Speaker 1: Did you ever in your wildest dreams they wind up? Um?
Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't. I'm definitely. I'm glad and fortunate
Speaker 1: to be here. UM. Great organization, UM, UM, and I'm
Speaker 1: excited to be here. UM. I wanted to thank UM,
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Lurie, UM, Howie Rosman and Don taking a chance
Speaker 1: on me, Coach Kelly, UM, the entire organization here is
Speaker 1: it's a privilege and honor to be here. UM. Standing
Speaker 1: before you, guys said, I'm excited about the future, and
Speaker 1: you know, I'm definitely ready to get started. Don't leave
Speaker 1: in Dallas. You didn't talk that a little bit, right,
Speaker 1: I did? I did? Um. Obviously I'm Dallas. Um. UM,
Speaker 1: they have a special place in my heart. You know,
Speaker 1: I had an incredable four years therego and as a person,
Speaker 1: a man, a father, a husband, UM, and and a
Speaker 1: football player. So UM, I can't thank that Jones um
Speaker 1: enough for taking a chance on me how to come
Speaker 1: out of Oklahoma. And UM Coach Garrett Um, unbelievable guy,
Speaker 1: unbelievable person, and UM the things he's taught me over
Speaker 1: the last four years. I hope to continue to carry
Speaker 1: on and and continue to try to be great and
Speaker 1: it helped this this organization win. And UM, just to
Speaker 1: the players, UM, Who'll always missed those guys, the bond
Speaker 1: that we had, UM through the four years, Jason Witten,
Speaker 1: UM and us a lot of great relationships. And you know,
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm excited to be here. And UM,
Speaker 1: it's a great organization in Dallas. So with all that, UM,
Speaker 1: I felt that, UM, this was a great opportunity for
Speaker 1: me to win the Super Bowl. At the end of
Speaker 1: the day, UM, it wasn't a UM it wasn't about
Speaker 1: financial security or anything like that. Obviously, you want something
Speaker 1: that you deserve and something that is respectful. And UM,
Speaker 1: I felt that, you know, those two things were important
Speaker 1: to me and I was able to accomplish that. Here
Speaker 1: have a better chance of leader shop involved in the
Speaker 1: Dallas gut. I think the Eagles have a great chance
Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl, and UM, it definitely doesn't.
Speaker 1: It's not easy. So I know there's a lot of
Speaker 1: hard work that has to be done and UM standing
Speaker 1: it's easy to stand up here and say that, but
Speaker 1: you know, we got to go to work here very shortly.
Speaker 1: Here influence you said you wanted to go to a
Speaker 1: team you can win the Super Bowl. So you think
Speaker 1: this team has a better chance in the game. I
Speaker 1: think they have a great chance to win Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: How much did Sam Bradford coming here or influencial? And
Speaker 1: how much has he even trying to recruit you a lot? Um, Obviously,
Speaker 1: Sam's a great friend of mine. Um, it's like a
Speaker 1: brother to me as well. And we spent some time
Speaker 1: in Oklahoma, were roommates there and we played played, um
Speaker 1: a lot of great games in Norman. So, um, it
Speaker 1: was a huge influence. Once I heard that he was
Speaker 1: getting traded here. Um, he immediately text me and told me, Hey,
Speaker 1: jump on board, let's let's go win it. And UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm excited to get back with him. He's
Speaker 1: a close friend of mine, and you know, I'm excited
Speaker 1: to play with him again. Started ways that sounded like
Speaker 1: Eagles didn't think you'd be in their price range. At
Speaker 1: what point did this become a realistic option for you? Huh?
Speaker 1: I mean as soon as I got the phone call. Um,
Speaker 1: obviously I got a phone call from Chip yesterday and UM,
Speaker 1: you know we talked about a few things, and um,
Speaker 1: Bill Johnson and Pat Day, my agents. You know, they
Speaker 1: discussed with me that you know, there's some interest here,
Speaker 1: and I obviously had interests in the team, and um
Speaker 1: so and from there it kind of you know, snowballed
Speaker 1: and and here I am throughout this process when you
Speaker 1: confident this kind of contract is out there for you.
Speaker 1: I was confident, Um, you know I was, and um
Speaker 1: like I said, it was it wasn't. It definitely wasn't
Speaker 1: the biggest contract. Um. But it was something that about
Speaker 1: this organization, about the team that that that caught my eye.
Speaker 1: And I felt that there was a great chance to
Speaker 1: win here. And that's what you want. You want to
Speaker 1: be in a place that that has you know, great fans.
Speaker 1: You want to be in a place that has a
Speaker 1: great coach in Chip Kelly, and you want to be
Speaker 1: in a place that you have a chance to win
Speaker 1: and be successful. We're going to clarify. You just said
Speaker 1: it definitely wasn't the biggest contract. Does that mean you
Speaker 1: had better offers Olfre, Yeah, I did, I did. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're better than the Eagles. There's a couple geology clar So,
Speaker 1: you were you were clearly letting looking more for a
Speaker 1: place where you felt you can win a Super Bowl. Definitely,
Speaker 1: of course, how much did you research or talk to
Speaker 1: the CHIP and the coaches about the sports science the
Speaker 1: routine here. Uh, you know, they're different things that they
Speaker 1: do we compared to other teams. Yeah, we spoke about
Speaker 1: it shortly. Um. You know, we had to visit and um,
Speaker 1: and I'm familiar with some of the things that they
Speaker 1: do here, and it's it's you know, it's it's great.
Speaker 1: It's great. It's someone who as as mister Laurie he
Speaker 1: you know, he allows Chip in the in the organization
Speaker 1: to do this to help the players for longevity and
Speaker 1: make them feel fresh and made them, um, play better
Speaker 1: on Sundays. I think that's huge. Um, you know as
Speaker 1: a player, I mean I love it, and and that
Speaker 1: excited me more than anything. The workload you had last year,
Speaker 1: how do you follow up on that and and and
Speaker 1: maintain out of that base or which stay home? I
Speaker 1: feel great, I feel great. Um. I take care of
Speaker 1: my body at work extremely hard. So UM, I know
Speaker 1: we have Darren Spoils here who just signed Ryan Matthew,
Speaker 1: So I know the those guys will definitely UM, if
Speaker 1: I ever need a little break, I know they can
Speaker 1: handle the load. So I'm excited to you know, Um,
Speaker 1: work with those guys and it's gonna be a bright future.
Speaker 1: Was attractive specifically about chipping this offensive scheme for I'm
Speaker 1: the same scheme, you know, similar to what I played
Speaker 1: in Oklahoma, and and I love the spread and I
Speaker 1: love running this from the gun, and um, he's a
Speaker 1: smart coach, smart guy, and and you know, just his
Speaker 1: effective effectiveness around the players. I've been able to have
Speaker 1: some short conversations with a couple of players, Malcolm Jenkins,
Speaker 1: and everyone loves him. And you know, after Sam met him,
Speaker 1: and I got the chance to talk to Sam and
Speaker 1: he loved him. And you know, I'm excited to be
Speaker 1: here on Wednesday. I guess it was last week when
Speaker 1: McCoy was trained and twiz him, was that the first
Speaker 1: time heals went on your radar? Um, Honestly, I didn't
Speaker 1: know they were interested. So even when that happened, I
Speaker 1: was just like wow, you know, I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1: And Um, then once I was actually out of town,
Speaker 1: and then once I got back to Dallas and my
Speaker 1: agent contacted me and and said there was some interest there.
Speaker 1: So I mean I was like, hey, well let's see
Speaker 1: if we can work something out. You mentioned the phone
Speaker 1: call with Jeff yesterday. What did you guys, He said,
Speaker 1: the Dallas when he realized that good really interesting. What
Speaker 1: kind of things did you talk about? Obviously we talked
Speaker 1: on schemes, we talked sports signs, and we just talked
Speaker 1: another city and we talked about, you know, um, the
Speaker 1: things that he wanted to accomplished, and we had a
Speaker 1: lot of similar interests. And um, he was all about winning.
Speaker 1: He was all about um, just being a guy. At
Speaker 1: the end of the day, he's a great coach. Um,
Speaker 1: just just being a good person and being able to
Speaker 1: have a relationship with all the players and the staff.
Speaker 1: Here is something that you know that inspired me and
Speaker 1: that I enjoyed about him this past season for you. Um, obviously,
Speaker 1: I think we had a lot of great players in Dallas. Um,
Speaker 1: you know and Das Brian and Jason and Tony Rummer.
Speaker 1: Those are great, great football players. So um, whenever you
Speaker 1: have a light whenever you have those guys, you can
Speaker 1: you certainly get a light box at the time. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a great great players you know on
Speaker 1: that team. Touched on this earlier, but historically the number
Speaker 1: of carries a running back has gotten and like you
Speaker 1: did last year, the next year is not followed up
Speaker 1: with the same production and they run into some issues.
Speaker 1: Are you aware of that history? And I mean, what
Speaker 1: do you need to do to avoid that? I think
Speaker 1: I just need to continue to work hard, just kind
Speaker 1: of build my craft, you know, start back from ground zero,
Speaker 1: work on the small things, and make sure that I'm
Speaker 1: mentally physically ready to, um do whatever they ask me
Speaker 1: to do. So I'm excited about the future and I'm
Speaker 1: definitely not worried about that. The other backs I have here,
Speaker 1: there's kind of a tandem three running back system right now.
Speaker 1: That's something you're open to to maybe have a lot
Speaker 1: of areas. Yeah, I mean that's that's kind of how
Speaker 1: we did at Oklahoma. That's kind of um you know.
Speaker 1: And and like I said, whatever they asked me to do,
Speaker 1: I'm all forward, you know, as long as we're winning.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not much of a stats guy or
Speaker 1: things like that. Obviously, I want to be out on
Speaker 1: the field and play as much as I can and
Speaker 1: try to help them and do certain things and um,
Speaker 1: but you know, I'm not a selfish guy. And you know,
Speaker 1: I'm excited about the future. Is that a little said
Speaker 1: that you know, when you're on the field and if
Speaker 1: it's third and one and the ball goes to sit
Speaker 1: down for somebody else for Ryan, I mean that that's
Speaker 1: a spot that you were that was you all the
Speaker 1: time last year, or that when you're in the moment,
Speaker 1: do you think that that will be difficult at all?
Speaker 1: Only if they don't get the first down? But but no,
Speaker 1: I think, um, like I said, you know whatever, I think.
Speaker 1: You know, they have a great game plan, they having
Speaker 1: great coaches, and you know those guys made the decisions
Speaker 1: and you know, whatever they decide to do all back
Speaker 1: under very small group of running guys have produced the
Speaker 1: numbers he did last year to start with another team
Speaker 1: in the division and your perspective, their cowboys and you
Speaker 1: wanted to be here. But how much more incentive or
Speaker 1: emotion will that be facing them twice a year? So
Speaker 1: knowing that you know they let that happen that you're
Speaker 1: not there. Um, you know that's what a lot of
Speaker 1: people have been thinking. You know, I got a lot
Speaker 1: of respect for those guys there, um um. And I
Speaker 1: approach every game the same. You know, there's not one
Speaker 1: game that I look forward to more than the other.
Speaker 1: I go out there every every Sunday and try to
Speaker 1: you know, put them off my heart out there and
Speaker 1: play my heart is So it's definitely I'm sure the
Speaker 1: emotions will be a little high, you know, doing those
Speaker 1: those games. But you know, I'm excited to just get
Speaker 1: here and you know, just start working out and get
Speaker 1: better with this team. Father do the Cowboys and value
Speaker 1: you more. No, I understand the business side of it,
Speaker 1: and you know, like I said before, maybe before all
Speaker 1: the negotiations were going on, there's no hard feelings. And
Speaker 1: you know, those are great people in that organization and
Speaker 1: I'm very, very blessed I spent four years. They're learning
Speaker 1: a lot from those guys, and you know, some things
Speaker 1: just don't work out. And just got to move on
Speaker 1: the car right over here from the airport, there were
Speaker 1: choppers overhead. There's a lot of excitement in the city
Speaker 1: about you that Have you been able to sense that
Speaker 1: at all in the past twenty four hours? Yeah, a
Speaker 1: little bit. Um. You know, like I said, I've been
Speaker 1: kind of spent a little world win for me a
Speaker 1: little bit. I haven't eight or slept much the last
Speaker 1: couple of days. So I'm excited to get get all
Speaker 1: these things done and ironed out and ready to get
Speaker 1: back to what I do best, and that's just playing football.
Speaker 1: When last season ended with your sense that you were
Speaker 1: going to be back in Dallas, like, um, you know,
Speaker 1: I didn't know, honestly didn't know. And um obviously you know, um,
Speaker 1: spending four years there, you would always you know, hope
Speaker 1: to remain with the same team. But you know the
Speaker 1: business side of things, and um, you know, one one
Speaker 1: one opportunity closed, another one opens, and I felt like,
Speaker 1: this is a great opportunity for me, and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to be here. Give but given them that had such
Speaker 1: a profile there and you were such a star for that,
Speaker 1: people's hard to give up on the idea. Yeah, of course,
Speaker 1: of course it is. You know, like I said, four
Speaker 1: years being there, the relationships you you grow throughout the
Speaker 1: years and the people you meet and uh they become
Speaker 1: your family, and um, you know, I think those guys
Speaker 1: will always be my friend. Jason Gate would always be
Speaker 1: a great friend of mine. Um, Jason Wood and Romo
Speaker 1: and Deaz and um, all those guys. Know. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's a brother brotherhood there and you know, so those
Speaker 1: guys would never be forgotten today, Like bands, burden depreci great.
Speaker 1: Did you see any of bad what you made? I haven't.
Speaker 1: I have it, you know, and I don't take it personal.
Speaker 1: You know, I know, I'm sure you know. Their feelings
Speaker 1: are hurt, and like I said, I apologize for that.
Speaker 1: And so I'm ready to move on and I'm glad
Speaker 1: to be a part of this organization