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Speaker 1: Cowboys COO Steven Jones joining us now on one oh

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Speaker 1: five three the Fan and a good afternoon, do you sir?

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Speaker 1: How the heck are you good afternoon? We're just getting

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Speaker 1: fired up about playing the Falcons and hopefully execute a

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Speaker 1: little better and getting the win column. Have injuries become

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Speaker 1: a bigger part of the discussion than than you'd like,

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Speaker 1: I'd say that's fair to say at this point, isn't it. Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean I think you know, but uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: at the same time, that's a part of this game,

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Speaker 1: and you know they come in at different times and

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Speaker 1: different waves, and certainly we're getting a mouthful of it

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Speaker 1: right now, but you know that that happens with thirty

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Speaker 1: one other clubs and we've got to work through it.

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Speaker 1: It just presents a few more challenges that we'll have

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Speaker 1: to overcome and certain sure that we can do it,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully we've put together a team that we've got

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Speaker 1: some depth and uh, you know, some good football players

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Speaker 1: that can step in and and uh and do a

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Speaker 1: it seems like a collection that you you can put

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Speaker 1: behind you if you can, you know, fight through this

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Speaker 1: for you know, maybe the first month of the season

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Speaker 1: or so. Is that accurate that all these are weird?

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Speaker 1: I think with Gerald, you know, obviously Gerald McCoy as

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Speaker 1: well was another one there that we were counting on.

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Speaker 1: But between him and and jar One, obviously those are

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Speaker 1: are going to be done for the year. But the

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Speaker 1: rest of it's all things that you know, we've we've

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Speaker 1: got to hold the fort with some hopefully some guys

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Speaker 1: light at the end of the tunnel in terms of

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Speaker 1: getting most of these guys back. With Tyrn Smith, I

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Speaker 1: heard coach McCarthy earlier and it seemed like the answer

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Speaker 1: is something along the lines of we'll see at game time.

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Speaker 1: Is there any any sort of leaning or indication or

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Speaker 1: anything you can tell us about Tyrn? Not at this time.

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Speaker 1: I think we're just working through it with him, and

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Speaker 1: as coach said, well, we'll figure that out and give

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Speaker 1: it as we do on a lot of gas, look

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Speaker 1: at it a game time or game day, and make

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Speaker 1: that call. Along that same line, it feels like just

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Speaker 1: watching the NFL, that offensive line depth is really tough

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Speaker 1: to come by, and you guys are down your right

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Speaker 1: tackle we'll see what the left tackle, the guy you

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Speaker 1: signed as the swing tackle is hurt. How tough is

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Speaker 1: it to find good quality depth at offensive line in

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Speaker 1: the year twenty twenty in the NFL? Yeah, it always

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Speaker 1: has been. And obviously when you got five of those

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Speaker 1: then you got another each team has another nine or ten.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're you're talking you're getting deep after you

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Speaker 1: you know, once you start the season and you start

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Speaker 1: to lose some guys looking for guys who can you know,

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Speaker 1: do the job at this level. So it is a challenge,

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Speaker 1: but at the same time, it's one that will certainly

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Speaker 1: embrace and move forward with. We'll continue to you know,

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Speaker 1: we got an offensive linement in here today and working

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Speaker 1: in even I'll circle back with you mentioned execution when

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Speaker 1: you started this is it when you sit down and

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Speaker 1: you know the game plan going in and then you

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Speaker 1: watched the game and then you studied the game on

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Speaker 1: Monday with the coaches. Is what Kellen Moore's doing for you?

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Speaker 1: Is that? Is it on him? Is it is it

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Speaker 1: really the players? Is that the execution? Where where are

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Speaker 1: some of the shortcomings that you guys have had offensively, though,

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Speaker 1: at least in the first week. I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: any one person, any one coach, any one player. I

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Speaker 1: just think it's collectively being able to execute on every play.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you know better than anybody, Brian, these

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Speaker 1: things can come down to, you know, you execute on

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Speaker 1: two or three more plays, and it's a difference in

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Speaker 1: got a new staff certainly, which is always uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: especially in a season like we're having this year. Regardless,

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Speaker 1: you know, usually coaching staff get extra time with their

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Speaker 1: We've got a new defensive scheme. I think it's just

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Speaker 1: we've got one of the best coaching staffs in the

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Speaker 1: I think it's just a matter of you know, time

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Speaker 1: things will happen well. And you had Kellen as a holdover,

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Speaker 1: Is are we wrong about that? Are we going to

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Speaker 1: see more? We're going to see different? Well, I think

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Speaker 1: you're gonna see I know for sure you it's it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be different, and it's been different. I know everybody

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Speaker 1: didn't pick a play or two out, but I challenge

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Speaker 1: have that conversation. I don't think you'd come out on

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Speaker 1: the right end of it, but when you go play

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Speaker 1: by play and look at what we're doing versus what

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Speaker 1: we did last year. But certainly Mike's going to have

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Speaker 1: an influence on it. We knew he would, but it

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Speaker 1: was Mike's idea to, you know, at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, to keep Kelly. He really liked what we

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Speaker 1: did last I checked. It was pretty good last year

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Speaker 1: in terms of world We finished offensively, and I think

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Speaker 1: he respected that. He respected Kellen's relationship with Dak and

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Speaker 1: you guys talking about offensive lineman and maybe bringing a

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Speaker 1: guy or two in. I guess as as fans or media,

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Speaker 1: we don't really know the guys who aren't currently in

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Speaker 1: the league with their status is. But a lot of

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Speaker 1: people are curious about Ron Leary, former Cowboy who's a

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Speaker 1: know if he's in football shape? Things like that. Well,

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Speaker 1: obviously you know we're always looking. We don't talk about

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Speaker 1: our options. And like I said, we'll be bringing some

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Speaker 1: if you work down multiple tackles. When we kick around

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Speaker 1: the idea of Connor Williams playing tackle at Texas, are

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Speaker 1: I think all those things are on the table when

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Speaker 1: It's Stephen Jones here with us with a fan. Okay,

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Speaker 1: could uh, could you talk a bit about the rookie

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Speaker 1: But he's been even better than uh, you know, than advertised.

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Speaker 1: And he's been out there making plays, uh and practice

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Speaker 1: And it's just a uh, you know, a matter of

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Speaker 1: to be a great player in this league. Yeah, Stephen,

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Speaker 1: A tip of the cap to you guys for what

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Speaker 1: better than the players that make money in this league.

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Speaker 1: as an organization. If we don't win a football game.

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Speaker 1: Stephen with Blake Jarwin hurt, does that open the door

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Speaker 1: just for the next tight end up or can you

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Speaker 1: I think all the above. I think it's a great point.

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Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott looked like we were trying to go back

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