1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: The following. Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys, this is media Match, 3 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: a roundtable of Cowboys insiders on the current state of 4 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: your Dallas Cowboys. Now your host Newey Scrugs Mediamash Thursdays, 5 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: we've got Bobby Belt insider for one oh five three 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: the fan with an awesome shirt on five slam a 7 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: jama for all you young kids. That's a basketball team 8 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: that we're going to be coming to the Big twelve 9 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: next year. Coached by Kelvin Sampson of the Houston Cougars. 10 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: Fellow UNC Pimbrook Alone cowboy Kelvin Sampson, he is John 11 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: Macholder of the Athletic Man. I don't think that's exactly 12 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't even want to hear it, so just leave 13 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: me alone. I'm in a bad play, so on that 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: particularly to thank you guys gonna win a game again 15 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: or Sports Illustrated curse man it's killing and we got 16 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: James Slater NFL Media. I merely knew we scrutched to 17 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: help facilitate the conversation here. Um, but choda, you and 18 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: I may watch them talk like we watched Claire Nick talk, 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: so you know yesterday, so we may have that going on. 20 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: You fine with that practice report here? Um who's missing? 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: I don't have an updated one yet, but yeah, Mike 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: McCarthy said this morning that there's probably gonna be some 23 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: other guys added to that illness list. That includes Trayvon 24 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: Diggs and Michael Gallup, who did not practice today. They 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: are going to take part though in some meetings virtually, 26 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: but yeah, it sounds like they're still dealing with that 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: bog a little bit. Um. They won't specify, Yeah, won't 28 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: it COVID or not? I don't know. I mean, we 29 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: don't know. Okay who who in the NFL? I could 30 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: be wrong. I'm not following all other thirty one teams, 31 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: but who in the NFL is saying COVID now it's 32 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: COVID free? Everybody may it was everybody made it through 33 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: the ploffs, every every single playoff game, Super Bowl all that. NA. 34 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: I just think that everybody is kind of nuts. But 35 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: it doesn't exist. But you know what, you know, it's 36 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: you know, it's a thing here though from TUSS and 37 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: it's not even the name brand. I think people are 38 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: assuming that every one of these is COVID because it's 39 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: being kept on on this like low low thing. But 40 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: I don't. I think some are, but I think a 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 1: lot of them are a flu. I'll say, I know, 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: I like I had it. I missed the Minnesota trip 43 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: because I got the flu. And like I, I will say, 44 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: and I know this is the common like what's going around, 45 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: but it really is. The flu has been going around. 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: I know so many. I know a dozen people. I 47 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: know a dozen people who have had it lately. I 48 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: had a friend that literally passed out from it a 49 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. It's pretty scary. So it's people 50 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: forgot about the flu, but we were wearing the mask 51 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: and I don't know about I wouldn't recommend this. I mean, 52 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: I'm no doctor, but my doctor told me last year 53 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: it was safe to do my booster shot plus the 54 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: flu shot. Wouldn't recommend I've ever been. UM. There's some 55 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: positive though injury news. I feel like, especially from mccarthur's 56 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: press conference, you don't want to keep talking about vaccines 57 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: and stuff. Sure, okay, but before we get back to that, UM, 58 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: Anthony Barr sounds like he's good to go, like he'll 59 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: be able to play this Sunday, and that kind of 60 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: surprised me because that hamstering injury that he reaggravated a 61 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: week ago. So you if Anthony Barr looks like he'll 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: be back, we saw a Tyrant Smith out there again. 63 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: He continues to look like he's getting closer. Um Jay 64 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: Ryan Curse. You know he had the shoulder injury in 65 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,399 Speaker 1: that game on Thursday. Looks like he's gonna be back. 66 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: So I don't know that there's the injury issues as 67 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: much as it's the illness issue. Here's a question to have. 68 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: So if Anthony Barr can go, and he does go, 69 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: does Tach McKinley play this week? Good questions. I don't 70 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: think who's he filling in for Basham? Although snaps Terrell 71 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: Basham was getting all eight of them or whatever it was. 72 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: That's why I'm asking because I thought, Okay, you know, 73 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: Tach probably gets gets to come up this week. But 74 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: now you'd say Barr's gonna be good to go, so 75 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: you know who's up and who's doesn't. That just didn't 76 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: activate a linebacker though that that has more impact or 77 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: clear the linebacker group, I would think, so that would 78 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: have somebody else down from that group. But the thing 79 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm more interested in with the bar thing is what 80 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: it's going to do to Demon Clark and you know 81 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: how that rotation changes out and how they choose to 82 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: play that, because when Anthony Barr first went down and 83 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: they have Damon Clark play just like eight snaps against 84 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: Green Bay, I think they saw when Michael Parsons got 85 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: neutralized essentially in that game that they're like, Okay, we 86 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: can't have that happen again. So even though we don't 87 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: want to necessarily play Demon Clark a ton of snaps 88 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: coming off this injury, we're gonna have to do it. 89 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: We can't just take Michael Parsons out of the past 90 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: rush playing like that. And so he's played a lot 91 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: of snaps at linebacker. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not. 92 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: I think you can see a lot of the raw 93 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: natural ability that intrigues them. But he's still kind of 94 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: finding his sea legs a little bit. Yeah, but I 95 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: will say that I feel like an you know, it 96 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: hasn't been that much more consistent with Anthony Barr this 97 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: year either. Sometimes it's looked really good, sometimes it's looked 98 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: really bad. And so I'll just be interested to see 99 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: how they approach that rotation co sign. One of the 100 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: other things that come out of the locker room and 101 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: McCarthy this morning was him talking about how yesterday was 102 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: a bad practice. It just wasn't very good. And Dak 103 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: said today that he said that today's practice, which is 104 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: much better. But I thought the interesting part was him 105 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: saying that after yesterday's practice ended, what Mike McCarthy said 106 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: to the group in the huddle, he said might be 107 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: the best speech that he's given to him this year. 108 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: Just they just practice poorly, and he called them all 109 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: out for players and coaches for the way it was. 110 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: And you know, Dak, a lot of these other veteran 111 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: players on the team like to see that because, let's 112 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: be honest, they're playing well. Right now. You're about to 113 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: play a colts team that everybody thinks you should beat. 114 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: The Latin next few games are going to be like that. 115 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: You can easily look ahead, like we talked about yesterday 116 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: to the Eagles game deck even talked about that today, 117 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: how you have to avoid doing that because if you 118 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: if you do stuff like that, that's how you're going 119 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,679 Speaker 1: to lose a game against a bad team. What stands 120 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: out to me too is sometimes I wonder if I'm 121 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: not calling Mike soft on the players, but he does 122 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: give them a lot of time to spend with their families. 123 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: You know, during the bye week, he gave them the 124 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: full week off. That doesn't typically happen with a lot 125 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 1: of teams. They'll give them like what Thursday to Sunday 126 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: to basically come back. Guys took vacations and then they 127 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: came back against the Packers and laid an egg? Right, 128 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: Am I wrong on the timing on that Packers was 129 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: right after the buy right, Yeah, they laid an egg 130 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: and then here we are after a long week. It 131 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: felt like that Giants game was forever ago. They had 132 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: all that time us hang out with their families. They 133 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: come back and they sort of have this lethargic practice 134 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: and they're playing a team that, you, I mean, just 135 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: kind of like the Packers. You were overlooking the Packers 136 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: because they had come off what five straight losses YEA 137 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: heading into that game. And now you've got the four 138 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: seven and one Colts who fell apart, had three timeouts 139 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: in their final drive in the final minute of the game. 140 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: So can you imagine if the Cowboys had the last 141 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: two games they did, and then against this Colts team, 142 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: the Colts decide that they're going to catch fire. I 143 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: don't see it happening, but we didn't think the Packers 144 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: were gonna catch fire. I mean, Matt Ryan's no Aaron Rodgers. 145 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: But I'm just saying like, sometimes I feel like the 146 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: team can rest on their laurels and we keep talking 147 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: about the focus, and we can get into the penalties 148 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: at some point. We keep talking about the focus, but 149 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: I feel like the focus really lacks when they're playing 150 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: some of these teams that feel like on paper they 151 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: shouldn't handily beat well. And Mica said, what does that 152 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: look for? Why you give me down? Luck? Nui? Mica 153 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: is listening. You're not used to a man just sitting 154 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: here listening and even staring intently into your brown eyes. 155 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: Never Okay, that's what I'm doing, Jane. I'm im you're engaging. 156 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: I'm engaging. I'm listening. Maya Micah said yesterday that you 157 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: know they know that pretty consistently though. That's one of 158 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: the challenges they face is that they're going to get 159 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: every team's best shot generally, because it's like, you know, 160 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: every team can easily get up for the Cowboys, and 161 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: so you know that they've got to have that that 162 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: focus and locked in. And that's one of the things 163 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: Dak talked about today with that practice that when they 164 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: had issues yesterday was that he said, it wasn't even 165 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: necessarily an issue of like their their energy. He's like, 166 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: guys were like flying around, guys were energetic. He's like, 167 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: I just don't know that the focus was there. And 168 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: so that that's got to be the thing that they 169 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: really zero in on, is just making sure that they're focused. 170 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: I think that's what we've all said has been a 171 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: lot of their issues with some of these penalties they 172 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: feel like focus penalties sometimes or you know, when you 173 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: have these issues with drops, they feel like focus drops. 174 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: And so maybe that's that's something that they've just identified 175 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: as like, hey, we've really got to lock in on 176 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,119 Speaker 1: our focus. Sometimes the energy is great, the efforts great, 177 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: but the the focus isn't always there. And I feel 178 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: like when we talk about a lot of this accountability 179 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: stuff that Micah Parsons has referenced, and even Dak I 180 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: said to him, how do you get these guys locked in? 181 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: Like what are you doing to get these guys to 182 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: focus and we were having a conversation about the penalties. 183 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: He said, I can only do so much, you know, 184 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: like I don't go home to a wife and kids. 185 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: Some of these guys do have a life outside the facility, 186 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: so you hope when they're in the building they're giving 187 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: you their best. I mean, I get the sense that 188 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: because he missed the amount of games, and that's just 189 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: who Dac is as a competitor, he is he feels 190 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: very locked in this year, particularly in this stretch. I 191 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: think he when you talk to him, he talks about 192 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: how special this team is. One thing. One thing that 193 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: he brought up yesterday was talking to defensive coaches more 194 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: than he ever has in his career. Here the conversations 195 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: he has with Dan Quinn, the conversations he has with 196 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: Joe Witt with I always say and injured and Adam 197 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: dirty man, I screw it up every time. But the 198 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: conversations that he has with those guys and how it 199 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: helps the team, so he knows how special it is. 200 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: I think the frustrating part is how do you get 201 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: an entire locker room to lock it? And I'm not 202 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: saying that they aren't, I'm just saying it seems like 203 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: consistency seems to be an issue for some of these guys. 204 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: When you said about Dac, I can't rambrow you were 205 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: to exactly about him wanting you know, playing well and 206 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: wanting to be there for the team and doing all 207 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: that stuff. It just made me think of he's never 208 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: said this, but there's also got a part of him 209 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: that is loving being out there right now and playing healthy, 210 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: because it's one thing that you can almost take that 211 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: for granted in your career when you're just like, no, 212 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: I play sixteen games every year at this time, and 213 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: then it's just one injury after another to a point 214 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: where you're just like, what is it going to be? 215 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: And now you're out there these last few weeks playing 216 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: healthy football. That's got to be a lot of fun 217 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: for for somebody. I don't I don't see him taking 218 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: any of these games for granted, not that he would before, 219 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: but specifically because of all these injuries. Said over, yeah, 220 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: and and he when he came back from the injuries 221 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: last year, when he'd bounced back from him, I felt 222 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: like you you'd watch the way he played it, it 223 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: still didn't feel like he was totally comfortable in himself. 224 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: And then comfortable in his own durability. I feel like 225 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: this time that he's come back, it's you know, there's 226 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: no limitations and he's he's fine, you know, ball on 227 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: his shoulder and just saying. I think he's reached a 228 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: point after those four or five injuries over the course 229 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: of what eighteen weeks or whatever spread over a couple years, 230 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: eighteen weeks to play. I think he feels kind of like, 231 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: now it's just like, you know what, I can't play timid. 232 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: I can't limit myself. I just need to play my game, 233 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: and I think he looks comfortable doing it. I watched 234 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: that hour long video that your boy did Kurt Warner. Yeah, 235 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: he got those breakdowns of different quarterbacks, and I watched 236 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: the one he did. It was basically on Dak, but 237 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: it was after the Packers loss, and there were just 238 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: little throws and things like that. He's like, Dac makes 239 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: these all the time. This one's just awful things like that. 240 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: And again Das never said this, but I think that 241 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: it could be some of that in your head, like 242 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: worrying about hitting your hand on a helmet or something 243 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,599 Speaker 1: like that. That happens normally, but that's usually when you 244 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: don't have screws in your hand. You're not because I 245 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: haven't noticed him. When you watched that hour long break 246 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: breakdown that Kurt Warren did, I haven't noticed Dak looked 247 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: like that the last few weeks. It's interesting when when 248 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: they're winning, we're looking for stuff, trying to find something, 249 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: and look, they're not a perfect team. There's going to 250 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: be things you point to. I kind of want to 251 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: pick back up on what you had spoken about and 252 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: go around the room here, what's your concern level of 253 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: the penalties? Another Thanksgiving Day game, multiple flags out here, 254 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: and it's good enough for you to beat the giants, 255 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: but you know you run out here with ten twelve 256 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: flags in a playoff game, it's gonna be a problem. 257 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: You know. I've had some interesting conversations with the guys 258 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: because you know, as I we've talked about it last year, 259 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: most heavily penalized team. This year they're averaging seven and 260 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: a half penalties. Number two behind Yeah, number two behind Denverse. 261 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: And the reason why it's an issue is because when 262 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: we talk about the third down conversions, a lack of 263 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 1: creativity from the playbook, all of that goes out the 264 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: window when you're getting behind the chains and so it's 265 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: limiting what they would typically call, you know, in a 266 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: third and three situation, now it's a third and fifteen. 267 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: I do think the cadence is an issue because you 268 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: didn't have Dak. There was some of the younger like 269 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: offensive linemen and he didn't play in the preseason. So 270 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: I still think they talked about it this week, having 271 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: even coaches and individual drills mimic the cadence, so they 272 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: get that down. Okay, that seems simple. The other thing 273 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: I thought was interesting because I had a player tell 274 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: me they thought in the Giants game that they were 275 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: mimicking the snap count the defense, which defense can't do, 276 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: but they were noticing that a lot and it wasn't 277 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: getting called. So I thought that was kind of fascinating. 278 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,839 Speaker 1: But well, just one other level to this. We were 279 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: joking with Ezekiel Elliott about the fact in the Minnesota 280 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: game they only had six penalties for thirty nine yards 281 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: and that was because they were on a silent count. 282 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: And so I said to Zeke, I was like, well, 283 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: why not just do a silent account? And he was joking, 284 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: So you're going to reinvent football, like you don't do 285 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: that at away games, and I'm like, at home games, 286 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: I said, I hear you. But then he came up 287 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: to me in the locker room and it was kind 288 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: of funny. Zeke goes, hey, that actually wasn't a bad idea. 289 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: I see your logic there. He goes go talk to 290 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: Dak about it. So I sort of asked Dak about it, 291 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: and he said, I see what you're saying, and actually, 292 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: and I got it confirmed. The Cardinals do do a 293 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: silent count at home, like they're gonna do it this 294 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: week at times against the Patriots. But he thought ultimately 295 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: other teams would pick up on it. That's why I said, 296 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, ultimately you're gonna get the head nods opposing defense, 297 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: they're gonna see that. So but it's it's I got 298 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: the sense that by Zeke comes back up. But the 299 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: fact that Zeke came back up to you, it was like, 300 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: not about idea. It's like they're still trying to find 301 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: solutions themselves. Maybe you got to think outside the box idea. 302 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: That's what I thought was interesting about the conversation, not like, hey, Jane, 303 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: you've come up with a great idea. It's more we're 304 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: actually looking for any ideas that's kind of fascinating, which 305 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: goes which they won't do, by the way, But you 306 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: just talk to it's a focus, okay, your Minnesota, Okay, 307 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: we got to focus now. Even when you're in Green Bay, 308 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: you know we're there for that game. You know you 309 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: had to focus. So maybe you're at home you just 310 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: kind of take it for granted. I can see some 311 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: of that go ahead. Yeah, with the penalties, I don't 312 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: think it'll matter these next three weeks. I think they'll 313 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: still win the games even with penalties. It's when you 314 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: play Philadelphia, when you play playoff teams, and I hate 315 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: to make it just this simple, but you just go 316 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: back look at that box score from the forty nine 317 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: ers lost in the playoffs, and if you do those 318 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: two things against any of these playoff teams, you're going 319 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: to go home again too. And that's fourteen penalties against 320 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, gave up a buck seventy rushing. 321 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: Do that against any of those teams in the playoffs, 322 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: your season's over. So it's not going to matter. Those 323 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: things in what you mentioned, I don't think they're going 324 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: to matter the next three weeks. But you can't keep 325 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: doing those things. And then all of a sudden go, 326 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: oh no, no, when we played good teams, we won't 327 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: do that anymore. That was just we'll take that, we'll 328 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: take it serious this time. No, you can't, because there's 329 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: patterns that come with that. I mean, the penalties are 330 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: obviously an issue, but I think it is for maybe 331 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: just a little devil's advocate, like not all penalties are 332 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: created equal, obviously, and so like some of these focused 333 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: penalties and issues like that, I think those reek of 334 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: an undisciplined team. I think when some of these are 335 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: just over aggression or whatever else, like like Mike McCarthy 336 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: talked about that, I think on Monday where he was like, 337 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: you don't necessarily want to coach the the aggressiveness out 338 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: of some of these guys, like like you know this 339 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: talk about, Yeah, you want to, you want to kind 340 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: of bring it under control as best you can, but 341 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: you don't want to ask a guy to change who 342 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: he is and what makes him a good player. And 343 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: so there's that aspect. The other aspect is and Babeloffenberg 344 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: brought this up with us this morning. I want to 345 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: five through the Fan twenty thirteen, Seattle Denver. Two teams 346 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: go to the Super Bowl. They were the two most 347 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: penalized teams in the NFL. A couple years ago, Kansas 348 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: City was like the second most penalized team in the NFL. 349 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: They win the Super Bowl. It's not always an indictment 350 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: that just kills your season. I think it's about what 351 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: types of penalties you're committing is a big indicator um 352 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: and I think when some of these are happening, like 353 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: it's it's there's a first and ten false start, I 354 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: think Dallas can overcome first and fifteen. If there's a 355 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: third and seven false start or a third and seven holding, 356 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, that's where you're putting yourself in some 357 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: really bad positions. I'll say this, since I've covered the 358 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: Cowboys going back to twenty eleven, there's never been a 359 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: time like there has been for me this last year 360 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: where I'm looking at who's the ref crew that's calling 361 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: this Cowboys game. Yes, he just would never do that, 362 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: and now it's like, that's gonna that's gonna dictate. I 363 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: remember going into the forty nine Ers game that was what, Oh, 364 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: this is a crew that calls a live penalties and 365 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: you're just like, Oh, that's not gonna be good for 366 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: the cap. I just don't remember whatever the Saints all 367 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: the time. I just don't, okay, And I bet you 368 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: it didn't happen to the Saints when they won the 369 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. So again, the only reason I'm bringing that 370 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: up is because nobody should be surprised if that is 371 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: an issue in a game that sends them home. By 372 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: the way, if you ever want to know about that, 373 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: Grig Goslin tweets them out and he's a good job. 374 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: Great job. This week is Carl Scheffer's and he's called 375 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: the most flags in the league. Just follow Beam or either. 376 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: You can call him too. He'll tell you call me. 377 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: I'll let you know, all right, So he's eating Grick 378 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: Goslin working together. Let's take a break. What needs to 379 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: happen for this defense to become great? 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Visit United Agginturf 422 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: dot com for more. Back to Mediamash Mediamash here on 423 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 1: a Thursday, moving into Sunday as the Cowboys will take 424 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: on the ball to more No see Indianapolis Cults. Damn yeah, 425 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: Johnny United suiting upper forty years ago and because I 426 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: was just looking at a Max doug And tweet, he 427 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: won the Johnny and Iis Award. Okay, Well there you 428 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: go is the yeah yeah yeah, So big weekend for 429 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: Jerry World by the way, Big Tool Championship game Saturday 430 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: at eleven am. And then you got going to that yes, 431 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: oh yeah, that's right, that's right right. I guess you 432 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: do work for a place that would be covering a 433 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: team from Fort Worth. That would make sense. I didn't 434 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,959 Speaker 1: think about it will cover my classmates. I was interested 435 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: in going to the game when it looked like it 436 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: could potentially be TC Hugh Texas, TCU can stay. Just 437 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: doesn't move the Neils. It's a lot of purple. Man 438 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: that's going to be the most purple stadium of all time. 439 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: Prince was just a part of it. I was like 440 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: Texas to be a place spoiler and TC You know, 441 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: I am I absolutely am guilty has charged You're absolutely 442 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: I am. I'm a football guy, okay, me and Jason 443 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: football guys. Oh yeah, yeah, you and Jason who garretts. 444 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: He says that walk out there with a fight shirt, 445 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: and Joe, I always whenever I think of you, I 446 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: always think of Jason Garrett, you guys, you guys. Every 447 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: Sunday night, I see Newly and I think r KG, 448 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: my co worker, my fellow NBC gas. Oh yeah, Jason, Yes, yes, 449 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: So I got a call. I got a call this 450 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: week from NBC Sports name from Jason. They wanted to 451 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: get some information there. Jason can go to Babe Laffenberg. 452 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: There's still time get all this info there. So wait, 453 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: explain this story a little bit more said. If Jason 454 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: wants any information, go to Baby Laufenberg, because they're still tight. 455 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: They're they're they're very they're they're No. I agree, But 456 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: why did NBC call you about Jason? No, no, about 457 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,360 Speaker 1: the Cowboys? And I'm trolling and I'll and I'm okay, 458 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: you off your phone. The focus focus says the guy 459 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: falling asleep yesterday. Yeah, she needs the Mike McCarthy about 460 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: talk for focus hearing yesterday show, Clariens was sitting here 461 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: writing out a complete story. Yes, like he was doing 462 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: a story that literally did he literally did an old story. Yeah, 463 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 1: are literally bottom of the barrel for talent, all of us. Yes, 464 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: this ragtag bunch. Sorry, Derek and Mick so so, I 465 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: got a got a call and they said, Nue, what 466 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: is this defense need to become great? And it took 467 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: me a minute. It took me a minute to just 468 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: kind of get through it because I was like, great, 469 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: these defense? Can you use that word? But anyway, how 470 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: do you define great? I'll tell you what I said, 471 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: but I want to hear in your mind, what would 472 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,959 Speaker 1: you have said to that person at NBC Sports who 473 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: asked me the question what needs to happen for this 474 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: team is to become great? Miss NFL me, I'm gonna 475 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 1: give you ladies first. I mean, they've got energy. I mean, 476 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: they've got the number one they've got the number one 477 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: pass rush. They've got three guys at averaging five sacks 478 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: at least it feels like they've turned the corner on 479 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: the run. D I mean when we went through Dalvin Cook, 480 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,479 Speaker 1: let carry seventy two yards, eleven carries for thirty nine 481 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: yards at say Quon Barkley. I don't know if Jonathan 482 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: Taylor's gonna be that much of a test. He's only 483 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: had one one hundred yard game two two this season. 484 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: I thought he only had one two. How is your producer, Jane? 485 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: That's what I'm look good, dj Cally. For them to 486 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: be great, I don't know what else they need to 487 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: do for them, like a draft. They need the offense 488 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: to step up for them to be great. Okay, now 489 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 1: you go back to that Mica draft. You go back 490 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: to that Mica draft. What did they want? They wanted 491 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: another corner. If you get another shut down corner that 492 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: like would be taking the ball away opposite of Trayvon Diggs. Obviously, 493 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: not many teams have to shut down. I'm saying, but 494 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: if you got that on their side, and I like 495 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown, I think Anthony Brown's fine. I actually think 496 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: if Anthony Brown was to go down and you had 497 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: to go with one of those other corners, I think 498 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: that would be a major problem on this team. I'm 499 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: just saying, but if you're in your scenario where you 500 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: can take it one step higher, Let's pretend that they 501 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 1: already had Michael Parsons on their team. If you add 502 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: like jac Horne on the other side, or Patrick Curtan 503 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: on top of that, I think this defense would be great, 504 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: all right, but you have given up Micah Parsons. I'm saying, 505 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: if you already had him one gire a fake world, 506 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: what would make them great? Give me either or either 507 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown starts figuring things out, which he's been fine, 508 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 1: but he's not been as good as he was last year. 509 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: Give me Anthony Brown as good as he was last year, 510 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: or figure out the run defense, because I still don't 511 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: think you figured out the run defense. You were better 512 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: against Minnesota, but they'll to throw the ball a lot. 513 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: You were still giving up like six yards per carry 514 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: in a little bit that they had to do it. 515 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: Giants was more effective. Yes, they were more effective this 516 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: last week. That's good, but I got to see it 517 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 1: for a couple more weeks. So I think consistently taking 518 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: away efficient running games because you're not giving a whole 519 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,479 Speaker 1: bunch of volume runners, but they're efficiently run on the bottom. 520 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 1: I think they're twenty fifth in the NFL and yards 521 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: per attempt allowed on the ground, and so fix that 522 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: or get Anthony Brown play more consistently. I think that 523 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: helps a ton. Let me be clear when you said that, 524 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: but believe me, I'm factoring this in Mica has to 525 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: be on the team because Mica is what makes them great. 526 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,719 Speaker 1: You can be good without Micah Parsons. Mica gives him 527 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: a chance to be great. I would not take any 528 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: defensive player in the league over Micah Parsons. If you 529 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: didn't have Micah Parsons is probably a better question. If 530 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: you were to lose him to an injury this year, 531 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: I think you'd still be a good defense. But I 532 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: don't think the adverse guys come on saying, well, I'm 533 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: not play through injuries. So I mean he to me, 534 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: is losing your quarterback on defense. He'd be like losing 535 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott because he allows other guys around and to 536 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: be great because you allow him to roam. And as 537 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: he said yesterday, said I've only got one job. Get 538 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: to the quarterback. That's his He talked about how every 539 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: week when he heads into a game, his biggest focuses 540 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. That's his assignment. Thank god, I 541 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: hope that doesn't come back to bite me. Just bye 542 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: to your point putting that in the universe, Yeah, what's yours? 543 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: What I said to the person was, um, there's no 544 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: such thing as a great defense. That can't stop the run. 545 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: You know, you talk about the Giants in eighty six 546 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: the Bears and eighty five the Joe Green Steelers teams, 547 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: the Dallas Students Day defenses, you weren't running on them. 548 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 1: And that's what they have to to fix. And I said, 549 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 1: they're now getting the opportunity during this AFC South Classic 550 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: of three straight games in a row and they get 551 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: to Philadelphia. You need to show that you can stop 552 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 1: the run. And if you can stop the run, then hey, 553 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: you can be great. But I just don't know. I mean, 554 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: maybe somebody tell me if I'm crying, I agree with you. 555 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: I just I think they have the talent that they 556 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: and with Dan Quinn, I think they can get to 557 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: a level where they'll never be the tap Rundy. I 558 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: think they can get to a level where it's good 559 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: enough to pair with an elite pass rush defense. And 560 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: again going back to your point interest, I thing, it's 561 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: the James Harden thing. If you can just get everybody 562 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: bought in. You know the talents there, you just got 563 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: to get them bought in. You do that one do 564 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: the other question? Can you have the number one ranked 565 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: pass rush if you've got a top ten run defense 566 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: as well, Like, aren't you giving up something in order 567 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: to be great at something else? Forty nine or give 568 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: anything up? No, I mean forty nine ers are good across. 569 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: The biggest thing that they can't be so soft on 570 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 1: the edges. That's been their big problem the defensive end. 571 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: Opposite to Marcus Lawrence has given up the edge way 572 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: too often this year, and I don't know that there's 573 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: an easy fix for that. No, running on the perimeter 574 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: is clearly what's been their biggest issues. That's why when 575 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: that Endamic Consue deal went down with him signed with Eagles, 576 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: and there was a lot of people it's on Twitter, 577 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: doesn't it's not fixing the problem of what for this 578 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: particular team. So so that that was just my That 579 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: was just my opinion there. And then they the other 580 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: question was asked to say something, you know, what, what 581 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 1: can you say positive about you know, Mike McCarthy and 582 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: the coaching job he did, And and I was easy. 583 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: That was for me. That was easier I talked about 584 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: I thought you said that wasn't that was easy. I 585 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: mean I rolled off a bunch of supprothers and I 586 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: talked about Cooper Rush out of the game, and I 587 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: was like, okay, how many how many guys are going 588 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 1: four and one with uh with Cooper Rush as their quarterback, 589 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: the only loss to a team who at the time 590 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: was unbeaten Philadelphiags. A lot of people say, there's a 591 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: number one team in the league right now. Um, you 592 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: have not had your left tackle play. You're starting running 593 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: backs of mis time, you're starting tight ends, miss time 594 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: to your safeties, have miss time back there. You've had 595 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: to go out here with rookies like Jake Ferguson and 596 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: Peyton Hendershott and get contributions from them. I just listed 597 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: the whole the thing about how many guys they've had 598 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: to play and how they've had to develop players. Tyler Smith, 599 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: who didn't spend any time at left tackle, I said, 600 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, you've got to give him credit there. I 601 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 1: talked about the McCarthy situation. We all went in the 602 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: training camp saying, hey, man, Um collar Reels would be ready, 603 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: Sean Payne could come in here, dan Quinn, we got 604 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: people lined up for this man's job. In Saturday. I 605 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 1: think he was put Charles Haley out there around here, 606 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: but Mark Colombo is going to come in. No Marcus 607 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: Spears is the equivalent. There we go, yeah, Riot, but 608 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: they bring that dude background for anything. Mark Colombo, Yes, 609 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 1: let's not deep. Die, I'm I'm a Mark Colombo. Stand. 610 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: This table is definitely divided. Oh, don't give me that lot. 611 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 1: I love everybody personally, Okay, thank you for that. Give 612 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: myself and dealing with Colombo too much at the time, 613 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: but I love everybody anyway. It wasn't hard to nail 614 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: off a bunch of things about Mike McCarthy. What he 615 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: the kicking situation? We love oxnar Man. I had no hope. 616 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: I remember somebody drafted my heart our fantasy league might 617 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: just laughed at him. What are you doing? That's crushing what? No, 618 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: he's my kicker now picked him up on my fantasy team, 619 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: So I'm he's just And I also talked about the culture. 620 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: So this guy's culture is good around here. And while 621 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: I didn't take a shot at Jason Garrett since he 622 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: worked at NBC, I did say he's about to do 623 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: something that we have not seen him out here since 624 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: the nineties. They're gonna win ten games. They haven't had 625 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: back to back ten win seasons since Switzer Yah was 626 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: the head coach here and with all of to your point, 627 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: the injuries the starters, like we had the Indianapolis Colts 628 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: Lara Overton on our show and she was talking about 629 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: the struggles the offensive line. You know, they don't have 630 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: their left tackle. They've got a Ricky at left tackle, 631 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: they've got a second your guy at on the right side. 632 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: I'm like, that's what the Cowboys are dealing with. You know, 633 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: you haven't really have a service haven't had a serviceable 634 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: quarterback in Matt Ryan this season he had a bench 635 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: twice and bringing Sam Ellinger in and so you just 636 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: look at some of the things that Mike has ever 637 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: come And I also think the leadership council. Those guys 638 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: bring up that leadership council so much, and you the 639 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: Cowboys had that on some level. But as it was 640 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: described to me by someone in the building, and again 641 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to take shots at Jason Garrett, he 642 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: would ask for your feedback, but not really want it, 643 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: Like one of those guys that says, you know, i'd 644 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: love your opinion on this, but they don't. They really 645 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: just want you to validate the opinion they already have. 646 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: And it sounds like when you hear these guys talked 647 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: about Mike McCarthy, he's always like, all right, that sounds interesting, 648 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: with the exception of the ping pong table that I 649 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: think got removed for Michael Parsons, but it sounds like like, 650 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: for instance, the penalties. I think Clarence wrote about it. Today, 651 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: we were talking to a player who told us, if 652 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: you create a penalty out here on the practice field 653 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: this week, you sit out on the play you're bringing up. 654 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: That was a suggestion of the leadership council. And so 655 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: it's just those little things I think that go along 656 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,959 Speaker 1: way with some of these guys. Good stuff, good stuff there. 657 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: So it was a very complimentary and Mike McCarthy I 658 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: also spoke about Dan quinn in his ability to handle 659 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: that situation here, and he spoke about as I was 660 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: a younger cookmer with the Prescots, about was a younger coach. 661 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: I'd had some issues with how Jerry he went about 662 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: the situation, but he didn't so and I had this 663 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: this bone, not bone, but this this stance now because 664 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: people talk, well, you know what they don't win in 665 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs? Has he gone? I said, I know this, 666 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy will be coaching somewhere in the National Football League, 667 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: whether it's the Dallas Cowboys, whether he's coaching Carolina, Denver, 668 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: Indian any you know, any of these jobs that are 669 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: going to open up. If Mike McCarthy's not coaching here, 670 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: they would be wise to get him, because, um, what 671 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: I have seen, especially since that first year, I don't 672 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: I know Cowboy fans get frustrated, but I really don't 673 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: understand how you can't because I can emphasize it's enough. 674 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: They're gonna win ten games with all of their setbacks, 675 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: right think about what they did last year with all 676 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: of their setbacks. That's that's that's coaching, man. That that 677 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: is good coaching. And and I think sometimes we can 678 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: it's funny, man, how how this work? This works? In 679 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: Ryan Day over to the Ohio State's going through right now. Um, 680 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: people have forgotten dudes lost a total of sixty games 681 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: because the two he lost to the same team. People 682 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: forget all actially when you lose those two and like 683 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: back to back years. And he only lost twice in 684 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: like seventeen years. And that's your whole junior arrival. I 685 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: told you before the show. Once again, I'm going to 686 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 1: tell him. What I told you, I lived in Cleveland 687 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: during the John Cooper years. He's ain't the John Cooper years. 688 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: And I understand that there are people like Ezekiel Elliott 689 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: who never in their life have they ever even thought 690 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: of that as being a real serious rivalry, And now 691 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,959 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it looks like that. Well as 692 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: Texas fans with John mckimen came to town, how many 693 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: rivalries just went down the drain Rice see you you know, 694 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine years, streaks and these it's cycles. Man, 695 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: it happens. It happens. But once again, it just shows 696 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: you how tough these jobs are. And then where you're at, 697 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: you know, Ohio State Cowboy, you get no grace. They 698 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: give you no grace. Oh Man, you lost twice. Get 699 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: at I mean hired Luke Fickle. Really, but that's that's 700 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: the nature. You don't win here. I mean they if they, 701 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: if they go out in the first round, it's gonna 702 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 1: be a whole same thing. He's not the right guys. 703 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: It's the nature of the jobs. But I have an 704 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: appreciation for what I have seen the past two years 705 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: of Mike McCarthy. Since that first year we asked for 706 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: the Mulligan what he's done. Lord knows. When I look 707 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: at the last ten that they gave Jason Garrett, I 708 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: never saw this over. You know, two years span no 709 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: for this, so I think it's been pretty get Let's 710 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: hit a break. When we come back, we'll get Bobby's 711 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: thoughts on Mike McCarthy. Bobby, I got thoughts about other 712 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: things that are on Twitter right now. He was so 713 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: engaged in our conversation he was scrolling Twitter. I'm gonna 714 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: show you during the break. Don't worry the check coming anyway. 715 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: James Slater, Bobby Belt, JOHNA shouted a new schoice first, 716 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: the season is finally here. 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This is not a commitment to lend to 752 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 1: media Mash Media mash here on Thursday Jane Slatter at 753 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: FL Media, Bobby Belt of one oh five three The Fan, 754 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 1: and Jane Slater's producer over in fl Media. John, he's 755 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: outgrown me man, He's he's everywhere here. Thanks for still 756 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 1: showing up and helping media mogul. How does that work 757 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 1: on your speaking of outgrown this man up here on 758 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,879 Speaker 1: the TV? Does not work on your Sundays with Jane? 759 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,240 Speaker 1: Uh Like, if it's a noon or at three o'clock, 760 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 1: I'll get there at six am and then we'll start 761 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: a live shots around eight oh seven and then do 762 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 1: live shots all the way up till noon. Then if 763 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: it's three o'clock game, we'll start shooting practice footage up 764 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: till three, watch the game go back down. After the 765 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 1: game interview whoever won, and then we get cut from 766 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 1: NFL network and then I start pulling locker audio for 767 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 1: the fan and then do the post game and then 768 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: Brian and I record after the post game is machine Wow, 769 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: sounds like fun. It's a lot. I had to get 770 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: up two hours ahead of him to get pretty. She does, 771 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: She does and still shows up an hour Like you 772 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: have to do that, You're fired. I'm kidding, I'm goddam, 773 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not even kidding. My wife has told 774 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 1: me the application. My wife told me working with Jane 775 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,879 Speaker 1: has made me a better husband. She said that, she said, 776 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,279 Speaker 1: because you have to like look out and make sure 777 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: she doesn't like like her hair's right. And she's like, 778 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: it makes you, It has you notice more things about me. 779 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: And I was like us to tell you that you 780 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 1: need to spend a little bit more time at home 781 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 1: with Kristen. You do your girls, and you need to 782 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: take care of Wifie. Yeah, she's like my favorite out 783 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: of his coverage. Kristen's a gem. I love his way 784 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: it is. It's it's aggressive since you're just throwing shade. 785 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 1: I'm not throwing shade at all. I think his first 786 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,560 Speaker 1: or second year, he's a really good gift giver, and 787 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: so I wanted to get him something nice, and so 788 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,799 Speaker 1: I wanted to get him a gift card to get 789 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: some like professional button up shirts or whatever. And Kristen's like, 790 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: I love that, but he's going to get very offended 791 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: by this. And it was like, a like, aren't trying 792 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 1: to get Bobby Belt a makeover? Was was good times? 793 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,399 Speaker 1: I'm over here. Yeah, well, Houston Cougars today, you don't 794 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,680 Speaker 1: like button ups. I was wearing my YO MTV Raps 795 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: shirt yesterday. She didn't like that either. He just likes 796 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 1: to say provocative things and do annoying stuff. I mean, 797 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: God Bless is literally a saint. I don't say provocative things. 798 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: So for the something during the Sunday since it's seven 799 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: o'clock game, was the schedule to two o'clock call time? 800 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 1: I just got our call sheet. Yeah, we got a 801 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,919 Speaker 1: reprieve week one when it was Tom Brady. We had 802 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: to be there at well, I'll get there at like 803 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 1: seven fifteen because our first live shots at eight and 804 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: then we do the show until twelve and then that 805 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:18,919 Speaker 1: day I went home and tried to take a little 806 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 1: power napp and come back, but that was a long one. 807 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,200 Speaker 1: And then remember Dad got hurt, and then we went 808 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 1: to that was that was brutal. And then I was 809 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: out a little bit too late the night before drowning 810 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,759 Speaker 1: my sorrows Texas Alabama game, and then I think that 811 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: was the last Texas game I watched this year. Um 812 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,279 Speaker 1: so yeah, I'll be asleeping in bed on most game 813 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,399 Speaker 1: days by nine o'clock. You allowed yourself to think they're 814 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: gonna be albil I'm a dreamer. They should have if 815 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: Quinn yours didn't get knocked out. I'm a dreamer, okay. 816 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: Colt McCoy or if starts just doesn't call the game 817 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,239 Speaker 1: like a coward. Okay, But you know my adopted team 818 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,879 Speaker 1: is tcuh. So I'm looking for my hypnotote sweatshirt that's 819 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,560 Speaker 1: coming in the mail here pretty soon. Sure if you 820 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 1: call shout out Mark Cohen. I'm sure if you call 821 00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: Sonny Dikes, he will send you a nicest guy in 822 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,480 Speaker 1: the whim of Mark Cohen's my man. Anytime I want 823 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: to te you hook up. It takes care of me, 824 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 1: all right. So John on a Sunday for you like 825 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: this coming up night game. What's your what's your day? 826 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: What's your call? Oh, I'm completely opposite of them. So, 827 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 1: like you guys will be sleeping before I even leave 828 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: the stadium. I love working after the game and there's 829 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: like nobody in the press box. So do you ever 830 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,319 Speaker 1: grow up a beer up there? No? Never, never, never, 831 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 1: never been funny to you that some of the guys 832 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 1: used to pour beers after the game there and then 833 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:28,919 Speaker 1: they drove home. I don't know. I mean, like most 834 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,759 Speaker 1: of the visiting media are the ones who take part 835 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,400 Speaker 1: in that, because it's like, oh, this is a unique thing. 836 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: I just have never been a one one beer person. 837 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,080 Speaker 1: I've never been. I'm just gonna go have a beer 838 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: with friends or whatever you're I'm gonna drink to drink 839 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,720 Speaker 1: or I'm not going to drink. That's bigger. Go home exactly. 840 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,919 Speaker 1: Um So seven thirty game, I don't know. I'll probably 841 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: get there around three or four, but I'll probably be 842 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 1: there if they don't kick us out of the press box. 843 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,759 Speaker 1: I could probably be there till like two in the morning, 844 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: you know, depending on really Yeah, because I do a 845 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 1: podcast right after just so that my producer can get 846 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,200 Speaker 1: it up like while I'm writing. And then with the Athletic, 847 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: you know, there's not like you know when I was 848 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,320 Speaker 1: said the more in news, when you're writing for a newspaper, 849 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,960 Speaker 1: there's a word count limit because you got to fill 850 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: it into a space. Well, with the Athletic, you can 851 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,640 Speaker 1: write as much as you want. And so there's a 852 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:11,880 Speaker 1: part of me it's like, well, if I'm going to 853 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: be here, I'm going to give every single thing that 854 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,720 Speaker 1: I can give. Look at this guy and that everything 855 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,439 Speaker 1: on print, right, yeah, so that I can write something longer, 856 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: write after the game. So yeah, people that probably want 857 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,239 Speaker 1: to read the game story that aren't going to stay 858 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: up till two in the morning whatever when they wake 859 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 1: up at like eight, that's like everything. So I'm not following. 860 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: I'm not doing a follow the next day. I have 861 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: everything that's that's in there, you know. So the biggest 862 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: thing that would make all of our jobs easier, and 863 00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: I know that you probably feel the same way as 864 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: if there was just some type of a transcription service 865 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,920 Speaker 1: that if you could just plug in the audio and 866 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,640 Speaker 1: then it transcribed it for you, which in twenty twenty two, 867 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,880 Speaker 1: you think that that would be and there are services 868 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,960 Speaker 1: like that, don't get me wrong, But the problem is 869 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: is that they're extremely inaccurate discussing I sent. I send 870 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: you the Jerry Automatic transcript. But again, I'm very big. 871 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,520 Speaker 1: Nobody has ever and nobody ever will tell me that 872 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: I've misquoted him. I've We've taken that very serious. So 873 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 1: even if you send that to me, I'm gonna still 874 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna still go through it and make sure that 875 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,799 Speaker 1: I have like the colors. But but but it gives 876 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,239 Speaker 1: you a shell to shell. Yeah, but I'm saying twenty 877 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 1: twenty two, you'd think that there'd be something by now 878 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,960 Speaker 1: that boom boom boom, we're sending civilians to space. Why 879 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: don't we have this? I will give you a quick 880 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,200 Speaker 1: shout out, though there is truly sometimes I want you 881 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:22,600 Speaker 1: to get a life, and I mean that the best 882 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 1: way too, because literally John lives and breathes content on 883 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,720 Speaker 1: his Twitter. It's one of my favorite follows. He's transcribing 884 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,759 Speaker 1: everything that is said in these press conferences, which I've 885 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: sort of given up on these days. It's just because 886 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,680 Speaker 1: I found myself misquoting one this year. I thought he 887 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,640 Speaker 1: said bump and grind instead of on the bump and run. 888 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,880 Speaker 1: But you literally, I mean you, you work tirelessly. I 889 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:55,520 Speaker 1: appreciate that. Thank you. I don't want you to change, John, No, 890 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 1: I want you to keep living your best life. I 891 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,400 Speaker 1: just want to And Gene and I have talked about this, 892 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 1: this funny. I don't know if I should bring this up, 893 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,720 Speaker 1: but I will. You should. One of our biggest regrets 894 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,360 Speaker 1: would be leaving this market and this team went a 895 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,279 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, because they would just be looking back like 896 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,239 Speaker 1: I spent all this time. I just wanted to cover 897 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboys when one super Bowl. Like I got offered 898 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,040 Speaker 1: a move a couple of years ago when I wasn't 899 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,479 Speaker 1: going to bring this up. So things are a little 900 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:23,280 Speaker 1: contentious around here over that whole Mike Nolan Defensive Coaches Report, 901 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,840 Speaker 1: and so I was offered Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville and 902 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,120 Speaker 1: I strongly considered it. But then I literally we I 903 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:31,839 Speaker 1: think we had had this conversation. I'm like, it would 904 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,319 Speaker 1: be just my luck that I would after ten years 905 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,160 Speaker 1: of covering this team in the small market, the local 906 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,480 Speaker 1: radio and TV station, I feel invested. I've got sweat 907 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: equity in this team. I would really love to cover 908 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl I feel the exact same way growing up 909 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:51,279 Speaker 1: in the nineties in Michigan with the Cowboys and just 910 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,120 Speaker 1: the thought that like I could even ever have this 911 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 1: job to cover the team and then for them to 912 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,279 Speaker 1: ever get back to even close to what they were 913 00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:58,799 Speaker 1: in the nineties and I get I get to cover 914 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,520 Speaker 1: that team. If my laugh and didn't get to do that, 915 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,480 Speaker 1: I would I there would be so much famo. And 916 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: my rookie season was a fun season because you felt like, wow, yeah, 917 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,400 Speaker 1: there's some magic here and it was the rookies and 918 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,439 Speaker 1: Dak and yeah, and then you just see how hard 919 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 1: it is for them to find their way back to it. 920 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,719 Speaker 1: But to your point, NEWI, I mean I was around here, 921 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,920 Speaker 1: Vinnie test of earty years, like there was a big Twincyrner. 922 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 1: There was a rough years around here. I would be 923 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,440 Speaker 1: it would be tough to keep constantly going back like 924 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,560 Speaker 1: that because I do cover other teams in the league. 925 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,279 Speaker 1: It there is no other team, no other locker room, 926 00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,880 Speaker 1: no other way we cover it, no other I truly 927 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:39,720 Speaker 1: love the Beat reporters like I really do enjoy everyone 928 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,759 Speaker 1: I work with. It's not like that everywhere else, and 929 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,759 Speaker 1: so I would I don't think people like Jason Garret 930 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,440 Speaker 1: always says, it's an honor and a privilege, you know, 931 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,400 Speaker 1: to be a Dallas cowboy. I feel that way sometimes 932 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 1: about me being a member of the media, and I 933 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,240 Speaker 1: think you do absolute look at us getting all nostalgic 934 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,120 Speaker 1: and weep be about this. Yeah, I know what it's 935 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,359 Speaker 1: like to leave a market and watch everything. Oh yeah, 936 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 1: we've talked about Calvin watch gives Yeah. I left Los 937 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:07,160 Speaker 1: Angeles two months later the Lakers started the first of 938 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,040 Speaker 1: the three championships. That would bug me a little That 939 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:12,520 Speaker 1: right there would bug me a little bit. But the 940 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 1: part that really puts me over the top because I 941 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,600 Speaker 1: forget about sometimes It's like, man, that was right when 942 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:21,040 Speaker 1: USC started to roll in football. I'm going down the list. 943 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,880 Speaker 1: You got you got a lot of run out of 944 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:27,120 Speaker 1: that shock impersonation on one three three though, still do yes, 945 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,400 Speaker 1: sir so, so you got you got that happened. So 946 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:35,240 Speaker 1: that happened. Paul Hackett gets fired, they hired Pete Carroll. 947 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:42,320 Speaker 1: I missed that. The dog on LA Sparks WA starts 948 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:48,200 Speaker 1: winning championships. LA Galaxy wins a championship. The Angels whin 949 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:50,000 Speaker 1: the world. Serious sounds to me like you were a 950 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:53,480 Speaker 1: Jinx in the market, the Ducks whin the Stanley Cup. 951 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:58,080 Speaker 1: That's Clarence for the Cowboys. We gotta get them off. Four. 952 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:01,680 Speaker 1: Jose this is his last year. Chanel photographer Jose Gant. 953 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,920 Speaker 1: This is his last year. Jo was here for the 954 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:08,680 Speaker 1: nineties Cowboys. Was Clearance not here for the ninety he 955 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,680 Speaker 1: was ninety seven. We got a sacrifice and we got 956 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,319 Speaker 1: to get out of here. He's out. So the best 957 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,400 Speaker 1: part was I at least was there for all but 958 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,800 Speaker 1: two months of the Lakers season and hat season tickets 959 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:24,960 Speaker 1: Shack and Kobe matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, Pete Carroll at 960 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,600 Speaker 1: the same time. Yeah, I would definitely, I would never 961 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:30,520 Speaker 1: bother me. Hey, look man, Paul Korea and Tamu Salani, 962 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:32,920 Speaker 1: they win the Cup and me got Troy Gloss and 963 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of those guys from the Ants, Mike Socia, 964 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,320 Speaker 1: who yeh who. I was there with Socia, you know, 965 00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,640 Speaker 1: didn't get their Dodger job, and then went to the 966 00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:42,880 Speaker 1: Angels and then he finally. So there was a Lakers 967 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,720 Speaker 1: run though, and that USC run is like the Cowboys nineties, 968 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:47,719 Speaker 1: that's like iconic. That's the reason those ones. But I 969 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,000 Speaker 1: always love when people ask me. They're like, so, what's 970 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,239 Speaker 1: next for you? I'm like, I just wanted to what's 971 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,759 Speaker 1: next is just keeping my job? And I literally say, 972 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,200 Speaker 1: you're going to have to drag me off of this beat, 973 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,600 Speaker 1: and well, you still do a lot of NFL stuff 974 00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:01,920 Speaker 1: on top of it. There's people that think that I 975 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,680 Speaker 1: want to get to a level where I'm just covering 976 00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:06,919 Speaker 1: the NFL, and I'm like, are you out of your mind? 977 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,959 Speaker 1: Like I'm so busy, which is Cowboys stuff on social media, 978 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,879 Speaker 1: and I can't even imagine all the other And that's 979 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,080 Speaker 1: why sometimes even when I would do Good Morning Football, 980 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,920 Speaker 1: it would be a little exhausting because when do I 981 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,279 Speaker 1: ever look at the AFC And so a lot of 982 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,400 Speaker 1: times I think, because you cover the NFL, or I 983 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:22,879 Speaker 1: sit down, you know, at a bar and guys want 984 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,040 Speaker 1: to talk football, I'm like, I am so locked in 985 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,320 Speaker 1: and myopic on the Cowboys that you almost have blinders 986 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,960 Speaker 1: sometimes that you you are not keeping up with the 987 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,960 Speaker 1: rest of the league, Like I'm not watching NFL now 988 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:34,880 Speaker 1: because I'm on TV or I'm in a press conference 989 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,600 Speaker 1: room or whatever. So no, you're not. You're not all right? 990 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,200 Speaker 1: Well ended with this. The worst part of leaving Los Angeles. 991 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,239 Speaker 1: I sold my home and my next door neighbor ran 992 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,239 Speaker 1: the Hrway. He was a porn star and he filmed 993 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,080 Speaker 1: in the backyard. Got named Vince Voyer greatest neighbor I've 994 00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:57,799 Speaker 1: ever had. Okay for John's media match. This has been 995 00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:01,000 Speaker 1: a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas 996 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:02,239 Speaker 1: Cowboys Football Club.