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Speaker 1: Steven. Happy New Year, Happy New Year. Hope you guys

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Speaker 1: are all geared up to move into twenty two. We are.

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Speaker 1: We're glad you're with us. We were starting to worry.

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Speaker 1: It's like, oh, maybe hopefully Steven's not already in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two. Hey, we were. We were kind of reflecting.

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Speaker 1: Good good to hear. We were reflecting on this year

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Speaker 1: you know, looking back, you have Dak Prescott, you know,

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Speaker 1: getting his deal done, having him come back, you know,

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Speaker 1: Michael Parsons. One of the things though that we I

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Speaker 1: don't know if we kind of forgot about. It was

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Speaker 1: the start of the football season with Jerry and Jimmy together,

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Speaker 1: you know, at that Hall of Fame game, and you

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Speaker 1: been any more on that as to when that may happen?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I guess we'd be looking. Will that be

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Speaker 1: next year? You know, I'm not sure yet. I Mean,

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Speaker 1: you're obviously this the big decider of the Ring of

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Speaker 1: happens and the timing on all that's probably a great

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Speaker 1: question for Jerry. But certainly. I thought it was just

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Speaker 1: And it's been a more fun season, more up certainly

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Speaker 1: than downs. When you look at the totality of this

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Speaker 1: confident do you feel? How good about this team as

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Speaker 1: opposed to you know, some other ones that you've had,

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Speaker 1: say over the course of the last ten years, Well,

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Speaker 1: let's certainly ranks right there with the ones that, uh,

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Speaker 1: if not even better just because of the depth that

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Speaker 1: as good as any of the ones that we you know,

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Speaker 1: when you talk about the four teams and the sixteens

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Speaker 1: as good, if not better about this team, Stephen. When

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Speaker 1: you see the offense humming along in that up tempo

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Speaker 1: some people wonder about fatigue, how sustainable that could be

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Speaker 1: over the course of several weeks. Do you think the

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Speaker 1: it seems something that like the unit is really comfortable with. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: I think if you know, if that's the route we choose,

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Speaker 1: the running backspot, I just feel like we can't pull

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Speaker 1: it off if that's what we like. His answer, Uh, certainly. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I think the other thing is, uh, you know, we

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Speaker 1: there's some things there that, uh, that we can do

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Speaker 1: Quentin Bohanna went on the COVID list. We know you

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Speaker 1: Are you guys looking across the waiver wire or other

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Speaker 1: practice squads at interior defensive line options or any other spots,

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Speaker 1: Built for Texas, Built for you. You know, we got

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Speaker 1: How did you feel about how he played and what

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Speaker 1: just shows you the versatility for for Anthony to be

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Speaker 1: was great to see him step up. You know what,

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Speaker 1: Steve and I it occurred to me. You know, Amari

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Speaker 1: assignment wise in a bunch of different areas wells. That

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Speaker 1: He's got him understanding what he wants from them. They're

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Speaker 1: just a great group of young men who have a

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Speaker 1: they trust the system. They play with great Kaden's great pace,

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Speaker 1: there's been a lot of chatter about Dan Quinn and

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Speaker 1: Kella Moore and obviously the great jobs they've done here. Um,

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Speaker 1: but who are you who are some of the assistants.

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Speaker 1: I guess that you've been really impressed with under the

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Speaker 1: this year. Well, that'd be unfair because I'd say all

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Speaker 1: of them, they're there, we're there, we go there. Yes,

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Speaker 1: to single any of them out, obviously the guys who

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Speaker 1: Coach McCarthy's at the top of the list when things

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Speaker 1: don't go well that everybody points the finger at him.

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Speaker 1: When things do go well, he gets a ton of credit.

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Speaker 1: So you know that comes with the territory. And to

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Speaker 1: get into all the great assistance we have underneath our coordinators,

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Speaker 1: as would be difficult for me to single any one

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Speaker 1: of the best staffs in the NFL. Stephen, we wanted

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Speaker 1: to extend to you a very happy New Year. Try

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Speaker 1: to keep your father in control tonight. I know he

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Speaker 1: likes to get all wild and crazy a New Year's Eve. Well,

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Speaker 1: he already told us he's gonna be a good boy. Stephen.

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Speaker 1: I'm just kidding with you. We may save the most

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Speaker 1: of it for hopefully for maybe we can go in

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Speaker 1: there and somehow beat the Cardinals and figure out how

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Speaker 1: to really celebrate in that year on Sunday. But we've

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Speaker 1: big celebrating for Sunday night. We'll be pulling for you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time. Thanks guys, Happy New

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Speaker 1: Year to you.