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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is nick shot

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Speaker 1: screening live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys have now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves,

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Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola, and it is time for mix shots

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Speaker 1: Bill Jones, Mickey Spagnola, Everson Walls and what a great

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Speaker 1: time to be a football fan in America as it

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Speaker 1: is football time, not only in Texas but all across

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Speaker 1: the Great USA. A lot of people didn't think we'd

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Speaker 1: be at this point eventually, but we've got with one

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Speaker 1: cut down day in the NFL on Saturday, and the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys have begun preparations as we speak for the Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles Rams a week from Sunday. Micky, it's a great

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Speaker 1: time to be alive in America as it isn't Oh,

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Speaker 1: it certainly is, Bill, And you know what, we had

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Speaker 1: football outdoors on a grass field today for practice, so

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Speaker 1: moving right along. That new field is down and ready

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Speaker 1: to go. Didn't rain any here this morning, so the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys were able to practice outdoors. And yeah, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if everybody thought we were going to get to

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Speaker 1: this point, but we're here, and it looks like it

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Speaker 1: just might work, at least for this first week of

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Speaker 1: the season. Ever, since we're getting this season ready to

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Speaker 1: go just under the gun, just like Mickey got here

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Speaker 1: for mix shots, just under the gun. Right. Well, whether

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Speaker 1: I like it or not, I'm the pessimist of this group,

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Speaker 1: and I must admit I didn't even think we get

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Speaker 1: this far. So I'm a little bit optimistic now. Uh My,

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Speaker 1: my optimism was a little bit taper today because I

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Speaker 1: thought Mick was gonna miss the whole show. All right,

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Speaker 1: So you want me to pull back to Carton and

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Speaker 1: tell you what happened? Yes, I was in dire need

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Speaker 1: uh to go to the eye doctor because my glasses

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Speaker 1: I sat on him and they were no longer workable.

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Speaker 1: They were about in bad shape as my bicycle. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so now, so you haven't been buying your bike, so

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Speaker 1: your ass it's probably pretty big right now. Yeah, right, No,

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Speaker 1: a doctor appointment, and I rushed back here just in

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Speaker 1: time to do my fan report that's usually at twelve twenty,

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Speaker 1: but it was at eleven twenty today because I think

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Speaker 1: the Arrangers had an afternoon game. Ye, So I walked

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Speaker 1: in just as they were going to me, and then

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Speaker 1: I told them I have to be done at eleven thirty,

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Speaker 1: and so we were done at eleven thirty, and here

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Speaker 1: I am. I don't know about that, spags. If this

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Speaker 1: was Eddie Robinson or Tom Landry, you would have been fined.

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Speaker 1: If you're on time, you are late. Let's remember that.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, and for Joe Abazanos on time, I was

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Speaker 1: ten minutes late, and Nicky. There are a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of people who think you sat

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Speaker 1: on your glasses a long time ago, and so they're

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Speaker 1: very happy to hear that you now I have glasses

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Speaker 1: you can see right right. So what's your take on

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Speaker 1: this football team now? As we are now down to

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Speaker 1: forty eight hours away, a little over forty eight hours

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Speaker 1: away from the cut down time in the NFL get

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Speaker 1: down to fifty three, and had a practice this morning.

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Speaker 1: They were in pads this morning. Weren't they had a practice? Yes,

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Speaker 1: they were preseason and got another practice on Saturday. But

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Speaker 1: obviously the decisions will be made to buy then on

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Speaker 1: this fifty three man roster. Yeah. Absolutely, And they started

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Speaker 1: making the decisions yesterday. I believe it was up to

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Speaker 1: And then Adam Redman, who was on IR the backup

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Speaker 1: You've got a great talent coming in as Ceedee Lamb.

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Speaker 1: So at the wide receiver position you're making, you're thinking

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Speaker 1: And remember the practice squads expanded this year to sixteen guys,

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Speaker 1: there if he clears waivers because at four or six

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Speaker 1: Of course, the cutdown is on Saturday afternoon, and then

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting with veteran players. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: I like, no, no, you're exactly right. So the waiver

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Speaker 1: that was one reason. And you know you were there

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Speaker 1: else's because you haven't seen those guys. So you want

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Speaker 1: calling everything. So that's why there was no numbers on

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Speaker 1: those jerseys, right, because Bill would have been all over

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Speaker 1: didn't want to help out the opposition. Bill, Bill, please

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Speaker 1: don't help out the opposition. Well, yeah, I made sure

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Speaker 1: they didn't show anything, and so mission accomplished. As far

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Speaker 1: I know you were tuned in for it, weren't you, Mickey.

428
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: I was sitting there and watching it as no matter

429
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,919
Speaker 1: you were sitting there there, So this was this was

430
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 1: like an in person that was well, no, it wasn't

431
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,479
Speaker 1: in person, but we no, no, but it was in

432
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 1: the press conference room, Yeah, it was. Orders were there.

433
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 1: They've got a new system now. Instead of just calling

434
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: into the WebEx number, Uh, they've set up a spot

435
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: in the socially distance in the press conference room with

436
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,160
Speaker 1: a big screen and I believe Mike can see us

437
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: and we can see him, and uh, it's a little

438
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,640
Speaker 1: bit more organized, so everybody's not talking over each other

439
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,360
Speaker 1: trying to ask a question. So on a regular basis

440
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,879
Speaker 1: during the season, are they're gonna be seven fifteen ams? No?

441
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: I think I hope to god this was the last one.

442
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 1: That's a that's an early wake up call to you know,

443
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 1: I guess you could watch it at all. In my

444
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: time it's over. You got to rush here for the

445
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: start of the eight o'clock practice. So I usually get

446
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 1: here around ten to seven, seven o'clock in the morning,

447
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: which means with a half hour commute, I was getting

448
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,879
Speaker 1: up at five in the morning to get here, and uh,

449
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: we thought we were done with them, but he surprised

450
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: us and had another early one today. But I think

451
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 1: normally they're gonna practice at I think ten thirty, eleven thirty,

452
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 1: whatever the cowboys were doing last year, I think eleven fifteen. Uh,

453
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: those will be the normal morning practices. And you know

454
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 1: he likes to go outside, so uh, they rushed to

455
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: get that field that had a fungus on it out

456
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 1: of there and laid down an entirely new sided field

457
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,919
Speaker 1: like in two days and it's ready to go, and

458
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: they practiced on it today. They practice outside, and yes, okay, absolutely,

459
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: this is all. This is all why the rain was

460
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 1: happening and all of that. Uh, they welcomed the rain

461
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: the other day because it that new side was sitting there.

462
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,440
Speaker 1: I guarantee those blades of grass were clapping. Get all

463
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,959
Speaker 1: that free water like that road. You know, there's a

464
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: reason there was a hole in a root. Yeah, for

465
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 1: that nice grass, that nice natural grass we had on

466
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: the on the on the floor. Yeah. Good Lord knew

467
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 1: that that that sod was in and needed some rain.

468
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: And so the brain's pain this week. Well, here's what

469
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: I want to know. Here's what I love. I want

470
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 1: to know here about you and uh Jerry Spags. I mean,

471
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 1: you guys were like squeezing each other's You guys were

472
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: squeezing each other's apples before the social distancing and everything

473
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: was going on. Now more intimate readings. I'm glad you

474
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: were reading because you know everybody, uh, and Jerry talks

475
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: about all the protocols they go through, and you know

476
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: the testing that people have to do here that are

477
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: around the team, uh each morning when they come into

478
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: the facility, if you're in Tier one or Tier two,

479
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: and then masking up right, and so when we and

480
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 1: Bill knows, we walk around the hallways here, uh, you know,

481
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: you gotta have your mask on. So I was getting

482
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: in the elevator the other day and the door uh

483
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 1: it was like good, oh, hold on, it was Jerry

484
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,920
Speaker 1: and he was getting in the elevator at the same time,

485
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: and he had his mask on. So don't think just

486
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: because you own the place, you don't have to, uh,

487
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: you know, go through all the protocols. And we stood

488
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: on each side of the elevator because the sign said

489
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 1: no more than two people in the same elevator. And

490
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: so Jerry and I wrote up together but he had

491
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: his mask on. Okay, Nicky, what you make out of

492
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 1: what Dak Prescott had to say at his press conference yesterday.

493
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: In particular, he wrote about it in nick shots the

494
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: fuller plate that appears that he may have had to see. Yeah,

495
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: everybody see everybody keeps asking about the changes in the offense,

496
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: and you know, every time Dak or Mike answers the questions,

497
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, we're gonna use a lot of

498
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 1: what we did last year, and this just kind of

499
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: add to it, right, and and why not? The offense

500
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: was pretty good. The problem was, Yeah, it was pretty

501
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 1: good move the football. They just didn't score enough when

502
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: they got in the red zone, right. But it was

503
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 1: the number one offense in the National Football League, the

504
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: number two passing offense. So when Dak was trying to

505
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: explain what might be different, his explanation was, I'm getting

506
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: more control of what we're doing on the field, like

507
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 1: in two minute drills, you know, calling my own plays

508
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 1: during the game, getting the plays that I really like,

509
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: and coordinating with Kellen Moore. And it sounds like Mike

510
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 1: McCarthy's kind of encouraging that to give him a little

511
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 1: bit more authority, and you know, we forget about it

512
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 1: because it seems like he just got here yesterday. This

513
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 1: is this fifth season. You know, this is a guy

514
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: and has started what every game for four years. So

515
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: we're talking about an experienced quarterback, and so they're giving

516
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: them sounds like more leeway in decision making in game

517
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: and on the field when it comes to play calling.

518
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: You know. And we can talk about Dak and the

519
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: offense and all the excellence that we had seen last

520
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: year and even some of the mistakes that we were

521
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: able to view, but let's just face it, guys, and

522
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 1: we always try and build up a particular facet of

523
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: the game or a particular individual in a ball game.

524
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: We dwell on either their greatness or we dwell on

525
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: their failures. What I learned all while I played is

526
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: that I don't care how great you are as a quarterback.

527
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: You're going to have to have some help. And if

528
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: you don't have help, you're going to be great all

529
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: by yourself, and that does not lead to wins. One

530
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: thing that you saw last year Tom Brady average season,

531
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: but he played with a great defense and that's what

532
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: got them as far as they went. Anytime you see

533
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 1: a team that is coached well with very few penalties.

534
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: They might have a culture of being a smart team

535
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: that doesn't shoot themselves in the foot. You can also

536
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: look at other teams out there that have all three

537
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: fasties of the game working together offense, defense, and special teams.

538
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 1: How many times have you seen special teams in the

539
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: critical part of a game, especially during the playoffs and

540
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: whether the games really have significance. Have you seen that

541
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 1: special teams come in and put your offense in a

542
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: great position or pull them out of the hole that

543
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: they could have been in, whether it's for a great

544
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 1: return or whether it's for a block, something that makes

545
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,719
Speaker 1: a difference in the ballgame. Of course, I'm always harping

546
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: on turnovers. These are things that the greatest quarterbacks in

547
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: the NFL have been privy to in regards to their

548
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 1: teammates and other fascists of the game. So while we're

549
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 1: looking at what Dak is doing, we must look at

550
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: other fastest of the game. We're talking about the practice

551
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: teams and what you're able to keep. We're also talking

552
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: about probably starters playing special teams. Because at this point

553
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: we've shown that our special teams has not except for

554
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: the kicking game. Our special teams has not really shown

555
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: up for us, and we leave it to our offense

556
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: to make eighty yard drives every time we get the ball.

557
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: There has to be a moment in this organization to

558
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: where we realize that there are other fastest of the

559
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: game and they all go together as three, they all

560
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: go together, and if we're going to go to a championship,

561
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: we can't just depend on our offense. We've seen that

562
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: we must. We must have other fastest of the game

563
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 1: working for us this season, because that's the only way

564
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: you're gonna get past the Baltimore's, the Rams, the forty

565
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: nine ers, all those teams are that are well coached

566
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: through every asset of the game, every fast of the game.

567
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: We got to have that. We must, you know, Nicki,

568
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: one of the things things that I noticed in the

569
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 1: in the practice on Sunday was in the two minute drill.

570
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 1: It seemed to be pretty crisp, and uh, it's what

571
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: have you noticed throughout your couple of weeks of watching

572
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: the team practice in terms of a two minute drill?

573
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: You know what? It's almost like the entire practice is

574
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: a two minute drill. Because Mike McCarthy's big on tempo

575
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: in practice, not only tempo of running a lot of plays,

576
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 1: but I think it also has a conditioning aspect to

577
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 1: it that there's not a lot of standing around, there's

578
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: not a lot of a lot of times, there's not

579
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: a lot of huddles. You know, they're running different guys

580
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: in and out. So from from a two minute standpoint, yeah,

581
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: they do practice that, but they also the tempo and

582
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: practice picks up greatly. Uh. And it's like sometimes I

583
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: catch myself writing down, Oh, they're in two minute. Well

584
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: they're not really in two minute, but uh, it's it's

585
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: the pace that they go at. But yeah, and the

586
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: thing that stuck out to me from Sunday was the

587
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: fact that he's got a lot of trust in Blake Jarwin,

588
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: his tight end. He'll go to him in those two

589
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: minute drills and they're not a little dump off passes.

590
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,879
Speaker 1: You know, He's putting them in in situations to get

591
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: down the field. And I don't think that's any secret

592
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: because that was his strength last year when he was

593
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: catching passes. But I thought that was a good sign

594
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: that Dak has confidence in his tight end who's trying to,

595
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: you know, make his way in the NFL. Uh. You know.

596
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,280
Speaker 1: The other thing is is using Zeke and that's no surprise.

597
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: He caught fifty some passes last year. You know. I

598
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: keep hearing people say, well, you know Zeke's deal was

599
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: when he does his interview, It's like, yeah, I've been

600
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,880
Speaker 1: practicing catching the ball more. I've been practicing lining up

601
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 1: and doing it as a wide receiver a little bit more.

602
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: And it's like, oh, they're gonna start throwing the ball. Well,

603
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 1: they he caught fifty some passes last year. It's not

604
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: like they Nordom, and a lot of them weren't dump

605
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: off passes. So the versatility to this offense I think

606
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: helps Bill during a two minute drill. And these guys

607
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: seem to understand that when they catch the ball on

608
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: the sideline, you get out of bounds right. You don't

609
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: turn up field like someone did the year before or

610
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 1: two years before. Well, one thing you have to realize

611
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: is the Cowboys an't gonna need that change of pace

612
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,720
Speaker 1: Bill and Spats. They're gonna need that change of pace.

613
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: There are times last year where even though the offense

614
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: is playing great, there were times when we fell into

615
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: a little bit of a low we just kept trying

616
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: to do the same thing over and over again, falling

617
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: behind and then having to come into the second half

618
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: with all of these passes and the up tempo offense.

619
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,919
Speaker 1: There's a time to do that in the first half

620
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: as well. I think what coach McCarthy is doing, he's

621
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 1: trying to work on his tempo, controlling the game and

622
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 1: not letting the opposition's defense control the tempo of the

623
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,439
Speaker 1: game for our offense. I think that's a really good

624
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: UH practice UH demonstration. I think it's also good that

625
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 1: the players and UH offensively, especially on the same page

626
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,320
Speaker 1: with that, because they're gonna be some some very hectic

627
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: moments out there to where we can't let the uh

628
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:29,720
Speaker 1: that activity, that upbeating activity mess with our thinking process.

629
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: So if they could be, if they could be on

630
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: the same page while they're in a chaotic situation, to me,

631
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: that's gonna be that's gonna bode well for us offensively.

632
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: You know. The other thing I noticed building practices, especially

633
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: in the individual drills with the quarterbacks. UM they do

634
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,720
Speaker 1: a lot of drills like throwing the ball off schedule,

635
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 1: and what I mean is it's not just taking a

636
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: five step drop or seven step drop or catching it

637
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,879
Speaker 1: and shotgun and throwing the ball. They've got them doing

638
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: these drills, moving in and outside pylons and cones, moving

639
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: with their feet and then having to throw the ball

640
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: on the run. And it just kind of it made

641
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 1: me think back to Aaron Rodgers. How good he was

642
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Speaker 1: at that? Right, Yeah, how good he was at that?

643
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Speaker 1: And maybe you can practice that. And that's one of

644
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: those drills where they they throw into that net and

645
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Speaker 1: there's there's uh three rectangular uttle pockets in there, and

646
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: you're supposed to throw and hit in the pocket, and

647
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: you score points the more you throw in there. And uh,

648
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 1: he's got him moving in and out, in and out

649
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: over over over, and then throw the ball on the

650
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,359
Speaker 1: run and and and this day and age, you've got

651
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Speaker 1: to be able to throw the ball with your arm

652
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Speaker 1: at different slots, uh and and off your wrong foot sometimes.

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Speaker 1: And so that's one of the drills I've noticed that

654
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: I thought was very interesting. You know, it's not by

655
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Speaker 1: accident that Aaron Rodgers has been able to make those

656
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: offer platform grows in different armings and so forth. It's

657
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Speaker 1: something that you that he's practiced in the years. And

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Speaker 1: there's probably some ideas that McCarthy got in coaching Aaron

659
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Speaker 1: Rodgers that he added to his practice regiment to be

660
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Speaker 1: able to get hit work in those types of situations. Yeah,

661
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: and I haven't seen them throw those sky high hill marys. No,

662
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: we don't want to get into that situation hopefully. Yeah, right,

663
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Speaker 1: only at the end of the half. But you can

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Speaker 1: imagine if if the Cowboys are going to play with

665
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Speaker 1: with more tempo on offense, there has to be more

666
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Speaker 1: on Dak's play because there's gonna be decisions that he's

667
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: gonna have to make on the run. Oh. Absolutely. And

668
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Speaker 1: you know the versatility they have even with their wide

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Speaker 1: receivers um, you know, you can do a lot of

670
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: different things, same thing with your tight end. So yeah,

671
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Speaker 1: I think the versatility of this offense may increase. You know,

672
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 1: they're not running fancy plays and not a lot of gimmicks.

673
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: You know, there's only and Everson knows this, there's only

674
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: so many pass patterns you can run, right, That's true.

675
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: And it's like you're not reinventing the wheel. It's just

676
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: a matter of timing and how you call it. And

677
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: he's relying on Kellen Moore more and more and so

678
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: I think that's interesting, but he also didn't want to

679
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:34,280
Speaker 1: have to change, especially without an offseason on the field,

680
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 1: without preseason games. You know, if you can keep some

681
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: continuity between your quarterback and the offensive coordinator, I think

682
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:47,879
Speaker 1: that's huge. And as McCarthy talked about this morning, I mean,

683
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: he came into his interview with the Cowboys with the

684
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Speaker 1: feeling that he wanted to do to keep Kellen Moore

685
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Speaker 1: as as the offensive coordinator. I mean, obviously he had

686
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 1: studied the Cowboys intently throughout less season and knew a

687
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Speaker 1: lot about Kellen Moore even before he met him. And

688
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Speaker 1: I thought that was interesting this morning and was talking about, Yea,

689
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Speaker 1: he was my guy. He was one of the first

690
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Speaker 1: decisions I made was keeping him as the offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, at his first interview, when

692
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Speaker 1: he was asked about, uh, you know, keeping Kellen Moore,

693
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Speaker 1: he pointed out that he goes I was on to

694
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Speaker 1: him before I even got this job, and he said

695
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Speaker 1: I had made my mind up that if I went

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Speaker 1: somewhere else and he was available, I wanted to bring

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Speaker 1: him on. I liked what he was doing. But here's

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Speaker 1: I would pay for this to happen. Because what was

699
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: the big criticism of the Cowboys last year that the

700
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Speaker 1: first play of the game or the first down they

701
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: would hand off to Zeke. If the first play of

702
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Speaker 1: the year this year is a handoff to Zeke, I

703
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 1: will roll on the floor laughing. Okay, what will what

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Speaker 1: will you do again? What I said, I will roll

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Speaker 1: on the floor laughing, like that was the problem this

706
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Speaker 1: That's why that was the problem with the offense, right,

707
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Speaker 1: because they handed the ball to Zeke too much. And

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Speaker 1: now the question is, well, with all these receivers and

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Speaker 1: throwing the ball, will Zeke ever touched the ball? And

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Speaker 1: it's like, this is the best running back Mike McCarthy's

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Speaker 1: ever had. All right, when we come back here on

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00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: Mick Shots, Mickey, I want you to cut down this

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Speaker 1: roster for me, okay. And there's there's much more to

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Speaker 1: get to as well. Here's all my notes right now

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Speaker 1: if you want to see them. But from SPADs, you

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Speaker 1: have no notes on what I asked you to do. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: to know what the other four teams with new coaches

718
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 1: were doing in the off season, SPADs is like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll get right on that walls. Yeah, thanks a lot time.

720
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: Time just flies for some reason I don't understand. So

721
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Speaker 1: the question again, ever since this one, we wanted to

722
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Speaker 1: find out if all of the other teams that had

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Speaker 1: new systems and new coaches coming in to this year

724
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: if they were playing the same cat and mouse games

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Speaker 1: that coach McCarthy did in regards to no numbers and

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Speaker 1: no names on the back of the Josephs. All right,

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Speaker 1: I was told by our crack producer, Chris Bean that

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Speaker 1: for Mickey and Everson here and Mickey you write about

775
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:21,439
Speaker 1: the decisions, the roster decisions that have to be made

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Speaker 1: and you don't expect very many surprises, do you. I

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Speaker 1: really don't. I kind of went through it, and you know,

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Speaker 1: it just seems like when you look at contracts and

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Speaker 1: the guarantees on some of them, I don't see where

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Speaker 1: you would see a huge surprise. We talked about the

782
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Speaker 1: wide receivers. We gave you five, would they keep six?

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't know if, and we talked about

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Speaker 1: who that might be. You figured they're going to keep

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00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:57,240
Speaker 1: three tight ends, right, and that's pretty cut and dry

786
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:01,399
Speaker 1: between Darwin Schultz and Blake Bell. Don't think anybody's gonna

787
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 1: argue there. Quarterbacks? Would you keep three because de Nucis

788
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: looked pretty good? They cut Clayton Thorson already, or so

789
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 1: you keep three quarters? And I think the decision maybe

790
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: at running back, we know they're going to keep two.

791
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,800
Speaker 1: Do they want a third? You know, those two guys

792
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 1: have looked good, but I imagine every team has a

793
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: guy like that on their roster right now. Between Anderson

794
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:31,279
Speaker 1: and Donald, you know, practice squad guys. Do you want

795
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Speaker 1: a fullback? Maybe you want another full tight end instead

796
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:39,839
Speaker 1: of a fullback. Ola Nlua has looked good when he's

797
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 1: gotten opportunities, but there haven't been that many opportunities. And

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00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: then when you look at the offensive line, do you

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Speaker 1: keep ten? You know, I can get to nine. I

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00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:54,120
Speaker 1: don't know who that tenth guy might be. So those

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00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: are some of the decision offensively that you you you

802
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: certainly would have to consider, okay. And then you look

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00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: at the defensive side of the ball. Uh ten defensive lineman, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think and I think I think like nine of

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00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:16,360
Speaker 1: them uh seem to be uh you know, okay, the

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Speaker 1: tenth one, I think you might have to decide between

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Speaker 1: uh your was it the fifth round pick Bradley and

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Speaker 1: I uh and then last year's sixth round pick Joe Jackson.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you can't have both of those. Maybe you just

810
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Speaker 1: get one of them. And really, Michael, let's wreak it down.

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Speaker 1: Let's break it down inside guys, outside, guys on the

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Speaker 1: defensive line. Okay, inside, obviously you've got done Terry Poe

813
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Speaker 1: and Antoine Woods, Tristan Hill, Neville Gallimore. There's four, right,

814
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Speaker 1: there is Tyrone Crawford. What's he can He's I think

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Speaker 1: he's an either Okay, so he's either or right. So

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00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: there's five guys who can play inside right there? Right?

817
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: Four that are legit or for sure inside a fifth

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00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:10,400
Speaker 1: who was a versatile, all right defensive end with DeMarcus Lawrence, Everson, Griffin,

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Speaker 1: Alden Smith. There's three right there. You mentioned Joe Jackson,

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Speaker 1: Dorian's Armstrong grew up to five there, so I think

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Speaker 1: four for sure with Armstrong and then and then maybe

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Speaker 1: either And that's why I didn't even mention any the

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Speaker 1: so An I or Jackson. Yeah, I think that's what

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00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: it probably comes down to there. So I just listed

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00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,400
Speaker 1: eleven defensive lineman right there right, and you could go

826
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Speaker 1: long there, you go short somewhere else. You know, they

827
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:46,759
Speaker 1: only have seven linebackers on the roster right now. You

828
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 1: could make a case to keep them all. I think

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Speaker 1: Francis Bernard, the rookie free agent, has had a nice camp.

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Speaker 1: Can you get him on the practice squad? I don't know.

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00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: And then what's going to happen with Sean Lee who

832
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: is yet to practice? You know, does he go on

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00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:08,880
Speaker 1: an injured list to start the season, And then you

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Speaker 1: could qualify keeping h Francis Bernard for sure if that happens,

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Speaker 1: or what if Sean Lee is ready to go and

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Speaker 1: they just uh and I love it. Bubble wrapped him

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Speaker 1: another term we used to do. It's no longer trevl

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Speaker 1: lit here in twenty twenty. So there's there's that that

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00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: but to me that the linebacker thing too. I mean,

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00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,440
Speaker 1: that's that's a no brainer right there. And then you

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Speaker 1: get to the DVS and I think if you look

842
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Speaker 1: at the numbers we just talked about with three special

843
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:42,680
Speaker 1: teams guys, you could qualify keeping ten defensive backs and

844
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: this one might be more up in the air than

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Speaker 1: the other decisions we talked about if you think about it,

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Speaker 1: and we can go through that bill if you want, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's go. Let's have at it. So numerically, I'll just

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Speaker 1: go from the top. You've got Darien Thompson at safe,

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Speaker 1: d chitabey O Woozier, Xavier Woods, Jordan Lewis, Haha, Clinton Dix,

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Speaker 1: Darryl Worley who can play safety or can play some cornerback,

851
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:14,960
Speaker 1: and he had been in the slot quite a bit.

852
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 1: Uh C. J. Goodwin had been a corner that you

853
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 1: used basically last year as a special team's guy. Anthony Brown,

854
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:30,520
Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs and then Donovan Wilson from last year. You

855
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:34,959
Speaker 1: liked them at Reggie Robinson you drafted in the fourth round.

856
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: I don't know right there. Yeah, that gives you eleven already.

857
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:41,840
Speaker 1: And I had even brought up Chris Chris Westry or

858
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: Deonte Burton who has shown up at times too. So, uh,

859
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 1: you know, if they go along at a position in short,

860
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 1: somewhere else, it might be in the secondary, just because

861
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: I think they've got a bunch of guys there that

862
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,920
Speaker 1: they would like to hang on to, especially for like

863
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 1: we talked about the special teams purposes, it seems like

864
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:03,800
Speaker 1: they're trying to get a lot of starters and a

865
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:08,520
Speaker 1: lot of experience on special teams or any linebackers being

866
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: considered to be kept on the team simply because of

867
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 1: special team's abilities on special teams potential, because it'd be

868
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 1: great to have some of those studs on kick coverage

869
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,840
Speaker 1: and Putmton and things of that nature. Yeah, if Bernard

870
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,439
Speaker 1: makes the team or makes the you know, forty six

871
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 1: or forty eight, certainly he's a special teamer. Joe Thomas

872
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:33,600
Speaker 1: plays special teams. Justin March Justin March is a special teamer,

873
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: and then Luke Gifford would play there. Although he's still

874
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:41,200
Speaker 1: not practicing us. He's been nursing an injury and just

875
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 1: kind of working on the cords. So and then other

876
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:48,440
Speaker 1: than your two starters Jalen Smith and Layton Vanderish, probably

877
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: not on special teams. So those other five guys or

878
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: four guys, because they're not going to put Shawn Lee

879
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:58,360
Speaker 1: out there. We're basically your special teams guys. So you

880
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,600
Speaker 1: might go, you know, you might instead of six linebackers,

881
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: you might keep seven, you know. And then there's also

882
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 1: you know, the what happens if somebody releases a guy

883
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,319
Speaker 1: and you go, oh, I would really rather have him

884
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:15,280
Speaker 1: than who I got, and and so there's always that possibility.

885
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 1: But those things don't take place, I think until well,

886
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 1: they'll clear waivers, like I said, but it depends on

887
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,920
Speaker 1: when they release them. Now it regards to excuse me, Bill,

888
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: it was glards to Thompson. Now, that was a dB

889
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 1: that was making all the plays last year, making the

890
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: interceptions and and and practice and things of that nature.

891
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:36,800
Speaker 1: Am I am I speaking correctly? No, it was Donovan Wilson.

892
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:42,399
Speaker 1: How's he looking this year? Yeah, he's he hasn't got

893
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,800
Speaker 1: as many opportunities to to to play with the front

894
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: line guys. Uh, And so you know, but I don't

895
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:51,399
Speaker 1: think they're ready to give up on him. I mean,

896
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:54,439
Speaker 1: he is a safety. Now they've got other guys that

897
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,760
Speaker 1: you know, can play safety, you know the versatility. Uh

898
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:03,360
Speaker 1: so can he play special teams? And when he was

899
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,480
Speaker 1: on the forty six man roster last year, he was

900
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 1: a special teamer and he was pretty darn good too,

901
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:13,440
Speaker 1: So I would think that that gives him an inside

902
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:18,879
Speaker 1: track to remaining on this roster. Okay, when they when

903
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are scanning the waiver wire, Mickey, what position

904
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:27,400
Speaker 1: are you looking at if you're scanning the waiver wire

905
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: for this Cowboys team? Which is the position you're really

906
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 1: looking hard at? Offensive line? Because specifically offensive tackle tackle? Right,

907
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 1: because other than Cam Irving, who has versatility, I mean

908
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:47,759
Speaker 1: he's actually played guard, uh tackle and has had his

909
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:52,359
Speaker 1: hand on the football playing center. But after him, uh

910
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:56,799
Speaker 1: and with Mitch Hyatt, uh gonna have knee surgery and

911
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: we'll see what happened with Brandon Knight. I don't know

912
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: that they have another guy as a tackle that they

913
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:04,440
Speaker 1: would want to keep on the on the roster as

914
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 1: a backup, or even a guy that's a um, you know,

915
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:12,839
Speaker 1: developmental guy, because um, if you if you look at it.

916
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 1: I mean Terrence Steele, I mean he's one of the

917
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 1: few guys left that's played tackle. Um okay, and then

918
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 1: they also have Isaac Alcorn or Mexico Mexico. Yeah, there's

919
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 1: the international player. All right, let me ask you this

920
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:35,480
Speaker 1: because we all it's it's basically on this day. This

921
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:38,160
Speaker 1: is this is be the day of the last preseason game,

922
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:42,280
Speaker 1: a Thursday. It seems like every other year the Cowboys

923
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:45,640
Speaker 1: are making a trade that's a quote unquote minor trade

924
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 1: on the around the last preseason game. As you get

925
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,799
Speaker 1: closer to cut down day. All right, you're say there's

926
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: a young player offensive tackle on a team that you're

927
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:59,239
Speaker 1: interested in. You want to were you if you were

928
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:01,800
Speaker 1: to work a trade and you're trading from another position

929
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: group work at the Cowboys work a trade like that.

930
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:07,239
Speaker 1: They said, from that defensive line depth that that you

931
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: have where you might be able to swing something. Maybe

932
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:14,759
Speaker 1: the defensive backfield, it does look a little crowded if

933
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:19,680
Speaker 1: somebody needed something there. You know, for the defensive line

934
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:25,640
Speaker 1: that we mentioned, the guys that you might trade didn't

935
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:29,719
Speaker 1: really wouldn't have played that much. When you're talking to

936
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:33,800
Speaker 1: Joe Jackson, right, you know, one of the interesting guys

937
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 1: is seventy nine justin Hamilton. He has shown up at

938
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:45,120
Speaker 1: times in practice, but again I don't know. You know

939
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,680
Speaker 1: what you could get for a guy like that, and

940
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,560
Speaker 1: he may be a perfect guy, a perfect candidate for

941
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 1: your practice squad. Did you may not want to, you know,

942
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,719
Speaker 1: And as you say, if you if you think you

943
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:58,719
Speaker 1: have excess and you don't think you're gonna get much

944
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: for him, you you might roll the dice and say, well,

945
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:02,799
Speaker 1: I can get him on the practice squad and I

946
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: can keep him. I'll tell you what, guys, I still

947
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:11,360
Speaker 1: have nightmares, and I'm sure that Dad Prescott does as well.

948
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:15,960
Speaker 1: Of the Atlanta Falcons game, when his backside was never protected.

949
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:19,560
Speaker 1: We allowed a defensive lineman for the Falcons to make

950
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:23,480
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl in one game he made his career.

951
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,480
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gotten four sacks since he played

952
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. So we understand how important that tackle

953
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:39,480
Speaker 1: position is. Would we let's say, God forbid, Thaylon goes

954
00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: down again? You know we're looking at some problems. I

955
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:44,760
Speaker 1: think the problem in the Falcons game was we didn't

956
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:48,200
Speaker 1: make the adjustment. That coaching staff did not make the

957
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:51,160
Speaker 1: adjustment I think it would be different here with this

958
00:56:51,239 --> 00:56:53,919
Speaker 1: coaching staff. But at the same time, that's gonna hurt

959
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: you having to relieve other areas just so that you

960
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:02,319
Speaker 1: can show up the protection of your quarterbacks backside. You

961
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,959
Speaker 1: think they would be willing to go as as deep

962
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:08,040
Speaker 1: as uh into our wide receive a position if we

963
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:11,440
Speaker 1: had to give up something that we would go as

964
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:13,640
Speaker 1: deep as a way to receive a position, because that's

965
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:17,040
Speaker 1: so attractive for us, you know, And I get that, Everson,

966
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 1: but think about this. If you've got a good backup

967
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:25,280
Speaker 1: offensive tackle, you probably don't have two of them, and

968
00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 1: I think those are the that position there is so

969
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:32,560
Speaker 1: hard to find. And your your points good though, because

970
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 1: think about this. So, say you know Collins has had

971
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:40,720
Speaker 1: some back issues that have flared up. They flared up

972
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 1: last year, they flared up in the offseason. Say he's

973
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,840
Speaker 1: not ready to go for the first game, Okay, so

974
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:53,080
Speaker 1: Cam Irving's starting. Now, who's your backup tackle? And and

975
00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:56,560
Speaker 1: and when you look at the list, it's like, WHOA,

976
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: I don't know, Maybe one of those guards have to

977
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:03,800
Speaker 1: move out and help me out at tackle. Brandon Night

978
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 1: started a game last year, right, But as I said earlier,

979
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: that he looked like he might have done a little

980
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 1: something to himself. Today, Mitch Hyatt's gone. So the only

981
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 1: tackles are Cody Cody Whitman is the only other tackle.

982
00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:24,000
Speaker 1: And why are not White Miller? They cut him? Steel,

983
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:27,480
Speaker 1: Tarrant Steele. Those are the only two other tackles that

984
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: are healthy that are on this roster. So I would

985
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 1: keep my eyes open for that. But chances are people

986
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:38,120
Speaker 1: aren't given up on a developmental tackle because they're so

987
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:41,480
Speaker 1: hard to find. Yeah, every team's got the same problem

988
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: at offensive tackle. So Micky, what do we what's our

989
00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:49,600
Speaker 1: schedule next week? Next week? I think we're supposed to

990
00:58:49,720 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 1: start a daily podcast Tuesday. Uh, and right now it's

991
00:58:55,400 --> 00:59:00,640
Speaker 1: at one thirty, and that might be subject to change. Uh,

992
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:04,240
Speaker 1: there's all the all the podcasts go daily starting Tuesday,

993
00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:08,080
Speaker 1: starting Tuesday, right, we're uh, we got other stuff to

994
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 1: do to labor on Labor Day, right, Yeah, So can

995
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:13,920
Speaker 1: you believe it, Mike, Mike McCarthy said it today. I

996
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:20,360
Speaker 1: can't believe Labor Day's already here. Ach. It just goes

997
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:23,960
Speaker 1: to show the tunnel vision also that that coaches have

998
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:29,240
Speaker 1: that oh wow, it's Labor Day. And one other interesting

999
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,600
Speaker 1: thing I saw I saw the other day in practice

1000
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:34,760
Speaker 1: when they went inside at the Ford Center. Uh. They

1001
00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 1: the coaches were practicing. They were up in their coaches

1002
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 1: booth with the headsets on when they went into some

1003
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:44,480
Speaker 1: of the team drill, and especially when you brought up

1004
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 1: the two minute drill, they were up there corresponding down

1005
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 1: to So Mike Nolan looks like he's going to be

1006
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 1: in the coach's box. I think he likes being up there.

1007
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:57,520
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore was practice the other night, right, and Kellen

1008
00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:00,480
Speaker 1: Moore likes it to be on the sideline. But they

1009
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 1: were practicing. Uh. And it was interesting to watch the

1010
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:07,760
Speaker 1: operation in there because there had to be in my mind,

1011
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,479
Speaker 1: I'm counting five guys on the front row and three

1012
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,360
Speaker 1: on the back, and they all had some input on

1013
01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:16,840
Speaker 1: what was going on. It was it was quite enlightening

1014
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:21,640
Speaker 1: that what goes on in that coach's booth. All right, Well,

1015
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 1: we hit the ground running on Tuesday with mix shots

1016
01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:27,600
Speaker 1: and it can't get here, fat well, I can we

1017
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:31,320
Speaker 1: We can wait until Tuesday. We can enjoy one long

1018
01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:35,680
Speaker 1: labor day weekend, stay safe, and then we hit the

1019
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:39,080
Speaker 1: ground running on Tuesday. And I can't wait for the

1020
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:41,440
Speaker 1: start of this season, and I and next week we've

1021
01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:44,600
Speaker 1: got our bold predictions that we will make for this season.

1022
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:49,160
Speaker 1: So so Everson, I know you'll have some bold predictions

1023
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:52,440
Speaker 1: for this season. Ready, I'm ready. We need to hit

1024
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:57,000
Speaker 1: on some bold predictions every day. Next week, Everson, you

1025
01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 1: need to bone up on those rams too. I want to.

1026
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:04,919
Speaker 1: I'll get right on that spags, all right. I want

1027
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:09,280
Speaker 1: you to study Van Jefferson, a rookie out of Florida, Okay,

1028
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:13,400
Speaker 1: wide receiver for the rang Okay. That does it for

1029
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:16,560
Speaker 1: Mick Shots for this week, and we will see you

1030
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 1: again on Tuesday for more Mick Shots. This has been

1031
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:24,240
Speaker 1: a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas

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