WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: A Goodbye to Gil, Roster Shocks 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:05.160 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:06.760 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:14.840 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:16.480 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:17.040 Yes? 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:18.919 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:19.720 Absolutely? 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:21.680 Ready for a break? 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:24.040 Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:28.479 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:31.560 Were with Mbar Garcia. 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:36.400 Brian brought us Patrick Walker and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:43.280 Good morning, guys, welcome back to another episode of The 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:48.839 Break Here a s WBC podcast studio. I always want 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:56.480 to add, it's not it's WBC podcast studio. Derek is 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.120 out today, but we're here with Patrick and Brian, and 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:04.560 we found out some pretty sad news this morning. Gil 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.839 Brandt passed away at ninety one years old. 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:09.840 I had a nice run. 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:11.720 He did. He did. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:15.840 He was a guy that was very, very well respected 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:20.120 by many. And when I started this job back in 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:22.640 the day now i'm talking like an old person. I 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.880 remember seeing him a lot, and I was I would 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.759 always wonder who is this guy? Like, who is he? 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:35.199 Why is he everywhere? Why does everyone talk to Yeah? 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:39.200 And as I kept being around, the more and more 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.039 I learned about him, and I was so impressed with 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:46.880 just his history and everything that he contributed to not 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.680 only the Cowboys but the NFL. So I wanted to 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.720 ask you, Brian, because you knew him personally very well, 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.960 and just wanted to see if you could share some 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:57.560 good memories of him. 0:01:57.640 --> 0:01:57.800 Yeah. 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.240 No, it's a it's a very sad day in the 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.480 scouting world with the passing of Gil Brandt. And you 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.080 look at the history of the Dallas Cowboys, and you 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:10.560 can't write that history without Gil Brandt. You know him. 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.360 You know Tex Shram As a general manager, Text was 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.079 more involved with the business aspect, trying to do league manners, 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:22.240 thinking about pushing the Cowboys in front of eyeballs, and 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:26.200 Text was tremendous of that. But Gil was really, along 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.920 with Tom Lanry, the nuts and bolts of the of 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:32.800 the player evaluation. Gil had done a lot of things 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.320 that pushed scouting to really. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:37.080 What it is today. 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.560 The creations of the combine where we all go to 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.040 Indianapolis every year and and and take part of that, 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.079 and and Gil was a big h you know, a 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:50.160 big contributor to that. A lot of the scouting terms 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.360 that we have today, a lot of the scouting drills 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.840 that we have today, the evaluations, the ability to go 0:02:55.919 --> 0:03:00.800 into schools, visit with this with the coaches and players 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.040 and stuff at the other universities and stuff. And Gil 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.359 Gil was just a fascinating man because he did things 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.600 he It was funny that you think like maybe some 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.160 common sense things and stuff, but Gil, no, he just 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.000 took it to a whole other level. One of my 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.640 favorite stories was when he won time timed a player 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.720 in the forty yard dash in an airport terminal. He 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.480 marked off forty yards in a terminal and got the kid, 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.680 and the kid took off running and Gil was standing 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.320 at the end of the of the terminal with the clock, 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.280 got the time, wrote it down, and got on his 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.000 plane and went to the next school. So Gil was 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:38.080 always doing things. The innovation, you know, it was just 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.800 like the Cowboys at that time. You know, in twenty 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.240 consecutive winning seasons, you know, something that probably will not 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:49.040 be matched. But just a tremendous man, a tremendous resource 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:53.320 of information, stories, you know, anything that you want to 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:57.360 know about scouting or the history of scouting. Gil Brandt 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.440 was your guy because he was a big, big part 0:03:59.480 --> 0:03:59.680 of that. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.400 And when you talk about respect a bar and Brian, 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.640 it's key that everyone understands that there are levels to respect, 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:10.119 and when it comes to Gil Brandt, his respect transcended generations. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.040 I mean there are generations of football fans that continue 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.520 to come along and not only benefit from what he 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.000 contributed to the Cowboys and to the sport itself from 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.400 a scouting aspect and everything of that nature, but also 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.120 if you look at him as a human being, you 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.240 would be hard pressed and good luck finding anyone with 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.880 a bad thing to say about Gil Brandt. He was 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:36.000 just aist, the sweetest thing, a magnificent person, and despite 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.480 all of his achievements and accomplishments, all of his football 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:43.120 knowledge which is just incomparable, he was always willing to 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.920 have a conversation with you, how are you doing today? 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:49.160 And he was genuinely concerned with people around him, and 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.279 he was a people person on top of everything else 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.239 that he did so magnificently in life. So the loss 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.640 of Gil Brandt, it hits on several levels. Obviously, it's 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:01.000 a tragic loss for the football world, tragic loss for 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.240 the Cowboys organization, tragic loss for his family, but also 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.840 the world as a whole just lost a big heart 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.200 and a great human being. 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.880 Risk will to get real tight in there and that 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.400 it well said Patrick. Weill said, I'll tell you one 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.320 of the great honors I've ever had was when Gil 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.599 was inducted in the Hall of Fame. I was invited 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.000 to be part of his group to get to go 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.720 to see him get inducted into the Hall of Fame. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.440 And that was just such a huge honor for me 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.039 to to like for him to come out and say 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:31.760 I'd like for you to show up, and I'm like, 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:33.719 my gosh, but you know, and here's like I say, 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.480 here's Patrick, Patrick gave you a great scouting report if 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:40.039 you want to say Gil Brandt and uh, you know, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.679 but yeah, it's it is a sad day, but Gil 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.360 he touched so many lives in such a positive way 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.839 and again professionally and then you know, it's it is 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.760 a tough day. But like I say, there's a lot 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:55.159 of people out there the scouting community benefited from having 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.920 Gil Brandt as part of it or being as he's 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:02.000 known as the godfather of it. And so at ninety one, 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.120 like I said, a heck of a run for a man. 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.880 And you know, and again rest in peace. 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.560 Yes, And this is always hard to talk about on 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.880 the show. And talk about someone passing away. But what 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:17.320 makes me happy is being present and being able to 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:21.240 witness when he was inducted to the fame, when he 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.880 made it to the Ring of Honor, and him being 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.000 present in the moment, being able to still enjoy it 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.719 because we see it all the time. It happens with 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:35.320 people that they get inducted so late into their lives. 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.120 That they're not not able to enjoy mentally. 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:44.279 Yeah, exactly, exactly so, And those cases are very, very sad. 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.839 But at least with Gil, he was able to enjoy 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.320 those moments and be there and with a smile on 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:50.920 his face. 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:52.920 So always with a smile. 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:53.200 Yeah. 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.320 I went back and looked at his Twitter timeline just 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.520 out of curiosity, and one of his last, one of 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.840 his final two tweets dad jokes. 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:02.200 Yeah, Oh that's Gil. 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:05.279 So at ninety one, he's tweeting. He's this shows you 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.080 how forward thinking he was. This is ninety one year 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.960 old on social media. But he's having fun tweeting dad jokes. 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:15.000 So just heartbreaking, but Wilson ambar you in these times, 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.800 it also helps to remember and live through the positive memories, 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:20.600 all the smiles that he gave me. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:22.720 This is this is a this is the time you 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.120 celebrate a guy. Yeah, you know it might be sad, 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:25.920 but this this guy. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.800 Just before we started the show, you were showing some 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.160 stories and Chris was in here. 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.000 There's a lot of Gilts just. 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:33.560 Make you laugh. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.320 There's a lot of them. You're face, there's a lot 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.200 of them. There's some you probably can't tell, but they 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.400 were you know, they were fun. Gil was he was fun. 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.040 I mean, it's it's fair to say that. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.040 This Cowboys organization as it looks right now is not 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:53.160 what it is without a guy like Gil Brats one 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.240 third of that trial for it with Shram and guy, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.840 these are the founding fathers, not only of this organization 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:04.760 but a football Yeah, pioneers, founding father's, innovators of visionaries. 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.440 I mean, they are all of those things. 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:10.120 And you know, shrim and Landry they can now welcome 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:11.720 in no question. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.120 Yeah. My final thing on this, you know, the think 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.720 Jerry Jones bought this team in nineteen eighty nine, and 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:18.720 there's a lot of Cowboy fans that kind of think 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.480 that's kind of where the Cowboys started. No, they were 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.600 a really good team from nineteen sixty to nineteen eighty nine. 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.280 I mean they were a really good team. You look 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:31.160 at divisional titles, championship games, super Bowls, things like that. 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:35.840 I mean it this, this franchise has a great history 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:40.199 because of guys like Tom Landry, Gil Brandt, tech Shram, 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:41.120 those kind of guys. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.040 Absolutely, all right, Chris, Well, can we go ahead and 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.720 take an early break. 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This is the second segment 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:38.240 off The Break presented by blockchain dot Com. 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.120 There we go, There we go. 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:45.800 Okay, so before we get into roster cuts, I did 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.680 want to talk about the trade that the Cowboys made 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.920 with the Dolphins. Uh trade at a cornerback for another 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:58.040 cornerback and let's see Noah Binogany did I nail that? 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.160 How far it go? 0:11:59.720 --> 0:11:59.960 First? 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:00.240 Go? 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:05.720 There we go with a yeah, iggy for you that 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.120 don't really want to try and go with that last name, 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:09.319 but you did a great job. 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.400 You could go with Noah if you want, because you know, 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.920 Noah Brown is in Houston now, so yeah, go with Noah. 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:15.840 He has only one Noah on. 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.120 The road that let's stick with. That's what I did 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:19.000 during the draft. 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:21.160 Yeah, all right, well let's talk about him. 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:24.200 Tell me what you think of this guy and why 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.800 the Cowboys made this trade. We were talking about Kelvin 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.520 Joseph as one of those kind of bubble guys that 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:32.680 you don't really know what they were planning on doing 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.800 with him. Possibly he could make the practice squad for them, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.200 but then they end up training him for a guy 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.600 that what I've seen or heard so far, seems pretty 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.280 similar to a Kelvin Joseph. 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:49.560 Yeah, I'm interested to hear Brian's thoughts on Iggy. If 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:50.280 we're going to go with it. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:51.719 Now, you could go with the last name. You guys 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:52.640 are better than me. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.199 I would say, as far as the trade is concerned. 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:57.120 I mean, we sat here and we talked about how 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.400 difficult the roster cuts were going to be. Uh, And 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:02.720 when it came to cornerback room the previous episode, I 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.920 had Jordan Lewis escaping the pup list and being activated, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.720 but then I also had Eric Scott on my roster 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.440 and I couldn't figure out from there where Kelvin Joseph 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.360 would fit in the cornerback room, so I had him 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.760 off of my roster. I think that ultimately is where 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.240 the Cowboys were headed. But they were able. Kudos to them. 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.440 They were able to instead of waving him, they were 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:21.880 able to get at least a player out of it. 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:25.440 So it's a fresh start for Igbinoghany here in Dallas 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.080 spoke with him in the locker room not an hour ago. 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.400 Very intelligent, very insightful young man, and he said himself 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.320 that he feels the struggles he had in Miami were 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.040 needed to form him into the player and man that 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.960 he hopes to be. He said, over the last week 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.360 he had actually been praying for some type of change, 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.360 not knowing what that change would be, and he was 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.400 on his way to Dolphin's practice and his agent called 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.360 and said, turn around, go home and pack you going 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.520 to Dallas. So he's very excited. He said, quote unquote, 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.959 I need it. I need this. I needed this fresh start. 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.240 So looking forward to seeing that, and the same implies 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:01.880 for Kelvin. Joseph didn't really have a path here for 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.520 in the Cowboys organization. That that boat has sailed. That 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.320 ship has sailed, and we'll see what he can do 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.800 down with down there with the Dolphins. But as it stands, 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.960 it seems like a clean swap. Although I will say 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:18.000 that wild Kelvin has speed. Igbinoghany is literally a former 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:19.920 trek guy, so there's. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.160 That scouting report. 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:22.440 Yeah. 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.200 And I was talking to some of my guys around 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.200 the league about him, because a lot of these guys 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.920 watch tape full time, and I'm I'm a radio guy. 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.440 Right now, it seems like but here I go. I 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.800 asked one of my guys about Iggy and they said, 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:35.200 I asked what kind of player? I said, this is 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:39.440 a functional player. He's an athlete. The instinct sometimes hold 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.200 this guy back a little bit. He says, good, dude, 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:46.200 wired right, more of a fourth or fifth corner, but 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.400 he can play on special teams. And so I think 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.520 that we were talking about a clean trade and there 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.880 were things about Kelvin Joseph that were actually improving. Now 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.720 you will say some things about his awareness, you know, 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:02.000 lining them up, lining up off sides, maybe some fair 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.640 catch interference type stuff that he was dealing with, but 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.640 I felt like that he was going in the right direction. 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.360 They put Bland on the outside, they put him in 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.280 the slot, and they tried to get him to work 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.920 that way, and there were some positive things. So but 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.960 you know, you know, sometimes in this business you say, well, hey, 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.840 you know what you feel about player this way. Maybe 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.040 not everybody feels the same way. So you move on 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:28.720 and to go and make a switch for another corner, 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.760 I feel like is the right thing to do. I 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.960 will say this though, coming out of Auburn, and you know, 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:38.800 Patrick mentioned a track athlete can really really run. And 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:40.840 the thing about Emo is though the things that I 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.840 kind of will worry about him was the when you 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:47.240 look at his the ability to sometimes play the ball 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.240 down the field, and that was something that you know 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.920 that when you watched him in college. Now here is 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.480 he's played in the NFL for a few years. We'll 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.680 see if that can switch. But I know in college 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.000 there was some time where man really good athlete, could 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.920 really run, sticky kind of a guy. But was he 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.040 going to always play the ball well in the air. 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.720 We'll see if he can. That's kind of change for him. 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.880 But the positivities though, from my guys, that seemed like 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.120 about that fourth or fifth corner and that's kind of 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:14.760 what Dallas is looking at right there. 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.560 Very willing Tyckler. Yeah, so he's really going to take 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.720 on to special teams. Bones is going to love him 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:21.480 on the special teams front. 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:23.960 Well, and you know Kelvin Joseph, to his credit, he 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.280 got better on spec The reason why you would even 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.600 think about keeping him around was because of the special 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:29.280 team stuff. 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.000 So it was improving, was improving, yeah. 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:33.840 But not to maybe not to the liking. And but 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.000 this is you know, I hate to hate to bring 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:39.120 up something a negative aspect of this though, but you know, 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.760 if you look at you know, Dan Quinn. As much 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.520 credit as we give dan Quinn for the player evaluations 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.240 and stuff, Dan really stuck his neck out for this guy. 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.760 Him and Bohannah. He was at the workouts there in Lexington. 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.920 Those are two players that are no longer on the team. 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.320 It happens, you know, coaches come in. I mean, but 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.240 you know, you know, hopefully you can rally from this 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.640 by you know, trading one off for the other and 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.000 not losing on the value of the pick. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:07.520 And hopefully this new fresh star just helps both of them. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.879 Him Calvin Joseph over there and he hopefully he stays 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.760 out of trouble and all that. And then Noah over 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:18.480 here bringing a new fresh star to him and his career. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.040 Now we on the last show, we were trying to 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:26.080 guess and cut the roster. But now we have all 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.400 the answers. Now we have the answers of the things 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.080 that happened. So I wanted to ask you guys, biggest 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:35.960 surprise for the cuts that the Cowboys made on Tuesdays 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.639 on Tuesday and some of the movements that's not get 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:43.040 into the practice squad just yet, but just cut wise 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.800 out of the fifty three men roster, Brian, who was 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:47.760 your biggest shock or surprise? 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.840 I really thought that they were going to keep Sean McEwan. 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:53.120 I thought they were going to roll with four tight ends, 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.359 and it just showed you that maybe that Hunter Lipkey 0:17:56.359 --> 0:18:00.919 changed their minds their net last preseason game that you know, 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.280 I kind of felt like, Okay, do they keep the 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:05.840 four tight end? Do they keep Hunter Lipkey? Or they 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:08.800 are they connected that way? They ended up keeping him, 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.359 so yeah, I mean, and another one in Patrick, I 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.840 hope I don't steal yours here. But my other one, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.840 just on the defensive side of the ball was Jabril Cox. 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.879 I kind of felt like, though, with the linebacker situation 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.560 being the way it was, that maybe they would try 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.800 and keep him for another you know, another campaign, see 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.160 if they could, you know, could get some more out 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:30.200 of him that way. But those were the two guys 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.760 that I kind of felt like to me that had 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:36.520 possibilities of being being on the roster on the fifty three. 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:38.239 And you hit the nail on the head as far 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.000 as you did steal Jabrill from me. But I love 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.359 you anyway, Yeah, appreciate it. I knew better than to 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:45.720 mention that I shouldn't have done that. 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:47.600 Great, guys, there you go. 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:51.040 For me, My biggest surprise is Jabrill Cox, just for 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.680 every reason Brian said and more. You lose to Marveian 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.560 Overshown the two season ending injury, and yes you're going 0:18:56.600 --> 0:19:00.159 to utilize Marquise Bell from the safety aspect. That's far 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.360 as helping with the linebacker corps. But Malik Jefferson, we're 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:05.680 not going to talk about the practice squad, but he's 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:08.080 on the practice squad, so you got some insurance step there. 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:10.560 But as far as active roster, I had Devin Harper 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:12.879 on my roster, but I had four linebackers and Jabrill 0:19:12.920 --> 0:19:15.199 Cox was one of those four because not only was 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:17.920 he at least improving, but he's a veteran kind of 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:21.159 a stable force there as opposed to not having that. 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:24.520 So waving Jabril Cox and their hope was that he 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:26.720 clear and he could be back on the practice squad. 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:30.960 You know, didn't happen because he's going to the Washington Commanders, 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:36.359 so he's there now. But so linebacker is disturbingly thin 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:38.840 for me. Behind him one Clark and Layton Vanderish like 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:41.320 what Harper brings. But I'd like to see another body 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:43.840 on the active roster there. Maybe they're shopping for one. 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:48.359 We'll see how that goes. Less surprising, but surprising. Nonetheless, 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:51.480 it is that they did risk Isaiah Land to waivers. 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.200 I want ladies and gentlemen to understand there are levels 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.040 to being upset. So this is not an end of 0:19:58.080 --> 0:20:00.639 the world situation like, oh my god, this he's following. 0:20:00.640 --> 0:20:03.679 We let Isaiah Land go. Know, kudos to Isaiah Land 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:05.600 for what he did in camp. I hope he goes 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:08.080 up to Indianapolis and plays well. But that was at 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:10.080 a position of the least amount of need for the 0:20:10.080 --> 0:20:13.680 Cowboys on the defensive line. So I would have kept him. 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:16.439 But you're not going to necessarily miss him now that 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:19.320 he's gone. But as far as linebackers it, I mean, 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:21.760 that really is a red circle for me with Jabrell 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:23.520 Cox one, yeah. 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:25.399 I guess. 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:29.680 I mean, we know roster moves can happen at any 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:34.080 point of the day, week year, but what are your 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.960 expectations when we can kind of put a boat and 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:39.719 finalize like, Okay, this is really what they're starting. 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:41.240 Twenty twenty three. 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:44.359 Was Monday on Monday, Monday, Yeah, I think Monday. 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:46.800 I was going to say Saturday, but I'd say Monday. 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:49.280 I mean, yeah, over the weekend, over the weekend, because 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:51.639 you got to go into practice preparing for the Giants 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:54.880 with a full week of a set roster as set 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:55.679 as it's going to be. 0:20:55.960 --> 0:21:00.640 Yeah, they we talked about the what they potentially could 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.840 happen at center. You know that, you know, we were 0:21:04.520 --> 0:21:07.240 with the backup center and stuff like that, so you know, 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.880 we understand there's going to be some some movement there 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:12.120 on the practice squad. You know, you're allowed to elevate 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:14.240 two guys a game, and so they're going to take 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:17.240 full advantage of that. But I would say that by 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:20.200 the time we get to Monday morning, when they step 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:22.680 out on this practice field, that's when you'll know that's 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:25.040 that's your team now your team going into Week one. 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:27.720 I still think there's some moving pieces going on here. 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:30.560 I know they didn't claim anybody, but that you know, 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:33.840 there's still waivers going on. There's still somebody could put 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:36.960 somebody out there that they like. You know, now you're 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:40.240 now you're trying to figure out on your roster who 0:21:40.240 --> 0:21:43.439 player fifty one, fifty two and fifty three are. You 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:45.840 know that's you know, there's some guys that are kind 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:47.520 of breathing a little bit of a sigh of relief 0:21:47.560 --> 0:21:50.359 out there. But if you feel like your player fifty one, 0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:53.679 fifty two or fifty three, you you shouldn't be breathing 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:57.320 that sigh release relief because they very well could say, Okay, 0:21:57.320 --> 0:21:58.960 we're switching this guy out for this guy. 0:21:59.320 --> 0:21:59.399 Right. 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:02.320 So there there there are some guys that kind of 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:05.600 took a deep breath, But in all actuality, you shouldn't 0:22:05.640 --> 0:22:08.080 take a deep breath. You get to that practice field 0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:11.280 either Saturday or Monday, like I would say. 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:13.760 And that applies to the guys on the practice squad 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:16.560 as well in the aspect of because if your player 0:22:16.600 --> 0:22:19.200 of fifty one, fifty two or fifty three and there's 0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:21.359 another player they want to bring in and you're the 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:23.479 one that they sit down and have the conversation with, 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:26.320 if it's a gentleman agreement that says hey, if it's 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:28.320 a vested veteran in their release and say hey, we'll 0:22:28.320 --> 0:22:30.120 add you to the practice squad. If you just don't 0:22:30.119 --> 0:22:32.120 sign with anyone over the next twenty four hours, well 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.879 guess what, they already have sixteen practice squad spots field, 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:36.840 which means one of those practice squad guys would then 0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:39.680 be pushed off. So to Brian's point, practice squad guys 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:42.679 need to make sure that they, you know, stay focused 0:22:42.680 --> 0:22:43.040 as well. 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:45.400 Well, let's go ahead and talk about them, but real quick, 0:22:45.480 --> 0:22:50.040 before that, Patrick, you were right about Josh ball. 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:53.680 Science there, you were right. 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:56.720 They did put him on I ARE. But then later 0:22:57.040 --> 0:23:02.400 they made the move right in my way and they 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:05.119 put those two on I ARE. But the difference is 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:08.640 they are eligible to return after four weeks, right after 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:12.639 four games, four games they can return. Now, moving on 0:23:12.720 --> 0:23:16.480 to the practice squad guys, are you guys pleased with 0:23:16.600 --> 0:23:19.680 this list of guys that they currently build up right now? 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:23.080 Well, they kind of scared me with sending all of 0:23:23.119 --> 0:23:26.760 their backup centers to the street, but they doubled back 0:23:26.840 --> 0:23:32.760 and added several offensive linemen Earl Bostic, brock Hoffman, Alex Taylor. 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:34.680 But then they went and got a guy like Sean 0:23:34.760 --> 0:23:37.760 Harlowe formerly of the Giants, So you know, I'm sure 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.440 there's some intel that he can bring to the Week 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:43.200 one matchup as well, much like Dennis Houston will probably 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:45.240 take it to the Giants now that Dennis Houston is 0:23:45.320 --> 0:23:47.840 up there, But I mean offensive line the depth right 0:23:47.880 --> 0:23:49.600 now looks good. It's still interested to see how they 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:51.640 handle that. As far as the active roster's concerned. Who 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:54.640 gets elevated for week one versus Week two. You got 0:23:54.640 --> 0:23:57.159 Malik Davis there, which is who I was hoping was 0:23:57.200 --> 0:23:59.280 the running back that they brought in brought back for 0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:03.159 practice squad. That Jalen Cropper great camp. I think he 0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:05.720 just nearly missed making the cut because of a guy 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:09.040 like Jalen Brooks and Hunter Lipkey made it difficult in 0:24:09.080 --> 0:24:12.760 the conversation. But yeah, Tyron Johnson, I mean Malik Jefferson Goodwin. 0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:15.840 That was a huge, huge one. I knew that was procedural, 0:24:15.960 --> 0:24:19.000 but I'm glad to be correct on that one because 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:21.080 he is your special team's ace. But all in all, 0:24:21.320 --> 0:24:23.320 I like the practice squad and I don't see other 0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:25.639 than offensive line that they need to dip into that 0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:29.600 elevation wise week one. At other positions, I think they're 0:24:29.600 --> 0:24:31.399 pretty set except for the depth on the oil. 0:24:31.720 --> 0:24:33.880 Well for the guy that they did bring in from 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:37.840 the outside. Brian, what do we know about Sean Harlowe. 0:24:37.920 --> 0:24:40.760 Yeah, Harlow is I was asking my guys about him 0:24:40.760 --> 0:24:43.840 as well, and they basically talking about he is just 0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:47.400 a backup guy, but he's a multi positional player. 0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:47.840 Nice. 0:24:48.320 --> 0:24:50.560 So that's the thing about it. They need, yeah, which 0:24:50.560 --> 0:24:53.080 they absolutely need. So the fact that he could play 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:56.399 all the positions they were, that's the biggest comment or 0:24:56.440 --> 0:25:00.280 the biggest compliment that I could get. I'm interested, always 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:05.200 interested when they go out and me personally, if I 0:25:05.560 --> 0:25:09.600 was still in personnel, I understand, like when you put 0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:13.119 together your practice squad, there's players you let go and 0:25:13.160 --> 0:25:16.800 there's some you want back. I'm always I'm always would 0:25:16.840 --> 0:25:19.520 be that guy that would say, let's go get somebody 0:25:19.520 --> 0:25:22.800 else's guys and see, we know, we know, if there's 0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:26.720 sixteen names, can we go get three or four guys 0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:30.159 that were on somebody else's team during the summer. You know, 0:25:30.280 --> 0:25:32.760 sometimes we fall into that, well, it's our guy and 0:25:32.760 --> 0:25:35.119 we like him, and we like our guys, and we 0:25:35.400 --> 0:25:37.320 you know, we never, you know, we never want to 0:25:37.320 --> 0:25:39.960 do anything to not like our guys. But the fact 0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.960 that the Cowboys went out and and got guys, a 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:46.040 couple of guys from other teams, and maybe it was 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.639 out of necessity a little bit, but I think that 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:51.080 you just kind of you get locked into your guys 0:25:51.720 --> 0:25:54.520 instead of trying to say, Okay, let's go and look 0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:57.159 at let's go get a guy from here. Let's go 0:25:57.200 --> 0:25:59.960 get a tackle or a defensive end or a linebacker. 0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:06.160 See going back to the whole scouting conversation. Yeah, yes, 0:26:06.920 --> 0:26:09.400 that's the part I hate about scouting, though, I'm going. 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:10.160 To the opposite way. 0:26:10.240 --> 0:26:13.280 Sorry, Yeah, but it's just so hard because again, you 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:17.439 talk about so many players. Of course they they have 0:26:17.520 --> 0:26:19.840 a whole staff that's dedicated to watch. 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:22.040 That's your job and do that as a job. 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:24.760 But when you talk about you have a full list 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:28.200 after roster cuts, you have a full long list of guys, 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:33.000 I'm like, how do you evaluate, like which player now 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:35.520 can bring something different to you that you're saying, Hey, 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:38.480 maybe he didn't work out over there, but with our coaching, 0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:40.000 maybe we can make him better. 0:26:40.119 --> 0:26:42.360 No, that's that's the whole idea. That's the great thing 0:26:42.359 --> 0:26:46.320 about the beauty of scouting is that you know your team, right. 0:26:46.440 --> 0:26:50.200 You have an idea. You've seen your guys practice all 0:26:50.280 --> 0:26:53.439 training camp, you've seen your guys play three games, so 0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:56.840 you have an idea. But what happens is you also 0:26:56.960 --> 0:27:00.080 take your scouts and you divide them up among all 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:04.119 the other teams. So when when the scout's out in 0:27:04.160 --> 0:27:06.800 his area, his college area, and he say he's hitting 0:27:07.160 --> 0:27:11.720 North Carolina, North Carolina State, Clemson, well you also pop 0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:15.000 him into you pop him into Carolina and watch the 0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:19.240 Carolina play, you know, play the Washington Commanders, and you know, 0:27:19.280 --> 0:27:22.520 you sign these guys teams. So these scouts take a 0:27:22.520 --> 0:27:25.399 little pride in like going to trying to find guys. 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:29.600 They're like, listen, this guy's better than our guy. You know, 0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:33.240 this guy's better than Bostic, or this guy's better than Hoffman, 0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:36.440 or this guy's better than That's the fun of it 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:38.720 is going out and trying to find a guy. We 0:27:38.760 --> 0:27:41.280 used to have I used to organize the scouts in 0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:43.800 a way when I was in pro personnel and had 0:27:43.840 --> 0:27:45.760 them cover these teams and then we bring them back 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:47.960 for the final cuts. And as we're going through the 0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:52.000 final cuts, we would say claim practice squad or don't 0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:54.359 worry about and you know, you would divide them up 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:57.120 into categories. So that's how we got our emergency board 0:27:57.600 --> 0:27:59.280 that we were able to say okay, and then you 0:27:59.280 --> 0:28:01.439 see these guys they either get claimed or they get 0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:03.879 put on practice squads. Well you can go poach guys 0:28:03.920 --> 0:28:06.960 off practice squads. So that was something I always wanted 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:09.760 to know. Okay, who's the best practice squad player. So 0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:12.080 because that the first opportunity that I had to go 0:28:12.160 --> 0:28:15.159 get somebody, I was gonna take it, you know. But 0:28:15.560 --> 0:28:17.960 it's it's it's part of the fun of putting together 0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:21.439 a team that you but I just feel, well, I 0:28:21.480 --> 0:28:24.200 just feel for me. I can't paint worth a damn. 0:28:24.400 --> 0:28:27.320 You do that very well and I can't. So you 0:28:27.400 --> 0:28:27.800 got to see. 0:28:27.880 --> 0:28:30.000 That's what I'm saying. There's things that you know, you 0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:31.040 get passionate. 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.240 Yeah, but that's the beauty of. 0:28:33.160 --> 0:28:36.360 Building your roster that you stole somebody from, you know, 0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:39.720 in all you don't want to. I mean, as much 0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:42.760 as we love Semi Fojoko, him going to Pittsburgh and 0:28:42.800 --> 0:28:46.320 having success, and if he does that, then someone's gonna go, 0:28:46.680 --> 0:28:48.240 why do we give up on Semi? You know, I 0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:52.000 mean there's there's that, you know, there's always that Jabril Cox. 0:28:52.040 --> 0:28:54.320 What if Chabrill Cox makes a play in a Commander's 0:28:54.320 --> 0:28:56.560 Cowboys game one day and we're all gonna look at 0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:58.719 each other and go at Chabrill Cox well and then 0:28:59.000 --> 0:29:00.840 goa say, well, you know he got heard he couldn't 0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:02.800 do this can do. But see that's the beauty of 0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:06.320 trying to find players in order to help you win 0:29:06.360 --> 0:29:06.760 these games. 0:29:06.760 --> 0:29:10.360 And we talked about you know, uh Igbinoghany versus Kelvin Joseph. 0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:13.240 I mean sometimes a fresh start. I mean that trades, yeah, 0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:15.720 trade trades for trades. Yeah, that factors into it. So 0:29:15.840 --> 0:29:18.080 fresh starts, I mean you have the psychology of it. 0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:20.760 But then there's also, like you mentioned earlier, scheme fit, 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:24.160 you know, coaching style versus how the player learns best. 0:29:24.240 --> 0:29:27.280 I mean, those things all going to play. But to 0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:30.040 Brian's point, the Cowboys did. In fact, they have fourteen 0:29:30.040 --> 0:29:32.440 out of the sixteen that are guys that were on 0:29:32.440 --> 0:29:34.560 the ninety man roster that on the practice squad. But 0:29:34.760 --> 0:29:37.480 look at who in the positions they went out and got. 0:29:37.480 --> 0:29:41.800 So Willington prevlin if I'm announcing pronouncing his last name correctly, 0:29:42.160 --> 0:29:45.160 interior defensive lineman. That got him from the Buccaneers. Okay, well, 0:29:45.280 --> 0:29:47.640 many thought that with Quentin Bohanna being released, they would 0:29:47.640 --> 0:29:50.040 bring back Quentin Bohanna. But they looked at Bohanna said, 0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:52.480 you know what, we're curious. See what this what this 0:29:52.560 --> 0:29:56.840 busgel can do same with Harlowe, Offensive Lineman. No Matt Farniac. Right, 0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:59.200 people thought Farniac would come back. Cowboys said, well, we 0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:01.000 know what we can get for Funiac. Let's see what 0:30:01.000 --> 0:30:04.880 we get from Harlow. So a good mix of keeping 0:30:04.960 --> 0:30:06.760 the ones that were won, the ninety man roster that 0:30:06.800 --> 0:30:10.120 you feel like can develop and contribute maybe as early 0:30:10.120 --> 0:30:12.240 as this year in some capacity, but also bringing in 0:30:12.320 --> 0:30:14.360 some outside guys and positions that they need. 0:30:14.960 --> 0:30:16.640 All right, let's take our final. 0:30:16.720 --> 0:30:18.520 Get set in your ways. There, there you go. 0:30:19.240 --> 0:30:21.160 Let's take it like their guys too. 0:30:22.320 --> 0:30:25.880 When we come back, we're gonna keep dissecting this roster 0:30:26.000 --> 0:30:26.800 a little bit more. 0:30:28.680 --> 0:30:30.400 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:30:30.440 --> 0:30:33.400 Cheetah Savannah. Todd believed the big cat repellent he bought 0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:36.320 online was reliable. 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I hope the cowboys go be a 0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:05.400 lot more fun if everybody gets to go. 0:33:05.640 --> 0:33:08.360 Indeed, Yeah, experience check your button? 0:33:08.400 --> 0:33:10.479 Did you hit the button on your knee? H did 0:33:10.520 --> 0:33:12.680 you hit your cop button? There we'll talk among as 0:33:12.680 --> 0:33:15.480 ourselves their Patrick as she figures, had a good locker 0:33:15.560 --> 0:33:16.200 room story today. 0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:19.600 Patrick, Yeah, about Bogany. Yeah, we walk out. 0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:22.560 Okay, we're pat Sorry legs, Okay, she. 0:33:22.600 --> 0:33:25.760 Just interrupted the story, y'all, So there we are, go ahead, Yeah, 0:33:25.760 --> 0:33:26.760 you're back, Go ahead. 0:33:26.920 --> 0:33:28.360 It was just a funny little story that we were 0:33:28.360 --> 0:33:32.000 talking about during the break. The pronunciation of IgG monogany. 0:33:32.040 --> 0:33:33.880 So we walk up to talk to the to the 0:33:33.880 --> 0:33:36.200 young man today and he's two lockers away from Osa 0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:42.160 uh Dicky zuwah and Osa stops the reporters left jokingly, 0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:45.120 and he's like, before anyone asks the first question, you 0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:47.920 have to pronounce his name correctly. And I looked at us. 0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:50.240 I said, is that because you know that struggle? And 0:33:50.280 --> 0:33:52.840 he laughed and he's like absolutely, So we're doing our 0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:54.280 best here egg Banogany. 0:33:54.520 --> 0:33:55.760 We're going to get everybody right. 0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:58.600 Did did David Moore? Does he get to ask the 0:33:58.600 --> 0:34:03.400 first questions? And scrums like he does when conferences. 0:34:03.000 --> 0:34:04.520 Not necessarily Okay, there a go. 0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:08.880 Yeah, so press conferences definitely, and it's hallway pressers are 0:34:09.080 --> 0:34:10.120 you know, fifty fifty. 0:34:09.920 --> 0:34:13.120 Fifty fifty locker room is give it every every man 0:34:13.960 --> 0:34:15.720 sitting there with your question to get in there. 0:34:15.960 --> 0:34:16.280 Man. 0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:20.160 Yeah, I used to hold a boom pole back in 0:34:20.239 --> 0:34:20.640 the day. 0:34:20.880 --> 0:34:22.279 Again, back in the day. 0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:26.399 The thing that's a job right there. Your arms, that's 0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:27.000 a workout. 0:34:27.120 --> 0:34:29.760 That's like, hey, it's better than holding the mic straight 0:34:29.800 --> 0:34:32.239 with your arm when that they're just trying to hold 0:34:32.239 --> 0:34:35.799 a recorder with our mic in in there and your yeah, 0:34:35.840 --> 0:34:37.000 your shoulder can. 0:34:36.920 --> 0:34:37.920 Relate is on the. 0:34:39.640 --> 0:34:42.120 Buire. The boom pole is better, much better. 0:34:42.360 --> 0:34:45.560 Yeah, all right, Well let's get I want to do 0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:50.360 like a quick review of the quote unquote final roster 0:34:50.520 --> 0:34:53.080 for the Cowboys that they currently have as of today. 0:34:54.280 --> 0:34:58.920 We talked about some of the you know, uh needs 0:34:59.200 --> 0:35:02.320 that they steal don't have much depth. We talked about 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:05.680 the old line, We talked about linebackers. But just want 0:35:05.719 --> 0:35:09.440 to further go into that conversation as far as what 0:35:09.560 --> 0:35:13.240 are some of the areas that you don't necessarily feel 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:17.759 as strong looking at the final roster right now? As 0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:21.279 far as depth or talent, I go. 0:35:21.320 --> 0:35:22.440 Right back to linebackers. 0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:26.600 I really just am not comfortable with the depth behind 0:35:26.719 --> 0:35:29.640 Lve and Demoon Clark. Again, I love the flashes that 0:35:29.640 --> 0:35:32.799 Devin Harper showed in the preseason. I wanted to see 0:35:32.800 --> 0:35:35.480 more from Elik Jefferson and I think there's more there, 0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:38.080 but he was lost for most of the preseason with 0:35:38.120 --> 0:35:38.760 the foot injury. 0:35:38.800 --> 0:35:40.040 He is back going to practice squad. 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:41.799 I see if he can earn a place as far 0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:46.239 as getting activated once or twice, if not permanently. But 0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:50.080 until you know, I get that type of solace from 0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:55.600 Elik Jefferson, and until Devin Harper is consistently impacting regular 0:35:55.680 --> 0:36:00.759 season games, I would love to see a veteran come 0:36:00.800 --> 0:36:03.040 in at that position. And the good thing is is 0:36:03.040 --> 0:36:06.000 they're not looking for a veteran starter a lah Anthony 0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:09.440 Barr last year, because you didn't have a definitive starter 0:36:09.480 --> 0:36:12.320 with DeMont Clark still recovering from his next surgery. 0:36:12.640 --> 0:36:13.640 So that's the good news. 0:36:13.640 --> 0:36:16.080 The good news is they're looking for a football mercenary 0:36:16.120 --> 0:36:19.120 at linebacker, but the pressures not on them to find 0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:20.840 a definitive starter. If you go out there and you 0:36:20.880 --> 0:36:24.600 find a veteran who can rotate at LB three probably 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:26.480 won't give you a ton of special teams work. But 0:36:26.840 --> 0:36:29.520 give me another linebacker at LB three and I'll feel 0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:32.040 much better. And then offensive line death. I think that's 0:36:32.040 --> 0:36:34.719 going to be a question until we see these young 0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:36.760 guys have to step up. But at the same time, 0:36:37.080 --> 0:36:39.040 I hope we never have to see these young guys 0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:40.120 step up, not this season. 0:36:40.280 --> 0:36:42.280 I know all we got to see was stretching today 0:36:42.280 --> 0:36:46.360 at practice, But I learned something when somebody ran onto 0:36:46.400 --> 0:36:49.480 the field that TJ. Bass was with the centers and 0:36:49.520 --> 0:36:52.520 he was working with so he was going, he was 0:36:52.560 --> 0:36:58.319 going with inside the quarterbacks do quarterback center exchange, and 0:36:58.400 --> 0:37:03.440 he was with the other Hoffman and then also with 0:37:03.600 --> 0:37:08.440 be Oddish, so they he was coming on to the field. 0:37:06.880 --> 0:37:11.359 I guarantee you he was with the quarterbacks in there. 0:37:11.520 --> 0:37:13.160 So they're going to try it and see if TJ. 0:37:13.360 --> 0:37:16.480 Bass can develop maybe as a snapper, maybe as a 0:37:16.520 --> 0:37:20.680 backup as a backup center. So kind of keep an 0:37:20.680 --> 0:37:24.799 eye on that. I'm dannie, I don't. I hope they 0:37:24.840 --> 0:37:27.359 figured out what's going on at three technique or under 0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:32.320 tackle behind oh soo DIGGI sowah. They kept Nebell Galimore. 0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:34.680 I think that had a lot to do with Sharif Floyd. 0:37:34.880 --> 0:37:37.440 I think Sharif Floyd sponsored him in this one. I 0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:39.360 mean last year, you know, it seemed like that Nebell 0:37:39.360 --> 0:37:42.160 Galimore was like one foot in the parking lot, playing 0:37:42.239 --> 0:37:44.879 late into preseason games, kind of in the doghouse, made 0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:47.640 some changes with the defense, you know, and it you know, 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.280 it looked like that he showed a little bit of promise, 0:37:50.800 --> 0:37:54.200 some flashes. Again, I worry about that. I didn't see 0:37:54.200 --> 0:37:56.160 the flashes as much as I did from Golston. I 0:37:56.160 --> 0:37:57.840 thought Golston was going to be a guy that was 0:37:57.880 --> 0:37:59.799 really really going to step up. Didn't have the type 0:37:59.800 --> 0:38:03.240 of seasoned I thought he was gonna have. So Osa 0:38:03.280 --> 0:38:06.000 played really well at the under tackle or the three technique. 0:38:06.480 --> 0:38:10.279 The others behind him, I don't know. I don't know. 0:38:10.400 --> 0:38:13.520 You're gonna need Nebelle Gallimore or Golston, one of those 0:38:13.520 --> 0:38:16.319 guys to kind of figure out that three technique behind him, 0:38:16.320 --> 0:38:19.000 because that guy's gonna play some I'm going you know, 0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:22.120 I'm okay with what they're gonna do with Mozzi Smith. 0:38:22.120 --> 0:38:24.799 I didn't want anybody in Mozzie Smith's way, you know, 0:38:24.920 --> 0:38:27.480 I did you could let go of all those nose tackles. 0:38:27.520 --> 0:38:29.560 As far as I concerned, just play Mozzie Smith. I 0:38:29.560 --> 0:38:32.040 don't want any coach or anybody's saying, well, he's an 0:38:32.040 --> 0:38:33.880 actor this week, because we're going with it, you know, 0:38:33.960 --> 0:38:35.839 I didn't want to hear that. Just play the guy. 0:38:36.120 --> 0:38:37.759 Just go ahead and play the guy. See how it 0:38:37.800 --> 0:38:42.640 works out. But that undertackle three technique backup might be 0:38:42.719 --> 0:38:45.520 something that we need to kind of monitor as this 0:38:45.880 --> 0:38:46.800 year goes along. 0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:53.000 All right, well, let's switch gears on this conversation. I 0:38:53.080 --> 0:38:55.799 did want to bring up the fact of the of 0:38:55.920 --> 0:39:00.239 Jarren curse changing numbers because that's something that fan for 0:39:00.280 --> 0:39:03.560 some reason love. 0:39:02.280 --> 0:39:04.520 The jersey numbers. Also because they're buying the jerseys. 0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.400 True that in the jersey color that they're wearing for 0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:07.719 the game. 0:39:07.880 --> 0:39:08.799 Oh that's key. 0:39:09.160 --> 0:39:11.919 People forget week one. What are they playing? 0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:12.719 Because hean't forbid. 0:39:12.760 --> 0:39:16.080 It's Navy supposedly cursed, and so was the red, white 0:39:16.080 --> 0:39:19.200 and blue stripe supposedly even yeah, that one, even though 0:39:19.239 --> 0:39:21.600 statistically speaking, well that one's cursed. 0:39:21.719 --> 0:39:23.960 I guess our studio already has to make a change here. 0:39:23.960 --> 0:39:28.719 If you've noticed, stop, if you if you look behind you, 0:39:28.760 --> 0:39:32.120 there there's a number twenty already. 0:39:32.840 --> 0:39:36.280 Well bring out, get him back in here, make some change. 0:39:36.680 --> 0:39:37.919 Check does that come out of beam? 0:39:38.360 --> 0:39:39.319 Get him back in here. 0:39:39.800 --> 0:39:41.120 That's a good eye, Bryan. 0:39:42.239 --> 0:39:45.399 That's a scouting scout right there. 0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:46.960 Derek, what's going on? 0:39:47.719 --> 0:39:51.240 How to sign off on this change? But twenty seven 0:39:51.600 --> 0:39:55.279 will now be wearing number one going forward. He did 0:39:55.360 --> 0:39:59.600 one number zero last year, but that did not happen, 0:39:59.640 --> 0:40:03.000 So now gonna go with number one. And he sees 0:40:03.120 --> 0:40:06.000 this as a fresh start for him. 0:40:06.480 --> 0:40:08.680 There's the phrase fresh start for a lot of people. 0:40:08.880 --> 0:40:12.360 I spoke with jay Ron in the locker room this 0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:15.160 morning and he basically said he went back to it 0:40:15.160 --> 0:40:17.240 because it was quote unquote back to his college days. 0:40:17.800 --> 0:40:19.480 He said, he made a lot of good plays in college, 0:40:19.480 --> 0:40:23.239 and basically I'm trying to recapture that energy before the 0:40:23.280 --> 0:40:26.239 season starts. So basically I looked him in the eye, 0:40:26.239 --> 0:40:28.839 I said, hey, it's Clemson curse back and he said, yes, 0:40:29.239 --> 0:40:32.000 back to it. So he's looking at it as more 0:40:32.280 --> 0:40:36.000 much more significant, even than the initial number changed to 0:40:36.080 --> 0:40:38.120 twenty seven, which had some meaning to him as well, 0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:40.160 but not like this. He's going into what he hopes 0:40:40.239 --> 0:40:42.600 is going to be a special year. He's trying to 0:40:42.680 --> 0:40:45.680 prove himself to himself and also to the organization because 0:40:45.680 --> 0:40:47.719 he's trying to get a third contract, just like when 0:40:47.760 --> 0:40:48.800 Lee Cooker just got. 0:40:48.719 --> 0:40:53.719 Speaking of numbers, number two was running around out there yesterday. Yeah, 0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:56.680 George Lewis, Yeah, And there was a lot of thought about, 0:40:56.719 --> 0:40:59.120 you know, maybe that he was gonna and I know Patrick, 0:40:59.160 --> 0:41:01.560 we were talking about it. But it was good to 0:41:01.600 --> 0:41:03.839 see him on the field. He and Britt Brown did 0:41:03.840 --> 0:41:05.600 a nice job. We'll see if he can get ready 0:41:05.600 --> 0:41:07.080 for the Giants, but it was good to see him 0:41:07.080 --> 0:41:09.880 out there, not on cords or anything like that, but 0:41:10.160 --> 0:41:11.480 like practicing him up. 0:41:11.760 --> 0:41:16.680 Do you really think that's even impossibility because I've heard 0:41:16.719 --> 0:41:17.960 it being mentioned. 0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:20.640 Yeah once, Yeah, absolutely, it is absolutely absolutely. 0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:24.240 I want to be clear. 0:41:24.320 --> 0:41:27.040 And I know they're you know, the fans and content 0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:29.799 creators out there, and there's a lot of speculation on 0:41:30.520 --> 0:41:33.480 if Jordan Lewis is ready, and there's the you know, 0:41:33.560 --> 0:41:35.719 the PTSD of Michael Gallup is kind of what they're 0:41:35.760 --> 0:41:39.680 leaning on. But Jordan Lewis, I've been in endless contact 0:41:39.719 --> 0:41:42.080 with him, talk with the trainers, talk with the coaching staff. 0:41:42.080 --> 0:41:45.160 Over the course of his rehabilitation, Jordan Lewis is one 0:41:45.239 --> 0:41:48.640 hundred percent healthy and to his own to his point 0:41:48.680 --> 0:41:50.320 when I spoke with him yesterday about a couple of 0:41:50.400 --> 0:41:53.200 days about go about it, he said that the biggest 0:41:53.360 --> 0:41:55.839 toughest time is behind him now. The biggest hurdle is 0:41:55.880 --> 0:41:59.320 just lining up and feeling football again. Yep, so feeling 0:41:59.400 --> 0:42:02.280 how it feels to compete and go against those wide receivers. 0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:04.520 That's the only thing that's missing now where that started 0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:06.839 this week, he's going to have the totality of next week. 0:42:06.960 --> 0:42:09.319 There's absolutely a possibility that he gets on the field 0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:11.640 against the Giants. Now, he won't be the starter for 0:42:11.719 --> 0:42:15.560 obvious reasons, the Bland. He's ready coming off a breakout season, 0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:18.960 Jordan needs to be ramped up. But the possibility of 0:42:19.040 --> 0:42:21.520 him taking a handful of reps against the Giants. 0:42:21.560 --> 0:42:23.960 Absolutely, He's not wrong. 0:42:25.520 --> 0:42:26.279 Talking about over there. 0:42:26.480 --> 0:42:27.360 I believe you, guys. 0:42:27.520 --> 0:42:31.000 No, it's been it's been a long journey for him, 0:42:31.280 --> 0:42:33.440 So I'm excited to see him back on the field. 0:42:33.560 --> 0:42:35.280 Yeah, we all love him. 0:42:35.400 --> 0:42:40.399 Love his energy, love his competitive competitive mess. 0:42:39.760 --> 0:42:43.439 You got it right. 0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:48.439 So before we end the show, just wanted to ask 0:42:48.480 --> 0:42:54.239 you what are you most excited about going into this 0:42:54.400 --> 0:42:57.560 first week of the season, or just starting the season, 0:42:57.680 --> 0:42:59.440 just a season in general, what you got, Brian? 0:43:00.440 --> 0:43:04.120 I always think that every journey's different, every campaign is different, 0:43:04.480 --> 0:43:08.680 and it's just the the there's that anxiousness that did 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:11.200 you build this team the right way? Did you build 0:43:11.200 --> 0:43:14.120 this team to first win the division? You know, because 0:43:14.160 --> 0:43:16.160 if you win the division, it kind of takes care 0:43:16.200 --> 0:43:18.600 of yourself, You get a home playoff game, a lot 0:43:18.600 --> 0:43:21.160 of things go the positive way for you. So can 0:43:21.200 --> 0:43:23.480 you compete? Can you find a way? You know? I 0:43:23.480 --> 0:43:25.400 feel like that the Commanders got a little better. I 0:43:25.400 --> 0:43:27.720 feel like the Giants got a little better. The Eagles, 0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:30.520 you know, until you know the last year's champs, you know, 0:43:30.600 --> 0:43:33.480 but did you build a team that can compete with them? 0:43:33.560 --> 0:43:37.240 That's the thing I'm most anxious to see is how 0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:40.400 the other games are important, But going out and winning 0:43:40.440 --> 0:43:42.800 this division takes care of a lot of things for 0:43:42.960 --> 0:43:43.840 you going forward. 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:47.920 I am most anxious and looking forward to this offense. 0:43:48.320 --> 0:43:51.000 I mean, we know what this Cowboys defense is. We 0:43:51.360 --> 0:43:53.960 fled out no and now they just need to go 0:43:54.000 --> 0:43:55.799 out there and continue to do what we know they 0:43:55.800 --> 0:44:00.000 can do offense. Coming into this offseason, so many questions 0:44:00.120 --> 0:44:03.120 marks before the Brandon Cooks trade. Is Gallop going to 0:44:03.160 --> 0:44:05.080 be able to bounce back? And even if he can, 0:44:05.120 --> 0:44:08.839 who's your definitive number three at that point? And then 0:44:09.000 --> 0:44:12.239 how versatile can this offense be? You move on from 0:44:12.280 --> 0:44:15.680 Kellen Moore, McCarthy takes the will at play caller, what 0:44:15.680 --> 0:44:17.319 does that look like? But then you start to see 0:44:17.360 --> 0:44:19.360 moves like they bring in John Parks, one of the 0:44:20.239 --> 0:44:23.719 analytics guys, and they make several analytics hires in that department, 0:44:23.920 --> 0:44:26.040 and then you start to see it in training camp, 0:44:26.120 --> 0:44:27.960 some of the play calls that are being made in 0:44:28.000 --> 0:44:30.359 training camp, and the versatility duce Vaughan. You keep Hunter 0:44:30.400 --> 0:44:35.640 Lipky because you want more versatility. Question marks were on 0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:39.319 if this offense can match serve with this defense. Now 0:44:39.360 --> 0:44:41.080 we can sit here looking at this roster and we 0:44:41.080 --> 0:44:44.200 can honestly say on paper they can match. 0:44:43.920 --> 0:44:44.960 Serve with this defense. 0:44:45.560 --> 0:44:49.040 Now the anxiousness comes, and the anxiety comes from will 0:44:49.120 --> 0:44:51.640 they And I'm ready to see it, And no better 0:44:51.680 --> 0:44:54.440 way to do it than against a divisional rival. So 0:44:54.480 --> 0:44:56.279 you can get a real leg up to start the 0:44:56.280 --> 0:44:58.120 season in that race for the NFC East crown because 0:44:58.120 --> 0:44:59.840 you're going to need it. Yeah, because the Giants are 0:44:59.880 --> 0:45:02.160 come into play. The Eagles we know are coming to play, 0:45:02.440 --> 0:45:06.000 and just don't rule out the Commanders as someone who 0:45:06.040 --> 0:45:07.719 will be difficult and make some way. 0:45:07.800 --> 0:45:09.960 They got skilled players and they got a good defense that. 0:45:10.000 --> 0:45:12.560 Their defensive line is monstrous. 0:45:12.719 --> 0:45:15.080 Well even last year, this whole. 0:45:15.239 --> 0:45:18.160 This whole division, if you deal with the defensive tackles 0:45:18.200 --> 0:45:20.560 just in this division are tough to deal with. So 0:45:20.760 --> 0:45:21.880 you got to be good inside that. 0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:26.640 Payne Allen combo Is, it's something else started off with 0:45:26.719 --> 0:45:27.160 one to know. 0:45:27.160 --> 0:45:28.040 You're ready to travel? 0:45:29.160 --> 0:45:31.480 No, but I'm ready for you. Ready, you're ready to 0:45:31.520 --> 0:45:32.200 travel for a win? 0:45:33.400 --> 0:45:33.680 Yes? 0:45:33.760 --> 0:45:34.360 Yes, okay. 0:45:34.680 --> 0:45:37.120 I'm not looking forward to those late night games though, 0:45:37.200 --> 0:45:42.959 and traveling that's exhausting, man, that's exhausting. But I am 0:45:43.400 --> 0:45:47.720 so freaking excited. I am so excited about this new season. 0:45:47.960 --> 0:45:50.440 I'm excited just like you guys. We've seen things that 0:45:50.600 --> 0:45:55.239 training camp that seem very promising for the offense, but 0:45:55.320 --> 0:45:56.959 now we have to see it in a real game 0:45:57.040 --> 0:46:00.839 with the started starters showing it. So we'll be back 0:46:00.960 --> 0:46:04.360 next week. We go into our regular schedule. Every single 0:46:04.440 --> 0:46:08.200 day we'll be here talking about the Cowboys. Our time 0:46:08.320 --> 0:46:12.480 is eleven am. Central Time, So we'll be here starting 0:46:12.600 --> 0:46:16.600 Monday as we get ready today to travel Tuesday. 0:46:16.280 --> 0:46:16.600 Monday. 0:46:17.800 --> 0:46:22.640 Oh yeah, Mondays holiday, No not for us necessarily, so. 0:46:23.640 --> 0:46:25.839 We'll we won't be in the Memorial Day. 0:46:27.960 --> 0:46:31.320 We got the podcast, we get a break from the break, 0:46:31.480 --> 0:46:36.719 but okay, thank you, thank you. Anyways, we'll be back 0:46:36.760 --> 0:46:39.960 Tuesday then as we get ready to travel to the 0:46:41.080 --> 0:46:44.320 to face the Giants. First week Cowboys against the Giants. 0:46:44.400 --> 0:46:47.640 Thank you so much everyone for tuning in today for 0:46:47.840 --> 0:46:51.239 Brian brought us, Patrick Walker and member Garcia. 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