WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Setting The Record Straight 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.040 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:13.080 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. This is nick 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.279 Shot screening live on Dallas Cowboys dot com and the 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:22.560 official Dallas Cowboys at Now. Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:31.000 and Nicky Spagnola. And here we are for another edition 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:34.519 of Mixed Shots. I got my Q from Micky right there, 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:40.040 joined it with my headset. He's not here still from yesterday. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:48.360 And here we are Nicky Spagnola. What happened to my headset? Something? 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.920 Something was going on with him down all right? And 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:55.680 we are inside the SWBC podcast studio. It is a 0:00:55.760 --> 0:01:01.080 Wednesday here, and it is Washington Week. It's officially Washington 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:05.440 week because Washington finally played its game last night. And 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:09.160 now we know exactly what is that steak on Sunday 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.160 night when the football team comes here to what is that? 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:16.800 I almost, boy, I almost text Everson at halftime because 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:22.040 it was ten and I realized I had started I 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.880 thought the game started at seven, so I started watching 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.240 in an hour behind it. Now I better not do 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.039 that because even as he might say, what do you 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.400 mean a tie game? How come You're going to text 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:37.440 Everson and not me here yesterday. Yeah, but I'm the 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.800 one who said that the Cowboys tie. What have you? 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:45.160 Definitely lately Bill, That's how it goes. That's life. Because 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:49.320 we talked about it yesterday, okay, the improbability of a tie. 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.880 And then it was ten ten at half time. Everson 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.720 texted me yesterday at one thirty seeing if you were 0:01:54.760 --> 0:02:00.960 going to be here. No, you have my fist, Yeah, 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.080 you have my PREPOSI let me find you get my 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:13.480 phone here, all right? Uh Ever, Sid texted me and said, uh, 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:17.760 believe it or not. But at one thirty one yesterday 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.920 believe it or not, Spags forgot you work coming in 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:26.280 And you know the funny part in my notes right here, 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:32.680 it says Bill gone it did so, I said, Actually 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.600 I actually I do. Yes, I do believe it to 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:39.200 be Spark Actually I do. And that was so funny 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:43.960 because in my crazy man and so he's sitting here, 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.240 Spass goes, oh that's right. And I didn't get didn't 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:51.480 want to replace it. You're ready you readn't do some reads? Yeah? 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.400 Thanks Bags? And no one no one wanted to replace Bill. Yeah, 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.919 that's right. It was no one wanted to work with 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:07.000 ever since that's where it was. I got another one 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.400 I wanted to go to. There's a tweet I got. 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.440 Did you see the tweet? I gotta find exactly Oh 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:16.919 the guy goes out. You really like everything? Yeah? Yeah, 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:19.760 all right, Nicky, bring us up to date on what's 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:24.280 going on while you're looking this tweet. So soon as 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:30.160 we started with Philadelphia beating the Washington boy, did they 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.679 beat them? I was ten to ten and a half times. Yeah, 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.520 but I was very surprised that your boy. I know 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:38.680 it's not your boy, Bill, but even though he was 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:43.080 a bag, you gotta accept him. He is your guy's 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.119 part of the Sooner family. And he played his butt 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.520 off last night the second half. The second half, he's 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:52.640 he's like half to half game. Man, Why couldn't he 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:59.000 do that the first part? Or at Oklahoma he got 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.040 them to the championship. We won't forgiven for losing, but now, 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:08.080 and not only that, but they ran for two So 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.200 why couldn't we do that? Well? All was better do 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.480 it on suddenly we should better? And that's my point. 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.920 Why couldn't we do that? I mean that's what didn't 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:19.000 have like Jim Brown running the ball? Did they or 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:24.800 Zeke Elliott, Yeah, had miles and he capitalized off of 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:28.120 it big time. Hurts did. All of a sudden, the running, 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.440 the passing game just opens up and guys a wild 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.200 open And let's just be real, we talked trash about him, 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:36.880 but every once in a while he'll put a great 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.840 pass out of his out of his back pocket. Bocket 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:47.480 that almost but the touchdown back show of fade. I 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:51.080 can't give a guy like that energy. You can't give 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.240 him energy, and that running game gave him that, right 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:58.560 and so when it didn't end up twenty seven, so 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:06.200 um so the ramifications of them winning basically doesn't really 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:11.560 change much for the Cowboys. So to simplify this clinching 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:15.520 of the NFC East, the Cowboys got to win one 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:20.960 more game or Philadelphia has to lose one more game, 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.919 and then if the Cowboys win one, they get to eleven, 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.760 and even if Philly wins out, they can only get 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.800 to ten. And if Philly loses, then they can't get 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.600 the ten and the Cowboys are already with ten wins. 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.680 The other thing that's out there to clinch the NFC 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:41.360 East is there's a list of six teams, and if 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.520 two of those six teams win on Sunday, the strength 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:49.640 of victory, the Cowboys would clinch. So there is a 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.760 possibility that they can clinch the NFC East before they 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.360 even play Sunday night, because all these teams are playing 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:01.440 before them, I do. I don't have who they're playing, 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:05.120 but I'm I'm looking at the teams that need to win. Okay, 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:13.760 two of these six Chargers, Vikings, Patriots, Um Jacksonville, Vegas, 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:17.080 or Atlanta. If they can get two of those teams 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:21.159 to win, and Atlanta plays Detroit, Detroit's probably already won 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:31.599 their quote, so is Atlanta though. Yeah, good point. Now 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.760 the Patriots, I believe they end up playing Buffalo. So 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.600 they play Buffalo. That's a difficult one. Okay, what are 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.400 the other one? Vikings Vikings play the Rams. Okay, that's 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:46.320 a difficult one. Chargers, Chargers, Chargers are playing the Texans. Okay, 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:52.280 there's one. Well there it is. I had written, and Vegas, Vegas, Vegas, Vegas. 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:59.080 Where are they us Broncos? Oh so they all could lose? Yeah, 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.920 I don't think. Well, Teddy's not playing. I don't know 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:06.320 if that how much that bows for the Blancos And 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:11.240 basically Buffalo's got a bunch of guys missing, including our 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:16.480 Cole Beasley. I heard, yeah, yeah, and he's being he's 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:24.160 being cold, he's yeah, it's not his fault, it's the 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:29.840 downs the right. So anyway, that kind of simplifies everything. 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.600 But again, it's not just at this point to me, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.320 and I would imagine to this coaching staff, it's not 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.960 just about winning the division, right, it's it's it's about 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.640 getting a seed. Yeah. Right, I'm not even worried about 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.600 you still, I'm not worried about it. You still have 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:51.920 a chance, but it's no problems if he loses one. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.080 You know, when you get into a three or four 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.720 way tie, you still got the best record right now 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:58.920 in the NFC. That's what I'm going to keep it 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.680 right at the conference and if you can just get 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.280 the second seed, because I'm guessing the last thing you 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:10.400 want if you're a lower seed is to have to 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:15.160 go to Green Bay and play a playoff game the 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:19.160 end of January, right, and put it off as long 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.440 as you can. You know, if it's the NFC title game, 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:27.080 then fine, that's what you got to do. But don't 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.600 have to play them in the second round. Well, we 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:33.600 pray for global warming, right, yeah, you have to maybe 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.880 double off your prayers that way, Green Bay might be 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:43.040 sunshine because what's the NFC title game? Will be the 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:48.240 last weekend in January. Yes, so there's two weeks between 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.760 that and the Super Bowl. But right now, right, yeah, yeah, right, 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:58.760 that's a very good point, excellent point. So yeah, all right. 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:05.360 This is from SRMO Big cat O two on Twitter. 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.920 He tweeted at me, I've only just started watching the 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.839 mix Shots pod, but I gotta say, your genuine affection 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:19.760 for Everson Walls really shines my heart, you see my 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:26.240 heart genuine genuine effects. Ever, does it look like I 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:34.760 don't like him? No? No, what I'm thinking is at 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:39.840 least my genuine affection for Mickey does not shine. But yeah, 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.840 he must, he must. He must not not like Wall, 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.680 That's what it is. I don't not not like him. 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:52.800 Somebody's got to be a punching bag. You're good size, 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.120 all right. So I noticed a football team on the 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.040 football field out the doors here at the start of day, 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.120 and it wasn't the washing. Football team was a light 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.760 practice going on. So he's still trying to make sure 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.800 that he doesn't wear them out too soon. They'll go 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:12.960 pads tomorrow, the last PAD day for the year. I 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.679 think they got one more after If he uses one tomorrow, 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.000 then he's got one more. They own is a scheduled 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.480 longer practice tomorrow, so absolutely it's possible they might go 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:27.840 ten more minutes to saw it. We saw Tyring he 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.600 was doing rehab today, so he at points in that 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.240 rehab he was moving pretty well, but you know he's 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:36.160 still got that that bone spur is not going to 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.840 dissolve on its own, right, so they're just trying to 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:43.040 manage it. I saw A Pollard and DeMarcus Lawrence on 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:47.240 the chords early, but it's like a walkthrough practice, so 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:50.480 they looked like they were going to practice, and um 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:59.080 they started the COVID designated for a return for Donovan Wilson, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:04.439 who's missed I think the last four games. T J Vasher, 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:07.800 who's been out there working his butt off since the 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:11.559 beginning of the season rehabbing. And how about this, because 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:17.400 I just asked about this, Josh Ball. You remember Josh 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:21.960 Balls round draft choice, big fellow, big six eight to tackle. 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:26.480 They started him back too, So what I'm guessing with 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:30.480 him maybe all three And I don't know if Wilson 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:34.040 I think Wilson's kind of closer ready, But that's just 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.160 more bodies to practice when you don't have to wear 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.439 out the guys that are who are going to play. 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:43.240 So it's like walk ons, you know, and it's yeah, 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.440 well it's basically it's been like a red shirt year 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:50.280 for josh Ball. And so three weeks left in the 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.400 season and you have a three week window of opportunity 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.319 for him to practice, right, so you see him out 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:58.240 on the practice field for three weeks and then you 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.600 can decide if you need you know, if he got 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.240 somebody else on the offensive liner on the team that 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.400 gets hurt, and you can say, okay, you get into 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.280 the playoffs, well we'll put him on the fifty three 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:13.920 and he can continue practicing. So which is and the 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.480 reason I was thinking of Josh Ball it was on 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:20.480 Tuesday when Jerry was talking about Tyrn Smith and he 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.040 was asked, you know, is it time to replace him? 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.560 And his answer was basically, I'll take all of Tyrn 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.120 I can get for however much he's available, and then 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.920 our job is to make sure we have a credible 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.439 backup swing tackle and that has to be our priority. 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.640 And I'm thinking, well, they used the fourth round pick 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.199 on this guy. You know it is a red shirt 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.200 year for him, but you know they got to find 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.520 out what he is before you say, okay, I got 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:50.480 to get another tackle next year. And he was playing 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:54.360 decently in training camp before he got hurt. So I'm 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.640 guessing you know you don't give up on a fourth 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.320 round pick. So it was funny that I was asking 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:03.240 questions at him yesterday and then today they got him 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.840 back on the practice field although they're but he won't, No, no, 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.800 they won't, but they haven't forgotten about all season. He won't. Uh, 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:15.000 let's see what else. Um, you know, everybody else was 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:19.080 out at practice for what they were going to do today. 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.880 I would imagine they'll project some of those guys like 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:27.880 Pollard limited, um. But yeah, all hands on deck. Parsons 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.760 was working with the linebackers. They have to compensate now 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:37.679 with the two coaches missing Matt Daniels assistant special teams coach, 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:42.960 and John Fossil said something very interesting on on Monday, 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:47.160 pointing out that you know, do you need help with 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.480 special teams? And he goes yeah, and he goes, I 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.480 think I'm gonna use C. J. Goodwin because he prepares 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:54.960 so well, so he can help he can help me 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:59.400 with the preparation during the week. And then from the 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:03.920 defensive line, Um, we just found out that leon Let's 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.679 back in the building and he's actually he's actually gone 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.920 to the last two games in the and he's been 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.640 in the coach's box, so he can help out a 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:16.400 little bit. They're having virtual meetings, so there's nothing you 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.960 know in person. And then let's not forget dan Quinn 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:24.240 is likely the off defensive line coach. Not only is 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.560 the coordinator, but he's the defensive line coach. And if 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:30.000 you watch the pot of practice we get to watch, 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.920 he's rarely with the linebackers or the secondary he's working 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.480 with the defensive line. So that'll continue. Just have to 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:44.520 make compensation on on game day for Aiden dirty uh 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.480 not being if they but there's a chance both of 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.320 them could test back in in time. So anyway, that 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.200 kind of gets you up on up to date on 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.480 the roster, I believe. 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Help Dak earn a twenty five thousand 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:54.359 dollars donation to his Faith Fight Finished Foundation by voting 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:59.880 on Twitter tweet hashtag wp m o Y challenge, followed 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:07.360 by Prescott through January seventeenth vote Dak four I, speaking 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:12.120 of voting going on yes, let me do Washington first, 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.120 and then went to Pro Bowl voting, which it will 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:19.320 be revealed tonight. Washington. Ron Rivera had his day after 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.680 game press conference here within the last hour, and of 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:26.359 course Washington dealing with numerous COVID issues that you know about, 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:29.480 starting at the quarterback position where Garrett Gilbert got the 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.959 start last night, just five days after being signed off 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:36.320 the Patriots practice squad. They had a couple of significant 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:39.520 injuries in their secondary in last night's game won their 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:44.320 cornerback William Jackson, also the safety Landon Collins, who of 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:46.720 course had a pick against the Cowboys and also had 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:54.880 a pick last night. And Rivera says, yeah, Jackson, Jackson 0:18:55.000 --> 0:19:00.520 and Collins sounded encouraging, But they're getting MRIs on their injuries, 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:07.240 and Jackson's was what they're described ascribing as a sprained achilles, 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:12.359 So huh and uh. The fact they're getting MRIs would 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:15.400 tell me, and they're playing and their schedule to play 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.160 a game again on Sunday night would tell me they 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.879 are likely probably going to be out for Sunday night, 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:28.040 wouldn't you think? Okay, and get any COVID updates. They've 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:33.119 got Cornelius Lucas tackle cleared protocols, and they should get 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:37.560 more answers on others soon, including one of their quarterbacks. 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:44.360 So there's or Kyle Allen. Yeah, how about Garrett Gilbert though, 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.440 I mean, here's a guy that you know and and 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:52.639 think about Garrett Gilbert. What the what has happened with 0:19:52.800 --> 0:20:00.320 his career because of the pandemic right last last year, 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:03.320 he would not have even been on it. If there 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:05.600 was a normal year. He wouldn't have been eligible to 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:08.440 be on a practice squad with Cleveland, which is where 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:11.120 the Cowboys picked him off of last year, right only 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:14.320 due to the relaxed practice squad rules due to COVID 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:16.879 and so he got picked up and then he had 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:21.359 his opportunity to start, which because of Andy Dalton and 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:26.520 his COVID positive tests, it's the only game that he started. Yeah, 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:28.800 the only game he started in the NFL. And now 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:32.879 this year he's for fifteen weeks on the practice squad 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:37.520 and he is then picked up five days before a 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:41.040 start before well it was actually two days before the 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:43.280 scheduled game, and then he got pushed back a couple 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:46.000 of days. So he had and he won three days 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:49.080 with the team because they explained last night he got 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:53.159 to call Thursday night at home. Yeah, so he had to. 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:56.720 I don't know what he was doing that. The story 0:20:56.960 --> 0:20:59.439 was his wife told him, man, your phone's blown up. 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:03.040 You've had twenty five phone call, and that was you know, 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.399 Washington trying to get a hold of him. And so 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:11.480 so he probably doesn't get there till Friday, maybe gets 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:16.720 to practice Friday Saturday. I would think he's probably first 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:19.560 flight out Friday morning. He got there. Yeah, quickly, good, 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:22.040 quick as he could. You know. The news broke on Friday, 0:21:22.119 --> 0:21:24.399 right before we were taping the Mike McCarthy Show, and 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:28.119 so I told Mike, I said, hey, Washington just signed 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:32.200 Gary Gilbert off the Patriots practice one. His first reaction was, well, 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:34.119 you know what, he can go right in there and 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:36.440 play because he's been with that staff before, he was 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:39.720 at Carolina Lina before, and so you know, and you 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:42.840 think of it in his mindset as he's on the 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:46.560 Patriots practice squad this season, well, what if there was 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:50.639 a COVID outbreak elsewhere? He was probably in his mind thinking, okay, 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.720 I could get picked up by another team. Okay, and 0:21:54.160 --> 0:21:56.240 in all likelihood, one of those teams would be a 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:58.280 team that I've been with before, which would be about 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:02.879 eight teams in the league, you know. And if they 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:06.560 could have protected them, they couldn't protect him. It was 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:08.880 almost every time he threw a ball if it wasn't 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:12.320 an immediate dump offers. Well, that gets back to their 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:16.040 injury and COVID issues. On their offensive line, they only 0:22:16.119 --> 0:22:18.320 had two starters. They're they're the left side of the 0:22:18.400 --> 0:22:21.600 line where they're basically they're regular starters, but Brandon Sheriff 0:22:21.720 --> 0:22:25.520 was out, and you know, their center, Neville Gallimore took 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:30.080 care of the center the week before Land was Larson 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:33.680 Tyler Larson's and uh. And then their right tackle, Cornelius 0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:36.080 Lucas was out too, and so they were missing three 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:40.040 starters on their and some of those guys weren't really starters. 0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:42.080 They were phill ins for guys that they had lost 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:44.120 earlier in the year. They were like the guys off 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:47.480 the street. Yeah. So, and then they lost their running 0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:51.360 back to last night's game. Antonio Gibson got right too. 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:56.280 So anyway, and they got a play on a Gibson 0:22:56.440 --> 0:22:58.280 is a beast man. I don't know if I wanted 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:00.600 them out there. He gives them a chance. Yeah, he 0:23:00.720 --> 0:23:04.800 definitely gives anybody a chance. All right. And so Pro 0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:10.520 Bowl votingild tonight. I think there's several candidates off this team, 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:16.240 so off the top of my head, obviously Trayvon Diggs. 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:22.159 He was one of the top five vote getters. Um, 0:23:22.640 --> 0:23:34.520 Michael Parsons, I thought that was ever what do you think? 0:23:35.119 --> 0:23:37.399 Maybe it is just half an eat. I gotta go 0:23:37.560 --> 0:23:41.600 with Zack Martin. Yeah, yeah, there he goes. Yeah, that 0:23:41.760 --> 0:23:47.800 was approved. Okay, Um, one of the running backs will 0:23:47.880 --> 0:23:50.840 make it, and it Poller's not I think as a 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:55.639 special team's contributor. Maybe kickoff return for kickoff. And now 0:23:55.680 --> 0:23:58.960 they already got Jachim Grant. Oh that's right. I don't 0:23:59.000 --> 0:24:02.560 know how many you get there? Um, No, Vandy Gregory. 0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:05.680 I don't know if he played enough. How many games 0:24:05.720 --> 0:24:10.479 did he miss? Three? He missed the opener and then 0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:14.359 he missed four I think four games. And DeMarcus Lawrence 0:24:14.400 --> 0:24:18.640 hadn't played in right, Yeah, so did I say Michael Parsons? Yeah, 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:24.320 we would, you know, you know who should have an opportunity. 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:26.840 I don't know if people will recognize it as jay 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:29.520 Ron Curves. He's at a heck of a year. That's 0:24:29.520 --> 0:24:31.280 a very good one. Yeah, that's a very good one. 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:36.159 But no ding from Chris. And here's one that that 0:24:36.440 --> 0:24:42.359 might This one might sneak up if the people, like 0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:46.800 the coaches and players are voting. Um, and I just 0:24:46.880 --> 0:24:49.080 want to make sure I can get this right. Um. 0:24:50.480 --> 0:24:55.800 Brian Anger, he's leading. Yeah, man, he's leading the limit 0:24:56.520 --> 0:25:03.000 uh in net punting and his net he's been having 0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:06.760 some duels with forty three three and if he keeps 0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:08.920 up at that pace, he's going to set the Cowboys 0:25:08.960 --> 0:25:15.480 single season record. He's also averaging forty forty eight that 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:19.040 has him sixth now in the league. But if anybody 0:25:19.240 --> 0:25:23.919 was watching on Sunday, he put five punts fair caught 0:25:24.240 --> 0:25:29.119 inside the ten dealing with that win. Right, So he's 0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:33.960 very quietly had one heck of a year. Um and 0:25:34.600 --> 0:25:37.960 you know three did they calculate like return yarder or anything? 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:42.320 I don't, Well, that's perfect, that's part of the Okay, 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:45.960 that's part of the net. And and it's like Fossil 0:25:46.119 --> 0:25:49.280 was saying, we don't care about gross punting. We worry 0:25:49.320 --> 0:25:53.320 about net, and we worry about how much is returned. 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:58.520 So it looks like return yards for him is one 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:04.360 hundred and fifty four. And I'm just looking real quickly 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:10.520 here for guys that had like fifty or more punts, 0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:14.440 and it's not in order. I just gotta scan it. 0:26:14.560 --> 0:26:17.760 But it doesn't look like anybody's had less than one 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:22.360 fifty four with that many punts. So yeah, I think 0:26:22.400 --> 0:26:26.440 you got to consider him. Okay, who who are your 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:39.960 three NFC quarterback quarterbacks? Well it's gonna be Rogers, probably Stafford, 0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:46.760