1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: I want to start this since we took a break 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: last year from being here and kind of like to 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: start off by making sure we all understand the democracy 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: that's going on here in the forum that we've got. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: Is there anybody here that's complaining because we're having this 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: camp here to doctor please raise your hand. Well, I'm 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: not and I am sure. I am happy that we're 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: out here and everything that it stands for. To me, Uh, 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: this is a great opportunity. It Uh, you know, we 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: like to have things really work, and in this particular case, 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: this location, this area, the people of ox Nord, ox 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: the the feeling that we have is like you're coming home. 13 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: But just as important is just the atmosphere. Now we 14 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: all know what our challenges were over the past year 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: and a half, and Rich, I think it's been eighteen 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: months since we've been out here to try to be exact, 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: but it was so important for the Cowboys to basically 18 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: in this way show look, we're back here. We are, 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: We're back to business. We're back to the thing that 20 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: is in this case where it starts training camp, getting 21 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: this team, getting a competitiveness to make this team, and 22 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: getting this team ready to play. We obviously think this 23 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: is one of the best places in the world to 24 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: get a team ready to compete. Has everything to do 25 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: with the weather. But if case you look at these facilities, 26 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: they were built for these types. But more importantly, I 27 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: want to refer back to last year. It was no 28 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: accident that the Cowboys had about twenty two, twenty three, 29 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: twenty four percent of all the fans in the NFL 30 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: where it Boy games. Just so you know that was 31 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: important to us. That was important to us. And by 32 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: the way, there were no none serious in any way 33 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: outbreaks of COVID to have those fans there, fans that 34 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: we had which outdistance most. We just recently had a 35 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: fight out there that many of you probably were in attendance, 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: But we had about seventy something thousand people out there. 37 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 1: We know of not one case that's come from having 38 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: no seventy something thousand people out there, and they were 39 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: shoulder to shoulder and certainly some had masks, but a 40 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: lot didn't. And the point is it's it's a real 41 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: privilege to have something as be a part of something 42 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: as high profile as the Cowboys are and high profile 43 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: as our stadium is, to basically be able to say Hey, 44 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: we're going back to how it used to be in 45 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: that particular sense. I'm well aware and sensitive about the 46 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: COVID situation that the recent uptick in the situation, we're 47 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: well aware of that. But it meant everything, and that's 48 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: a long winded way of getting to it meant everything 49 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: for us to show up here, be here, be in California. 50 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: I think we're one of maybe four teams or five 51 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: teams that are going away this year in the NFL, 52 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: going away to training camp. And that says something. I 53 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: actually am naive enough to believe that it actually says 54 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: something about what we are and can be as a 55 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: football team. We certainly are stepping out here, not the 56 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: least of which, and the very reason that we made 57 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: the effort to be here is you. It was very 58 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: important to the Dallas Cowboys. You're extremely important. You've heard 59 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: me say this before. No One in sports appreciates what 60 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: you bring to the table to take something at lasts 61 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: a second and turn it into a fable. Nobody appreciates 62 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: that I do. The fact that we're here, the fact 63 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: that you're here, meant so much to us to bring 64 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: the experiences we have to train and camp of what 65 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: we're doing with hard knocks. That had everything. That was 66 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: a quick decision that had everything to do with basically 67 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: saying to people of interest in sports and interest in 68 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: what's going on in the country, here we are, we're back, 69 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: we're coming hard, We're getting ready. I don't want to 70 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: say business as usual. It will probably never be the same. 71 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: But the most important thing is we want to be 72 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: the part of what it looks like when we get it, 73 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: when we get it right. From the standpoint of interest 74 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: in sport and interest in the NFL, y'all are a 75 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: big part of it. You being here telling these events 76 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: that go on on a daily basis, having it go 77 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: back to the heart of our market and having it 78 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: go out there and telling everything that goes on out 79 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: here on a daily basis. That had everything that had 80 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: us everything to do when they turned the set on 81 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: against Tampa. In my mind, how many people are looking 82 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: at it on television everything, And we saw that last year, 83 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: and so we're happy to have you here. I hope 84 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: you're as excited about being here as I am to 85 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: have you here. Now with that, I want to just 86 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: say this, we have as many challenges to come to 87 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: a camp as I've ever experienced in any time since 88 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: I've been with the Cowboys. We are under protocol. We 89 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: know how to operate under protocol. We had a lot 90 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: of practice last year. We're under protocol. But I'll let 91 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: me say this regarding our team and its vaccines, everybody here, 92 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: including you, everybody here, and what we call Tier one, 93 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: two or three is a vaccine for the most part, 94 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: if you'll give me ninety nine. As for the most part, 95 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: from that standpoint, there could be one or two that aren't. 96 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: From the standpoint of the players, we probably we have 97 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: what I call in the pipeline that's committed, but at 98 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: some various stage of whether they need two vaccine shots 99 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: and they've gotten one, or whether they're waiting a period 100 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: of time so that they can have had their vaccine 101 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: and go through the protocol. We have out of our 102 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: ninety players here, we have a handful that in my 103 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: mind have still to commit to this a handful, and 104 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: a hand is five, and that's that's iffy in that 105 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: several of in my mind of that finger of five 106 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: or on their way to potentially having their vaccine. So 107 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: that's where we are relative to the league at some 108 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: seventy seven percent. We're very satisfied at where the Dallas 109 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: Cowboys are as far as looking at our competition in 110 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: the next few weeks ahead. So with that, I'll turn 111 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: it over to any questions. Mike, do you have an 112 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: opening remark or would you like to take questions. I'm 113 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: not going to follow that. Let's just get right to 114 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: the questions. Questions. Please, This is for the collective brain 115 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: trust with the NFL procedures and policies encouraged the vaccination 116 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: and Jared, you touched on this, but but what has 117 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: the message been to the organization regarding vaccinations? And when 118 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: you have to operate along a parallel tract with with 119 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: people who have been vaccinated and those who haven't, do 120 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: you find that disruptive or is it just part of 121 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: standard operating procedure from here on out. We had a 122 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: lot of practice last year on how to do what 123 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: needs to be done if there is as many as 124 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: one that hasn't of a player that hasn't been vaccinated, 125 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: we don't have any issues with our coaches and so 126 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: the protocol that we use last year is pretty much 127 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 1: what you'll be looking at. Doable isn't the word for it. 128 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: It is very practical as to how we incorporate the 129 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: idea of having a handful of people that are not 130 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: qualified relative to the vaccine. There'll be isolation, There'll be 131 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: will be daily testing, There'll be limits on outside camp activities. 132 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: All of those things were what we had last year 133 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: from the standpoint, and we're ready to operate on that basis. 134 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: That will adhere to every California issue. As far as 135 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: that they're demands that'll adhere to Oxnard demand will certainly 136 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: adhere to the NFL. As far as making that operate, 137 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: my can speak to how it was last year. My 138 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: opinion is that it absolutely will not limit us in 139 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: any way. The issue of vaccination will limit us in 140 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: any way as to being competitive as early as when 141 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: we play Pittsburgh in the first preseason game. You agree 142 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: with Michael Irvin, he says that GET players are not vaccinated. 143 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: You know the sports and dif commitments to doing everything 144 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: it takes to win well. Michael Irvin is the best 145 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: example that I know of how much will and how 146 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: much body language, and how much heart and sacrifice mean 147 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: to winning championships. He is that, and so when he talks, 148 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: I listen. I know that and I think he has 149 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: a good reputation with the current group of players that 150 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: because of his visibility and his activity with the network 151 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: of where he is as an individual, So he comes 152 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: with all the credibility in the world. He's a Hall 153 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: of Famer, and not only part because he's a talented 154 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: football player, but a big part of why he got 155 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: there was that internal commitment going above and beyond. And 156 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: that's what he was trying to say that it isn't 157 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:29,719 Speaker 1: normal things we want from each other as players. We 158 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: want everything going above and beyond. And so I thought 159 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: it was an outstanding message. Again, just to remind us, 160 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that I've ever talked to a member 161 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: of those teams that won those three Super Bowls that 162 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: thought we could have done it without Michael Irvin and 163 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: what he brought to the locker room and to the 164 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: practice field. So that was influential. You just said, do 165 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: you feel like you have your whole roster fully backs 166 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: to buy the Hall of Fame game? I think that, 167 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: and I don't want them mints. You do know we 168 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: have some can't give names. I's just put it like that. 169 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: That's just not can do. I'm totally satisfied that by 170 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: the time that the Hall of Fame game is what 171 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: ten days now, it is relatively speaking, and so we'll 172 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: be able to play anybody in the Hall of Fame 173 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: game that we want to play. A linsw it that 174 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: way and absence something between now and the Hall of Fame. 175 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: What I'm comparing this too is when people say, where 176 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: do you think you stand right now with the vaccination 177 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: issue relative to your team? And as it pertains to 178 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: this comes to my mind the competition, and I think 179 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: we're one of the leaders. I mean, you do understand 180 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: it's a week, then it's two more weeks, and then 181 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: it's two more weeks, so you know, it does take time. 182 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: When we talk about in the pipeline, and I will 183 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 1: say this about our players, my hats off to them. 184 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: They understand that everybody was recommending the vaccine. It's recommended 185 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: around the country. But they really did their homework. We 186 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: provided them. They had a lot of great questions, provided 187 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: them with a lot of education, a lot about the science, 188 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: and I think they were able to get their hands 189 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: around it. Stimulated that by pursuing bresholds, are you saying 190 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: that I don't know that eighty five percent I've been 191 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: totally negotiated yet, so I think it's work in progress. 192 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: But yes, I do think we'll hit that threshold and more. 193 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: I'm talking about those messaging or conversations this small tree. 194 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: Did you guys pick up their phone in all players 195 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 1: and select concerns and walk them through some of their 196 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: questions as it related to the vaccine, the limitations and 197 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: what they could expect. Yes, yes, just exactly as you stayed. 198 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: And it was a multi team I mean a many 199 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: fastated effort with coz and led by Mic and everybody 200 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: in the organization wanting to get information and give information 201 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: to so that everybody could be comfortable with their decisions. 202 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: And I think there was great communication amongst the players, 203 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: players talking to each other about you know, the research 204 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: they had done and the uh, you know, getting educated 205 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: about the science. I think there was great communication and 206 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: leadership of you know, amongst the players themselves. Mike, how 207 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: did you address again, a person making an individual's choice 208 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: in the context of what it means for a team, 209 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: because when you're building a team, that's a little bit 210 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: different dynamic for what you're going for. Well, I would 211 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: say this is unique. You know, we're the pandemic situation 212 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: that we're in, and frankly, I shared my own personal 213 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: experience where the facts that I was not particularly one 214 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: hundred percent on board with the with the vaccination, but 215 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: through the relationships that were fortunate to have in a 216 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: medical community, you're watched, you know, you watched, you listen, 217 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: and I think that same approach was was given to 218 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: our players. You know, we just wanted to make sure 219 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: that they had all the facts were Once again, I 220 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: think it's important to stay that we the relationships that 221 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: we have in the medical community and to be able 222 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: to watch the science, the numbers and so forth. And 223 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: then you know, I made a conscious decision to get 224 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: the vaccination, and I don't think it really the position 225 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: of where we were in numbers wise, in my opinion, 226 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: was more about timing. So and I think once the 227 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: players recognized that, and we will continue to educate and communicate. 228 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: And I think Steven's point about their communication between themselves 229 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: and that's why we're in this position where we are. 230 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: So we're very comfortable, particularly what's going on the last 231 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: couple of weeks and um, and I think it's like anything, 232 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: it's a it's a unique time. None of us have 233 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: ever experienced this before, and I think I don't think 234 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: it's a negative to to take a step back and 235 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: listen and learn and make it, like, you know, make 236 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,479 Speaker 1: the right decision. And I think everybody has has responded 237 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: like what did you hear? What did you hear Mike 238 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: that convince you though is the right thing to get 239 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: to vaccine? Well, it just wasn't one conversation. You know, 240 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: I have a personal physician, we have obviously physicians here 241 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: and fortunate to have some friends and in other relationships, 242 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: so I mean, you know, there was a conversation obviously 243 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: Jerry and Steven and the connections our organization have, so 244 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: it was just you know, I wasn't the first one 245 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: to jump to jump, but once once I felt that 246 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: this was clearly the right thing to do, and that's 247 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: why I went forward and got the vaccination of myself personally, 248 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: and and um so I think that's I think some 249 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: people have gone a bottle the same way. You know, 250 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: obviously the common goal and do enough thing you can 251 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: to win and being on the field. It's what happened 252 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: to the NBA Playoffs, the College World Series, Olympics and 253 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: guys teams who failed tests, you know, in the Middle 254 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: World Series, players in NBA playoffs, and we had to 255 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: miss a game, important game because they were not vaccinated 256 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: because you know, they contacted the virus and that played 257 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: a role in influencing the players that you know, hey, 258 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: this could impact our long term goal. I think it's life. 259 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: I think it's sports. I think those those topics and 260 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: those situations, those experience all parallel themselves. And that's and 261 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: I just go back what I just said. You're taking 262 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: the information. We're fortunate enough to have resources and in 263 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: other sports, the medical community, and but the end of 264 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: the day, you know, professionally, we're here to win, to 265 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: win championships and and and this this is part of 266 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: the responsibility, and it's you know, it's an educated Uh, 267 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: it's an individual choice. And like you said, I cannot 268 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: say enough about our organization and our players, and we're very, 269 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: very comfortable, very happy where we are. Yeah, and I'll 270 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: give a fact. I'll just have to say that this 271 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: is a fact. This is not an opinion. This is 272 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: a fact. There's not one thing about this issue of 273 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: vaccine as it pertains to the COVID that in any 274 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: way relative to the other thirty one teams in the 275 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: NFL will put us at a competitive disadvantage. We are 276 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: right there with the same spot that other teams that 277 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: are able to compete. The key thing is and that 278 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: obviously has a lot of interpretation, and you can do 279 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: those for yourself. But to go down everything that you 280 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: can think of, and I will report to you factually 281 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: that we're able to stand up with anybody there is 282 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: and be able to compete any day. Relative to all 283 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: the issues about vaccine, the health of the team, vaccine aside, 284 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: number of players were on the field in the screen 285 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: held out the precautions because they're working back from injuries, 286 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: which players us fact not to be ready coming tomorrow 287 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: we practice starting. I think that's really for a further 288 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: conversation because obviously we have the testing going on right now. 289 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: We have not seen the medical staff yet since the 290 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: physicals was warning. The majority of it is a check in. 291 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: But we'll get that to you. A lot of first 292 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: for you last season as you joined the Dallas Cowboys, 293 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: how much did it help go to have Dak get 294 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: his extension, be in the building and be around him 295 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: this off season? How did you see a relationship with 296 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: him involved? Well, I mean it was great to get 297 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: da Dack back, you know, on every level, no question. 298 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: I mean, just what he went through with the injury. 299 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: But you know one thing about Dak, he's the same 300 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: He's the same man every day. I mean he's been there, 301 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: he's been in the facility every single day since the 302 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: you know, since the injury. But you know, from a 303 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: performance standpoint, I think we're slating the obvious. I mean, 304 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: he's he's an i'll stand in quarterback that has you know, great, 305 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: you know, great days in front of him. So but 306 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: his leadership and all that to me, and to me, 307 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: that's part of the contract when when players receive big contracts. 308 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: I I viewed and this is my opinion that obviously 309 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: they're being rewarded, you know, recognized for what they do 310 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: on Sundays, but the responsibility that they have Monday through 311 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: sarity greatly increases and nobody emulates that more than Dak Prescott. So, uh, 312 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: it was great to get him back. And I can't 313 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: say enough about our off season program. Uh. We definitely 314 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: hit all the targets that we wanted to and even 315 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: for some of the challenges that we didn't foresee coming 316 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: that we were upon us. Uh, you know, in the 317 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: first you know, three or four weeks, our players did 318 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: a phenomenal job. So that's something that frankly changed the way, 319 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: um we're going to practice and some and some of 320 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: the things we're going to practice early in camp because 321 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: of the excellent commitment and what we were able to accomplish, 322 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: uh in the off season program. Excuse me another one participation. 323 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, well, I don't want to really 324 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: want to go back to that, but the participation of 325 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: our players, uh, you know, the participation of our players 326 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: the last five weeks since we broke the offseason program 327 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: has been incredible. The participation of our players prior to 328 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: the April start of the offseason program is excellent. So 329 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: we have a lot to build on. We feel like 330 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: we clearly hit the targets in the classroom. You know, 331 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: we we were significantly better in the virtual realm of it, um, 332 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: you know, learning from you know, last year. So we 333 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: were able to get through all eight installs, which which 334 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: we which it takes for us offensive defensively. Uh, so 335 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: we'll be able to really kind of we're looking at 336 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: training camp is clearly a review and where we can 337 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: just really focus in on the mental and get into 338 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: more game management type things early, you know, right out 339 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: of the gate that you usually build up to in 340 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: a normal training camp. So uh feel for you know, 341 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: you know a lot of ways, it feels like the 342 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: first year because we're getting to do things for the 343 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: first time. But for the climate that we were in 344 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: and the off season, I thought our players knocked it 345 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: out of park right now. Of what the decks physical 346 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: participation will look like in practicing preseason games compared to 347 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: a guy not coming off I mean, unless something comes 348 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: out of the medical uh you know, the medical meeting. 349 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: I see for him to be a full participant, and 350 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: but you know it's you know, still projection and see 351 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: how it goes. Obviously we're gonna watch it. But the 352 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: way we approached the off season program was to keep 353 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: him out of the team drills, but he will participate 354 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: in the team drills. So that that was really the 355 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: last hurdle as I've viewed in practice. What are your 356 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: thoughts on the hard knocks cameras being around it? You 357 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: need to be talked into it at all? Well, no, 358 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be honest. I mean, I by wrecking 359 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: my truck when I Jerry called me through a rainstorm. 360 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: But once I got back on the road, I'm all in. 361 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: So I'm excited he actually gave me his glasses on 362 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: the way up. We're good. Hard Knocks goes on perceptions 363 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: and coaches. Some of them were good something that were made. 364 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: We're kind of talking about camp, about Jackson talking about 365 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: a lot of people perception based off is telling you 366 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: to show ring a house. I mean, that's an excellent question, 367 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: and frankness one I really haven't entertained. Uh, I think 368 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: it's important for all of us, and it's really the 369 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: message actually meeting with the Hard Knocks staff was just 370 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: to be yourself and you know, let them do your 371 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: their job and we're gonna do ours and and um, 372 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: and that's really my focus. So I've never uh put 373 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 1: a lot of time or effort to you know, really 374 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: cared about what people think of me. Um. That's why 375 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: I was probably the only guy walked in here without sunglasses. 376 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: But it's, UM, We're just gonna be ourselves. But our 377 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: focus is really on establishing the winning culture. You know, 378 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: this is our first opportunity as a football team to 379 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: have a true training camp, and I mean, we're so 380 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: blessed and fortunate to have this facility to set up, 381 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, our organization and relationship to have here and 382 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: why we're here, all those things. So I'm really taking 383 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: that in and just we're all just excited to get 384 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 1: on the field and get going and start building when 385 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: we all what we know what we can't accomplish because 386 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's about winning the world championship. 387 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: Nothing else really matters. And it's it's a long ways away, 388 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: you know. You look at these these opportunities each and 389 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: every year. You know, it's really it's really about a 390 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: three hundred day process. You know. We're ninety two, ninety 391 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: three days into that process. So training camp is the 392 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: most important part for for a football team. I think 393 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: the fact that we're away and to set up and 394 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: just watching the guys interact last night, there's there's so 395 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: much that we can do emotionally with the connection in 396 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: the bonds that are formed in this type of set 397 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: up here. So I'm just looking forward to get started, 398 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: get started work with a trainer this offseason. He's posting videos. 399 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: He is more impressive than what impression does he need 400 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: on you? The daffern guard as you get shot, I 401 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 1: mean really, the first thing I wanted to really get 402 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: clarified and on that social media post was that Joe 403 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: Looney standing next to him. Was that really, yeah, Okay, 404 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: I'm good, all right, because he looks great. But I 405 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: was like, I don't remember that guy but uh in 406 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 1: twenty one Jersey, But uh no, he looks great. Um, 407 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: you know, and Zeke's been here. I mean he's been 408 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: here the whole time. I mean, I can't say enough 409 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: about him. I really enjoy working with him. He's just 410 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: in the front row every team meeting. He's comes to 411 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: a quarterback meetings, in the old line meetings early. So um, 412 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: but yeah, he's I think we have so many of 413 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: our veteran players have really just stepped forward and and 414 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: that's what you need. You know, every team I've ever coached, 415 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: particularly as the head coach, you always you have your 416 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: younger group and your older guys, and then molder guy's 417 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: gonna pull the younger guys along. And then when that 418 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: comes together, I mean, you have a chance to do 419 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,239 Speaker 1: something special. And and we definitely have the right men 420 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: pos moor him at the end of the season and 421 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: you have Zeek in your office. What was the message 422 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: to him after what I know he felt was a 423 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: disappointing season for even himself. Well, I think post mortems, 424 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: you know, I wouldn't use that word. Actually interviews a 425 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: little friendlier, but uh, it's you know, I think all 426 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: of us last year was was was was hard. I 427 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: don't know the other way was no excuse. I mean 428 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: every year, every year you have adversity that you go 429 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: through as a football team, both personally and professionally, and 430 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: and uh, you know last year, we're definitely on a 431 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: high end. So we will be better, you know. From that, 432 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm convinced to that, and I think it points to 433 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: the players. You know, Zeke concluded, But you know, I 434 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: think the answer to your question is the fact that 435 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: he was back in the facility working out, you know, 436 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: a week or two right after the season tells you 437 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: exactly the focus. And he's been a great example for 438 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: our young players. Ry, what's your expectations for this team 439 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: this season? Left when you look at the roster, y 440 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: down most of the maccards that can year, what are 441 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: your expectations this year? Well, I have to give us 442 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: an era of regarding having Dak and also being uh, 443 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: have better health in our offensive line, and so that 444 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: I would hope that without the turnovers that went with them, 445 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: that we could get back to the early part of 446 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: the season last year when we were really gen and 447 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: offensively need to eliminate some of those turnovers, but that 448 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: we were having during that time as well. Defensively, I 449 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: would think that it's going to be a different ball game, 450 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: and we've got a lot of the kind of thing 451 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,199 Speaker 1: that you can make good defenses out of. We've got size, 452 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: we've got speed, we've got to people that know take 453 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: that that and a lot of times the stuff that 454 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: goes with it, which is inexperience. I think we've got 455 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: away and make it work big for this season. You 456 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: put those two things together, and I think we've got 457 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: a chance to be a real good team. Mike and Stephen, 458 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: with with what happened last year, do you with all 459 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: the injuries and other things, do you consider it an 460 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: aberration and this year's the chance to review Mike and 461 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: the team to show what you're really about or did 462 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: it expose some things that that maybe you weren't ready 463 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: going into this season? How do you view it? Was 464 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: it an aberration or was it kind of lay the 465 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: groundwork for what needed to be done. I think it's both. Yeah, 466 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: I think it's both. I think that you know, we 467 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 1: all fortunate, you know, fortunate enough to be in the league. 468 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 1: Is as long as we have you know, you have statistics. 469 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: The medical component, it's no difference. So when you look 470 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: at the injuries, the type of injuries, the comparables are 471 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: a bit off just because of you know, the offseason 472 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: program leading up to it. What a training camp wint so, 473 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: I mean, so you know that that that it's part 474 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: of it. But also it's it's an opportunity time you 475 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: have adversity, negativity, those are all great experiences you can 476 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: build off of. So and it definitely gets I feel 477 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: we'll pay forward and has paid forward because of the 478 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: way the players reacted, the way, you know, the reaction 479 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: of the changes we made, and the way we were 480 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: able to utilize that into in the offseason program. I 481 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 1: think you're gonna see a lot of benefits from it. 482 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: So we got a really good foundation. But I think 483 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: it's the culmination of both. Yeah, I think you're sticking 484 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 1: your head in the sand if you you know, if 485 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: you don't say it's both. I think there's no question, 486 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: you know, we had an inordinate probably you know, if 487 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: you'd look at our time with the team thirty plus years, 488 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: I don't think we've ever had you know, that many 489 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, top players in terms if you take percentage 490 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: of salary cap. However you want to look at it, 491 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: miss games, uh, you know, not just one time we 492 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: were playing with her. You know, I think our fifth 493 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: and six tackles out there, But that's no excuse. You've 494 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: got to overcome those things. But obviously we felt like 495 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: it was more than that we've made change is on defense. 496 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: We uh, you know, we obviously drafted heavily to the 497 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, and uh, you know, with 498 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: the thought being that we are going to get a 499 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: lot of these offensive players back, and uh, you know, 500 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: really felt good, as Jerry said about what we were doing, 501 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: you know, in the first part of the year when 502 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: we were healthy. But uh, I do think, you know, 503 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: we did address and thought we did have a productive offseason, 504 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: whether it's the free agency with the veteran defensive players 505 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: we put in that we brought in, or or the 506 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: draft in terms of the focus on the defensive side 507 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: of the ball on the draft, so I really think 508 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: we've got to an upgrade there. Obviously, you know, it's 509 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: about bringing everybody together, obviously bringing UH coach Mike, bringing 510 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: coach Quinn in UH to really help that process along. 511 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a huge plus for us. 512 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: And you know, we feel good about where we sit today. 513 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: But this you still need to address, which you be 514 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: looking at a veteran corner or are you comfortable with 515 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: this roster asity. You know, we made a major commitment 516 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: to the corner position in the draft. I know a 517 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: lot of people, you know, felt like maybe we should 518 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: have come away with the corner with that first pick, 519 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: but uh, you know, philosophically, we felt like the corners 520 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: that were worthy of that first pick in that area 521 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: we were in, we're not there. So obviously we feel 522 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,479 Speaker 1: great about Micah and but then went ahead to address 523 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: the corner position as the draft went on, and you know, 524 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: I think the coaches feel good. We feel good about 525 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: the corners that we picked and you know, to go 526 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: along with the veteran corners we have in Digs and 527 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: Brown and Jay Lou, you know, I think it's a 528 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: great group out there. But at the same time, you know, 529 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,479 Speaker 1: our philosophy is three hundred and sixty five days a year. 530 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: We're always looking. If there's an opportunity to upgrade the roster, 531 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: then we'll certainly look at that and address that. Well. 532 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: Express disappointment with how your defensive prepared last offseason. What 533 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: have you seen her? What do you want to see 534 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: during training him from Dan Flint that will indicate better 535 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: Clinneasan in the defense this year? Well, I mean I 536 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: would say disappointment in preparation. I think it's uh, you know, 537 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: changing with the times. I mean the virtual realm that 538 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: we were in last year. I thought we took significant 539 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: upgrades all the way around, you know, as far as 540 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: the how we how we approached it, the resources that 541 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: we have, and you know in our organization obviously had 542 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: coaching staff changed. So I mean it was it was 543 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: at the forefront of my thinking going into the offseason program. 544 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: So but we've hit the target. And I think not 545 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: only from a preparation standpoint. I think you look at 546 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: the players that we've added. You know, when I when 547 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: I viewed a Dallas Cowboys, uh, and I go back 548 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: to the nineties. My first year in the league was 549 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three, and you know when they ran on 550 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: the field. The team tilt it, I mean the field tilted. 551 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: So I think our offensive lines and our defensive lines 552 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: now emulate each other. I mean it's I mean it's 553 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: we're we're bigger, we're longer, and um, I think that's 554 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: going to prove prove, you know, proved that really help 555 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: us up front defensively. So I just really I really 556 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: liked the look of our guys. You talked about the 557 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: experience that you guys have lost this offseason, Sean Lee, 558 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, being Tyronne. Are the guys that you see 559 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: stepping in and filling in those spots beyond the guys 560 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: that have been here like Dak and Zach Marney, guys 561 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: like that. Well, I think the most important thing and 562 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: it needs to be organic, and you're starting to see 563 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 1: it already. And that's that's why I'm anxious to get 564 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: out on the grass because that's where that's where you know, 565 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: that's where the credibility, that's where the value comes from, 566 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: and it carries over obviously into the locker room and 567 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: all the way through. So that's to be seen. We 568 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: want everybody to take on and responsibility leadership. Leadership doesn't 569 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: start once you get a second contract. Doesn't start once 570 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: you get to the fourth year in the league. At 571 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: you know, rookies have an opportunity to lead just by 572 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: the example that they show, you know, on how hard 573 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: they work to show that they can't connect. They are, 574 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, working to get on the same page as 575 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: the veterans. So I've never looked at leadership and having 576 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: the experience of coaching a young team each and every 577 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: year my past my past job, what I've learned is 578 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: you have to create opportunities for leadership. And there's some 579 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: things that we do just in our practice structure and 580 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: our meeting structure to give guys, you know, opportunity to 581 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: stand up and present themselves or put guys at the 582 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: front of the line. So development of leadership is a 583 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: constant focus of our you know, of our of our 584 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: coaching staff, and and to me, it has to be organic. 585 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: And but we got the we have the right we 586 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: have the right men for this. So it'll it'll be 587 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: fun to watch it all come together. Players looking to 588 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: leave Jerry as Rainey Gregory, given your investment in him 589 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: over the last couple of years, this we seem a 590 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: little bit more thought in this off season he felt 591 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: a little bit more clear of mind than many camps. 592 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: What's he have doubt about him? Were you talking to 593 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: me or yeah? Well, um, Randy, Uh, I have been 594 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: really impressed by the way he's uh stayed the course 595 00:33:50,080 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: with legitimate life challenges and uh he uh addresses them exemplary. H. 596 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: He has to fight the kinds of things that make 597 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: those challenges for people. He has to fight that, and 598 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:16,359 Speaker 1: the I'm seeing him take the logic and the mentality 599 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,280 Speaker 1: of using what he's been through there, and I'm seeing 600 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: it bring it over to his game and bring it 601 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: over to his uh being the professional that he potentially 602 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: might have a chance to be. He's got a lot 603 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,479 Speaker 1: of tread left on his tire. He hasn't. He really 604 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: hasn't if you think about it, he hasn't had a 605 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,479 Speaker 1: lot of wear and tear relative to as many years 606 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 1: as he's now been with the Cowboys. That I like that. 607 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,760 Speaker 1: That's always excited me. That it's even as we speak today, 608 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: it's the what's out ahead of him that excites me 609 00:34:54,960 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: the most. Uh. I believe that the stru uxture that 610 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: we now have in the NFL as a part of 611 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: this new our new labor agreement relative to how we 612 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,720 Speaker 1: handle with players. We being the teams in the league, 613 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: how we handle the players really helps Randy, and so 614 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: that that helps him have a plan that is realistic 615 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: for him and will be realistic for others too. It's 616 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: not called the Randy Gregory plan at all, but it 617 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:39,360 Speaker 1: is absolutely compliments what Randy needs to be operating in. 618 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: And of course he has a great way with his teammates. 619 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: He's not an issue he as far as issues as 620 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,800 Speaker 1: a teammate or a player, he would be at the 621 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: top five percent of not having issues. So all of 622 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 1: those things give me a lot of optimists him. And 623 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: then we've never questioned his talent and his uniqueness, and 624 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:12,439 Speaker 1: so I look forward to him bood by his confidence level. 625 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: I look forward to him really having a big year. 626 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: Thought it may not work with Randy, and what did 627 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: he show you throughout that's worth of time periods. Well, 628 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: we kept talking and we kept trying, and huh that's 629 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,320 Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of it in my mind, alboth about 630 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: most things. We just didn't quit and uh he had. 631 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: When I say we, I'm talking about Randy, and uh, 632 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,720 Speaker 1: we just we just didn't quit. He's always been worth 633 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: in terms of just being a person. He's been worth 634 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: the extra Uh, if you will, investment of time, interests, Uh, 635 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: everything it comes with building a roster. The next question is, 636 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: I've never seen any time when he was a takeaway 637 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: from being involved with the team. Not one time. Now 638 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,839 Speaker 1: you say, well, boy, you'd like to have him out 639 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:18,279 Speaker 1: there sacking somebody right Uh in the fourth quarter. If 640 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 1: that's a takeaway, that is a takeaway. But uh, certainly 641 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,759 Speaker 1: he kept it at a level that frankly, he had 642 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:31,359 Speaker 1: a lot of experts that would basically attest to, uh, 643 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,919 Speaker 1: Randy needs a different system, and so he's uh, he's 644 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: he's uh, he's all right for you guys down the 645 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: last twenty years ago, he had a self getting yourself 646 00:37:53,640 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: back where it is to be. Yeah, well, I we 647 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:09,760 Speaker 1: need to have Charles Haley appeared. He follow me because 648 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: we got him and we started going to Super Bowl. 649 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,320 Speaker 1: Well but you say, well, Charles didn't do it himself. 650 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: Of course not. But he was a big impactful player 651 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: and we took some risks and he first to tell you, 652 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 1: and he was an impactful player for us. Obviously, Dion 653 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 1: Sanders helped get to some Super Bowls. I'm not talking 654 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: about the very obvious, and that was the organic growth 655 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 1: that Coach referred to of the players that we brought home, 656 00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 1: brought with us as we when we first got here. 657 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,840 Speaker 1: I think we've got a combination right now. Seriously, and 658 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm not making comparisons, and you can getting so much 659 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: trouble doing that, but I think we've got a combination. 660 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: I think Coach is right of youth players talent as 661 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: well as we've got some solid, solid, talented veteran players. 662 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: And when you look our top ten eleven paid guys, 663 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,840 Speaker 1: they're guys that can make major contributions to this team. 664 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,759 Speaker 1: We had a core base like that in those championship 665 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 1: years that made that core base. Yet we boy, we 666 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: had some talented young guys come through. We're we're starting 667 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,480 Speaker 1: to look like that when you look at team makeup now. 668 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: I'm not comparing Troy and dak Or, I'm not comparing 669 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,000 Speaker 1: him it and Zeke. I'm not doing that at all, 670 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 1: or certainly not comparing Michael with anybody we've got at all. 671 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: But as I started this meeting off with Michael was 672 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,360 Speaker 1: a special thing. Do we dare think we could have 673 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: one of those on this team that would have that 674 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:51,360 Speaker 1: kind of leadership role. We may have it that it 675 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: might be your quarterback. Well that's it. I think you 676 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,359 Speaker 1: just hit on it. I think Dak's rare. I think 677 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: obviously we stepped up and made him the highest paid 678 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,560 Speaker 1: player in the league for a reason. And I think 679 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:08,240 Speaker 1: he's got rare, rare traits, leadership traits, winning traits, leadership traits. 680 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 1: He's unique. And I think a couple that with, as 681 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: Jerry said, some optimism we have with some of our 682 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:19,560 Speaker 1: pass rushers, our offensive line Zeke, and then you pair 683 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 1: that with the guy sitting next to me. He's obviously 684 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 1: been to four championship games, won a Super Bowl. The 685 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,960 Speaker 1: leadership he brings to the table, I think can make 686 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,840 Speaker 1: a huge difference. And then of course, uh, you know, 687 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: we brought in Dan Quinn, who was, you know, real 688 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,239 Speaker 1: close to winning one, got his team to the Super Bowl. 689 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,840 Speaker 1: So you know, we've got people with pedigree here that 690 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,359 Speaker 1: I think can help us take the next step. When 691 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,720 Speaker 1: did you begin to see it? We didn't exactly start 692 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,560 Speaker 1: off in those championship years. As you well know, we 693 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: won one football game the first year out and if 694 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,520 Speaker 1: people called us a high school team, and so it 695 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:02,839 Speaker 1: wasn't exactly like we uh or the bell of the ball, 696 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,680 Speaker 1: so to speak. Is there a time where you have 697 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 1: all those players and you start to see him on 698 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,799 Speaker 1: the field that you really feel like this is the team, 699 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:14,640 Speaker 1: this is the team that's going to get there and 700 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,600 Speaker 1: be there. Is there a point time when that happened? Yeah, 701 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 1: I hope So, I mean, and I think that you 702 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: just have to be realistic. From my approach, is it 703 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,520 Speaker 1: takes time. I mean, we're not going to go out 704 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:29,400 Speaker 1: there and have a great two hour practice tomorrow and say, Okay, 705 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: we're ready to go. I don't think that's realistic, and 706 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: it's never been my experience. I think the most important 707 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: thing is I've always looked at his thresholds and targets. 708 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 1: As long as you keep moving towards that, because because 709 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,799 Speaker 1: really training camp is twofold, you're not only getting your 710 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,240 Speaker 1: team ready to win games and create a winning culture, 711 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,399 Speaker 1: you also have the competition in the development of your roster. 712 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,879 Speaker 1: So and I think when you look at our eighty 713 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,880 Speaker 1: nine ninety man roster right now, we're gonna have a 714 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,400 Speaker 1: very very competitive you know. I mean, if you look 715 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,239 Speaker 1: at the D line, you've got some some positions that, um, 716 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 1: some guys are gonna really have to play. We're gonna 717 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,080 Speaker 1: you know, how we play them and make sure we 718 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,160 Speaker 1: give those guys the opportunity to win a spot on 719 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: his team. So that's really where my focus is. And 720 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,360 Speaker 1: but yeah, there's there's always a point where uh, and 721 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,800 Speaker 1: it's using that second and third preseason game where you 722 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,960 Speaker 1: you start to see what what you want to see 723 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,719 Speaker 1: and and and and then you have to and you 724 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: go through the part, you know, the fourth preseason game 725 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: and and then you get into getting ready for the 726 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,480 Speaker 1: first game too. So some highs and lows, struttles and targets, 727 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,000 Speaker 1: but definitely I hope, I hope we see that sooner 728 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,920 Speaker 1: than later. Amount of time there some time before padded 729 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,840 Speaker 1: practices can begin. What was your philosophy when scripting scripting 730 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,719 Speaker 1: the opening practices in terms of what you want to 731 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:48,160 Speaker 1: establish or accomplish well, Traditionally, you you know, you have 732 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,160 Speaker 1: a full offseason program, you get through pretty much everything 733 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:52,920 Speaker 1: that you want to put in, and then you when 734 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,839 Speaker 1: you start training GAMP, you go back and start over 735 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,680 Speaker 1: again because you know the younger players need to reps. 736 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 1: You know, we're taking a little different approach. We're gonna 737 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,879 Speaker 1: we're gonna go back through the install but we want 738 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:07,400 Speaker 1: to advance our you know, the situation. See, it's just 739 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,520 Speaker 1: like anything in this game. Everybody has the same amount 740 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: of time, everybody has the same amount of practices, and 741 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,080 Speaker 1: you know how much you spend on this situation as 742 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,200 Speaker 1: opposed to another. That that that to me, that's where 743 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,399 Speaker 1: that's that's where coaching comes into play. That's part, that's 744 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,279 Speaker 1: part of the formula. Practice in the right way. I'm 745 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,319 Speaker 1: I've never been one to just you know, wipe out 746 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,360 Speaker 1: the date from the year before, and I think he 747 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 1: gets your ass in trouble that way. I think you 748 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,560 Speaker 1: really have to tailor each and every practice to who 749 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,280 Speaker 1: you are, what you're trying to be, and really reflect 750 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,840 Speaker 1: to the to the to the to the vibe and 751 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,400 Speaker 1: in the rhythm and what's going on too. No, I 752 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:45,719 Speaker 1: mean we have the first shoot twelve practice, everything's scripted, 753 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 1: but by no means is that it's it's it will 754 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,200 Speaker 1: be adjusted that That's that's the way I've always done it, 755 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 1: because you have to evolve, and you have to evolve 756 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,319 Speaker 1: with your team. But you know, we're gonna, we're gonna 757 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,520 Speaker 1: get into more situational work. Quicker in this training camp 758 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,279 Speaker 1: than than I have in the past. So that's that's, 759 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:03,560 Speaker 1: you know, I don't I don't even know if you'll 760 00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: even notice it, but you know, so that that's what 761 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:10,080 Speaker 1: I focus on, particularly in the time off. Can you 762 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,279 Speaker 1: address the uh, the fine the team received in the 763 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,879 Speaker 1: off season for violation of the all season program, whether 764 00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:21,240 Speaker 1: you agree with it, appeal, just your thoughts on that, definitely. 765 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: I'm actually I had a very good conversation with the 766 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,560 Speaker 1: league office. I thought it was informative. I think they're 767 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,120 Speaker 1: in a very tough spot. Um, not as tough as 768 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,440 Speaker 1: my spot, because it, you know, came out of my pocket, 769 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:35,399 Speaker 1: but it's I think trying first and foremost we're doing 770 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,480 Speaker 1: it the right way. I mean, there's no question about that. 771 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:41,279 Speaker 1: Our players are trying to do it the right way. Um, 772 00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:43,560 Speaker 1: you know, I think it was seven plays, seven or 773 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,200 Speaker 1: nine plays that that we looked at as a group, 774 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,560 Speaker 1: and and frankly the majority of involved younger players. So 775 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:53,400 Speaker 1: to me, it's a learning experience. I think, like anything 776 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,000 Speaker 1: in life, if if you're punished for trying to do 777 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: too much the right way as opposed to not doing 778 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: enough the right way, I think that's a that's a 779 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,520 Speaker 1: healthy experience to learn from change. If you want to 780 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:08,439 Speaker 1: do more situation of work in comparison feature, I'm sorry 781 00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,319 Speaker 1: you want to do more situation of work. I can't 782 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,680 Speaker 1: in comparison to your teav I just think it's where 783 00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:15,400 Speaker 1: we are. I think it's and it's and it's what 784 00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,520 Speaker 1: we need. I mean, there's there's things that you learn 785 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:21,040 Speaker 1: about every team you coach, and uh, strengths and strengths 786 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,040 Speaker 1: and and they'd say weaknesses, but strengths that that you 787 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,200 Speaker 1: really want to build off of. But that's an area 788 00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 1: we need to be better, So we need to do 789 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,520 Speaker 1: more of it. Um. And frankly, that's that's the game. 790 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,600 Speaker 1: I mean, eight games a year going to come down 791 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:37,080 Speaker 1: to the final, the final drive. So UM, that's that's 792 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,920 Speaker 1: pretty pretty clear to deble factor in your playoff run, 793 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:44,000 Speaker 1: little factor in your playoff seed. So you know, we 794 00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,080 Speaker 1: start preparing for that back in the off season. So 795 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,840 Speaker 1: we need to focus more on game situation, particularly the 796 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,160 Speaker 1: final eight. You know, two minute drills and um, we 797 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,520 Speaker 1: did more two minute drills last year than I've than 798 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,279 Speaker 1: I've ever had uh and and it was something I 799 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,000 Speaker 1: got to go back to my experience in OA young, 800 00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,800 Speaker 1: young quarterback, first starting for the first time, Aaron Rodgers, 801 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,759 Speaker 1: and we had a bunch of games come down to 802 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,520 Speaker 1: two minute that you know, we didn't get it done. 803 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 1: We you know, we finished six and ten. So since then, 804 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,839 Speaker 1: I've always, like I said, we all have the same 805 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,080 Speaker 1: amount of time. Uh, you all have the same amount 806 00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,880 Speaker 1: of practices, So we've always I've always done a lot 807 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,440 Speaker 1: of two minutes rules and so forth. We've exceeded that 808 00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,400 Speaker 1: last year. These are just things I think we need 809 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,400 Speaker 1: to continue to work on. I think it's a reflection 810 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,719 Speaker 1: of the game. I think the roles changes, I think 811 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,759 Speaker 1: all those things factor in how these games are being 812 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: played compared to the way or played ten years ago. 813 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:38,520 Speaker 1: So situational football has always been important. But you know, 814 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,040 Speaker 1: how much time do you put into the you know, 815 00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,759 Speaker 1: the up tempo offenses, which is obviously you've got to 816 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,840 Speaker 1: get your defense ready. So for we need to do 817 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,480 Speaker 1: a better job playing complimentary football. We were all very 818 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,440 Speaker 1: complimentary even at the beginning season last year. So with that, 819 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,840 Speaker 1: you know, those are really the two focal points that 820 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,160 Speaker 1: we're going to focus on as we get going. Where's 821 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,359 Speaker 1: your sense of urgency right now? You talked several times 822 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:02,840 Speaker 1: in the past few years. If I come out of 823 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,680 Speaker 1: time to have a bad time, and we come out 824 00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:07,640 Speaker 1: here many times, And you were very confident about this 825 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,960 Speaker 1: team two years ago. It's most talented team we've had 826 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,360 Speaker 1: since the nineties. You know, is this the team they 827 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:15,400 Speaker 1: can finally get back to the super Bowl? I mean 828 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:20,000 Speaker 1: that way, your urgency is well you. You've often heard 829 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,799 Speaker 1: me say you would be shocked at if I could 830 00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,480 Speaker 1: write a check and know that I was going to 831 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,640 Speaker 1: get the Super Bowl? What you would what you would 832 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:33,400 Speaker 1: do with that? But I'm I don't want to confuse 833 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:38,320 Speaker 1: this with not being realistic. I've always had to be 834 00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,400 Speaker 1: pragmatic at the end of the day, because if not, 835 00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,440 Speaker 1: you'll end up on the outside looking in. You have 836 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:49,200 Speaker 1: to be real. But on the other hand, I've never 837 00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:55,680 Speaker 1: thought that we couldn't be better, or never thought that 838 00:47:55,880 --> 00:48:04,200 Speaker 1: we couldn't make make it happen, even when we were 839 00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:08,399 Speaker 1: not as on paper, or we weren't as technically as 840 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,520 Speaker 1: good or sound. But I've never thought that. And I've 841 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:17,800 Speaker 1: got too many examples of how shorthanded people have knocked 842 00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:20,600 Speaker 1: him out of the part before, and a lot of 843 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,080 Speaker 1: them in a lot of different areas, And so I 844 00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:28,920 Speaker 1: really don't know that I have any days or have 845 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,560 Speaker 1: any weeks. But what I don't think there's a pony 846 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,480 Speaker 1: in here somewhere, and so I have a lot of 847 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,640 Speaker 1: the days when you've got to ask yourself is what's 848 00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:41,160 Speaker 1: what are you doing in the middle of this? But 849 00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:45,520 Speaker 1: so that served me well, that served me well, I'm 850 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,640 Speaker 1: listen to im. But I've had a lot of people 851 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:54,520 Speaker 1: tell me your naive and or say that he's naive. Well, 852 00:48:54,800 --> 00:49:02,200 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful world. It's better world to be naive 853 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,319 Speaker 1: than to be skeptical and be negative all the time. 854 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:12,080 Speaker 1: And so I do my best work, I think when 855 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:16,759 Speaker 1: it's more positive. And so I need it to be promising, 856 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,120 Speaker 1: and I need us to have a way to go 857 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,640 Speaker 1: that causes me to do stupid things, or it causes 858 00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:27,840 Speaker 1: me to do excessive things that sometimes really work. And 859 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:33,000 Speaker 1: that's been the way I played the cards, that you 860 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,800 Speaker 1: make these deals at the devil to when these Super Bowls, 861 00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,759 Speaker 1: when things just kept working against you, guys last year's 862 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,080 Speaker 1: do you feel like he was cashing in? And how 863 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,360 Speaker 1: anxious are you to get to Thursday night football? And 864 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:48,320 Speaker 1: but last year by him, well, I found that that 865 00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:54,120 Speaker 1: he's not quite as responsive to one's individual asks as 866 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:59,200 Speaker 1: you might think. And I'm not trying to be sacrilegious here, 867 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:06,319 Speaker 1: but the facts are that I would right now if 868 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,040 Speaker 1: I could, and I knew had a good chance to 869 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:13,680 Speaker 1: do it, I'd do anything known to man to get 870 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:19,440 Speaker 1: in a super Bowl. That's a fact. And uh, there's uh, 871 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:24,840 Speaker 1: there's nothing in my mind that can uh have a 872 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:30,360 Speaker 1: prior higher priority than that. And as you know, sometimes 873 00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:34,360 Speaker 1: you have to make decisions to go back to to 874 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:37,840 Speaker 1: make to step forward, and we're faced with that in 875 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,319 Speaker 1: building a squad. You can't have it all and you've 876 00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:45,640 Speaker 1: got to, uh you would like to have you see 877 00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,800 Speaker 1: several ways that you might be able to do something 878 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,480 Speaker 1: from my perspective, to get better, but that'll end up 879 00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,719 Speaker 1: costume down the road. That's the pragmatic part when it goes. 880 00:50:56,520 --> 00:51:03,680 Speaker 1: But I feel as drill fun as I was when 881 00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,880 Speaker 1: we first bought the team, and I was scared to 882 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:10,640 Speaker 1: death then I'm scared to death now. I worry about 883 00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:15,080 Speaker 1: what's happening out here around the economy, the COVID, and 884 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,600 Speaker 1: I worry about our place in it in the NFL 885 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,759 Speaker 1: and where the place is in sports. I worry about that, 886 00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:23,239 Speaker 1: But the thing that means the most to me and 887 00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:25,440 Speaker 1: I care about and I could probably be anywhere in 888 00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,439 Speaker 1: the world. I want to be right now. I want 889 00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:36,960 Speaker 1: to be here with our team. Jimmy John's gone Hall 890 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:40,200 Speaker 1: of Fame and just talking about Jimmy fourth second, well, 891 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:46,000 Speaker 1: I never have a time of year like we are 892 00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:49,320 Speaker 1: coming into training camp. But what I don't remember the 893 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:54,719 Speaker 1: very first training camp that we went to with Thousand Oaks, 894 00:51:56,239 --> 00:52:00,360 Speaker 1: and I brought Larry Lacewell out, who was going to 895 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:02,960 Speaker 1: join the Cowboys four or five years later, I think 896 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:04,960 Speaker 1: from the time we bought if forget how many years 897 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,880 Speaker 1: of what, but Larry rode out with me. I didn't 898 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:11,279 Speaker 1: come out the day the team came, but I brought 899 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:14,000 Speaker 1: him out and a guy that owned a team in 900 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:20,080 Speaker 1: the Donald Trump League. There was a minority team and 901 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:24,200 Speaker 1: Donald Trump and so we all three rolled out and 902 00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,840 Speaker 1: I remember stepping out coming out two thousand Oaks, smelling 903 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,520 Speaker 1: that grass, being out where the great tradition of the 904 00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:35,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys were with training camp, and it just I just 905 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,600 Speaker 1: had to pinch myself to think that I got to 906 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:40,840 Speaker 1: be a part of that. I remember getting on a 907 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:43,799 Speaker 1: bus with the whole team, a couple of weeks later 908 00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:48,360 Speaker 1: and coming up Highway One from Thousand Oaks, and we 909 00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,719 Speaker 1: pulled up right out here. Now Davis was here. He 910 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,560 Speaker 1: had big black screens blocking all this off. Al Davis 911 00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:58,000 Speaker 1: was out here. Came through that gate, now Davis, and 912 00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:01,560 Speaker 1: I looked up to him so much, and our Davis 913 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:05,160 Speaker 1: came over. Boy, here we were out here playing football 914 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,840 Speaker 1: out on it and I had died and gone to 915 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:14,880 Speaker 1: heaven just to have that kind of experience. I was 916 00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:18,680 Speaker 1: inspired to get to be a part of that. But 917 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:25,319 Speaker 1: I never wasn't afraid. Afraid that this thing was going 918 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:27,200 Speaker 1: to go the other way on you. And a lot 919 00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,480 Speaker 1: of things go wrong. We got a lot of answers 920 00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,200 Speaker 1: today that we didn't have back then at that time. 921 00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:36,719 Speaker 1: But the idea of being a part in coming to 922 00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:40,400 Speaker 1: training camp goes to my mind. And of course Jimmy 923 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,320 Speaker 1: was involved in those days, and so all of that 924 00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:46,680 Speaker 1: comes to my mind when I think of those times. 925 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,600 Speaker 1: We actually were together here four and a half years now, 926 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:52,400 Speaker 1: I'd known him for ten or fifteen years before that, 927 00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:56,560 Speaker 1: or twenty years before that, and I thought the world 928 00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:58,080 Speaker 1: of him, or he wouldn't have been the coach of 929 00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,720 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. And so I look back at the time 930 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,319 Speaker 1: that we got to enjoy and what happened to us 931 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:10,680 Speaker 1: during that time. I go back to what Barry Switzer said. 932 00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:15,040 Speaker 1: Barry Switcher came in the audi the office and Jimmy 933 00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:18,800 Speaker 1: had just left, and so Barry came down from Norman, 934 00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:23,040 Speaker 1: Oklahoma to talk about getting the job. And he comes 935 00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,720 Speaker 1: in and he said, where's Jimmy. Now Barry had coached 936 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:30,479 Speaker 1: us both. He said where's Jimmy? And I said, Jimmy's gone. 937 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,319 Speaker 1: He said, well, that's not right, get him in here, 938 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:38,680 Speaker 1: said where's Jimmy. I said, Barry, Jimmy's gone. We're sitting 939 00:54:38,719 --> 00:54:41,960 Speaker 1: here talking about you being the coach. I said, want 940 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,160 Speaker 1: in the world you saw anxious to talk to Jimmy about? 941 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,239 Speaker 1: He said, I just wanted to get both you the 942 00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,839 Speaker 1: last holes on this couch and ask you both, how 943 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:58,040 Speaker 1: could you pup this up? I was Switzer on the 944 00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:02,799 Speaker 1: way you think about how you could do that? Now? 945 00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:05,600 Speaker 1: I mean, well, I just think of those great times 946 00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:13,120 Speaker 1: and Jimmy's great coach, great coach, and ridiculous that, uh 947 00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:17,960 Speaker 1: my role here was my job to keep it together. 948 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,840 Speaker 1: It was my job and should have efforts, should have 949 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,879 Speaker 1: had deference to something that was working good. So those 950 00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:26,640 Speaker 1: are the things that come to my mind. We had 951 00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:30,040 Speaker 1: a great run of it. He's a great coach, and 952 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:32,800 Speaker 1: I'm proud to have him as a friend and proud 953 00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:36,120 Speaker 1: to have had the times that we had. We we uh, 954 00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:43,600 Speaker 1: we just had a great experience. The interest was his question. Now, 955 00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:50,239 Speaker 1: I never I've never been able to know why, Uh 956 00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:56,360 Speaker 1: I fucked it up? That not just that, but anything else. No, 957 00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,719 Speaker 1: I can't answer. Those questions are going to read this year. 958 00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:02,759 Speaker 1: Would Jimmy going to Ring of Honor this year? Do 959 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:05,320 Speaker 1: you know? I don't want to do anything that takes 960 00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,480 Speaker 1: away from this year. You know, he'll have a year, 961 00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:12,719 Speaker 1: provided everything goes good, he'll have a year that we 962 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,440 Speaker 1: also honor his Hall of Fame and it will be 963 00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:20,000 Speaker 1: this year. In the in during the season, at some time, 964 00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,480 Speaker 1: David Baker will come down. So we don't want to 965 00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:30,000 Speaker 1: do anything that makes that happen. I'm excited. Actually, I 966 00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:35,680 Speaker 1: was the one that with David Baker when Jimmy was 967 00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:40,839 Speaker 1: put in the hall there two years ago or last year, 968 00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:44,359 Speaker 1: not this year, but a year ago. I said, look, 969 00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:46,879 Speaker 1: the Cowboys need to play in the Hall of Fame game, 970 00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,879 Speaker 1: and he agreed, and he wanted that to be done. 971 00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,400 Speaker 1: That was a condition Well, when they canceled the game 972 00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:54,360 Speaker 1: last year, David said, the first thing he did was 973 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:57,720 Speaker 1: call and say before not that it's a conditioned because 974 00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:00,400 Speaker 1: we need to cancel it anyway, but will you commit 975 00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:04,840 Speaker 1: to play the next year. So really we've been standing 976 00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,399 Speaker 1: there waiting to play this game relative to this time 977 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:09,920 Speaker 1: when they come into the Ring of Honor. And of 978 00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:13,800 Speaker 1: course we've got two other absolutely great Dallas Cowboy players 979 00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:17,280 Speaker 1: going in up there too, So it's really propitious that 980 00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:22,160 Speaker 1: we've got that uh, that we've got that game playing 981 00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:26,840 Speaker 1: the book point and let's don't let the knock all 982 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:37,520 Speaker 1: the fun out of them. Keep having fun in secret. 983 00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:42,080 Speaker 1: Excuse me, I can't hear you with that mask. I 984 00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:45,320 Speaker 1: gotta see those lips. Jerry, you were one of the 985 00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:50,440 Speaker 1: big forces in getting Yeah, that was after the first 986 00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:59,480 Speaker 1: How do you bread to return from? Well, first of all, 987 00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,479 Speaker 1: Los Angeles has always been a jewel and a jewel 988 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:07,960 Speaker 1: potential for the NFL, not just the RAMS, but for 989 00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:13,080 Speaker 1: the NFL. And we have recently built that joins. I'm 990 00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,640 Speaker 1: not sure it technically joins, but it's right beside it 991 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:20,840 Speaker 1: our NFL network and the network headquarters are right there 992 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:25,200 Speaker 1: at the stadium, and so I've often used this illustration. 993 00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:29,000 Speaker 1: I really hope that when we think of the entertainment 994 00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,440 Speaker 1: capital of the world, we think of Hollywood. Rather than 995 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,680 Speaker 1: seeing that crooked sign up on the mountain Hollywood, what 996 00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:38,600 Speaker 1: you're going to see is so far stadium, and that's 997 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:43,440 Speaker 1: when you're zooming in, and that's Hollywood. That's what the 998 00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:46,480 Speaker 1: entertainment capital of the world is. And I think that 999 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:50,560 Speaker 1: stadium reaches that stature when I think about what it 1000 00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:58,640 Speaker 1: can mean for the NFL and Los Angeles and for 1001 00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:04,560 Speaker 1: everybody involved to sport. When we discussed this, I'm chairman 1002 00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:08,040 Speaker 1: of that committee, and when we discussed it, there was 1003 00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:11,680 Speaker 1: a debate about whether to move that headquarters from New 1004 00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:14,600 Speaker 1: York to move it there, And of course that's the 1005 00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:17,760 Speaker 1: talent part. That's where we have a lot of the 1006 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:22,080 Speaker 1: content done, apart from the games themselves, are done with 1007 00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,160 Speaker 1: that group of people in the NFL. Well, that's the 1008 00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:27,400 Speaker 1: headquarters of it now. And the headquarters, of course is 1009 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:30,080 Speaker 1: sitting right there and you can't miss it. It's gorgeous. 1010 00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:32,080 Speaker 1: While we're out here, I want to go down and 1011 00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:33,960 Speaker 1: take a look at it. But I've heard it really 1012 00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,320 Speaker 1: works good. All of that ties into the picture of 1013 00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:41,800 Speaker 1: what you want the NFL to have going forward when 1014 00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:44,560 Speaker 1: you think of the perception of the NFL, and I 1015 00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:47,440 Speaker 1: think Los Angeles does that. And by the way, that 1016 00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:54,800 Speaker 1: was my point about we need stand Crunky, we we 1017 00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:57,720 Speaker 1: need the rams, We've got it all fits, and we 1018 00:59:57,880 --> 01:00:03,840 Speaker 1: need to have that kind of aura and that kind 1019 01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:06,840 Speaker 1: of image about the NFL that that stadium will do. 1020 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:11,000 Speaker 1: So it covered a lot of ground. Last one, tren 1021 01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:13,760 Speaker 1: last one. Yeah, we've heard you get emotional several times 1022 01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:16,200 Speaker 1: in just these last few minutes. Can you share with 1023 01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:20,480 Speaker 1: us Bridge this particular amount of emotions to it from? Well, 1024 01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:23,320 Speaker 1: I think it's being here today. Really, I started off 1025 01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:27,240 Speaker 1: a little sentimental on one. I actually went over and 1026 01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:34,080 Speaker 1: shook Doocey's hand. Evolved here, but so I'm really after 1027 01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:42,080 Speaker 1: Doocey ran me off his show, I've forgotten it too, Mike. 1028 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:49,480 Speaker 1: But seriously, what you're seeing is just how good it 1029 01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:53,520 Speaker 1: feels to be here, dog gone eye. Just as much 1030 01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:55,680 Speaker 1: as I enjoy this stuff, I get to thinking, well, 1031 01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:57,360 Speaker 1: are you ever gonna see that again? Are you ever 1032 01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:00,439 Speaker 1: gonna be sitting up there talking to everybody again? Time? 1033 01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:05,040 Speaker 1: And so I do I guess I'm not going to apologize, 1034 01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:09,160 Speaker 1: but I am sensitive today and emotional, but the whole show. 1035 01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:15,680 Speaker 1: Thank you, guys. We're on the run, but not coming 1036 01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:20,520 Speaker 1: out here. Kill me, just kill me and H and frankly, 1037 01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,920 Speaker 1: I'm not I know I'm patronizing, but I'm not intending to. 1038 01:01:25,120 --> 01:01:28,240 Speaker 1: It's you, it is you, It is the show. You 1039 01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:31,920 Speaker 1: make it and goes back to our fans and the 1040 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,280 Speaker 1: fact that we're out here kicking this thing off and 1041 01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:39,680 Speaker 1: it's it's such an important thing. And then you look 1042 01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:43,400 Speaker 1: at when the season started. We didn't have this kind 1043 01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:45,800 Speaker 1: of build up, not just the Cowboys but the NFL, 1044 01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:50,040 Speaker 1: and we suffered. We need the preseason, we need this, 1045 01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:53,680 Speaker 1: We need you to make this thing go. Those ratings 1046 01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:59,240 Speaker 1: are important that to have you. And I'm not talking 1047 01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:02,040 Speaker 1: about the preseason game. I'm talking about the regular season games. 1048 01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:04,800 Speaker 1: Thank you.