1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: This is the Miller Lte Cowboys House, supported by Albertson 2 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 1: and Omni Hotels and Resorts. Brought to you by Miller Light, 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: the only beer of the Cowboys, Albertson's and Tom Thumbs, 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: the official supermarket and pharmacy of the Dallas Cowboys, and 5 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: by Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: more on car insurance. Now your hosts, Taylor Stern and 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: Brad Sham most unusual way we've ever done it. But 8 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: everything about twenty twenty is unusual, from social distancing to 9 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the song lyrics that Taylor Stern doesn't think I know, 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: but we will get into later because she apparently thinks 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: I'm nearly dead. That we have a cast of thousands 12 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: coming by. We wish we could be somewhere where all 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: of you could join us, as has been our custom. 14 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: That's not what twenty one he's all about. But we 15 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: are delighted to have you on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network. 16 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: We're delighted to have you streaming on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 17 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: And there was no one else I wanted for the 18 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: first guest this year than a number ninety eight Tyrone Crawford, 19 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: because you're you are like a warrior. You are you 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: to me, you are emblematic of everything that you want 21 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: a professional football player person to be. So thanks for 22 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: taking the time. Well I really appreciate it, And thank 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: you guys for giving me this time. And you already know. Yeah, 24 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: you guys are my people sing there whenever. You know. Tyrone, 25 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: you were on the first show in the twenty eighteen 26 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: season and they ended up going to the playoffs. So 27 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: if you're on the first show this year, that must 28 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: mean we're going to the playoffs this year. Yeah, I mean, Fred, 29 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, we just gotta we gotta, we gotta do 30 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: it the whole shebang. Yes, the whole shebang. That's the idea. 31 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: But Tyrone's on the show because of the respect that 32 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: I have for him. So we'll let Taylor and then 33 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: you talk about where you've how you've handled the pandemic. 34 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: You've been in the mountains with your parents, right, Yes, 35 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: I left pretty much immediately, I guess to Denver, and 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: I thought the world was ending and says like, you know, 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: what better place to be than Denver, Colorado. I was 38 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: there for two and a half months, made some glorious tiktoks, 39 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 1: did all that and I'm back. Okay, now you're back. 40 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 1: Were you in Canada for a while? You know what 41 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: if I went to Canada then oh you wouldn't you 42 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: can come back? You couldn't come back. No, So um, 43 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: we stayed here. Um, you know, luckily the house that 44 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: I built, how did the lake, um, you know, got 45 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: finished up and we got to spend our time out there. Um, 46 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, the girls got to spend a lot of 47 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: time out there, and we just had, you know, a 48 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: good old time. I got to work out and you know, 49 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: run hills and run sand and swim, so it was 50 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: all it was all good and uh, you know, I 51 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: enjoyed the time. Um. You know, it was unfortunate, um 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: that a lot of people were suffering, you know, through 53 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: that time. But yeah, I mean we're just out at 54 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: the lake, just hunkered down. Taylor's been soliciting questions via 55 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: social media from fans, and most of them have to 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: do with Most of them have to do with how 57 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: you all as a group have handled the pandemic aspects 58 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: of not being on the field and having all your 59 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: stuff in the spring be virtual to coming in and 60 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: self enforcing a training camp. Bubble to now transitioning back 61 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: to being with your family. So start talking ninety eight 62 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: anywhere in there you want to go. Yeah, well, I mean, 63 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, obviously there's a lot of difference, a lot 64 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: of different things going on here. It's not we can't 65 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: meet in our normal meeting rooms. We have to be 66 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: spaced out, you know, a big amount of six feet 67 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: I think it is. Um, you know, in every meeting 68 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: room that we have, and um, just there's just crazy 69 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: things that are different we have just the day. Um, 70 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: there's there's a bunch of things in the morning we 71 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: have to get done before we can even get in 72 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: the building. And yeah, I mean so like there's been 73 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: some of the things that we needed to adjust to. 74 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: But um, you know obviously, uh, you know, guys in 75 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: this locker room are you know, we're familiar with adversity. 76 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: So UM, it's just a it's just a time of 77 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: adversity and we're just you know, trying to fight through 78 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: it and you know, bring out the best team that 79 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: we can bring and uh you know, give um, you know, 80 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: the fans everything they want to see and and bring 81 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: something beautiful back to back to Dallas. Before the training 82 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: camp ended, Um, was there any group collective discussion about okay, fellows, 83 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: this is what we have to do when we get 84 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: back out in what there is of the world to 85 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: make sure that we that we all stay healthy and 86 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: on the field. Or was it just kind of understood. 87 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: I think I think for the most part it was understood. 88 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: But you know, obviously, UM, the coaches and personnel and 89 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: you know, training staff and doctors, UM, gave us constant 90 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: reminders of just you know, how how careful we should be, Um, 91 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: you know, how cleansy, cleansy we should be with our hands. 92 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: You know, we should always wash our hands, don't touch 93 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: our face, and just I guess kind of the warnings 94 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: of you know, how to stay safe during this time 95 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: and UM, just trying they try to help us through 96 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: that process. Um, you know obviously standing in the hotels 97 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: and um, and then getting back out to our families. 98 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: You know, obviously none of us want to pass that 99 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: onto our families. So you know, UM just telling young 100 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: guys that you know, I don't have families yet to 101 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: you know, kind of be responsible and not you know, 102 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: hit the club at this time or anything crazy like that, 103 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: because um, you know, it could it could be brought 104 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: back to us and you know then transferred to our families. 105 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: So we're just trying to be safe as safe as 106 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: we can. Um, yeah during this crazy down Well, you're 107 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: healthy now and you're excited. I've seen on your social 108 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: you keep posting you're not and how excited you are now. 109 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: If it had been a normal off season, do you 110 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: think you would have been healthier in the off season 111 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: or would you have missed all of that practice. What 112 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: was your like schedule in your mind to get back? Um, shoot, 113 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: my schedule was to be back when I started feeling good. So, UM, 114 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: I probably would have been back a little bit sooner, 115 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: just because I would have had access to Britt Brown 116 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: and you know the training staff here. Um, you know, 117 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: along with you know other things that I do in 118 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Dallas to you know, needling and a massage and stuff 119 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: like that to um, you know, quicken the process up, 120 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: the healing process up. But UM, you know it's been 121 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: It was great out there. I did everything I could 122 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: with what I had, and um, you know, it worked out, 123 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: definitely worked out where you know, I feel great now. 124 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: I felt great coming back, and um, they just need 125 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: to I was on a pup for a little bit 126 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: to just you know seem that that I was good 127 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: when I did, when I did get on the field 128 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: and started changing directions really like like football players need to. Um. 129 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: So I mean yeah, I mean everything was good and uh, 130 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: you know I pretty much just from my massage, I 131 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: rolled out and sat in nice bass and swam a lot. 132 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: So it was all good with the Cowboys, Tyrone Crawford 133 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: on our first Miller Lite Cowboys Hour of the season. 134 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,559 Speaker 1: So the other, the other question that the public wants 135 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: to know, and Frank Lanning the rest of us due too, 136 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: is especially for someone who has been on this team 137 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: for a number of years, a different coaching staff is 138 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: like a complete culture change. What's it been like? Um, 139 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: you know, honestly, it's been great. Uh. You know the 140 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: coaches came in here and we both kind of you know, 141 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: we're on the same same I guess, um page and 142 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: trying to earn each other's respect and just you know, 143 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: earn each other's trust. Um. And you know that's just 144 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: kind of what we did as players. We knew we 145 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: need we need to earn the coaches trust, and the 146 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: coaches you know, um humbled themselves to you know, um, 147 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: you know, get us to you know, earn their trust 148 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: and uh, you know respect, So um, it was it 149 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: was definitely, um, you know, a good thing to have 150 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: for for us at that time, um, because you know 151 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: a lot of people were coming off of you know, 152 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: frustrations of you know, even being in the building. If 153 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: it was if it was you know, the right thing 154 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: for them to be doing for their family and our coaches. 155 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: I think they handed all that well, they handed all 156 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: this adversity stuff well. And um, you know they've been 157 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: they've been taking good care of us but also getting 158 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: you know, the most work we've um, I guess the 159 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: most good work that uh, you know we've gotten in 160 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: a long time. So it's been, it's been good. So 161 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: Rod Marinelli is one of the legendary defensive line coaches 162 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: in the league. And uh and so's Jim tom Sula. 163 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: And it strikes me that they couldn't be outwardly much 164 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: more different from each other. And and normally people would 165 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: have seen Jim interview a lot and heard from him 166 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: a lot, but we can't get anywhere near him. So um, 167 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: I've only really had one conversation with him back in 168 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: January when they were all hired. But I know a 169 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: little bit about him. Tell people about Jim Tom Sulu. Yeah, 170 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: I mean, um, uh coach Thom Sula's Uh, he's a 171 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: you know, he's a he's a guy's guy. You know, 172 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: he's he's in there and he he he coaches us. Um, 173 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: you know exactly how he loves, you know, the game 174 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: to be played. But he doesn't you know, like with me, 175 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: I've always been a guy that's been in the right 176 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: handed stance. And you know, he looked at me and 177 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: he and he asked me why I was always in 178 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: the right handed stance and then he said, you know, 179 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna about to change you. And you know, 180 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: year nine, like that's not gonna happen. You know, he 181 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: just kind of he understands you know, players and um, 182 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: you know, um, you know, he he's just a you know, 183 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: a truthful, upfront, real guy um that you know. Obviously 184 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: he loves this game and just wants to see his 185 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: guys do good. And um, you know, I mean I'm 186 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: excited to you know, play for him and play for 187 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: this coaching staff. And I think it's gonna be a 188 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: lot of fun and yeah, we're gonna get after it. 189 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: I haven't met Tom Stool either, but I feel like 190 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: every time I see him, he's sweating, Like I just 191 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: feel like he's constantly going. He's just um, always energetic. 192 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: I know he's been miked up before saying some funny 193 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: things like is he like that in the meeting rooms 194 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: as well? Just so much energy. Yeah, um yeah, definitely 195 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: a lot of energy. He Uh, he's um. I don't 196 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: think there's a person that he's met here that doesn't 197 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: like him. So you know, he's a he's a he's 198 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: a very likable guy. Um. You know, even from you 199 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: know staff, you know at dinner um or or at lunch, 200 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: in the lunch room, the um, the janitors around here, 201 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: you know, everybody, everybody loves him. He hangs out in 202 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: the equipment room and you know that's even where he 203 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: hangs out, you know, for games. So you know, he's 204 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: just he's just a guy's guy, and you know he's 205 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: he could be around anybody. Um. You know, it seems 206 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: like the life of the party, you know, outside of football. 207 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: So um yeah, he's definitely definitely a cool, cool dude. 208 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: All right, I want to talk a little bit about 209 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: your role. I remember having a conversation with you your 210 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: rookie year in mini camp and basically I said, Okay, 211 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: Cowboy fans haven't followed a lot of boys games. You 212 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: know who's who's Tyrone Crawford on the football field? What's 213 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: your scouting report? And I'll never forget you telling me. 214 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: And now we're talking about eight years ago and you 215 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: told me, you know, I'm I'm going to get up 216 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: the field and be aggressive and getting the backfield. That's 217 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: what I do. And and your role has had to 218 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: change from year to year based on the personnel around you. 219 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: You have always been able to adapt regardless what it was. 220 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,599 Speaker 1: And I remember two or three years ago saying to you, 221 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: so are you an end or a tackle? And you said, 222 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a I'm a third down rusher. Don't worry 223 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: about the first two downs. I'll be out there third down. 224 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: I'm I'm rushing. Yeah, okay, Well, now, Gerald McCoy going 225 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: down seems to me to plus signing every available great 226 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: defensive end they could get their hands on. Uh. That 227 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: hasn't that changed your role? Aren't you pretty much an 228 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: inside guy now for this team right this season? Yeah? Yeah, 229 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: So I'm um, I'm inside no matter if I mean, 230 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: I can I can be no sometimes there I can 231 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: be uh the under tackle sometimes. Um, but again nothing's 232 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: changed for me on third downs. Um, yeah, I'm getting 233 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: up that field. Um. Obviously you know with the with 234 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: the system change. Uh, there's a little bit of change 235 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: in first and second down and all and you know, 236 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: different situations. But um, you know we're all adjusting very well. Um. 237 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: And you know, I think again, uh, it can turn 238 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: into be some good fun for us. Take a deep breath. 239 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna take our first break. Delighted to have the 240 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: Cowboys Tyrone Crawford with us on the first Miller Lite 241 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: Cowboys Hour of the season, brought to you in part 242 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: by Albertson's. 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Brad Sham and Taylor Stern and delighted to 252 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: have as our guest, Tyrone Crawford, Cowboys defensive tackle. I'm 253 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: just gonna call you a defensive tackle now, but if 254 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: something happens and you pop out, and we won't be surprised. 255 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: But I mentioned at the beginning what a warrior you've been, 256 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: And here's why I think that. I think a lot 257 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: of people who've been fans of the team for a 258 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: long time recall the achilles injury that you had in 259 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: your second year in twenty thirteen and last year, by 260 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: the way, you taught me that hips have labrams. I 261 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: thought labrams were only in shoulders, and you had both 262 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: of your hip labram's done. Is that correct? Yep? Yeah, yeah, yep, yep, 263 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: Like I had my shoes shine yep. Okay. So, but 264 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: you first played four games before you went and did it. 265 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: What kind of pain were you in the first four 266 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: games last year? Yeah? I mean it was different. Um, 267 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: you know, I I've always felt, you know, something like 268 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: in my squad, uh, you know, for for a while 269 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: before you know, obviously last season, um, and you know, 270 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: it would just get worse and worse and worse. And 271 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 1: you know last year, I just couldn't do anything to 272 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: mask the pain. I've done it, you know, I've done 273 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: that for a while, and I couldn't do anything to 274 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: mask the pain. And so you know, I talked with 275 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: our training staff and you know, try to get out 276 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: there and play in football. But um, you know, as 277 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: I was going, it's just I just couldn't get it done. 278 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: I couldn't get it done at the level that I 279 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 1: thought on our team needed. And so I you know, 280 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: I decided that, um, I gotta I gotta go and 281 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: take care of the problem, which was my hips. And 282 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: so that's what we did. But yeah, I was I 283 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: was in some good pain. Um you know, what exactly 284 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: do they do to fix that? Well, it's just like 285 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: a shoulder laborm they just put u Well, I mean 286 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: there was a there's a for me not to continue 287 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: to get it. They had to shave down some bone 288 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: that was pretty much tearing the labor and there's like 289 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: a piece of bone that was like on my and 290 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 1: it would tear the labor them. So it's just slightly, 291 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: you know, tear you away at your labor m and 292 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: they just pretty much had to reattach your laborum. So 293 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: this is the thing that jumped off the And I've 294 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: got your year by year stat sheet right here in 295 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: front of me, because you you have played hurt every year. 296 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: You one or two years you played with rotator cuff, 297 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: and you played with a torn rotator cuff. I had 298 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: a torn rotator cuff a few years ago. I couldn't 299 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: get out of bed. And now I know I'm a 300 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: little older than you, but still what really surprised me 301 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: was that there are only two seasons in your previous 302 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: eight year career that you've missed any time. You've played 303 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: at least fourteen games every year except for the two 304 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: years you were on injured reserve. Did you play hurt 305 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: like that in college also, or did you just learn 306 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: to do this or the Canadians just that much tougher 307 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: or what's the deal now? Honestly, the only time I 308 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: was hurt ever in college is I separated my ac joiner. 309 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: I think it is up here, and it was painful, 310 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: but they, you know, they put that pad over top 311 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: of it, and you know, I played the next game. 312 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: But I never had an injury in college, junior college, 313 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: none of that. Nothing serious in high school that took 314 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: me out for a game. And you know, obviously my 315 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 1: first injury, real injury, was my achilles and that was 316 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 1: just insane to me because you know, since then are 317 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: up to that point, I never had a serious injury, 318 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: So kind of kind of blew my mind. Um, you 319 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: know what the league and what this football uh could 320 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: do to your body. I got a question. Are the 321 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: Hot Boys coming back for year three? Is that still 322 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: going on? The Hot Boys are are forever? Yeah, yeah, 323 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: there forever, and that just it's gonna still stay d line. 324 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: Are you initiating some new guys this year? Well, I mean, 325 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: you know, I really don't know how the initiation process 326 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: will work. Yeah, now you gotta be six feet apart. Yeah, 327 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: but no, I mean, um, you know, it's just it's 328 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: just a group of a group of brothers that we 329 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: just you know, we gotta have a title, you know, 330 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: across the top of it. But I mean it's just 331 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: the guys that you know, we we grew to love 332 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: as brothers and uh, you know Wolf, We're for Wolf 333 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: forever and always be that and um yeah. I mean 334 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: you know, who knows that there's gonna be more brothers? Well, 335 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: now you guys are giving back? Is it hot boys 336 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: and Jen Youth? Is it that you've teamed up with? Yeah? Yeah, 337 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: you um and I mean there's multiple Uh, there's there's 338 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: people that we've teamed up with, you know, in different 339 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: areas to try and help. But um, yeah, Jen Youth 340 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: is one of the bigger ones. All Right. I want 341 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: to talk about some of those new hot boys in 342 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: a minute, but I think this is a good transition 343 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: point for talking about some of the other things that 344 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: have distracted people, um for the last several months now. 345 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: You have you have never really been shy about sharing 346 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: your feelings about social injustice and um and it's as 347 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 1: you know, I think that your public stances, your courage 348 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: and willing to being willing to use your platform are 349 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: really admirable. A lot of people have not been willing 350 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: to do that, the all of them. Racial unrest and 351 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: and forcing our society to deal with things that it 352 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: has not dealt with in literally hundreds of years, seems 353 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: to me to be magnified for professional athletes and particularly 354 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: in the NFL. UM. How have you individually and as 355 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: a group. How have you dealt with that? How have 356 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: you found the right place to put that? Because you 357 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: can't escape it. It's it's part of especially those of 358 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: you who are black, It's it's literally part of your 359 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: everyday life. How do you how do you know where 360 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: to put that and when to put it here? And 361 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: now play football and then be able to pick that 362 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: back up and make the two merge together. Yeah. Well, um, 363 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: you know this is something I always go to my 364 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: mom with, you know, Um, as one of the strongest 365 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: black women you know, I know and you know from 366 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: my whole life, she's never made excuses and she's never 367 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: ever played, you know, the victim. And that's what she's 368 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: always kind of taught me, is you know, and and 369 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: and along with other people in my life, UM that 370 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: just even if you are the victim, don't play the victim. 371 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: And um, you know it's it's been hard for me, Um, 372 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: even you know, I know, this is a serious time 373 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,479 Speaker 1: in this country, and um, you know when we're when 374 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 1: we're talking with uh, you know, my teammates and you know, 375 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: amongst the locker room. UM, it's hard for me when 376 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: you know, guys get to the you know, I gotta 377 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: be really careful with what I say because some people could. 378 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: Uh you know, there's always someone against you or always 379 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: someone trying to you know, flip your words. And you 380 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: know that's where I think is sad, where it's come to. 381 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: You know, there's always got to be a combative. Um, 382 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: you know part of this. But you know, I, uh, 383 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: it's kind of turned into a race thing. And obviously, 384 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: as you guys know, I have white family and I 385 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: have black family, have a white dad and a black mom. Um. 386 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: I have white people that I love dearly. I have 387 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: black people that I love dear. Um. You know, my 388 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: my grandma is white and I lover to death. Um, 389 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: you know, and obviously you know my mom is black. 390 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: I lover to death. So you know, there's, uh, there's 391 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: a there's a point at where I get to witness. Um. 392 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: I witnessed both sides growing up my whole life, you know, 393 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: so I know what both sides are, and no one 394 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: can hide you know how both sides are. And um, 395 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: you know, obviously there's a there's a there's a thing 396 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: going on now with police brutality that is opening up 397 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: the eyes of um, you know the world. Um, on 398 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: I guess uh, you know, black men, which is um 399 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: completely wrong and it's wrong. How you know it's happening 400 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: in the um in the country. Um, But I don't 401 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: think that when I look at it and I see 402 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: you know, some some people, uh, in some of their stances, 403 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: sometimes I don't think it's making an impact more than 404 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: I think it's making or causing division. And I don't 405 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: want to cause division because you know, I love both 406 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: sides of or both races, and obviously I don't want 407 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: to see I don't want to continue to see black 408 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: people hitting white people, white people hitting black people, or 409 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: any people hitting anybody. I just want to see, you know, 410 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: some kind of togetherness. And you know that's hard to 411 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: get um, and it's and it's not something you just do, uh, 412 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: you know, out of out of nowhere. UM. To me, 413 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 1: I think it's something that's well thought out. I'm not 414 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: saying I know that. Actually Kaepernicks was well thought out. UM. 415 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: You know, he did a lot of um conversing with 416 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: you know people that he thought he may offend UM 417 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: before he did it, and I think, um, you know, 418 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: what he did it for is what people should be 419 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: talking about, not you know, um, where where he or 420 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: where he's disres what they think he's disrespecting, or I 421 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: think they should be talking about what he did it for. 422 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: And you know, there's a lot of conversations you can 423 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: go into two with this. But you know, obviously, if 424 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: if if you want, if you're saying something to make 425 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: a change, you know you want to actually make that change. 426 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: You don't want to just say something and have somebody 427 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: to be like, oh that's great, town said something and 428 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: then so then you're you're checked off or the oh 429 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: I did something part. Yeah, yeah, I'm not. I'm not 430 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: trying to be that guy. You've got seventy one players 431 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 1: including practice squad, who are going to be in the 432 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: locker room all year long, plus coaches. But but the 433 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: players are the ones that I want to focus on, 434 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: just for the minute. The most important thing for you guys, 435 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: it strikes me is that however you decide to react, um, 436 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: you find a way to stay together. And because you 437 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,239 Speaker 1: won't all agree, there's no way that seventy people are 438 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: going to agree on anything. You can't you can't agree 439 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: on how to cook the steak. So, UM, are you 440 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: confident that based on the conversations that you've been part 441 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: of in the locker room so far that you're going 442 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: to be You're going to stay together as a group 443 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: as this conversation evolves, which it surely will. Yeah, yeah, 444 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: I know we will because you know, we sit there 445 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: together and we we kind of expressed to each other 446 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: we wish the world was a big locker room, you know, um, 447 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: because you know it's just like you know, I talked 448 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: to some military guys too, and you know, um, you 449 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 1: know a lot of people say it, but when you're 450 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: in this type of environment, you you literally don't see 451 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: each other. And I mean, you know there may be 452 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: you know, maybe guys that you know, no, yeah, this 453 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: is how I grew up or you know, on the 454 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: other side, this is how I grew up. But at 455 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: the end of the day, we're in here together, you know, 456 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,959 Speaker 1: as brothers, and that's literally how we see each other 457 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: as brothers. And you know, I think there's there's no 458 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: place like it, um, And we we always say, you know, like, 459 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: we wish the world could be like a locker room 460 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: because we can have hard conversations and still come together 461 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: and you know, um be about attacking something else. And 462 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: you know that's obviously the other team. But um yeah, 463 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: I mean we're I mean, I can't say much more 464 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: than that, but we we we really trust in this 465 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: locker room and I and I feel that way amongst football, 466 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: like football teams or any club team type of thing 467 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: where there's you know, mixed races in there is this 468 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: many people and we all get along. There's something to 469 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: be said about that. Yep, there sure is. It's a 470 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: great example. All Right, we're gonna take our next break 471 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: and we're gonna go back to talking about football when 472 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: we come back on one. I'm going to ask you 473 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: to talk about some of the people around you, some 474 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: of the some of the new people in your defensive 475 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 1: line room, and some who have been there before but 476 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: may have some different roles. This is the Miller Lite 477 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys Hour and our special guest is the Cowboys Tyrone Crawford. 478 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,719 Speaker 1: Yes and thank you. 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We'll be 488 00:29:06,960 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: right back and ever get to week one at football. 489 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: So I actually did. But that's a great question. Um, 490 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: and that and so I have two two for you, 491 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: and that'll be the first one, Tyrone. Did you think 492 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: that was there a doubt in your mind? It's somewhere 493 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: along the line of whether the whether the season would 494 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: start or start on time. Yes, Um, there are so 495 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: many doubts in my mind. I mean I didn't know 496 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: what was going on. It don't know what the virus 497 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: was it and what it did. Um, you know I 498 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: still don't. But um, yeah, I mean I was I 499 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: was just hoping, you know, at some point, you know, 500 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: because when Jerry talks, it's pretty much you know, for 501 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: the NFL, what how I related? But um, you know 502 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: I was I was waiting for him, you know, to 503 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: kind of say something about how the season was gonna 504 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: go or what was gonna go down, and uh, you know, 505 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: we finally got that call all time, you know, saying 506 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: we're going to be in and um, you know, after 507 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: we did our virtual OTAs and I was, I was 508 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: excited about it. It It was good, all right. So here's 509 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: my next question. I was um texting was Zach Martin 510 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: right after Travis Frederick retired, and Um, at some point 511 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: I said to him, how do you feel about the 512 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: prospect of playing games with nobody in the stands? He said, well, 513 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 1: that would be weird. And guess what, at least for 514 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: week one on the road, that's what's gonna happen. How 515 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: do you think that'll be? Just like Zach, you know, 516 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be extremely weird. But yeah, I 517 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: mean I think it's gonna be weird. I can't I 518 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: can't say no butts to that, because I mean, there's 519 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna notice you notice that stuff. I mean some 520 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: of the some of the adrenaline rushes, and you know 521 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: that comes from you know, fans, and we're definitely gonna 522 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: miss him. Um and the Cowboys Man's traveled well too, 523 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: So uh, yeah, it's gonna be It's gonna be something. 524 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: So what do you do. This is a question that 525 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: it would be much more fair to ask you next week. 526 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: But um, when there's nobody in the stands, what do 527 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: you do to generate the energy? I think we just 528 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: gotta you know, No, Yeah, like me, I always put 529 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: myself going into battle, you know. I mean we're going 530 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: into battle against you know, another army. And I know 531 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: it sounds very Mary Elliots, but yeah, I mean that's 532 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: not what the song stands to Elliott does. Yeah, I 533 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: mean that's pretty much what it is for me. You know, Uh, 534 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: you know a battle. Uh, you know, there's not there's 535 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 1: not fans when you go to battle. So I mean 536 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: that's it's probably gonna be uh even more exhilarating for me. 537 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: All Right, There's here's something I know people want to 538 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: hear about U. There are some very interesting new names 539 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: who have joined your room. Um, Everson Griffin. I'm I'm 540 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: pretty fired up about that. I've been a big Everson 541 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: Griffin fan for a long time. Alden Smith h in 542 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: a few weeks now we know Randy Gregory is coming back. Um. 543 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: Taylor during the break was asking you about Neville Gallimore, 544 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: the rookie from Oklahoma, and Bradley and I a rookie 545 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: defensive and what what are we talking about here? What 546 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: are we looking at with these people? What are they 547 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 1: gonna bring? And especially Alden and Everson Griffin? Yeah, I 548 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:35,719 Speaker 1: mean you know alpha's, you know, alpha wolves. Yeah yeah, yeah, 549 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: we got a bunch of alpha wols. Yeah yeah, So 550 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:45,959 Speaker 1: who owns the room? Yeah right? Uh, you know I'm 551 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: never gonna not say me, so okay wolf. Yeah, I mean, 552 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: if if you if if I had to pick the 553 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,399 Speaker 1: top alpha dog, you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna pick 554 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: you know, Tyrone is the top alpha dogs like DeMarcus 555 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: would pick the Marcus all then would pick all the 556 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: everything would pick everything, and Twalk would pick Twalk you know, 557 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 1: so yeah, Poe would pick Poe. I mean, we're just 558 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: we're just all kind of you know, um aggressive, you know, 559 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 1: hungry guys, and that's what you need in a deal 560 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,000 Speaker 1: ie room. All alpha's. I mean, if you can just 561 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: imagine the pack of alpha's running around, uh could get uggy, 562 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 1: but it could get real fun at the same time. So, um, 563 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 1: I want it to be fun. Well, yes, everybody does. 564 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,160 Speaker 1: And I'm trying not to get too excited because I 565 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,479 Speaker 1: and I want to say, this was five years ago 566 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 1: that that they signed Greg Hardy and was that maybe 567 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,360 Speaker 1: Randy's rookie year and was I think the four of 568 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 1: you lined up together and in team drills in Oxnard 569 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 1: and I said, oh, oh, this could be interesting. I 570 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: don't know if we've seen anything. And of course the 571 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: chemistry wasn't right and it didn't work out. Um, so 572 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: I'm trying to tap the brakes a little bit. But 573 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: should people get really excited about what this defensive front 574 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: might do? Yeah, yeah, I think so. Um, you know, 575 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: we got to We've been working together, you know, um 576 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: for some time now, obviously these these last couple of weeks, 577 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,800 Speaker 1: and uh, I mean it's just it's been more fun 578 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,799 Speaker 1: than any type of stress that I've had, you know 579 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: in football. We've had a lot of fun. Uh you know, 580 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 1: just you know, just even talking over you know, Russias 581 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: and talking over you know, different stunts that we may um, 582 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: you know, try and get in the game, and um, 583 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna it's gonna be a lot of fun when 584 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 1: you got you know, speed and power and just everything 585 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,359 Speaker 1: in between. Um, and you got it all you know, 586 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: to mess around with, play with. Uh. Yeah, it's something 587 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: it's something for everybody to be pretty excited for. Well, 588 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: it's always started. The Cowboys are opening up the season 589 00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: primetime always Sunday Night football, and you guys are playing 590 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: the Rams, which I kind of consider them a rival. 591 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,520 Speaker 1: But I'm curious if you consider them arrival because I'm 592 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,360 Speaker 1: thinking two eighteen playoffs kind of what we've seen. Do 593 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,879 Speaker 1: you consider them arrival or is it just strictly who's 594 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,719 Speaker 1: in the nfc'st packers who plays in there? Yeah, I 595 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:08,359 Speaker 1: mean I don't like them, just point blank. We don't 596 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 1: like them. No, I don't like them. I don't like them. 597 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 1: I mean I yeah, I mean but there's again, you know, 598 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: like I just I ride with my guys and that's it. 599 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean I can't really say what teams 600 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 1: are our rivals, but yeah, that's one team that you know, 601 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 1: obviously we lost them in the playoffs, and you know 602 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 1: that doesn't just roll off our shoulders, even with a 603 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: double last year, it doesn't just roll off our shoulders. 604 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: And playoffs is a way bigger game. So yeah, you know, 605 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,759 Speaker 1: I don't call it what you want, but I don't 606 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 1: think many guys very fond of them. Um, have you 607 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:51,920 Speaker 1: been in a situation preparing for a game before where 608 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,919 Speaker 1: you had nothing to go on except prior years. There's 609 00:38:55,960 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: no preseason games. They've changed coordinators, they've they've got a 610 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: lot of changes too, like you do. Do you feel 611 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 1: as prepared for an opener in terms of getting ready 612 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,399 Speaker 1: for the opponent as you have in the past. Yeah, 613 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: I mean I feel perfectly prepared, you know, for an opener. 614 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: You know sometimes you know, there's been times in our 615 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: years where you know, I felt like maybe we got 616 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,840 Speaker 1: a little bit overly prepared for an opener, And you know, 617 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: I feel I feel like I got a great spot 618 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,239 Speaker 1: right now. I feel like we prepared for you know, 619 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 1: um that the things that they do that they try 620 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 1: and shock people with, you know, I feel like we 621 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,239 Speaker 1: prepared for everything we need to prepare for. And uh, 622 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: you know it's uh, it's an exciting feeling to to 623 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:42,520 Speaker 1: go into this this game. What is being overly prepared? Mean? 624 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 1: What does that feel like? Just reading too much into 625 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 1: you know what what they do? Um, you know some 626 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 1: of their schemes and uh, you know, I guess, you know, uh, 627 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,880 Speaker 1: I guess if we're looking at this team, you know, 628 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,800 Speaker 1: I guess you can't really get overly prepared for getting 629 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: get ready on the ball. But you know, some some 630 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,239 Speaker 1: if you're going up against a fast quarterback, you know, 631 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,400 Speaker 1: for him escaping the pocket. You know, sometimes you can 632 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: get over the prepared and shake yourself into not really 633 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,319 Speaker 1: rushing the way you want to rush. Um, that's just 634 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: I guess an example from the D line standpoint. But 635 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: you know that's that's the best I can give you. Explain. 636 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 1: Taylor mentioned the playoff game, and I frankly had forgotten 637 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,799 Speaker 1: everything about the game that you just mentioned the w 638 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:29,719 Speaker 1: last year, which really started them on their descent that 639 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,440 Speaker 1: caused them to miss the playoffs. I mean the Cowboys. 640 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,560 Speaker 1: Do you remember anything about that game, Taylor? I mean, 641 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,080 Speaker 1: I don't know what day it was, but I definitely 642 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,759 Speaker 1: remember it. I just remember that it was all leading 643 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,480 Speaker 1: up to that week, was that the Rams were the 644 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 1: new rivals, or they were the new Packers, because the 645 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,320 Speaker 1: Packers had kind of taken on that role. Yeah, I 646 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,360 Speaker 1: remembered that you played. I had to look it up 647 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 1: and say it was forty four to twenty one. Really, 648 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 1: what day was this? It was in December and they 649 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,719 Speaker 1: had a pretty good record and they went on a 650 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,920 Speaker 1: little bit of a skid and missed the playoffs, and 651 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 1: that was what really got him started going down. When 652 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: I think of that playoff game two years ago, and 653 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,640 Speaker 1: maybe Tyrone, this is part of your fuel and why 654 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: you don't like them. When I think of the playoff 655 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: game two years ago, the overriding thing I think about 656 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,120 Speaker 1: is how well you had played as a group defensively 657 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: and how they ran the ball against you that afternoon 658 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,239 Speaker 1: in the coliseum. Is that part of why you don't 659 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: like them? Absolutely? Absolutely to bring up all those memories again, Yes, Well, 660 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,919 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get trying to help get you ready 661 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,399 Speaker 1: for the games. You can call Brad before the game 662 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,720 Speaker 1: and he can get you really hyped up before battle. 663 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: He'll just start telling you the play calls of what happened. 664 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,680 Speaker 1: Yeah right, yeah, but but it's a whole. But they're look, 665 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,720 Speaker 1: this team is different and uh and their team is different. 666 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: So this is this is going to be really interesting. Okay, 667 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:54,400 Speaker 1: more questions for Tyrone Crawford coming up. I'm Brad Sham 668 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,800 Speaker 1: with Taylor Stern. This is the Miller Lite Cowboys Hour. Yes, 669 00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,480 Speaker 1: and thanks to Albert sins Win, it comes time to 670 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,200 Speaker 1: shop for tailgate favorites. Go to Albertson's and Tom Thumb 671 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,719 Speaker 1: get ten percent off your groceries every Dallas Cowboys game 672 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: day when you wear your Cowboys jersey. Albertson's and Tom Thumb, 673 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,400 Speaker 1: the official supermarket and pharmacy of the Dallas Cowboys, delighted 674 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: to have you with us along the Dallas Cowboys Radio 675 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 1: Network or streaming on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. And we'll 676 00:42:20,719 --> 00:45:25,080 Speaker 1: be right back with Tyrone Crawford and to the Miller 677 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:29,960 Speaker 1: Like Cowboys album supported by albert Ships and Omni Hotels 678 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:34,120 Speaker 1: and Resorts. Hiro On Crawford is our guest to start 679 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,000 Speaker 1: the season. The Cowboys begin the schedules Sunday night in 680 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,839 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. We were actually talking about social media during 681 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,760 Speaker 1: the break his favorite. Uh, not not my favorite, although 682 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:45,680 Speaker 1: I'm a little more active on it than I should 683 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,680 Speaker 1: be sometimes. But um, you want to you want to 684 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,919 Speaker 1: ask him a question? Go ahead, Yeah, it's social media. Now. 685 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,560 Speaker 1: You know, it's weird to think because you're only thirty, 686 00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,520 Speaker 1: but people consider you the old guy on the team. 687 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,720 Speaker 1: Not I don't personally, but I'm sure you know others 688 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,160 Speaker 1: consider you a vet on the cheat. She thinks you're 689 00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:08,919 Speaker 1: so old. No, it's like right, But if you could 690 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,240 Speaker 1: give some advice to your younger self and the different 691 00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:20,400 Speaker 1: things that you went through. What would you give yourself? Oh? Um, shoot, man, 692 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,520 Speaker 1: I would give myself so much advice. I'd probably tell 693 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:30,440 Speaker 1: myself to invest in Amazon. Very smart, very smart. But um, 694 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:37,239 Speaker 1: being for real, Uh, I want to say things that 695 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,799 Speaker 1: that that I probably I probably shouldn't say. So I'm 696 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,600 Speaker 1: not gonna say him because Joe sitting right over here, 697 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:45,879 Speaker 1: but I'm just gonna I'm just gonna leave that. Joe, 698 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:47,880 Speaker 1: by the way, is Joe Trey Hand from the Cowboys 699 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,520 Speaker 1: public relations department. Yeah, you can ignore him. Just go 700 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,120 Speaker 1: ahead and say what's on your heart? There's Tyran, There's 701 00:46:54,120 --> 00:47:00,239 Speaker 1: Tyran's Tyran there too. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, everybody walked. It 702 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,120 Speaker 1: seems like they can stick their head in the camera. Sure, 703 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:08,040 Speaker 1: but uh no, Um, I would tell myself so much. 704 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,640 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously the social media stuff, yeah, I mean, 705 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,160 Speaker 1: you know a lot of that has gotten guys in trouble, 706 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,400 Speaker 1: and you can easily get in trouble on social media. 707 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,200 Speaker 1: I mean I probably wouldn't even had started started any 708 00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:24,279 Speaker 1: of them if I could tell myself or anything. But 709 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:29,439 Speaker 1: you know, um, a bunch of stuff I can't really 710 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:33,359 Speaker 1: think anything right now, you know that's not I mean, 711 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:37,920 Speaker 1: I wouldn't make the mistakes I've made. Well, we were 712 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,640 Speaker 1: talking a little bit earlier before the show about since 713 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,640 Speaker 1: now that you have daughters and the hashtag girl dad 714 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,759 Speaker 1: has become famous unfortunately since Kobe's death. But I feel 715 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,719 Speaker 1: like you're a very very proud girl dad, and I 716 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:52,799 Speaker 1: know you and I have talked about it personally. How 717 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,320 Speaker 1: that's just changed your perspective on things. Has that also 718 00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:00,239 Speaker 1: carried into the locker room that your perspective has changed? Yeah, 719 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:05,880 Speaker 1: I think yeah, I think so. Um, you know obviously, uh, 720 00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:07,839 Speaker 1: you got a lot of young guys in the locker room, 721 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,839 Speaker 1: and you know a lot of young music lyrics as 722 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:15,640 Speaker 1: you guys know. Yeah, because Taylor's Taylor is just busting 723 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:20,000 Speaker 1: to talk about this song. You are pretty brought it up. 724 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,480 Speaker 1: We'll leave Cardi b out of this. Thank you, Thank you. Everybody. 725 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,560 Speaker 1: Everybody knows what we're talking about. But yeah, I mean 726 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,960 Speaker 1: it's there's a there's a lot, uh you know, uh, 727 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:34,560 Speaker 1: with being a girl dad, that's changed my perspective. But 728 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,080 Speaker 1: you know, I love them little girls. Uh, you know 729 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:40,720 Speaker 1: I'll protect them by any means. And you know, everybody 730 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:44,640 Speaker 1: knows I'm a family man. Um. Yeah, there's there's just 731 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,279 Speaker 1: a lot of things that you know, you do when 732 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,560 Speaker 1: you're young, and you say that when you're young that, um, 733 00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:55,680 Speaker 1: you find very disrespectful when you when you have daughters, Um, 734 00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:59,799 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean I should have known that all. 735 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,239 Speaker 1: But having daughters definitely like really opens your eyes. Yeah. 736 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,840 Speaker 1: And you've always been so kind and courteous to everyone 737 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,479 Speaker 1: that we work with, So that's the legacy of yours 738 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:11,680 Speaker 1: as well. But I do have another question because you know, 739 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,399 Speaker 1: we were talking a little bit earlier and you're saying 740 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:17,360 Speaker 1: how guys are handling this global pandemic and the unprecedented 741 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: times as everybody who said, do you guys talk a 742 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:22,719 Speaker 1: lot about mental health? Does that ever come up in 743 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:25,440 Speaker 1: the locker room? And I'm just curious about that because 744 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,680 Speaker 1: I know you've always been such a proponent and you've 745 00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:31,320 Speaker 1: always been so vocal about how you feel mentally and physical. 746 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,720 Speaker 1: So has that come up of how guys are handling 747 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:40,160 Speaker 1: this anxiety of twenty twenty? Absolutely? Um, you know, I 748 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:44,200 Speaker 1: mean there's a there's a lot of things that you know. 749 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:48,080 Speaker 1: Obviously football players, Um, it's in the back of their heads, 750 00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:51,360 Speaker 1: you know, And no matter if you say it's not 751 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:52,839 Speaker 1: or not, it's in the back of your head. And 752 00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:57,080 Speaker 1: you know, obviously, um, you know, with with the documentaries 753 00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:58,919 Speaker 1: that have came out, with movies that have came out, 754 00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,840 Speaker 1: the CTE has been a huge, um, you know, a 755 00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,640 Speaker 1: huge subject um and a huge something that's been thrown around, um, 756 00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 1: you know in conversations. Um. But when it comes to 757 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,520 Speaker 1: you know, like the mental health, that's that's always in 758 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,040 Speaker 1: the back of and in the back of guy's head. 759 00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,719 Speaker 1: So you know, we're we're we're always talking about it 760 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:22,160 Speaker 1: and you know, trying to let each other know that 761 00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:24,839 Speaker 1: you know, there's always someone to talk to now and 762 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,799 Speaker 1: in the future, we're always going to be there for 763 00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,560 Speaker 1: each other to kind of talk to, you know, because um, 764 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,120 Speaker 1: you know, after when you put the game down, you know, 765 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,759 Speaker 1: some of those issues may arise in areas that you've 766 00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:38,560 Speaker 1: never seen them before. And um, you know, we also 767 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:41,080 Speaker 1: try and you know, keep our our families in that 768 00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,440 Speaker 1: same loop. You know, if they notice anything you know 769 00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,400 Speaker 1: different about us that they always have you know, fifty 770 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,160 Speaker 1: three other guys that they can or or you know, 771 00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,160 Speaker 1: if you've played in the league longer than that, but 772 00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:55,160 Speaker 1: you know, you have fifty three other guys that you can, um, 773 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,279 Speaker 1: you know, call them and uh just have them reach 774 00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,360 Speaker 1: out to their brother. And I mean that, I'll go 775 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:05,319 Speaker 1: great lengths for you know, we just we have those conversations. Um, 776 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:11,080 Speaker 1: pretty serious conversations, hard conversations, but we have them. And yeah, 777 00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:13,480 Speaker 1: that's a great question, that's a great topic. Well, I 778 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,759 Speaker 1: just wonder that only because I know everybody has experienced 779 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:20,239 Speaker 1: the different anxieties that stem from what's going on in 780 00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:23,120 Speaker 1: this world. And I think it, as you've mentioned, the 781 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:26,880 Speaker 1: social injustice and so much is uncertain, and I think 782 00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,920 Speaker 1: that really weighs on some of these guys more than 783 00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:35,000 Speaker 1: we allow them to. Sometimes. Yeah, absolutely, Um, Okay, we 784 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,439 Speaker 1: got a few minutes left, so we'll just scatter. Shoot, 785 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:42,560 Speaker 1: it'll be all over the place, new new head coach. 786 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:50,080 Speaker 1: So every head coach has his idiosyncrasies, his own mannerisms. 787 00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:53,480 Speaker 1: When you're when you're in a place for a very 788 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,239 Speaker 1: long time. Sometimes they've heard all your jokes and all 789 00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:59,400 Speaker 1: your stories. Probably happened to Mike and Green Bay certainly 790 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:03,719 Speaker 1: happened to Jayason. Here. I think, um, what I think 791 00:52:03,719 --> 00:52:06,399 Speaker 1: people would like to know. I'm not asking you good 792 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:11,440 Speaker 1: or bad comparer, and contrast just from a personality standpoint, 793 00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:16,920 Speaker 1: from a daily schedule standpoint from a practice schedule. So 794 00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:23,360 Speaker 1: how what's new and different about Mike McCarthy. Well, first, 795 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,759 Speaker 1: I mean I do appreciate you not asking, you know, 796 00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:31,000 Speaker 1: in both situations to compare. But um, I mean there's 797 00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:34,719 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot new with coach McCarthy. He's you know, 798 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,200 Speaker 1: he's uh, he likes to look at the numbers. And 799 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,520 Speaker 1: you know, obviously we have numbers on our shoulder. I mean, 800 00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:44,319 Speaker 1: we have readers on our shoulder to show him. Um, 801 00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,600 Speaker 1: you know how much we like how fast we go 802 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:49,200 Speaker 1: into practice. You know how much we've gone into practice, 803 00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:52,600 Speaker 1: and it gives you all these all this data behind 804 00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:57,080 Speaker 1: and all the science behind. You know, um, I guess 805 00:52:57,080 --> 00:53:00,360 Speaker 1: how our how our bodies can recover. And so he 806 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,759 Speaker 1: just he's he's really big into that and he you know, 807 00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,399 Speaker 1: he uses those things and uses him well, um, he 808 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:08,640 Speaker 1: if we need time off, he gives us that time off. 809 00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:13,040 Speaker 1: M if if it all you know, comes with the numbers, 810 00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:14,759 Speaker 1: he gives us that time off. If we need to 811 00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:16,719 Speaker 1: go harder, he tells us we need to go harder. 812 00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:18,680 Speaker 1: If we don't get it right, then he'll make us 813 00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:22,520 Speaker 1: get it right, Um, and yeah, I mean when it 814 00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:25,880 Speaker 1: comes to you know, team meetings and just the person 815 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,120 Speaker 1: he is. You know, he's a he's a Pittsburgh cat, 816 00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:33,280 Speaker 1: so h he's uh, he's got he's got humor, um, 817 00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,719 Speaker 1: you know, and he's just you know, he's he's straightforward. 818 00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:40,040 Speaker 1: He's a head coach. You know, he's uh, he tells us, 819 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,359 Speaker 1: you know, what he wants and you know how how 820 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:44,120 Speaker 1: he wants to how he wants us to move and 821 00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,680 Speaker 1: practice and what he wants to get done. Um, you 822 00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:49,560 Speaker 1: know within a day. And uh, you know it's all 823 00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,680 Speaker 1: good and well and you know and then um, yeah, 824 00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:55,120 Speaker 1: I mean it takes good care of us and but 825 00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:56,920 Speaker 1: also it gets us you know, the work we need 826 00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:00,520 Speaker 1: and you know we feel greatly prepared. But you got 827 00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:03,440 Speaker 1: to learn his humor, right Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it's because 828 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,839 Speaker 1: he's he's kind of subtle. He's not you know, he's 829 00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:09,400 Speaker 1: a little dry. Yeah yeah, until you know him. Yeah. 830 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,560 Speaker 1: Here's another thing though that strikes me. Now people, this 831 00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:14,800 Speaker 1: is just a thing that doesn't affect really anybody, but 832 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:20,280 Speaker 1: you guys, a lot of teams have a very brisk 833 00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:26,600 Speaker 1: walkthrough on a Friday, and um, very little on Saturday, 834 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,560 Speaker 1: there's walkthroughs and meetings. But but he didn't like that. 835 00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,719 Speaker 1: He likes a different way. He likes to what he 836 00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:35,680 Speaker 1: calls ramp up. Right, So what what's that going to 837 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,439 Speaker 1: be like? Which and you haven't been through it yet, 838 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:39,959 Speaker 1: but what do you what do you think it's gonna 839 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,600 Speaker 1: be like? I think it's gonna be great. I think 840 00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:44,360 Speaker 1: it's gonna be great for our bodies. Um, you know, 841 00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,560 Speaker 1: and you know he has um theories behind all that 842 00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,919 Speaker 1: as well. He has theories behind uh you know why 843 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,359 Speaker 1: he does that. And um, you know, I can't wait 844 00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,840 Speaker 1: to you know, just see how how I can recover, 845 00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,120 Speaker 1: you know, within a week obviously before you you know, 846 00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:02,799 Speaker 1: I was I was feeling pain Saturday night. I was. 847 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:06,759 Speaker 1: I was pretty beat down Saturday night, and again we 848 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:09,359 Speaker 1: had to turn around, um and play Sunday and then 849 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,680 Speaker 1: that's not even talking about the Thursday games. So I'm 850 00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:14,759 Speaker 1: excited to see how this goes. And um, you know, 851 00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,600 Speaker 1: I feel like everything he's telling us, I feel like 852 00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:19,880 Speaker 1: it's gonna be It's gonna be good for our bodies 853 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,839 Speaker 1: and are good for our recover return around and yeah, 854 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:26,760 Speaker 1: I'm excited. Okay, last question, Uh, show that you binge 855 00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:32,080 Speaker 1: watch during a good pandemic. Oh man, um one that 856 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:37,319 Speaker 1: we just we're almost finished us Yellowstone. Yes, I knew 857 00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:39,320 Speaker 1: he was gonna say that, you did not? I sort 858 00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,719 Speaker 1: of did inside did not. I sort of guessed it 859 00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:46,200 Speaker 1: because we're so in sync. He's my dad on the team. 860 00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:49,360 Speaker 1: It's just I knew he'd watch Yellowstone. You're the same 861 00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,319 Speaker 1: age practically. But have you seen like where we staying 862 00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,000 Speaker 1: next to each other, just like I look like an 863 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,360 Speaker 1: infant baby. I think me her and Cassie got a 864 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,719 Speaker 1: picture with her in between, and yeah, it's like mom 865 00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:04,240 Speaker 1: and dad. I am so tickled to see you healthy 866 00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:08,000 Speaker 1: and motivated. And I hope that the year is everything 867 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:12,960 Speaker 1: that you wanted to be, individually and team wise. And 868 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:16,719 Speaker 1: I know you would say team wise, and I am 869 00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:20,279 Speaker 1: saying individually in part because if the year is what 870 00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,480 Speaker 1: you wanted to be, then you might want to keep 871 00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:26,120 Speaker 1: on playing somewhere and uh and I like watching you play. 872 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:30,000 Speaker 1: So thanks for thanks for doing this, Thanks for the 873 00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:32,759 Speaker 1: price that you pay, and we appreciate you being the 874 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,480 Speaker 1: first guest. All right, man, much love guys, you two 875 00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:41,359 Speaker 1: good luck in Los Angeles Sunday night next week. Stay 876 00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:43,520 Speaker 1: tuned I'm not sure which night we'll be on, but 877 00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:45,839 Speaker 1: we'll be here with Taylor Stern. I'm Brad Sham. This 878 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,840 Speaker 1: is the Cowboys Hour. This has been a production of 879 00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,520 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club