WEBVTT - Stephen Jones on 105.3 The Fan | 9/20/21

0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.840
<v Speaker 1>Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, Sir, how much

0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:07.280
<v Speaker 1>better is it to wake up on Monday morning with

0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:11.520
<v Speaker 1>that victory? Well, it's a huge difference. And I think

0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:14.320
<v Speaker 1>we said all last week, I mean it, you know,

0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:16.960
<v Speaker 1>we didn't need any more moral victories or hey, you

0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:19.280
<v Speaker 1>played well enough to win, but you didn't get it.

0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:23.840
<v Speaker 1>And certainly this one check the box here for us,

0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:28.840
<v Speaker 1>and hopefully we can build off of this and you know,

0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:32.440
<v Speaker 1>get on track here and and put some things together

0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.239
<v Speaker 1>and you're ready to play a tough divisional opponent in

0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.640
<v Speaker 1>the Eagles and go to work. Stephen, we were just

0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:40.800
<v Speaker 1>discussing how big it was to get the ball to

0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.479
<v Speaker 1>start the game and score a touchdown. It hadn't happened

0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.880
<v Speaker 1>in twenty one games, I believe, is the stat How

0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.320
<v Speaker 1>important was it to just go down and just have

0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:54.800
<v Speaker 1>a great offensive start to this game. Well, it's real important.

0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:59.200
<v Speaker 1>I mean anytime you start fast and certainly do what

0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:03.320
<v Speaker 1>we did, which go down and score, gives everybody the

0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.240
<v Speaker 1>momentum they need. It was nice to, you know, getting

0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:09.160
<v Speaker 1>pretty close to having a full group out there, although

0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.720
<v Speaker 1>we were missing a gallop and l But I think

0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.600
<v Speaker 1>I said and still did a great job, which is

0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.000
<v Speaker 1>what you have to do in this league. You have

0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.679
<v Speaker 1>to have people step up. But to get that drive

0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:23.319
<v Speaker 1>in obviously, we you know, have been feeling awfully strong about,

0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.400
<v Speaker 1>you know, what we can do offensively with the football,

0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:28.959
<v Speaker 1>and I think we did get off to a good start,

0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:32.560
<v Speaker 1>and then of course the defets. You know, it's hopefully

0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.319
<v Speaker 1>starting to get an identity, which is h being able

0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:37.280
<v Speaker 1>to turn the ball over. And even though they got

0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.400
<v Speaker 1>off to a fast start on their drive, we entered

0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:43.600
<v Speaker 1>it with a turnover there and it was a good

0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.840
<v Speaker 1>way to start the game. I'm glad you mentioned the defense.

0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:50.520
<v Speaker 1>We've clearly talked about that a lot. Today is on

0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.920
<v Speaker 1>the one hand, twenty six in the league in yards

0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.560
<v Speaker 1>giving up per game, but in the stat that matters more,

0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.559
<v Speaker 1>fifteenth in the league and points giving up per game.

0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.640
<v Speaker 1>How are you feeling about the way the defense has

0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.480
<v Speaker 1>looked through two games? And do you think this turnover

0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:10.360
<v Speaker 1>run is sustainable? I do. I think that's the style

0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.240
<v Speaker 1>of play coach Quinn and uh Mike had in mind

0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.919
<v Speaker 1>when Mike brought him in, and I think we're certainly,

0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:22.040
<v Speaker 1>uh you know, that's what we stress in practice, and

0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:24.720
<v Speaker 1>the bigger thing here is I think this defense is

0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.639
<v Speaker 1>only only going to get better as we move forward. Obviously,

0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, everybody has to deal with injuries, but on

0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.280
<v Speaker 1>the defensive side of the ball there we were having

0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:37.440
<v Speaker 1>to do some makeshift things, missing Randy Gregory and d

0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.520
<v Speaker 1>Law and our starting safety. Uh, you know, we had

0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:44.239
<v Speaker 1>some challenges there. But I thought, you know, our staff

0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.760
<v Speaker 1>did a great job of moving some guys around. Obviously,

0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Micah Uh, you know, did a great job. They're playing

0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:54.239
<v Speaker 1>as a pass rusher for us yesterday and about later

0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:57.360
<v Speaker 1>man Jalen stepped up and did a nice job for us.

0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.520
<v Speaker 1>So you know, I think this defense is only going

0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.280
<v Speaker 1>to improve as we moved forward. We certainly had two

0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.920
<v Speaker 1>big challenges right off the bat, playing probably the best

0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.000
<v Speaker 1>to ever play the game in Brady and then turning

0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.880
<v Speaker 1>around and getting the rookie of the year from last year.

0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.959
<v Speaker 1>And I think anybody who noticed football and could see

0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:16.600
<v Speaker 1>the game, I mean, they've got him a great young

0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:21.840
<v Speaker 1>quarterback there in Herbert, some really strong receivers there that

0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.880
<v Speaker 1>gave us some challenges. But I thought our defense did

0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.720
<v Speaker 1>a real nice job. Speaking of a real nice job,

0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:32.040
<v Speaker 1>Micah Parsons was awesome at defensive end. I don't know

0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.640
<v Speaker 1>if the word is surprised, but as a Cowboy fan,

0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.360
<v Speaker 1>it was. I just didn't expect him to just step

0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.800
<v Speaker 1>into defensive end and be just that disruptive. It did

0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:44.400
<v Speaker 1>look to me like the hard knocks, like DeMarcus Ware

0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.280
<v Speaker 1>taught him everything, and he's like, all right, I'm gonna

0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:48.440
<v Speaker 1>beat my guy the majority of times and make things

0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.640
<v Speaker 1>hard on Herbert. How impressed were you with him stepping

0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:55.840
<v Speaker 1>into a new role in being that good that quick. Well,

0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.400
<v Speaker 1>my hat's off to him. I think he hadn't played

0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.600
<v Speaker 1>that he said, I had played that much. It's high school.

0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:03.680
<v Speaker 1>But you know, at the end of the day, he

0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:07.400
<v Speaker 1>just has some rare, freakish physical tools and then on

0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.960
<v Speaker 1>to go with a very instinctive football mind, and whether

0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.600
<v Speaker 1>that's playing linebacker, whether that's coming off an edge, he

0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.640
<v Speaker 1>just knows how to play the game of football. And

0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:21.120
<v Speaker 1>the package of that with like I said, is freakish

0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:25.600
<v Speaker 1>physical tools. That makes for the makings of a great

0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:29.480
<v Speaker 1>football player. And he's certainly learning on the run here

0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:31.200
<v Speaker 1>and he's getting a lot thrown at it, but he

0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.960
<v Speaker 1>seems to answer the bell at every corner. And you know,

0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.760
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't say surprised is the right word, but certainly

0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.680
<v Speaker 1>very pleased with how he played, and certainly he met

0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:45.560
<v Speaker 1>and exceeded all expectations of what we could have had

0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:49.520
<v Speaker 1>for him out there playing the edge rusher there. Understand

0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.680
<v Speaker 1>this could certainly be matchup dependent, but would you anticipate

0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:56.119
<v Speaker 1>him staying out at edge rusher for the time being.

0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.679
<v Speaker 1>You know, I think one of the things he brings

0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.240
<v Speaker 1>his diversatility, and I think you know, when teams are

0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.720
<v Speaker 1>not knowing where where he's gonna line up, I think

0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.520
<v Speaker 1>that creates issues. And you know, as we get to

0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.239
<v Speaker 1>we'll have Randy back off the COVID list this week,

0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.120
<v Speaker 1>and you know, all the guys who've covered our team here,

0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.919
<v Speaker 1>you guys know what we think of Randy and the

0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.600
<v Speaker 1>type of off season he had, the type of training

0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.080
<v Speaker 1>camp he had, they the preseason he had, he bring

0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.840
<v Speaker 1>him back in the mix, and you know, I just

0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:32.200
<v Speaker 1>think this defense should only improve as the season moves forward.

0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.640
<v Speaker 1>And you know, the good news is right now we

0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.800
<v Speaker 1>hadn't lost anybody for the year. We know we'll get

0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:39.920
<v Speaker 1>the all back at some point, and then they've got

0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:43.159
<v Speaker 1>some help on the interior as well coming. So you know,

0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.200
<v Speaker 1>we're just excited about what this defense can develop into.

0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.680
<v Speaker 1>Malie Cooker got some really valuable snaps after having to

0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.960
<v Speaker 1>sit out from what we all know what tough injuries

0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.920
<v Speaker 1>coming off these Achilles injuries. And I thought he did

0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.040
<v Speaker 1>a nice shot for us and think he'll only improve

0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.880
<v Speaker 1>as well. So I do think they are is up

0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.880
<v Speaker 1>on this defense. As you said, we certainly got room

0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:08.000
<v Speaker 1>to improve or still twenty six and yards and you

0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:13.279
<v Speaker 1>know we're in the top half a smidge in fifteen. Yeah,

0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:19.080
<v Speaker 1>let's given up. So we're we're fired up about where

0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.320
<v Speaker 1>this defense can head. But it certainly got room for improvement. Stephen,

0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.320
<v Speaker 1>these might not be your favorite questions, but Richard Sherman

0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.719
<v Speaker 1>is out there saying I'm ready to play football again.

0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:31.680
<v Speaker 1>He's uh, you know, being in reports on teams having interest.

0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:35.719
<v Speaker 1>Are you guys going to look at Richard Sherman. You know,

0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:38.240
<v Speaker 1>we always uh you know, don't really get into the

0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.320
<v Speaker 1>details of who's on our radar, but we certainly do

0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.840
<v Speaker 1>our homework on all players that might be available and

0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:47.320
<v Speaker 1>what their situations are, and uh, you know, Will and

0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.120
<v Speaker 1>a personnel department do a great job of that. And

0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.240
<v Speaker 1>I know we're we're continuing to look for ways to

0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.760
<v Speaker 1>improve this football team. All right, I I kind of

0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.720
<v Speaker 1>in the in the same veins. I'm hoping you can

0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.360
<v Speaker 1>give us whatever insight possible here. I know you can't

0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:05.520
<v Speaker 1>get into specifics, but we've we've heard and seen things

0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.479
<v Speaker 1>about what Lyle Collins might use as part of his

0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:13.640
<v Speaker 1>appeal without speaking specifically about him. Are you allowed to

0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:18.080
<v Speaker 1>assist in players defenses with things like this? Like are

0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:20.760
<v Speaker 1>you allowed to confirm with the NFL? Yes, we did

0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.360
<v Speaker 1>indeed have a COVID scare that day in cancel practice,

0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.360
<v Speaker 1>or like, are y'all allowed to be involved in that

0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:30.760
<v Speaker 1>process at all? Yeah? Whenever we're asked questions, I mean,

0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:35.680
<v Speaker 1>the age can certainly for Lyle and his representation can

0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:39.320
<v Speaker 1>ask us questions about our scheduling, and so can the league,

0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:44.480
<v Speaker 1>and so it's yes, you can be involved like that, Okay.

0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.480
<v Speaker 1>And then when it comes to you mentioned to start

0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:51.480
<v Speaker 1>this segment off about Terrence Steele, and from our perspective

0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.360
<v Speaker 1>and I think yours too, he did a terrific job

0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.960
<v Speaker 1>filling in for Lyle, and you guys had a lot

0:07:56.000 --> 0:08:00.600
<v Speaker 1>of confidence in him. How pleased are you that it's

0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.040
<v Speaker 1>working out so far? In Game one at least of

0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.600
<v Speaker 1>this year that just looking at the stats, looking at

0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.600
<v Speaker 1>what he did, especially against Bosa, one of the best

0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.600
<v Speaker 1>in the NFL, that he was able to help Dak

0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.040
<v Speaker 1>have the time to have a successful game. Well, it's

0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.800
<v Speaker 1>very pleasing to see that. Obviously. I think it's paid

0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.200
<v Speaker 1>off all the all the opportunities he got last year,

0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:26.720
<v Speaker 1>and albeit they all weren't great outings, he certainly was

0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.680
<v Speaker 1>learning every time he went out there, and then he

0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.080
<v Speaker 1>came back in the off season and I think that

0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:35.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, bigger, stronger, faster, if you will, and uh,

0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:37.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, had a great off season that he wanted

0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.480
<v Speaker 1>to build upon. He's a pro. He goes about things

0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.080
<v Speaker 1>the right way, and I think it's starting to pay off.

0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.720
<v Speaker 1>For one. But you know, as I said, you're going

0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.840
<v Speaker 1>to meet all these players to get through the europe

0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.200
<v Speaker 1>I kind of mc govern did the same thing last week,

0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.200
<v Speaker 1>and now has Steel step up and do the exact

0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.640
<v Speaker 1>same thing. Just shows uh, you know, I think we

0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.440
<v Speaker 1>argued some good depth in here in our offensive line

0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.240
<v Speaker 1>and hopefully we'll get in a secie back in the

0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:04.960
<v Speaker 1>next couple of weeks as well, because you do need

0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.560
<v Speaker 1>them all. This is it's a part of the NFL

0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.600
<v Speaker 1>right now, and you know, you just got to turn

0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.880
<v Speaker 1>on Sports Center and see all the injuries that took

0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.719
<v Speaker 1>place yesterday. In terms of other teams having to deal

0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:19.160
<v Speaker 1>with the same thing. I mean, you're just you know,

0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.559
<v Speaker 1>that's part of the game we play. We're not unique

0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.760
<v Speaker 1>and that we're the only ones having some bad luck

0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:28.480
<v Speaker 1>in terms of whether it's an injury, whether it's COVID,

0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.040
<v Speaker 1>whether it's a suspension. You know, these things take place,

0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.720
<v Speaker 1>and you've got to put up, you know, a fifty

0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.480
<v Speaker 1>three man roster. You've got to have sixteen tactice squad

0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.560
<v Speaker 1>guys in our case, seventeen because of our international spot.

0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:45.760
<v Speaker 1>And you certainly got the injury lists and things like that.

0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.079
<v Speaker 1>But you know, when you're all said and done, you're

0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.559
<v Speaker 1>gonna need seventy five eighty players if you're gonna make

0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.840
<v Speaker 1>a run. Talk with Stephen Jones right here on one

0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.960
<v Speaker 1>oh five through the Fan. After a big Cowboys win

0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.640
<v Speaker 1>over the Chargers yesterday, we heard Mike mccarth in the

0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:05.280
<v Speaker 1>post game about the video ring getting changed up and

0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.640
<v Speaker 1>not being able to see the clock. I wanted to know,

0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:11.840
<v Speaker 1>like what is the usual, you know, like what's the

0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:13.880
<v Speaker 1>way that things go do you just look up at

0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:16.360
<v Speaker 1>the scoreboard usually to see the clock? Do you guys

0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.720
<v Speaker 1>have like a time management consultant on the sideline as well?

0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.079
<v Speaker 1>Like how do you usually just look at the clock

0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:26.160
<v Speaker 1>and intake that information? Well, Mike's the right gut ass

0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.680
<v Speaker 1>because he's a coach on head coach on the sideline.

0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.920
<v Speaker 1>But no, there's I mean, that's what the coaches have

0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:35.400
<v Speaker 1>available to them or whatever's in the in the stadiums,

0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.400
<v Speaker 1>you know, whether it's the whether it be the play clock,

0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.840
<v Speaker 1>whether it be the big clock. I mean, all of

0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:45.320
<v Speaker 1>those things are in play. And certainly with all the

0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.400
<v Speaker 1>new technology and the new scoreboards when you know, came

0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.880
<v Speaker 1>with a unique on the center hang one and now

0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.880
<v Speaker 1>uh you know you look at what the Falcons did

0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:55.880
<v Speaker 1>and now you look at what they're doing in LA.

0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:59.480
<v Speaker 1>There's you know, there's probably some some new things that

0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:03.400
<v Speaker 1>come with being a head coach and what's your staff

0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.439
<v Speaker 1>and Mike has his staff put together? Well, I mean

0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.760
<v Speaker 1>he can certainly speak to that in terms of he's

0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.920
<v Speaker 1>doing what we've had different head coaches. He'd like to

0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.800
<v Speaker 1>point those things out, and other head coaches he you know,

0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.840
<v Speaker 1>don't want to say a lot about it. But that's

0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:21.760
<v Speaker 1>a good, great question for Mike, but certainly, uh, you know,

0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.040
<v Speaker 1>what you have is access to what's in the building.

0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.400
<v Speaker 1>So Stephen. Last one from me. We talked Friday to

0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:31.200
<v Speaker 1>Jerry and we asked him about Tony Pollard and could

0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.160
<v Speaker 1>he have an impact in this game and maybe see

0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.439
<v Speaker 1>more touches And he said, yeah, we need to get

0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.280
<v Speaker 1>Tony Pollard more touches. We believe a lot in him

0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.080
<v Speaker 1>and for me, he was the MVP of that game

0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:46.120
<v Speaker 1>offensively yesterday. Can you speak to what Tony Pollard did

0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.480
<v Speaker 1>and is that going to be I don't know exactly

0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.000
<v Speaker 1>how to say. It's his role in touching the ball

0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:57.000
<v Speaker 1>that many times. Well, I think you know we did

0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:58.839
<v Speaker 1>say it last week, is we do have to get

0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.839
<v Speaker 1>him more touches. Either a dynamic player, I think he's

0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:05.520
<v Speaker 1>a great compliment to Zeke. He's got the skill set

0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.400
<v Speaker 1>that he can actually be a legit slot receiver if

0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.880
<v Speaker 1>that's what's needed from him on eight particular formation, on

0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.840
<v Speaker 1>eighth particular play. And as you've seen, we've had Zeke

0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.680
<v Speaker 1>and Tony in there at the same time, and I

0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.720
<v Speaker 1>think it's a great combination in terms of making the

0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.320
<v Speaker 1>defense make some tough choices, but he is a guy

0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.920
<v Speaker 1>you know that. As we move forward, ever, defense is

0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:28.880
<v Speaker 1>different in terms of how you want to attack him.

0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.480
<v Speaker 1>But the common theme here is I think anybody in

0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:36.640
<v Speaker 1>the organization will say that he certainly deserves to get

0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:41.559
<v Speaker 1>his touches. All right, Stephen, last thing Saturday, you guys

0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:45.400
<v Speaker 1>got a big game in y'all's building. I'm really rooting

0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.480
<v Speaker 1>hard for one of these teams. Is there any way

0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:49.199
<v Speaker 1>can get a gig him from you on your way

0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.800
<v Speaker 1>out the door. Don't think you're going to get that

0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.520
<v Speaker 1>one man. You might get a whoopeg zui, but you

0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.720
<v Speaker 1>won't get a gig him all. I mean, I kind

0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:59.640
<v Speaker 1>of did if you think about it. There's a lot

0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.160
<v Speaker 1>of a lot of great Aggie, a lot of great

0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.400
<v Speaker 1>Agge fans that I know are cowboys fans and respect them.

0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.040
<v Speaker 1>But you know, blood thicker and water at the end

0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.640
<v Speaker 1>of the day, and my boys on a wearing that

0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.640
<v Speaker 1>hog on his hat, so you know where our loyalties

0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:17.000
<v Speaker 1>will be for this particular game. It was worth a shot,

0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.640
<v Speaker 1>and I hope that you win at least one game

0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.400
<v Speaker 1>in your building this weekend, just not that one. Thank

0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:26.080
<v Speaker 1>you very much, Stephen All right guys, great to be

0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:26.160
<v Speaker 1>on