1 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 3 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola. And here it is. It's already Thursday, 6 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: as we get you set for Cowboys and Steelers on 7 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon at at and T Stadium. These these weeks 8 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: just go by so quickly, and we let's see, we 9 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: don't know who the next president is. And we still 10 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: don't know who the next starting quarterback of the Dallas 11 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys is. Er at one thirty on Thursday, Everson Walls 12 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: and Mickey Spagnola, how are you doing in your risk 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: spect of s WBC Mortgage Studios. I'm great, I am 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: doing just great. Yes, thank you Staggs for the show. 15 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: Check it out. Yeah, look at there, got stripes right side, right, 16 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: right size, very nice. So Mickey, how are you doing? 17 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: I'm good. I was betting on we'd find out the 18 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: president before the quarterback. Yep, I was thinking that same thing. 19 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: We probably still will because I'm running out of time though. Well, however, 20 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: and we won't get into president talk obviously, but I 21 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: would imagine. I would imagine even when even when the 22 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: network say we have a president, it's good to still 23 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: be a long battle before Well, it'll be inauguration day 24 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: probably before we know who the president is whoever shows up. 25 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: So so the Cowboys will have a starting quarterback by 26 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: three twenty five on Sunday, and it might be right 27 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: before kickoff before we find out who who. Okay, let 28 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: me ask you this right at the top, whoever is 29 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback? Did they win the battle this week? 30 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: Or did they lose the battle this week meeting? They're 31 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: going up against the Steelers defense. Oh very cute. It 32 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: depends on if they win. What if they play, well, 33 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: then yeah, you won the battle. I mean, we can't. 34 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: The monster has to show me his teeth before I'm 35 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: going to be afraid of him teeth first. Well, you 36 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: know what I think? What do we look at it 37 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: this way? Are we sure that one of the two 38 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: is going to be the backup quarterback? I mean, it's 39 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: not the way it's going to work out. Who'd ever 40 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: is not named the starter? The other guys the backup? 41 00:02:54,320 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: I would think so because they McCarthy is saying, which one. Yeah, No, No, 42 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: I think what he's saying. I think what Mickey is 43 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: saying is, all right, we've got a battle between Garrett 44 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: Gilbert and Cooper Rush to be the starter. And Mickey, 45 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: you're asking, is it guaranteed that whoever Garrett Gilbert or 46 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, he's whoever's not the starter is going to 47 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: be the backup? Or has been Denucci going to be 48 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: the backup? Yeah? I mean, if you're good enough to start, 49 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: are you good enough to back up? I was just asking, 50 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: but if you hey, but if you're gonna go with 51 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: the backup, you gotta go with the backup with the 52 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: most game experience. And I'm right back to where right, Well, 53 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: you know what did you did you catch? Did you 54 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: catch McCarthy's answer about the holder? Yes? I knew that's 55 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: where you were going because he said you were he 56 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: didn't he didn't like commit. And then he said, well yeah, 57 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: and Denucci has been in that, and it's like, oh, 58 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: you would you keep all three quarterbacks active so one 59 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: could hold because the other guys obviously if they're practicing, 60 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: they ain't getting much practice holding. So we got to 61 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: see if uh, nice Wander is a holder too, And 62 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: I did look up, I didn't up the pronunciation of 63 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: his name, and the Big ten network called him nice Wander, 64 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: Nice Wander, and I s w A N D E 65 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: R and it's nice Wander. Yeah. So if they're if 66 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: they're accurate, so so so a third of our team 67 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: is going to be full of backup punters and best 68 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: and tackles and offensive just keeps on go and and 69 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: back up defensive tackles and guys that hadn't played in years. Uh. 70 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: It's it's quite a uh combination of things this year 71 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: twenty tw money. That's all I gotta say. We have 72 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: a thirty We have a thirty year old quarterback that 73 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: is considered the most experienced on our squad, with two 74 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: completions in his entire career in the NFL. But one 75 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: thing we didn't mention yesterday. You guys talked about it 76 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: off the air. Gilbert does have some experience in professional football. 77 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: That's right, right. I think that I think it needs 78 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: to be brought up because it may sway me just 79 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: a bit. It would have swayed me if I would 80 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: have heard that yesterday before I went on my rent 81 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: and Hunter the punters got some professional experience too with 82 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: the DC defenders. M is that XFL or AAFL. It 83 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: was XFL XFL okay average a couple of years ago 84 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: forty four point six. You know, when you punt, it's 85 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: like it's like track. A punt is a punt. It 86 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what school you come from or what level 87 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: it's on. If you can punt, you can punt, right. 88 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: If you can run, you can run. If you can punt, 89 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: you can punt. So I'm gonna give him some love 90 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: and regards to that. He'll get the benefit of the 91 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: doubt from me. Anyway. However, at Northwestern they don't deal 92 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: with an overhanging scoreboard he's got to work around. At 93 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: eighteen years only only Ohio State could probably afford that. 94 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's right. I think we have to worry 95 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: about that. And what Everson is alluding to, and we 96 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: brought it up late in the show yesterday, is that 97 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: Garrett Gilbert was on track perhaps to be the most 98 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: valuable player of the Alliance of American Football last year 99 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: when he played for the Orlando Apollos and was leading 100 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: them led them to something like a seven and one record. 101 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: Before that league folded. Uh, you know, and I just 102 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: something holded because that's a horrible name. Oh my god, 103 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: the Orlando What what do they follows? I guess it's God, 104 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: that was a stretch. I mean, what are they trying 105 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: to represent? Space? Is that for for NASA or was 106 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: it something? Now? I think I was NASA? Uh Um. 107 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: I think when I'm just reading between the lines with 108 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, I think a lot of people are thinking 109 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: it's going to be Cooper Rush. I just have a 110 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: feeling it seems like he goes to Gilbert first every 111 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: time he talks about that. You know what, Bill, I 112 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: pointed that out today. I noticed it the last two 113 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: days that when he says the two guys names, he 114 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: says Garrett Gilbert before Cooper Rushed each time. Yeah. So 115 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: that's my that's my sleuth work. And it makes sense 116 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: from the standpoint aside from what ever since pointing out 117 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: about what he did do in a spring league uh, 118 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: and the fact that he's thirty years older around that. Uh. 119 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: But but more to the point, he has actually been 120 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: at practice a little bit longer than Cooper Rush. Hass right, 121 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: I think I think two weeks more. They signed him 122 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: on October. He's got two October thirteenth, and then he 123 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: had to pass his six days, so he got into 124 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: practice that that following Monday. Uh yeah, so he's he's 125 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: had this. This would be his third week with the team, right, yeah, 126 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: So so he's been here longer, just like Danucci was 127 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: here longer than Gilbert was here. And so if we 128 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: go down, Okay, so we had dakas the starter to 129 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: start the year, then Andy Dalton okay, to Uci was 130 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: next in line because he was here longer than Gilbert. 131 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: So Gilbert is the fourth, and then after this week, 132 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: it'll be Cooper Rush the following after a bye week. 133 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: All right, well, it would get us to five quarterbacks. 134 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: Hit the breaking news sounder. We figured it out. There 135 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: you go. Breaking News mix shots announces that Garrett Gilbert 136 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 1: might be the starting quarterback. Might be we're here to 137 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: right now that he might be. Yes, that's okay. Let's 138 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: let's put it this way. Are you giving Pittsburgh? Are 139 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: you giving Pennsylvania to Garrett Gilbert? Real funny? Does the 140 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: Mick the Mick News Network, do you award Pennsylvania to 141 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: h Garrett Gilbert? All all the votes are not in 142 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: yet and they what. We're waiting on the absentee ballance 143 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: to be added up, just just like Nevada. It's gonna 144 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: be in November ninth. Will know what's the deal with Nevada. 145 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: They can't count They can count cards there, but they 146 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: can't count votes. What's the deal? Only fifty thousand at 147 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: a time? Okay, come on, give him a break, man, Yea, 148 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: all right? So what news do you got today? They're 149 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: Mickey from Mike McCarthy's press conference today, and we're moving 150 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: forward with this week. And there was a lighter workout 151 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: yesterday because of the Sunday night game, and so their 152 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: their biggest work of the week is coming or came 153 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: today today. The pads were on today. Ezekiel Elliott will 154 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: still be limited. It looks like, as as Mike said 155 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: in his press conference, they're gonna give him some work, 156 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: but kind of a lighter load. He feels like though 157 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: with the hamstring, they're just trying to get him to 158 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: Sunday the best they can, as healthy as they can. 159 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: Same thing with Alden Smith. So those were the two 160 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: guys that they were somewhat concerned with. And then Chitube Awoozier. 161 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: I think today was supposed to be his day, Like 162 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: how much does he do today? And that would determine, um, 163 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: if he's get if he gets uh activated off injured reserve. 164 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: But he's starting to run out of time, right, he 165 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: would only have one more week after you got twenty 166 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: one days, right, Bill, And I think this was the 167 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: second week, so next week. If if you don't activate 168 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: him next week, then he's on IR for the remainder 169 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: of the season. I believe, Well, he's for sure going 170 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: to get activated unless you had some some really bad setbackers. 171 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: What happened to be this week or injury reserve, it 172 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: happened to be next week? Next week would be injured 173 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: next they can even though it's the bye week, but 174 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: they would have to make that move I guess within 175 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: the twenty one day window, which would be next week. 176 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: Don't have a game. Yeah, yeah, that's right, Okay and 177 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: so and so. Um, it'll be interesting to see what 178 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: decision they make. And today's a big day as far 179 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: as determining that, and I'm sure beyond that when he 180 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: gets asked about it tomorrow, Uh, it will be Well, 181 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: tomorrow is a big day because they have to see 182 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: how he recovers from today, right, and then we'll see 183 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: what he can do on Saturday, because you can draw 184 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: this thing out till Saturday, that's right, And then they'll 185 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: say that, well if we don't, if he doesn't play 186 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: this week, then he gets the extra week because of 187 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: the bye week, and he would really be ready to 188 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: go in Minnesota a couple of weeks from now. Well 189 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: you get act. We got that to figure it out, 190 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: and he doesn't play. I mean you can also always 191 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: do that kind of like what they did with Sean Lee. Right, 192 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: It's kind of like what they did with Shaun Lee 193 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: and the previous week with Randy Gregory. So, but use 194 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: up that spot for somebody it might be valuable to 195 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: the to the team that might act I don't play. 196 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: Is there anyone invaluable to the team? Uh? Well, remember 197 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: you can you can only at the most, you can 198 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: only have forty eight actives, so you would have to 199 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: uh put down least five guys, So you can always 200 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: make him inactive on game date just to protect their 201 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: rights for the rest of the season. Hey can can 202 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: the woozier? Can the woozier? Can he kick? Can he kick? Yeah? 203 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: Can you hold? Just remember this? We want to make 204 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: our nice winder can do both. He can kick and 205 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: he can punt. We'll find out if he can hold 206 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: there you go. I also heard but one of the 207 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: things he has the ability, uh he punts right footed. 208 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: I hear. I'm trying to remember if I heard this right, 209 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: that he actually kicks left footed. No, no way, there's 210 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: no way, no no, hey, Bill, that happens. I have 211 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: a nephew, both of my nephews. He eats right handed. 212 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: He kicks left handed. That's different. He bats left handed. 213 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 1: I understand handed. It's stupid, man, you know, I understand that. 214 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: It's great. Their brains all mixed up off in there. 215 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: So he probably can't do all of that. But you can't. 216 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: You can't punt right footed and kick left footed? Why not? 217 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: Why not? I mean you can, but what would be 218 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: the now there would be an advantage. Bill Parcel has 219 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: always talked about the how difficult it is when you 220 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: go up against a left footed punter, and so, okay, 221 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: I can understand being a right footed place kicker and 222 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: a left footed punter because it's so so difficult to 223 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: field a punt off the foot of a lefty. Have 224 00:14:54,920 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: you ever seen uh an ambidextrous quarterback drawing right. Yeah, yeah, 225 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: it happens. There's there's a major league pitcher who's who 226 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: does it? Yeah, that's right? Would that it's surely possible? 227 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: Just think how that would mess up an on site kick? 228 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: Do you have to declare? Like in baseball the pitcher 229 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: has to declare whether he's gonna pitch right handed or 230 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: left handed? Does the putter or the kicker have to 231 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: declare ahead of time that he's doing it right or 232 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: left handed? Does that mean? So? Then the coach comes 233 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: out and he taps his left eye right for the 234 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: left hand to kicker. Is that how? That's right? After 235 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: after the failed third down, the coach goes out to 236 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: the middle of the field, off the off the bench. 237 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: All right, well, well we're rolling along here there to go. 238 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: So no concern about Zeke or Alden Smith being able 239 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: to play on Sunday, not yet. But you know, I 240 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: mean they're certainly not going to tell us anything that 241 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: they uh, they don't want Pittsburgh to know about. Right, 242 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: So um, we'll see where We'll see where the thing 243 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: goes with Zeke? How how how how are you I 244 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: know you don't get a chance to see the players 245 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: much more spags. You know, there were time when they 246 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: would hold a press conference and you guys could be 247 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: right there. Yeah, we don't around them, check the body 248 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: language and things of that nature. Well, just from maybe 249 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: the virtual interviews. Uh, how is Zeke? How's his body language? 250 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: I mean right now the cowboys are looking for They're 251 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: looking for somebody to step up, you know, offensively is 252 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: what we're having the major issues in regards to continuity 253 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: as far as personnel, and Zeke is one of the 254 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: few that has been the mainstay. Now you're talking about 255 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:10,959 Speaker 1: the hamstring, and of course everyone's concerned about his uh attitude, 256 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: his leadership qualities. What do you have? You had a 257 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: chance to look at him and see what his body 258 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: language might be at this point because with no Zach 259 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, with no that, with no type, no on 260 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: my guy, you can just pick all the linemen that 261 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: are not there for him. Uh, there's no show. I'm sorry, no, uh, 262 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: no type. You got one tight end missing? Yeah, load Collins. 263 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: What what what is his attitude? What is he? What 264 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 1: is he looking like? What's his body langue? You know, 265 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: I think it's been good, Actually, I think it's been 266 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: better than when you saw them in person. His nature 267 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: on the on those conference calls seems to be, if it, 268 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: very upbeat, very positive. Uh and uh maybe a little 269 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: bit even more forthcoming than than he had been. So 270 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: from that standpoint, um, you know, I think he's been 271 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: I think he's been really good. Uh. And it's gotten better, 272 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: believe it or not, as the season's gone along, you know, 273 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: because as you as you look at a leader like Dak, 274 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: you know, you expect him, no matter what, to roll 275 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: out the uh. And I don't want to call him 276 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 1: canned because you know, we know from Dak's uh attitude 277 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: and his past that those words he says, he believes them. 278 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: But there is a script that a leader like Dak 279 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: sticks to. And there's always that other guy who would 280 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 1: be Zeke, who would, as you say, be a little 281 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: bit more forthcoming, a little bit more earthy and organic 282 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: in his responses. Just kind of wondering, Uh, has he 283 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: revealed anything to you about how he's feeling now without 284 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: Dak and and just how tough it's been for him 285 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 1: to to to catch his stride, you know, and he hasn't. 286 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: He hasn't used any excuses, and he hasn't blamed anybody, 287 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: and he owned up to the fumbles and uh and 288 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: he continues to say, yeah, I just need to do better, 289 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: we need to do better as an offense. So he 290 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: hasn't sat there kind of with a pouty face going well, 291 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: yeah and got nobody to run behind and uh so yeah, 292 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: and he's been good and Mickey, he's never he's never 293 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: been like that, you know. Yeah, he hasn't struck you 294 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: as being a guy that kind of talks out of 295 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: turn at all. Now, Yeah, no, he's he's no, you 296 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 1: know I it was Emma would do that occasionally, Yes, yeah, 297 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: you know, immediately the same thing, same thing you're talking 298 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: about Everson with DA you know, Troy, and he purposely, 299 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: as being the quarterback of the team, would give the 300 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: canned answers. I mean he would off the record saying, 301 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: you know, off to the side to the media, well 302 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: that is what I gotta say, you know, and uh, 303 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: being the quarterback of the team, but you could get 304 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: you know, Emmett would would show up his once or 305 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: once a week or so in the middle of that 306 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: locker room, and sometimes he would he would voice his 307 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: opinion on sub shoot. We saw him him att voice 308 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: his opinion big time on it. The one preseason game 309 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: he did last year. Well, I'll tell you what I know, 310 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 1: and I know we got he was holding that hand 311 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: for a long time. I know we gotta go a break. 312 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you this one thing about him at 313 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: from his rookie year when they weren't running the ball 314 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,719 Speaker 1: very much. Uh, in nineteen ninety David Shewlett. For some reason, 315 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: I forgot that they had him at Smith and we 316 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: were about, oh, it was getting close to November, and 317 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: he was getting peppered about you know, well you haven't 318 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: had a hundred yard game or data da And he 319 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: finally looked at him and said, you know what, it's 320 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: really hard to gain a hundred yards with seven carries. 321 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: But you never hear you never hear Zeke say anything 322 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: like that. You no, no, No, he's no speak more distant. 323 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 1: I think he has. He has the propension to be 324 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: more distant as opposed to yes, and he has. Yeah, 325 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: and he hasn't been. He he was sort of that 326 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: way when we started these these uh, these conference calls. 327 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 1: But once the season started he kind of got with it, 328 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: you know, and and uh a little bit more. Uh, 329 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: you know what I can't understand what you're asking. Could 330 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: you repeat that? And much more personable than than he 331 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: had been before them. Well, and then we can discuss 332 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: it further if we want to when we come back. 333 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 1: But as a rule, across the board, not only in 334 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: football but in sports, it's totally different than what it 335 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 1: was in the nineties or in the eighties or seventies. 336 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: And it has a lot to do with the pushback 337 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: that you get if you say something on social media. 338 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: And so guys, guys don't talk like they did back 339 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: twenty thirty years ago. All right, we continue with more 340 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: mix shots in just a moment. 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The Truth 378 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: Versus Swift December fifth at at and T Stadium. I'll 379 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: be the bill. You are going to be there, all right, 380 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: will Yes, sir, that's gonna be something. All right, Let's 381 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: talk about the heavyweight that is coming into at and 382 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: T Stadium on Sunday after and that would be Big 383 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: Ben Rothless Burger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mickey, what do 384 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: you when you study the Steelers? What stands out to you? Well, obviously, 385 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: their defense stands out to me. The fact that they 386 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: ranked fifth in average yards they're giving up uh, and 387 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: then the fact that they've they're leading the league with 388 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: thirty quarterback sacks and that doesn't even account for all 389 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: the pressures they put on so at with with one 390 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: game to go at the half at the they're only 391 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: seven and oh so they only had their buy Uh. 392 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: So they're on pace for like sixty five sacks at 393 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: this rate. So to me, uh, it's a it's a 394 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: bad uh meeting, right, this struggling Cowboys offense with a 395 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,959 Speaker 1: quarterback that was going to start that hadn't been with 396 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: the team more than a month against the defense that's 397 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: pretty rabid. And I see where uh they have five 398 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: they have a couple of touchdowns touchdown returns uh. And 399 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: it looks like their defensive return too. So they're not 400 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: only get takeaways, which they're second in the league, but 401 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: they take them to the house too. So this is 402 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: a Murphy's law scenario, spags. But what can go wrong 403 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: may go wrong, or what can be worse still get worse. 404 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: But the street talking about playing against the Steeler, I'm 405 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: surprised about the offensive but lack of output. You talk 406 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: about big band coming back and and you're talking about 407 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: the team that's really known for being able to run 408 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: the ball, harden those football and I'm sure they have 409 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,719 Speaker 1: all of that, but you know, when you look at 410 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: those stats, to me, that gives me an opening. You know, 411 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: if I'm a coach, that's the opening as a Cowboy 412 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 1: coach that I'm looking for. So that kind of gives me. 413 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: It piques my interests us a little bit, just to 414 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: hear you say that. And really, when you think about 415 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: the culture, when you think about the Steelers, it's the culture. Really. 416 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 1: To me, it's all about the culture. It's always been 417 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: about toughness, no matter what coach you've had, and they've 418 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: only had a few, you know, they were like the Cowboys, 419 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: or the Cowboys were like the Steelers in regards to 420 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: just having a very few coaches come through here, and 421 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: they were coaches of quality, not quantity, and the Cowboys 422 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: was keeping pace with that, of course, and still until 423 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,239 Speaker 1: around you know, two thousand when Jimmy left, and of 424 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: course after Tom Landrid. So, man, that's the kind of 425 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: culture that I was hoping we could have created here 426 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: in Dallas or maintained in Dallas. But it's something that 427 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,959 Speaker 1: has clearly maintained from Fort Pittsburgh going all the way 428 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: back to the seventies. And let's look back and you 429 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: mentioned you mentioned the seventies. Okay, this Pittsburgh team is 430 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: seven and oh for the first time since nineteen seventy eight. 431 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: So are they really of that same ilk the Steel 432 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: Curtain Steelers of the seventies or not? Now, Having said that, 433 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin in his fourteenth year as the head coach, 434 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: they have not had a losing season in his entire 435 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: time as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, And in fact, 436 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: with a couple more wins, they will ensure that I 437 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: believe it's their ninth winning season or well, three more wins, 438 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: they'll have their ninth season of ten or more wins 439 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: in his fourteen years there with Pittsburgh. So that says 440 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: a lot right there. And of course last year they 441 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: win eight and eight because they didn't have Roethlisberger. Every 442 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: other year they've had Roethlisberger for almost the entire year. 443 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: All right, But let's look at exactly what they've done 444 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: this year. They started the year with a twenty six 445 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: sixteen win at the Giants. Okay, Cowboys could have done 446 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: that Week one, right, right, They could have done that 447 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,719 Speaker 1: that hall against Denver, they won twenty six to twenty one. Okay, 448 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: Cowboys could have done that at that point in the season. 449 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: Ye third game at home against Houston, which of course 450 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,239 Speaker 1: Houston got off to the owen. Of course, Houston had 451 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: had a very difficult schedule to start the year, but 452 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: that was the twenty eight twenty one win. Okay, so 453 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: they didn't wouldn't like they were blowing out these teams. 454 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: They had a bye week, then they played Philadelphia at 455 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: home another home. Wow, they had four straight home games. 456 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: They did all right. Philadelphia at home they won thirty 457 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: eight to twenty nine. Cleveland at home they blew them 458 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: out thirty eight to seven. Not a lot off it 459 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: only two hundred and seventy seven total yards, but anyway, 460 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: they beat Cleveland thirty eight to seven. And then the 461 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: last two weeks they have played against really quality opposition 462 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: and won close games at Tennessee and at Baltimore twenty 463 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: seven twenty four and twenty eight twenty four. So that's 464 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,479 Speaker 1: what they've done so far. And the key there is 465 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: they won the close games. And and and if you 466 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: look at what the Cowboys have done, they had a 467 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: couple of close games that they were in that they 468 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: could have won that they didn't. And when you don't 469 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: win those games down the road. Yes, uh, you pay 470 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: for it, because this team right now could very well 471 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: uh be three and five, four and four had had 472 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: they won a couple of those close games. The first 473 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: game was was winnable right against the Rams, they were 474 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: coming back. Um what was the second game? Was? Uh? 475 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: Was it? They wasn't Seattle, Seattle, Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta, 476 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: And so they which right they did and that the 477 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: people will people are shouting at the podcast you Vicky 478 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: saying that they could have just as easily lost that one. Yeah, 479 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: but we can't go by that. I'm not gonna go 480 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: by well you could have lost it. Well, yeah, we 481 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: won it. Well, there's a lot of games you could 482 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: have lost. You know. Atlantic killed me with that. Atlanta 483 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: gave up forty points. They deserve to win. I don't 484 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: understand that they gave up forty. Oh yeah, they should 485 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: have won. They shouldn't have won that game, right right, right? 486 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: And they're too dumb to pick up an on side kick. 487 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: And you're telling me they should have won. I'm not 488 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: going for that. I'm not going for that. They didn't 489 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: deserve to win. But you talk about you talk about 490 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: the winning close games and losing close games. You know 491 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: that affects your psyche. Guys, there's no doubt about it. 492 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: When you lose a close game and you keep losing 493 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: close games, then there's more and more pressure you put 494 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: on yourself to win those close games. As that scenario 495 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: starts to pop back up again, then here you are 496 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: doubting yourself. Well, the Steelers were winning those close games, 497 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: so therefore when they reached that scenario again in the future, 498 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: they don't doubt themselves. They say, Okay, we'll look back 499 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: on how we did against in these same situations and 500 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: it's gonna be something positive. As opposed to the Cowboys 501 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: they're thinking, oh lord, here we go again. We're in 502 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: the same position. So there's a difference between your outlook 503 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: on approaching that same scenario. What outlook are you going 504 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: to be looking forward to being successful or as the 505 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: pressure gonna be on you to win and you don't win. 506 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: So it's an approach that can creep into your into 507 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: your psyche as you go through that scenario. All right, 508 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: and then look at what the what the Steelers are 509 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: facing the next three weeks. They got Dallas at two 510 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: and six, Cincinnati at two, five and one, and then 511 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: at Jacksonville Jacksonville or they don't have a good record. 512 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: I can't remember off the top of my head what 513 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: their record is is not a winning record. Yeah, so 514 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: they're sitting there going, we got these three games, we're 515 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 1: ten and oh before you know it. Look as soon 516 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: as that, as soon as you start thinking like that, Mickey, 517 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: that's when you start losing. Right. Go ask the nineteen 518 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: ninety one Washington Redskins, and they were the Redskins at 519 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: ninety one, I can call them that. Uh yes, look 520 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: here here's here is what has basically colored the entire 521 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys season. Was that just gosh awful loss to Washington 522 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: twenty five to three. Right, because the other games that 523 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: they've lost, they they've been in am I right, They've 524 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: been almost one possession They all been one possession games. 525 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: And it was a one possession game against Philadelphia until 526 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: the officials missed two calls on one play. It was 527 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: a one possession game against Seattle, Right, And what was 528 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: the what was the other loss? What am I forgetting 529 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: rams the Seahawks a touchdown? Oh and the Browns I 530 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: kind of left that one out, but they ended up 531 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: which was game, right, Yeah, and they they got beat 532 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: that game. Those the Cleveland game and the Washington game 533 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: have kind of I would not. I would not Arizona 534 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: game in the Yeah, Arizona game, the Washington game, those compared, 535 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: those two compared. I wouldn't say the Browns because at 536 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: least we had as much as we were horrible against 537 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,839 Speaker 1: the run, we did have success on the other side 538 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: of the ball. That's the only reason I wouldn't. I 539 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't luck that way. Again, I was going with we actually, 540 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: well we were, we were. We were in position to 541 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: win that game in Cleveland until we gave up the 542 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:41,879 Speaker 1: reverse to to obj right. And the other thing about 543 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: Arizona is, uh, it was an atypical game for Zeke 544 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: coughing up the football a couple of times, right and exactly. 545 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: And in the first game without your starting quarterback. You know, 546 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: if you were sitting here four and four right now, 547 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: you'd be sitting there going okay, oh, all right, we 548 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: got a lot of season to go here. Or the 549 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 1: difference between four and four and two and six is huge, 550 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: right mmmmmm. Now, Now, Bill, you first started this off 551 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 1: talking about comparing the Yeah, and let's do that. Yeah, 552 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: let's do that when we come back here. We got 553 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: to take a break, and so when we come back, 554 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,359 Speaker 1: just how good is this Steelers tead? We started our conversation, 555 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: all right, are they as that would be a mouthful 556 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: to say they're as good as they are they? But 557 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: are they even coming close to that level? That's what 558 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: I was going to tell you, But that when we 559 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,879 Speaker 1: come back on mixed shots, we're backing the tasty treat 560 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: that's sweeping air waves and taste buds. It's new doctor 561 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: pepper and cream soda. 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Check out 597 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 1: the menu at att stadium dot com slash at home. 598 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 1: All right, we're exploring these Pittsburgh Steelers, and really you 599 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: look at every position group, every level of this team, 600 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: both offense and defense. You can throw in special teams 601 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 1: as well, and you can understand why they are seven 602 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 1: and zero on the season. When I asked Mike McCarthy 603 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: about them the other night, the first thing he pointed 604 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,360 Speaker 1: to was their offensive line. He thinks their offensive line 605 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: might be right up there at the best in football. 606 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,200 Speaker 1: And of course they're led by a future Hall of 607 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,040 Speaker 1: Famer at center and Marquise Poundcy who's an eight time 608 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: Pro Bowler, and David DeCastro at right guard, who, by 609 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,320 Speaker 1: the way, they had lost for a couple of games 610 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,880 Speaker 1: and they got him back for the Tennessee game, so 611 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: he's played the last two weeks. So they're very solid upfront, 612 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: and that's a huge difference between them and the Cowboys 613 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 1: as far as and a lot of other teams in 614 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 1: this league is they've been able to stay relatively healthy 615 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: on their offensive line and the quarterback has been healthy. 616 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:17,280 Speaker 1: And let's start on offense with them, because what Big 617 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:21,440 Speaker 1: Ben has at the receiving corps is really that it's 618 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,720 Speaker 1: something that has taken them to another level. Even though 619 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: it hasn't been reflected in their total yards, which is 620 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: only twenty fifth in the league, they are up there 621 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: amongst the top scoring teams in the league, helped along 622 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: by an opportunistic defense as well. But you know, with 623 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,120 Speaker 1: their receivers with Juju Smith Schuster as well as the 624 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,399 Speaker 1: rookie Chase Claypool who's added a whole new dimension to 625 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 1: this offense, and Deonte Johnson James Washington at tied end, 626 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: the addition of Eric Ebron. Yet, that's pretty salty offense 627 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 1: to go up against. Yeah, and if you look at 628 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 1: you know, their their their positions and their starts. They've 629 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:08,080 Speaker 1: been pretty uh consistent offensively on on who they've been 630 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 1: able to send out there. Uh yeah, and so that 631 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: certainly makes it and look, you you can cover up 632 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:21,880 Speaker 1: some of your smudges, you can't cover up your offensive line. 633 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you can't fake that. Uh. And and you're right, Bill, 634 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 1: when you can do what they've done with the consistency 635 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,879 Speaker 1: on their offensive line. Uh. And then look at where 636 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:36,640 Speaker 1: the Cowboys were, uh prior to the draft, which you 637 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,719 Speaker 1: thought they were going to be on the offensive line. 638 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:43,440 Speaker 1: Would even Travis Frederick being there? Uh? Yeah, this whole 639 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: thing got turned upside down. So it's one thing to 640 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,040 Speaker 1: have to start a backup quarterback or the backup to 641 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,719 Speaker 1: the backup quarterback. But when you've got to put piecemeal 642 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,479 Speaker 1: your offensive line together, And as Mike McCarthy pointed out, 643 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 1: I think it was today, this will be only the 644 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,919 Speaker 1: second week in a row they start the same five 645 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,960 Speaker 1: on the offensive line. That's you can't fake that. You 646 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: cannot fake that. I think the great Larry Lacewell once 647 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,880 Speaker 1: told me, you know, I can put together a defense, 648 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: and I can do some things to compensate for a 649 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 1: lack of talent, but the one thing you can't compensate 650 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 1: for is offense. And for sure you can't compensate for 651 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,640 Speaker 1: not having a quarterback. And I think he must have 652 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 1: told me that probably in the two thousand and one season, availability. Yeah. Yeah, 653 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:38,520 Speaker 1: availability is the greatest ability for a player to have, 654 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: and when really both on offense and defense. When you 655 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: look at the Steelers, they have got to be one 656 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: of the healthiest teams in the league. They lost Devin Bush, 657 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:52,120 Speaker 1: who's a great inside linebacker, and here's what they were 658 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,800 Speaker 1: able to do. They picked up in a trade Avery 659 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: Williamson from the Jets last week. When you've got one hole, 660 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: one major injury to fill, you can go out and 661 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 1: at the trade deadline go get a guy who can 662 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,359 Speaker 1: fill that need for you. But I mean you look 663 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 1: in their secondary, you look at the rest of their defense, 664 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 1: and they outside of the debn Bush injury, they're as 665 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,960 Speaker 1: healthy as you could could expect to be seven games 666 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,920 Speaker 1: into the season. And then on offense, it's the same way. 667 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,719 Speaker 1: I mean, that's a great reason why they are where 668 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,759 Speaker 1: they are right now at seven And oh, they've got 669 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,920 Speaker 1: to have the shortest injury list right in the NFL 670 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:37,120 Speaker 1: right now, especially among teams that are successful in the league. 671 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,799 Speaker 1: In that division, you don't really hear about all the 672 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:44,040 Speaker 1: issues that everyone else is having. And like you said, Spact, 673 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,000 Speaker 1: if you can keep your quarterback, that's one thing, But 674 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,839 Speaker 1: if you can keep your quarterback and your offensive line. Man, 675 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,680 Speaker 1: you got a chance to go far in this league. 676 00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 1: And one year. Absolutely, So that would be the biggest 677 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,560 Speaker 1: difference between the Cowboys and the Steelers, Right there's a 678 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: Cowboy is not having their quarterback and not having their 679 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: offensive And here's another big difference, okay, is takeaways. On defense. 680 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:16,400 Speaker 1: The Steelers are second in the league in takeaways and 681 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,560 Speaker 1: that and of course the thirty sacks contribute to that. 682 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:25,360 Speaker 1: They've got ten interceptions, Everson. Nine different players have interceptions 683 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,919 Speaker 1: for the Steelers. And this is also a Steelers team 684 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: when they lost their starting quarterback last year and they 685 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,920 Speaker 1: wound up eight and eight, they were number one in 686 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 1: the league in takeaways with thirty eight on the season, 687 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,400 Speaker 1: and a huge part of that has been the acquisition 688 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,919 Speaker 1: of Mica Fitzpatrick a year ago from the Dolphins. Hey 689 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:49,120 Speaker 1: does that sound familiar? Hi? Remember Thermos thieves? Come on, man, 690 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: here you go, Come on man. We had that. We 691 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,879 Speaker 1: had that. I don't think we got thirty eight. That's 692 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,239 Speaker 1: a lot of interceptions. If I were to go through 693 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:02,319 Speaker 1: an account where we had my rookie year, we had 694 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,760 Speaker 1: a bunch. I think it may have come to around 695 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,279 Speaker 1: thirty five you had thirteen yearself or eleven in the 696 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,319 Speaker 1: regular eleven Yeah, Michael Downs, Dennis Thurman, Charlie. I mean 697 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,320 Speaker 1: with a bunch of guys with a lot of picks. 698 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:19,120 Speaker 1: You know. The strange thing about their their interceptions. Nine 699 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:23,600 Speaker 1: guys with interceptions. Only one guy has two, everybody else's 700 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,719 Speaker 1: got one. How does that happen? I mean, come on, 701 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:32,200 Speaker 1: hate guys with me. That is a culture. That is 702 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,840 Speaker 1: a culture that you don't There's no one person that 703 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,839 Speaker 1: that leadser he doesn't stand outs, just a part of 704 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,359 Speaker 1: the great package that they have. And then you start 705 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,319 Speaker 1: talking about this team versus the seventies team, Bill, I 706 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:50,360 Speaker 1: was writing down a hall of famous from the nineteen 707 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:55,719 Speaker 1: seventies Pittsburgh Steelers, just the ones that I am aware of. 708 00:44:55,840 --> 00:45:04,840 Speaker 1: I have eight mean, Joe Green, Lyn Swan Stalworth, Jack Lambert, 709 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:08,839 Speaker 1: Terry Bradshaw, Donnie Shell who was just inducted right yep, 710 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:13,680 Speaker 1: Mike Webster, Meil Blunt, Mike Webster and Meyl Blunt. That 711 00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,600 Speaker 1: that's the eighth. That's the only eighth that I know of. 712 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: So you can't we start talking about compassions between this 713 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,839 Speaker 1: team and and the seventies. I think you add if 714 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:29,600 Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken. Four Super Bowls, okay, and that stay Everson, Everson, 715 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,720 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta throw this in at nineteen eighty 716 00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,600 Speaker 1: one Cowboys. Nineteen eighty one, Cowboys, you're a rookie year 717 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:41,279 Speaker 1: second in the league. And takeaways. Guess how many takeaways 718 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys? We were only second, second in the league. Oh, 719 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:51,000 Speaker 1: I'm so disappointed. Huh. And guess how guess how many 720 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 1: takeaways the Dallas defense had Thurman's thieves in nineteen eighty one. 721 00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,799 Speaker 1: How many? Keep in mind, Pittsburgh last year led the 722 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:05,280 Speaker 1: league with thirty eight. Dallas in nineteen eighty one had 723 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:10,920 Speaker 1: fifty three takeaway and we were second thirty seven, thirty 724 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:19,239 Speaker 1: seven interceptions. How about that? Wow? And they didn't go 725 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:22,520 Speaker 1: to the Super That's what you called doomsday. That's doomsday 726 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:29,600 Speaker 1: right there, buddy, that's doomsday. Wow. And so we can 727 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,840 Speaker 1: get into this whole thing about Steeve the Hall of 728 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:36,520 Speaker 1: Famers versus Cowboys Hall of Famers. Come on, man, you 729 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:41,040 Speaker 1: know you can tell it's even going back to the seventies. 730 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:46,279 Speaker 1: There's a clear discrepancy, clear discrepancy. And by the way, 731 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,239 Speaker 1: on the interceptions, ever since you had eleven interceptions and 732 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:55,080 Speaker 1: Thurman had nine interceptions and Michael Downs had seven, So 733 00:46:55,160 --> 00:47:01,399 Speaker 1: your two rookies had eighteen interceptions combined. Hey Bill, I'm 734 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,920 Speaker 1: tired of talking about this. Man. I'm depressing now. I 735 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,120 Speaker 1: think we're out of time. Let's go, let's go on 736 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,279 Speaker 1: to something else. Man, this is making me mad. Now. 737 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,640 Speaker 1: All right, well we wasted all of that good times. 738 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:17,600 Speaker 1: We're wasting those good times. Your your homework comorrow? Where 739 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,319 Speaker 1: have they gone? Your homework for tomorrow is to count 740 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:25,040 Speaker 1: up the Cowboys Hall of famers from the seventies. There 741 00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:29,000 Speaker 1: you go, I got you. And my homework also to 742 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,799 Speaker 1: the Star and just take a look. My homework for 743 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:35,720 Speaker 1: tomorrow is is to try to figure out which team 744 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:40,040 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty one had more takeaways than the good 745 00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,920 Speaker 1: question three? I think, I know, I think, I know. 746 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:47,399 Speaker 1: What do you think I'm thinking? Ninus? Okay, all right, 747 00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,560 Speaker 1: well I'll have that answer for you tomorrow here on 748 00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:54,000 Speaker 1: mix Shots. All right, all right, there we go. Well 749 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:58,560 Speaker 1: it'll be a fabulous Football Friday edition of mix Shots 750 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,600 Speaker 1: at one thirty tomorrow. We'll see you then. FF. This 751 00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,440 Speaker 1: has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 752 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,399 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.