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Speaker 1: Right now, brought to you by four Jerry Jones with

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Speaker 1: Sean and RJ and the Home of America's team. Good morning, Jerry,

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Speaker 1: how are you hey? We're doing good today, getting ready

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Speaker 1: to go, Jerry. Why did you guys decide to release

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Speaker 1: Dan Bailey? What went into that? Well? I think we

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Speaker 1: got real comfortable with how Mayor was kicking, what kind

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Speaker 1: same impact that a kicker like Bailey gives us. We

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Speaker 1: felt we could get that from another guy that fit

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Speaker 1: our cap fit our team better. What did Dan do

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Speaker 1: necessarily to lose the job? That's what the other boy

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Speaker 1: did and as much as the mayor did as much

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Speaker 1: have probably seen that. Just in general, we felt like

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Speaker 1: That's that's why you make your decisions. How you make

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Speaker 1: this particular case, it's it doesn't give you time to

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Speaker 1: basically just have a head to head competition and see

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Speaker 1: who makes them or miss them at any distance. You

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Speaker 1: don't do that psychologically, it's it's a finer process than that,

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Speaker 1: and so very caught with the decision that we made.

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Speaker 1: Of course, we're so appreciative of Dan and his career

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Speaker 1: and as contributions have been immense, But this particular time,

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Speaker 1: this was in the best interest of the team. Did

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Speaker 1: you ask him to take a pay cut? And if not,

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Speaker 1: why that's all we got on at and we wouldn't

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to get into those Those are nuances

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Speaker 1: that potentially can impact what he does from here, and

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Speaker 1: we want him to have every opportunity to have tremend

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Speaker 1: to success. Jerry Jones brought you by four. We're shown

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Speaker 1: Can you take us through the weekend of Rico Gathers

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Speaker 1: had the marijuana arrest on Friday making the team on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: How did you guys come to that decision with everything

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Speaker 1: in play? Jerry, Let's put it like this. The decision

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Speaker 1: to keep Rico was made last week, and so the

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Speaker 1: his unfortunately uh uh stop or possession issue. And we'll

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Speaker 1: As to that, mister meny, what does he give you,

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Speaker 1: can make a play with his physicalness, his his athletic ability,

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Speaker 1: his value as a as a receiver, as well as

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Speaker 1: That's how the decision was made. Jerry. Are we at

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Speaker 1: a point now with you know, marijuana issues in the

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Speaker 1: the indiscretion list, whereas maybe five ten years ago there

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Speaker 1: was a much bigger deal. Have you downgraded or it

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Speaker 1: decreased the marijuana issue when when it happens with you guys. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I think you have to recognize that in the NFL

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Speaker 1: we have the toughest, the most demanding rules regarding marijuana.

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Speaker 1: for a year. And with that in mind, that'll create

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Speaker 1: even more responsibility for Rico. And that's just what it is.

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Speaker 1: That's what you do to be in the NFL. Jerry

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Speaker 1: But this is not one of those. We'll just see

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Speaker 1: It's still very wide open, right, Hey, I told you

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Speaker 1: right now Randy Gregory. There's been rumors and you guys

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Speaker 1: as best we know, and that's a very positive statement.

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Speaker 1: Then he's preparing to play at Carolina. Is it a

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Speaker 1: every player that we've got, as best we know, they're

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Speaker 1: But that's that's that way with everybody we we I

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Speaker 1: won't name any names, but every player on that roster,

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Speaker 1: I can say the same thing for every one of them,

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Speaker 1: from a more definitive set of information or facts. Jerry

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Speaker 1: do today, right, And so those players that you've just

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Speaker 1: spot for that room, Jerry. Last thing for you, Jerry Jones,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Ford. You have a very unique

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Speaker 1: The time is fantastic. As always and let's get this

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Jerry, we appreciate it. Bye, Jerry Jones. Brought

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