WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Pre-Pregame Thoughts 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:04.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:06.400 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:09.559 Cowboys. 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:16.479 This is nick shot streaming live on Dallascowboys dot Com 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:20.360 and the official Dallas Cowboys have and now your hosts 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:26.599 Mickey Spagnola, Everson Wolves, Nate Newton, and Bill Jones. 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:34.080 And we thought it never rained in southern California, but 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:38.320 that got dismissed this morning when it came down pouring 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:42.440 for about five minutes. Nate Newton as we get going 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:47.520 here on mix shots on Dallascowboys dot Com. Mickey Spagnola, 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:52.199 Nate Newton here in training camp where the tennis courts 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:53.280 are soaking wet. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.360 Nate, you know what I was saying my prayers at 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.040 that time, right And I actually thought, I said, who 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:03.520 has stolen some food? I'll see itself on my balcony 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:07.120 because I keep here and I'm thinking, I'm thinking seagulls 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.680 just patterning around out there, you know what I'm saying. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:14.319 And over I was like, God, God, it rained, mister 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:15.840 Wallley's friends, it rained. 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.560 I was walking back for my workout and I was 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:22.240 just crossing the parking lot and I felt a couple drops. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:23.640 I said, Okay, that's cool. 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:27.120 We're gonna get a few sprinkles, right. And by the 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:28.880 time I got to the stop of the steps to 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:30.920 go in my room, it's pouring down rain. 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.680 Wow. Lasted all of five minutes. 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.880 And y'all can't see our equipment out here. It was 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:39.400 saved by Josh and by Chris Beam. I produced it 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:43.000 was saying, oh, Josh, yeah, so they saved our equipment 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.480 and me, me and Mick would have been blanked out today. 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:47.360 Or we would have been sitting in wet seats. 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:51.120 Yes, they took care of us. 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:51.680 Anyway. 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:56.080 Uh, that's the weather report from Oxnard, California, as we 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.280 uh get going here on Mixed Shots brought to you 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:00.480 by mill Or Light. 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.360 And this will be our last show. 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:07.600 Of the week since our next day to do the 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.400 podcast would be Friday. But we are taking off around 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:15.320 ten o'clock in the morning to head to Lax and 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.880 head home for the Cowboys first preseason game. Cowboys had 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:24.480 a padded practice yesterday on Tuesday. 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.880 Was kind of a long practice, Nate. Yes, they did. Yes, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:29.280 it was a long practice. 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:33.600 And the one thing I've noticed, and we're you know, 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:36.360 they got pads on. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.200 They're not supposed to be tackling. 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.079 But I'm seeing a lot of contact out there, especially 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:43.760 in some of the special teams drills. 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:48.400 As a matter of fact, Nicky, this is where I 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.679 tell young guys and I tell veteran guys protect yourself. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:56.040 The competition for the first time, and I don't know 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.799 how many years, even with coach MacArthur's, the last two 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.240 year competition is so high the stress levels. 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:02.600 Uh. 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.080 Now, you may not see a lot of fish the cuffs, 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:09.680 but guys are fighting for the bottom half of the roster. 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:11.400 This last twenty players. 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:15.800 The coaches has over emphasized, Hey, guys, we're gonna give 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.560 you opportunity. You may only get one rep for two 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:22.400 reps perst session, but you're gonna have to show us something. 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.880 Some guys are taking it right up to the edge 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.200 and sometime they're going over. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:27.160 Yeah. 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:30.880 And I noticed when they when they do like three 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.560 on three special teams special teams, Yes, and they're going 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:38.280 down to cover a kickoff or cover a punt, they're 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.560 they're starting to hit. Now not tackling the ball carrier, 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.640 but Josh, all with the guys that that are trying 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.320 to block or get away from blocks. 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:51.880 See when you are Stephen, the guys John john Stephen Johnson, 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:57.040 when you're that guy, are you even what's our number two? 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:00.160 Pick a couple of years a corner Joseph. Right, you 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.800 have to understand Joseph understands who he is. He is 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.040 here because of great special teams. Right, So when he 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.200 is locking up with guys, he's trying to show the 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.320 coach that I'm still your guy and our CJ gut 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:14.280 when it's another guy. 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.240 These guys are not playing. This is their job. 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:20.159 So when you come lollygagging down the field, they're gonna 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:21.320 be very physical with you. 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:22.320 And what that made. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.279 That sets a tone and the young players be like, Okay, 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:27.840 maybe I can be that guy. Because a lot of 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.280 these guys already know Mick that they're on the practice squad, right, 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.600 they don't want to stay on the practice squad. They 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.640 want to be elevated to always having a shot at 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.640 that fifty three man roster come game day. So it's 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:45.520 getting physical and it's good. Competition always brings out the best. 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:48.160 And these types of guys and we'll get into it 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:51.760 later in the show. The preseason games will be big. 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:55.080 I know everybody goes a preseason game they're not gonna 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:58.320 play any starters, but we'll get into some guys that 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:03.200 we think you should probably file. Now, a couple of 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:08.800 things happened in practice yesterday, and I'm really amused by 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:09.880 it sometimes. 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:11.200 So when the. 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:17.960 Cowboys kicker struggled yes on Saturday, combined they made ten 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.120 of twenty one kicks, so that would have been Tristan 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:28.039 Viskayano and Brandon Aubrey, it was big headline in the paper, yes, right. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:34.479 And then the next day when they released Viskayano, and 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.560 they did it about five minutes after our I think 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.719 our show finished, right, yes, sir, that was another big headline. 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:50.200 Rookie kicker only one left? Right, Well, yesterday Brandon Aubrey 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:55.440 the only kicker left. The rookie former soccer player, hit 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.720 eleven of eleven field goals. 0:05:58.040 --> 0:05:58.479 You know where. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:03.120 That showed up in the paper briefly at the bottom 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.680 of the notes that he made eleven of eleven field 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:10.760 goal attempts. And I just laughed because I know what 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.760 the Cowboys were trying to do, and people really don't 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:19.360 understand the win situation here for these guys. The field 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.880 goals over on the next field over there, they were 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:27.080 the ruin of many a kicker out here because of 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.600 the way the wind blows into them, right, and not 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.880 only in their face, but it swirls up top, and 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:33.960 you gotta be careful. 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:39.280 You got to kick a really strong ball to. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.920 Power through, power through, and if you don't do that, 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.800 that thing's blowing all over the place. So a good 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:51.040 day for Brandon Aubrey. All his kicks were between and 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.080 I get it, thirty three and forty three yards, but 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.680 he made every one of them. And what they were 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.320 trying to do is re establish some confidence. 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.320 You know, my deal is this me? 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:05.760 And last year when you first brought that up, I 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.680 started laughing, and you know that was my running joke 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:13.400 with you, right, But this year I paid more attention. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.480 Facing the field, the left goal posts. 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:21.920 If I'm if I'm a kicker, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Chris, 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.520 the left goal posts, facing the field. I would not 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.160 kick over there if I'm a kicker. 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.920 Here, because I think we've probably gotten gotten rid of 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.320 some pretty decent kickers. 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.720 Right, But that left goal posts over there, you can 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:40.640 see right now, no wind, but every now and then 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:44.280 you'll see it's swirling flags swirling off top. And I'm saying, 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.080 is it that much difference in twenty feet? And it 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:53.040 is because both of these guys are capable kickers, but 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.320 not on that not on that far goal posts. And 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:59.360 I don't believe in curses, but it don't work over there. 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:01.680 The ruin of many a kicker, I'll tell you. And 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:06.280 the funny thing yesterday, when they started getting ready to kick, 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:08.560 I was getting ready to walk around so I can 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:14.320 see the distance right, yes, and Todd Archer ESPN Cowboys 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.960 was already over there on the sideline and he motioned 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.080 to me stay there, So I stood underneath the gold 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.800 post right at the crossbar. 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:25.560 And when I'm. 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.720 Standing there looking at him kicking, I could feel the 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.079 wind on my back, but up top those ribbons were 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:35.400 kind of hardly moving, and I'm going I know it's windy. 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:36.600 Up there because I could feel it. 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:42.520 But anyway, Brandon Aubrey had a really good day, good confidence, 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.840 and he's kind of got It's funny a lot of 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:51.520 these kickers, the ones that were successful for the Cowboys, 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:55.480 the Chris Bonios, the Dan Bailey's mar they all kind 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.360 of got that same personality. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:58.840 They're very. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:06.079 Low key, they don't say much and it's all about 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:11.600 the next kick. Well, this guy hasn't played that much football, right, right, right, 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:15.120 And when he kicks on Saturday, that'll be the first 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:19.800 time he kicks in an NFL game competition, right, because 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.000 he was in the USFL. 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:22.920 But he's just liked those guys. 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.719 When we did the interview with him and they were 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.960 talking about you know, you know, the pressure's on, and 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:33.080 he goes, I gotta flush the last kick, and it's 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.240 about the next kick. 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:35.839 It's about the next day. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.200 You gotta forget what's happened, good or bad, and not 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.120 going I think I heard that before. 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.520 Yeah, so somebody's taught them how to be I. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.960 Think, yeah, the mindset. I mean, I never was a kicker. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.400 It never was good enough, athletic enough. I tried kicking 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.040 a couple of times. I was a straight ahead type guy. 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:58.680 So but uh, I'm just gonna leave it up to. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.360 Fossil. He always seems to find the guy, right. 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.800 You know, our problem has been when a guy goes 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.240 on a bad streak, we take a little too loan 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:11.040 and reacts sometime. But other than that, he always seems 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:11.760 to find the guy. 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.480 So they want to see and you know, talking with him, 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:16.680 I mean he was a soccer player, and somebody asking 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:20.559 him about the pressure playing soccer. But the pressure playing 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.920 soccer you got to make the team. But it's still 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.080 a you're in the middle of a team deal. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:25.719 You're not out. 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.640 The only time in soccer you're out by yourself is 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:32.680 a penalty kicker y right, right, And I'm sure those 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:34.839 guys think they should make every one of them right, 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.320 Not everybody's messy, right, And. 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.680 So it took him a while to get that final 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:45.960 championship right right, Yeah, So anyway, that was the kicking deal. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.959 The other thing from practice, and we probably should dispel that, 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:56.000 the center Tyler Biadish rolled his right ankle left for 0:10:56.040 --> 0:11:01.040 a while. My understanding is he'll be fine and they'll 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.640 give you know, today it's a walkthrough practice, so they 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:05.520 won't do much. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.280 They probably won't do a heck of a lot on Thursday. 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.320 Friday will be an off day to travel and so. 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.880 And he's not playing in the game on Sunday, I 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.719 mean Saturday, I wouldn't think. And the other one that 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:22.520 caused the stir was Mozzi Smith missed practice yesterday. Uh, 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.559 he went to do an MRI on his knee. 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:29.720 And anytime you hear MRI and knee. It's never really 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:30.360 a good thing. 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:35.640 Well, uh, he ended up participating in the evening walkthrough. 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.960 I was told that it's basically a little bit of 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:43.240 tender nights and it's really nothing to be worried about. 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:47.120 He just had some discomfort, and anytime your first round 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.880 draft choice has a little discomfort, there's probably I don't 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:54.640 want to say overreaction, but it was You're gonna be caution. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.520 That's something it's only gonna get worse over the years. 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.719 Not not in the right and the only thing that 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:08.200 you gotta rest it right rest. So anyway, Uh, he 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.960 should be fine. I would imagine he plays on Saturday too. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:16.040 You know, he needs he needs to ramp up. Some 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.280 guys gonna need more, but he's gonna be your guy 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.560 on first and second down. And talking to coach Quinn, 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:23.800 did they really is trying to hammer that home to 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:25.560 him to. 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.360 Start getting his steps right. 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.839 I talked to the coach, Floyd, the defensive line coach, 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:34.040 and he said, Nate, this kid say, I'm getting believe 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:35.880 when he said he don't like football, but he liked 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.000 beating on other men. I mean he does a great 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:39.800 job of beating on other men. We just got to 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:42.120 get him his technique down right and get him to 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:44.400 believe that if you beat this guy, why not going 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.880 to tackle the back You know what I'm saying, right right. 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.800 Don't just worry about holding up a double ta R 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:52.920 make some tackle in the backfield. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.880 So if that was a scare, it shouldn't be a scare. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:03.439 He was fine. See who else missed? Uh? 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:09.360 Pro Oh, I know it was the wide receiver David Durden, 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:15.080 rookie are agent. He caught a diving touchdown pass and 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.080 a deep ball in one of their situations where it 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.640 was fourth and something. But he when he landed, his 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.600 head hit the ground, so I would imagine he's in 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:30.880 concussion protocol. They they brought him into the tent and 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:35.320 he didn't practice again, and I would imagine he doesn't 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.920 play on Saturday. And he was starting to have a 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.720 really good camp too. Kind of an unknown. 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:41.280 Guy, uh. 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.120 I think he was a baseball player and he gave 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:49.600 up baseball to try his a hand at football. 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:50.440 He played at. 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:57.280 West Florida, so it's probably Division two and so uh yeah, 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.400 that was the one injury that I think they were 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:05.120 worried about out Also, Janier Thomas kind of got run 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:09.920 into during special teams drill. They brought him off and 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:15.400 started doing the eye test for concussion protocol, not like 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:17.680 before neck when they said how. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.600 Many fingers do I have? Up right? 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.280 And so, but he went back and finished practice. So 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:28.040 from an injury standpoint, Scoonmaker was out there actually in 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.760 pads and took some reps, made a nice diving catch 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:36.520 in one of the situations. And Tony Pollard they expect 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.240 him to be back today. 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:43.960 He was witnessing the birth of his first child. 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:50.600 So from an injury standpoint, Jordan Lewis is still doing 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:51.520 rehab work. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.880 Maybe next week. I think he's starting. 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:58.320 To get closer to getting back out here, and he's 0:14:58.360 --> 0:14:59.920 going to have some work to do, by the way, 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:04.080 uh when he comes back out, because Deron Blands kind 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:08.480 of soluted himself as uh solidified himself as the third 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:13.320 corner and Eric Scott is making moves and the Sean 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:17.800 Wright they're giving a lot of reps to So you're smiling. 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:19.240 Do you think he's in trouble? 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:20.040 Ah? 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.080 Now, I'm a boy. He'll he'll come through this if 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:24.280 he's physically ready. 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.960 Because some guys are so mentally strong and so hyped 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.320 right that they that they'll fit right back in. 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:32.520 But what what I. 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:36.120 Like about this competition is sometimes Jordan Lewis is trying 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.240 to do his own thing, he gets him in trouble. Well, 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.400 now he knows that he's got a thin line for mistakes, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.240 so he gonna be even ultra focused, even more focused. 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:47.960 So I'm looking for this thing to crank up if 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.520 he can get back out there and get into a 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.480 normal rhythm, because we don't know if they're gonna, you know, 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.120 give him a live bit, take him out, you know 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:55.520 how they do. 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.320 It, and they's got to do a ramp up, right, 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.360 that's what I'm saying. Well, the ramp up for Scot 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:00.760 Maker was very long. 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.320 No, No, he's a young blood. He's a young blood. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.000 He's big, he's physical. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:06.800 The dude is huge. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:11.080 The dude could play some tackle for real, he's so desired, right, 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:12.640 you could play some tackle, man. 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.480 And that's what they need from these tight ends, right. 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.440 I mean I always thought last year that Ferguson was 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.360 their best blocking tight end. 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:20.920 Uh. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:24.680 And he's having a nice camp, Hendershot's having a nice camp. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.120 You mentioned John Stevens, Well we'll talk about him as 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:30.440 one of the players to watch. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:32.080 But also the other. 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:36.240 Big deal out of the training camp was that Trayvon 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:41.680 Diggs had two interceptions of Dak Prescott, Leyton Vandersch had 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:46.320 another one. So two of the three interceptions, by the way, 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:52.440 and one was on a deep ball into that stupid 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:55.040 wind right came up a little. 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.280 Bit short, and. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:02.800 The one the one that was down the sideline on 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:06.480 the other way he was throwing the CD. CD just 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:08.240 kind of gave up on the ball like it was 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.960 going out of bounds, and and then it didn't go 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.800 out of bounds and there was Digs making a catch. 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:20.359 Let me let me you know, Mack, I think you 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:23.320 make care a little bit more than me because I 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.600 always look at practice. It is what it is, and 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:31.240 it's only practice. Fans don't look at it as practice. 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.000 They look at it as a continuation of the game, right, 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:35.760 and you shouldn't do that. 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:36.880 Do we need to get out of here and get 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.640 into No. I think we're good, so go ahead finishing. 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:45.560 But if Dak thowse a bad ball, and I'm always 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:49.680 looking at the situation, who the players was and why 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:52.840 he may have done that. So once I figured that out, 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:56.960 then then I've become critical or non critical. And when 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.600 a receiver stops on you for whatever reason, he felt 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.320 he got held, he ran a bad route. 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.080 That's not your fault. 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:08.840 But you know, but if the dB makes a play 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.640 on your ball and it's there for the receiver too, 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:17.560 it's just who wanted the worst. And I don't judge 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:22.639 a quarterback until the games start, and when he started playing, 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.080 then I was started judging him. But a young guy, 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.000 I may judge because you don't take chances or you 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.640 just don't sling balls out there because you're. 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:33.399 Trying to make the team. Dak is working. 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.640 We don't know what he's working on during that day. 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:37.399 I'm gonna work on this, I'm gonna do this. I'm 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:39.560 you don't know what he's working on because I do 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.199 it as office and line. I need to work on 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:42.840 my left hand to day, I need to work on 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:44.040 my inside power step. 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:44.880 So whenever I. 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:48.399 Get these opportunities, which a few I do, and we 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.399 don't know what Dak is working on. We don't know 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:53.240 what him and the receivers are working on. So I 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.440 be patient out here in training camp. 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.080 That just nake. That's just my opinion. 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.840 And a lot of times when the quarter looking at 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.280 it and he's thinking, Okay, this is a fifty to 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.560 fifty opportunity. He's gonna throw the ball, he's gonna give 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:10.360 It's practice, right, you try to test yourself on fitting 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:15.760 into a small target or give the receiver a chance 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.200 to make a nice play. Now, what didn't get reported 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:22.480 the whole time are the two times that Dak burned 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:26.280 Trayvon Diggs on deep passes that would have been a touchdown. 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:29.760 One to Michael Gallup that Digs must have gambled on 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:31.639 because he was opened by ten yards. 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:32.480 Yes, you were right. 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:36.520 And then there was one to Cook's on a deep 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:42.040 ball that he beat Digs. So no one talks about those. 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.920 It's just like the field goals where we started, right, Yeah, 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.720 It's like, well we talk about the Missus bute he 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:50.960 made eleven out eleven, big deal. Well how many times 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:55.239 does Dak connect on a deep pass that ends up 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:57.800 being a touchdown and Digs is beaten? 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:02.080 But he's making nice players. That's good, right. This is 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:02.840 a team thing. 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:06.600 Yeah, you get it's competition all the time. And Dak 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:08.840 is a great player and Diggs is a great player. 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:12.920 Ceedee Lambers coming into his own getting up on that status. 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:16.840 So you know, Cooks is smooth, and so you know, 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:18.920 like I said, I look at here and I take 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:22.280 practice with a grain of salt because situational football out 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:24.200 here is a little bit different in the game. If 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:26.119 he was doing this in the game, you believe me, 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:28.239 we would all be in an uproar. But this is 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.040 not a game. This is practice where he's trying to 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:34.400 better himself. And believe me, I talked to Dak yesterday. 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:38.480 He knows and sees and hears all. Yeah, he's very 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.080 aware and but he but he also understands that he 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:45.400 has to get better at what he's doing. And sometimes 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:48.200 out here, yes, you take that chance, all right. 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:49.040 That's Nate Newton. 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:55.000 Mickey Spagnola more on Cowboys' training camp coming up on 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:56.320 mix Shots. 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:01.040 I'm Duk Prescott, quarterback of the Dallas cow Boys. Blockchain 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:03.600 dot com is one of the most trusted ways to buy, sell, 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:06.280 and trade crypto. 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