1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 3 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys app Some of us are ready for another 5 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: edition of mix Shots. I'm not sure that Mickey is. Hey, look, 6 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: Dave Hellman looks very relaxed and ready for another edition 7 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: of mix Shots. How you doing, Dave Hellman? I'm doing wonderful, 8 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: bill Um. You know, not to make light of the situation, 9 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: but I think the Cowboys are being cautious with the 10 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: COVID protocols, which hasn't left a whole lot of work 11 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: for me to do. So I'm chilling and happy to 12 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: talk some cowboys with y'all. All right, very good. So 13 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: you survived the first your first appearance on mix Shots 14 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: yesterday without incident. It did, Yeah, so we can make 15 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: it through another forty five minutes. HECMA unable to be 16 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: here today, so we will press on for the next 17 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: forty five minutes. And Mickey, you wouldn't believe how many 18 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: notes he has in front of him. This reminds me 19 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: I used to hear stories when Norma Hitskis used to 20 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: do Rangers baseball games. Tom Grieve told me that they 21 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: would have a three man booth. It would be Mark Holtz, 22 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: Tom Grieve, and Norma Hitzkis and a space about four 23 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: feet wide, and Hitskis would take up about three feet 24 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: of the four feet with all his notes just all 25 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: taped down. That's what Mickey has right now. I was 26 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: prepared for yesterday because we didn't think you were going 27 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: to be with us, so I was going to have 28 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: to run the show, and I wanted to make sure 29 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: I had all my son, you can run this show. 30 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: How about we do that. You're good to go, all right? 31 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: But I had my notes ready in case we ran 32 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: out of things to talk about, as if we would 33 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 1: run out of things to talk about, right, especially gonna 34 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: say there's no chance of that. Come on right, Yeah, 35 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: that's right in, Dave. But since we last talked, you 36 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: don't you not only don't have a Cowboys game to 37 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: watch this weekend, you don't have an LSU game to 38 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: watch either, LSU Alabama. Uh, it looks like I canceled 39 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: for the whole season now, which is a good year 40 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,839 Speaker 1: for LSU. If if you're not gonna play Alabama one year, 41 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: this would be the year not to play them, right, 42 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: I never in my life thought that I would be 43 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: excited that LSU's not gonna play football. But yeah, my 44 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: Saturday is a lot more free, and I'm not mad 45 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: about it because that was probably gonna be ugly. So yeah, 46 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe I'll go find a farmer's market 47 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: or a pumpkin patch. I don't I don't know. I 48 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: don't know what people do when there's no foot ball on, 49 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: but I guess I gotta figure it out. That's right, 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: all right? So how do you fee right behind them too? 51 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: Because they canceled the Missouri Georgia game? Did they really? Yes, well, 52 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: the SEC just canceled the whole weekend. Yeah, it sounds 53 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: basically yeah, Z and M still playing. No, they're yeah, 54 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: they got canceled too. They know they do have a 55 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: common open date where they can make it up December twelfth, 56 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: because Georgia can't do it. I think there's like, yeah, yeah, 57 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: that's what they're worried about right now. But LSU doesn't 58 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: have to worry about the SEC championship game, so it's okay. Yeah, 59 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: and the uh, the big twelve already, they basically had 60 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: an open date setting their schedule of this week because 61 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: Texas didn't playing OU and OSU play next week Bedlam, 62 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: so they're not playing this week. So so anyway, the 63 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: point of all this is what don't we do? What 64 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: are we going to do for football this week? Which 65 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: brings me to my first question out of the shoot 66 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: to both of you, do you, as a as a 67 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: member of the media or as a fan, do you 68 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: like the byeway? No? I don't be guys. Here's the 69 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: deal with the bye week. I think everybody. I think 70 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: there's this perception out there since the team is off, 71 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: we're off. We still got to do our jo. I 72 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: find myself doing more work during the bye week because 73 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: you don't have any subjects with you, right, that's right, 74 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: well in your crammy. We still have to do all 75 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: the shows, but we're doing it in four days time 76 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: instead of six days times. People, So at some point 77 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: there will be a light at the end of this tunnel. 78 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: But more than that, and I think from a fans' perspective, 79 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: all right, I want my Cowboys game on Sunday, okay, 80 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: And I understand if you look down the schedule here. Okay, 81 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are off this week. They play on a 82 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: Sunday next week at Minnesota, and then okay, yeah, there 83 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: is a Thanksgiving Day game, and there is a Thursday 84 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: night game against Baltimore. But three out of the next 85 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: four Sundays the Cowboys don't have a game, And it's 86 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: not like we're traveling the games, right, yep. I think 87 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: y'all are absolutely and I think y'all are crazy. Are 88 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: you kidding me? The bye week is great. I mean, 89 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: it's a fair point relax for the first time since 90 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: August fifth, I'm gonna try my best to do nothing. 91 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a little bit different this year because 92 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: you're not traveling. You know, training camp was nowhere near 93 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: as intense this year as it is in a regular year. 94 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: But by the time you get to the bye week, 95 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: I'm ready to just like lie down on my couch 96 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: for like three days. Bill, you make a great point. 97 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: You kind of have to cram a lot of work 98 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: into the early part of the week. I don't know 99 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: about y'all, but when I get done with this show, 100 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: I got a couple of things left to right and 101 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna try my best to like turn my 102 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: phone off on Thursday and Friday. And as far as 103 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: being a fan, I feel like people people lose sight 104 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: of this. But not playing is great because you can't 105 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: lose when you don't play, so your week's stress free, 106 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: especially when you're don't have to worry about losing a 107 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: ball game. I can, you know, if I want to 108 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: spend Sunday making you know, I can spend all day 109 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: making a pot of gumbo if I want to. I 110 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: could go out and visit people I don't. I can 111 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: do whatever I want because I don't have to spend 112 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: eight hours at at and T Stadium. I am firmly 113 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: in favor of it. I'm sorry that y'all are workaholics, 114 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: but I am not. So you'd be in favor of 115 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: going back to having two bye weeks in a season, Oh, 116 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: sign me up? Yeah, I mean, and if they're gonna 117 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: if they're gonna increase the schedule, you know, if they're 118 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: gonna wind up playing eighteen games, I would guess we'll 119 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: see that. And yeah, I mean, so you talk about 120 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: you know again, Let's let's consider a regular year. You 121 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: report to training camp on like July eighteenth, and then 122 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: the regular season's gonna run until mid January. Yeah, you're 123 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: gonna need to bye weeks for the players, but for 124 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: me too. For sure. It just seems like it's a 125 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: week of work without a game, and to me, the 126 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: bonure payoff, the bonus of what we do is we 127 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: get to go cover a game, we get to go 128 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,799 Speaker 1: to a game and watch a game. Now you work 129 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: and there's no bonus at the end. Okay, Yeah, what 130 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: is the most important three hours, three and a half 131 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: hours of your week? Yeah? The game. It's the game, right, 132 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: the game. Yeah. So that's a funny thing. You said 133 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: that because my college roommate would get so upset when 134 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: he was trying to write in a press box and 135 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: it was so loud and people after the game, and 136 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: he would scream, these are the three hours that are 137 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: most important to me in my career. Shut the hell up. 138 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: That's funny. That's like Dave, we were talking about. We 139 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: were talking about the interception that Gilbert threw um in 140 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: the game on Sunday, and Everson was talking about how 141 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: he was yelling at the TV and his wife didn't 142 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: understand why he was yelling, and I did. He was 143 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: on his cow and so on, Sunday, I'm watching the 144 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: game from home, and I'm on my couch watching the game, 145 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: and I'm logging every play, so I'm working as I'm 146 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: in I'm yelling at the TV too. At about that 147 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: time that that play happened, my sister in law was 148 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: in town from out of town. I hadn't seen her yet. 149 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: She and my wife and my nephew. They walk into 150 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: the house and I'm totally ignoring them because I'm so 151 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: caught up into this game. And I just explained to him, 152 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: this is the most important three hours of my week. 153 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: I will say hello to you after this game was over. 154 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: They went out on the back porch. So, y'all are 155 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: y'all are intense? Man, y'all are not playing games because 156 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: I've never I've never been that guy. Like I kind 157 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: of I work better in a noisy, busy environment. I 158 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: kind of like to have people talking and maybe not 159 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: distracting me, but it just kind of, I don't know, 160 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: like that background noise kind of helps me focus on 161 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: what I need to do. However, I think boys game 162 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: is more like work. Don't try to don't try to 163 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: talk to me during an LSU game. I will say 164 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: that that's that's a whole different person than what I 165 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: am on Sundays, So I guess I identify with that. Yeah, 166 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: all I know is I remember the two bye weeks. 167 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: That was what was it two seasons maybe like in 168 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: the early nineties. It was like ninety maybe, okay, eighty 169 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: nine somewhere now, I think it was ninety nine one 170 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: something like that. And you know where you're working for 171 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: the newspaper. The newspaper doesn't take a bye, right, you 172 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: gotta have something in there and people, yeah, absolutely, all 173 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:43,599 Speaker 1: right before we get uh oh, I just let I 174 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: hear everything y'all are saying. And obviously we do this 175 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: job because we love it. I love covering the games, 176 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: but covering a game is a ten hour experience, and 177 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: I'm a okay not you know, getting a week where 178 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: I don't have to do that, and I don't have 179 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: to leave my apartment if I don't want too. I 180 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: can channel surf during the other NFL games and see 181 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: what's going on there. I'm I am just fine hanging 182 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: out on my couch this weekend. I get it ten hours. 183 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to fire up the smoker on Saturday. All right, Uh, 184 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 1: there you go, all right. The NFL was yesterday, today's Wednesday, 185 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: So they did it yesterday. The decision if there is 186 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: a weekend or games lost where they cannot be made 187 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: up to have the expanded playoff field sixteen team playoff field. 188 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: What are you your thoughts on that. It sounds like 189 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: they were very serious about doing it. I think it 190 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: has to get okayed by the nfl PA. But yeah, 191 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: more the merrier, let's go it. It sort of worked 192 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: so the couples more closer to the playoffs, right yutely, 193 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: because yeah, but as I pointed out yesterday, there's fifteen 194 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: teams in this league right now have no more than 195 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: three wins, right, so you know there could be a 196 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: fight to the finish to get to six. I hate 197 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: to be a cynic. I hate to be a cynic. 198 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: But do we think it really affects the Dallas Cowboys 199 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: because I think, yeah, it's still they either got to 200 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: win the East. Yeah, they got to win the East. 201 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: It's it's the East or bust. Well, and yeah, there's 202 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: not a wild card coming out of the East. I 203 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: can't remember where I say this stuff, And Dave you 204 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: stopped me if I said it yesterday after Bill left 205 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: or whatever. But the Cowboys only have one more game 206 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: against the team with a winning record Baltimore. Yeah, that's it. 207 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: So you're saying teams of their own six and one 208 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 1: as a possibility. I didn't say they're going to win 209 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: every one of them because they putting beat Washington, right, 210 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say they've gotten their butts kicked by a 211 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: few teams of their own ELK too, So yeah, but 212 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: at least some of them. I mean Washington's really did 213 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: I'm not sure where Arizona is. I lost track to them. 214 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: They're winning and then no, what Arizona's like five and three? 215 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: I really didn't get their butts kicked by Philadelphia until 216 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: they were able to return the fumble that wasn't that 217 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: was recovered before they recovered it and ran for a touchdown? 218 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: Or am I getting my games mixed? Right? So now 219 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: you're right. So you're right, and Philadelphia has one more 220 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: win than the Cowboys, that's right. It's gonna be interesting. 221 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: I mean, your your logic is sound, but I gotta 222 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 1: see a little bit more to believe it, because we 223 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: got to see someone, you know, Yeah, this is a 224 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: two and seven team. Yeah, you're right, all right? Mickey, 225 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: what's on how many legal pads you have in front 226 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: of you? There? So I just got they all looked 227 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: like but I didn't put it. So I had to 228 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: give me one thing. Give us, give us one topic. 229 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: We can go, take us to break. We can go 230 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: to break on this. How about this? So it's Veterans Day? Right, Yeah, 231 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: there you go, good one? All right? How about this? 232 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: This is a letter dated April seventeenth of nineteen forty 233 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: five the Army Department. We sent this letter to you 234 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: to my dad's mother, okay, all right, And they had 235 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: sent a previous letter to her when he was missing 236 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: in action. Okay, So she responded wanting more information. So 237 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: it happened in at the Battle of the Bulge, which 238 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: I think was like the end of December. It was 239 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: around right after Christmas, because I remember seeing when I 240 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: saw the movie there was snow on the ground or whatever. 241 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: So he had been missing. And so she sends a 242 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: letter back to the Military Department whatever it is, and 243 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: on April seventeenth, she gets this letter back. Dear Missus Spagnola, 244 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: your letter inquiring about your son Dominic has been referred 245 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: to this office for disposition. It has been carefully read, 246 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: and we will keep We will attempt to answer all 247 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: your questions. Your son Dominic was missing in action in 248 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: Germany on the twenty first January nineteen forty five. During 249 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: an attack on a fortified position. On twenty one January 250 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: nineteen forty five, a number of men in the battalion 251 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: were moving toward a German town, this being their objective 252 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: company being met enemy opposition and was cut off from 253 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: their other supporting units, but it was impossible to reach them, 254 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: although communication by radio was maintained for a period of 255 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: forty eight hours. It is assumed that the men, including 256 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: your son, were taken prisoner, but as yet no word 257 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: has been received by this headquarter. How would you like 258 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: to be a parent of a child during World War two? 259 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: And that's the letter you get. They have no idea 260 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: where they're at. He had been a prisoner of war 261 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: from January to a week after this letter arrived. He 262 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: was liberated a week later, and they had no idea 263 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: where they were. Wow. So my sister dug this out 264 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: and sent it to me, and I've kind of hung 265 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: onto it and I said what am I going to 266 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: do with this? Right? And I was like, oh, it's 267 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: Veterans Day. Maybe because I heard some people reading letters 268 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: today about their fathers or what they sent back home 269 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: or their grandfathers. Probably mostly. And yeah, a week later, 270 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: he was liberated after four months in being moved from 271 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: prison camp to prison camp because they had to keep 272 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: him on the move because the Germans were retreating so 273 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: and they would they would basically blindfold him and put 274 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: them in the railroad cars so no one knew where 275 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: they were going, so they couldn't like have any espionage 276 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: and let somebody know where they were. So yeah, quite 277 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: an experience. But he was liberated, got back too. I 278 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: think they got back to England and at a whole 279 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: ninety five pounds. Wow. They didn't feed them. They were 280 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: eating potatoes. Probably I saw it when he was his 281 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: induction papers. He was like one hundred and forty, So, yeah, 282 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: how about that man. They were eating potato skins before 283 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: potato skins were appetizers because they had to peel the 284 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: potatoes in the prison camps for the Germans that they 285 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: would cook the potatoes and leave them with the skins. 286 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: So we're sitting here a nice dose of perspective. Yeah, 287 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: we're sitting there talking to complaining about the cowboy gay buds. Yeah, yeah, thanks, Yeah, 288 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: Like I said, that's something that's a hell of a perspective. 289 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: I appreciated they had no game whatsoever. Right, good gracious 290 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: wow it wanted answered P, I mean for your your grandmother, 291 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: and answered. All I got to say is I keep 292 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: telling people I'm like the miracle baby that he survived 293 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: that um and and and I also had a purple 294 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: heart too. He got wounded at one point. At one point. 295 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: And to answer your question of when the Battle of 296 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: the Bulge occurred, December sixteenth, nineteen forty four, is when 297 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: the counter offensive began and ended January twenty fifth, nineteen 298 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: forty five. Yeah, like one week in two days, and 299 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: it was like the turning point of World War two, 300 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: at least in the European. Uh continent. Well, I think 301 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: you found good use yes for mix shots there a 302 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: salute to our salute to our veterans. Wow uh As 303 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: Dave said that that real puts it in perspective, and 304 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: we would not be able to do any of what 305 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: we're doing right now if not for all those veterans 306 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: out there. So a salute to all of you. And 307 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: mix shots continues in just a moment. Hey, they're Cowboys fans. 308 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: With Type Cleaners at Home pickup and delivery, cleaning your 309 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: clothes has never been more convenient. Simply sign up at 310 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: your local store, set out your dirty clothes, and one 311 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: of our tight cleaner professionals will come directly to your 312 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: home for a totally contactless experience. 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My world 346 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: was supposed to have been gone at that time. So 347 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: I told them I couldn't do it, and then things 348 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: changed because they asked me in January. Right, It's like, 349 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: now that weekend is already booked when they were going 350 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: to have them here? Or was it? Or was what? 351 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: Or was it I'm saying? Or was it? Because everybody's 352 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: plans got thrown out the window. Yeah, so it turned 353 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: out it wasn't booked. It wasn't I was booked at 354 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: eight T and T. No, my trip was booked to 355 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: New Orleans. Yeah, did it happened though, No, it did 356 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 1: not happen. All right, So that's November twenty fourth, nine 357 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: o'clock Central time on c MT. Let's see today's the eleventh. 358 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: So that's a Tuesday, November twenty fourth. I was just 359 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: trying to figure out. I've got family coming into town 360 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: on that Tuesday, and so now I know what we 361 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: will be watching on Tuesday night Central Time. People watched 362 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: that stuff. Yeah, I'll use it like an eight week 363 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: series or whatever. I was at a Star game, that's 364 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 1: the premiere. I was at a Stars game one night. 365 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: I was walking down towards my seat and this lady 366 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: looked at me and she goes, I know who you are? 367 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: And I go, who am I? She goes, You're that 368 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: judge on the Cheerleader show. That's like, I got to 369 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: be known for something, right, Dave you SEC guy Verne 370 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: Lundquist the long time voice of the SEC until this, 371 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: uh retirement from that. All right, the famous story you 372 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: may have heard, the famous story that Verne used to say, 373 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: going to a game in college station and getting and 374 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: getting gas and someone comes up to him and says, 375 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: I know you. I know you. You're the bowling for 376 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: dollars guy. That's right. Yeah. I actually met him at 377 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: the I met him at the local Emmy Award show 378 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: like two years ago. I felt bad because I told 379 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: him he was the voice of my childhood. And I 380 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: don't think he appreciated somebody telling him that he was 381 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 1: that old. It's one thing, Dad, it's one thing for 382 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: you to tell him that he's the voice of your childhood. 383 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: I would tell him the same thing, he was the 384 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: voice of my childhood too. I would probably really offend 385 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: That would really offend him. But yeah, and uh, channel 386 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: light back long long time ago before I got here, 387 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: he was doing no man, he was the time I 388 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: got here. He was he was the greatest, but all 389 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: one of the things that made and it's not like 390 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: a eulogees doing, but one of the things that made 391 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: Verne so great. And I loved him obviously calling Cowboys 392 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: games as well. But he was so relaxed on the air, 393 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: and you know, and he would probably admit it to 394 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: this day. There would be flub ups on the air, 395 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: there would be mistakes that were made, but he would 396 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: just carry on, you know, and he'd laugh at it 397 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: and just having a sense of humor, just to be 398 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: able to laugh at himself. Well, I screwed that up. 399 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: I think it was when Dave when we saw him 400 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: at the at the Emmy's here locally, and uh I 401 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: told him, I said, you know, Verne, I said, My 402 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: greatest memory of you is after the last preseason game, 403 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: a home game. It was always at Texas Stadium and 404 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: the press box there had a kind of a common 405 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: area behind where the writers were. We were in the 406 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: press box writing and he and his wife tech Shram 407 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: and his wife Marty, they would get together. There's an 408 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: open bar, right, they got a bar in there, and 409 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: the guy's making drinks and Texas drinking his bullshots and 410 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: and they're loud right there. I could hear Verne's voice. 411 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there trying on deadline to finish the story 412 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: and they're loud. And I told him I used to 413 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: get so mad at you, and he just start laughing. 414 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: He goes, yeah, I bet because we were having a 415 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 1: good time, right. And after the last, the last preseason game, 416 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: they would put a pool together and you had to 417 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: you had to predict the Cowboys fifty three man roster, right, 418 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: and we're sitting there going, how are we gonna be texts? 419 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 1: He should know already, right, And the only person they 420 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: trusted with the ballots was Texas wife Marty. Marty would 421 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: take the ballots. Everybody put their money in and then 422 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: we see who had the most, and then they would 423 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: win the pot. But that was a big deal. It was. 424 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: It was amazing. And now that we mentioned Verne and 425 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: I think about the Masters, that's what takes care of 426 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: our weekend. That's the Masters starts tomorrow. So there you go. 427 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: And in fact, I've actually used the line from Verne 428 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: on last night's sportscast on CBS eleven. Did you see 429 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: the skip shot holding one by John Rom and I 430 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 1: it was on sixteen, and of course Verne was always 431 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: on sixteen at the Masters, and so I was trying 432 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: to remember the great calls, so many great calls that 433 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: Verne lunk was made at the Master's and elsewhere. And 434 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: I was thinking, Okay, what's that call that he had 435 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: when Tiger when the on the chip in on sixteen, 436 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: when you see the Nike logo and the and so 437 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: I looked it up, and so I used it last 438 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: night on the chip in shot by Rom And I said, 439 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: I if we only had Vern here to exclaim, have 440 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: you ever seen a shot like that in your life? 441 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: And it wasn't a chip in. It was a drive 442 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: over the water, right, well it was you know, it's practice. Yeah, 443 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: but but anyway, skip like twice on the water. All right? Yes, 444 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: I understand. At the end of the show yesterday you 445 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 1: were talking quarterbacks. We were talking quarterbacks, and we had 446 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: we really only had a couple of minutes to discuss 447 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: which way they should go. Uh does it go back 448 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: to Dalton? Do you want to give Gilbert some some 449 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 1: more time? And um, it was a very short discussion. 450 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: I can't remember what those guys said. I think. I said, um, 451 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: you know, go with Dalton until you know for sure 452 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: it's over, if you don't know already, and then give 453 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: Gilbert basically a four game interview for the backup job 454 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: next year, because Dalton's on a one year deal, right, 455 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: And then his assumption was he was coming here for 456 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: one year because of the pandemic, want to move his 457 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: family with an idea of latching on with somebody next 458 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 1: year where he'd have a chance to either start or 459 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: compete for a starting job. So if that's his goal, 460 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: and if that's still what he wants to do, then 461 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: you're going to need a backup quarterback next year. And 462 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: I don't know that Ben d Nucci would be ready. 463 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: So I think what we saw from Garrett Gilbert, I 464 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: think he'd be candidate number one. What are you thinking, Dave? 465 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: I actually I completely agree with everything Mickey just said. 466 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: I feel like people, you know, and I get it. 467 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: The season feels like it's over from a competitive standpoint 468 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: to the fans, but the reality is that it's not. 469 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: You know, the NFC East is terrible, They're mathematically still alive, 470 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: and Andy Dalton gives you the best chance to be 471 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: competitive in that scenario. On top of that, maybe people 472 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: don't want to hear this. I think it's only fair. Yeah, 473 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: Andy stayed here partially because of the pandemic, but this 474 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: is also an opportunity for him to say it up 475 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 1: the next act of his career. I mean, if he 476 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: wants to keep playing football two, three, four or five, 477 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: you know, good games of tape could go a long 478 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: way toward getting him a new deal in a new city. 479 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: So I think he deserves that opportunity. He's earned it 480 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: over the last decade in the league. And you know 481 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: they're two and seven right now. If they're three and 482 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: ten in a month, then you've still got three games 483 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: where you can put Garrett Gilbert in there and see 484 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 1: what he can do. So I don't see the downside 485 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: of letting Andy Dalton try to keep it competitive for 486 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: the time being. And you know what his incentives on 487 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: his contract have to do with percentage of games played, 488 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: which if he went the rest of the way he 489 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: would accomplish, And it's percentage of games played plus the 490 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys making the playoffs. So I'm getting his mind he 491 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: doesn't care if they make it at six and ten 492 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: or seven and nine. If he makes the playoffs. I 493 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: think it's like and he plays I think more than 494 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: fifty percent of the snaps. Uh, it's a five hundred 495 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: thousand dollars bonus, and if they win the game, it's 496 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: a million dollar bonus. So in his mind, by golly, 497 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: you better give me that chance. All right, and let 498 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: me ask you this, Okay, with the state of the 499 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: Cowboys offensive line, all right, there's there's a perception about 500 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, a recent perception about Andy Dalton because of 501 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: what was going on in Cincinnati and what was the 502 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: state of their offensive line, then their receivers and then 503 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: without Green. Take it back to when Dak gets hurt 504 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: and he did lead a drive that won the game 505 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: at the end of the game and made a couple 506 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: of throws there. Okay, Now the next week they're playing 507 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 1: an Arizona team that ran them out of the building. 508 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: Basically it was thirty one to three. Yeah, at halftime, 509 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: maybe it wasn't the Dalton faults something like that, you know, 510 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: a couple of Zeke fumbles. They had to throw the 511 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: ball fifty four times in that game. And then what 512 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: happened next week he got hurt and it was but 513 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: what was going on with the offensive who was playing 514 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: right guard. Yeah, Zack Martin was hurt and so McGovern 515 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: was making his NFL date right, And you can point 516 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: the one sack that stands out in my memory of 517 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: that game. It was a blitzing Cole Holcomb coming up 518 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: right where the right guard Connor McGovern was who he 519 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: took the safety instead of the linebacker and Zeke couldn't 520 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: get over to get the linebacker. Could have got the 521 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: safety on the blitz. But otherwise with that offensive line, 522 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: they were throwing everything at Dalton. So let's let's see 523 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: now the offensive line, although it still makeshift, has been 524 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: together for a little bit and there's more of an opportunity. Plus, 525 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: I think coming off the Dak injury, I mean just 526 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: the whole mental state of this football team at that point, 527 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: having lost Dak, I think that contributed a lot too 528 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: to what happened the next week against Arizona. And I 529 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: think the injuries in the offensive line contributed to what 530 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: happened in Washington more than anything. And to both of 531 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: your points, there's still plenty of time left in the 532 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 1: season to see what's going on here with with both 533 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: and you know, and Gary Gilbert, I mean take nothing 534 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: away from what he was able to do on three 535 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: days practice last week. Um, you know, it's uh, he 536 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: has been a journeyman in this league for he's not 537 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: It's not like he's twenty four, twenty five years old, right, 538 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: like they just discovered this guy. I think I think 539 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: there's a perception out there. Let's let's see the young guy. 540 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: You know, well, the young guy turns thirty next year, 541 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: so and and and then the other part of it 542 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: is what realistically is the market going to be for 543 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton as a starting quarterback in this league next year? 544 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: I mean, let's say that he is, he's competent, he 545 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: does a good job, it's not overwhelming, and you know 546 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: he doesn't do it pull o' ryan Tannehill and they 547 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: win seven straight games to wrap it up. Then then 548 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: the market obviously is gonna be great for him next year. 549 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: But let's say they go five hundred or so the 550 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: rest of the year, What really is the market for 551 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton? Is he gonna he would have an opportunity 552 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: to compete someplace, probably, but his best opportunity might be here. No, 553 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: you're right, and think about it. And I just saw 554 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: that mel Kiper has his big board for twenty twenty 555 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: one out already, right, But there's gonna be three quarterbacks 556 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: go high in the draft, right, So that means teams 557 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: quarterback that's where they're going. So there's three right off 558 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: the board there if they do what Cincinnati and said, Okay, 559 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 1: we're going with our young guy, let's go forward. So 560 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: that's three teams right there. I don't know if we 561 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: want to count him up who it is, but I mean, 562 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: it's it's almost like Andy has got to the point 563 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: in his career unless he, you know, dis placed lights out, 564 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: he's he's probably you know, he might have an opportunity 565 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: if he knows the offense. It's a coordinator, there's a 566 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: comfort level there. Whatever. He could have an opportunity else where, 567 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: but he might have just as good an opportunity to 568 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: make decent money here at home where he's got family 569 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: and stuff. On another one year deal, we see, you know, 570 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: so he could very well be the backup and you 571 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: feel good about Andy Dalton being your backup quarterback. Absolutely 572 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: have a have a veteran guy. I mean, think about 573 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: but think it's not a bad point. Think about what 574 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: Gilbert did. When's the last time a Cowboys backup quarterback 575 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: when not counting Dak starting the season. Right, went in 576 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: in the middle of the season and had a game 577 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: like that, I got to go to Romo. Now, well 578 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: I've been here Romo in two thousand and six. Yeah. Yeah, 579 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: And his debut wasn't anywhere close to that, right because 580 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: his first pass was intercepted. As Jerry reminded, everybody, think 581 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 1: about this with Gary Gilbert, where would his career be 582 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: right now? If the pandemic hadn't happened. Would he have 583 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: even been on a roster this year? He was playing 584 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 1: last year in the Alliance of American Football. Right. The 585 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: fact that you can have veterans on your practice squad 586 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: this year was the main reason that he was still 587 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 1: on a team this year. But he had played with 588 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: Cleveland as a backup last year. He had, but he 589 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: was on their practice squad at the time that the 590 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: Cowboys picked him up, so he would have been here. 591 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 1: He could have backed now they used that. Now they 592 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: may have done that, and because they had the ability 593 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,759 Speaker 1: to the roster, right, but there's it's possible that he 594 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: might have been out on the street they were banking 595 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 1: on he could they could stash him on the practice squad. 596 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: No one would sign him, right, and then here come 597 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: the cowboys. Right yeah, so all right we can take 598 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: when Cooper Rush was on the street as far as 599 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: I'm aware. Yeah, yeah, yea, all right, we continue with 600 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: more mix shots. In just a moment, we're back in 601 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: a tasty treat that's sweeping airwaves and taste buds. 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She was told the report said that 646 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: she no longer was a cultural fit for the organization. 647 00:37:56,239 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: Whatever in the world. That means when minority parties and 648 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: women are getting opportunities to get hired in the NFL 649 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: because they're trying to be more diverse in their hirings, 650 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:13,880 Speaker 1: she gets fired because she wasn't a cultural fit. And 651 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: I was assuming it's by the guy they brought in 652 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:19,240 Speaker 1: to kind of take over the organization after the owner 653 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: passed away, fired Brian Gaine as the GM fired the 654 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 1: head coach, Bill O'Brien. Now it's going right down the 655 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,359 Speaker 1: chain and fired their vice president of the Communications and 656 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: all you gotta do is go online and there's a 657 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,319 Speaker 1: bunch of writers around the country in and uproar. She 658 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,640 Speaker 1: was pretty good, Dave, as I remember when they were 659 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: here in twenty seventeen for the her I was gonna say, yeah, 660 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,359 Speaker 1: I briefly remember meeting her when they were staying with 661 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: us during Hurricane Harvey, and she seemed like a consummate 662 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: professional to me. I'm stealing this joke from Twitter, but 663 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,280 Speaker 1: you're right. I mean, every influential voice in the NFL 664 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,800 Speaker 1: is just horrified that this happened. So maybe the cultural 665 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 1: fit is that she's very, very good at her job 666 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 1: and the Texans are an inept mess and that's just 667 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: you know, they don't want any winners in that building. 668 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: I guess, I don't know. Somebody wrote suggested this is 669 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,400 Speaker 1: the best thing to happen to her because now she 670 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: could go to an organization that has some culture, and 671 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 1: as Adam Schefter pointed out, she was the first and 672 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:31,280 Speaker 1: only woman to have full PR responsibilities for an NFL team, 673 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 1: the winner of the twenty seventeen Roselle Award for Best 674 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: PR Staff, and that was that year when they were 675 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,399 Speaker 1: they got they couldn't get back to Houston, so they 676 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: came here to Dallas. They practiced for three days, I think, 677 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,680 Speaker 1: and the idea was the preseason game that was supposed 678 00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 1: to be played in Houston was going to be played 679 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,400 Speaker 1: at at and T Stadium, And then they set up 680 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,319 Speaker 1: that whole charity thing bill you remember, ended up being 681 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,279 Speaker 1: a fundraiser, and at the last submitted on Wednesday, they 682 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,359 Speaker 1: found out that they were going to be let back 683 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,400 Speaker 1: into Houston. So they kind of went got up and 684 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: took off, and all that charity stuff was going to 685 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,400 Speaker 1: go down to drain. But the Cowboys said, oh no, 686 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: we'll just have an open night and do a fundraiser 687 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: a telethon and ended up raising a whole bunch of 688 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:23,239 Speaker 1: money if I remember correctly. All right, let's go, let's 689 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:28,280 Speaker 1: dive further into you want to talk punter punter? All right, Cowboys, 690 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: might we sign on another punter? Right? They worked out 691 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 1: they were supposed to work out a couple of guys. 692 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 1: And the idea is the fact that you know, Hunter, 693 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: the punter, nice wander, you know, has the job. But 694 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: you got when you only have one position that only 695 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: has one person, you got to be careful with the 696 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: COVID stuff, especially when you get two games in the 697 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: span of five days coming up right exactly, and if 698 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,000 Speaker 1: you bring if something happens to him and you got 699 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: to bring somebody in, it's a six day or deal 700 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:05,400 Speaker 1: to get through the COVID protocols testing. You wouldn't have 701 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: a guy in in time. So I think they decided 702 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: we better put somebody on the practice squad, and so 703 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,440 Speaker 1: we'll see if they do that. They don't have to 704 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: do it till well. If they sign a guy and 705 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,040 Speaker 1: if they want them on the practice squad next week, 706 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:22,319 Speaker 1: they got to get going now. Although you know, I 707 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,640 Speaker 1: guess you could get tested because they're not allowing the 708 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 1: players into the building thanks to the what's is the 709 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:35,040 Speaker 1: guy's name? Vance McDonald. Yes, Vance McDonald tested positive to 710 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 1: tight end for the Steelers, and when they got back 711 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:44,640 Speaker 1: and tested on Monday, and then caused the Steelers to 712 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:49,120 Speaker 1: put four other guys, including Roethlisberger, on the contact tracing 713 00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,359 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen lists, and they can't be back in the 714 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:56,959 Speaker 1: building I think until Saturday. So you know the ideas well, 715 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 1: I get back on Saturday. They're playing Roethlisberger on Sunday, 716 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,359 Speaker 1: but that could have happened to the Cowboys. So this 717 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: might be the most fortunate by the Cowboys have ever had. 718 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,040 Speaker 1: Couldn't become in a better time because they probably would 719 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,520 Speaker 1: have been told you can't practice on you know, you 720 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,239 Speaker 1: got to wait three days. You're not going to be 721 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,320 Speaker 1: able to practice on Wednesday for sure. That's why today's 722 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:23,920 Speaker 1: practice was canceled. And so yeah, and what if they 723 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,319 Speaker 1: had a person, you know, test positive, then you would 724 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,480 Speaker 1: have to shut the place down. So yeah, this stuff is, 725 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: it's growing, and it's even more serious now than it 726 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:39,000 Speaker 1: has been in the summer. Yeah about that. Just take 727 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,160 Speaker 1: a look at college football, right, I just saw how 728 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:46,920 Speaker 1: stayed in Maryland canceled for this weekend. I'll be interested 729 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,319 Speaker 1: to see if Notre Dame plays after they stormed the 730 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: field there By the way, yesterday I was talking about 731 00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:00,880 Speaker 1: the Cowboys in the possibility could the Cowboys have contracted 732 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,719 Speaker 1: COVID from Vince McDonald whatever, And I said highly unlikely, 733 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,600 Speaker 1: not because of what I said on the podcast yesterday, 734 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,439 Speaker 1: but by doctor friend who I was quoting on that, 735 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,839 Speaker 1: he just happened to text me last night because he's 736 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,480 Speaker 1: heard about the story and everything. He said, it's unlikely 737 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,520 Speaker 1: any of the Cowboys will get COVID from Sunday's game. 738 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:29,160 Speaker 1: Their exposure fails the times the time or times distance 739 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:33,920 Speaker 1: times dose test. But you know what locker rooms are like, 740 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,880 Speaker 1: and with the teammate from the Steelers perspective, the teammate 741 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:43,200 Speaker 1: being on the team bus, I mean that can be 742 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,200 Speaker 1: more of a location where you could contract it. And 743 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: so that that is why we haven't seen there's no 744 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:53,560 Speaker 1: documented cases of athletes catching it from an opponent on 745 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,560 Speaker 1: the playing field. So you're you're saying Donovan Wilson is 746 00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:00,960 Speaker 1: okay with that one tackle time McDonald's ball. Yeah, well, 747 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it. That's what my doctor friends are saying. 748 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:09,279 Speaker 1: So anyway, for whatever that's worth, it's it's it's more 749 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:14,040 Speaker 1: in the bars that it's the problem. Yeah, and the 750 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:18,200 Speaker 1: dormitories and the fat house. Yeah yeah. All right, we 751 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,840 Speaker 1: gotta like a minute left on this edition of mix Shots. 752 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,720 Speaker 1: How do we want to spend this minute? Oh boy, 753 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,040 Speaker 1: Dave Hellman, do you have a parting mix shot that 754 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: you would like to give? Do I have a parting 755 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,799 Speaker 1: mix shot? Um? Hey, let me throw this out before 756 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:38,560 Speaker 1: you do it. Ye did Tack McKinley clear waivers. We 757 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,800 Speaker 1: will know that in about We will know that in 758 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,799 Speaker 1: about forty five minutes. Right, yeah, that's right now. The Falcons. 759 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,200 Speaker 1: The Falcons took their time putting him on waivers. Hasn't 760 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:53,239 Speaker 1: gone through the system yesterday then okay, right, no, um, 761 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,799 Speaker 1: we'll find out. Oh yeah, so no, I was just 762 00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,520 Speaker 1: gonna say, hey, Mick, I really, I mean, that was 763 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,960 Speaker 1: cool that you read that letter. I was actually I 764 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 1: was listening to a podcast about the world wars this morning, 765 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,680 Speaker 1: and like I said, it's a healthy dose of perspective. 766 00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:12,600 Speaker 1: That was really cool. I appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah. There's 767 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:18,120 Speaker 1: a few things that we have left over from his 768 00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:21,600 Speaker 1: service duty, but most of them it's not like he 769 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,160 Speaker 1: had a lot of memorabilia because when you're a prisoner 770 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:28,160 Speaker 1: of war, they basically take everything from you. So you know, 771 00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,600 Speaker 1: he's got a shirt afterwards and a hat and that 772 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:37,280 Speaker 1: was about it. So but very fortunate to come back alive. 773 00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: And I'm fortunate too. All right. Well, that does it 774 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,880 Speaker 1: for this edition, a Veteran's Day edition of mix Shots, 775 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:53,399 Speaker 1: and we are off until next week now, Monday, Tuesday. 776 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:56,239 Speaker 1: I forgot what day we're starting back up again. And 777 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:59,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys y'all find a way to enjoy your damn 778 00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:02,400 Speaker 1: bye weekend. Don't so sad that you don't have to work. 779 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:07,360 Speaker 1: I know I'm going to be watching the Masters on CBS. 780 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,560 Speaker 1: We can pay attention to that. That's exactly right, all right, 781 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,000 Speaker 1: Dave Helmett, it's been fun. Good to have you Dave 782 00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:16,200 Speaker 1: with us. It was yeah, this was great, Thanks guys, 783 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,920 Speaker 1: all right, and for Mickey Spagnolne, Bill Jones, and we 784 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,960 Speaker 1: will see you next week here on Mick Shots. Have 785 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:27,239 Speaker 1: a great buye weekend, everybody. This has been a production 786 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:31,080 Speaker 1: of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.