1 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: M. Stanford today and signed scholarship that is letter inten today, 2 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: So I'm excited about that. I'm happy for him. We 3 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: have a kid raging down at Texas A and M 4 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: Jasmine graduated from Duke Skylar sixteen year old is up 5 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: next and then Elijah nine year old being about eight 6 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: years behind her, maybe nine. So today was a good 7 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: day in the Smith household, and I'm happy for my 8 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: son Stanford. I tried to get an anniversity. I tried 9 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: to get an application. They weren't even say anyone. Well, 10 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 1: he actually got accepted Nick Stanford before they even see. 11 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: The thing about Stanford that I appreciated about their process 12 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: is that you have to be accepted into the university 13 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: first before they even offered your scholarship. So he went 14 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: through the whole emission process, and the emissions process was 15 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 1: included about six maybe seven different essays that he had 16 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: the right and so forth, and so he put all 17 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: that stuff together, sent it over, submitted it to the college, 18 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: and they accepted him in and boom. Now he had 19 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: his options wide open between Texas and Florida, Georgia and 20 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: Ohio State, and he chose Stafford. Did he did he 21 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: take after you, No, he didn't take it up to me. 22 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: I wasn't quite that bright. Was there was there part 23 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: of you that like didn't want him to go to 24 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: Florida or because you didn't want to have that shadow, 25 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: you know what. To be honest with you, I really 26 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: didn't care. I just wanted my son to be happy. 27 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: You know, I've come to learn in life. You know, 28 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: life is full of stress as it is. Well, I 29 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: put extra stress on a situation and just just love 30 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: your kids the way that they are and for who 31 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: they are, and try to support them making the right decisions, 32 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: the right decisions. So for my son and my wife 33 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: and I, we feel like we have a very good relationship. 34 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: My son has been open and candid with us. A 35 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: year ago he came to me and Dad. He said 36 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: said to me, Dad, how do you deal with all 37 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: this pressure? I said, what type of pressure you're talking about? 38 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: He said, all the pressure with everybody expecting you to 39 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: do this and do that and be this and so forth. 40 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: I said, are you feeling They say, yeah, I got 41 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: people who wanted me to do X and Y and z. 42 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, let me ask you this, do they do 43 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: you expect anything differently of yourself than they do. He's like, no, 44 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: I said, So why is their pressure? I said, Now, 45 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: the thing that you need to understand is you need 46 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: to put the blinders on and the ear must on 47 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: and tune out all the noise because everybody out there 48 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: is talking about what you should be and what you're 49 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 1: not versus what you really can do for yourself. They're 50 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: so busy trying to compare you to this and that 51 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: and everything else that you think you have to live 52 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: up to those things. It's not about you living up 53 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: to those things. It's about you've been the best version 54 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: of yourself and maximizing your God given talent to your 55 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: best ability. Everything else is just noise. It's them trying 56 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: to feel good about what they do and be right 57 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: about what they do and bringing you into the mix 58 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: to solidify what they do. And so you just got 59 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 1: to stay the course and do what you've been called 60 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: to do and make the best of it. And at 61 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: the end of the day, son, ignore all of that. 62 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: Just be who you are and just love whatever it 63 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: is that you're gonna do, and you will be fine. 64 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: So did you enjoy the recruiting process? I know you 65 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: had to be kind of part of it, you know, 66 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: you know, man, you know it was fun, it was cool. 67 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: It was stressful because we had to travel on weekends 68 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: and so forth. He had to get back. I mean, 69 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: you play a game on a Friday night, you gotta 70 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: get on playing first thing on Saturday morning and get 71 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: back on Sunday, and your whole weekend the shot. So 72 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: you could never really truly recover. So the way they 73 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: have these kids these days is on the gerbral wheel 74 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: twenty four seven. Now are they on the gerbral wheel, 75 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: but the parents are on a gerbral wheel as well. 76 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: So you can never really recover because your weekends are 77 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: there for you to truly recover. But now that money 78 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: has been involved in every single at every single level, 79 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: whether it's soccer, whether it's football, whether it's basketball, whether 80 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: this and that. You have to use your sport, and 81 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: when you choose your sport, you have to have this 82 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: kind of assistance and so forth to help you get there. 83 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: You have to have this type of training, you have 84 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: to have this type of skills coach and everything else. 85 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: And mothers and fathers are paying the price, and kids 86 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: are paying the price, and nobody's resting. Everybody stretched out 87 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: and everybody is looking for a way to go and 88 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: lay their head down and just enjoyed life the best 89 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: way that they can. But everything is so so rapid 90 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: fire because society has said that. But that's the environment 91 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: which we have created. Nobody has a chance to allow 92 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: their brains to calm down. Was he multi sport all 93 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: the way through or not all the way through? He 94 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: tried to be multi sports? I mean he did. He 95 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: did football, he did basketball, he did baseball, he did soccer, 96 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: he read track. But when he got to high school, 97 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: we had to eliminate some stuff. And not only when 98 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: you have him, but you also have five other kids, 99 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: and they all, as you are different, right, their own 100 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: schedules are different. So you're gonna be doing this for 101 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: a while. I got two more unto him. I have 102 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: two more unto him, So I mean so at the 103 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: end of the day, I'm just saying, as a parent, 104 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: you want your kids to be healthy, You want your 105 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: kids to be fine, you want your kids to be successful. 106 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: I want mine too, But I also want to have 107 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: my own sanity, and I want my wife to have 108 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: her own sanity. I don't want her pulling her hair 109 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: out of my I have no hair, so I can't 110 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: pull that, but I want to enjoy the process with 111 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: my kids as well. I haven't mentioned anything that's just 112 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: family dynamics. I haven't mentioned anything about business dynamics. I 113 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: haven't mentioned anything about the Cowboys dynamics. I haven't mentioned 114 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: anything about somebody wanted to know my opinion about this 115 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: and that and everything else. So I'm just tacking. I'm 116 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: just giving you the baseline, and then when you tack 117 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: all that on, eventually something has to give. So that's 118 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: just the reality of the world. And I think every 119 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: parent out here is dealing with something similar, something similar. 120 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: So how did this compare to when you got recruited? Hell, 121 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: let me just say this, it's easy. My recruiting t 122 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: deal was much easier than this because coaches could not 123 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: contact me on my cell phone because I did not 124 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: have a cellphone and exactly call the house. I mean, 125 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: today's society, coaches are contacting the kids before they contact 126 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: the parents, which I think is absolutely ludicrits. It's like 127 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: it's like a double standard. What is the NCUBA thinking about? 128 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: Why how can you contact a minor which I'm still 129 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: the guardian of before you contact the guardian? How can 130 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: you get a kid to sign a contract without a guardian, 131 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: But yet you can contact the kid before the GUARDI 132 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: even can say anything. Think about it from that perspective. 133 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: So it's all twisted. But they contact my kid first 134 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: and foremost and talk to my kid to develop a 135 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: relationship with my kids, and then they backgo their way 136 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: into the parents and say, okay, parents, here we are. 137 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: We want to talk. We want to recruit your kids, 138 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: we want to get to know you. I know, the sale. 139 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: It's all there, but it's it's backwards, backwards, it's backwards. 140 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: And so the recruiting process has changed. Social media has 141 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: made it open to everybody because every kid now wants 142 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: to step up and they want to be themselves and 143 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: they want people to follow them and they want people 144 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: to like them and so forth. So social media kind 145 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: of give this this, this, this, this, this this false 146 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: illusion that I truly like you. I'm liking you to 147 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: follow you to see who you're all about, but doesn't 148 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: mean that I like it. We know, I mean true 149 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: like me. If you know, if you know me now, 150 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: if you like what I present or the way I 151 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: present myself, then that's something there. And if I'm consistent 152 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: about that over a period of time, the more you 153 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: like and if I can add value to your life 154 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: one way or another, through a message, or through a song, 155 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: or through performance or through inspiration to allow you to 156 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: become the best version of yourself, the better I am, 157 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: and the more substance that I provide to you, then 158 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: the better you are. If you become better, then we 159 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: become better. If we become better than everybody can become better. 160 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: That's hopefully the mission. But in the social media world, 161 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: people are hide behind their lights, so they can be disgruntled, 162 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: they can be judgmental, they can be bullies, they can 163 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: say whatever the heck they want to say without haven't 164 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: any repercussions. So you have to learn how to navigate 165 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: your way through some of this stuff. I'm sure today 166 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: today's the man with my son. There's some folks that 167 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: are disappointed. Fine, I understand, but it's not your life 168 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: to live. It is his. And at the end of 169 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: the day, I know that there's some people sitting back 170 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: bill the photo right now saying, okay, um, we're gonna 171 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: talk about EJ. We're gonna see where e J goes, 172 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: we gonna see how he does and where everything else 173 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: and and there's some first problem back there, hoping that 174 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: he falls flat on his face. How crazy is that? 175 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: Why would you want to see somebody to fall flat 176 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: on the face. You should go want to inspire every 177 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: young person to become the best version of themselves. And 178 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: you need to do the same for yourself. If you 179 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: are sitting back doing that, you have no life. Your 180 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: life is wrapped around negativity, and so you need to 181 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: find peace within yourself and let whatever hurt you go 182 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: so you can have a much more productive life. Speaking 183 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: of negativity and finding peace, there's a lot of negativity 184 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: around this team right now. And the why is that 185 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: they just wanted as bad as when I don't know. 186 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: That's a great point, but I want to I want 187 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: to get into that when we come back. So when 188 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: we come back from Cowboys Club, I just stole the 189 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: whole first series, hum, and I didn't get a chance 190 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: to ask him, so why Stanford? But we'll talk about 191 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: have you been there? Yeah? Yeah, I know. Let's talk 192 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: about what happens Sunday, what we're looking at for the Eagles, 193 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: and a look at the playoff picture. When we come 194 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: back to the Cowboys Club with very special guests, Emmett 195 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: Smith on the Cowboys Happy Hour on the Dallas Cowboys 196 00:12:18,280 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: Or Radio Network. 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When you 215 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: see a performance like that following a few performances that 216 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: we saw, it's frustrating, right past pass frustrating, Yeah, beyond, 217 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: it's way beyond it frustrating. Uh. It almost makes you 218 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: think like it's it's it's annoying, it's upsetting. But then 219 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: you look back and you're like, if you're if you're 220 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: just patient, like that's there, you know it's there, you 221 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: know it's there. There's that. That's where the patient's aspect 222 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: comes in. But then that's some point, don't you say, 223 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: this is what this team is. They're the inconsistent team 224 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: that can do that and they can also do the 225 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: performance in it against the Jets or the Bears, and 226 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: that's why they're five hundred. That is why they five 227 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: So what do you think flip the switch? I don't know, 228 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: Maybe your honesty. Maybe it was the motivation to get 229 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: back at the Rams and what the Rams did in 230 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: terms of knocking them out last year and the way 231 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: the Rams ran the ball down they throw last year. 232 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: Maybe that was the motivation. I think every team goes 233 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: in with a certain level of motivations and certain people 234 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: that they want to face mentally, because those teams left 235 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: an imprint on their minds. I mean clearly, when we 236 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: lost in ninety one to Detroit after winning against Chicago 237 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: in our first playoff game, we lost, the Detroit Barry 238 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: Sands ran all over us. We were on that plane 239 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: ride back, every person on our team said, this won't 240 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: happen next year. We had made up our mind that 241 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: next year was gonna be a better year and we 242 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: would go all the way to the NFC Championship game. 243 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: I think that's the way we start talking, and that 244 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: permeated itself throughout the whole entire team. So to answer 245 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: your question why, I think last year, when the Rams 246 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: ran the ball down our throat and embarrassed us, our 247 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: team was looking forward to the opportunity of playing against 248 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: the Ram and playing their best against the Rams, so 249 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: they can rectify that situation because everybody talked about well, 250 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 1: this and that. So I'm with you on the inconsistency 251 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 1: because that's the way supposed you're supposed to play every week. 252 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: That's what I expect every week, and I'm sure the 253 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: players expect the same thing every week. The question is 254 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: why can't you get that? Are the players I mean, 255 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 1: we've had some injuries and the inconsistency of not having 256 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 1: your guy in week in and week out can be 257 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 1: come a problem offensively, defensively and special teams wise. We 258 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: know the issues that we've had on special teams without 259 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: kicking inconsistency. We know that we have not been able 260 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: to stop the run that we did last year inconsistency 261 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: because of maybe some injuries. Crawford hasn't been around very 262 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: good point people forget about them, so and now on that, 263 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: but other defensive a linement that are supposed to be 264 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: run stoppers have not been around consistently. Offensively, our offensive 265 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: line been banged up. We just lost a Connor knee 266 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: injury and back with Tyring and others, and you know 267 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: our guys been out for a year. So consistency has 268 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 1: been part of the issue. Now Cooper is dealing with something. 269 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: So performance wise, the team has the talent, but the 270 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: consistency of having guys in on a daily basis, weekend 271 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: basis performing at a level every weekend and growing the 272 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: offense every weekend. Because Kellen as a coach this is 273 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: his first year. How can you grow an offense when 274 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,479 Speaker 1: your guys are not consistent in the lineup, you have 275 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: to take a step back and say, we have to 276 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: reduce it to reduce all of our potential of making 277 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: mistakes versus me trying to grow to offense. So we 278 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: got to be looking at things objectively. You can point 279 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: to Jason all you want to, but Jason have to 280 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: deal with what he has in his hands, right. The 281 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: coaches have to deal with what they have in their hands. 282 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: So you have to be really, really truly extra patient 283 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: and pray that it all comes together at one point 284 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: in time. Now that they've done it, and they they've 285 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: shown themselves that you can beat a quality team that 286 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: ran all over you last year. Right, it's basically the 287 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: same team. I look at it this way. The Rams 288 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: have been struggling too, Right, Yeah, but it's the first hot, 289 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: first team hot, first team you beat over had a 290 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: five hundred record, over five hundred record. But now that 291 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: you you've done it once. Have you ever been on 292 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: a team that was just kind of floating along and 293 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, something click and then you went 294 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: on a run. No, no, no, no, I have never 295 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: been on a team like that with something click and 296 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: we just finally went on a run. Actually, but I 297 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: can say this, we lost the game right, our own 298 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: things given, and we went on a run. So but 299 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: we were It wasn't like we were up and down 300 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: the whole course of the year. Yeah, I can honestly 301 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: say this. In ninety five, which probably would have been 302 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: one of those years that you can possibly think about, 303 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: we lost a few there, but you had the pedigree already, 304 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: and you had the pedigree already and kicked it in 305 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: gear at the end, and we kicked it in gear 306 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: at the end. So nineteen ninety one, you guys were 307 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: six and five at one point before you ran the 308 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: table the last five games of the season. I remember that. 309 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 1: That's the same yelling. We went to Detroit too, and 310 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: that's yeah, and caught up with you in Detroit exactly. 311 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: But that was the improvement you made after a six 312 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: and five start. And if you remember your rookie year, 313 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: But look at what you said to me, is only 314 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: confirming what I'm saying, right, That's all you're doing, is 315 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: confirming what I'm saying. We built upon that the following year. 316 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: There you go, that's all I'm saying. And so, and 317 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: we didn't have a whole lot of injuries So those 318 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: injuries set you back in terms of your continuity process, 319 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: if you will, And you have to be careful of 320 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: how you start to look at these things, and you 321 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: have to really people, analysts, even the Cowboys have to 322 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: take a step back and look at these things and say, Okay, 323 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: are we really truly making a progress? We were hampered, 324 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: But every team is hampered by injuries. Who can explain 325 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: what's going on with Cleveland? Well, no, no, no one, 326 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: no no, Well unless you knew already that that head 327 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: coach was not gonna be I knew Cleveland was Cleveland. 328 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: And I mean I'm riding to the to the Hall 329 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: of Fame last year and the driver was taking us 330 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: was talking about how Cleveland's gonna run the table on 331 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,479 Speaker 1: their division. It'side gonna be Baltimore twice and Pittsburgh. Are 332 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: you smoking? What's wrong with you? I'm like, I mean, 333 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: I'm like, you're tripping. I mean, there's no way Cleveland 334 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: gonna run the table. I mean, you you can be good. 335 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm glad Odell is there with you on. I know 336 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield looks good and all that, but are you 337 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: kidding me? You expect them to run the table you 338 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: are Cleveland. Yeah, we haven't learned how to win yet. Nope. No, 339 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: We've seen teams though, And like the Salary Cap bearra 340 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 1: due this. You know Denver, nobody expected Denver to win 341 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: the twenty fifteen they did, they had a backup quarterback 342 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: in Week sixteen, the Giants twice, the Ravens, I mean 343 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: they kind of were just yeah, they were up and down. 344 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: They hadn't We've seen it. But that's not what you 345 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: want to bet on. No, because that's not that's not 346 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: the norm. That's that's the outlier. The percentages are very low, right, 347 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: If you're a betting person, you want the percentages to 348 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: be on your side, right, And so to your point, 349 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: if the percentages are low, I mean like, who expect 350 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,719 Speaker 1: the Cowboys to make it to the Super Bowers year 351 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: At the beginning of the year, there was a bud 352 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 1: right now? Oh now, no, no, not. But if they 353 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: kick it in gear and play consistently the way they did, 354 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if and Troy said it in the broadcast, 355 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if anybody wants to play this team 356 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, get some good value on it. The 357 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: underline the word is if yef oh, I know, because 358 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: they haven't shown the consistency yet making this pass. If 359 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: you think all of a sudden consistency, you're gonna turn 360 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: turn it on or turn it off. Okay, so you 361 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: guys can call me crazy, right crazy? All right, all right, 362 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: we can start there. I've got a theory of what 363 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: happened because a theory or what happened for the season 364 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: for the No, those two games against the Bears and 365 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 1: the Bills, because the previous part of the season they 366 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: were competitive. Now they didn't win, right, but they were competitive. 367 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: There wasn't a game maybe the Green Bay game they 368 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: were behind quite a bit. They were down thirty one 369 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: three or thirty one seven, right, and then but they 370 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: came back right and they showed some fight. So these 371 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: last two games, you go to New England, you got beat. 372 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: I get it. It was thirteen to nine, right. The 373 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: weather is just god awful. It's raining, it's windy, cold. No, 374 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: I'm not an excuse for losing it. But then you 375 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: get back. By time you get to bed, it's three 376 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: in the morning, maybe four. And now you got to 377 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: play on Thanksgiving. I get it. Short, and you ended 378 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: up in this stress where you had to play three 379 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: road games in four right, and and then you don't 380 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: get time off after that Thanksgiving game. You got to 381 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: go back to work. That second half against the Bears, 382 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,959 Speaker 1: I saw a tired team. They miss nineteen tackles. Whoever 383 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: counts tackles? Did they do it with a computer? They do? 384 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: And something some guys do. I think usually they don't 385 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,959 Speaker 1: have to count that high. But they miss nineteen tackles right, right, 386 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden you get nine days off, 387 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: not off, but you don't have to play. And now 388 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: you come back, are you refreshed? Did your reboot? Because 389 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: now you played a good Rams team and all you 390 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: did was miss one tackle? Right. So to me, those 391 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: two games, I think it took a toll, not only 392 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: be you know what it's like to be out in 393 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: the cold like that and the rain and it's just miserable. 394 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: It takes something out of your physically. And then you're 395 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: flying right England. That's as far as you can go 396 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: for a game except Seattle, right that's Miami ain't close either. 397 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: And by the way, to complicate things, they didn't truck 398 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: the equipment out there, so when we got to the charter, 399 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: they had to wait and load all the equipment onto 400 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: the plane, which took another hour, right, and then it's 401 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: a long flight, so you lost in the hour of sleep. Yeah, 402 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 1: the opportunity to have some I don't know if guys 403 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: get home and go to sleep right away or not, 404 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: but all I know is we all do it. You know, 405 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: Buffalo Buffalo was they played at home, done by seven o'clock, 406 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: eight o'clock, and they can go to bed if they want. So, 407 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll find out. No, No, I'll see 408 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: if I'm right this week if they play with that 409 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: same energy. No. I think you bring up a very 410 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: very valid point that most people do not take under consideration. 411 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: So I applaud you for that. I'm not crazy, all right, No, No, no, 412 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: you really are not crazy, because you went beyond the 413 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: numbers and you went down to situational stuff that most 414 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: people might not even be thinking about. And so I 415 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: applaud you that. And and that is pretty factual too, 416 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 1: because rest as anybody knows, who's training, who's working out order, 417 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: it's recovery. And if you're playing on Thanksgiving Day, it's 418 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: a short recovery. It's already as short week as it is. 419 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: I don't care what you do. You cannot put me 420 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: in pass for the whole entire week. But I'm still 421 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: on my feet and I don't have and I don't 422 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: have time to recovery if my body's beat up and 423 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: you're not practicing like normally, practicing like normal, But but 424 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: still you gotta go out there mentally and overpower through 425 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: through it. And that's what thanks given day it's all about. 426 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: It's a fight. It's a fight to get through it 427 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: and for us and for the visiting team as well, 428 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: and you know it was a struggle for us. Let's 429 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: take our next break and we come back. Let's take 430 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: a look at how the playoff pictures shaken out, and 431 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: then let's have some fun with twenty two when we 432 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: come back. Or Cowboys Happy Hour on the Dallas Cowboys 433 00:28:58,640 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: Radio Network. Back back to the s WBC Mortgage Dallas 434 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: Cowboys Happy Oh Yeah Out broadcasting live from the Cowboys 435 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: Club at the Star in Frisco, the beautiful Cowboys Club 436 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: with all the good smelling stuff and the delicious food. 437 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: Big shout out to them, thanks for having us up 438 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: here on another Wednesday night. Shannon Gross here with r 439 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: J Choppy, Mickey Spagnola, and special guest Emmett Smith get 440 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: back at it. But before we look at the playoffs, 441 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: and news came out of the locker room or from 442 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: Coach Garrett today that I don't think a lot of 443 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: people knew about Dak has a problem with his shoulder, 444 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: spraying shoulder, kemmon knows about spring. Yeah. I was gonna ask, 445 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,959 Speaker 1: how's that gonna work? How's that gonna work? This weekend? 446 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: All I can say is, let's wait and see. Um 447 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: they're gonna figure it out. Um, we're gonna see an 448 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: appearance by Cooper Rush this weekend. You guys think you might, 449 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: depends on how bad the shoulder really is. You might. 450 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: But I'll I don't have to. I didn't have to 451 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: throw the football, right, Dak has to throw the football, 452 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: So the rotation of the arm and the shoulder itself 453 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: as a paramount. Yeah, but you had to get hit 454 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: every time you had the football. Yeah. But but but 455 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,360 Speaker 1: I didn't have to play the quarterball position. Right. The 456 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: quarterback has to throw the ball, all right. We can't 457 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: sit back that hand the ball of Zeke and and 458 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: Tony Pollo the whole entire time. We just cannot do. 459 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: We have to throw the ball somewhere. We have to 460 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: throw the ball somewhere, but we can't leave with Zeke 461 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: and we can't follow up with Tony. We can't throw 462 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: the ball song. We don't how much we don't throw 463 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: the ball. We shouldn't throw the ball that much anyway. Well, 464 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: this offense is predicated on what I would call the 465 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: Troy Eigman, Emman Smith, Mike Irving factor. You're gonna throw 466 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: the ball thirty thirty two times, maybe No. One thirty five, 467 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: and we gonna run the ball twenty twenty five thirty 468 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: five times. We're gonna I'm gonna touch it at least 469 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty five times. Body else is gonna get 470 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: a few extra catches of the extra to somewhere, and 471 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna call it today. Speaking of extra catches and 472 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: extra extra toats, what did you what are you seeing 473 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: out of Tony Poly? I see a guy that that 474 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,280 Speaker 1: has the skill set to be a very good player. 475 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: I think we have two good one two punches. Zeke 476 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: is gonna pound you, Tony Poly actually gonna come behind you. 477 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:27,760 Speaker 1: And if you give give them a limit of daylight, 478 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: it could be lights out. So I think that's a 479 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: great one to combination. Um, we have to run the football. 480 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: There's no doubt. We have to run up football to 481 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: spare our defense. We got a bunch of pass rushers 482 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: trying to play run defense and that does not work. 483 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: It just doesn't work. So slow the game down. And 484 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:49,879 Speaker 1: the way you slow the game down is by running 485 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 1: the ball. Just stay balanced. You're allowed the defense time 486 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: to rest and to be attack, attack, attack. That's just 487 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: the way it has to be. So the encouraging thing 488 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 1: with that is he hurt. He heard his shoulder. The 489 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: second series, it was first and ten at the ten 490 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: yard line and he did a read option. He kept 491 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,280 Speaker 1: the ball. Remember he ran for seven yards and Clay 492 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: Matthews caught him from behind and landed, landed on him. Yeah, 493 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 1: put all his weight. I talked my son, ej I see, son, 494 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,359 Speaker 1: you have to learn how to hit and roll. Don't 495 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 1: go flat. Don't go flat. Hit and roll roll them soldiers, lay, 496 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: roll them soldiers. That's how you That's how you hurt 497 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: your shoulder. That's how you hurt. So he ended up 498 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 1: completing fifteen of what twenty three passes two hundred and 499 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,839 Speaker 1: twelve yards through a fifty nine yard touchdown to Tavon Austin. 500 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 1: I know, I know, and you never know after you 501 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 1: sleep on it what happens. Right, But he powered through away, 502 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: you know right, you know right, I know what happens. 503 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 1: And at least you had two weeks between gabs right back, 504 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,800 Speaker 1: not seven days. Yeah, I know what za what happened? 505 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 1: It s Wales and then Zack Martin was talking about it, 506 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: and I don't know how much the players know, right, 507 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: he said, you would have to kill Dak to keep 508 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: him off the field on Sunday just because of how pet. Now, 509 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: that's one thing to go out and try, right, is 510 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: another thing to be effective. So we'll see how this goes. 511 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: Because this was he'll be fine, the first practice he's 512 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: missed in his career. He'll be fine, all right, they 513 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: were I think they listed him and limited. It was highly. 514 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: It was highly high highly. There's stuff they can do 515 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: for the if it's swell, if it's swallen up right, 516 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: I mean there's stuff they can do for that. It's 517 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: a pain. If it's a paint management thing, I'm with it. 518 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: He'll be fine, right, It'll be fine if it's payment. 519 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 1: So do you want me to admit to something supposedly 520 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:52,280 Speaker 1: the MRI didn't didn't the MRI didn't reveal any structural damage. 521 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: So the joint right talking about the playoffs, how they 522 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: love as the playoffs are starting to shape up, and 523 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: it looks like, you know, you win this week, you're in, 524 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,240 Speaker 1: looks like you're probably gonna get who are getting forty 525 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 1: nine ers or Seattle or Minnesota's kind of who it's 526 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,320 Speaker 1: looking like coming down to these last couple of games, 527 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 1: r J, who would you who would you rather face 528 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: at home first round? Between all the possibilities. I'm going 529 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: back and forth on this because my first thought is, 530 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: let's take the new kid on the block in San Francisco. 531 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: All right, let's take them. But then I look at 532 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 1: Seattle and Seattle's got like five wins by three points 533 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,840 Speaker 1: or less, and they've got this an amazing record in 534 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,879 Speaker 1: one score games this year, where that really isn't something 535 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: that you can do, And I'm like, are they ripe 536 00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 1: to be picked off? But I'll stick with the new 537 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 1: kid on the block. I'll stick with Jimmy Garoppolo. I'd 538 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: rather see Jimmy Garoppolo in the postseason than Russell Wilson. 539 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: That was my answer. That you make San Francisco. Yeah, yeah, 540 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: Plus you can make them leave the West Coast and 541 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,359 Speaker 1: try here for a first round game if indeed they're 542 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 1: the wild card team. Yeah, immitt doesn't matter to you. No, 543 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: just win, It doesn't matter. We gotta win regardless. And 544 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: if you knock off Seattle, obviously we may have to 545 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,239 Speaker 1: go to Snoil. They would come to us, right us. 546 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: You gotta beat the both of back to back weeks anyway, Yes, yes, 547 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,399 Speaker 1: I just won at home one of the road. So 548 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,640 Speaker 1: what was it like because they went in ninety one 549 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: to Philadelphia and clinched their wild card birth it was 550 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: you needed to win to get him the wild card game. 551 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 1: Remember you went to Philly. No, I don't remember that 552 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:43,839 Speaker 1: far back. Yes you do, let me refresh your memory. Um, 553 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 1: Kelvin Martin returned to punt for a touchdown? Did that 554 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 1: actually happen? Yes he did. And I Colt made this 555 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: big block on the way. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, 556 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: I get it. And you won that game and the 557 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: flight home it was the first time I'd ever been 558 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,359 Speaker 1: on the charter. They didn't need an airplane to fly home. 559 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:07,360 Speaker 1: They were high, they were pumped. They were pumped, and 560 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: including Jimmy by the way, because we did things that 561 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: people say we couldn't do and winning eleven games that 562 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: year after after going seven to six, seven to nine 563 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 1: and nine and one in fifteen, Well, you weren't there, 564 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: You weren't responsible for that. No, I don't have no 565 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: experience on one feaen, but but seven to nine I 566 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: have that experience. I participated that year. But then eleven 567 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,799 Speaker 1: and five. That's one reason why I say after that year, 568 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: and that's that was our first year in North's Turner's 569 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:39,439 Speaker 1: offense ninety one, Yes, and we had tremendous growth. So 570 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,520 Speaker 1: looking at that and the consistency that we were building, 571 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: care it over in two ninety two. So funny story 572 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,800 Speaker 1: that ninety one season, they were sitting there at six 573 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 1: and five and um, no, it was the ninety season. 574 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 1: They were three and seven, amateur rookie right and h 575 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,399 Speaker 1: they got beat and I think it was the seventh game, 576 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,799 Speaker 1: the seventh loss, and Emmett had never really said much, 577 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:13,360 Speaker 1: but David David Shulo would he he didn't kind of 578 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,880 Speaker 1: get it right as the offensive coordinator, And finally Emmett 579 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 1: spoke up and said after the game, he said, you know, 580 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,240 Speaker 1: it's really hard for me to gain a hundred yards 581 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: with seven carries, which is what he had in the game. Right. 582 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:32,040 Speaker 1: So that week after Jimmy's Tuesday press conference, I was 583 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: standing off on the side. He comes out. I could 584 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 1: see he's frustrated, and I said something about, you know, Emmett. 585 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,800 Speaker 1: You know, he wasn't really happy. You only had about 586 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,799 Speaker 1: seven carries in that game. He goes, I'm gonna have 587 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,319 Speaker 1: to talk to David. There's a reason we got him, 588 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,759 Speaker 1: and he's got to have more than seven touches in 589 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 1: a game. We need to run the ball. Well. The 590 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,120 Speaker 1: next week they played the Rams. You didn't have that 591 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,839 Speaker 1: many carry example Bay or is it Tampa, And all 592 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden they threw the ball to Emmett a 593 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: bunch of times, and all of a sudden they went 594 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,839 Speaker 1: on this role. Uh turned it around. I hate to 595 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: correct you, cream stop must do it. Okay, we played 596 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. I had one hundred and twenty one yards 597 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:17,359 Speaker 1: on like twenty carries, a twenty one kids warrior butt out. No, 598 00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 1: it was excellent. That's what my body was accustomed to doing. 599 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,759 Speaker 1: And we end up winning Tampa Bay. And then the 600 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,440 Speaker 1: next week he just rolled on and kept going and 601 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,640 Speaker 1: then after that year, Jimmy said, I know what we 602 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: need to do, and that's when they brought Norahan. Right, 603 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 1: do you remember that at seven and nine, you guys 604 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 1: almost made the playoffs if the third wild card. Yes, 605 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 1: I do remember that because it was a Monday night 606 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,160 Speaker 1: before Monday night game gets the Rams in the Saints, right, 607 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 1: We're sitting at Cowboy Cafe. I was there. Excuse me, 608 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:53,359 Speaker 1: I got some of Jerry's prestons in my mind. So 609 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,759 Speaker 1: Cowboy Cafe watching the Rams game, trying to figure out 610 00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 1: whether or not we were gett into the playoffs at 611 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: seven and nine, seven to nine, and had the Rams won, 612 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:07,399 Speaker 1: they're they're in at seven and nine the Saints with 613 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: and I went back and looked with about seven eight 614 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 1: seconds left, they were gonna kick a field goal to 615 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,239 Speaker 1: win it. It was like a seventeen seventeen game and 616 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,800 Speaker 1: the Rams blocking right, they got called for off sites 617 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: and with two seconds left, Morton Anderson kicks the field 618 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,960 Speaker 1: goal from twenty four yards out. And it was the 619 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,000 Speaker 1: last game of the last day of the season. It 620 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:34,719 Speaker 1: was that they got eliminated at seven and nine after 621 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,600 Speaker 1: losing their final two games. So we went a parting. 622 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:48,799 Speaker 1: From that point, season's over, right, All right, let's take 623 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,799 Speaker 1: our final break and when we come back, we'll have 624 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,759 Speaker 1: fun with Emmet and we'll get everybody's thoughts on what's 625 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,359 Speaker 1: gonna happen this weekend versus the Eagles. When we come 626 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 1: back the Cowboys Club the Happy Hour Live from the 627 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 1: Cowboys Club at the Star of Frisco. This is a 628 00:43:04,360 --> 00:45:45,480 Speaker 1: Happy Hour on Cowboys Radio Network. 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What's their pick? Find 639 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:24,360 Speaker 1: out those deals? All right, what do we think is 640 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,680 Speaker 1: gonna happen in the game? Are we gonna see a 641 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:30,400 Speaker 1: repeat of Sunday against the Eagles? Are we gonna see 642 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,480 Speaker 1: the performance against the Jets. What do you guys expect 643 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:36,200 Speaker 1: to happen? We just talked about this a minute ago. 644 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,440 Speaker 1: They I mean, they do well against teams are familiar with. 645 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,120 Speaker 1: I expect them to go out and have a more 646 00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 1: It's far more likely to me they have a game 647 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:45,920 Speaker 1: similar to the Rams and they do the Bears like 648 00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,960 Speaker 1: you know, Yes, I don't think anybody be stunned if 649 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,640 Speaker 1: they because this has been an up and down roller 650 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,320 Speaker 1: coaster season. But yeah, I think it's far more likely 651 00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,720 Speaker 1: they come out there and they put another tremendous performance 652 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,400 Speaker 1: up there because they're familiar with Philadelphia and they know 653 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,399 Speaker 1: how to beat I think it'll be. I think it'll be. 654 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,560 Speaker 1: It won't be a runaway game. I feel like it'll 655 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,680 Speaker 1: be closer to the games they played last year with Philadelphia, 656 00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,200 Speaker 1: where they beat them the first time with a touchdown 657 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:15,960 Speaker 1: drive late in the fourth quarter to win by seven, 658 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,520 Speaker 1: and then if you remember the second time around when 659 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,360 Speaker 1: they beat him, they had to go into overtime to 660 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:23,239 Speaker 1: beat them. Philadelphia is gonna put up a fight, and 661 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:26,759 Speaker 1: you know they're gonna have the Rocky theme playing, and 662 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,520 Speaker 1: they've come from behind the last two games. To win 663 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,080 Speaker 1: and that a whole place is gonna be jacked up. 664 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,759 Speaker 1: But you better do with him. It said, you know, 665 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,280 Speaker 1: take the air out of the football, run that football, 666 00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:42,359 Speaker 1: calm that crowd down, and just throw when you when 667 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,520 Speaker 1: you have to throw. And they're depleted on offense. You know, 668 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,560 Speaker 1: they're their top wide receiver in this last game, and 669 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:53,040 Speaker 1: they only completed passes to one guy and it was 670 00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:57,040 Speaker 1: Greg Ward, who played at John Tyler High School in Tyler, 671 00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:02,000 Speaker 1: Texas and was a quarterback at Houston. That's a damn change. 672 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,560 Speaker 1: You're feeling sorry for them. I don't feel sorry for them. 673 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:11,120 Speaker 1: I really don't, because they are Philadelphia. Why should I 674 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:12,560 Speaker 1: feel sorry. I mean, at the end of the day, 675 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:17,480 Speaker 1: they won't feel sorry for us. So it's funny that 676 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:23,480 Speaker 1: I'm thinking this way because consistency is one thing that 677 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:28,719 Speaker 1: I live by. The consistency of a team, the consistency 678 00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:32,640 Speaker 1: of play calling, the consistency of evolving, those are the 679 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:38,960 Speaker 1: things that I looked towards in my mind. I'm thinking 680 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:44,279 Speaker 1: a mental letdown because of the way that we won 681 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:48,239 Speaker 1: last week, which also falls right back into the vein 682 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:53,359 Speaker 1: of inconsistency, and so it's tough for me to get 683 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,640 Speaker 1: to their place to where I see I can get 684 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,760 Speaker 1: the confidence that I need that this team is gonna 685 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:02,440 Speaker 1: go do what they need to do. Mhm. But with 686 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:06,280 Speaker 1: the things that you just described, I know they're getting 687 00:49:06,280 --> 00:50:11,759 Speaker 1: some players back. Those players can make a difference. The 688 00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:16,120 Speaker 1: same way I'm saying, you gotta beat Philly convincingly. You 689 00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:19,120 Speaker 1: gotta beat Washington, not have a letdown game, even though 690 00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:22,080 Speaker 1: numbers wise it would mean, and win something in the playoffs, 691 00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:23,680 Speaker 1: and then I'm back in See, I don't have to 692 00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,960 Speaker 1: go to convincingly. I just gotta go to the productives. 693 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:31,040 Speaker 1: You gotta show me some productivity that says we're good 694 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,600 Speaker 1: and we're okay. I don't care if Philly Bringers is 695 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,759 Speaker 1: our bet their best. It's gonna be a great game. 696 00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:37,319 Speaker 1: You showed me a great game. You show me something 697 00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:39,680 Speaker 1: that shows consistency in the running game, in the passing game, 698 00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,560 Speaker 1: and the balance that we need and the defense playing hard. 699 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,440 Speaker 1: You show me that I can buy into it. So 700 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,920 Speaker 1: just with one game, could you do they have to 701 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:50,239 Speaker 1: continue to do that? They got to continue to do it. 702 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:51,840 Speaker 1: How many games for you to buy it back in? 703 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:55,239 Speaker 1: For me? I gotta see it every time you play. 704 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:57,600 Speaker 1: From this point fourth, because I don't have many other 705 00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:00,480 Speaker 1: games to to Okay, I can battle a lot it 706 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,839 Speaker 1: to go where we bounced back. I don't have many 707 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,000 Speaker 1: more games like that anymore. We had the stage right 708 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:08,520 Speaker 1: now to where everything that you do right now is 709 00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:14,360 Speaker 1: your last breath. You win this week, you're in. Period. 710 00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:18,959 Speaker 1: You win next week, well you're in. You lose next week, 711 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:25,360 Speaker 1: you're out. It's pretty simple. So for me, it's like 712 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,840 Speaker 1: I gotta, I gotta, and we don't have a buy 713 00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:32,680 Speaker 1: so we gotta play all the way to the super Bowl. 714 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,239 Speaker 1: It ain't that many teams that haven't played all the 715 00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:36,959 Speaker 1: way to the super Bowl and said okay, we're good. 716 00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:42,040 Speaker 1: So and that's going to the stats and saying the 717 00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:44,680 Speaker 1: stats are with the r and the evidence is what 718 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:48,240 Speaker 1: it is now. I don't necessarily believe in people telling 719 00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:50,239 Speaker 1: me what we cannot do. I don't believe in that. 720 00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:53,480 Speaker 1: But I have to believe in my work experience, in 721 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,959 Speaker 1: my life experience that says X, Y and Z, which 722 00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:00,520 Speaker 1: lines up with other stuff that I don't want to 723 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to believe in it. So when I 724 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:07,000 Speaker 1: look at it, man, I'm sitting back saying, show me 725 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:10,400 Speaker 1: the money so you'll you'll appreciate what Dak had to 726 00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:13,480 Speaker 1: say after the game when someone asked him, can can 727 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:17,359 Speaker 1: you do this two weeks in a row? And he goes, no, 728 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:20,279 Speaker 1: he goes, we have to do better next week. I 729 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,839 Speaker 1: don't want to replicate what I just did in the 730 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:26,320 Speaker 1: game against the Rams. We need to improve and play better. 731 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:30,239 Speaker 1: He's now, he's talk. But that's gotta be what your 732 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:34,440 Speaker 1: objective is. That it has to be what your objective is. Period. 733 00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,000 Speaker 1: Who knows. The Rams probably already checked it in because 734 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,000 Speaker 1: they used to dealing with what they had to deal 735 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:43,080 Speaker 1: with because they were the defending went to Super Bowl 736 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,440 Speaker 1: last year and they're like, what is this and they 737 00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:50,319 Speaker 1: may have checked out. I can't predicate my success on 738 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:53,080 Speaker 1: the Rams, right. I can't look at that and say 739 00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,759 Speaker 1: this is why we're good. No, I cannot look at that. 740 00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:57,600 Speaker 1: I can say the Rams woke up on the rong 741 00:52:57,680 --> 00:52:59,360 Speaker 1: side of the bed and just didn't play well today. 742 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:04,439 Speaker 1: It happens. It happens so consistently the Jets. I gotta 743 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:06,719 Speaker 1: go to the Jets and say, okay, well, the Jets 744 00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:08,000 Speaker 1: woke up on the right side of the bed, were 745 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:09,920 Speaker 1: walking on the road side of bed, and we just 746 00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,399 Speaker 1: didn't play well that day. Okay, I can let that go, 747 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,879 Speaker 1: But what about the other games? That's the way I'm 748 00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:21,600 Speaker 1: looking at this thing and saying, Okay, I mean, I 749 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:25,640 Speaker 1: love my Cowboys, and there's no doubt about how much 750 00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:28,520 Speaker 1: I love my Cowboys, But when I look at what 751 00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:34,120 Speaker 1: we're looking at overall, I just don't know. I gotta 752 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:36,759 Speaker 1: show you something. Every team show every team gets a 753 00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:40,239 Speaker 1: stinker throughout the year. Yeah, not one, maybe two, maybe three, 754 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,319 Speaker 1: and every I mean, look at us. We played very 755 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,680 Speaker 1: poorly against Miami when that thing's Giving Day, when they 756 00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:46,839 Speaker 1: when when things just didn't go our way a little 757 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:49,120 Speaker 1: bit and wait out there, yeah, a little bit of sleep. 758 00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,240 Speaker 1: But we also lost to Atlanta that side that Sunday, 759 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:55,120 Speaker 1: and it was like, okay, du what's going on? Was 760 00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:57,040 Speaker 1: that the game you got hurt? Oh? Yeah, I was 761 00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,200 Speaker 1: hurting the Atlanta game. But then League and Coleman came 762 00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,040 Speaker 1: in and did what we don't Thanksgiving Day? So bottom line, 763 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,920 Speaker 1: Then Jimmy came in after that game and say, listen, 764 00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:10,760 Speaker 1: we're still in position. If we can hang by nads 765 00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:15,640 Speaker 1: for for the next three or four weeks, we'll be 766 00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:18,000 Speaker 1: in the place where we need to be at nobody knew. 767 00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:23,120 Speaker 1: I was gonna tell my shoulder that's right. But as yeah, 768 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:26,560 Speaker 1: we made it through it. We got to buy and 769 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,719 Speaker 1: it led us to where we needed to go. This 770 00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,520 Speaker 1: team has a different path and I'm a true believer 771 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,560 Speaker 1: to creating your own legacy. I'll talk to my son 772 00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:38,239 Speaker 1: about that, and he's creating his own legacy today. You 773 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:43,359 Speaker 1: have to be acceptiontional for the next six weeks if 774 00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:46,319 Speaker 1: you want to be where you want to be. I 775 00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,400 Speaker 1: like it. Bottle it. We got about a minute left. 776 00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,799 Speaker 1: Prediction for the game this Sunday. Start with the argus. Oh, 777 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,040 Speaker 1: I think they win this game. Um, Like I said, 778 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:56,360 Speaker 1: they just they do well and I hate to be 779 00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:59,399 Speaker 1: sounding confident. They just do well against the NFC East 780 00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,359 Speaker 1: five and one over the last couple of years, and 781 00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,040 Speaker 1: that I'm lost this year, right, I guess there are 782 00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:06,080 Speaker 1: four and oh now that's why if they win this one. 783 00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:08,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think the Cowboys win the game. Mick. 784 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:11,319 Speaker 1: I'm I'm with r J. I think they're a better 785 00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,800 Speaker 1: team right now than what Philadelphia is gonna put on 786 00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:17,040 Speaker 1: the field. But I'll guarantee you Philadelphia is gonna go 787 00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:20,160 Speaker 1: out there like this is the last stand. They will 788 00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:24,080 Speaker 1: play their hearts out and they better match their intensity. Immitt, 789 00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:30,560 Speaker 1: we know what Emma's saying. Hey, I'm gonna always go 790 00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:34,040 Speaker 1: my boys, no matter what period sounds like, date right 791 00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:37,880 Speaker 1: and extant in the booth because I'm gonna be very partial, 792 00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:40,279 Speaker 1: Yes i am, How do make that very clear, very 793 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,960 Speaker 1: partial to my cowboys. It's cowboys, cowboys, cowboys, and I'm 794 00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:46,000 Speaker 1: gonna lose all kind of credibility when it come down 795 00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:49,919 Speaker 1: to being an analysis. Emmett, this has been awesome. Thank 796 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:51,960 Speaker 1: you for coming and hanging out with us a little bit, Mick, 797 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,200 Speaker 1: thank you for being here for two weeks in a row. 798 00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:57,640 Speaker 1: R J. Great heaving on the show. Tune in next week. 799 00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,719 Speaker 1: This has been happy hour Dallas Cowboys Radio Day