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Speaker 1: Cowboys World Headquarters at the Star. You talked about feeding

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Speaker 1: off that green ball loss with the focus and determination.

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Speaker 1: How do you feed off the ass kicking? Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think party, Yeah, keep keep kicking as honestly, honestly and

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Speaker 1: just right, holy coldest Hell just says, keep kicking. He's

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Speaker 1: eating what I mean. I think Lady McCarthy said it

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Speaker 1: best take a picture of it, take a picture of

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Speaker 1: what it felt like, what it looked like when we're

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Speaker 1: at our best as a team, and to keep that

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Speaker 1: remind yourself and do the things unnecessarily necessary to get

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Speaker 1: back to that. Well, ladies, I think that was about

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Speaker 1: a signature a win for the Cowboys under the Mike

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Speaker 1: McCarthy era that I've seen to date. They absolutely dominated

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Speaker 1: all phases of the game, and I think particularly important

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Speaker 1: was the way they bounced back after what was can

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Speaker 1: only be described as demoralizing loss on the road against

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Speaker 1: the Packers. So I think when he talked about take

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Speaker 1: a picture of what it felt like we looked our best,

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Speaker 1: it poses the question, and I'll go around the table

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Speaker 1: for you ladies, and I'll go last. What was it

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Speaker 1: that you thought they were best at in that game

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Speaker 1: on the road hailing as vague as this is going

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Speaker 1: like everybody And that was the conversation throughout the entire

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Speaker 1: week was man, why the run defense was bad? Because

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Speaker 1: we weren't doing our jobs. We were all trying to

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Speaker 1: do too much. I think in this game, every player

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Speaker 1: everybody in between had an understanding of this is my

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Speaker 1: why you saw the pass rush come back to life.

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Speaker 1: I was rewatching the highlights before we came on, and

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Speaker 1: so I just think they all felt confident. They took

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Speaker 1: really adjusted to the things that they talked about all weeks.

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Speaker 1: So to me, that was the most impressive part of

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Speaker 1: that win. And I think for me it was they

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Speaker 1: talk about mentally they were just so confused to what

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Speaker 1: it was okay, Tony Pollard's on the field. Usually with

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Speaker 1: He didn't understand it first, but I literally said, I've

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Speaker 1: got a dumb question for him. We've got his response here.

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Speaker 1: Why aren't you running the ball more And he said,

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Speaker 1: what do you mean me specifically or the offense. I said,

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Speaker 1: to keep in mind. Absolutely well. I've often seen in

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Speaker 1: covering this team, what Jerry wants, Jerry gets, and I

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Speaker 1: feel like Jerry really wants this shining toy. And someone

430
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Speaker 1: once told me in the league. If you've got a

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Speaker 1: free agent that you want, you don't let him leave

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Speaker 1: the building without signing. So I anticipate that Jerry's going

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Speaker 1: to roll out the helicopter. He's gonna show them like

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be like lion king everything. The light touches issue.

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Speaker 1: We are gonna are like there are so many ways

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Speaker 1: on these deals done, and so I just when I

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Speaker 1: think of Jerry, I look at this is it's a

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Speaker 1: merchandise thing, right, like the excitement that the Cowboys franchise

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Speaker 1: has need. I've covered so many free agency periods and

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Speaker 1: I always tell my boss, is why are you putting

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Speaker 1: me at the Star? Why am I on this coverage?

442
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Speaker 1: Moved me to a team they don't play ball in

443
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Speaker 1: free agency because it requires them to give up draft stock.

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Speaker 1: This feels about and I've said this over and over.

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Speaker 1: This feels so real and again, what Jerry wants Jerry gets.

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Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if this thing doesn't happen. But that's

447
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Speaker 1: why Thursday is such a big game. The Good Lord

448
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 1: helped us out too with the Buffalo snow because I

449
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 1: looked at it, and I know BJ looked at and

450
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Speaker 1: said you was called von Miller. What was it like?

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Speaker 1: Did you see the video that he pulled where he

452
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Speaker 1: was opening up the garage. I mean, I've lived in

453
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Speaker 1: Denver when it was like six back to back blizzards.

454
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Speaker 1: It's very unappealing cost of living here. I don't think

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Speaker 1: people think think about that enough. But I told the

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Speaker 1: story where I talked to him at Pro Bowl a

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Speaker 1: couple of years ago. Not having to pay state income

458
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Speaker 1: tax the huge I've waited when like jobs have come

459
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Speaker 1: up in LA or New York. You're literally giving half

460
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Speaker 1: your money away to taxes. So it's a big deal.

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Speaker 1: You're keeping all of that in house. And if you

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Speaker 1: don't think that that's part of Jerry's presentation, you guys

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Speaker 1: aren't paying attention as someone who just moved here from Miami. Yeah,

464
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Speaker 1: he raising a baby, and he raising a baby. Now

465
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Speaker 1: he trying to get exactly his girls trying trying to

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Speaker 1: get in here. So I'm y'all, don't get me excited.

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Speaker 1: It also just makes sense. It's the Dallas Cowboys and OBJ.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you can't tell me that Jerry doesn't want

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Speaker 1: ob J to make a one handed iconic catch at

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Speaker 1: some point for the Dallas Cowboys after you know the

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Speaker 1: last time that happened, it was against the Cowboys, CD

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Speaker 1: handover eighty eight. I'm kidding, no disrespect to CD. I

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Speaker 1: do want to get some sound in here because I

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Speaker 1: feel for CD. I feel like there was a lot

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Speaker 1: put on his plate this year. I think he enjoyed

476
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Speaker 1: some of the gaudy numbers because you had a guy

477
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Speaker 1: like a Marii Cooper, and I think we could all

478
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Speaker 1: argue maybe it wasn't the best move to move on

479
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Speaker 1: from a Mari because maybe CD wasn't quite ready yet.

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Speaker 1: And I've also submitted that not having Dak playing with

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Speaker 1: these guys in the preseason or meaningful practice time, I

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Speaker 1: think has really hurt his maturation. Not to mention the

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Speaker 1: COVID year, I think really hurt Ceede Lamb's maturation. A

484
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Speaker 1: lot of people don't think about some of that, but

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Speaker 1: I did catch up in the locker room because I

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Speaker 1: Green Bay game and what he did against Minnesota. Listen,

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Speaker 1: we're all human, is what I said to him. How

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Speaker 1: hard is it? I know you've been vocal that you

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Speaker 1: want ob J here. He helps the room, but how

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Speaker 1: do you keep your head on straight and continue to

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Speaker 1: build as a receiver. And here was his response, at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, I got to go to

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Speaker 1: sleep and wake up and go to work, regardless of

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Speaker 1: what's being said or was. You know how anything has

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Speaker 1: been interpreted to understanding that I'm in control the majority

497
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Speaker 1: of these narratives and the only way for me to

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Speaker 1: change it or stop it from even popping up as

499
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Speaker 1: he's playing better. So there you go. As one head

500
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Speaker 1: coach in the league once told me, because I was

501
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Speaker 1: complaining about my reps, etc. He said, Jane, do your job.

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Speaker 1: No one cares. And it sounds like CB has gotten

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Speaker 1: that message. But to his credit, he's really stepped up

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Speaker 1: in recent weeks. Micah Parsons consistently steps up for us folks,

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Speaker 1: and I think we were all trying to figure out

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Speaker 1: what was going on with this run defense ahead of

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Speaker 1: this game against the Vikings. He had some great soundbites,

508
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Speaker 1: as he always does. In the locker room. Accountability was

509
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Speaker 1: the big thing last week, and it sounds like the

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Speaker 1: guys both put up and shut up a lot of

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Speaker 1: the haters on the outside. So let's get into what

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Speaker 1: Micah Parsons had to say and whether we all believe

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Speaker 1: that their ability to contain the run they fixed it

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Speaker 1: into this matchup on Thursday. Sequon Barclay's coming off his

558
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: worst game of the season, just twenty two yards. Daniel Jones, though,

559
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: had over three hundred and forty yards in the air

560
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Speaker 1: fifty fifty yards to the ground. It was a little

561
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: bit of an erratic game against the Lions. Granted it

562
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Speaker 1: was at home, etc. But you gotta think that they're

563
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Speaker 1: rilling from that. And I do have a lot of

564
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Speaker 1: faith in Brian Dable and Wink Martin del even though

565
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: we've talked about their laundry list of injuries on both

566
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. But sa Quon Barkley has been

567
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 1: very effective this year. And like I said, you've got

568
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:15,200
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones to think about. We saw the Cowboys limit

569
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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, but they weren't I think it's hard for

570
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 1: me to ascertain whether they fixed the run defense guys,

571
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 1: because they weren't running the ball a lot because they

572
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: got behind so much. Now, the pass rush for the Cowboys,

573
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: we talked about this top five in the league, so

574
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,600
Speaker 1: I think we expected them. I didn't think they do

575
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: as good a job against Justin Jefferson as they did

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Speaker 1: or Adam Delon or even TJ. Hawkinson. But credit to

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Speaker 1: Treyvon Diggs in this pass rush, I mean getting to

578
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Speaker 1: the quarterback seven times. The game we talked about earlier,

579
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins was seeing ghost in this one shambles. But

580
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Speaker 1: I don't don't want to know if I trust that

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00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: they fixed the run just yet, And I don't know

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Speaker 1: if this week game on Thursday is going to be

583
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: a good enough test of it, because as we talked

584
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: about earlier, there's not a lot of other ruts. Now

585
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 1: here's where I would caution us. We said this about

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00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: the Packers, right, Packers didn't have a lot of threats.

587
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: They certainly didn't have a wide receiver that stood out

588
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: or running back, and Christian Watson looked all world against

589
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. So you kind of hope they don't rest

590
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: on their laurels that they have fixed things. But when

591
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: you look at this runde, whoever wants to pop in here.

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Speaker 1: Did you get the sense that it was all out

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Speaker 1: fixed because what dald Cook was averaging still, Like, I

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Speaker 1: think he had close to four. I think this is

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Speaker 1: where I read. Yeah, well, actually I think it was

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Speaker 1: closer to six. Yeah, I think it was like through

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Speaker 1: my notes, Yeah, I mean like they went away from

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Speaker 1: the run to start the game. I felt like they

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Speaker 1: did have a couple of successful runs to the outside

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Speaker 1: zone or whatever. But for the most part and spots

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Speaker 1: in that game, you saw LV come up and fill

602
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Speaker 1: his gap and put it on people. You saw Damon

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Speaker 1: Clark come up and fill his gap and put it

604
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Speaker 1: on people. Like it. I thought the run defense to

605
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 1: start the game was more consistent than what you've seen,

606
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Speaker 1: and then they did break a couple of big plays,

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Speaker 1: but it's difficult to like you said, it is difficult

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Speaker 1: to gauge right now. This week they will get some

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Speaker 1: practice with sae Quon Barkley. But again, like even say

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Speaker 1: Kuan had a million carries last weekend, didn't have nothing

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Speaker 1: to show for it, because a running back is only

612
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: as good as their offensive line at this point, and

613
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Speaker 1: that offensive line is banged up. So I was really

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Speaker 1: looking forward to this game thinging, Okay, this could be

615
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Speaker 1: good practice or for them for us to get a

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Speaker 1: better gauge, but with this offensive line being beat up still,

617
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Speaker 1: so it's gonna be difficult. So I think it's just

618
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Speaker 1: gonna be a week to week thing seeing how this

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Speaker 1: defense improves. But in spots in that game, definitely they

620
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Speaker 1: played their gaps far better. They tackled far better in

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Speaker 1: this game. No leaky yards, no yack yardage, none of that.

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Speaker 1: So even if you're like, Okay, well the run defense

623
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Speaker 1: wasn't super stout, I mean they kind of forced them.

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Speaker 1: They really forced them by punching them in the mouth early.

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Speaker 1: And if you can as search your dominance that way

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Speaker 1: and make people afraid to even try, then it's kind

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Speaker 1: of a win win. So it is something to build upon. Wise,

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Speaker 1: in some areas, Yes, I'm going to kind of take

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Speaker 1: a little bit of a left turn with that, because

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Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying. I agree, I think this

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Speaker 1: would be good practice. But the trend that I've kind

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Speaker 1: of noticed the last few weeks is that every single

633
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: one of these games has had a purpose in why

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys have been that why they were so successful.

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Speaker 1: I think during the vikings and I think that carries

636
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Speaker 1: over on Wednesday. So you come back from the bye

637
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Speaker 1: and you face the Packers. The narrative all week was

638
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy the return game. That was the focus, and

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Speaker 1: I think that's why things got a little loss because

640
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: that was the focus. We want this to be a

641
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: big game for our head coach, and it's important. It

642
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: was relevant or it was you could see it in

643
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: everybody after that loss, and that's why it stung so much.

644
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 1: And they lost five in a row. Yes, So then

645
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: you have that game and that, to me, that loss

646
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: has kind of I think will end up being the

647
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: pivotal point of this season because now it inspires them

648
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: to go out and whoop on the Vikings. And no

649
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: better team to face after a loss than the Vikings.

650
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: The Cowboys going into that when we're six one after

651
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: a loss, so you have a then this is a

652
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: team that they had their number four. You know they've

653
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: beaten the Vikings however many times against at US Bank Stadium.

654
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: So you go from losing to the Packers that inspiring

655
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: a blowout win to the Vikings, a team that people

656
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: haven't really been talking about. And I think that's why

657
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,479
Speaker 1: because you saw the Vikings and how they performed. And

658
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: then to go back to the top of the show

659
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: we talked about and now you have that blowout win,

660
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: how it's inspiring you going into a really big division

661
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: game against the Giants, and now you have another opportunity,

662
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: to your point, Jane, to prove that we are improving

663
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: our run defense. You have a chance to contain sae

664
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: Quon Barkley for the second time, so to speak. You

665
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: also have a chance to challenge against Daniel Jones. We

666
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: have to respect the run that he provides in that

667
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: game too. So I just think that every single one

668
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,719
Speaker 1: of these games up until this point, and as we

669
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 1: count down to that Christmas Eve Eagles game, I think

670
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: every single game is going to have a purpose. I

671
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: think this week's purpose is to kind of shore up

672
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: that run defense. Now you got me going because I

673
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: was thinking about how they respond and you know, maybe

674
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: this is learning from the adversity of years past. But

675
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: remember the Denver Broncos game where they got demoralized. It

676
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: felt very much like the Packers game, like, oh they

677
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: figured out the blue blueprint. Well, that following week they

678
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: went back and they beat the Falcons, and that one

679
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: that was a big game that was a big one,

680
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: held into three, and then guess what happened on the

681
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: road at Kansas City right after that. It was a loss,

682
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: and then they lost and overdime the Raiders. Then then

683
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: they were able to correct it. They went on a

684
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: four game win streak, lost the Cardinals, and then won

685
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: against the Eagles. So my point is, in the past,

686
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: they've come back, they've responded, but then you find yourself

687
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: questioning them again. So I just remember last year us

688
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: sort of having there was like a similar tone, but

689
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: in what Dak had to say today, like they have

690
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: been through a lot of it. First, I mean, say

691
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: what you wanted about Mike McCarthy. Some of you know

692
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: we talked about this to start the year, without the

693
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: left tackle, without the quarterback, multiple entries on the defensive

694
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: side the ball at times. The way that he gets

695
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: them ready to play is big. But I think this

696
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: does fall on the players because in the past we

697
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: point the finger at the coach. This does fall on

698
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: the players and all the sound bite after you get

699
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: to your point, just from Michael Parst on this, there

700
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: has to be accountability and there has to be consistency,

701
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 1: because they've proven they've got the type of players that

702
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: can get it done. The game plan obviously makes a

703
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: lot of sense heading into the game, but it's all

704
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,760
Speaker 1: about execution. Yeah, and I think too when you look

705
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: at who the Giants just played, the Lions, who we

706
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: know play so physical, and I'm sure their laundry list

707
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: of injuries is even larger now, right, I mean, I

708
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 1: Yusha and we talked about this off the podcast. But

709
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,760
Speaker 1: it's interesting because think of when the Cowboys played the Lions,

710
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,879
Speaker 1: how beat up and injured they were, and they didn't

711
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: have a three day turnaround to play another game. So

712
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 1: I think the Giants are in a different position now

713
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: with the amount of injuries that you're not necessarily playing

714
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: obviously a full strength Giants team that could put that

715
00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,800
Speaker 1: run defense to the test that maybe they need, because Yeah,

716
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: when you look at the Vikings game, they shied away

717
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: from the run. How how are you going to run

718
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: the ball on third and twenty five? I mean you're

719
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: not going to And that I think is going to

720
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 1: be key to this Giant's game is keeping them behind

721
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 1: the sticks so they don't get a chance to establish

722
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: that run. You have to keep them behind the sticks,

723
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: And how does that happen. Well, you take advantage of

724
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: that leaky pocket, you put pressure on the pocket. You

725
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: start putting pressure on Daniel Jones. You don't let him

726
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 1: get out of the pocket. Because another crypton out of

727
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, Well, a mobile quarterback, somebody who uses his legs,

728
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: somebody who runs and doesn't wait for somebody to be open, says,

729
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna make the play myself. So I

730
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,360
Speaker 1: think it'll be a good test to that to see

731
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: if they can contain a more mobile quarterback. Because last

732
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: time we saw that with Jalen Hurts against the Eagles.

733
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: We know how that turned out. So I think if

734
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: anything is going to be tested a little bit more

735
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: than the run defense, it's going to be how they

736
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,439
Speaker 1: respond to a more mobile quarterback. Because we know Kirk

737
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: Cousins was not going anywhere other than in the armhole

738
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: game of the entire Cowboys games in y'all, like he

739
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 1: was thrown up, Like you blame the hot tub. I

740
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: would be in the hot tub all week after that.

741
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: Good point, girl, Because out of the however many yards,

742
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: how many rushing yards that they have total last game

743
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: the Giants, the Giants against the Lions, know that I

744
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: was talking about the last time the Cowboys them. It's

745
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: right here, I got you. Last time the Cowboys played

746
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: the Giants, the Giants had one hundred and sixty seven

747
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: rushing yards and one hundred sixty seven I think they

748
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: had eighty one yards to a touchdown against them last time. Yeah,

749
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: and seventy nine of those to your point, Jests, which

750
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: is a fantastic point. Is in you two as well.

751
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: Haley his escapability and his mobility. He had eighty yards

752
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: himself on the ground. So they're gonna have to be

753
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,360
Speaker 1: smart with him escaping, especially up the seams, because he

754
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 1: that's one thing he'll do if that pocket collapse. He's

755
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: straight up the middle. And one thing about Daniel Jones

756
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,399
Speaker 1: is crazy to me. He is not afraid to get hit,

757
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: even after he got rocked last year. He steals like,

758
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna run this ball. But that's partially

759
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: because they've taken on some of the Bill's offense kind

760
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,959
Speaker 1: of because of a brillion, Yes, because of Brian Dabele.

761
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: Absolutely yes, man. I did catch up with Michael Parsons

762
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: in the locker room briefly this afternoon, and I did

763
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: ask him. I said, so, where did this come from.

764
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: And I think we've got a sound bite from him, uh,

765
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: just sort of explaining it's actually fairly simple if you

766
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: just do what the coaches tell you to do. Everybody's

767
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: trying to be the guy. Everyone's trying to be. Everyone

768
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 1: is him on the defense. You know, everyone's trying to

769
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: you know, make a name for themselves and do their thing.

770
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,319
Speaker 1: But and then it's a team sport, so we can't

771
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 1: have one person off page. And I'd tend people on

772
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,720
Speaker 1: different page. You know, we played well in the sports,

773
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 1: you know, so and it's got to feel good as

774
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: a collective group. When everyone does that, you're gonna win

775
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: like that, right, Yeah, and then everyone is well. And

776
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: that's what that's what we had to realize, you know,

777
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: it's not just about one person. The guy literally is

778
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: sort of a sound bite machine. A couple of other

779
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: things that he said today. I didn't catch this postgame,

780
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: but Clarence said after he referenced Kobe Bryant and said,

781
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: if you've got food in your teeth, you want someone

782
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 1: to tell you. I was just getting what I love

783
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: that about that is it's saying he doesn't want to

784
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: be told how greedy is and I don't know about

785
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: you guys and how you do your job, like I

786
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,320
Speaker 1: don't either. Like I actually prefer when I get feedback,

787
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 1: like we have this consultant Jerry, if you're listening to

788
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: the show. I love when I get feedback from him

789
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 1: because it means he cares right. And so that's what

790
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: I love about Mica is that this locker room is

791
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 1: embracing it. But here are the couple of the other

792
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,879
Speaker 1: things he said. He said, uh, you know, they played mad.

793
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 1: The Hulk said, at best, just stay mad. Once the

794
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: disrespect is out there, people are going to still try you.

795
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: It's almost like a bully trying to take your lunch

796
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: money every day and tell you say no, that's enough.

797
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 1: They're going They're going to keep taking your lunch money.

798
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 1: So I'm at the point where that's enough. You're not

799
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 1: going to keep trying to take my lunch money. I

800
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 1: literally he said to the guys when I did media

801
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: match early, I said, is this stuff that's just funneled

802
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: from like sitting down with dan Quinn and dan Quinn's

803
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 1: passing on that knowledge to him and then to us,

804
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: Or is he just thinks I think that's just how

805
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 1: he's built. Yeah, That's just how he looks at it.

806
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: If you look at his Twitter too, I mean, he's

807
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 1: the Mica to me, is the epitome of he is

808
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,439
Speaker 1: exactly who he says he is, and that trickles into

809
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: every effect. He's the same guy he is on the

810
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: football field, as he is in that locker room, as

811
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: he is on social media. I mean, it's just I

812
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: even had a chance just to talk to him kind

813
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: of off the record, get to know you type thing

814
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: in the locker room today, and is his personality is

815
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: exactly you know everything you said just now. I'm not

816
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: in the slightest surprise because that's just how he talks.

817
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: I think that's just how he looks at life and

818
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: at the game. What's so fascinating to me is there

819
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,359
Speaker 1: were so many questions about Mica Parsons before he came

820
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: to Dallas. I had specifically taught to a number of

821
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 1: head coaches and GM's you know, why not Mica, because

822
00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 1: you know, I had this case as it related to

823
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: Penn State. It was it was an interesting case, We'll

824
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: put it that way. And there were a lot of

825
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,839
Speaker 1: teams that stayed away from him because they were really

826
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 1: concerned about some of this off the field issue that

827
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 1: they've done. Every team's got their investigators that you know

828
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: does a deep dive, and so I was pretty tough

829
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: on him at his introductory press conference about some of

830
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 1: the allegations, and he kept saying, look, they've been dismissed,

831
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: you know that's been behind me, etc. And I'll be

832
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 1: honest as a reporter that's covered these type of guys,

833
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: and when you hear that sort of insight, you think

834
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: something's gonna pop up. Nothing has popped up. Not only that,

835
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: the way that in just his second year with the

836
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: team commands so much respect and gets so much leeway,

837
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: I think is something that I don't know about you

838
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 1: a late that I haven't really seen before. Like most

839
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: of these second year Zeke had a little bit of it,

840
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: and then Dak obviously earned it just by virtue being

841
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: a quarterback. But I've never seen that before, where you know,

842
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 1: you sometimes when you're frustrated with your play on the

843
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 1: road against the Packers, and to have the defense to

844
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: moralize the way that they did that. Some of the

845
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: stuff he said postgame could rubbed the locker room the

846
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 1: wrong way. But speaking to your point earlier, I think

847
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: they've got such a good culture in here, and I

848
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: think these guys genuinely want to win so much that

849
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: they're sort of open to the feedback. And that's how

850
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: you wine also backs it up. No, I was just

851
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: gonna says he is so open and so invested in

852
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: this dan Quinn defense, because he said, wherever dan Quinn goes,

853
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Speaker 1: I go. I think a lot of it is he

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Speaker 1: has respect for not only himself, but he has the

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Speaker 1: respect for his teammates around him, and he has respect

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Speaker 1: for his coach because I mean, really, you don't play

857
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Speaker 1: hard unless you believe in what you're being coached. And

858
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: he is a perfect example of dan Quinn has made

859
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Speaker 1: a difference for this man's life, not just as a

860
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 1: football player, but well off the field as well, and

861
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Speaker 1: I think it's shaping him into maybe a person he

862
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: didn't necessarily expect to be shaped into under dan Quinn's eye.

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Speaker 1: I think Michael was already here and then he was

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Speaker 1: elevated here after meeting dan Quinn, because sometimes you just

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Speaker 1: meet people that bring that out of you and bring

866
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: that fire out of you that's already there, but it's

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Speaker 1: just amplified. I was just going to say, to your point,

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Speaker 1: the only player that comes to mind when you think

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00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: about elevating their level. My time covering the Dolphins Dalen

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Speaker 1: Phillips was very much the same way where he had

871
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: a weird COVID year, so everyone was had a weird

872
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: COVID year, but kind of the same thing where he's

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00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 1: the leader in the locker room, and I think this

874
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 1: is his third season playing, and so I think it

875
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,799
Speaker 1: just speaks to what these guys are able to do.

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00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: And also, just as we bring things full circle, it

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Speaker 1: just speaks to the level of respect that everybody has

878
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: for one another in the locker room, where it doesn't

879
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 1: matter if you're coming off of an ACL injury and

880
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: you're adding value to the wide receiver room or if

881
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: it's you're barely twenty two and you're the best playmaker

882
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: on the team. I think the Cowboys are so starved

883
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: for a super Bowl. It's been so long since they've

884
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,280
Speaker 1: achieved that accomplishment. I mean, shoot, just playoffs in general,

885
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: that they are under the notion of whatever works, and

886
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: this is the first time that I've really seen a

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00:42:56,080 --> 00:43:00,080
Speaker 1: roster where every single player has bought into that. And

888
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 1: as a result, you get guys like Micah who you know,

889
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: some of these veteran players are going we're going to

890
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,359
Speaker 1: lean on that. We're going to listen to that, because

891
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 1: he knows what he's doing and ultimately, like his track record,

892
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: his stats, what he's done, what he brings to the

893
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: locker room. So far, it hasn't told us any different.

894
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 1: So I just think it speaks to the respect and

895
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 1: the level of which these guys want to win. This

896
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: team feels special to me, and their rookie season was

897
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: a special year. The way these guys rallied behind each other,

898
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,359
Speaker 1: the way they support each other, because it was tricky.

899
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: I mean if you'd been around here covering I mean

900
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 1: this was Tony Romo's team, and it like there was

901
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,439
Speaker 1: a disconnect in the locker room when Tony was here.

902
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 1: And I know some people hate hearing that, but it's true.

903
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 1: The way that Dak leads this team, the way that

904
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 1: he led it when he was injured, the way these

905
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: guys have stepped up during injury, the fact that we're

906
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,879
Speaker 1: hearing that Tyrant Smith is likely going to move back

907
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: to left tackle and you've got Tyler Smith moving to

908
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,839
Speaker 1: left guard. I don't want to jinx them, but it

909
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: feels like things are clicking into the place at the

910
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: right time, right. So, like I said, you add an OBJ,

911
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: this could be special. I just hope we don't see

912
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 1: what we saw like we did last year, where they

913
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: get demoralized, they sort of get high. You're like, oh,

914
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: look at this team, look what they're capable of doing,

915
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: and they sort of come back down to earth. Let's

916
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: hope that. To Dak's point when he talks about the

917
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: callousness that they've learned from all of that fun fact,

918
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Speaker 1: before he wrapped this up, Mica Parsons has not had

919
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,400
Speaker 1: a sack against the Giants yet, which I do remember

920
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,320
Speaker 1: that fascinating. He talked about that when they were playing

921
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 1: the first time around. I find that fascinating too. He's

922
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: never got to Daniel Jones, but I guess that speaks

923
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: to the level of escapability the Jones has. But guess

924
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna like be circling this matchup as a result.

925
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys that he sets personal goals

926
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 1: for himself, and I got to think that that's one

927
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: of them, because I just I found that that interesting.

928
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 1: But even if he doesn't get the sack, that means

929
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: a lot of guys are doing stuff around him, and

930
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: that's a good thing. Do you have a past interference

931
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,479
Speaker 1: for us? I do, And I'm going to hit y'all

932
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: with a little bit of dose of positivity so that

933
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: way we can this on a positive note to positive

934
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 1: vibes for a Cowboys win. The last time the New

935
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: York Giants want a Thanksgiving game? Any guesses to what

936
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 1: year that was? You know the answer, so you don't

937
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: get to answer. I do too, So I don't know. Okay,

938
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Speaker 1: all right, well you're stars. Any guesses anybody? Well? Nineteen

939
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Speaker 1: eighty two, y'all, nineteen eighty two. That's the last time

940
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: the Giants one Thanksgiving was a ninety two eighty two

941
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 1: eighty two? It was eight. I thought it was nineteen two.

942
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: And then they went on to win the Super Bowl. Cowboys.

943
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:33,839
Speaker 1: That could be wrong. Now we're all questions. Now, we're

944
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: all questioning it either way, Look y'all, that's a long time, right. Well,

945
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: the Cowboys they sort of talked about it today. They'd

946
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:45,280
Speaker 1: won their last they'd lost their last three on Thanksgiving,

947
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: and they tried to assign that to Mike McCarthy. I

948
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 1: was like, wait a minute. Jason Garrett was coach for

949
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: one of those. So it's been a rough one. What

950
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: was it? That was it? The cult? McCoy bah, I

951
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,839
Speaker 1: was I remember saying that was a Grandma House cult

952
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: McCoy Commander's game. It's it's been a rough one, rough one. Hmm.

953
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving just be exhausted. And then I don't want to

954
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,919
Speaker 1: auto correct her on air. She could not know what

955
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,439
Speaker 1: was eighty two? What was the question? The last time

956
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,359
Speaker 1: the Giants won a Thanksgiving Day never mind? I thought

957
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,879
Speaker 1: you said the last time Cowboys Giants played that? Yeah,

958
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: the last time the Giants won a Thanksgiving Day game

959
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,360
Speaker 1: A long time? Yes, here I am. I was thinking

960
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: the Dallas I was thinking the last time they played

961
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys one was ninety two and they won

962
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: a super Bowl. So there's another little fun pass there.

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Speaker 1: We go for you, two for one. H Well, thank

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Speaker 1: you guys so much for tuning in. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: no show tomorrow, but we will be back, hopefully talking

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Speaker 1: about a victory Monday. We appreciate you guys tuning in,

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Speaker 1: and I hope you get plenty of time with your

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Speaker 1: families and turkey and all the stuffing. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: next time. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys

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