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Sponsored by Black Raffle Coffee, the 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.720 official coffee of the Dallas Cowboys. 0:00:58.000 --> 0:00:58.880 How are we doing, boys? 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.000 We're doing better than Sam Williams. Unfortunately, we'll get to that. 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:05.360 We'll get to that. We'll get to that. 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:11.880 Nate, Hey, you gotta you gotta cut of wrestling promo 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:12.520 for me? 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:17.479 God? Why two k Josh, Josh Rodrigez, we're. 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:19.119 Gonna wrestling promos, okay, and you know what I gotta 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:19.640 go with? Right? 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:20.120 What's that? 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.959 Let me talk to you? Yeah? 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:27.959 Yeah, that was pretty good, Josh, Yes, sir. 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.679 How are we doing? Fellas? I mean, it's a beautiful. 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.400 Day, another beautiful day in California, man. 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.360 It was a somber day of practice yesterday. 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.120 Obviously we need to get to it. But Patrick, do 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.639 you want to hit us with some news and notes. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.440 Yeah, let's let's start with the bad, the really, really, 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:46.960 really bad. Sam Williams, Cowboys third year defensive end. He 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:51.160 went down early in practice yesterday individual drills, non contact injury. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:55.200 Caught it off of the field. M R I basically 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.960 revealed the worst case scenario. He has suffered a torn 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.760 a c L and a torn m is officially done 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.960 for the season before the season gets started, and we'll 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.240 talk about the impact of that. But that is massive, 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:11.320 massive for both Sam and the Cowboys. Gary An Connley 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.000 a veteran cornerback who has signed this offseason out of 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:19.639 the UFL, looking to rebuild himself in the NFL. He 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.800 decided to notify the team he retired, so they went 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.720 ahead and released him, and in the same day they 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:29.400 were successfully awarded Keemon Hall off of the waiver wire. 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.359 He was waived one day prior by the San Francisco 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:36.080 forty nine ers. Hall is an undrafted free agent of 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.520 the Los Angeles Chargers in twenty nineteen, but he spent 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.480 some time here in Dallas with the Cowboys on the 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.760 practice squad in twenty twenty, so this is a second 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.440 time around for him. They also signed Deontay Burnett and 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:50.200 Kelvin Harmon, both wide receivers out of the UFL. That's 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.280 going to give them some more competition. By the way, 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:56.000 position shots out to that Arlington renengage one hundred percent, 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.720 and that's also due to the fact that rookie wide 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.960 receivers Ryan Flinoy is dealing with what's being described as 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:06.200 a minor knee issue right now. Mike McCarthy said on 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.400 yesterday that he does not quote unquote deem it anything serious. 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.120 He calls it day to day. Hopefully that remains the case. 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.480 And on the contract front, because I know you all 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.880 want to know about the contracts, right that's what you're 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:22.079 here for. You know that in football, the Cowboys did 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.880 submit a new offer to both Not the lawnmower man, 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:28.360 even though he's on his on his job. 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:31.160 He's on overtime, overtime, he's on overtime, he submits it. 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.400 Oh day off, let's interrupt everybody and. 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.480 Let's get close to him. Yeah yeah, let's come right 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.040 up to let's come right up to their back. They 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.560 submitted a new offer to both Dak Prescott and CDEE 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.440 Lamb as recently as this past weekend, so that both 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.520 of those contract talks have traction and I mean nothing 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.360 imminent as we have this conversation, but either one or 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.880 both could fall right out of the sky at any point. 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:57.040 What about you, Nate, any news and. 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:03.840 Notes brought their The cd Lamb thing needs to get done, 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.400 Dak needs to get done. It'll work. I mean, they 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.240 just throwing office out there just to keep the talks open, 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:10.640 that's all. 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:12.600 They just of course the blood flowing. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.840 And one thing Mike McCarthy said about the receivers that 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:20.200 were brought in, it's healthy competition. And with Florinoyd sort 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.960 of on the back burner right now, caustiously optimistic, you know, 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.120 pulling him back, keeping him from those drills, it makes 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.279 sense to bring in some healthy competition and guys that 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.640 are seasoned and season in the fact that they are 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:34.840 ready to play football right now. They were just playing 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:38.080 in the UFL mere months ago, I think a month 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.440 ago actually, so it makes sense for them to be 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:42.160 on the field at this point. 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.839 They're ready that wide receiver position. Those those two young guys, 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.159 Burnett and Harmon. They've been to come in ready, ready 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.680 to get cooking because that wide receiver position in the 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.000 absence of Cedde Lamb and obviously Brandon Cooks is out 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.240 there doing his thing. But you talk about the law 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.120 firm of Jalen, Jalen and Jalen, those guys are cooking. Yesterday, 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:03.680 Tying Billy Johnson had had a massive day yesterday. I 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.840 think he had like eight catches on nine targets. One 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.479 of them was that deep bomb with Kayln Carson on 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.279 his hip. Another rookie, not another rookie, because Tyron's not 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.480 a rookie, but a rookie who had a big day 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:17.080 yesterday as well, having a big camp. That one deep 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.599 ball that was giving up to Tyron Billy Johnson number one, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.080 it was a perfect throw. Number two. It was the 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.640 only time that Kayln Carson got beat yesterday. He was 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.120 man handling whoever was put in front of him outside 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.680 of that place. So wide receiver battle was off to 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:30.560 the races. 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:31.920 Nice, nice, Okay. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.839 So I want to discuss sort of the ramifications of 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.719 the Sam Williams injury. I think it's you know, obviously 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.080 we lose him for twenty twenty four it's unfortunate, But 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.560 now we have to next man up. What happens next? 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:48.160 How are you guys looking at the out the outlook 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.920 now of the rest of the season with Sam Williams 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.279 contributing not only on defense but also on special teams. 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.400 And we talked about this on camping out, so this 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.600 is kind of a carryover. But what do we think 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.720 about the ramifications of him losing out, losing him for 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:03.880 the rest of the season, that. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.440 Was a big, a big loss, especially in your past 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.400 for a situation. He's a playmaker now he he'll make 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.080 a play on the run too. I mean, this was 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.120 the year where he was looking for great maturity, a 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.520 great leap from this young man. But being that he's 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.359 out now and out for the year, I mean, and 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.800 Vilma for Hoko and guys like that got to step up. 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:28.440 But I'm gonna tell you something. Will McClay is excited 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.080 about this Marshawn Neeland. 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:31.520 He I mean, he's just. 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:36.560 He made will cross two steps across fish or whatever. 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:40.440 I mean, just several times watching the explosiveness of this kid, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.320 watching the lateral movement of. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.560 This kid, he said, you know, just uh a bigger 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:47.120 d law. 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.159 That's what He called him a bigger d Law with 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:50.760 a with a with a. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:52.440 With a lot more potential. 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.680 So and Patrick has said similar things too. 0:06:55.640 --> 0:07:00.920 He's d Law junior, called him junior tank. That's basically 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.400 what to me, That's how I view Marshan Nieland and 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.400 I said this after the second round pick and a 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.599 lot of people on you know, the Twitter sphere, x Field, 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:10.720 whatever you want to call it, kind of knocking the 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.320 pick just because he was He wasn't a household name 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.520 as far as pre draft is concerned. But if you 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.400 go back and you look at this kid's film and 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.160 you look at what he's able to do. Number one, 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.040 he's one of the best run stoppers off of the 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.160 edge in the entire draft. So he wanted the Cowboys 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.800 to woke up their run defense. Here's Marshaan Kneeland. Also, 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.160 he has the pass rush ability. When you look at 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.760 special teams in the absence of Sam who you know, 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.960 gave you a huge chunk of special team snaps as well, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.040 Marshannland is going to be dropped right into that bucket 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.280 as well. So the rookie is getting thrown from the 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.440 frying pan right into the fire. He's going to have 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:49.120 to acclimate quickly. My concern there is you lose during 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.440 Armstrong the free agency, you lose Dante follow the free agency. 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.800 Now you lose Sam Williams to a season ending injury. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:56.720 What rotation? 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:01.200 The rotation is a huge question mark because Marshawn kneeling. 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.360 While he has the potential, he has the ceiling. I'm 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.480 here with you, Big Nate, and I know you're gonna agree. 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:08.480 He hasn't played yet. Yeah, you don't know what you 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.720 have yet in him at the NFL level. Behind him, 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:13.800 you have a guy like Darrell Johnson. You don't know 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:15.880 what you have there yet. Byron Vaughn's you don't know 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.720 what you have there yet. Tyris Whet special teams contributor defensively, 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.080 you don't know what you have there yet. Former rookie 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.640 fourth round pick from last year, junior Viniami Fooko, was 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.120 unable to earn reps onto the field last year under 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.320 Dan Quinn, you don't know what you have there yet. 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:33.720 It's just so many unknowns that this could very well 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.440 be a situation where the Cowboys do need to go 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.640 into free agency and bring in a veteran to help 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:41.320 stabilize the right side of that defensive line. 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.760 Well, let's take a look at the possible free agents 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:47.400 to sort of supplement the new vacant dat spot. Patrick, 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.480 did you sort of I know we were talking about 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:50.080 this yesterday. 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:51.640 Did you take a look at the free. 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:53.320 Agents that are on the wire now that could be 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.600 considered for that vacant d E spot. 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.679 I did, And obviously a potential trade is always going 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:00.320 to be on the table as well. But we're not 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.160 gonna talk any specific names because I'm not gonna cost 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.160 the Cowboys a draft pick, no, sir, not me. We're 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.840 gonna focus on those who are not under contract and 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.280 we're gonna talk about that. Carl Lawson had a very 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:15.400 interesting tweet on yesterday, simply tweeted an emoji, a star 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:19.000 emoji reading to that how you will, But just know 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.120 that he's monitoring the situation not only in the Cowboys camp, 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.480 but in all thirty two NFL camps to see what 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.000 his best situation is gonna be. Carl Lawson obviously someone 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.920 of the Cowboys liked coming out of his respective draft. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.640 Yannick in Gocway. That's a name to keep an eye 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.400 on as well. And Gocway also has a pre existing 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:38.720 relationship with Mike Zimmer. They spent time together with the 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.280 Minnesota Vikings in twenty twenty. Those are going to be 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.800 my top two guys. Have a couple other guys as well, 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.560 Tyas Bowser, he's a name that you guys are familiar 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.160 with him, should be familiar with. And then Charles Harris 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:50.640 is a name as well if you want to go 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.640 with more veteran ability who has been proven justin Houston. 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.560 He's out there as well. I don't know how much 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.600 few he has left in the tank. And much like 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.720 Bowser and Harris, I shouldn't say much like, but Bowsing Harris, 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:05.840 they've coming They're coming off of injuries, right, so you 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:07.280 don't know what you have there. So my top two 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:08.960 to keep an eye on Carl Lost and Yannick and 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:09.320 got Away. 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:14.200 But there are options and. 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:16.600 And my picks. I have some picks real Johnson. 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:24.439 I'm serious for Hoko we because the bad thing about 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.079 his injury is that it happened to Sam's Williams, which 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:29.360 was asking a lot from the great thing about his 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.280 injuries it happened early enough. 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.040 So you can get a good look. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.600 At these guys. 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:38.960 You know, I remember early when Dak career started. Uh 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.080 we we we You know you had Tony and you 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.080 had I can't think of the other guy. That guy 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.320 just left our office to coordinate a couple of years ago. 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.960 You know, they got hurt all of a sudden, like 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.280 we need to go to waver wire. Will looked to 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.840 me and said, now, Will McLay Liliam said, noah, we got 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:58.280 this kid here right now. It's so early. We don't 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:02.199 bring in a soul. Look at these kids now, I 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.160 mean they don't get days off anyway because they're young, right, 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.160 Just look at them over and over and over and 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:10.160 may go even into the first preseason game. Looking at 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:14.000 these kids, making sure that the things that you saw, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.400 they they have gotten better, a little bit better after 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.160 a year, if they new to this game, see how 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.080 quick their learning curve is. And then with the background 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:24.120 noise and carry on. 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.160 Man, I tell you that long gets mold something serious. 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.600 But I mean, Nate makes a great point, and it's 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.719 like what I said before we start talking about some 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:36.199 free agency names. These are names that are here in 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.160 camp that have to step up and have to step 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.800 up in a big way. Darrell Johnson Byron Vaughn's junior 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.800 for Hoko Tyrus Wheed. But then also keep an eye 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.160 on a guy like Chauncey Ghost. Yes, Chauncey Ghost and 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.960 started his career with the Cowboys. On the end. They 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.960 moved him inside to help with that defensive tackle equation, 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:55.439 but they might have to pop him back outside. He 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.680 was taking some reps at the edge over the past 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.400 couple of days, even prior to Sam going down. So 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.440 maybe that increases, especially with Chauncey going into a contract year. 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.000 I'm sure he welcomed as many reps as possible to 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:06.920 try to have a breakout. 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:07.120 Yere. 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.760 You got to remember Zim go back to his Minnesota day. 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.040 Zim doesn't have a problem with a tweener guy. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:15.360 He likes guy. 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.400 If you look at what he's brought in in Kneeland, 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.720 look at his lower body. Zim still has that old 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:25.079 school mentality. We're gonna stop the run, you know we 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.839 I mean that perfect athlete. I love him, but I 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.280 gotta have somebody with some with some weight with you know, 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:32.920 with some bottom to him. I don't know how to 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:34.520 put that without saying a big butt. 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:37.360 Yeah. 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.640 And so you look at Kneeland, you look at Golds. 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.400 So these are two guys like that. And uh, but 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.240 Niland ran four six two, so he can get on 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.959 that end. And yesterday we watched him in past rush. 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.000 You got some explosions to him, you know, in past 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:52.800 rush situation. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:57.599 Speaking of explosiveness, Uh, Manzi Smith, Yeah, are we seeing this? 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:59.320 Are we seeing the same thing? 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.280 Are we getting I'm seeing it and I'm seeing it 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.520 with the glasses on. So that's how I know that 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:08.760 it's right. Mazzie Smith, He's checking all the boxes right now, 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:10.959 he really is. He's checking all the boxes. Over three 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.000 hundred pounds, reporting the camp over three hundred pounds. Check 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.079 power still as explosive and legendary as it was when 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:22.000 he was at Michigan. Check get off on the snap 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:27.120 a massive, massive criticism of Mazzie Smith from last season. 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:31.319 He's timing up well. And it's funny because not funny 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.599 but ironic and not coincidental. We're talking about Sam. But 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:36.599 there was a video I posted two days ago, was 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:40.120 through the walk through the mock game when it was 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.040 a four man down set. It was Sam Williams oh 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:47.280 Soo DIGGI'SU with Mazzie Smith and Marshawn neelm and I 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.959 was right there lined up with the ball and on 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.120 the snap only one person was equal to Mazzie Smith 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:54.800 on the quickness on the first step, and that was 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.360 Sam Williams. So take that how you will, because Sam Williams, 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.240 in my opinion, is deparently the quickest first step on 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.720 the defense for anyone not named Michael Parsons. 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.880 I'll tell you like this and for all you guys 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.080 and gals that oh it is. It is a pass 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.920 for what they are asking these players to do at 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:15.840 this point in time. 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:16.480 Talk to them. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.600 Guys are doing it. I call it the forty nine 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:20.160 of practice. 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:23.520 The league has evolved into how the forty nine ers 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:27.360 used to practice. They will put on pads for inside run, 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.960 pass for one on one passing and one on one 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:32.960 pass rush, and then they would take them off and 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.960 the rest of the practices about speed, about quickness, about 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.560 knowing where to be. These young guys, especially the second 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.400 year got third year guy, they are moving so much 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.760 faster than a year ago, especially the offensive. 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:46.600 Everybody knows where to be. I saw. 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.400 I don't know what y'all have decided on what to 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.280 call turping, these different names turbo turp. 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:56.720 Yes, actually we have video evidence to support otherwise. I 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.440 talked to Cavant Turpin yesterday and he likes the nickname 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.520 Turpy Turpy Speed Speed. 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.560 Okay, but anyway, I need you to cut that in. 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.880 We're gonna cut it in beams, got it. He's got 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:10.880 the video to him. 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.320 I'm not calling another man. I was listening to him 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.320 yesterday doing practice. He expected to get a ball, but 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.040 another receiver ran in the wrong route, and he say, 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:24.320 that's the wrong route. That lets me know that he 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:27.000 knows where to be, knows, but he also knows where 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.240 the other guy needs to be. This wasn't a turfing 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:32.360 we knew two years ago. Maturey has set in with 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:33.440 a lot of these guys. 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:35.080 They are competing. 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.480 Like you said earlier, these wide receivers are competing there. 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:40.760 You know who you know who brought that fire like that? 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:42.480 That Billy Johnson he did. 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.160 Yeah, yeah, but I'm not gonna get you know, I 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:46.320 ain't gonna slide. 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:48.920 For those that are saying, you know, well, as it 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.760 relates to Masie's quickness on getting off on the ball 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:53.800 with the Pats are not on. I don't know if 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.800 you think the pats weighed forty pounds or fifty pounds 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.280 The quickness off the ball is the quickness off the 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.040 ball yest and guess what Mazzie puts on pads? The 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.320 offensive line has to put on pads as well. So 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.520 that to wash. Let's take it for what's happening in 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.640 real time and not try to find reasons to devaluate. 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:12.760 The fact is that's not blow it up, but that's 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.720 not diminish it. The fact is he weighs more like 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.760 he's supposed to. He's quicker than he was in year one. 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.080 He's making progress and he's taking the steps, and that 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:22.760 is something to be keep an eye on. 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.880 Sometimes you have to take a year to mature. 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:27.960 You know. 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.320 You know I was critical on him and my man 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:33.600 Patrick to tell you early that. 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:35.640 You know, I was trying to tell him for this 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.520 year and this kid, you know, he's just it hadn't 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.880 clicked right. Maybe it's a change of coaches. Maybe it's 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.360 just maturity of knowing where he fit and what is 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.560 expected of him. And what I've liked about this team 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.920 concerning Mazie is they didn't go out and get nobody. 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.480 They said, Mazi, look at here, you are a man. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.040 Let's go the first round pick. 0:16:56.640 --> 0:17:00.480 This is your responsibility and so so far, what they 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.600 have asked these kids to do, Mazi and all the rest, 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.080 turping and all the rest, they have done what the 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:09.720 coach has actually move with quickness, nowhere to be and 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:11.159 do it in a time to fashion. 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.400 These guys have done it up to this point. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.600 And if Mazzie Smith does and continues this trajectory, basically 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.119 what we're looking at is a replay of Jalen Tobert. Right, So, 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.600 Jalen Tobert came into the league and he was kind 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.119 of deering the headlights and he admits it, and it 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:29.160 took him that offseason following his rookie season to kind 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.320 of get back to his roots and remember himself and 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.360 get back to doing what got him here. And then 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:36.520 in year two we saw a completely different Jalen told 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.600 Mean and it feels like at this moment, it feels 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.160 like that's what's happening with Mazzie Smith. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.280 And speaking of Mazzi, there is a great article now 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.440 on Dallas Cowboys dot Com from Nick Harris from a 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.320 media availability yesterday got to talk to Mazzie Smith and 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:50.080 got to ask him a few questions and. 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.879 And next on Talking Cowboys, We're. 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.320 Gonna go into the media availability that we had yesterday 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.600 and talk about one of the fan favorites that Patrick 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.879 wrote about, De Marvin overshowing more talking Cowboys. 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:04.960 Right after this bread, I. 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.760 Got up to say, Todd thought it would be secure 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.280 to jog in the cheetah Savannah. 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I mean, I'm like he had 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:23.080 to talk this kid at least three. 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:26.119 Hours total audio was like three and a half minutes, 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:27.720 not counting spaces. 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:29.000 Well you did. 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:32.439 It's not a Feller. 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:38.320 That's that's uh a writer. It's about telling the story. 0:21:38.480 --> 0:21:43.800 And some stories are so enjoyable to tell. This young 0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:46.600 man's story is absolutely one of them. You know, even 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:49.960 pre injury. This is an East Texas kid who grew 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:53.120 up idolizing the Cowboys, always wanting to wear the star. 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.639 He gets the nod from the Cowboys as the as 0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.960 the third round pick, and then he shows out immediately 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:03.320 in his first training camp, wasted no time making some waves. 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:07.080 He goes down first major football adversity. He had never 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.040 suffered an injury as devastating as a town a cl 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:13.040 that he suffered. Question then is can he come back? 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:14.840 And how long would it take for him to hit 0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:20.600 prime form? And he's hitting prime form and through the 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:25.000 process of rehabilitation, he never lost that million dollar smile, 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:27.520 never lost that positive attitude, never lost his face. So 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:29.840 some stories are just not only worth telling, but you 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:32.159 just feel good telling them. And overshown is one of them. 0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:34.760 Not only that story, but I remember last year at 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:37.360 training camp, Haley Sudden worked on a video. 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:39.359 Shouts outh to Haley, shouts out to Haley. 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:39.679 Uh. 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:43.359 She she made an amazing video and edited herself. I'm 0:22:43.400 --> 0:22:46.320 pretty sure she did with Marvin Overstrong where she went 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:51.040 to his town, his hometown and profiled them amazed horse. 0:22:51.200 --> 0:22:53.520 Yeah, it's really really insightful. 0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:54.560 On the horse. 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:57.800 I don't know if they don't know she got he 0:22:57.880 --> 0:23:00.240 has horses in his family. They have horse out in 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:01.200 East Texas. 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:01.720 Very country. 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:02.080 I love it. 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:02.520 I love it. 0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:05.760 And that profile is great, but the article yesterday was 0:23:05.800 --> 0:23:06.240 even better. 0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:11.040 And uh, it's great to see a player that is 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:14.280 unanimously loved by everybody, you know. It's like everyone's just 0:23:14.359 --> 0:23:16.919 so excited to see him on the field, see him blazing. 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:19.320 And like I said before, the man is a specimen. 0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:24.360 He's running around on fire, genuinely like and yeah. 0:23:24.160 --> 0:23:26.520 And the beauty of it is is the fact that 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:31.879 his rehabilitation, he didn't just focus on getting his knee stronger, 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:34.520 getting his leg stronger. He took that opportunity to add 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.440 some weight, right, But it's lean muscle mass. It's not 0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:40.600 quote unquote bad weight. As John Stevens Junior made sure 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:42.240 that he pointed out, He's like, I didn't add bad weight, 0:23:42.240 --> 0:23:45.320 it's good way over showing his plus six over last season. 0:23:45.560 --> 0:23:48.120 Why why you looked at me when you said bad weight? 0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:54.879 I mean donalize, don't eternalize itternalize, eternalize it. Don't attack 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:59.920 mental health, don't eternalize. We're talking objectively bad weight. Your 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:03.480 your weight got you, you know, to legendstatus. So that's 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:07.160 a good way, okay, right, it's relative. Okay. So over 0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:09.800 shown he's plus twelve over his pre draft waight plus 0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:12.800 six over last year. And I asked him straight straight up, 0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:15.040 I said, hey, how quickly or how long did it 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.879 take him to get accustomed to his new frame, that 0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:20.119 plus six that added muscle? And he's like, it was 0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:21.760 a it was a little you know, it took a 0:24:21.840 --> 0:24:24.680 couple of days during the rehabilitation process. But he said 0:24:24.720 --> 0:24:28.320 he's back to full, full goal full form. And just 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:30.280 one thing that he said that really are two things 0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:32.239 he said that really stuck out to me. I asked him, 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:35.240 how excited is he to get back on the field 0:24:35.240 --> 0:24:38.080 and especially get into these preseason games, and he said 0:24:38.280 --> 0:24:42.000 he is looking forward. He's as looking forward to playing 0:24:42.119 --> 0:24:44.720 as he is y'all looking forward to him play, right, 0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:47.919 So he's excited, he's ready to go, and he's right, 0:24:48.000 --> 0:24:49.600 we are more than ready to see him back on 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:51.760 the field, especially for a linebacker corp that needed to 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:52.680 be rebuilt this season. 0:24:52.720 --> 0:24:54.920 We needed a last year desperately and to see him 0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:57.200 flying already this early. 0:24:57.320 --> 0:24:59.320 After that injury is great. 0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:00.680 And you know, I want to give. 0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:06.280 In the background, I think that's yeah, just turn it 0:25:06.400 --> 0:25:06.639 up back. 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:11.320 Let me go on to that over shown and and 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:16.359 he's a perfect example of what we're talking about. Early 0:25:16.440 --> 0:25:18.960 in camp, people were noticing this kid. I didn't notice 0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:21.639 him as much because I was inssolved in other positions, 0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:23.680 but people were telling me, hey, what did you see 0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:27.159 over And you know, people, what do you put on 0:25:27.240 --> 0:25:31.960 the past? Well, some kids can escalate from the walkthroughs, 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:35.840 the OTAs and they just get better and better with recognition. 0:25:36.320 --> 0:25:38.240 And a lot of times that's what it's about. It's 0:25:38.240 --> 0:25:41.040 about recognition, knowing where to be. And so when they 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:44.040 put on the pass and this kid was popping, I mean, 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:46.600 he just escalated. And that is what we're talking about. 0:25:47.000 --> 0:25:50.800 Can he overcome that knee? Because you talked about the 0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:53.120 mental part in the story, go and read it, great, 0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:56.639 great article. Uh, And he feels like he has no 0:25:57.040 --> 0:25:59.560 problem with it. And if and if any kid can 0:25:59.640 --> 0:26:03.160 make that jump where it doesn't bother him, I'm betting 0:26:03.200 --> 0:26:04.040 on over shown. 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:07.919 Here's Overshown's quote to what the big name is saying. Quote, 0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:10.320 you're gonna hear my pads popping. I'm gonna throw my 0:26:10.440 --> 0:26:12.960 pads around, even if I got to hit myself, I'm 0:26:13.040 --> 0:26:16.639 hitting somebody. Quote. Yeah, he's ready over. 0:26:16.600 --> 0:26:18.800 Shown comma overcome. 0:26:27.400 --> 0:26:30.440 Eight people, name by eight people. It ain't none of 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:32.400 them yet, oversho. 0:26:33.240 --> 0:26:36.879 Look at the comments on camping out. People are dying 0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:38.840 for Turkey Turkey. 0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:42.480 Speed speed watch the show watch camping Out, Watch camping Out. 0:26:42.480 --> 0:26:43.960 It's camping out. It was fantastic. 0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:44.440 You'll see it. 0:26:44.640 --> 0:26:50.199 Anyways, practice picks, so I want you guys to all right, 0:26:50.600 --> 0:26:56.320 practice picks means interceptions. Okay, the secondary is showing out 0:26:56.400 --> 0:27:00.320 at campus when you have names like Doron Blande, of course, 0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:03.560 but you also have Kaalen Carson rookie. You also have 0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:08.040 Josh Butler going out there snagging interceptions. How are we 0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:10.720 feeling about the secondary so far? And is it safe 0:27:10.800 --> 0:27:15.639 to feel optimistic of the secondary at this point? At 0:27:15.680 --> 0:27:17.440 this point, I'm not saying for preseason game, I'm not 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:18.760 saying for the start of the season, but at this 0:27:18.840 --> 0:27:21.080 point is it safe to feel optimistic about the secondary? 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:21.600 Yes? 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:25.400 Thank you for listening to talking Cowboys, we really appreciate. 0:27:26.200 --> 0:27:28.639 Okay, all jokes aside, even though I was not joking 0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:30.600 at all. It is safe to feel optimistic for a 0:27:30.640 --> 0:27:34.679 couple of reasons. One, look at how this secondary has 0:27:34.800 --> 0:27:37.879 been able to take the ball away in recent seasons. Okay, 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:39.639 and then you come in. You come off of a 0:27:39.720 --> 0:27:42.119 season where you lost Trayvon Diggs. Yeah, you did have 0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:45.080 Stefan Gilmore there as you know, the stabilizer. But look 0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:47.679 at what Deron Bland was able to do move from Nickel, 0:27:47.680 --> 0:27:49.600 which he had a breakout season at as a rookie 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:52.359 following the Joy and Lewis injury. You pop him outside 0:27:52.400 --> 0:27:54.840 and what does he do? He ratches it up the 0:27:55.040 --> 0:27:57.959 intensity and he becomes historic with the number of pick sixes. 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:02.320 You're bringing that energy into this camp and the fact 0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:05.360 that Trayvon Diggs could return any day now. But even 0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:08.680 before Treyvon Diggs takes the field, we're talking about interceptions 0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:13.160 having already happened. We're talking about Kayln Carson hashtag seat 0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:16.359 belt strapping up guys. Okay, We're talking about Josh Butler 0:28:16.480 --> 0:28:20.360 making athletic interceptions. Jordan Lewis had an interception on Dak 0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:23.040 Prescott and guess who else who else with the pick 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:26.200 six in this camp, it's de Ron Bland. Absolutely, you 0:28:26.240 --> 0:28:29.239 should feel good about where this secondary is headed pre 0:28:29.640 --> 0:28:32.399 Trayvon Diggs and most certainly post Trayvon Diggs. 0:28:32.680 --> 0:28:36.760 What you gotta understand is, and this is this is 0:28:36.880 --> 0:28:40.840 old school to me because normally this is how all 0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:43.440 of our training camps. When I played, where the defense 0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:48.120 is so much ahead of the offense in the secondary, 0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:50.880 it showed enough looks that way. Now, not so much 0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:52.959 with the defense offensive line because it's been a good 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.160 little missmash there, but secondary wise. 0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:59.000 And I talked to said, what's happening. 0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:01.200 He said, I'm trying to TD boys to eat them 0:29:01.240 --> 0:29:03.840 up every chance to get on the field. And uh, 0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:07.320 besides Dak, Now, Dak is through a few, but the 0:29:07.480 --> 0:29:10.080 other quarterbacks who haven't had any time, and with these 0:29:10.160 --> 0:29:13.400 receivers it is showing up tremendously. And it also goes 0:29:13.440 --> 0:29:15.600 to how Zimmer is scheming some of these guys. What 0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:19.480 we're seeing already is a lot of misdirection. Yes, so 0:29:19.560 --> 0:29:20.800 you're seeing a lot of misdirection. 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.560 You're seeing safeties drop down to the line, and you're 0:29:23.600 --> 0:29:25.920 wondering is he coming or is he bailing out? And 0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:28.440 on any given play, you don't know which one is 0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:30.600 going to be. I saw just yesterday and the end 0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:33.000 of the mock game Marquise Bell he dropped down and 0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:36.200 it basically was a single front and then you didn't 0:29:36.240 --> 0:29:37.840 know who was going to drop out until the ball 0:29:37.920 --> 0:29:39.680 was snapping and all of a sudden, Marquise drops back 0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:42.480 in the single high. On the very next play, it's Donald. 0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:43.880 He drops down and Donald. 0:29:43.680 --> 0:29:47.440 Goes, I can do this. Yeah, right, I could drop back. 0:29:47.760 --> 0:29:52.200 This is how this feels, having eight pounds coming at me. 0:29:52.440 --> 0:29:55.400 Yeah, it's that type of misdirection that you're already seeing 0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:58.160 with the Mike Zimmer defense. And I don't think we're 0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:00.120 going to see anything but more and more or of 0:30:00.200 --> 0:30:02.040 that as training camp goes on, because I mean, he's 0:30:02.080 --> 0:30:05.920 one of the ogs of confusing and just using smoking 0:30:05.920 --> 0:30:08.240 mirrors to confuse quarterbacks and offensive coordinations. 0:30:08.520 --> 0:30:11.080 Now, not to get into well, he's a free agent, 0:30:11.400 --> 0:30:16.080 so Stephan Gilmore not on this team currently, not on. 0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:17.560 Any team currently. 0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:21.080 Would you feel better going into the season with a 0:30:21.200 --> 0:30:24.480 signing similar to Stefan Gilmore or do you think we 0:30:24.600 --> 0:30:26.600 played out with the players that we have on this roster. 0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:29.160 Now, I'm never going to tell you to not sign 0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:33.600 Stefan Gilmore. I was on the record in free agency 0:30:33.640 --> 0:30:36.160 saying bring him back. I love what I'm seeing in 0:30:36.280 --> 0:30:39.239 training camp. Yes, and I'm still saying, I'm all I'm 0:30:39.280 --> 0:30:41.080 on board with bringing him back because you certly doesn't 0:30:41.160 --> 0:30:45.320 hurt right. You can't have enough playmakers. You simply can't 0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:48.000 have enough playmakers. And Stefan Gilmore approved last season that 0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:50.640 he's still a playmaker. Are you calling the Uniga Stepan? 0:30:50.880 --> 0:30:52.920 Just hold off a couple of more weeks to see 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.280 if this is what I was going to say. I'm 0:30:56.360 --> 0:31:00.520 absolutely with bringing Stefan Gilmore back. I am also, it 0:31:01.200 --> 0:31:03.800 equally could be said that I would like to see 0:31:04.040 --> 0:31:07.120 a preseason game or two with Kayln Carson and Josh. 0:31:06.920 --> 0:31:08.560 B and they need the reps and you. 0:31:08.760 --> 0:31:10.480 But truth he told you weren't going to see Stefan 0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:12.240 gil More in the preseason game anyway. So if you 0:31:12.280 --> 0:31:14.280 signed Stephan right now, it's I don't think it's not 0:31:14.320 --> 0:31:16.560 going to interfere with the preseason reps for these young guys. 0:31:16.880 --> 0:31:19.240 I think that if you can get Stefan Gilmore back 0:31:19.280 --> 0:31:21.880 in the building, you do it because you saw last 0:31:22.000 --> 0:31:24.880 year what he was able to do after the injury 0:31:24.920 --> 0:31:26.560 to Trevon Diggs, and that's why you brought him in 0:31:26.840 --> 0:31:28.840 injury insurance, but also to make some plays and he 0:31:28.920 --> 0:31:29.440 gave that to you. 0:31:29.760 --> 0:31:30.240 Absolutely. 0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:31.920 All right, boys, we need to take our next break, 0:31:32.320 --> 0:31:35.920 our final break. 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Also 0:34:37.080 --> 0:34:40.520 Spicy Spicy and Patrick. 0:34:40.560 --> 0:34:42.360 Who did he beat yesterday? 0:34:42.600 --> 0:34:43.759 What's what's that guy's name? 0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:48.640 Mike, Michael Parson, Michael Michael Parsons, Michael Parsons. 0:34:49.680 --> 0:34:52.680 Let's take it back a couple of days Friday Mott 0:34:52.760 --> 0:34:56.600 Game slash walkthrough. We see Tyler Gouyton getting first team reps, 0:34:57.200 --> 0:35:00.640 which is eye opening in and of itself, but it's 0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:04.480 also against rookie second round pick Marshawn Kneeland. Fast forward 0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:09.919 to yesterday team drills, first team reps again. Check who's 0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:12.640 he lined up against the Lion himself. All eyes are 0:35:12.719 --> 0:35:16.719 on that matchup, all eyes and then it happened, and 0:35:16.800 --> 0:35:20.840 then it happened again. Michael Parsons could not get past 0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:24.279 Tyler Goyton and he was bringing out the moves. There's 0:35:24.320 --> 0:35:26.480 one particular rep where he tried to speed rush on 0:35:26.560 --> 0:35:30.040 the first step. Guyton got lateral, shut that down. Michael 0:35:30.080 --> 0:35:32.480 Reset try to spind move. So that's two moves on 0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:35.200 one rep and neither of them got past Tyler Goton. 0:35:35.320 --> 0:35:37.359 Keep an eye on that rookie first round pick. He's 0:35:37.400 --> 0:35:39.439 been putting in the work this summer and he's making 0:35:39.520 --> 0:35:40.839 some strides quickly. 0:35:40.880 --> 0:35:42.920 So you know when they put on them pass to 0:35:43.200 --> 0:35:47.840 morrow Yeah all eyes, yeah yeah, because when it happened 0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:51.600 the first time, you know, Parsley just kind of looked 0:35:51.600 --> 0:35:55.240 at the second time, let me give him a second 0:35:55.320 --> 0:35:58.799 move just and he's still so now he looking at 0:35:58.880 --> 0:36:01.839 him like h yeah yeah, man o, man on now. 0:36:02.960 --> 0:36:05.600 Yeah, that was exciting to see. 0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:09.239 I'm excited to see more from practice, even though we 0:36:09.239 --> 0:36:11.840 don't have practice today. What have been some of the 0:36:11.960 --> 0:36:14.919 best just play individual plays that you guys have seen 0:36:15.000 --> 0:36:17.800 on the practice field so far in our first weekend. 0:36:17.880 --> 0:36:20.239 Here again, go ahead, big mate, what you get? 0:36:20.520 --> 0:36:22.680 You know who it is? Billy White shoes. 0:36:22.760 --> 0:36:26.799 John's Billy White Shoes, BILLI Johnson is his. 0:36:26.920 --> 0:36:32.759 Name, Number thirteen opposite of our boy overshown this kid, 0:36:32.880 --> 0:36:36.680 I mean for what they have done, this kid is 0:36:37.440 --> 0:36:42.360 he ratcheted up the competition. He letting everybody know that 0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:46.400 for every rep you give me, it's one kid wanted 0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:48.320 to come out because he thought he had hurt himself 0:36:48.560 --> 0:36:50.880 and he saw number thirteen from the run and he 0:36:51.000 --> 0:36:54.440 waved him off like nah nah, because this kid is competing. 0:36:54.800 --> 0:36:57.400 And that's what you need is guys that are confident 0:36:57.440 --> 0:37:00.120 in who they are and what they're doing. This kid's 0:37:00.160 --> 0:37:03.239 competing man, and he's making everybody else bring up their 0:37:03.320 --> 0:37:05.960 level of competition. Just stay touched from what they can 0:37:06.040 --> 0:37:07.040 do with no pads on. 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:10.560 So many opportunities already, just through four days of practice 0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:14.239 to point out potential favorite plays. But I'm gonna go 0:37:14.360 --> 0:37:18.400 with Theron Bland and that interception. It's not just that 0:37:18.520 --> 0:37:21.760 it was an interception. It's how he got that interception. 0:37:22.040 --> 0:37:25.640 He dropped me back. He baited Dak Prescott. He gave 0:37:25.760 --> 0:37:28.160 that the wide receiver just enough space where it felt 0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:30.360 it made Dak Prescott feel comfortable that the window was 0:37:30.440 --> 0:37:32.680 open for a quick dropping out on a two step. 0:37:33.040 --> 0:37:34.839 But as soon as that ball was in the air, 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:40.879 he launched himself to classe, laid out completely, took the ball, 0:37:41.400 --> 0:37:43.960 held it through the process, popped back up, and then 0:37:44.120 --> 0:37:46.279 pick six. So for me, it's not just that it 0:37:46.480 --> 0:37:49.040 was the interception. It's the way that he baited the 0:37:49.120 --> 0:37:51.680 quarterback into thinking the window was there, but it wasn't 0:37:51.719 --> 0:37:52.160 really there. 0:37:52.280 --> 0:37:52.960 From out of nowhere. 0:37:53.640 --> 0:37:57.600 RKO from out of nowhere is basically what Deron Bland is. 0:37:57.680 --> 0:38:02.040 He's a human RKO vintage, And if you thought it 0:38:02.160 --> 0:38:03.520 was a fluke, you thought wrong. 0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:05.600 And you know, I know we're talking about plays, but 0:38:06.000 --> 0:38:09.719 it's like Billy, it's been like every play has been Yeah, 0:38:09.840 --> 0:38:12.239 he's been doing something. Yeah, especially that bomb on it 0:38:12.320 --> 0:38:12.799 on the rood. 0:38:12.960 --> 0:38:17.680 But but so so has Jayalen Tobert. Jalen Brooks continues 0:38:17.840 --> 0:38:20.919 to impress. Jalen Cropper had a couple of strong days. 0:38:21.160 --> 0:38:23.800 So I mean goes back to what we're saying. You know, 0:38:24.239 --> 0:38:28.160 this wide receiver competition is off and it's to the races, 0:38:28.440 --> 0:38:30.879 and you gotta love that these young guys are taking 0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:34.520 advantage of these opportunities because him is on the way 0:38:34.600 --> 0:38:38.239 back sooner than later, and when him returns, then those 0:38:38.360 --> 0:38:40.080 reps are going to kind of the windows. So get 0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:42.080 it while you can because seedy Lamb won't be going 0:38:42.160 --> 0:38:42.480 for long. 0:38:43.200 --> 0:38:44.680 You got to step it up all you can. And 0:38:45.239 --> 0:38:47.120 that's why you have Kan turping out there too. I mean, 0:38:47.160 --> 0:38:48.600 he's he's absolutely. 0:38:50.360 --> 0:38:53.120 Why are you enabling? Don't enable? 0:38:54.800 --> 0:38:59.120 You want to be using every carbo turp to get used, 0:38:59.600 --> 0:39:00.400 you said, but talk to. 0:39:00.480 --> 0:39:02.640 Him, you out out to Cavante. Cavante has been going 0:39:02.760 --> 0:39:06.759 hard and ratcheting up things this offseason. His chemistry with 0:39:06.840 --> 0:39:09.359 Dak Prescott is is quite evident. So when you're talking 0:39:09.360 --> 0:39:11.359 about it, and I said this on several episodes, when 0:39:11.360 --> 0:39:14.879 you're talking about the Battle for wr Iree, Yes, talk 0:39:14.920 --> 0:39:17.719 about Jaylen Tobert, Yes, talk about Jalen Brooks. Yes, talk 0:39:17.760 --> 0:39:21.600 about Jalen Cropt and how Tyran Billy Johnson is Billy 0:39:21.640 --> 0:39:24.840 White Shoes if you will. It's starting to make those climbs. 0:39:24.880 --> 0:39:28.400 But always keep Cavante turpeting that conversation because he is 0:39:28.440 --> 0:39:29.680 doing some special stuff as well. 0:39:29.800 --> 0:39:31.759 Yes he is, and he's had enough time now he's 0:39:31.960 --> 0:39:35.359 a best event on this team. Though basically now, Nate, 0:39:35.440 --> 0:39:37.719 you had a great question before we started that you 0:39:37.760 --> 0:39:39.520 wanted to add sort of to our rundown. 0:39:39.960 --> 0:39:42.600 What was your question sort of about? It's about practice 0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:43.000 in general. 0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:46.759 You know, there's no pads on. Everybody's much aware of that, 0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:49.960 of course, and especially with the older guys my age, 0:39:50.160 --> 0:39:54.080 a libbing younger, it ain't no pads on. And I've 0:39:54.160 --> 0:39:56.840 always told people, you know, it's kind of a forty 0:39:56.960 --> 0:39:59.080 nine ers thing, you know, and I've been over that 0:39:59.239 --> 0:40:02.360 several times. But what I've liked it about all of 0:40:02.480 --> 0:40:06.240 these kids, especially you know, guys that are not rookies, 0:40:06.520 --> 0:40:10.759 how they were moving with quickness, with purpose, with the 0:40:10.920 --> 0:40:14.080 desire to compete within the framework of what is handed 0:40:14.160 --> 0:40:16.080 to them. You don't see a bunch of guys running 0:40:16.160 --> 0:40:18.360 running wrong routes. You don't see a bunch of guys 0:40:19.320 --> 0:40:22.040 bumping into each other on the games for his pass rush. 0:40:22.280 --> 0:40:25.600 You don't see offensive line of blowing assignments or jumping 0:40:25.680 --> 0:40:26.280 off sides. 0:40:26.680 --> 0:40:29.360 I mean that may come as as they put on 0:40:29.480 --> 0:40:32.560 the past, but for what the coaches actually these guys 0:40:32.600 --> 0:40:36.759 should do individually and teamwork. These guys seem to know 0:40:36.880 --> 0:40:39.000 what to do, know where to be, and go there 0:40:39.080 --> 0:40:39.600 with a purpose. 0:40:39.640 --> 0:40:42.319 And I like that. I like this early in the camp. 0:40:42.640 --> 0:40:44.520 Well and when these pads come on and we talked 0:40:44.560 --> 0:40:48.120 about this at the top of the show, Darrell Johnson 0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:53.680 Junior for Hoko the List, Go Choce Ghost at the Edge, 0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:56.120 these guys are really going to have to make things 0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:58.160 pop in the absence of Sam Williams. 0:40:58.640 --> 0:41:02.279 Well, Okay, this is another thing that that kind of 0:41:02.320 --> 0:41:05.400 has fans heated about the Sam Williams injury is that 0:41:05.560 --> 0:41:07.160 you know, it's like, what are they doing out there 0:41:07.320 --> 0:41:08.680 that this tends to happen? 0:41:08.800 --> 0:41:11.880 You know that this happens once a year. It feels 0:41:12.000 --> 0:41:15.480 like we're we get a catastrophic. 0:41:15.000 --> 0:41:18.360 Injury here at camp. And let me be clear that 0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:20.040 was a special team's drill. 0:41:20.320 --> 0:41:23.240 That was not there were no pads, pads there, Nobody 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:26.440 hit him in the little contact no contact. It's it's 0:41:26.480 --> 0:41:28.279 one of those things where now I spoke about this 0:41:28.480 --> 0:41:32.920 yesterday with several fans and you know, Cowboys Nation. It's 0:41:33.040 --> 0:41:35.960 not specific to the Cowboys. I know we exist in 0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:37.880 you know this cow We have a bubble. We are 0:41:38.000 --> 0:41:39.640 in this bubble, but there are thirty two bubbles, and 0:41:39.680 --> 0:41:41.520 I can assure you that in all thirty two bubbles 0:41:41.560 --> 0:41:43.839 they're dealing with the same thing. Torn acls have been 0:41:43.880 --> 0:41:46.400 a league wide issue and pandemic as far as injuries 0:41:46.400 --> 0:41:49.200 are concerned for several years now, which is what's birth 0:41:49.440 --> 0:41:53.000 the grass versus turf conversation. But obviously Sam Williams, he 0:41:53.080 --> 0:41:56.440 tore it on grass, non contact Treyvon Diggs last year 0:41:56.640 --> 0:41:58.680 at the facility back home. But it was on the 0:41:58.719 --> 0:42:03.120 grass field, right. So my thought process is this in 0:42:03.200 --> 0:42:06.080 twenty twenty four and beyond, we're of the age where 0:42:06.600 --> 0:42:09.320 athletes are stronger, faster, quicker than they've ever been in 0:42:09.440 --> 0:42:14.080 the history of human civilization. That being said, tendons, meniscus 0:42:14.200 --> 0:42:17.040 and ligaments are not necessarily able to keep up with 0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:19.960 what the muscles are doing when the muscles are operating 0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:22.399 at that level. So you know, get you get torn 0:42:22.440 --> 0:42:25.880 achilles and pop achilles. You get torn acls, MCLs, pcls 0:42:25.920 --> 0:42:29.239 and things like that, and it's just unfortunate. But how 0:42:29.440 --> 0:42:31.839 do you get a handle on that, that's the question. 0:42:31.960 --> 0:42:33.680 But I don't think there's an immediate answer to it. 0:42:33.840 --> 0:42:35.200 You don't get a handle on it. 0:42:35.440 --> 0:42:39.959 It's called football, it's called sports. It's called getting acclimated. 0:42:40.080 --> 0:42:43.120 And sometimes you take a bad step and I think 0:42:43.200 --> 0:42:45.960 somebody lost their starting kicker just jogging out on the 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:47.360 field and tore up a hamstring. 0:42:47.520 --> 0:42:50.400 You lost for the year. This is football. 0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:54.160 One thing I would ask all players to do around 0:42:54.280 --> 0:42:58.680 the league is trained more within in the house. Let 0:42:58.840 --> 0:43:04.040 your uh A training staff and your people's train at 0:43:04.360 --> 0:43:08.480 your facilities. Don't go off, stay home. But injuries are 0:43:08.600 --> 0:43:11.600 gonna happen. It's called football. It is a physical sport, 0:43:11.840 --> 0:43:13.880 and it's not normal. It's not like me and you 0:43:14.000 --> 0:43:17.400 and Pat and Josh were just walking around. I mean, 0:43:17.719 --> 0:43:20.600 but we can get torn a c L walking up 0:43:20.640 --> 0:43:24.040 some steps. Kickball League yeah. 0:43:24.480 --> 0:43:27.799 Yeah, Dallas Cowboys Kickball League, we have someone who tore 0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:30.160 their a c L playing kickball. 0:43:29.800 --> 0:43:31.400 Like Chris Bean is a referee. 0:43:31.520 --> 0:43:34.040 Yeah, it's hey, I feel like you're hitting the referee 0:43:34.080 --> 0:43:37.600 everybody loves. But it just it comes with playing sports 0:43:37.640 --> 0:43:40.320 and unfortunately that's just that's just a part of it. So, 0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:43.279 you know, what can you do? Not play sports? I 0:43:43.320 --> 0:43:45.919 guess because outside of that, injury is going to happen. 0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:49.160 They're going to be unfortunate. And Sam say, it was 0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:52.560 a freak injury. He went to plant his leg, non contact, 0:43:52.640 --> 0:43:54.840 his knee blew out. What can you do? And for 0:43:54.880 --> 0:43:57.560 those that are saying, well, you know what more can 0:43:57.640 --> 0:43:59.560 the Cowboys do this and this? I've come out here 0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:03.759 sometimes and I see the Cowboys defense and offense going 0:44:03.800 --> 0:44:07.600 through yoga. Yes, right, So the Cowboys are investing resources 0:44:07.719 --> 0:44:10.720 and trying to prevent those soft tissue injury strength conditioning. 0:44:10.760 --> 0:44:13.320 So shout out to the trainings that Britt Brown, Jemiza 0:44:13.400 --> 0:44:15.680 and the crew. But at the end of the day, 0:44:16.440 --> 0:44:19.360 the individual's body is either going to hold up to 0:44:19.520 --> 0:44:22.719 it or it's not. And when it's not, you never 0:44:22.800 --> 0:44:25.200 know when that might be. So for Sam Williams, Unfortunately 0:44:25.320 --> 0:44:28.000 that came on Friday with the torn ACL and mcl 0:44:28.280 --> 0:44:30.320 wish them the best long journey to get back. But 0:44:31.320 --> 0:44:33.480 the good news is, well should said, the silver lining, 0:44:33.560 --> 0:44:36.920 not the good news. The silver lining is John Stevens Junior, Yes, 0:44:37.040 --> 0:44:42.120 Treyvon Diggs, demarv Jonnovershown, David Durtin. We live in a 0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:46.759 a league nowadays where a torn ACL does not have 0:44:46.880 --> 0:44:48.400 to be career threatening and you can be back on 0:44:48.480 --> 0:44:50.640 the field in twelve to thirteen months from now. So 0:44:50.840 --> 0:44:53.480 you talk about timing of it happening. Not only does 0:44:53.520 --> 0:44:56.480 the timing make it less of a tragedy for the 0:44:56.520 --> 0:44:58.520 Cowboys because they now have time to figure out, but 0:44:58.640 --> 0:45:01.359 for Sam Williams, he might be on the field next 0:45:01.440 --> 0:45:02.239 year's training camp. 0:45:02.480 --> 0:45:02.640 Yes. 0:45:03.000 --> 0:45:05.799 Absolutely, and we've come a long way in that sense. 0:45:06.280 --> 0:45:08.120 Uh boys, we have to wrap it up. It's nine 0:45:08.239 --> 0:45:09.279 forty five. We've got to head out. 0:45:09.840 --> 0:45:12.640 Thank you Patrick, Thank you Nate, Thank you for Christopher 0:45:12.760 --> 0:45:16.560 Paul Beemer in the background. Go team US, say, keep 0:45:16.640 --> 0:45:18.680 up with the very latest on Dallas Cowboys dot com. 0:45:19.360 --> 0:45:22.360 Uh who needs two ankles? 0:45:23.400 --> 0:45:27.319 Simone bows absolutely killing it? Go Team USA, uh. 0:45:27.640 --> 0:45:31.200 Miss uh go ahead. Synchronized Diving I'm so sad I 0:45:31.200 --> 0:45:32.359 don't have the YouTube, but now. 0:45:32.360 --> 0:45:32.960 He's so mad at it. 0:45:33.000 --> 0:45:34.400 He doesn't want to want to watch any of the 0:45:34.480 --> 0:45:36.479 record of the Olympics because he miss synchronized diving. 0:45:37.080 --> 0:45:38.840 But I will have Hanging with the Boys later with 0:45:38.920 --> 0:45:40.239 your host Sharon. Thanks for coming. 0:45:40.440 --> 0:45:40.520 Uh. 0:45:40.880 --> 0:45:44.880 We really appreciate yes, stungrossed my teammate, I'm me and Josh. 0:45:44.719 --> 0:45:45.400 Finna go at it. 0:45:46.040 --> 0:45:46.799 Thank you very much. 0:45:47.000 --> 0:45:49.480 We'll catch you next ye over biscuit in a minute. 0:45:51.040 --> 0:45:54.000 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:45:54.200 --> 0:45:56.040 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.