white piping 287 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: and a red sol. The swoosh, the Nike swoosh is 288 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: red on a navy patch, and the tongue is navy 289 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: with the Nike inscription. The shoelaces are white, and then 290 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: there's a part right at the art at the top 291 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: of the foot, just below the toe to the top 292 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: of the laces. Is that is that navy or black? Navy? Okay, 293 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: so lift your left leg elevated just so I can say, Okay, no, 294 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: there's nothing different. Okay, good see. You want to know 295 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,040 Speaker 1: how someone that hasn't done this for what forty this 296 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: is my forty third season, forty plus years, I would 297 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: have said that is Cowboys silver and blue with a 298 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: red check on the side, and you'd have been right. 299 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: There's nothing inaccurate about what you would have said. But 300 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: if this man is proud of his fashion persona and 301 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: trying to make a statement with what he wears, and 302 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: I think we owe it to the audience to be 303 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: a little more descriptive and try to live up to 304 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: he's put some effort into selecting those shoes. I think 305 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: it merits the best possible description. Those are good looks. 306 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: I've got a challenge for you. You're a fashion guy, right, yeah, 307 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: all right, bring your a game on Sunday and I'll 308 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: make sure we feature you on the Cowboys Instagram. I 309 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: got so bring it so shoes outfit everything? What best fit? 310 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: What did you wear yesterday? I wore? I wore a 311 00:20:54,240 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: gold gold silk button up who is it? By Kaiser Clark? Uh? 312 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: I wore some leather, some leather from leather pants by 313 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: Michael Mary And Uh, what shoes did I wear? I 314 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: can't think it would I can't remember what shoes I wore? 315 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: But what color were the pants? Black? And so with 316 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: a with a gold button up and gold gold button 317 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: up with black lining. Uh? Black leather pants? Oh? And 318 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: I wore some white and black shoes by rafts Imus. 319 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: I knew we'd get there. I just all I needed 320 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 1: was for you to visualize the whole thing. It was 321 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: clear that you had that you had. Now do you know, 322 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: off the top of your head how many pair of 323 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: shoes of all different kinds are in your closet? Nah? 324 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: Four figures in numbers of pairs, not shoes, just about 325 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: just about just about? And how often do you repeat 326 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: wearing a pair of shoes? Now? I wouldn't. I wouldn't 327 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: say I'm one of those guys that said I wear 328 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: everything one time and then now if if the occasion comes, 329 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: then I, you know, I pick out an outfit that 330 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: looks that looks good with the same parasuites that I 331 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: may have woar two days ago or three days ago, 332 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: two or two Okay, because if you just intentionally said 333 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 1: I will wear them all, but not until I've worn 334 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: all the other ones, you'd be three years before you 335 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: can get around under the next I just you know, 336 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: I just go in there, I going in And even 337 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: just like today, it wasn't just kind of what hits you. Yeah, 338 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: I just grab some shoes and put them on. And 339 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: how far in advance, like if you already started channings 340 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,719 Speaker 1: now put you on notice, But how far it been 341 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: in advance? Do you normally start thinking about what you're 342 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: gonna wear to the game already? I have, like I 343 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: have my I have my outfits already together, and it's 344 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: just like for the whole season. Yeah, and it's just 345 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: like what I don't know what game I'm gonna wear, 346 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: what Pacific out specific fit, But you know, I just 347 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: on game day, I'm like, okay, I'm gonna wear this. 348 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: And now, how did you happen to pick the golden 349 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: black and white and black shoe motif yesterday. Uh, I 350 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 1: really wasn't about to wear that, but I asked my girlfriend, 351 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: I said, what do you think I should put on? 352 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: And I gave her two choices and she picked it. 353 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: So I said, I'm all right, I wear Now. You 354 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: clearly are, I would say, justifiably proud of your fashion sense, 355 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: knowledge and instinct. Do you defer to her frequently or 356 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: do you just say yes, dear and just to keep 357 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: peace and decide you're gonna wear what you wanna wear. 358 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's just the it's just the pens. 359 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: But majority of the time, I asked, I want her 360 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: to feel like her so smart. This is a team 361 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: of smart players. Yeah, so you know, I asked her, 362 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: you know, and she's usually she's usually on board with 363 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: with what I the loan of lines that I was 364 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: going down anyway, So what is your favorite pair of shoes? 365 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: What's your go to? What's your favorite pair? And which 366 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: ones do you wear the most if they're different? M 367 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: my favorite pair, my favorite pair would have to be 368 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: my B thirty two Runners by d or Black and White. 369 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: But my go to it's my my Mocha, my Michael 370 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 1: Jordan ones I wear those. I probably got the more, 371 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: the most wear and tear. I actually got two pair 372 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: because same, same, same, but because I wore I wore 373 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: the first pair of ball I wore so much it 374 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: was starting to get kind of a lot of wear 375 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: in TETs, so I had to get another pair of 376 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: so it doesn't look So you got a dress pair 377 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: in a in a h. I got a couple of 378 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: pairs of shoes, but not those. Um, but I might 379 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: be in the market. Do you own any Jordan's? I don't, 380 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: but I actually am. I would like to. I've got 381 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: too many shoes for a guy. But but maybe not, 382 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: because we've just risked. We just set a new bar. 383 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: But on the other hand, I mean, I mean, look 384 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: at him. The man looks good. He's got to look good. 385 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: So I'm not really trying to be in that league 386 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: because I'm just trying to stay in my lane. Um 387 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: when did you develop this keen interest in fashion? Uh? 388 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: Probably my my freshman year, my freshman year of college 389 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: at Clemson. Yeah, yeah, I was just able to. I 390 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: was able to start by buy more things. You know, 391 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: don't make me make a joke about Clemson. So you 392 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: can you can now for your award. Don't make me 393 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: do that, Come on, Jake. I just was able to, 394 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, I was able to start start buying more things, 395 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: especially shoes. You know. I started out just like being 396 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: a big shoe guy. And then you know, when I 397 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: got when I got drafted, I kind of turned into 398 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, a loan the lines of, you know, I 399 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: wanted to put on a nice suit or whether it's 400 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: I'm just going out of the casual. You know. I 401 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: just started to kind of put together my own looks 402 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: and I started getting compliments about it. And then I 403 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: was like, you know, and I actually like, I like, 404 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: you know, mixing it up. When did you know you 405 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: were good at like I said, uh, started getting compliments 406 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: about what I was wearing. People started askingly, you have 407 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: a stylist. I'm like, nah, I'll do this all myself. 408 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: So that's when I kind of realized, Okay, then you 409 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: really realize it about that second contract, that third contract, 410 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: and it's like, and I really like the stuff because 411 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: I can forward some really cool stuff down. Huh. Yeah. Yeah, 412 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: I'm still I'm still working on that. Though. I'm still 413 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: working on that, just thinking there are there are more 414 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: levels to go to with that mister Nichols Pain, director 415 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: of all things technical. I've completely forgotten the exact time 416 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: It's time? Is it time? I had a sense it 417 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: was time. And there's so much more to get into 418 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: with jay Ron Curse. See why we wanted to have 419 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: him here as a guest. And we've just barely scratched 420 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: the football surface too. We will be right back with 421 00:27:21,000 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: jay Ron Curse on the Cowboys. Our better agree to 422 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: the miller like Cowboys Hours supported by Albertsons and Omni 423 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: Hotels and Resorts, better ingredients, better pizza, Papa John's, the 424 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: official pizza of the Dallas Cowboys. That was the voice 425 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: of Shannon Gross. I'm Brad Sham and jay Ron Curse, 426 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: the Cowboys safety is our guest this evening more fashion 427 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: in a moment. But back to football first for just 428 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: a second. So all of these different things that you 429 00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: are doing partly because I'm sure George Edwards told Dan Quinn, hey, 430 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: you can don't think of this guy is just a 431 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: big safety. Now he can do a lot of things. Um, 432 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: what are your most comfortable doing? What do you like 433 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 1: doing most? H I enjoy a man a man on 434 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: tight ends, enjoy Uh what this league has turned into 435 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,479 Speaker 1: is basically tight ends. I basically receivers, just big receivers. So, uh, 436 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: you know, I think when you get when you get 437 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: a player that can that can help you limit limit 438 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: the big plays to those tight ends. I think you 439 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: you you've added a unique part to your defense because 440 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's honestly, not many safeties as big 441 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: as me, you know, and can run, can run like me. 442 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: So you we have something that a lot of the 443 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: other thirty one teams around the league don't have, and 444 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: that's a big guy that can match them in size 445 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: and speed and scrength. You know what's interesting is that 446 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: you are the physical mentions you are, Uh, Israel mcquomo 447 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: is um kind of a Jay run curse starter set right? 448 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: And then and then uh KZ and Hooker are different 449 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: than that, and so is Donovan Wilson. Who you guys 450 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: are playing so well without so many guys you just 451 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: forget about the guys who are who are coming back. Uh. 452 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: But um, does that mean that there are like specific 453 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: things that you can do that they would not ask 454 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: Hooker to do or or Kazy or Wilson. Yeah, I 455 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: think it's because I think all of our games are different. 456 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: Uh you know, Casey, Casey's a guy that that's led 457 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: this league and picks before. You know, I think he 458 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: had like eight and twenty seventeen or eighteen something like 459 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: that that the league dig's gonna have that here by Thursday, 460 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: I think. So indeed, you got you got, you got 461 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 1: Hooker who you know, Malik Malik has been a ball hawk, 462 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: you know, from his Ohio State days till when he 463 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: got in the league. He's just you know, just dealt 464 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: with a couple of injuries. And then uh, you got Donovan. 465 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: Donovan is just a he's a he's gonna goal, he's 466 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: a he's a he's a speed guy. He's a fast 467 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: guy and he never stops. Uh. Then you got me, 468 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,959 Speaker 1: just a bigger guy that can you know, can get 469 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: in the box and you don't lose you don't lose 470 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: the size of a linebacker or you don't lose the 471 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: speed over dB. And then, uh so I believe we all, 472 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: we all have our unique, unique traits that we bring 473 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: to the defense. And uh, you know it's gonna be 474 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun when we get when we get 475 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: Donald back. And I know, I know they're gonna cook 476 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: something up for for how we can like we're all 477 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: we're all gonna have our unique roles, you know when 478 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: it when it comes down to the game plan and 479 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: they're going against uh, these teams in the league. So 480 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. You've you've played mostly special 481 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: teams in Minnesota and Detroit, right because the casual cowboy 482 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,719 Speaker 1: fan who wasn't familiar with your work would look at 483 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: what you've done here this first month, and all of 484 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: us who saw training camp said, well, guy's having a 485 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: great camp. Um and they a lot of fans might 486 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: look at that and say, what, how did he Why 487 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,839 Speaker 1: was he a free agent? Why was he how's this 488 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 1: guy on the street? Have you just had coaches interested 489 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: in giving you better opportunity here than you've had in 490 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: your previous stops. Uh. For for my start of my career, 491 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: I came into I came into a situation which was 492 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: we had Harrison Smith, uh and uh we basically we 493 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: played the same the same thing. And you know, everyone 494 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: Harrison's a great, great, great great safety. Uh. I think 495 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: he's a Hall of Famer. So you know, it's kind 496 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: of tough coming in and and kind of thinking you're 497 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: gonna get playing time when you're playing behind someone like that. So, uh, 498 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: that's when I kind of I grew into the role 499 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: of the nickel where you know, they found the way 500 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: to give me snaps throughout the week. But it was 501 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: still it was still tough because we still had so 502 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: many great linebackers. It's like, how do we take a 503 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: linebacker off the field. So and then Detroit, you know, 504 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: I got my first shot when I was in Detroit, 505 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 1: you know, started seven games. Uh, you know, I feel 506 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: like I played pretty good, but it was still you know, 507 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,279 Speaker 1: it was still tough. And then just now just being here, 508 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: you know, and no, just happy, just happy, you know, 509 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: coming to work every day, I'm happy and just being 510 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: around the guys and just how they they welcome all 511 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,919 Speaker 1: of us free agency. You know, I just feel good 512 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: playing football here. So I think that kind of translates 513 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: to what I'm putting out on the field. And I 514 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: can't be I can't thank God enough. Actually, uh, you know, 515 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:00,399 Speaker 1: everything everything that's going on now is it's been this time, 516 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: and then you know, I'm just I'm thankful and grateful 517 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,760 Speaker 1: for the opportunity that I have here. What the guy, 518 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: even though you have that amazing voice. You don't seem 519 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: to use it a whole lot. Off the field. You 520 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,320 Speaker 1: seem like kind of a quiet guy. Is that Is 521 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: that a good assumption? Yeah, kind of kind of to 522 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: yourself a little bit. But on the field, I'm down there. 523 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: I'm down there. When you come out of the locker room, 524 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,359 Speaker 1: I'm down there. When you're out on the field, you're 525 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,879 Speaker 1: a little bit different. On the field, You're a little 526 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: more outspoken and you you break the DBS down. How 527 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: did how did how did that come about? How did 528 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,520 Speaker 1: you become the vocal guy? Have you always been that way? 529 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: Is that something you just you just kind of stepped 530 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: into on this team? Like what why are you so 531 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 1: different on the field right now? It's just we have 532 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: a young we have a young team. We have a 533 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: young team. So I think I'm like the oldest guy 534 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: in the secondary. Is that crazy to you? Yeah? It is. 535 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,040 Speaker 1: It is because I've never been in a situation where, 536 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: you know, it's at least since I've been in the 537 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 1: league where I have to be the leader. Whether it's 538 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 1: like I'm the oldest guy in the second day and 539 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm twenty seven years old going in, I mean year six, 540 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: So it's like they look to me like like I've 541 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: been in the league like twelve years, so like I 542 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: look at brands like wow. Uh so yeah, that's just why. 543 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 1: That's just why. And I knew it. I knew, you 544 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: know coming in here. Uh. In order for us to, 545 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:24,279 Speaker 1: you know, to be what we needed to be, we 546 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,319 Speaker 1: had to have some guys that guys just had the league. Uh, 547 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: you know, when you got such a young group that 548 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,800 Speaker 1: hasn't hasn't seen, that hasn't seen a lot of football, 549 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,720 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I've seen some football. I've played, 550 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 1: I played with great players, I've I've learned from a 551 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: lot of great players, uh through my times in Minnesota. 552 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 1: So you know, I just kind of I kind of 553 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 1: tell guys, you know, the things I've seen. You know, 554 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: we had top five defense in Minnesota, And I tell guys, 555 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: you know, and and and preaching them what it looks like. 556 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:55,040 Speaker 1: I know what it looks like. So I kind of 557 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 1: try to put us in that that same, that same 558 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: ball park. As far as the way we moved, the 559 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: way the way we got to handle business, whether it's 560 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: to walk through, whether it's you know, anything talk through 561 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: meeting or I just kind of trying to get everybody together. 562 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: I want to make sure everybody understands the opportunity that 563 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: we have. You know, like we talked about expectations, many 564 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 1: didn't have expectations as high as we have for ourselves. 565 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:26,120 Speaker 1: So we're already starting when you start, like we're starting here, 566 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,839 Speaker 1: but our expectations are here. So even if we don't 567 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: reach our expectations and we're here, we're above what everybody 568 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: else thought when we're gonna be anyway. So I just 569 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 1: kind of keep keep on the young guys. The guy's 570 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: like Michael Ost, you know, you got guys. It's going 571 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 1: to be great players like for years to come in 572 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: this league. But they don't know what it really looks 573 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: like because they haven't seen it. They're just now. And 574 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 1: I try to be that guy that they can look 575 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 1: at and be like, Okay, I see how he moves 576 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: and how he's attacked things, he's watching films and things 577 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,239 Speaker 1: like that. For those of us that have never been 578 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 1: in a position group huddle on an NFL team on 579 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: a game day, is there any part of that conversation 580 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 1: you can share with us and repeat, this is children, uh, 581 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 1: not not from me, not from me? Do you do 582 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 1: you talk to receivers. Uh, I try to. I try, 583 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,879 Speaker 1: I just, I just I just go out and work. Yes, yes, yeah, 584 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 1: it's a big yeah. Let me tell you something else, 585 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: those of you who are not here and those of 586 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: you who you know. The great thing about this being 587 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot com is if you're listening on 588 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: the radio, you can go back and see it tomorrow. 589 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:49,880 Speaker 1: The smile on this man is ten billion watts fifty 590 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,840 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a smile. I mean, this is one of 591 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: the great smiles I've ever seen. And it becomes a 592 00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: grin effortlessly, and so that is uh, it seems to 593 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 1: me part of your magnetism. And I'm sure that comes 594 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,320 Speaker 1: out in the in the personality. And that's why Shannon 595 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,800 Speaker 1: said that's a yes, because the smile on his face 596 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 1: when when we try to get him to say, what 597 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: do you talk and do you get if a receiver 598 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:22,440 Speaker 1: talks back, tight ends are usually a little less chatty 599 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:28,040 Speaker 1: than wide receivers, usually not all the time. If a 600 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: receiver talks back, do you think, Okay, I've got him, 601 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: I'm in his head. Uh? Not for me. I'm now 602 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: I'm thinking to myself, I gotta be on my A 603 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,360 Speaker 1: game because you can't be a guy that that talks 604 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,719 Speaker 1: and then not back it up. So if I'm talking 605 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,360 Speaker 1: to you and you're talking back, now we're in a 606 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: battle all game, and I have to be on my 607 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,880 Speaker 1: A game all game already, on top of how I 608 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,120 Speaker 1: feel like I have to play, it just goes up 609 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: even more because I can't talk. I can't talk smack 610 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,399 Speaker 1: to you and then turn out and not be who 611 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:04,640 Speaker 1: I have to be. Now, this, this whole uh travelogue 612 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,279 Speaker 1: of an NFL player always fascinates me. You were an 613 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 1: All American at Clemson and UM and then a seventh 614 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,239 Speaker 1: round draft choice, which you know, that's fine. A lot 615 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,799 Speaker 1: of guys are free agents and seventh round the same 616 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 1: thing as the first round once you're in camp. That's 617 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 1: what they always say, and it's almost true. But um, 618 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,520 Speaker 1: how how did you make that? That had to be 619 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:30,879 Speaker 1: a little bit of a shock to you. So you're 620 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: an All American at Clemson. You talked about expectations. I 621 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:38,719 Speaker 1: always like to differentiate differentiate between expectations and hopes. But 622 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 1: when you have when you're an American at Clemson, you 623 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 1: probably have expectations of what your life in the league 624 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: is going to be like did you not? Yeah, for me, 625 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: that was that was probably that was that was that was. 626 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:56,120 Speaker 1: That was one of my toughest days of my life. Uh, 627 00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, going into my going into my junior year, 628 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:03,360 Speaker 1: I haven't first round grade, then you know, playing my 629 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,959 Speaker 1: junior year, becoming an All American my junior year, then 630 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: deciding to come out and sitting through those first two days, 631 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 1: it was was the longest days of my life. And 632 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,359 Speaker 1: then day three came and that was the longest day 633 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,760 Speaker 1: of my life. Uh. You know, I actually I cried 634 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,800 Speaker 1: that day just because I felt like I worked so hard, 635 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,520 Speaker 1: I worked so hard to get to a certain point 636 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,799 Speaker 1: in my life, and I just felt like that wasn't 637 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,879 Speaker 1: gonna happen, you know, the dream of being drafted. So 638 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,799 Speaker 1: you know, it's just it just feeled. It just feeled me. 639 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: Uh but you know, it's it's it's a part of 640 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,400 Speaker 1: this business. You know, you got a lot of guys 641 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,799 Speaker 1: that you know, don't think they're going first round, go 642 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,160 Speaker 1: first round. Guys that think they're going first round, don't 643 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,279 Speaker 1: go first round. But like you said, once you get 644 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,279 Speaker 1: an account, you know, we're all we're all right here, 645 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: We're all at the same level together, you know, and 646 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,359 Speaker 1: you know, we get out there and we put our 647 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,560 Speaker 1: best foot forward, you know, and I was you know, 648 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,799 Speaker 1: I was blessed and to be able to you know, 649 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,200 Speaker 1: make the make the fifty three and uh, you know, 650 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:06,800 Speaker 1: I just took it from there and just kept working. 651 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:12,040 Speaker 1: Does that three day period fuel you still to this day? Yes, 652 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,839 Speaker 1: it does for the simple fact that I felt like 653 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,400 Speaker 1: even even now, even now with everything that's going on, 654 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:22,000 Speaker 1: you know, everything that I'm doing now, it's no shock 655 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:25,719 Speaker 1: to me. And just like I looked at I look 656 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,279 Speaker 1: at it as you know, I wasn't taken when I 657 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:30,920 Speaker 1: felt like I should have been taken, you know, and 658 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,000 Speaker 1: then the guy's taking the feat of me. You know, 659 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,279 Speaker 1: I just I go out every I go out every day, 660 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:39,920 Speaker 1: and you know, I look to just make sure everybody's 661 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,120 Speaker 1: look looks dumb, for lack of a better word, he 662 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:47,040 Speaker 1: looked dumb because you know, the guys you took in 663 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 1: front of me, I just want to continue to show 664 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: that they're not the same player I was. They don't 665 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:53,960 Speaker 1: have the same thing that I have inside of me. 666 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:58,920 Speaker 1: Like whether it was speed, whether it was side strength, 667 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,000 Speaker 1: whatever it may be. You know, you may have felt 668 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,840 Speaker 1: they were a better choice, not just I'm just working 669 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,920 Speaker 1: approved that they were. Well. Right now, the team they 670 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,080 Speaker 1: gave you. The uniform you're wearing is looking pretty smart 671 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 1: because of what you're doing on the field. We have 672 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:15,800 Speaker 1: this microphone is going to be working ted if we 673 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna have those of you who are here with 674 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,279 Speaker 1: us tonight at the Ford Center at the Star who 675 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,959 Speaker 1: have questions for jay Ron curse you know the drill 676 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,040 Speaker 1: because most of you have been here before, that microphone 677 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,160 Speaker 1: will be right there and you'll be able to ask 678 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,719 Speaker 1: jay Ron your questions and what have you. On your 679 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,719 Speaker 1: supersheet there, I have another library. Would you like me 680 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,360 Speaker 1: to read it before we go to break? Be my 681 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,719 Speaker 1: fondest hope at the Omni Frisco Hotel, which is right 682 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,520 Speaker 1: out that window right there. Kick off your stay at 683 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,359 Speaker 1: the official hotel of the Dallas Cowboys with style. That's 684 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:48,400 Speaker 1: where you guys sleep on Saturday nights at home games. Correct, Yes, 685 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,080 Speaker 1: it is yeah, nice place right yeah. Cool off in 686 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,640 Speaker 1: the elevated pool, saver upscale comfort food or neighborhood services, 687 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,359 Speaker 1: and enjoy all the dining and entertainment options the Star 688 00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:01,440 Speaker 1: has to offer. Visit Omnihotels Dot com Um slash Frisco 689 00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:04,840 Speaker 1: to learn more and turn the next home game into 690 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,279 Speaker 1: a weekend getaway. And do we have a Wikipedia page 691 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,480 Speaker 1: when we come back from break? I you know what, 692 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,320 Speaker 1: I have one right here, Brad. You've covered about ninety 693 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,080 Speaker 1: percent of it, but I can do the other ten 694 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:16,799 Speaker 1: percent and we and we don't rehearse this, friends, can 695 00:45:16,840 --> 00:47:24,279 Speaker 1: you imagine we'll be right back with jay Ron Curse 696 00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:23,840 Speaker 1: for the Miller like Cowboys Hours supported by Albertsons and 697 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:29,080 Speaker 1: Omni Hotels and Resorts. Welcome back, Brad Shammas, Shannon Gross 698 00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,480 Speaker 1: and our very special guests. Look at the line forming 699 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,640 Speaker 1: for jay Ron Curse. Delighted to have the Cowboys safety 700 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,839 Speaker 1: with us. By the way, next week, Tyrn Smith will 701 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,160 Speaker 1: be sitting in that very chair. He'll be filling up 702 00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,839 Speaker 1: more of it than you do. But Tyran Smith will 703 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,279 Speaker 1: sit and in that very chair right over there, the 704 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,840 Speaker 1: Wikipedia page if you don't mind, because I love I 705 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,080 Speaker 1: love this feature of the program. You know what, let 706 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:52,960 Speaker 1: me let me get this last live read out of 707 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,680 Speaker 1: the way in the world. I'm sorry, I thought we'd 708 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,719 Speaker 1: done that. I don't think we got one more because 709 00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,399 Speaker 1: it's good friends at Jack Black and if you want 710 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,160 Speaker 1: to use what the ros us Jack Black is official 711 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,040 Speaker 1: men's skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys. Visit get Jack 712 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:08,319 Speaker 1: Black dot com today. And now we can get to 713 00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,319 Speaker 1: the Wikipedia page, so look forward to it. All right, 714 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,760 Speaker 1: We've covered a lot of this, jay Ron, but let's 715 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,000 Speaker 1: just let's just run through what Wikipedia says about you, 716 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,600 Speaker 1: and then you you verify whether it's correct or not. 717 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:24,080 Speaker 1: Have you Wikipedia yourself lately? Not lately? Not lately? All right? 718 00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:27,879 Speaker 1: Says you're a native of Fort Myers, Florida. True, where 719 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:32,520 Speaker 1: you attended Cypress Lake High School. True? Okay. It says 720 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:36,080 Speaker 1: as a freshman you were five foot six and played 721 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,400 Speaker 1: on defense before experiencing a gross spurt. I don't know 722 00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:41,960 Speaker 1: why it's got that in Wikipedia that I was five eight? 723 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:43,880 Speaker 1: Were five eight? Okay? You might want to go in 724 00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,840 Speaker 1: and update this, all right. It says also as a sophomore, 725 00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:51,279 Speaker 1: you were named the starting quarterback. True true, true? Okay. 726 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,359 Speaker 1: As a junior you were running quarterback and you rushed 727 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:57,279 Speaker 1: for sixteen hundred yards and seventeen touchdowns. Yeah. Why did 728 00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:01,960 Speaker 1: you not stay at quarterback? U? I didn't want to. 729 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,600 Speaker 1: I didn't want to be kidding. I didn't want to 730 00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:08,640 Speaker 1: be hit. Yeah, I wanted to right there. Can you 731 00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:10,799 Speaker 1: still wing it? I think I can. I think I can. 732 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:13,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't much of a passer though we were at 733 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:17,239 Speaker 1: the wing t so I oh had some wheels on you. Yeah. All, 734 00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:20,800 Speaker 1: does Kellen know that if if he's ever got a 735 00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:25,160 Speaker 1: little wildcat formation in mind, that you're available and experienced. 736 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,800 Speaker 1: I think I gotta I gotta swam my highlight tape 737 00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,080 Speaker 1: slip that in there. I wouldn't mind seeing that, says. 738 00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,440 Speaker 1: As a senior, you transferred to South Fort Myers High School, 739 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,719 Speaker 1: where you played safety, running back, and wide receiver. Yes, 740 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,439 Speaker 1: all right, says you were rated. Now here's here's where 741 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,319 Speaker 1: the talent, the athletic ability comes in. Says you were 742 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:46,960 Speaker 1: rated a four star recruit by Rivals dot Com, as 743 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,760 Speaker 1: well as the number sixteen athlete in the nation according 744 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: to both Rivals and two four seven sports dot com. 745 00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,280 Speaker 1: All right, you were viewed as the seventh best outside 746 00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:01,279 Speaker 1: linebacker in the class of twenty twelve by Scout dot Com, 747 00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,960 Speaker 1: while Max Prepps listened to you as the fifteenth the 748 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,359 Speaker 1: best athlete in the nation and considered you a four 749 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,640 Speaker 1: star recruit. Yeah, now hold on to that thought for minutes. Okay, 750 00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:12,840 Speaker 1: if we read that last one again, the fourth best 751 00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:15,480 Speaker 1: fourth and the fifteenth best athlete in the nation and 752 00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,000 Speaker 1: considered you a four star recruit. No, no, no, the 753 00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:21,200 Speaker 1: linebacker part, oh, the linebacker part. You reviewed as a 754 00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:25,200 Speaker 1: seventh best outside linebacker in the class of twenty twelve. 755 00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:27,160 Speaker 1: Do you ever look at Michael Parsons and say, yeah, 756 00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:31,640 Speaker 1: you remind me a lot of me, kid, Uh No, 757 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,520 Speaker 1: not much, not much. But I did see its highlight. 758 00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,800 Speaker 1: I did his highlight, and it's kind of it was 759 00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,799 Speaker 1: kind of the same things I was doing, you know. 760 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,960 Speaker 1: He kind of just he's just shorter, right, Yeah, and 761 00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,759 Speaker 1: he kind of put on a lot more weight than 762 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:47,960 Speaker 1: I did. You know. So says you accepted a football 763 00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:51,400 Speaker 1: scholarship from Clemson, where you focused on playing strong safety 764 00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:55,080 Speaker 1: under Dabbo Sweeney. Yes, and it says on weekends you 765 00:51:55,560 --> 00:52:01,040 Speaker 1: spent your free time as a rodeo clown. That doesn't 766 00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,040 Speaker 1: say that, It doesn't. I made that. Yeah. I was 767 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,000 Speaker 1: just keeping you on your toes because you've been agreeing 768 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:07,400 Speaker 1: with everything. I'm just paying attention. I want you to 769 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,560 Speaker 1: know I'm listening. And then we covered most of this 770 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,640 Speaker 1: hold on. Everybody just stopped for a minute and get 771 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,160 Speaker 1: a good mental picture of Jay Ryan Curse as a 772 00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:21,439 Speaker 1: rodeo clown. You're welcome, Okay, go ahead, all right, and 773 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:23,440 Speaker 1: we covered all this. You were selected by the Minnesota 774 00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:26,200 Speaker 1: Vikings in the seventh round two hundred forty fourth overall 775 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:30,720 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. And you have family ties. Uh. Javon Curse, 776 00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:35,320 Speaker 1: former Florida Gator, is your uncle, and Philip buchanan U 777 00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:40,440 Speaker 1: is also your cousin. And that is our Wikipedia update. 778 00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:42,279 Speaker 1: Thanks for I have one question before we go to 779 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,600 Speaker 1: the fans. The braves hat you have on. Is that 780 00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:48,239 Speaker 1: just a fashion statement or are you braves fan? That's 781 00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,759 Speaker 1: a fashion thing. I'm not much of a baseball guy. 782 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,439 Speaker 1: Did you play Did you ever play baseball? Never? Never? 783 00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,600 Speaker 1: Just just like the colors and the Yeah, it's a 784 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:01,440 Speaker 1: fashion thing. Okay, here we go, all right, Ja, and 785 00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:04,399 Speaker 1: my name is Bill. Uh. I'm wondering with you being 786 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,440 Speaker 1: in a top five defense over in Minnesota, down in 787 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:11,640 Speaker 1: the locker room and such. Uh, comparing the attitudes and stuff, 788 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,960 Speaker 1: how are we in that level compared to a top 789 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:18,440 Speaker 1: five would you say? Uh? I think we're I think 790 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,279 Speaker 1: we were. I think we're right there. As far as 791 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:23,600 Speaker 1: just mentality and how every how every guy in the 792 00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:27,319 Speaker 1: locker room approaches every day and how we move about 793 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:30,840 Speaker 1: everything we do. So, uh, you know, those are some 794 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,799 Speaker 1: great players, you know, and all want to get premature 795 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:36,080 Speaker 1: and say we're at that level right now, but we're 796 00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:38,640 Speaker 1: definitely working to get there and we have all the 797 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,200 Speaker 1: things that we need to get there. Good Bill, Thank 798 00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:48,040 Speaker 1: you very much. Next one, Jay Run, congratulations on a 799 00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,480 Speaker 1: great win yesterday. Thank you. Have a question, since you 800 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:56,600 Speaker 1: are a fashion aficionado, who on the team impresses you 801 00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,279 Speaker 1: with their fashion sy This is a good question, is 802 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:02,359 Speaker 1: what was your name, sir? By the way, Rambo, that's 803 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:07,799 Speaker 1: your real name on your birth certificate. Pretty close. Would 804 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:11,040 Speaker 1: you like to challenge him? No, No, I'm good. I'm good. Okay. 805 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:29,360 Speaker 1: Uh oh man, I gotta go with Trayvon. Trayvon. You know, uh, Trayvon. Uh, 806 00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:31,680 Speaker 1: you can throw a couple out there. What is it 807 00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:35,680 Speaker 1: about the way that the Trayvon Diggs dresses that catches 808 00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:40,759 Speaker 1: your eye? It's just unique, It's it's unique. Uh, it's 809 00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:44,120 Speaker 1: a but it's also alone the lines of how I dress, 810 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:48,480 Speaker 1: so you know makes sense. Yeah, So I can just 811 00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:50,439 Speaker 1: look at it and be like some of the same 812 00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:54,840 Speaker 1: things he wears. I can see myself wearing. But uh, 813 00:54:54,880 --> 00:55:02,600 Speaker 1: I will trayvon see. He's a young guy. I haven't 814 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:04,920 Speaker 1: seen much from him, but I can tell he has 815 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:13,239 Speaker 1: a little uh naean naan. Oh interesting, Okay, Uh, I 816 00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:15,680 Speaker 1: gotta stick with those two guys right now. I haven't 817 00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:18,000 Speaker 1: seen that. I haven't seen enough from it. By the way, 818 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,799 Speaker 1: both defensive backs, I'll just point that out right there, yes, 819 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:25,160 Speaker 1: or go ahead, Hey, Jaron, my name's Corey. Um. What's 820 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:28,440 Speaker 1: different with Dan Quinn as a defensive coordinator versus the 821 00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,279 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator you had in Detroit, Minnesota. It seems like 822 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,640 Speaker 1: y'are playing a lot fast. I think I saw something 823 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:37,800 Speaker 1: on next gent that's that said. Uh. Ten players um 824 00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:40,719 Speaker 1: reached the maximum speed of nineteen miles par and I 825 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:44,160 Speaker 1: believe you were one of them. Uh. It's that's really 826 00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:46,560 Speaker 1: you know, we get to play free. We get to 827 00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:48,880 Speaker 1: play free. Uh. You know, it's not a lot of 828 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:52,840 Speaker 1: thinking with this defense. Uh. He puts us in simple calls. 829 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,920 Speaker 1: We get fast calls, we line up and we can 830 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,799 Speaker 1: go play. I think that's the that's the main thing 831 00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:01,520 Speaker 1: that that's allowing with gods to go out there and 832 00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,200 Speaker 1: play fives I think the number one thing that slows 833 00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:07,680 Speaker 1: a lot of players down, no matter how old you are, 834 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:11,799 Speaker 1: is just having to thank too much. When you have 835 00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:14,560 Speaker 1: to thank too much, you're not really focusing on what's 836 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,120 Speaker 1: going on from the offensive side. When you don't have 837 00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:19,360 Speaker 1: to think that much, you can line up and just 838 00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,040 Speaker 1: go play ball. And I think that puts you in 839 00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,200 Speaker 1: the best position. And I think that's that's what we do. Good. 840 00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:26,640 Speaker 1: Thank you, Corey, Thank you. We got time for one more. 841 00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:29,520 Speaker 1: We got forty five seconds left. Here we go. How 842 00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:33,040 Speaker 1: you doing. I'm Jamine. I see everybody touched on everything else, 843 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:35,400 Speaker 1: but I see a shirt Snoop Dog. What is the 844 00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:38,640 Speaker 1: DBS listening to? What music gets you guys hype? Is 845 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,160 Speaker 1: there different music and all the groups or what are 846 00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:45,680 Speaker 1: you guys listening to? Real short on time? Well, you know, 847 00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:47,960 Speaker 1: we play a speaker in the locker room and sometimes 848 00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,600 Speaker 1: guys put their own music in the air. Me person, 849 00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:53,480 Speaker 1: I put my headphones in. You know, I'm listening to Tupart, 850 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:58,759 Speaker 1: easy ice Cube, but Snoop Dog old school before pregaming 851 00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,960 Speaker 1: and that gets me right, jay Ron Kurse, do you 852 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:03,959 Speaker 1: love him or what? And love the way he's playing? 853 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:07,400 Speaker 1: Thank you JK, thanks for your time, man, Shannon Gross, 854 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:11,319 Speaker 1: thank you, sir. That's tonight's Cowboys Hour. This has been 855 00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:14,560 Speaker 1: a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas 856 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:15,799 Speaker 1: Cowboys Football Club.