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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Stephen Jones, Dallas Cowboys CEO,

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Speaker 1: joining us right here on one oh five three the fans. Stephen,

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Speaker 1: is there a bit of a different feel for you

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Speaker 1: today after yesterday's win? Well, it's I just heard y'all talking.

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Speaker 1: It's always great to win, and you play to win

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Speaker 1: the game. Leagues, Uh, you know it on these teams

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Speaker 1: are high editive or they wouldn't be playing in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And most of them are getting, you know, paid really

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Speaker 1: well to do it. And uh, you know, when we

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Speaker 1: first came in league, tex Ram reminded us that they

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Speaker 1: paid their players too. So you know, you can't ever

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Speaker 1: take anyone for granted. These are all pro and you know,

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Speaker 1: the competitive instincts come out in you. And of course,

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Speaker 1: in our particular case, I'll be at a long shot.

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Speaker 1: We're still in the mix, and you know, one of

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Speaker 1: the dynamics for us is to get better every week.

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Speaker 1: We've got a new coaching staff this year, we're uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, had unprecedented times. We've had some challenges with

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Speaker 1: our injuries, and you know, we just think for our

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Speaker 1: team and for the long haul. Uh, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: so important for us to get better every week in

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Speaker 1: battle to win each and every game. Stephen, you were

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Speaker 1: able to to get forty one points in the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks off of turnovers. And I'm curious what's

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Speaker 1: changed and from what you see, Uh, you know, what

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Speaker 1: are the guys doing differently? Is that they're just playing

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Speaker 1: faster and more confident. Is because y'all been healthy. What's

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Speaker 1: the combination of things that that's changed for this defense? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that we've been any health here, but

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Speaker 1: we were we were yesterday. We obviously got to come

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Speaker 1: back and we got Dicks back and that was helpful

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Speaker 1: after we played the week before with think four practice

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Speaker 1: squad back. You know that are young and getting better

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Speaker 1: every week, but they were still on our practice squad

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Speaker 1: for the majority of the season. Um, I think the

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Speaker 1: bigger thing is just people. You know, our players are

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Speaker 1: just playing faster and they're more confident in what they're doing,

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Speaker 1: and they're flying around to the ball. I think our

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Speaker 1: pass rush, you know that we expected to have from

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Speaker 1: the get go. You know, we're doing some good jobs

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Speaker 1: on first and second down and getting them to where

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Speaker 1: they need to throw the ball. And then our pass

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Speaker 1: rushers are are back they're making plays and getting to

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Speaker 1: them on special teams. Our guys are playing fast, so

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Speaker 1: you know, as we all know, the first of the year,

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Speaker 1: we were all over and we weren't getting turnovers. Now

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Speaker 1: we're protecting the ball and we're getting the turnovers, and

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Speaker 1: that's the difference. But you know, a huge difference if

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Speaker 1: you really look at you know, the analytics of our game.

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Speaker 1: If you win that turnover battle, a great chance to

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Speaker 1: win the game. And certainly that's a holding true for

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Speaker 1: us and our goal here the last two weeks of

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Speaker 1: the season is just keep getting better. And I think

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Speaker 1: our guys are doing a great job of coming to

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Speaker 1: work every day. They've got great spirit in practice. Even

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Speaker 1: when you know, a couple of weeks ago when things

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Speaker 1: were certainly challenging, they came to work every day and

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Speaker 1: practiced hard and it's paying off. So we'll just see

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Speaker 1: how we do. UH. Obviously a huge game against the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: They're playing a lot better UH with Jalen Heard and

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Speaker 1: as we all know, these quarterbacks that can move around

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Speaker 1: and a duel through at quarterbacks create to create challenges,

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Speaker 1: so they'll certainly be a big challenge for us. But

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to having them down uh down here

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Speaker 1: they T and T Stadium, and uh, you know, feel

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Speaker 1: like we'll compete at the high level and uh you know,

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Speaker 1: keep ourselves in the mex hopefully. Stephen. A major part

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Speaker 1: of yesterday was Tony Powler talk about how important he

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Speaker 1: I was noticing, uh, you know, I was kind of

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Speaker 1: looking as we were going there. You know, Tony really

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Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of yards until he broke off

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Speaker 1: that last run the fourth quarter against the Bengals. I

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Speaker 1: think because he cript off a thirty five forty yard

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Speaker 1: you know, you're not trying to catch the game all

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Speaker 1: those big runs off. And that's so important. But obviously

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Speaker 1: Tony brings some great explosiveness to the game with his speed.

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Speaker 1: We knew that coming out of Memphis. He's with the

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Speaker 1: he's just an explosive player. I think Zeke and him

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Speaker 1: So it's just great to have a player like him

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Speaker 1: made a lot of big plays for us. Do you

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Speaker 1: do you think that Tony can carry the workload of

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Speaker 1: a full time running back, you know, this day and time,

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Speaker 1: there's not many that do that, and I certainly wouldn't

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Speaker 1: bet against him, you know, I think when we first

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Speaker 1: step of the way in terms of the you know,

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Speaker 1: number of times he can touch the ball. As I said,

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Speaker 1: I think they're a great compliment to one another. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't bet against Tony if he had to touch the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think he'd got touching at twenty times. I think

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Speaker 1: it was twelve rush and then I forget the exact numbers,

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Speaker 1: eight to ten passes he caught. So you know, whether

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Speaker 1: he can run the ball twenty one, twenty two, twenty

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Speaker 1: five times a game. I don't know that, but he might.

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Speaker 1: As I said, I wouldn't bet against him, you know,

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Speaker 1: Steve and Andy Dalton kind of surprising as this season progresses,

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Speaker 1: you guys are now five and nine and he's three

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Speaker 1: and four this year as the starter, and you could

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Speaker 1: give him possibly a lot of credit for another win

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Speaker 1: when he came in in the game that Dat got

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Speaker 1: hurt in the tie game in the fourth quarter and

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Speaker 1: through the great passes to Michael Golf. What's your thoughts

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Speaker 1: on Andy Dalton's future with the Dallas Cowboys that he's

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Speaker 1: somewhat four and four this year this season, Well, I

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Speaker 1: our offensive, you know, they're getting better every week. It's

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Speaker 1: nice to play with the same group of guys that

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Speaker 1: we're probably down to our fifth and six tackles when

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Speaker 1: you consider Zach was probably are moving him out was

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Speaker 1: our fourth option, but you know, stealing nighter hanging in there,

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Speaker 1: with Lenny. So it's good to have a group group

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Speaker 1: and uh, we're protecting the ball. Well, we're not turning

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Speaker 1: and certainly we'd love to have him back. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: the end of the year in terms of what goals, uh,

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Speaker 1: But you know, he's a guy who's from this area,

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Speaker 1: sure we'll have ever opportunity to talk through what the

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Speaker 1: business is going to be with Andy. But he's just

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Speaker 1: a class act. You certainly saw that last week when

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Speaker 1: we played Cincinnati, how much their fans, how much their organization,

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Speaker 1: their players respect Andy. In a lot of ways, he's

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Speaker 1: a lot like Dyke. He's because he is on the

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Speaker 1: just have to have a ton of respect for a

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Speaker 1: of injuries yesterday, Stephen, that kind of you know, a

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Speaker 1: wanted to know if you had any updates on Leyton,

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Speaker 1: well that's a work in progress. They're in the training

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Speaker 1: probably Layton's the biggest question mark of the severity of

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Speaker 1: the rehab on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then you got

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Speaker 1: a better feel for one. But you know, that'll be

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Speaker 1: a work in progress. Boy, when I know that, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to the next game because you mentioned the Philadelphia Eagles,

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Speaker 1: know it's just limited time so far, but he had

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Speaker 1: a nice game yesterday afternoon. And what do you think, like,

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Speaker 1: just stepping right in. You know. The thing, Jerry's got

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Speaker 1: a ton of respect on the team. He's a hard worker.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, to some degree he reminds you,

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Speaker 1: reminding his success he's having quickly reminds a lot of

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Speaker 1: to judge, but certainly Hemp competed his tail off yesterday

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Speaker 1: just wins, and uh, hat's off to him. How interested

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Speaker 1: all along, our complete commitments to Dak Prescott and look

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Speaker 1: forward to getting his deal at some point finished and

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Speaker 1: and uh getting him back on the field. He's certainly

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Speaker 1: sure that's tough to a tough urge to fight. Well, Steven,

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Speaker 1: a married Christmas we'll talk to you after the Philly

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Speaker 1: There he goes Steven Jones right here on one or

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Speaker 1: five through the Fino for the Dallas Cowboys