WEBVTT - Player's Lounge: The Right Way to Go? 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:04.920 The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:13.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Player's 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:18.680 loud broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star. 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:25.080 No your hosts Barry Church, Danny mccraig, and Newi scrugs. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.920 It is go time here on a Wednesday, Wednesday, here 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:36.320 in the Star. Welcome back. Yeah, I'm back. This crew 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:40.080 is here. What'll be the race? The race? Negro, amigos, 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:48.000 negros are back in this thing in the building. Every 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.240 day I've been every day. I got perfect attendance, just 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.200 so you know this week before the week. Yes, perfect 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:54.680 attend the week. It's only Wednesday, I mean for the week, 0:00:55.240 --> 0:01:01.960 and took the spring off. Want always like once once 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.280 a week. At that time, y'all wasn't even going every day. 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:11.600 Bro good Good like five shows you called up to 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:15.800 that you call every other week, so he's gonna get up. 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.760 I don't want to definitely get the best attendance though 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.800 I've been missing one wanted two. Hi, you don't have 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.280 the best in studio attendance because you you were show 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.000 up virtually, but you ain't the business studio attended. I 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:35.680 ain't tripping man. We know we're talking about too. I'm 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.600 all good this. This man had missed so much time. 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.480 He trying to make himself feel good about all that 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.520 time he had missed. But you still you still ahead 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:45.039 of the class and miss attendants. But it's okay because 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:48.880 we still love you. It is there, ye, beat is 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.160 always that. There's the guy who's always here. Yes, Chris 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.640 Beam is always here. He is Danny mccradye ultimate Survivor. 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:57.440 You can watch him on television tonight if you got CBS, 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:03.640 because Survivor forty one another another week. Danny's still up 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.400 in here. He's buried church until the rocket of your rugs. 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:11.480 We got our team, Danny murch y'all do we? So? 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:13.760 Not only is the man don't have a perfect attend 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:17.120 This is back to back weeks of my man. He 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:20.280 got the most team, Danny murch In. This in this 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.960 room and don't put it on. Here's what I do. 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.600 Got the most that I got something. I got a 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:28.399 tip for it. What happened? Leave it in the car. 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:30.320 You're right about it. You told me that before, and 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:35.480 I should. I saw him last night, but I talked 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.600 about see I'll wear the shirts more than just in 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.240 the studio. That's why I gotta wash them and stuff. 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:47.880 You'll wear him out, you know in the car. By 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.720 the way, I'm pointing the TV NFL network's got Mark 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.000 Andrews on. I remember talking to Mark Andrews after Texas 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.799 Oklahoma game and I said, I think you'd fit really 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.240 good with the Cowboys. Ain't gonna be behind it too. 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:06.360 They didn't, you know, spark, spark, but look at it now, 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:07.959 look at it that I that's when it's when a 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:09.560 few times, like you know, I thought like that guy 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:11.519 can play in his league. And boy, he's had a 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.960 nice career up there, and he's on my fantasy team. Man, 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:17.959 good playing three years of a row. I got Darren Waller, 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.480 so well, it's not gonna be a good week for him. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.800 I got Taylor out here. No, I mean, I got 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:24.519 Grunt too, So I might go ahead and make that 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.120 little little switch on that he might want to do that, Yeah, 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.440 I might. I'm thinking about it. Let me tell you something. 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.120 If you have any Raiders players, do not start them 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.000 this week. Why is that? Because the because the top 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.200 two defense that I'm seeing, it's gonna show up. So 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:44.400 he moving up the rankings this week last fifteen again, 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.560 so I need to sit Josh Jacobson put in Kareem Hunt. 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.040 Then on my face, YE would probably be smart of you. Okay, 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.320 you're the one to send me the PFL whatever we 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.560 top five defense, you saw it. Yeah, but I'm not 0:03:54.640 --> 0:04:00.520 a PFL guy. I learned the hard way. Start my rhyme. 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:09.920 I am out. You can't do it, okay, Um, pretty 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:14.040 funny stuff. Funny stuff here, all right? Um, the Cowboys 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.840 uh will play in this Raiders game. And there a 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.160 couple of questions for tomorrow's game that we're trying to 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.400 get kind of nailed down. First one, let's start with 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:27.320 the offensive line. Tyran Smith has practiced. Tyrean Smith is 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.640 Tyren Smith's gonna play. He's gonna play on the left side, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.080 thank you. Tyre Smith's gonna play. And I think we're 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:35.599 gonna go ahead. Look at the other side and see 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:40.240 um tire steel at right tackle. That's what participate. That's 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.520 what I'm lisipating. Hasn't been saying. Yeah, but I think 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.480 that's the right way to go. Why not. The man 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.839 earned the spot. He earned it. He had his five 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:50.560 six weeks in there to do what it does. They 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.200 went over the left tackle to see if he can 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.599 perform like that, but he just didn't perform as well 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.480 as he did on the right side. So I don't 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:59.440 think he should be demoted just because he switched positions, 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.719 because we need needed him to switch positions, and I mean, 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:03.680 then if you go back to the right tackle spot, 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:05.800 Collins act, you know you just can't be up in there. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:07.480 So to me, I think it's a good move by 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.000 the Gobble. I hope, I hope woman still has his confidence. 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.680 I hope he still has the belief that he has 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.880 the freedom to make a mistake or two right, because 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.040 you know what happens when you have somebody who is 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.679 a possible starter behind you. You feel like that Leasha 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.520 is short, right, So you go out there and you're 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.320 worried about you overthinking making them making a bad play, 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.479 and then all of a sudden that stuff trickles down 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.000 and you snowball effect and you start looking like the 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.080 old terrors. Still, so hopefully the confidence is still there. 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.120 The coaches have reassured him if he's starting that it's 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.920 his position, and then I think he'll play well. So 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.040 you then also have Connor mc government. They started him 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.400 last week. I'm anticipating Garna mc government, you're not here 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:51.400 and playing again, and let's see what you know, let's 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:53.320 see what they can get done. That. I mean, the 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.480 edges are gonna be under attacked this game because they 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.160 got some they got some dogs over there as far 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.679 as edge rushers, would he go Way and Max Crosby, 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:04.359 both those guys so Colleville's own indeed local guys, so okay, 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.320 are going to be under the tackle. So you got you, 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:11.640 You've got that. And that is the chant. That is 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:15.480 the challenge for this offensive line. Block it up and 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:19.080 run run the ball. Okay. That that that's that. That's 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.120 That's what I'm asking for you right there? Can you 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.080 put that in the coming box or the complaint box, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.200 whatever it is. It just middle that thing going up 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.280 to the to the top. What they can do it? Goodness, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.720 what we should all middle it in like right, like 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:32.960 thirty of them a piece, so get ninety ninety pieces 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:34.440 of mild to say and I'll I just say it's 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:41.080 run on this run. They're gonna be like, why ain't 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:45.760 it on there? Though? I remember one time when Parcels 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.000 was talking about something he was trying to get Mike 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:49.600 Zimmer to do Zimmer at the time. It is his 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.680 defensive coordinator, and he said to the meeting at some 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.839 point in time, it's not a suggestion. Listen, you gotta 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.520 do it, and that's that's what needs to happen. As 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.680 Mike McCarthy is the head coach. That's what you said 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.360 to the office scorn. This isn't a suggestion. It's what 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:05.880 he said in this press press conference, I think it 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.960 was two days ago where he said, hey, we the 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.480 thing that I was kind of disappointed about was we 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.800 didn't establish the run. We kind of got away from 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:17.560 the run too quickly, and we weren't able to use 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.440 that to help our game. In the situations that we 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.760 were in defensive playing well, we helped them out by 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.520 running the ball. Now I'm paraphrasing what he said, but 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.240 he seemed like he had an issue with us not 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.560 running the ball or sticking to the run long enough 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.600 in order for it to become effective. Yeah, I would. 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.280 I would. I agree with that because it wasn't like 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:36.640 the game was just blown out of proportions like they 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.640 were up, you know, twenty one points. We had to 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.760 go in there, we had to throw the ball there 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.080 was always within you know, shooting range right there. You know, 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.440 we're always either seven or ten points down. And I 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.480 don't see that as being too big of a deficit 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.560 to just go ahead and throw away the run game 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:53.400 and just go straight to the pass game. But maybe 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:54.960 they just thought, you know, they're more momentum with the 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.040 pass game, that the game was swaying here and there, 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:58.480 and maybe they thought the pass would be able to 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.320 get them further down the field. But to me, I 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:06.000 think you gotta establish with Wilson and Brown there dropping everything. Listen, 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.360 take the pressure off of those guys. Man, it's you 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.920 have to be able to I'm no offensive coordinator, so 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.720 you need to be able to adjust. Right if they 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.120 take away one thing or one thing isn't working, you 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.120 have to be able to lean on something else. You 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.320 can't just keep on throwing stuff at the wall man 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.600 hoping it's thick like bro, We've seen this story already. 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.520 We saw this against Denver. We saw it. You got 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.520 away from the run. Now, we did get those two 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.280 trash such ounds at the end, but they stifled us 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.199 and we had nothing else to lean on. And that 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.559 is that has been an obvious problem for us in 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.480 these games where week that we've lost, the Cowboys had 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:42.640 sixteen rushing attempts for eighty two yards. Not enough. That's 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:46.280 that's unacceptable. Clyde Edwards Hilaire had twelve by himself for 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.920 Kansas City. Kansas City had twenty six, and that's just 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.800 not what they do. No. Twenty six rushes by Kansas City. 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:53.920 I don't know how what high that is, but it's 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.000 probably top three and rushing attempts for them this year. 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.760 So that's a game plan that I find unacceptable. In 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:05.040 terms of sixteen rushing attempts, forty three passes you're split between, 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:10.000 and that's split between Tony Pollard, Dang and Zeke nine carries. 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:11.600 I mean, we've seen when this is when this offense 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.280 is at its peak. Powers King, we are blending goodness 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.319 to fuel your greatness. Every blend is crafted to help 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.280 you achieve your health. And he's going to hit you 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:21.719 with the twenty to thirty yard big gains anymore. But 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.600 he's still gonna be able to wear a defense down 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.560 for three yards in a cloud of us here, five 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:27.800 yards there, four yards here, And we've seen so far 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.280 this season when that happens in the fourth quarter defenses 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.439 are shining away. They want no parts of Zeke out there. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.640 So I think as a whole we just I mean, 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.880 we agree on this one. We abandoned the run too 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.240 far or too soon, and hopefully we can get back 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.040 to that balance approach when we go into the Raiders 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.160 on Thursday. So Zeke had nine rushes and six catches, like, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.319 it should not be even. It should not be that 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.600 close for a for the style of running back that's hill. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.079 It is right, it should not be that close. It's 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.559 just me be somewhere like twenty and five, twenty and 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.320 five and those five should be screened. And a couple 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.000 of flat routes we have I don't even think we do. 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.040 We throw a little screens. I saw one screen where 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.319 it was a miscommunication when he was supposed to be 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.719 getting the screen, and it just kind of didn't work out. 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.920 I know why because of those early little bubble screens 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.200 and the one shots didn't block. Anybody got a man 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:12.800 dumped on his head, and I think it was another 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.360 somebody else ended up not blocking at all, So that's 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.079 why I probably, But how does that work for you 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.520 when the team knows you're going to throw or run 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.000 a screen, like you're not running the ball. So look 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.080 at first, it ain't going nowhere with the game playing 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.720 they got. So it's just I don't think it's conducing 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.760 for successful so offensive line with an opportunity to establish 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.880 the run and get that Kansas City loss behind them. 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.600 Also another reason to run the football is your questions. 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.080 A wide receiver Marty Cooper is not going to play 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:47.400 in this game because of COVID and CD LAMB. It 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.920 is still technically in concussion protocol. So in order for 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:52.600 him to play, it's got to be cleared by an 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:56.199 independent doctor to play in this football game. So you 0:10:56.400 --> 0:11:00.800 could be could be without Cooper and Lamb. That means 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.360 you run football. You need gave him ninety meal for 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.079 a reason. You know you gotta lean one, depend on 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.600 your defense and run the ball. Have confidence in your defense. 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:12.960 We talked about this other day when when you watch 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.240 that Kansas City game, it seemed like the offense, whoever 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.040 was calling the players or or the game plan throughout 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.080 the game, didn't have confidence that the defense was going 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:23.079 to continue to stop Patrick Mahomes. In that offense, it 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.559 was like they were playing pressing, like hey man, this 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.520 is probably the last stop our defence is gonna get 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.440 We gotta go down there and score a touchdown because 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.600 if we don't, they're gonna blow blow this game, wilt open. 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.040 And that just wasn't the case. So half confidence in 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:37.120 your defense, lean on the running game, and then and 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:39.199 let that, let that play together. You might get some 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.760 place for specialties. We've been blocking plums like crazy, so 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.920 you have a chance no matter what. So just stick 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.360 to you, stick to your game plan. Your thoughts on 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.160 Michael Irvin who went off on Ari Cooper for not 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.280 being vaccinated, and then you had Jerry Jones on his 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.959 own show saying, hey, that popp us, that pop us. 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:59.319 But basically this was something we were not expecting here. 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:04.080 Teammates in the locker room have publicly supported Amari Cooper's 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.360 decision along with the head coach. Totally understand that. I 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:07.760 think that's the way to go. Got it to him. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:15.439 But Jerry and Michael Irvin not happy with Cooper. Your thoughts, Yeah, listen, 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:18.959 I think I think it's a tough thing. But I 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:20.880 look at it and say, what else are the players 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.120 are gonna do? Right? Like? You gotta stick together. It's 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:25.160 it's those guys in the locker room and they try 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:28.319 to block out outside noise. But I do believe that 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.080 there are some people that are like man, like I wish, 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.880 I wish that he would be vaccinated so we wouldn't 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.960 be missing missing him for this extended period of time. 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.520 But on the other hand, you know, everybody's saying that, 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.320 you know, it's his decision. The thing is they knew 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.040 he was no vaccinated and he still been here and arousal. 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:48.760 So that's something that is unexpected as it is should 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:50.880 have been expected at some point in time that like, 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.800 there is a possibility that this could come up, not 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:57.240 just now, but also it could come up again, So 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.679 don't be surprised with this, all right, So you shouldn't 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.719 be playing accordingly for any of the players that you 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.400 have done to unvaccinated to know that we should have 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.839 a backup playing ready because we have no idea when 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.960 they may miss extended time. Yeah, I mean, I definitely understand, 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:12.719 like you said, the players, they're gonna have their their 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.400 you know, the brothers back, They're gonna say all the 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.400 supporting things they need, and like you said, the probably 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:17.719 of them come back in their mind. Like man, I 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.719 wish we had Coop for this game. But it's his 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:22.319 personal decision, and you know he has all right to 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.800 have that personal decision. And I understand on the other 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.080 side with Jerry Jones, you know why him, why him 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.719 being so upset. We know how he how bad he 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:31.760 wants that next Super Bowl ring. He wants it. It's 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.079 so bad he wants it he could taste it and 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.679 for he and he also sees how this different, this 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.960 offense is without a Mark Cooper, whether it's out him 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.400 out there catching a bunch of passes getting touchdowns, or 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.439 him being just that guy that's taking up all the 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.719 coverage and he's letting Cede Lamb and letting um, I 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.320 said Wilson, and know those other guys eat. He sees 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.680 a difference when he's in and out and he says, 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:55.160 and he popped us. It popped us because he was like, man, 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.280 we're right there, We're on the cusp of taking this 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.400 whole thing and maybe even getting that number one spot. 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.280 And then boom, we had a guy get COVID and 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:03.880 he's gonna miss this game, but he's gonna miss the 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:05.840 next game because he wasn't vaccinating. And we know how 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.840 the protocols going on that so I understand why Jerry's upset, 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:09.920 but at the end of the day, it's a Mark 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.240 Cooper's personal decision, and that's how they got a live 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.880 I remember you bringing up a return on investment. Uh 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.760 yeah yeah. Let me tell you something. ROI on a 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.480 couple of these guys that have been on the roster. R. 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:24.200 ROI on Oleo Collins, ROI on Jayleen Smith and then 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:32.560 on Cooper. Now Smith is call sunken, calls sucker cous now. 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.880 But I'm just like, like, these guys are getting paid. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.520 These are some of your high paid players who stay 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:40.040 on point. In what you just said, and this is 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.960 what Michael Lavin had said. The TMZ said quote, I 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.080 don't know what word to put on it, but I'm 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.000 absolutely hot about it. Are you joking? I got a 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.920 guy named Cedric Wilson catching pastors who makes two million, 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.840 a guy named Noah Brown who makes one million, and 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:55.920 I got a guy who makes twenty one million on 0:14:56.040 --> 0:15:00.760 the bench at home not playing. It's crazy. That's Michael 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.920 Irvin and how he felt about Amari Cooper not playing. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.120 He also said, our job as athletes is to try 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.120 to remove any reason for not winning the Super Bowl. 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:14.400 It's why I condition, So fatigue isn't the reason that 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.600 I lose the super Bowl. It's why I go overplays 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.680 a million times, so that a mistake is not the 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.240 reason why I lose the super Bowl. You have to 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.160 try to mitigate any issues that cost you a game 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.760 or a super Bowl, and COVID is one of them. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.600 You go get vaccinated to try to mitigate it as 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.880 best you can. Now, you can still get it after 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.240 you get vaccinated, but it's a different percentage of you 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.040 percentage chance of you getting it. All I need you 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:43.320 to do is get that different percentage chance. So I'm 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:47.520 hot for a Maria Cooper not doing that. This is 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:53.520 Michael Irvin in his comments on it all Right, Jerry 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.240 Jones said, Amari Cooper is outstanding. He's one of the 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.800 highest character guys that you will ever be around in 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.600 any arena. He's out standing in his introspect and how 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:05.120 he does things. Nobody is saying he isn't outstanding. But 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.720 this is a classic case of how it can impact 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:10.960 a team. At the end of the day, this is 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:14.800 a team. You cannot win anything individually. The point is 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:19.040 it popped us. This did pop us. That's the quote 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:21.760 it might not be the last time you get popped. 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.720 I mean, just being real. I mean if you look around, 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.240 uh watching watching any news about COVID and you're seeing 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:33.200 the cases rising during wintertime, I mean, it's not going 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.800 away anytime. So Lamar Jackson got twice. Yeah, Lamar Jackson 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.680 got twice. Case in pointing and you're what you're saying 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.240 here is something to take very seriously. Okay, you're talking 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.920 about wintertime cases going up. When's the super Bowl? When 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:49.720 the blast January February? So this is this is an issue. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.560 And so we talked about yesterday when you're out and 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.840 I said, I'm the next question I'd love to ask 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:56.720 Jerry Jones if you had the conversation with Amari Cooper 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.080 or any other player on your team that's not vaccinated 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:05.119 about Reek considering their stands. That's a tough one. That's 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:06.760 a tough one right there, because that's that's a slippy. 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:11.080 If I owned the football team and you weren't vaccinated, Barry, 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.119 and you you missed a game, I go ask it 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.800 the same thing, Danny, Hey, have you reconsidered it? Because 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.560 as Jerry talked about, I want to five through the fan. 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:23.320 The league made it punitive. They're trying to make it hard. 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.920 If you don't get hey, you'renna miss some time. You 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:29.040 can cut a miss some time here. So shout out 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.920 to Michael Galli Man very important these days, got on 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.560 very important these days. Chris Bean, well, he would produce 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.400 on it today. Chris Bean says he's got the quote 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:41.320 from Jerry here, So so let's hear Jerry on one 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.080 or five through the fan. H This was with Sean 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:48.960 and R Jay talking about Annamari Cooper again. I said 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:52.240 it early. You checked me at the door and a 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:56.440 football team that has nothing to do with the issues 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.359 of masking, not masking, getting vaccinated, not getting back nd 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.760 and if I have a tone, I shouldn't. It just 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.520 has nothing to do with it. The facts are, it 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:09.399 is a wee thing. When you walk into the locker 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:14.080 room and anybody is being counted on to pull his weight, 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.479 everybody expects that. They look around at each other. They 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:21.239 understand everybody's rights. They do, we do. Everybody understands our 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.560 rights and our options as it pertained to those rights. 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:28.880 But can you if you forget that it's a wee 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:33.119 thing and how important your part is. Obviously, these guys 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:39.199 are rewarded. They're rewarded financially. Now, Mark Cooper is outstanding, folks. 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.920 He's one of the highest character guys that you will 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:47.200 ever be around in any area. And he's outstanding in mind, 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:52.040 in his introspect and how he does things. When it 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.879 was at the Raiders for a year or two, he 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:59.480 set up a library for the players to read during 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.000 their break, would say him. So my point is he's 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:05.440 an outstanding and we're not in any way nobody's saying 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.520 that he is an outstanding. But this is a classic 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:12.840 case of hack can impact a team when people are 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.280 at the end of the day, this is not individual, 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:22.200 it is team. You cannot win anything individually. It's really 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:26.000 clear he's he's upset. No, he's not happy. Now he's 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.480 not happy. And it's two games because of the short, 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:33.120 short weekend. And now you got lamb who you guys 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.440 have played you two played the game your safeties for 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:38.560 the Dallas Cowboys. It's concussion. Man. I can't see him 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:40.680 getting because because like you just said, he has to 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:43.600 get passed by an independent doctor. Right, So if that 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.240 independent doctor passes him and something happens to him in 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:49.560 the game, isn't on that specific doctor that he said 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:51.040 it's okay for that got to go in or is 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:55.040 it just you know, I think the severity of what happened, 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:58.560 because did he get the concussion when he I think 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:01.600 the severity of is must be lighting the fact that 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.000 he was at practice on Monday, because usually they try 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:05.800 to keep you out of out of the lights because 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:08.120 it kind of affects you. So if he's not having 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:13.119 any of those residual effects of the concussion, then I'm assuming, uh, 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:15.800 you know, with how stranger they've been on concussions, that 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:20.800 that he must be okay to move forward. We'll see. 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:23.879