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Speaker 4: Here in the SWBC studio, I'm Nicole Hedgson alongside Ayisha Morrison,
Speaker 4: j Justinvars, and Christy Scales. It is no longer a
Speaker 4: victory Friday, but it is still a victory Monday. Absolutely,
Speaker 4: Happy Thanksgiving. Well belated Thanksgiving to you all. Did you
Speaker 4: have a great day Thanksgiving Day?
Speaker 6: Well, oh yeah, it's special.
Speaker 7: It doesn't matter who the opponent is, it doesn't matter
Speaker 7: the records of the teams going in. There is always
Speaker 7: a special vibe for a Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game, even
Speaker 7: back at Texas Stadium. And I don't remember the Cotton
Speaker 7: Bowl days, but there's something special. And so when the
Speaker 7: schedule comes out, if you only get to come to
Speaker 7: one game a year, and if it's not you know,
Speaker 7: maybe you want to see the Eagles, or maybe there's
Speaker 7: an AFC team coming that you want to particularly see that,
Speaker 7: But if not, I recommend Thanksgiving just because there is
Speaker 7: something special to it and you could feel it on Thursday.
Speaker 4: I agree that actually asking like, how y'all's Thanksgiving was?
Speaker 8: Oh, like, well, families, Oh, I was not with my family.
Speaker 8: I was at the game.
Speaker 9: Yeah.
Speaker 8: I was at the game, and this is my first
Speaker 8: Thanksgiving game sitting in the stands. I was actually working
Speaker 8: this one, and I can confirm what Christy is saying.
Speaker 10: The vibe was different. Everyone was in a good mood
Speaker 10: and there was a lot of Cowboys fans there, so
Speaker 10: that really helped. The vibes were high.
Speaker 8: Cowboys fans were doing their best a.
Speaker 10: Not cheering when the offense was on the field. It
Speaker 10: was good.
Speaker 5: It was fun.
Speaker 10: The food was bombed by the way.
Speaker 6: I did a great job.
Speaker 5: I actually ate before though. My mom cooked Magga.
Speaker 10: Cheese that sounds.
Speaker 4: Good, some corn bread dress, and some greeny. She made
Speaker 4: it all and I ate it before. But then I
Speaker 4: also ate at the stadium.
Speaker 10: Yeah that's what Thanksgiving for.
Speaker 8: Jazz and I went to the game and we ate
Speaker 8: at the tailgate before I had a host of tailgate.
Speaker 8: So she went with me to the tailgate and they
Speaker 8: had the best barbecue. And I really need to go
Speaker 8: back and look at where this was because it was local.
Speaker 10: Oh my god, it was so good. Her and I
Speaker 10: just kept talking about that good barbecue.
Speaker 8: So if that makes you feel any better, we had barbecue,
Speaker 8: and then we went into the game and eight more.
Speaker 10: I love that for you. Yeah, it was great.
Speaker 5: What about you, Ayesha?
Speaker 11: I attended a and took part in a pot look
Speaker 11: for another job, and I didn't get any of my
Speaker 11: family's cooking this year.
Speaker 9: So I am so glad, y'all did.
Speaker 11: I'm glad I can cook because I'm just gonna cook
Speaker 11: for myself.
Speaker 9: And somebody want to cringy no plate, no nothing. My
Speaker 9: cousins are watching.
Speaker 11: It's fine, No, no, no, that's good.
Speaker 9: Probably one of the best part looks I've ever been too.
Speaker 8: I prayed I was gonna say, who was not making
Speaker 8: good food of that podlast.
Speaker 11: No, I had Italian green beans for the first time,
Speaker 11: which was really dope.
Speaker 10: It was the food was good.
Speaker 6: Do you know what they call green beans in Italy?
Speaker 8: No?
Speaker 6: Italian green beans?
Speaker 8: Twit?
Speaker 6: Did they call him in Italy, no green beans.
Speaker 11: Bye, you know what, she didn't really like all some
Speaker 11: comedic time and stuff.
Speaker 5: Why do I look at her life?
Speaker 8: I know, it's like, how do you know that?
Speaker 11: Because gets it that Christy knows stuff about so many
Speaker 11: things we know?
Speaker 6: Was then I thought about French fries in France.
Speaker 5: The girls says, that's right, but you can cook?
Speaker 8: Right?
Speaker 5: Yes I can't, but you know who can?
Speaker 4: The Cowboys.
Speaker 6: It took a long way to get there, but we're there.
Speaker 11: You know what.
Speaker 5: It didn't take a long way, but.
Speaker 4: The Cowboys get the win on Thanksgiving Day, twenty seven
Speaker 4: to twenty the final in at.
Speaker 5: And T Stadium.
Speaker 4: They get their first home win of the twenty twenty
Speaker 4: four season. Obviously a lot of excitement following that win.
Speaker 4: The guys in the locker room in different spirits. We
Speaker 4: love to see that. What did y'all learn from this win?
Speaker 4: And whoever you guys can chime in, however you all.
Speaker 7: Well, I just that the defense is really coming together
Speaker 7: and that de Marveion Overshown continues to show that he
Speaker 7: can be a real catalytic player. I think the defense
Speaker 7: overall playing well. And Rico Dowdle, you know, I think
Speaker 7: had his best game arguably as a Cowboy, And so
Speaker 7: it's so important when you go into what is essentially
Speaker 7: a mini buy, when you have that rest after Thanksgiving,
Speaker 7: to go in on a high note.
Speaker 6: Because we had more injuries.
Speaker 7: I know, we'll talk about that, but a couple of
Speaker 7: very serious injuries from the game Thursday, And so if
Speaker 7: you had not gotten the win, if you weren't going
Speaker 7: in on a high note, and you had those injuries,
Speaker 7: that would have carried over in a negative way into
Speaker 7: this week. But you still have the injury situations, but
Speaker 7: at least everyone's feeling better going into the long weekend.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it makes me wonder, had the injury bug not
Speaker 8: bit so hard this season, what you would be seeing
Speaker 8: from this team because overall, even just seeing piece by
Speaker 8: piece more of these players coming back and that giving
Speaker 8: you more of a well rounded team, what this season
Speaker 8: could have been like if it wasn't for injuries.
Speaker 10: That's kind of what it made me think.
Speaker 8: Especially seeing Brandon Cooks come back, and it was so
Speaker 8: nice to see the little harsher back in the end
Speaker 8: zone and it was really fun to just watch him
Speaker 8: create an atmosphere with the guys around him. And I
Speaker 8: mean his presence is just so well known. I mean
Speaker 8: I was watching the game back and first thing I
Speaker 8: noticed is after every play, Brandon is the first one
Speaker 8: to every guy to help them up, and just things
Speaker 8: like that that you missed from a player like Brandon
Speaker 8: Cooks and the experience Cooper Rush had instant trust in him, which, yeah,
Speaker 8: it's Brandon Cooks. How could you not, But it just
Speaker 8: really made me wonder what this team would have been
Speaker 8: like this year if it was not for the injuries
Speaker 8: that have occurred and, like Christy said, unfortunately continued to
Speaker 8: occur on Thursday.
Speaker 11: Yeah, that's that's kind of how I felt about it
Speaker 11: as well. I mean, you know, obviously the injuries decimated
Speaker 11: the defensive side of the ball, and to your point,
Speaker 11: I think we are kind of getting to look see
Speaker 11: at what it could have been, or you know, maybe
Speaker 11: something to look forward to. But also too, it made
Speaker 11: me consider that, you know, looking at a dan Quinn
Speaker 11: system and looking at a Zommer system, they're different. They are,
Speaker 11: I mean honestly from what they're being asthman. You have linebackers.
Speaker 11: The things that the linebackers are doing, the things that
Speaker 11: the safeties are doing. They this is a pretty big
Speaker 11: change in system, and I guess like it didn't resonate
Speaker 11: to me right away, like how different this might be
Speaker 11: for the guys. So to your point, I do think
Speaker 11: just like we are seeing what a healthy team would
Speaker 11: look like, but also to we're seeing these guys understand
Speaker 11: this system, and you also are seeing other guys elevate
Speaker 11: their play, and that's why the system is working.
Speaker 9: Because Zimmer system.
Speaker 11: Has a very serious focus on the safety position and
Speaker 11: the defensive tackle position. You're getting better defensive tackle play
Speaker 11: from Amasi Smith, Watkins gets his few reps in there,
Speaker 11: Like you're getting better to tackle play, and because of that,
Speaker 11: it's allowing guys like Osa to be free. It's allowing
Speaker 11: these guys to play, you know, and your linebackers are
Speaker 11: more free. So you see it to Marrion over shown
Speaker 11: just shooting the gap like that's also been because Limbal
Speaker 11: Joseph or Mozzie Smith is taking on a double team
Speaker 11: and he's able to slip through there.
Speaker 9: So you're seeing the system and come into play too.
Speaker 11: And to your point that the guys getting healthier are
Speaker 11: a big part of that as well. So it's a
Speaker 11: it's a little bittersweet. I agree, it's a little bittersweet,
Speaker 11: but also but I am happy that the guys are
Speaker 11: getting a feel for this system and understanding it.
Speaker 4: We're gonna hear from Michael Parsons in the second segment
Speaker 4: about that too, because he did address the fact that
Speaker 4: these guys are feeling a little bit more comfortable, and
Speaker 4: that's something that to go to your point with Mazzie Smith, Mike.
Speaker 4: Mike McCarthy had touched on it in the press conference
Speaker 4: earlier and just said that he's starting to understand that
Speaker 4: there's not much sexiness to this position and you have
Speaker 4: to be an anchor for the defensive line. So I
Speaker 4: love that you mentioned that as well. What I learned, dang,
Speaker 4: I'm sick.
Speaker 8: Doesn't decide which season we're in.
Speaker 4: But you know what, I'm not sick of Oh my gosh,
Speaker 4: I forgot it.
Speaker 5: Here we go Cavant Turpin.
Speaker 10: Not sick of him.
Speaker 6: Him all uh No.
Speaker 5: I truly believe that.
Speaker 4: I mean, we've talked about it him. His confidence is
Speaker 4: growing and you look.
Speaker 5: At what he was able to do.
Speaker 4: Caught four out of his five targets team high fifty
Speaker 4: three yards.
Speaker 5: His fifty three.
Speaker 4: Percent target rate for the game is tied for the
Speaker 4: third highest in a game. But you're seeing him get
Speaker 4: also yak yardage. Remember one of the plays, it was
Speaker 4: in the first quarter, first and ten and he goes
Speaker 4: he gets the catch for sixteen yards, which would would have.
Speaker 5: Been an eleven yard catch.
Speaker 4: So you're starting to see him get a little bit
Speaker 4: more confidence. And I really like that to see that
Speaker 4: from and.
Speaker 7: That catch you're referring to, that was one of those
Speaker 7: like little shovel pass. Yes, so really an extended handoff. Yes,
Speaker 7: it is a pass and counts as a passing statistic,
Speaker 7: but you know, creative ways because before it was if
Speaker 7: you if Cavante Turpin had his had the ball in
Speaker 7: his hands in the on offense, it was a jet sweep.
Speaker 11: Yeah, can we remember Can I ask you something, Chris,
Speaker 11: I'm asking Yeah, I wanted to ask you. So in
Speaker 11: regard to Cavante Turpin, we have been on banging the
Speaker 11: table for since he's been here to give him more
Speaker 11: receiving opportunities and to do some of the things that
Speaker 11: they're starting to do. Have you ever seen a guy
Speaker 11: on special teams be that intricate to maybe where they're like,
Speaker 11: I don't know, because we've seen it in in kind
Speaker 11: of like who's the main returner, who's not the main
Speaker 11: returner and those type of things. But like even with
Speaker 11: Rico last year, I remember being like, if he's getting
Speaker 11: more snaps, why is he returning?
Speaker 8: So is it?
Speaker 9: Does that play it come into play?
Speaker 11: And do you think that I had anything to do
Speaker 11: with why it's taken a while for him to kind
Speaker 11: of get his opportunity because he's such a weapon as
Speaker 11: a returner.
Speaker 6: That's the thing.
Speaker 7: I the comparison doesn't hold in terms of body type
Speaker 7: and style. But this is kind of how Miles Austin
Speaker 7: began his career with the Cowboys. He was an undrafted guy.
Speaker 6: Out and I know I used his heart just stop
Speaker 6: to be.
Speaker 7: I like, but Miles one here, Miles had trouble cracking
Speaker 7: the you know, he was like fifth or sixth the
Speaker 7: receiver and had trouble cracking time in terms of getting
Speaker 7: reps in the offense because it was pretty stacked at
Speaker 7: the time with the wide receiver room. Uh, that was
Speaker 7: the days of Terall Owens and the like. I think
Speaker 7: Roy Williams and Roy Williams not the safety but the
Speaker 7: wide receiver they had traded for dround draft picks. For him. So,
Speaker 7: but Miles was a big contributor on kickoff returns and
Speaker 7: in fact had a kickoff return for a touchdown in
Speaker 7: the playoff game at Seattle, the one the Cowboys lost.
Speaker 7: That was one where the field goal attempt went through
Speaker 7: Romo's fingers.
Speaker 6: But what happened, but what happened with.
Speaker 7: Miles's career was the aforementioned Roy Williams got absolutely clocked
Speaker 7: in a game against the Broncos and was missing some time.
Speaker 7: And so the next week the Cowboys are playing at
Speaker 7: Kansas City, Miles Austin finally gets a chance to be
Speaker 7: an integral part of the offense and goes for over
Speaker 7: two hundred yards and scores game winner in overtime. So
Speaker 7: with Cavante, you know, just absolutely invaluable on special teams.
Speaker 7: You know what he can contribute there. But it's remember Cavante, Yeah,
Speaker 7: it was a star at TCU, but as a returner,
Speaker 7: not really as a as a receiver. So so he's
Speaker 7: in terms of like I don't want to say football IQ,
Speaker 7: but in terms of time, right, it's time on task
Speaker 7: And so when you don't get all of that as
Speaker 7: a wide receipt, you know you're more of a return
Speaker 7: specialist guy. It just takes time in this league, and
Speaker 7: especially at that position. So and I'm not just talking
Speaker 7: about an undrafted guy who played in the USFL. I'm
Speaker 7: talking about first round picks.
Speaker 9: He played in Poland.
Speaker 6: Yeah, we played in Poland.
Speaker 7: He played for the Yeah, he played for And he's
Speaker 7: played mad nine different teams, you know, and anyway, but
Speaker 7: that's what it reminds me of is I'm not saying
Speaker 7: that Cavante is going to go on and have the
Speaker 7: career as a receiver that Miles Austin had before his
Speaker 7: hamstring injuries. But that's what that is what comes to
Speaker 7: mind when you ask that question.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I kind of say I caught up with Cavante
Speaker 8: at one of the events I had to work before
Speaker 8: the game. And keep in mind that's coming right off
Speaker 8: of his return and touchdown. So I would just like
Speaker 8: to say when it came time to introduce players, I
Speaker 8: was like, I got her, don't you worry? And he
Speaker 8: knew made him feel very w W wrestler esque the
Speaker 8: way I introduced him. But anyways, all that time I
Speaker 8: talked to him and I had asked him, you know,
Speaker 8: did you see it? Like did you know as soon
Speaker 8: as like you got back up from the fumble, and
Speaker 8: he was like, it wasn't until after the spin move
Speaker 8: that I saw the clear lane.
Speaker 10: And then I said, well.
Speaker 8: Do you like see guys or like, how what is
Speaker 8: your vision when you're when you're going through, because genuinely,
Speaker 8: like you're going so fast, do you even see the guys?
Speaker 10: And he's like, no, I just go I just see
Speaker 10: the end zone.
Speaker 8: And he's almost he almost described it as like tunnel
Speaker 8: vision that he gets when he's returning the ball. So
Speaker 8: that was interesting, and I asked him.
Speaker 10: I can't repeat exactly what he said, but I said, so.
Speaker 8: The Giant's gonna kick to you this week, and long
Speaker 8: story short, he said no, but it was a little
Speaker 8: more animated than that.
Speaker 10: You can't imagine. It was a deep.
Speaker 6: No, why why would anyone kick you?
Speaker 7: And the rest of the season, I mean, well, he
Speaker 7: mostly may not get but the only way, the only
Speaker 7: way would be really, we only have the cold weather game. Yeah,
Speaker 7: possibly in Carolina, but at Philadelphia, and that may be
Speaker 7: it for the cold weather games.
Speaker 8: And he knew that though when when I kind of
Speaker 8: laughed about it, he's like, no, not after that, I don't
Speaker 8: I don't think it's gonna.
Speaker 9: Happen tantrums when yeah, he doesn't get anything.
Speaker 8: Now, he's very where that like, his chances are going
Speaker 8: to be a little to your point, Christy, a little
Speaker 8: more limited within the return game. So I also think
Speaker 8: coaching is gonna involve that a little bit more in
Speaker 8: the scheme, which is why you saw him more, I
Speaker 8: guess involved in the offense overall.
Speaker 4: I think for McCarthy it's more so finding that balance
Speaker 4: of not overworking him too much, because when you're doing
Speaker 4: so much on special teams as a returner, you.
Speaker 6: Kind of get a little gassed.
Speaker 4: But if you ask Avante Turpin, you know, how much
Speaker 4: do you want to play? As far as the offensive
Speaker 4: side of the ball, He's like, I want to there
Speaker 4: all the time.
Speaker 7: Plays No, there's an infectious energy to him. For infectious,
Speaker 7: But you know the other thing is you have to
Speaker 7: consider there's only one football and you've got a lot
Speaker 7: of weapons that are involved. So when Jake Ferguson is
Speaker 7: out for a couple of weeks, that kind of opens
Speaker 7: things up for for other players. Possibly you have Brandon
Speaker 7: Cooks coming back last week, so he's going to get
Speaker 7: some of those targets, so h and and really the
Speaker 7: NFL is all about matchups, and the NFL this game planning.
Speaker 6: It's it's chess.
Speaker 7: If you move your pawn here and then a rook here,
Speaker 7: it's all counter moves.
Speaker 6: So some weeks.
Speaker 7: You're going to have better, more favorable matchups for Turpin
Speaker 7: than others. And by the way, it's five different leagues
Speaker 7: that he's played in the Fan Controlled Football League. We
Speaker 7: all remember the Glacier Boys, the spring league that was
Speaker 7: the Sea Lions. Ayisha mentioned Poland, so he played in Rotswath,
Speaker 7: Poland for the Panthers. They their uniforms looked like the
Speaker 7: Carolina Panthers. And then USFL of course for the New
Speaker 7: Jersey Generals where he was the MVP, and then the NFL.
Speaker 11: Finally, Brandon Cooks is someone I think that Cavante Turpin
Speaker 11: could benefit from. And I say that because Brandon Cooks
Speaker 11: his frame is not the biggest frame.
Speaker 9: But one thing I noticed about him and since the time.
Speaker 11: He's been here, but even just throughout his career, is
Speaker 11: how well he protects his body. He will shield himself
Speaker 11: off even so in cerace, Tyler Lockett does the same.
Speaker 11: And these guys have long have had longevity for those
Speaker 11: reasons because they are smaller frame. People are looking for
Speaker 11: you across the middle. So I think that to your
Speaker 11: point earlier is like Brandon cooks and just Brandon cooks.
Speaker 11: Someone like him being in the locker room could really
Speaker 11: help Cavante Turpin develop.
Speaker 9: Like you're talking about.
Speaker 4: Christy, it's kind of like what in the beginning of
Speaker 4: the season, what kind of like with Rico dowdle Ezekiel
Speaker 4: Elliott and how they kind of bounce off of each other,
Speaker 4: but you're seeing Rico really start to blossom, Like we
Speaker 4: like that over here, over here, rico'ddell has stopped going
Speaker 4: up once again a season high and carries with twenty
Speaker 4: two rushing yards one hundred and twelve longest run of
Speaker 4: the year and twenty two yards his first rushing touchdown
Speaker 4: of the year. What did y'all like from Rico Daldo?
Speaker 4: I like, we have to talk about him every week
Speaker 4: at this point.
Speaker 8: Go you first, well, I like that he is finally
Speaker 8: part of the one hundred yards rushing because gosh, it
Speaker 8: was such a long time coming, and of course it
Speaker 8: just gives you more confidence in him as you're starting
Speaker 8: running back. It gives you know, I am sure, across
Speaker 8: the board play callers more.
Speaker 10: Confidence and calling plays that involve him.
Speaker 8: It gives McCarthy more freedom to open up the playbook
Speaker 8: a little bit now that you have a consistent running
Speaker 8: back and you know it's one game, but one of many.
Speaker 8: I feel like he can stack if the play calling allows.
Speaker 8: I also really like his confidence and how he has
Speaker 8: handled this entire situation starting from training camp and even
Speaker 8: beyond that, because he has genuinely waited his turn. We
Speaker 8: talked about this weekend week out, but the way Rico
Speaker 8: has stayed patient really reminds me of his running style.
Speaker 8: Because he's patient with it, he shifts and then he's off.
Speaker 8: So it's kind of symbolic of how he runs the
Speaker 8: ball to what his journey has been in football overall.
Speaker 8: Because he was patient, he waited his turn, his number
Speaker 8: was called, and he takes advantage of the opportunity as
Speaker 8: he absolutely should. So very proud of Rico, very happy
Speaker 8: to see it.
Speaker 10: I just wish we would have seen it earlier. It's okay,
Speaker 10: but better late than ever.
Speaker 8: And you know what, on Thanksgiving perfect time to do it.
Speaker 8: Thankful uh that anybody ever doubtled him because now I
Speaker 8: have receipts, the bookmarks, the bookmarks on my Twitter. I'm
Speaker 8: coming for y'all, coming for y'all. I have like two
Speaker 8: years worth of bookmarks just ready to go. I was
Speaker 8: waiting for this moment.
Speaker 6: Guys, Jesus, we have no doubt.
Speaker 11: Oh my god, It's like I'll sit on what is
Speaker 11: going on right now?
Speaker 9: It's like mid day TV? Is that read anyway? Anyway? Sorry,
Speaker 9: We'll go down, y'all. Makes me so sick. She lost
Speaker 9: her thought, Yeah I did.
Speaker 11: I tweeted during this game is he was displaying a
Speaker 11: lot of patience, And I agree with you. I think
Speaker 11: we talk about the game slowing down for guys all
Speaker 11: the time. It's definitely slowing down for him. You see
Speaker 11: him reading what the defense is doing, Like you can
Speaker 11: even see his eyes on film, like seeing him he
Speaker 11: misdirects people sometimes with his eyes, like he's starting to
Speaker 11: use some of those instincts to his benefit. And that's
Speaker 11: why I think we were pounding on the table at
Speaker 11: the beginning of the season. That's why the reps are
Speaker 11: that important. You know, people just think running back is
Speaker 11: just go out there and run. It's like, no, they
Speaker 11: have assignments they're processing has to be on point, and
Speaker 11: so we're starting to see that from him.
Speaker 9: But a lot of this just starts with.
Speaker 11: The offensive line and the movement that the offensive line
Speaker 11: is getting. He's really taking advantage of how much this
Speaker 11: interior is getting pushed off the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 9: They're using different ways.
Speaker 11: And I will say too, we've complained about the run
Speaker 11: game a lot this season. This is one of the
Speaker 11: few games I felt like they really stuck to it.
Speaker 11: And it wasn't always pretty, you know, like there was
Speaker 11: some negative plays, there were times that you didn't get
Speaker 11: much out of it, but they just stuck to it,
Speaker 11: stuck to it, stuck to it.
Speaker 9: And I think aside from the second.
Speaker 5: Quarter fact whatever, yeah, that's fine.
Speaker 11: But they stuck to it and they were they gave
Speaker 11: him the carrier.
Speaker 9: That kept the defense honest. But I think that a
Speaker 9: lot of it also.
Speaker 11: Too, is just keep you just keep doing it and
Speaker 11: the opposing team's defense. It doesn't matter if you get
Speaker 11: negative yards out of it or not. It's easier on them,
Speaker 11: easier on them when.
Speaker 9: You're passing the ball. Don't be easy on them.
Speaker 11: Don't make it easy on them and sit back and
Speaker 11: drop back all those times.
Speaker 9: Run at them.
Speaker 11: It's not always going to be positive, it's not always
Speaker 11: gonna be pretty, but be physical and establish the line
Speaker 11: of scrimmage. And I think that that's a part of
Speaker 11: the reason why he's able to He's been able to
Speaker 11: find some success running the ball over his.
Speaker 6: Last couple of weeks and yards after contact have.
Speaker 9: He's bouncing off of people.
Speaker 7: You see it, You see it, yeah, And when you're
Speaker 7: at field level, that's because you can't see all the
Speaker 7: you know, it's not the All twenty two coaches film
Speaker 7: where you can see the holes opening. What you see
Speaker 7: from that level is the yards after contact and to
Speaker 7: your point, the offensive line.
Speaker 6: You know, off the ball, move and everything.
Speaker 7: But but the other thing is there is an energy
Speaker 7: when the run game is going for the offense right
Speaker 7: that fires up the entire team, not just the offensive line,
Speaker 7: fires up the entire team.
Speaker 8: Because they know they don't have to carry the weight
Speaker 8: to the world.
Speaker 9: But it also too, is a it's a temperament thing.
Speaker 11: It's a it's a you're in your face like it's
Speaker 11: my will is is greater than yours. It is And
Speaker 11: that's what I was saying, Like there were spots in
Speaker 11: this game where the offensive line was moving those guys
Speaker 11: off the ball so serious like and if your defense
Speaker 11: sees that, it's it's one of the few times that
Speaker 11: you just see hat on hat.
Speaker 9: I'm bigger than you, I'm stronger than you.
Speaker 11: And we talked about brock Hoffman and those those young
Speaker 11: guys on the interior, Tyler Smith as.
Speaker 9: Well, like those are their tone setting in that way.
Speaker 9: So he's feeding off.
Speaker 6: Of them, and you you softened them up.
Speaker 7: And then in the fourth quarter and put most of
Speaker 7: the second half, they're the Giants are without dexter lawrence
Speaker 7: for the dislocated elbow and without yes Roachests and so
Speaker 7: they were they were without some key guys. And that's
Speaker 7: when because the running game is like boxing, it's jab
Speaker 7: jab jab jab jab.
Speaker 6: That's what a run game does. And then you get your.
Speaker 8: Well And also I thought, sorry, one more thing.
Speaker 2: Sorry.
Speaker 8: I also just feel like a lot of the guys
Speaker 8: in that locker room were rooting for Rico to get
Speaker 8: this opportunity. And so to see a lot all all guys,
Speaker 8: they were all rooting for Rico to be like, it's
Speaker 8: your time, man. Like the amount of guys that you
Speaker 8: would hear passing by Ricos in the last two years
Speaker 8: that we were around everything. You would just hear, you know,
Speaker 8: after practice like hey, your time's coming, man, Hey, your
Speaker 8: time's up man. Like a lot of encouragement from his teammates.
Speaker 8: So to your point, Christy about the energy being high
Speaker 8: in it, bringing more of that energy out, Yeah, they're
Speaker 8: seeing a guy that they saw sitting waiting for his turn,
Speaker 8: getting his opportunity, opportunity and.
Speaker 10: Doing the most with it.
Speaker 8: And when you have guys like Izzy, for example, who's
Speaker 8: a couple of lockers away from Rico, seeing that happen,
Speaker 8: why would it not inspire you to go out and
Speaker 8: play your best because look what happens when you do
Speaker 8: get that opportunity. So for me, I think Rico's just
Speaker 8: it's truly been one of my favorite stories to follow
Speaker 8: the last couple of years, is to know that he
Speaker 8: was ready and to see it come to Fruition this
Speaker 8: year and specifically in this game for one hundred yards
Speaker 8: doesn't seem like a big deal.
Speaker 10: It was really exciting to see for.
Speaker 4: Him, for sure, and you talk about the patience that
Speaker 4: he showed, but he was also making guys miss like
Speaker 4: that was something that I noticed shimming guys off. I mean,
Speaker 4: and even with the offensive line, even when they would
Speaker 4: they would make mistakes and miss blocks, you still see
Speaker 4: guys hustling downfield to make those blocks and open up
Speaker 4: those holes for Rico. So it was a true team
Speaker 4: effort when you talk about the offensive line and Rico
Speaker 4: Dad will having the success.
Speaker 5: That he was able to have. But all right, I
Speaker 5: saw you, Danson.
Speaker 4: So we're gonna take our first break.
Speaker 5: Next we're gonna talk about some defense.
Speaker 4: Michael Parsons is gonna We're going to hear from Michael
Speaker 4: Parsons about the improvement that this defensive line and defense
Speaker 4: as a whole is making.
Speaker 5: Will be your back on more girls, dog boys talk.
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Speaker 4: Well, the Cowboys defense has continued to play their best
Speaker 4: football and only getting better each week, especially the last
Speaker 4: two weeks. They had a season high tied a season
Speaker 4: high in sacks, just obviously feeling a little bit more
Speaker 4: comfortable in Mike Zimmer's scheme, and Michael Parsons was asked
Speaker 4: about it post game on how comfortable these guys.
Speaker 5: Are starting to feel. Let's go ahead and listen to
Speaker 5: what he.
Speaker 6: Had to say.
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, you know, I just you. I think it
Speaker 2: was a learning period. Everyone's to understanding new defense, a
Speaker 2: lot more creative and demanding how they want people to
Speaker 2: play the gap. So it was challenging a lot of
Speaker 2: interior guys to play new ways, the corners to play
Speaker 2: new ways. I think at this point everyone's comfortable. Everyone
Speaker 2: was locked in, you know, and you got to think
Speaker 2: as soon as we were trying to get comfortable injuries, there
Speaker 2: was like dang ning name, So you're telling you callt
Speaker 2: some guys up that was probably never going to get
Speaker 2: the opportunity, and they got to learn the system, and
Speaker 2: you know they was probably comfortable. Like I got Mike
Speaker 2: and d Loon from I'm probably you know, not gonna
Speaker 2: get much. It's like boom, it's right down in front
Speaker 2: of you. So it tells you always got to be prepared.
Speaker 2: You always got stay prepared. And I think at this
Speaker 2: point in the season that everyone's ready.
Speaker 5: Everyone's clearly ready.
Speaker 4: You look at what Michael Parsons is able to do
Speaker 4: six pressures on thirty six pass rushers, one and a
Speaker 4: half sacks to Marvin Overshown.
Speaker 5: Who I mean we just talk about the play alone, that.
Speaker 4: Interception in return for a pick six. I mean, all
Speaker 4: those guys are really just starting to gel and like
Speaker 4: I've already mentioned, feeling a little bit more comfortable.
Speaker 5: But when you talk about you were.
Speaker 4: Mentioning her earlier, just hearing him finally say that, you know,
Speaker 4: guys are stepping up, guys are feeling more comfortable. How
Speaker 4: have you started to see that translate each week?
Speaker 11: Well, they're getting the opportunities to rush the pass sir,
Speaker 11: which comes in handy obviously. But I think because because
Speaker 11: these guys have gotten more comfortable with the system, I
Speaker 11: think that's allowing Mike Zimmer to navigate and do some
Speaker 11: disguising on the back end and have some He's shifting
Speaker 11: front so.
Speaker 9: That shifts are just where like you see guys like
Speaker 9: raps for the snap, they kind of like crawl to.
Speaker 11: The other side, like it looks like they're crawling, but
Speaker 11: they're just stepping to the other side, trying to find
Speaker 11: favorable lanes, rush lanes, stress offensive lines. I think he's
Speaker 11: doing some things that he wasn't able to do before
Speaker 11: because he needed to know that these guys were gonna
Speaker 11: be in position and do their job. And I think
Speaker 11: he's gained some faith in them, and because of that,
Speaker 11: he's getting into his.
Speaker 9: Bag a little bit.
Speaker 11: He's and I know that Zimmer is starting to enjoy
Speaker 11: the usage of a marian over shown and things like that.
Speaker 9: I mean, like, I think a lot of it has to.
Speaker 11: Do with him trusting them more because because they clearly
Speaker 11: are picking up what they're they're trying to do. But
Speaker 11: I think they're also just find some things from a
Speaker 11: past Russian standpoint, which again they weren't able to do
Speaker 11: as much at the beginning of the season because people
Speaker 11: was just running on them. But now that they have
Speaker 11: kind of gotten better at stopping, like they're getting a
Speaker 11: little bit more solid to stop in the run, they're
Speaker 11: getting they're ironing the opportunity to rush the pass there
Speaker 11: and because of that it is helping the secondary and
Speaker 11: they're causing some turnovers as well.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, what I underestimated to your point earlier
Speaker 8: I show was how different it would be for the
Speaker 8: guys in the locker room adjusting from a Dan Quinn
Speaker 8: to a Mic.
Speaker 9: Zimmer and temperament and all that stuff. That's like two.
Speaker 8: Completely different kinds of coaches here, and not not a
Speaker 8: not to either one. It's just you went kind of
Speaker 8: from night and day, from from one day to the
Speaker 8: next literally, And so for a lot of these guys,
Speaker 8: who you know, were younger when Dan came in, got
Speaker 8: used to that, And I personally think it's just taken
Speaker 8: time for everybody to adjust to each other while learning
Speaker 8: a new system, and that could be a lot in front.
Speaker 8: And then on top of that, you have injury after
Speaker 8: injury after century.
Speaker 9: So it's it's just.
Speaker 8: It's been never ending for the challenges that this defense
Speaker 8: has faced. On top of the fact that you know,
Speaker 8: you had guys, key, vital guys coming back from injury,
Speaker 8: even as early on as trading camp, Like you had
Speaker 8: Mazie that you know wasn't getting all of the reps
Speaker 8: in because of that shoulder surgery and rehab that he
Speaker 8: had early on, so he was on a late progression
Speaker 8: and then uh, it just kept coming and then you
Speaker 8: had a Tank out and then a Mica out, So
Speaker 8: you know, I'm sure Zim really had to adjust to
Speaker 8: what exactly he had. And with these younger guys, let's
Speaker 8: call it what it is. You don't know exactly what
Speaker 8: you have yet for some guys, and even like a Demo,
Speaker 8: we didn't know how he was going to come back
Speaker 8: in and look this season because he just came off
Speaker 8: of an ACL You wouldn't know now, but you didn't
Speaker 8: know at the beginning of the season. So for me,
Speaker 8: I mean, it's just been a progression that I think
Speaker 8: in retrospect, when we look back on it makes sense
Speaker 8: that it has taken them this long into the season
Speaker 8: to figure it out.
Speaker 10: Given every single thing.
Speaker 8: That's stacked against them starting early on. So I really
Speaker 8: do applaud Zimmer's adjustments during this time, but I also
Speaker 8: applaud the locker room for continuing to have faith and
Speaker 8: just these wins, like we were talking about, especially starting
Speaker 8: to stack them back up just gives you that morale
Speaker 8: boost of you're doing it for a reason and you're
Speaker 8: not putting all of this work into learning and readjusting,
Speaker 8: and you know, playing for other guys and doing everything
Speaker 8: that they've had to do to overcompensate essentially from these
Speaker 8: injuries worth it. So I really applaud all of them
Speaker 8: and what they've had to do to get back.
Speaker 10: To this point.
Speaker 7: Yeah, confidence comes from demonstrated ability. That's the Bill parcellsism.
Speaker 7: But it's it's not just players themselves or players in
Speaker 7: zimmer system. As to what you guys are saying, it's
Speaker 7: Zimmer's confidence, the demonstrated ability of the players now you know,
Speaker 7: getting adjusted to it and playing better.
Speaker 6: But the way that.
Speaker 7: It's manifest itself to your original question, And Ayisha, the
Speaker 7: very last thing you said was turnovers, and that was
Speaker 7: the key Thursday because the two of the touchdowns, the
Speaker 7: obviously the demo interception returned for a touchdown.
Speaker 6: That's off of a takeaway.
Speaker 7: But the opening in the third quarter that the that
Speaker 7: was the Cooks TD that was a short field that
Speaker 7: was Eric Kendrick sack force fumble recovered by demon overshown.
Speaker 7: So so here's here's the thing. Fourteen points off of
Speaker 7: takeaways on Thursday. Why is that significant Because in all
Speaker 7: the games leading up to Thursday, the Cowboys had a
Speaker 7: grand total off of takeaways thirteen points. So you thirteen
Speaker 7: points coming into the game. Fourteen points on Thursday.
Speaker 6: Duh.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, football ain't hard, okay. And what's the
Speaker 7: number one statistic and determined a winner or loss?
Speaker 6: Now? Can you find a few?
Speaker 9: Can you put holds in this?
Speaker 7: Sure, you can always find examples, But it's turnover differential.
Speaker 7: Fourteen points on Thursday and you won by seven.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and that just gives you more confidence.
Speaker 4: I mean, everybody starts to play with a little bit
Speaker 4: more fire.
Speaker 5: The offense started to play a little bit better as well.
Speaker 5: So it's what's the word I'm looking for.
Speaker 4: It's a.
Speaker 15: It's a.
Speaker 5: It's a. It's a. Y'all got to help me with
Speaker 5: this world.
Speaker 7: It's like, uh, you know, like complimentary football.
Speaker 4: Well, yeah, I was like, it's like a feeding off
Speaker 4: of each other frenzy.
Speaker 10: Yeah, that's tracking.
Speaker 11: Tracking, And I feel like there's a word word for it.
Speaker 4: I was thinking, but it just wasn't coming to you.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm infectious, And there it is. There, It is infectious.
Speaker 9: Because I think that was what I was looking for
Speaker 9: about help me. I'm like.
Speaker 11: To help you, but not as and and here's the
Speaker 11: difference between and Also so it's important to remember also
Speaker 11: to the difference between dan Quinn's system and the Mike
Speaker 11: Zimmer system. Mike Zimmer, like dan Quinn coaches you they
Speaker 11: you're going to take your going for turnovers like they
Speaker 11: coach turnovers in a way that is very unique because
Speaker 11: I remember some of the players saying like, I've never
Speaker 11: done this, much like jug Work, I've never done this
Speaker 11: like he Joey Junior and those guys really emphasized taking
Speaker 11: the ball away and that's why the Cowboys thrived during
Speaker 11: that time. Dan Quinn's previous teams had been top ten
Speaker 11: and in turnovers, so it's something that carries with him
Speaker 11: most of the time.
Speaker 9: Washington Havings strut whatever, it's not my business.
Speaker 11: Mike Zimmer system teaches if you play your position, the
Speaker 11: turnovers will come to you.
Speaker 9: They're coming to them now.
Speaker 10: So because they understand the existence.
Speaker 9: It does take patients. Because you have some risk takers
Speaker 9: also too. On your defense.
Speaker 11: The Marcus Lawrence will held jump out of his rush
Speaker 11: lane every now and he'll move to another gap.
Speaker 9: To We've seen him do that on big plays.
Speaker 11: Trayvon Diggs, he'll jump routes during Blandale jump routes.
Speaker 9: Like you have some risk taker type guys. And I'm
Speaker 9: not saying to take that away.
Speaker 11: It's just that this system is it is different to
Speaker 11: your point in you play it. If you play it right,
Speaker 11: the turnovers will come to you as opposed to we're
Speaker 11: going to seek them from the start of the snap.
Speaker 8: That sounded that Oh very Yoda wise word.
Speaker 10: That was one of the.
Speaker 11: Biggest differences that I noticed in Zimmer system when I
Speaker 11: was learning it.
Speaker 9: When I first I was like.
Speaker 11: Oh, he wants you to play sound well and the
Speaker 11: ball will come to you to that point too.
Speaker 8: Last year, the Cowboys, you know, were cut. Okay, let's
Speaker 8: go back a year before last. You're Trayvon Diggs who
Speaker 8: was the ball hawk being Trayson Diggs Trays out. Then
Speaker 8: you have Drawn Bland coming out of nowhere. Mister anything
Speaker 8: but Bland picked six. Okay, So then you start this
Speaker 8: season Drawn's out and then you get drawn back Tray's out.
Speaker 6: So it's almost like the.
Speaker 10: People forget.
Speaker 8: People forget what a ballhawk can really be in that
Speaker 8: Cowboys dB because they haven't seen it so far this
Speaker 8: season because yeah, one side's been out, the other's been out.
Speaker 8: That dB room has just been through it through the
Speaker 8: ring or this season, so they're not respecting it as
Speaker 8: much as you've seen in previous seasons because again, reputation carries,
Speaker 8: and from that, you just haven't seen it yet because
Speaker 8: again injury Bug decided to come and hit very hard,
Speaker 8: specifically that cornerback room.
Speaker 10: Oh my goodness, you.
Speaker 9: Don't get no pressure either. I mean you wasn't. You
Speaker 9: didn't get into the quarterback.
Speaker 11: I mean they were getting pressures, I'll give them that,
Speaker 11: but they weren't affecting the QB. Kaitlin Carson's on IR
Speaker 11: Now what's the TikTok? Now?
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 9: I'm glad Listen.
Speaker 11: This was a very rough year to be a rookie
Speaker 11: corner on this defense with no pass rush I'm sorry, y'all,
Speaker 11: Like this is a nugget you're asking him to hold
Speaker 11: on to do your life and quarterbacks are just back
Speaker 11: there like, yeah, I'm.
Speaker 9: Gonna go to like you know what I'm saying. So
Speaker 9: I agree. I do think that didn't help either that.
Speaker 11: I think that's the second day right now is benefiting
Speaker 11: from this past rush. Michael Parson's being back, those guys
Speaker 11: being in the line.
Speaker 10: Of sifting able to play well again.
Speaker 11: Donald looking like Donald Donovan is. They're figuring out some
Speaker 11: things with Donovan, have him coming forward.
Speaker 9: Yes, that is his game. Yeah, that's his game.
Speaker 4: All right? Whoa We have a little game afterwards. It's
Speaker 4: not really a game, but it's Yeah, it's kind of.
Speaker 5: A game, all right.
Speaker 4: Who makes Who made you smile on Thanksgiving Day?
Speaker 5: Think about it? Because they're gonna take our first break.
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Speaker 8: Slash Santa can confirm it is so cute. Last dear
Speaker 8: I took Toby to get his picture taken with Santa.
Speaker 8: Only one dog can go because WIT's too crazy, Like
Speaker 8: Wit would not sit there for a picture. Toby Sweetest Angel,
Speaker 8: sat on Santa's lap. Santa was like hugging Toby, and
Speaker 8: I was like, where am I supposed to sit?
Speaker 6: What do I do?
Speaker 8: And so we took one with just Toby and then
Speaker 8: Santa's like, no, you come in here.
Speaker 10: So I had to sit on like the arm rest.
Speaker 10: But like Toby forgets you.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I guess, yeah, want to what I wouldn't I
Speaker 8: guess about the kids?
Speaker 9: He said, no, I forget you.
Speaker 8: No, but he did put in Sana, Santa, I mean
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Speaker 6: Who wow?
Speaker 4: I know we ti really do this on Fridays. Let
Speaker 4: me just disclaim that out now right now. But who
Speaker 4: made you all smile Thanksgiving Day?
Speaker 11: Yeah?
Speaker 9: Don't pick me first, y'all?
Speaker 7: Go?
Speaker 10: I know you go first.
Speaker 5: No, I don't want to go first.
Speaker 8: I'm thinkes deal, I'll go first, but it's very predictable.
Speaker 10: Cret go go yeah, yep, duh.
Speaker 8: I knew it, okay, well, and that was because again
Speaker 8: I already explained it why this one hundred yards was
Speaker 8: so significant for him. I really think this is the
Speaker 8: starting line for what you're gonna see from Rico. And honestly,
Speaker 8: I just feel like it's what you needed for McCarthy
Speaker 8: to feel really confident in play calling, and to your point,
Speaker 8: Nicole consistently adding the run through all four quarters of
Speaker 8: the game. So it made me smile because I've seen
Speaker 8: Rico's journey. He's one of the first players that I
Speaker 8: talked to in the locker room when we first started
Speaker 8: going in there, and to see him from then to
Speaker 8: now and the confidence growth and the growth as him
Speaker 8: as a player, I'm just really I'm really proud.
Speaker 10: Of him for that.
Speaker 8: So yeah, and I was thankful, thankful for and anyone
Speaker 8: that doubtled him.
Speaker 9: I don't know who made me smile. Boy, let me
Speaker 9: tell you something.
Speaker 5: I feel like I have Brack Kaufin.
Speaker 9: What have you on the ground today? I compared him.
Speaker 9: I compared him. I said he got a Draymond Green spirit.
Speaker 11: And I think a lot of people look at that
Speaker 11: and they be like, I'm like, first of all, Draymond
Speaker 11: Green is one of the most the smartest basketball players
Speaker 11: I qis.
Speaker 9: You will ever hear.
Speaker 11: But also to his antics. Although I don't agree with
Speaker 11: all of them, a lot of them have reason. If
Speaker 11: you listen to him, it's a mental game to him.
Speaker 11: And and Brock is that type of guy. He backs
Speaker 11: it up with the physicality and the nastiest in his play.
Speaker 11: But he is I'm gonna be in your face all day,
Speaker 11: come on, homie, like all day.
Speaker 9: And I was just watching him some of the stuff
Speaker 9: he was doing on the field.
Speaker 11: I said this, and it's crazy, but I think every
Speaker 11: I think every offensive line needs.
Speaker 9: A little bit.
Speaker 11: I need someone that is like that, that's not afraid
Speaker 11: to to do some gibbering, some jabber and that's not
Speaker 11: afraid to total line just a little bit, you know,
Speaker 11: to set the tone.
Speaker 9: So what made me smile? Brack Kaufman. He had me cackling,
Speaker 9: especially if you go back and watch the film.
Speaker 11: I said, Hoffmann, you ain't gotta fight every player. You
Speaker 11: ain't gotta be cussing nobody out everything.
Speaker 6: But sometimes it works.
Speaker 9: It if you go look at what wouldn't it you say.
Speaker 11: Jesse Jesse Holly Uh. He were talking about it earlier
Speaker 11: and he was just like, man, like, I'm watching Dexter
Speaker 11: Lawrence get visibly by him.
Speaker 9: But at the same time, that's.
Speaker 6: It's a part of it.
Speaker 8: It is a part of the game, and he was
Speaker 8: playing to back up what he was.
Speaker 9: Yes, that's what happened. Actually, as a matter of fact,
Speaker 9: it just made me smile. He had me cackling because.
Speaker 6: What is wronging sick.
Speaker 7: I'm gonna go Brandon Cooks just because work with the
Speaker 7: rehab and not just the touchdown, but I mean big place,
Speaker 7: but but that catch at the end of the game
Speaker 7: to keep the ball for the Cowboys where they could
Speaker 7: just kneel down, that was I mean, just the way
Speaker 7: he just snagged it. So I'm gonna I'm gonna go
Speaker 7: with Cooks and part of it just like to your
Speaker 7: like just says about Rico Daddle.
Speaker 14: Guy.
Speaker 7: We just love and appreciate for who he is and
Speaker 7: what he brings to the locker room and glad to
Speaker 7: see that hard work payoff with a really good Thanksgiving Day.
Speaker 4: I'm just gonna go with the obvious with Turpin, I
Speaker 4: feel like, I mean, it's it's hard when you talk
Speaker 4: about the different teams that he's played for and his
Speaker 4: journey to the NFL and seeing where he is now.
Speaker 4: Had the pleasure of actually knowing him in college, so like,
Speaker 4: just seeing his his.
Speaker 5: Journey has been awesome.
Speaker 4: So yeah, getting him more confident and seeing the confidence
Speaker 4: actually translate on the field has been awesome.
Speaker 6: So yeah, I'm gonna go with no one went with overshown. Sorry,
Speaker 6: she's gonna makes a smile.
Speaker 8: Do what playmate a smiles like, because I would say, Demo,
Speaker 8: I'm gonna say the bat ball to the pick six.
Speaker 6: We're gonna say that for tomorrow.
Speaker 11: We'll get me to that point, get into the Michael
Speaker 11: point where it's just like we don't even mention him
Speaker 11: because he's so good, because he's.
Speaker 9: So over shown all right on that note.
Speaker 8: Been great.
Speaker 4: Jes Navars, Christy Scales, I'm Nicole. I just think we'll
Speaker 4: see a'll back here tomorrow.
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