WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Ahead of Schedule 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:04.040 The following. 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:06.040 He is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:12.840 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Cowboys. 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:16.640 This He's Talking Cowboys sing. 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:20.800 Live from the Dallas Cowboys Worlds at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:37.800 Pizon, Welcome to Talking Cowboys, presented by Black Rifle. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.159 Coffee, live from the Star and Frisco. 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.040 Here in the s w b C podcast studio, I 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.239 am Josh Rodriguez, still filling in for Kyle Yeomens with 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:51.640 Nick Harris, John Machoda, Isaiah standback, and Christopher Beamer in 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.920 the back. Isaiah looking very mad, Max Fury Road Steampunky. 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.240 I like it like that? Why you were in the shades? 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.840 Oh no, man, just feeling shades inside because your future 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.000 is so bright hopefully you know, you never know, man, 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:04.600 what's going on? 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.120 We got lots to talk about. Uh. 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:08.880 I like your intro, Josh, it kind of sounds like 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:13.120 Bruce Buffer. It's like live from Live Still the Heavyweight. 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:16.080 Under and new podcast hosts. 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.839 Those are Aux Ard verified John. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:21.000 This is the thumbnail, right, Wohn. 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:22.240 You don't wear sunglasses at all? 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:25.959 What you gotta keep them on for the show? Man? 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:27.800 Bro, your eyeballs are going to fall off? 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.160 Did you wear these in Africa on the trip I did. 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:31.560 Those are my stomach glasses. 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:32.959 You gotta this is a good protection. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:34.200 Yeah, those are my stomach glasses. 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:39.480 Right yeah, right there you get into the full mad 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.200 Max person like sciences. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:46.080 There you go. 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:47.360 I like it. I like it. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:48.680 You know what I mean it? 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.280 All right, I can go, all right, all right, it's 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:51.640 going off. 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.480 Anyways, we got week one to talk about. We officially 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.960 know the Cowboys first opponent, Week one, September. I have 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:05.600 written down eighth three, twenty five in Cleveland for Tom 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:06.920 Brady's the TV. 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:09.079 Broadcast. 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:12.600 Yeah, sow, what are we feeling about the Cleveland Browns. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.040 So the first thought that popped in mind, and I'm 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.639 sure it did for a lot of others, is if 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.400 Tyler Guiden wins this left tackle starting job, his assignment 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.959 is the reigning defensive player of the year, Miles Garrett hold. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:23.880 On the rating. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.680 There you go, there you go defending. 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.720 Yeah, so that's gonna be, man, that's gonna be a 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.480 welcome to the NFL moment for him. But I think 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:33.919 on both sides of the ball, it's gonna be a 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.119 challenge opportunity for a Marii Cooper to you know, maybe 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:39.960 get get a good game in on the Cowboys as 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.200 well on his home turf. And I think it's gonna 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.000 be an interesting start to the year. It's interesting that 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:46.639 they don't start on Sunday night, so they'll be able 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.920 to get back in a relatively you know, early time 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.960 than they are used to in early September. But yeah, 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.000 Cleveland and then tonight, we know the full schedule. Really 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.919 excited about, uh seeing seeing what trips and what college 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:59.160 football trips we can playing around these games and stuff 0:02:59.200 --> 0:02:59.480 like that. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:00.760 But it's gonna be fun private. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:02.760 This is a question that helps them is the fact 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:04.560 that it's early in the year against Cleveland, because you 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.040 could easily have that be a December game and it 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:11.280 could be really cold outside. And so anytime when series 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:12.720 of things like we already know all the teams that 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:14.760 they're playing, yeah they're playing at home, who they're playing 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.399 on the road, So it just had those road teams 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.959 you're just looking at as Okay, which ones of these 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.639 could be the potential bad weather games? You know, And 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.560 it wouldn't surprise me if they closed the season at Philly. 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.000 You know, it's that's always a possibility. But I just 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:29.600 every year when the schedule comes out, and I know 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.720 the players and front office they do the same thing. 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.360 They look at what's what's the weather possibility, So they 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.560 get Cleveland to kick off the season in Cleveland will 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.840 probably be decent weather like, that's a win for the Cowboys. 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:40.520 And what was the last time we opened a season 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:42.880 against an AFC team? It's been a while, right. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.840 The Jets against an AFC team. Let me do some 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:47.240 research talk on it. 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.600 No, it's probably Jets, maybe eleven. 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:52.200 I mean, I probably should have looked this. 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:53.880 I'm not historian. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:57.120 You know a thing or two about a thing or two. 0:03:58.360 --> 0:03:59.360 It's always the Giants. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.720 So it's usually the Giants. Cleveland's a tough drawing a 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:06.320 week one tough draw. It's a tough draw. You'll find 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:07.680 out a lot about your team that week. 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:09.200 Deshaun Watson starting. 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.440 I mean, yeah, Deshaun Watson would definitely be starting. He 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:14.320 has guaranteed money. He's definitely gonna be out there. But 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.920 I mean their their defense is ridonculous as everybody knows, right, 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:18.400 I mean. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.000 Cut them through the whole season basically. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.440 Yeah, absolutely so. I mean that's in terms of a 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:24.479 lot of the Cupid shuffle that we have going on 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.760 offensive line right now. You just alluded to. Obviously Tyler 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.800 guiding on the left side. That whole front is solid 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.960 for for Cleveland, and they've gotten stronger somehow, some way 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.320 over the off season. So it's gonna be interesting. I'll 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:38.760 look forward to it. Obviously, there's a long way to 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.040 go between now you got OTA's got training camp. You 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.120 guys can get a lot better. But that's gonna be 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:44.320 one heck of a test if you want to know 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.160 exactly where you stand with your offensive line at the 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.360 beginning of the season. Well, there's no better team than 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:51.000 than the Cleveland Browns. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.040 Yeah, at jetson eleven, and before that it was out 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:53.840 the Browns and eight. 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:55.920 So okay, all right. I was there for that one, 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.800 and then the Jacksonville is somewhere in there. Maybe right 0:04:58.800 --> 0:04:59.200 before that. 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.040 That shoulder popped up on a blocking play for Marian Barber. 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.760 I remember that. Really I was blocking from Marion. He 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:06.720 was running. You don't want to get Mary to run 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:08.520 up your back. That's just not what you want. So 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:10.000 I'm looking over my shoulder and I want to go 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.160 chuck the guy, you know. As soon as Marian passed me, 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.920 I like to chuck him in. My shoulder just slips out. 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:17.000 Oh that was awesome. 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.039 That was just a flesh wound ry. 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.000 I just did a little spin, movie popped back in. 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:21.640 I kept going. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.760 Won the game though, Let's go, let's go. 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.120 Well, any how do you guys feel about Tom Brady? 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.640 Tom Brady, we just talked about him last week with 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.160 the roast, but like, it's his inaugural broadcast with Fox, 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.760 and he also brought up the quote that he had 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:38.479 was is Dak. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:39.280 Finally going to come through? 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.720 And it kind of he let it slip out during 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.279 the announcement of his first game with Michael Strahan. 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.400 I don't know, man, like a little more respect on 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.120 Dak's name. Granted that was his last game. 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.680 Say, granted that he was the one that you know, 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.480 knocked him out of the playoffs for the final time. 0:05:56.560 --> 0:06:00.280 But yeah, I think the broadcasting aspect of Tom Brady's 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.920 career is going to be fairly interesting. It's going to 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.440 be heavily followed obviously. I mean we've seen Romo do it. 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.400 We saw wit and try and do it for a 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.080 year or two with Monday Night Football, I mean former players, 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.000 and it just kind of makes sense for Tom Brady 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:13.839 to step into this role. Granted, I really liked what 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.760 Greg Olsen did on the Fox broadcast. I know a 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:19.920 lot of people feel differently, but Kevin Burkhard and Tom Brady, 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:21.480 I think that'll end up being a really good duo. 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.159 I'm curious to see where Greg lands though. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.400 I think Tom Brady's got a pretty good sense of humor. 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.880 I think the roast showed that. I thought that comment 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.320 about Dak was a little It carried over from the 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.520 roast right Darry Rose liked it the way he did it. 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:37.640 But I'll say this, and I don't know how many 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:42.840 people realize this, but when you're around like a superstar, okay, 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:47.160 like a Tom Brady, heck, like even covering this team, 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:52.960 you know, being around let's say Romo or whoever you are, 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.760 whether it's media, fans, whatever, there is just this part 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.560 of you that whenever you say something like, let's we're 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.680 gonna let's say we rate jokes, like the best joke 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:05.680 Dave Chappelle ever told, We're gonna say is the ten 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:07.520 of the ten. The worst joke, like you have a 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:09.160 friend of yours that is just not funny at all, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.600 is gonna be a zero? When you're that famous and 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.720 you're that you know, polarizing, and that when people are 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.480 around you and you tell a joke that's a two, 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.760 they laugh like it's a seven. So what does that 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.120 do to you? That makes you think you're real funny? 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.800 And that's fine when you're around the people that you're 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.040 that that are around you that are kind of like, wow, 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.000 you're so and so whatever. When you get on TV 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.040 like that and start of telling those jokes with a 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.000 bunch of fans that don't like you because of one 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.320 reason or another, right, like, people aren't gonna think that 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.120 all your jokes are that funny. And you think, but 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:38.760 you think you're hilarious. Do you think like, oh, if 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.600 this doesn't work out, I can do stand up. I'm 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.320 telling you like I'll tell you guys. Off the air's 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.000 like some examples of stuff I've seen that I have 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:45.720 been around in like walk offs and things like that, 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.320 where I'm looking around people are like roaring laughing. I'm 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.960 just like, calm down, guys, it's not that funny. You're 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.520 just doing because this person is so I knew you'd 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.720 understand what I'm saying because it's really the when the 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:57.960 cameras are off and like the person standing around and 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.760 they're telling jokes and you're just kind of that's like funny, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.040 and people are just rolling like it's the greatest Chappelle 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.560 joke you've ever Like, calm down here, Okay, it's not 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.640 that funny. But when you're in that position like that 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.480 and you're Tom Brady, tom Brady goes to get coffee 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.960 somewhere and just says some little you know, not even 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.720 that funny little comment or with everybody's laughing because it's 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:17.560 Tom Brady, you know. But I'll be interested to see 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.520 how because to do TV like that you have to 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.760 tie in some comedy. I'm interested to see how much 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.240 he tries to weave that into I think you'll find there. 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:28.320 I think the big the greatest critical as how people 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.040 how people are going to be critical in regards to 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.880 his broadcast is going to be his his acceptance in 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.520 his criticism of other players, because for the longest, him 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:39.440 Bill Belichick, and you're starting to see them show. They're 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.840 obviously their personalities now now that they're outside of the game. 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.440 For the longest, they were the gold standard in terms 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.560 of not saying anything about anybody right or just given 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.880 high actlet Oh they're they're awesome, they're great, just kind 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.520 of bsing their way through the through the press conferences. 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.560 But now as an analyst, he's going to have to 0:08:57.600 --> 0:08:59.600 be critical. And it's like, okay, well, how critical was 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.280 he going to be? What is Tom Brady's standard for 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.400 a people that don't know him obviously? Right? What is 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.760 Tom Brady's standard for greatness? Is that a great play? 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:09.920 Is that a bad pass? Is that a bad lowcation? 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:10.080 Like? 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:11.920 How critical is he really going to be because his 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.160 standard is so high? Is he going to try to 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.720 hold everybody to that? Or is he going to give 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.880 you know what I'm saying, give people flowers when they 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:20.640 actually do things that are great. So that's what I'm 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.200 curious to see. I think that's where people are going 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:25.280 to be most analytical about his endless role. 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:27.400 And he doesn't even know how that's going to be 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.480 yet nobody does. Because this is what's going to happen. 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.800 He will either start out not doing very much of that, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:34.959 and you'll hear the backlash of come on, Tom, you 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.720 got to give us more than that. You're getting thirty 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.800 some million dollars a year when anymore? Or then the 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.240 other thing that's gonna happen is he's going to say 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.120 something about a play and it's gonna seem like a 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.560 throwaway comment, but that's going to lead to like headlines 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.040 the next day, like look at what he said about 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:47.960 Baker Mayfield, Look what he said about whatever. And then 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:49.760 he's gonna have to respond to that, and I mean 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.800 not respond directly to that, but the way he does 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.920 broadcast it will impact you because there are certain things 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.679 that some people just they do not want to be 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.240 the person that's constantly stirring up stuff. But you can 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:01.760 be put in that position where you're just like, wow, 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.280 I didn't even think that was that big of a deal, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.280 and that's getting headlines the next day. I mean, it's 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.640 Tom Brady. It's the goat that he can say one 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.040 little thing and that could be the biggest storyline about 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:11.320 that game the very next day. 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:12.920 This is true. I kind of want to see the 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:14.840 train wreck. I want to like it just do bits, 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:15.600 you know what I mean. 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.960 Like it's like this guy sucks or whatever. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.680 And then I don't know, I think that would be fun. 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.560 But uh, overall, I think tom Brady's gonna be safe 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.319 enough enough. I think like, like we talked about it. 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.760 He's kind of coming off the roast. Yeah, so maybe 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.280 he has a little, you know, a little spring in 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.199 his step when it comes to like doing bits. 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.480 One other thing I'm gonna add on that is that 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:37.439 something he's gonna do that's gonna bother me because he's 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.719 already started doing a little bit, is he's going to 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.440 talk about how and he's gonna make it seem like 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.480 he played in like the seventies with how physical the 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.920 game was and how just oh, you know, how the 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.840 game is officiated now it's so soft, le Tom. You 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.880 played as long as you did because the officials really 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.520 helped you out. So let's just you're not the guy 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:57.160 all this out. He's already done it a little bit. 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:58.680 That guy. I'm interested to see how it comes in 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:00.760 games when there's certain calls it stuff. In my day, 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.079 this wouldn't have had time. You didn't play in that day, 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.480 like you're not, and the rules helped you. You're not 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.320 playing into your forties mid forties if the rules didn't 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:09.760 help you. So you're not gonna be the guy that's 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:11.280 gonna be calling this stuff out like you're Ed Reid. 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.480 This is fair, that's fair, all right, boys, rookie minicamp 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:15.480 happened this past weekend. 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:16.920 Let's kind of get into that. 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.760 Can we kind of explain what the rookie minicamp looks 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:21.320 like to our. 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.680 I'm I'm trying to remember who said it to me 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.320 this past week, and I think it may have been 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.680 toadd Archer, But the underwear Olympics is basically the best 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.719 way to explain it. But yeah, I mean, they get 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:34.320 these guys in the building, they signed their they signed 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.880 their contracts, and they get out on the field and 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.520 basically just go through a lot of install They go 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.800 through to walk throughs on Friday, and then one actual 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.640 practice on Saturday. It's not padded or anything, but you know, 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.720 they'll they'll run some plays and they'll get some routes 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.960 on air and things of that nature. But for for 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.480 this specific draft draft class, it was an opportunity to 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.679 see Cooper Bebe snapped the ball for the first few times. 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:57.000 It was an. 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.800 Opportunity to see Tyler Geidon and his size and how 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:01.720 they compares to some of the other rookies or some 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.480 of the twenty twenty three undrafted free agents that they 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.160 brought in on the offensive line as well, just to 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.240 kind of compare. And then on the defensive side of 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.840 the ball, you could see guys like Marshawn neland Kayln Carson, 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.640 Maris Luifowl just to kind of see them in action, 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.839 see what their body type looks like, see how they 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.560 respond to coaching. It was our first opportunity to see 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.480 Mike Zimmer on the field coaching some coaching some players, 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:25.400 so seeing that dynamic was definitely interesting. But that's basically 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.880 what rookie mini camp is in a nutshell, but can't 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.000 really pull a whole lot out of it on the field, 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:33.640 but it's a really good opportunity to see initial impressions 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.080 of what they are off the field. We were able 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:36.480 to talk to all the rookies, a couple of the 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.760 undrafted guys, so so far, I mean, it's a pretty 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:42.440 solid class from a media availability standpoint, which I know 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.120 me and John are very very happy about. 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.760 But other than that, that's those are my main takeaways. 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:50.800 I like being an AX and seeing the all the 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.600 other writers that cover other teams talk about like these 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.800 big takeaways that they have from and I just laughed 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.280 because there's just not big takeaways to be taken from. 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.040 I'm telling you. I don't care who, I don't care 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.400 how long you played in the league, Tom Brady to 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.640 Bill Belichick, whatever, not even comparing it to this one, 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.120 but I'll keep it somewhat relevant. There's nothing that happened 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:12.200 during rookie orientation, Roocky Mini Caamp, during Michael Parson's rookie 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.280 year that you had been like, whoa, everybody, just buckle up, 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.440 we might have the best defensive player in football, right yo. 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.760 There just isn't enough to see from there, you know. 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.400 We I remember watching some of that and you were like, oh, 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:23.960 it looks like he's gonna you know, line it up 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.280 a little bit off the edge and stuff like that, 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.640 so you can take up, like to your point, the 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.520 lining up in different spots, like it was good to see, like, Okay, well, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.320 Cooper BB's clearly at center. You know, we think that's 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:34.840 going to be the case, but to actually see it, 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.000 you know, Tyler Guitton's at left tackle, things like that. 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.280 But in terms of like the work that a player 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:42.160 is doing and projecting and what they can be and 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.320 I know it's bigger. Again, this is just following other 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:47.040 teams and other teams writers on X It's it's definitely 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.520 a bigger thing to have these big takeaways off of 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.520 rookie Minnie Camp. If you if your team drafted a 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.480 quarterback high, because all eyes are on that quarterback, you know, 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:57.079 and what they look like in their drills and stuff 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:58.960 like that. So and to be honest with you, even here, 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.280 if let's say there was I'm kind of you know, 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.280 stipulation where Trey Lance could have been out there because 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.520 he didn't play last year or something like that, all 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.240 the takeawys would have been like, what did Trey Lance 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.360 look like throwing blah blah blah blah. And they're not 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.480 in paths or anything. So all it is is just 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:13.200 kind of trying to be like, hey, we're out there, 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.360 so this is what I saw. But I mean, even 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:16.920 if you talk to former players that when they're out 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:18.400 there like you see, I mean, it's just it's not 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:23.000 it's it's very it's designed to, hey, this is the 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.080 way we run practice, get ready for this, so when 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.600 we are practicing that you're not doing the wrong thing 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.560 that we needed to keep going when practice actually starts. 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:32.920 But it's also designed like don't get hurt out here. 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:34.960 It's a great way to look at conditioning. Too and 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.200 see how these players are developing. And I don't think 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.200 we're going to necessarily answer the question is you know, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:44.800 Maricelulfowl like ready to start basically with a rookie minicamp, Well, 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.440 what was your kind of experience with mini camps in general? 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.960 Man? I mean rookie mini camps is what they just explained. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.720 It's I mean, as you're walking around in draws, yeah, 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.280 and you're really seeing, you know, how in shape guys 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.360 are a conditioning aspect. That's the real takeaway that you 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.280 can have. If there is any takeaway outside of alignment 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.000 and assignments, it's just you know, how condition are these guys. 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.120 There's guys that come into Ricky minnicamp and they are 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.560 out of shape and they got to get on it. 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.920 Usually it's somebody that's upfront or second level guy. But 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.520 you know, that's really the takeaway. Your coaches are able 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.920 to analyze where they're at. They get with the dietitians, 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:18.400 they find out if there's anything that they need to 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.280 do in the regards in terms of their new their 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:23.760 health to get bigger or to drop some weight. You know, 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.720 they find out exactly where they want them at size wise. 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.960 For training camp. That's when usually the time where the 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:31.760 strength conditioning staff is trying to analyze that with the 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.680 dietitian to find out, Okay, hey, coaches, where do you 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:36.920 guys want these guys at weight wise? You I know 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.480 when I came in, I was like two twenty five 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.280 when I when I came in the draft, and I 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:44.720 came in obviously still recovering from my surgery. But from 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:46.280 that they were like, okay, we want you to come 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.320 to training camp at two o seven. So by the 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.560 time we finish up with Ricky minnicamp OTA's and all 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.720 those things, it was like, okay, this is your report weight. 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:54.960 So they're able to tell some of those things just 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.120 to put you in the best position possible once training 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.000 camp starts. But that's all it is. There's not much 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:00.600 outside of that. 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.240 All right, boys, let's take our first break. When we 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.600 come back, we have a lot lots more to get into. Actually, 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:09.080 we have Mike McCarthy, we have coordinators availability from yesterday. 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:10.920 We'll be right back after this break. 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:14.200 Todd thought it would be secure to jog in the 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.160 cheetah Savannah. 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