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Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is the Player's Lounge,

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Speaker 1: broadcasting live from Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the Star.

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Speaker 1: Now your hosts, Barry Church, Danny McCrae, and Newey Scrugs.

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Speaker 1: Here we are a Friday. Everybody ready to talk Dallas

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Speaker 1: Cowboys football with you for one full hour. I am

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Speaker 1: Newi Scrugs, longtime Cowboys reporter, and I'm joined by two

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Speaker 1: former Cowboys players. Danny McCray and Barry Church. Were broadcasting

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Speaker 1: from our homes doing things in this new COVID nineteen

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Speaker 1: that we've been dealing with here. So let's kick this

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Speaker 1: thing off. Barry and Danny talking about the Cowboys and

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Speaker 1: the fact that they're practicing. We had nineteen in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League yesterday decide not to practice and hold

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Speaker 1: conversations dealing with social injustice. I was watching the Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers from so Far Stadium and they ended up

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Speaker 1: really going on the NFL networking several players just talking

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Speaker 1: about what they were discussing as a team and what's

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Speaker 1: been going on in the world. Here. The Cowboys practice yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy spoke about these guys wanting to practice today.

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Speaker 1: So I'll start with you, Danny mccraig, your thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the fact that right now they're practicing

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Speaker 1: and no, by the way, the multiple Ravens did not

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Speaker 1: practice today. Yeah, I'm absolutely not surprised. I guess the

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Speaker 1: grace didn't reach that far to let these guys sit

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Speaker 1: and social injustice. So I'm not really surprised. I wish

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Speaker 1: it would have went the other way. And of course,

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Speaker 1: you know, coach is going to say the players wanted

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Speaker 1: to practice, so so, you know, just to kind of

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Speaker 1: save them in the public eye. But I'm sure it

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Speaker 1: was some guys in the locker room who felt like

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Speaker 1: they didn't want to go out there in practice and

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Speaker 1: they would rather do what the other teams were doing

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Speaker 1: around the NFL, but they just didn't get the chance too.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully sometimes in their future were able to change

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Speaker 1: the outlook of the Cowboys and this social injustice and

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Speaker 1: protesting process. But as of today, I'm definitely not surprised

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Speaker 1: that we are a team that's practice a church. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Like like McCray said, I'm not surprised. We all kind

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Speaker 1: of figured that this was going to happen. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys have been kind of quiet throughout this social

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Speaker 1: injustice programming. But listening to what the coach said, Coach McCarthy,

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Speaker 1: I think you know, when they had to sit down

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Speaker 1: discussion with the players and discussing social injustice, the players

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Speaker 1: as a whole decided that they would rather go forward

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Speaker 1: with practice. I mean that's from what you know Coach

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Speaker 1: can't force your team to sit out of practice. And

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Speaker 1: even though we all well I know myself I can

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Speaker 1: just speak for myself. I wish they would have stayed

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Speaker 1: set out of practice just to kind of had a

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Speaker 1: symbol there. But if your players want to go forward

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Speaker 1: have to do to get ready for the season, then

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Speaker 1: you can't play the coach and staff or anything like

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Speaker 1: that for going to continue with practice. If the players

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Speaker 1: want that, that's what the players do, and that's and

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Speaker 1: that's their team. So they decided to keep it moving

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Speaker 1: hopefully they can continue to talk about social injustice within

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Speaker 1: the team and get a better, better solution to it

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Speaker 1: going forward. But I'm not surprised at all by the

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Speaker 1: staying in practice. Wait, Church, tell me this. Do you

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Speaker 1: think that the players are comfortable enough and feel like

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Speaker 1: they like they can voice their opinion to not want

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Speaker 1: to practice because of social justice at this point? Or

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Speaker 1: opposite of that, then you know, we'll probably be fired

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Speaker 1: to worry about getting released just just based on comments

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Speaker 1: that were made in the past. Oh, I can guarantee

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Speaker 1: you that there's a lot of players who felt uncomfortable

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Speaker 1: head coach Mike McCarthy. He spoke at seven fifteen to

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Speaker 1: I mean when you talk about conversations, I think it's

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Speaker 1: We had a chance to address it as a team. Uh,

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Speaker 1: That was that was right after after practice and and

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Speaker 1: You know, a number of people spoke and I feel

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Speaker 1: you know, just talking to the couple of the players

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Speaker 1: practice and UM, so we'll just continue to talk through

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Speaker 1: this and UM, once again, it's a it's about supporting everybody,

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Speaker 1: So that's coach McCarthy. And he kept talking about conversations.

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Speaker 1: And here's the question that I didn't get to ask him,

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Speaker 1: but I will at some point in time, is when

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Speaker 1: do the conversations lead to actions? Verry? That's that's the

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Speaker 1: question that I think we're all asking ourselves and asking

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Speaker 1: more context. What are the conversations you're having, what are

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Speaker 1: I just wish he had a little bit more context

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Speaker 1: seen much. Now, let me understand, Danny, I was on

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Speaker 1: and I'll make sure I lay back. And I also

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Speaker 1: asked McCarthy about Rob Davis, who's the Cowboys assistant head coach,

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Speaker 1: and I said, how much do you lean on him? Uh?

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Speaker 1: I mean back to the action part before you before

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Speaker 1: It's never anything that comes like that. Like that was like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: the players, we talked about. It was open dialogue and

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Speaker 1: I'm here for the players. Well, here for the players

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Speaker 1: to me is hey man, this is wrong. We understand

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Speaker 1: how y'all feel. We see the same thing that y'all see.

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Speaker 1: News on the call today asked McCarthy, being a white man,

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Speaker 1: knowing that you can't experience what your black players go through,

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Speaker 1: getting for the players. Well, yeah, this is the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: on that, and the acknowledgement of what we're talking about

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Speaker 1: you understand that people getting killed in the streets, even

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Speaker 1: who are looking for that first paycheck that the NFL

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Speaker 1: can provide for them. I don't think they're willing to

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Speaker 1: step out in boycott for a pool, for a full

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Speaker 1: season or for a couple of games. I think they

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Speaker 1: want that paycheck and have that money. So I just

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Speaker 1: think I just don't think they'd be able to do that. Barry,

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Speaker 1: you know, we're still talking about we still talk about

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Speaker 1: one game here. Okay, so now so now, but but

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Speaker 1: what Church said here takes me back to what what

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Speaker 1: are we talking about with the labor agreement here? Okay,

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Speaker 1: we didn't have players who would even get together to say,

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Speaker 1: you know what, we're gonna hold out withhold our services.

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Speaker 1: We'll even miss some games here to get the deals

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Speaker 1: we want because we are the show. So if they're

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Speaker 1: not willing to do that when it comes to their

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Speaker 1: own pay, we're not saying that they're gonna sit there

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Speaker 1: here and miss a game. Check over social justice and

445
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Speaker 1: you got certain guys on teams, you got a certain

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Speaker 1: number of guys on teams. You're like, man, I ain't,

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Speaker 1: I don't, I don't really believe in all this. It

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Speaker 1: ain't happening, man, It's not happening. That's crazy. It's just

449
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Speaker 1: too many players could team, too many personalities. In my opinion,

450
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Speaker 1: it didn't happen in the NBA before the other night.

451
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Speaker 1: We just said the same thing about different animal before

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Speaker 1: the other night. Man, they're not protesting, not Lebron James,

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Speaker 1: that never not gonna play. I know it's a different animal,

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Speaker 1: but that's what But you trying to compare like it's

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Speaker 1: the same. I'm just saying that it's pop. Listen, Knuis,

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Speaker 1: I'm too annoy against you, right, let's not. It's very

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Speaker 1: possible that if another horrific and tragic event happens that

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Speaker 1: to where the whole world sees it as racial and

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Speaker 1: social injustice and police brutality, that the top will come

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Speaker 1: off of this thing and people will do what they

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Speaker 1: need to do to bring the right attention to it.

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Speaker 1: I just think it's possible. I think that that the

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Speaker 1: unity is getting stronger. I think we're seeing it, and

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Speaker 1: I think the NBA has has has been a shining

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Speaker 1: example of what can be done when the player standing together,

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Speaker 1: as you've seen with the NHL following, MLB following Soccer

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Speaker 1: would have to do it, and that's us, So we'll see.

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Speaker 1: I still think it's possible. Like I said, I say this,

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Speaker 1: I say this, and I say, I hope not because

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Speaker 1: for this to happen, something horrible would have to happen again.

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Speaker 1: So I really pray that none of this happens. We're

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Speaker 1: just speaking of ut the players stick together if they

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Speaker 1: had to, and I believe that they can. He is

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Speaker 1: Danny McCrae. That's Barry Church, former Cowboys players. I knew

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Speaker 1: he scrugs, longtime Cowboys reporter. All right, let's take a

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Speaker 1: he's a free agent. He's been linked to the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: and so far we don't see a deal at all

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Speaker 1: and also what the Dallas Cowboys are doing. Let's get

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Speaker 1: into the actual Cowboy roster and what they're doing. Earl

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Speaker 1: Thomas cut By the Baltimore Ravens for conduct detrimental to

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Speaker 1: the organization and they want their ten million dollars back,

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Speaker 1: So they are now engaged in a fight with Earl

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Speaker 1: Thomas and obviously his agent. They go try and file

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Speaker 1: agreements to get money back, but the Ravens leadership council

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Speaker 1: ended up telling the team management, we don't want Earl

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Speaker 1: Thomas here anymore. He is gone. The Cowboys were asked

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Speaker 1: about Earl Thomas Jerry Jones, who specifically on Tuesday during

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Speaker 1: his radio show in one to five three of the

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Speaker 1: Fan and Jerry left that door open. I asked Mike

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Speaker 1: McCarthy today if there's an update about Earl Thomas and

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and listen to what the Cowboy head coach

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Speaker 1: had to set. Yeah. I really don't have anything else

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Speaker 1: to report on the roster. So yeah, I haven't been

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Speaker 1: part of those any conversations. All right, let's get it

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Speaker 1: going here on the players lounge about Earl Thomas. Danny mccraig,

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Speaker 1: Barry Church, you guys are former NFL safeties. Do you

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Speaker 1: want the Cowboys to sign Earl Thomas. Mccraig go, uh no, nah, man,

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Speaker 1: I think I think the Cowboys are good with what

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Speaker 1: they got. I think, you know, the story is coming

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Speaker 1: out of there about Earl Thomas and the two teams

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Speaker 1: letting go of this superstar player, letting him get out

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Speaker 1: of there. I think he has a lot of baggage

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Speaker 1: with him. Uh, he has plenty of time to go

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Speaker 1: get his car watch now, man. So I would say,

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Speaker 1: just let him stay, stay where he is, let another

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Speaker 1: team pick up that baggage, and just keep keep the

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Speaker 1: camaraderie that we have in the in the unity that

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Speaker 1: we have on our defense right now. No, I don't

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Speaker 1: think the Cowboys need to pick up Earl Thomas here

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Speaker 1: on free agency. Yes, he's a transcendent safety. He's you know,

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Speaker 1: more than likely he'll be in the Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: He's a perennial pro bowler. He's one of those guys

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Speaker 1: that can make a defense a heck of a lot better.

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Speaker 1: But in speaking with my past teammates who have also

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Speaker 1: been teammates of Earl Thomas in the past, he has

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Speaker 1: all these great characteristics as far as he's talented, he's

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Speaker 1: all this and all that. But the problem that a

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Speaker 1: lot of them had was he didn't hold himself accountable

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Speaker 1: and he held everybody else accountable. So for an example

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Speaker 1: of that is, if on a play he's being and

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Speaker 1: cover three, he's in the middle of the field, and

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Speaker 1: that's what Cover three, the free safety is supposed to

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Speaker 1: be in the middle of the field, he might go

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Speaker 1: around and just blits off the edge thinking he can

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Speaker 1: be he could make a play that way, and when

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Speaker 1: it messes up, if another player would to talk to

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Speaker 1: him about it and say, hey, man, you can't do that.

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Speaker 1: That's you know, that's not a part of the defense.

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Speaker 1: That doesn't fit this scheme, he would go off on

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Speaker 1: them and chew them out. But if another player messed up,

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Speaker 1: he would go and chew them out about that about

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Speaker 1: being accountable. So I just don't think a lot of

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Speaker 1: players like that. He didn't held his self accountable, but

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00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: held other people to the fire, and I just don't

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Speaker 1: think that'd be a good chemistry set With the Dallas Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: do you know any coverages you gotta blows a superstar

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Speaker 1: before your teammates to be like, man, hey, you can't

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Speaker 1: get it done, bro, we gotta get you up about

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Speaker 1: it here. You gotta be blowing. So the serious coverages

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Speaker 1: are not picking up on no type of defense to

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Speaker 1: be a superstar, and the guys are like none, Bro,

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Speaker 1: we better without you. I mean, look at the Steelers

587
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Speaker 1: back in the day. They had, you know, the Troy

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Speaker 1: Polamala rule and that, and he was a guy that

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Speaker 1: couldn't pretty much do whatever he wanted on the field,

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Speaker 1: but the teammates involved. I mean, he was a great

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Speaker 1: teammate and if he messed up, he took accountability for that.

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Speaker 1: And I just think that's what rubs the other teammates

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Speaker 1: wrong when they talk about Earl Thomas. But like you said, man,

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Speaker 1: you gotta be messing up and blowing a lot of

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Speaker 1: coverages if you're that talented. But teams are just like, man,

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Speaker 1: we just can't deal with you. You gotta be a

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Speaker 1: locker room menace. I think about Mike McCarthy and I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to get to know him in terms of how

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Speaker 1: he delivers his messages at press conference, because all coaches,

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Speaker 1: if you listen to what they say, they'll give you

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Speaker 1: clues about how they truly feel. And and that quick,

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Speaker 1: short SoundBite about Earl Thomas, the way I took it

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Speaker 1: from Mike McCarthy was yeah, I mean I want no

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Speaker 1: parts of this guy. I'm good. I don't want any

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Speaker 1: parts of Despite what his resume says, he is as

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Speaker 1: a player that Mike McCarthy is running away from a

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Speaker 1: guy that he doesn't think is a team guy, and

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Speaker 1: I must make sure I restake this one more time.

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Speaker 1: The players on the Baltimore Ravens, a team that with

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Speaker 1: fourteen and two last year, all said, hey, man, get

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Speaker 1: this guy out of here. We don't need this guy.

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Speaker 1: We think we can win the super Bowl, but we'll

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Speaker 1: be okay without this guy. On the bus and YouTube

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Speaker 1: play guys will put up with a lot if a

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Speaker 1: dude can help them win games. On Sundays, they all said,

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Speaker 1: we don't want this guy, and I don't know why

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Speaker 1: more fans and more specifically, more media are not talking

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Speaker 1: about that very thing. The dudes who play in the

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Speaker 1: room with them all said, get this guy out there,

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Speaker 1: get him out of our trenches. Man, we will go

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Speaker 1: to war with someone else. If we're interpreting what Mike

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Speaker 1: McCarthy was trying to say, just I'm would just get

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Speaker 1: us some shot. From my point of view, he was saying,

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Speaker 1: I'm running away from Earl, but some other people in

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00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: the building made me running toward him and I'm finally

626
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Speaker 1: getting the taste of what I've been hearing in the media.

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Speaker 1: If I might not have that much say so, and

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Speaker 1: who's on this team and who's not so Earl Thomas

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Speaker 1: could possibly be on the team. But ain't nobody talking

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Speaker 1: to me about that? Oh, he definitely feels that way.

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Speaker 1: I mean, wait, he just kind of responded so short,

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Speaker 1: was just like, yeah, I mean, he wanted to see you,

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Speaker 1: kind of he kind of shut it off quick, but

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Speaker 1: he was kind of just like, man, yeah, I'm not

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Speaker 1: privy to those conversation. Kind you can tell he kind

636
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: of wanted to say that, but he kind of just

637
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 1: left it at that. But yeah, you could tell he

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Speaker 1: just doesn't want anything to do with him. And I

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Speaker 1: don't blame him. I mean, I feel like they got

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Speaker 1: something going right now chemistry wise, and they just don't

641
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: want to mess anything up, especially this close to the

642
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: regular season. Now, think about that or died more than

643
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,840
Speaker 1: what he said. I don't know about those conversations. You're

644
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: the head coach of the team, and along the way

645
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: so far he's been involved in a whole lot of

646
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: conversations and now all of a sudden, here you decide

647
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: I don't know nothing about this. Maybe they'ren't want that

648
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: chatting about it, but I already told him, I'm good.

649
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: We're good. I already told him good. So I don't

650
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: know if they're still chatting about it, but I gave

651
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: my opinion, said nah Man. Mike Nolan, my defensive coordinator,

652
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: who used to be the defensive coordinator, He's already called

653
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: people up in Baltimore and said, nah Man, we're good.

654
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: So let's further this conversation. Is Darian Thompson going to

655
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: take out Haha, Clinton Dix and become the starting safety

656
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: next to Antoine? She said, Xavier Woods out there in

657
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: the defensive back room, I mean, yeah, yeah. From from

658
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 1: all the conversations we're having from camp, I mean, Darian

659
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: Thompson is playing phenomenal right now. I mean he's playing

660
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: great in coverage. He's kind of being that quarterback of

661
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: the defense, which is great for the defense that's learning

662
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: a totally new scheme. So if you got a guy

663
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 1: that's confident enough to bark out commands to the defense

664
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: and it's the right commands, then he's already had a

665
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: leg up on the competition. But like mcrai said, I've

666
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: been in these battles pretty much my whole career with

667
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: the Dallas Guy Boys. I mean, ever since I started

668
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: in my third season. I mean, they've been bringing guys

669
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: in to kind of replace me. So if I'm if

670
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: I'm Xavier Woods and I'm hearing all this, you know,

671
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,359
Speaker 1: Earl Thomas talk, or if I'm Hot Clinton Dick's hearing

672
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: all this, you know, Dari and Thompson talk, I just gotta,

673
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: you know, kind of focusing on what I know I

674
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,479
Speaker 1: can do and then excel at what I can play,

675
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,760
Speaker 1: because you're gonna hear that. I know, all the NFL

676
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: players sit there and say, oh, I don't hear any

677
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: of that talk. I don't see any of those posts,

678
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: or I don't hear any media or anything like that.

679
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: They're lying because everybody hears everything, and everybody listens to everything,

680
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: especially when your name is added in a tweet or

681
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: an Instagram post. You're looking at that. So just kind

682
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: of if you can't, try your hardest to block it out,

683
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: but we know it's there. So you just got to

684
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 1: focus on what you can do and try to provide

685
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: a great quality reps for this team. Yeah, like I said,

686
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: I remember Church, they brought in the guy name of

687
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 1: Brodney Pool when rob Ryan came in, he yeah, oh yeah,

688
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: oh yeah, he's supposed to be the guy, right, he's

689
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,800
Speaker 1: supposed to be the guy in Church. Wasn't gonna be

690
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: the starter in Churches? One out there and I'll play

691
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: them and then I only think Brodney was on the

692
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 1: team for very long. Um, So I think I think

693
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: this one's just a little different, just because they don't

694
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 1: have preseason games and you really can't really see, you know,

695
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: how how somebody's gonna play. So I think they both

696
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: will still get an opportunity in live action. Um but

697
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: from what I'm hearing from from from BT, I think

698
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: that that he has a real chance to keep how

699
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 1: high off the venture off the team. But we'll see

700
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: once they get to plan them in live games and

701
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: those those real live bullets start coming at you because

702
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 1: things changed, then Yeah, and that's a great point, Danny.

703
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: We all know in practice, you know, there's there's such

704
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,359
Speaker 1: this is a real thing. You know, in practice, there's

705
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: players that perform unbelievably. I mean they're out there looking

706
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: like all pros. But when you get to the regular

707
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: season and we get the real live bullets, flying at you.

708
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: You know, they kind of you know, basically you know

709
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: what hits the fans. So um, you know, he could

710
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 1: play and perform all well in practice. It's just gonna

711
00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,359
Speaker 1: have to see what happens in those regular season games.

712
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: And too bad we don't have preseason games to really

713
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: see what this competition can lead to. Baby, you talk

714
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,800
Speaker 1: about the the All Oxnard team. Oh yeah, you know

715
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. New. But you go out there

716
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: in your practice against the same guys all the time,

717
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: and you go against the same office, and then you

718
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: get into the regular season and you got three or

719
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 1: four days to prepare for a whole new system, and

720
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you get out there and still

721
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: start looking looking real crazy because because of coming in

722
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: your fast, things change. Things change. Yeah, man, that that

723
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: preseason game here, they looked so good. They were all Oxnard,

724
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 1: looked so good. Ox Start all Star, get out there,

725
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,320
Speaker 1: go down there. I have to play the Chargers and

726
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: the Niners and the Raiders and get it done. Man,

727
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: that happened to Danny am Mondola. I remember all Danny

728
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: every doing it looks so good. There was the Chargers

729
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 1: dropped a punk, couldn't catch anything. And next thing, you know, man,

730
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: he was gone, and then he was with the Rams

731
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 1: for a minute, and then he went to Philadelphia and

732
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: he finally ended up you know, obviously, you know, he

733
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 1: ended up having a very nice career year and he's

734
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: still playing and it was part of a super a

735
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: Super Bowl or two with the Patriots. But but it happens. Man,

736
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: guys are looking good and they can't do anything at all.

737
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: Of the guys who were kickers. I keep seeing that

738
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,320
Speaker 1: through the years. Man, these kickers look so good it

739
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: can't next thing. You know, you gotta get out here.

740
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: He's a real crowd and then bam, they got nothing

741
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: for you. So so based on that, do you believe

742
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: Halin Dix makes this roster before they totally just turn

743
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 1: it over and say, all right, Darren Thomson, we trust

744
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: you as a starter. Yeah, I think that. I think

745
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: ka Clinton Dix, I think we'll have a chance to

746
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: be a starter on this team out even though Darren

747
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: Thompson is playing well, I think they'll give that first

748
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 1: crack to Clinton disk just because they have more invested

749
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: in him. When it comes to money wise, Now, if

750
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: if they were bringing in like an Earl Thomas or

751
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: something like that. I feel as though they would let

752
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: Hi High go. But if that doesn't happen, I think

753
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: they'll let him get that first crack at it and

754
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,399
Speaker 1: he'll it's gonna be his responsibility to excel or lose

755
00:37:54,440 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: that job. You notice, I was about to say, you

756
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 1: noticed that Ha brought haha Clinton diship any of these

757
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:14,959
Speaker 1: media sessions lately. If we start seeing we start seeing

758
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: Daniel Thompson on some on some media things and get

759
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: ready to package stuff. Man, I feel so bad man,

760
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: because somebody posted a picture on Twitter of how Ha

761
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 1: sitting like ten or standing in ten yards behind behind

762
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: the crowd, looking real sad, and it was like and

763
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 1: then it was like Daria Thompson might might keep you know,

764
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: on the bench or something like that. And I was like,

765
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 1: come on, man, y'all, y'all doing the guard wrong. Y'all

766
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: like two weeks in the practice, all right, have not

767
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: come in there. Once you start real tackling, we'll see.

768
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,439
Speaker 1: Shout out to both of them. But like I said,

769
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: this is a whole different season, and I believe that

770
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: the first game will be it won't be played like

771
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: the preseason game, but it'll be for where the coaches

772
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: are able to see how these players really reactive in

773
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: the results that they put up in a real live action. Okay,

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00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: let's take another break. When we come back, let's dive

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00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: into the starting projected secondary, what Danny and Barry think

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Speaker 1: about that, and a practice note. If you're a Cowboy

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Speaker 1: All Right, Church, let's get into what you believe will

821
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: be the Dallas Cowboys starting secondary. Oh, well, this is

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00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: just that's a great question. It's going to be. It's

823
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,760
Speaker 1: a tough choice for me, So I'm saying their secondary.

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00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,839
Speaker 1: I'm going with nickels. So I'm adding the nickel back,

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00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: which is that slot corner for those who don't know,

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00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 1: I'm going to add that in there as a starting

827
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: secondary piece. So for me, I'm gonna start with the safeties.

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00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: I think Woods and Clinton ho Hot Dicks are going

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00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: to be the entrenched starters. I think Woods is definitely

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00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,879
Speaker 1: penciledn locked in. If he can just you know, stay

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00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 1: healthy and all that stuff, I think he'll have that

832
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: spot for sure. How Hot Clinton Dicks right now is

833
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: in the competition with Darian Thompson, but I do believe

834
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: the Cowboys will let him get the nod during the

835
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 1: first weekend. It'll be his job to lose. Now on

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00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: the corner situation, that's gonna be a lot tougher because

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00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: I mean, this is I think the biggest competition throughout

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00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 1: all of training camp in all positions. I think corner

839
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: is the biggest battle. But I have on the left side,

840
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: I have Chito Woozier. I think he's gonna start the

841
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,280
Speaker 1: outside left corner, and I just think the Dallas Cowboys

842
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: are gonna give him a chance to kind of get

843
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: out of that rut that he had last season, and

844
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: hopefully he'll be able to get out of that and

845
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: with a new scheme and multiple looks, be able to

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00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 1: play a lot better than he did last year on

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00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: the right side, I think I got the young guy,

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00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: the rookie coming in Tavon Digs. From what I've seen

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00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: in practice, he's excelled in coverage, especially press man the man.

850
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,400
Speaker 1: He's aggressive when going after the ball, and he competes

851
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: all the way to the end, even if the receiver

852
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: has has, you know, his hands both on the ball.

853
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: He's ripping and pulling and tugging at that ball to

854
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: get it out. So I think the coaches would love

855
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: that aggressive style and that ball mentality that he possesses.

856
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 1: Now for the slot position, the nickel cornerback position, I

857
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: think that's going to be the biggest competition within the

858
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,840
Speaker 1: secondary because I think you have two guys there that

859
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: are perfectly suited to play nickel, and that's Jordan Lewis

860
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: and Anthony Brown. They're both quick, instinctful players who are

861
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,879
Speaker 1: not afraid to stick their nose in there against the run.

862
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 1: Because if you're doing a nickel package, the nickel is

863
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 1: kind of like that extra linebacker who has the ability

864
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: to cover wide receivers, So you're gonna have to be

865
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: in there versus the run, and neither of those guys

866
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: are scared to do that. They Like I said, they

867
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: possess great quicks instincts and they're very sticky coverage. So

868
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: I think those type of guys and also they blitz

869
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: very well, and those are the type of corners that

870
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: you need for a nickel position. So I think the

871
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,720
Speaker 1: biggest competition will be those two. But I think Jordan

872
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: Lewis pulls it out at the end. I mean, he

873
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 1: had a great not a great season, but a good

874
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: season last year and the nickel and I think he's

875
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: their best defensive back as a whole when it comes

876
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: to the secondary, So I believe he edges Anthony Brown

877
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 1: out and I think that'll be your starting secondary for

878
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty regular season. Man was perfectly, well, go

879
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 1: ahead and do it. That was perfect. Here's my question, Well,

880
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: Mike Nolan really want to trust a rookie that he

881
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 1: hasn't seen in any preseason games to understand if he

882
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 1: can can can you know, make the adjustments versus going

883
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: with a veteran like Anthony Brown. And I bring that

884
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,399
Speaker 1: up because with the center position, they pretty much put

885
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 1: Joe Looney there and they didn't even try to see

886
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,360
Speaker 1: if if Tyler beardest the rookie they drafted out of

887
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: Wisconsin or Connor McGovern who's in the second year. They

888
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 1: didn't even try those guys out there. I mean, it's

889
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 1: basically but Joe Looney's you know, hey, we're gonna trust you.

890
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: So that's kind of been my My take is, with

891
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: no preseason action outside of C. D. Lamb, we really

892
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: think we can see the Cowboy's top two draft picks

893
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:17,919
Speaker 1: being starters. I do, I honestly do. I just don't

894
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,840
Speaker 1: think there's someone out there Anthony Brown, like you mentioned,

895
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 1: but I just don't think he has what it takes

896
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,240
Speaker 1: to kind of unseat unseat him as that starting cornerback

897
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: out there. I think that guy Tavon Days. He's long,

898
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: he's lean, he's what coaches look like look for in

899
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 1: a corner. He can press well, they know they like

900
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: to play man and man coverage, and he can run

901
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 1: with anybody in this league. He's very athletic, and he

902
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 1: has that kind of pedigree because he's come his brother

903
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:43,760
Speaker 1: Stefan Days, we works with constantly during the off season.

904
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: I believe kind of pedigree kind of got him going

905
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: in the right direction. So I feel like he's going

906
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 1: to be that starter. I could be wrong. But those

907
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:55,439
Speaker 1: are my projections for the starting secondary this year. Yeah,

908
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 1: and I see Diggs being the starter one because of

909
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: what Church said. And then two, we know how these

910
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: draft picks go, and they'll get more chances than anyone.

911
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: And essentially Diggs was the first round pick. I believe

912
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:08,359
Speaker 1: the Cowboys would have picked him in the first round

913
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: had they not had cde Lamb not fallen to him.

914
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:12,359
Speaker 1: So I'm still looking at him as a first round pick,

915
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: so they're gonna give him all the opportunities that the

916
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: first round pick would get. And adding on to George Lewis,

917
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 1: you know, I think he's one of our top dvs

918
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: and mainly because he turns the ball over. He's a

919
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 1: playmaker every like, he can cover just like everybody else.

920
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,400
Speaker 1: And what separates him as being able to get those interceptions,

921
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: and we all know for the last few years that

922
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: has been a big point of emphasis for the Cowboy

923
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: actually the last ten because when I was playing for

924
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, we had the same issues. So so I

925
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 1: know that they're going to get as many people out

926
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 1: there that could turn the ball over as possible, and

927
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,760
Speaker 1: he is the main guy, So I see him easily

928
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: being a starter at that position. Well, see it. That's

929
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:53,919
Speaker 1: interesting me because I think about the first three games

930
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks that go Jared Goff, Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan.

931
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:01,360
Speaker 1: I see these guys trying to go after Diggs if

932
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: they see him. Look out there on the football field,

933
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 1: they see a rookie. And you're talking about the Rams

934
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: with Cooper Cup and Robert Woods. They got another fast

935
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 1: kid that's over there now. And then you got Seattle

936
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 1: with that that outstanding um speed of Tyler Lockett. Then

937
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: they got that big, huge DK Metcalf and then of

938
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: course you got the Falcons with the Hall of Fame

939
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:23,359
Speaker 1: credentialed Julio Jones and the speed Sir Calvin Ridley. I mean, yeah,

940
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: who that's three games right there, man, that's a mente.

941
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 1: That's but like you mentioned, coming out of rookie man.

942
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:32,320
Speaker 1: But like you mentioned, Nui, those receivers you you mentioned,

943
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: you know, the Metcalfs and Julio Jones, those are big

944
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 1: body receive Those are grown men out there. So if

945
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: you you know, try Anthony Brown out there. Nothing against

946
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown, but he just doesn't have that size to

947
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: go against. So there's no they they're gonna go at

948
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:46,320
Speaker 1: him as well. So I just feel like if you

949
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: put Tabon Digs out there, a longer, leaner guy, I

950
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 1: feel like he has a better opportunity um and a

951
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 1: better chance of playing against those bigger, stronger, faster receivers

952
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: because we've seen what Julio Jones and Metcalf can do

953
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 1: to a smaller opponents out there. I'm gonna tell you

954
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: like this, it doesn't matter based off last year. It

955
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: doesn't matter who you roll out there. They are getting

956
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: attacked like the quarterbacks looking at our secondary until not

957
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 1: really until until we prove ourselves as being able to cover.

958
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:12,839
Speaker 1: We got some new guys out there, We still got

959
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 1: some young guys out there. They're going to try everyone

960
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 1: no matter what. And I think this will be the

961
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: year that we get out there and prove ourself because

962
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 1: I think the pass rush will be able to help

963
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 1: us out a little bit, and I think these guys

964
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,399
Speaker 1: will step up and prove that they're able to cover.

965
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 1: There are some guys that are still gonna, you know,

966
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: make their catches and get their hunting yard games, the

967
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: Julio Joneses of the world. Some of those guys you

968
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 1: just have to try to limit. But I think no

969
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:35,279
Speaker 1: matter what, for the first three games, we're gonna see

970
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,839
Speaker 1: a lot of passions thrown on our secondary until we're

971
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 1: able to prove ourselves and then and then things will

972
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:43,839
Speaker 1: hopefully change. No, I will be surprised. I go ahead,

973
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 1: go ahead and do it. I'm sorry, go ahead, no no, no, no, no. Hit.

974
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:49,440
Speaker 1: I was just gonna say, you know, I wouldn't be

975
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: surprised if they if they came out with a kind

976
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 1: of like a rotation, kind of like how the defensive

977
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: line does. I mean, I'm against that, but I mean,

978
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 1: I know what happened my last year the Cowboys. We

979
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 1: kind of rotated the secondary a little bit. But I

980
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,400
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if the coaches kind of kind of

981
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: did like with a D line and had a rotation

982
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: in the secondary. I'm against it, but I wouldn't be surprised.

983
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: If you're going to trust the rookie, you want to

984
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,800
Speaker 1: trust a guy who is a national champion, who's played

985
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: for an elite head coach, who understands defense like Nick Saban.

986
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,560
Speaker 1: So yes, you want to trust a roll tide type

987
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,759
Speaker 1: of corner out there, and I'm all for that if

988
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 1: that's where they want to go. Wouldn't you agree, Danny

989
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 1: mccret No, I mean I think we put up like Alabama.

990
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 1: I rewatched the game. I've seen these getting caught on

991
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: left and right, Jordan Jefferson, freshman Chase I've just seen

992
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: it all over the place. So well, yo, Nick Saban

993
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:43,359
Speaker 1: was teaching them, but not that game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, Um,

994
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: Cowboy fans, great news about practice to Well Collins and

995
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:52,359
Speaker 1: Tyrann Smith. The practice, Okay, these guys came out here

996
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,360
Speaker 1: and they ended up Dak Prescott ended up having a

997
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: good practice show. The starting left and right tackle making

998
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 1: their debuts at training camp here. That's a good thing

999
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: as they get ready to get close to that that

1000
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 1: opening days uh game against the Los Angeles Rams so

1001
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:12,720
Speaker 1: Far Stadium and Inglood, California on NBC Sunday Night Football.

1002
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:15,319
Speaker 1: So the offensive line is there, Joe Looney is going

1003
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:17,399
Speaker 1: to be You're starting center at this point in time,

1004
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: and left left guard Carter Williams will be there, right

1005
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: right guard Zach Martin. I mean, this is this is

1006
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 1: good stuff if you're a Cowboy fan about what you're

1007
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: seeing and what what happened today at practice is that

1008
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:32,640
Speaker 1: the gang was all back together it offered makes sense now,

1009
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,480
Speaker 1: Louis Goodness. Of course, of course T Smith wanted to

1010
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 1: go practice. It was his first time. Let nobody stop

1011
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,320
Speaker 1: her from doing that. It all makes sense. I feel you,

1012
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:43,800
Speaker 1: T Smith Man. You want to get out there and

1013
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 1: show show that you still healthy. Understand man, If it

1014
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: makes sense, Louis, I see where he was coming from. Yes, um,

1015
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 1: still I wanted to talk about on Sunday. On Sunday,

1016
00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,520
Speaker 1: I got to go out to practice, and and it's

1017
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 1: one of those challenges where they only allow one person

1018
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 1: per media outlet, so I've got to really split reps

1019
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:08,320
Speaker 1: with my folks who just really kind of hope that

1020
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:09,799
Speaker 1: I can just you know, one of them doesn't want

1021
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: to go one day and I get in. But I

1022
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 1: wanted to go see what the tight end situation looked

1023
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:16,680
Speaker 1: like here because we spent so much time talking about

1024
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: what they're gonna get out of Zeke Elliott and then

1025
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 1: the three wide receivers Michael Gallup, Mary Cooper and the

1026
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: rookie Ceedee Lamb said, so what about the tight ends,

1027
00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin, I want to make sure I preference this right.

1028
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:38,320
Speaker 1: He has Travis Kelsey like ability. I'm not saying he is,

1029
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 1: but what do you seem in the Chiefs and how

1030
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 1: they have him going down the middle and he's a mismatch.

1031
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,600
Speaker 1: I'm seeing that out of Blake Jarwin should excite Cowboy fans.

1032
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz was a guy I was skeptical on and

1033
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,080
Speaker 1: when I saw him at training camp, I said, Okay,

1034
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:51,759
Speaker 1: you know, I could see this guy being a number

1035
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:55,800
Speaker 1: two tight end. And then I'm looking at Sean mckinn

1036
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 1: out of Michigan who can block. They need to have

1037
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 1: a tight end who can block. Bell will probably make

1038
00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: the team because they signed him, but I'm thinking a

1039
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: guy like Sean mckin could be a fourth tight end

1040
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,840
Speaker 1: they keep. And I think they may not have a

1041
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,680
Speaker 1: fullback on this roster, and when they decide to go

1042
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: in an eye back field that they'll put a guy

1043
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 1: like Sean mckin who blocked at Michigan playing for Jim Harbor.

1044
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,440
Speaker 1: I could see him being that fullback and being that

1045
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:20,719
Speaker 1: guy that they kind of have in two spots. There,

1046
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 1: give me your thoughts on the tight end position. Go ahead, Danny. Yeah,

1047
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,800
Speaker 1: you know, the jury is out on Blake Jarwin. Like

1048
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,759
Speaker 1: I said last year, I still think that he was

1049
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,160
Speaker 1: he was held back just because he was playing behind

1050
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 1: with and I think he does have the ability to

1051
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 1: be one of those great tight ends, but that's only

1052
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: from a small Sampha size, So we have to see

1053
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,239
Speaker 1: if the coaches staff really puts him in the in

1054
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:47,800
Speaker 1: the position to make those plays like the Kilos and

1055
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: the Kelsey's of the world. I hope to see that.

1056
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:55,120
Speaker 1: I'm not sure about the fullback position, you know, I

1057
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,799
Speaker 1: really did McCarthy have a fullback in Green Bay? Oh? Yeah,

1058
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: he had John Cooon. I mean he used the fullback

1059
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:10,120
Speaker 1: I meant for people. Yeah, So I'm not I'm not

1060
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,800
Speaker 1: as sure about us keeping that many tight ends over fullback.

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00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:15,280
Speaker 1: I think I see the fullback being a very important position,

1062
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,759
Speaker 1: you know, considering that we have seek one of the

1063
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:20,399
Speaker 1: best banks in the league who can really change the game,

1064
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,080
Speaker 1: So any help that we can get him coming out

1065
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 1: of the backfield would be much appreciated, I'm sure. So

1066
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:27,960
Speaker 1: I can see us still going with a fullback. But

1067
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,839
Speaker 1: I'm really high on Blake Jarwin. I think he can

1068
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: really make some big play, so my expectation for him

1069
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: it's really through the roof. For me, I see them

1070
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:42,480
Speaker 1: keeping three tight ends here. Um I'm extremely high on

1071
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,560
Speaker 1: Blake Jarwin. I've been streaming high on him since last year.

1072
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:47,960
Speaker 1: I felt like he could have broke out last year,

1073
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:49,840
Speaker 1: but you know, we all know that we had the

1074
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:51,640
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer went in front of him kind

1075
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:53,759
Speaker 1: of slowing them down. But um, this year, I think

1076
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:56,360
Speaker 1: he's he's prying for a breakout year. UM. I feel like,

1077
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,440
Speaker 1: you know, with all the coverage and all the eyes

1078
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: going towards Amark Hooper, m Ceedee Lamb, and Michael Gallop,

1079
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 1: that's gonna leave him with a lot of single man

1080
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:07,960
Speaker 1: and man coverage. And like you mentioned earlier, Nui, he's

1081
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,840
Speaker 1: a mismatched nightmare, Like he can outrun linebackers and he

1082
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: can out physical safety. So I think he'll have a

1083
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 1: great season coming up this year. I think he'll break out. Um.

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00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 1: I think they'll keep Dalton Schultz as that number two

1085
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 1: tight end. UM. I don't see him as being the

1086
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:23,840
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard to zach Ertz kind of deal with Blake Jarring.

1087
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:25,359
Speaker 1: But I feel like, you know, just he'll be an

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00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,520
Speaker 1: added depth piece and he'll be a piece that can

1089
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: you know, help you know, if it's a max protection

1090
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:31,959
Speaker 1: or something like that. But I don't see them keeping

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00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,080
Speaker 1: for but I do see them keeping the Bell Dozer

1092
00:54:34,239 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 1: and Big Blake Bell and he can, you know, get

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00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,960
Speaker 1: into that fullback role like you had mentioned about the

1094
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 1: kid from Michigan. So I seen them keeping those three.

1095
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,400
Speaker 1: But I'm extremely, extremely high on Blake Jarring. I think

1096
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 1: he'll have a breakout year for the Dallas Cowboys this year.

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00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: All right, remember the name Sha You picked him on

1098
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,920
Speaker 1: your fantasy draft team. Oh yeah, you saw what happened.

1099
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 1: You saw he's coming, He's coming out. Hey, look, man,

1100
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,520
Speaker 1: we know the last coaching the last the last coaching

1101
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:02,680
Speaker 1: staff hell back, Blake Jarman. We know that they're gonna

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00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:05,719
Speaker 1: free Blake this year. So that's all good there, This

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00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:10,279
Speaker 1: is true. Let me address something that maybe Cowboy fans

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00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:12,520
Speaker 1: haven't paid a lot of attention to. But I think

1105
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: it's just a big time move that happened, I should say,

1106
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,520
Speaker 1: injury thing to happen to the Philadelphia Eagles, and that's

1107
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:21,600
Speaker 1: their offensive lunt. They lost their left tackle, Audrey Dillard,

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00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:24,719
Speaker 1: and they've also lost their right guard, Brandon Brooks. These

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00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: guys are gonna miss the year. Dillard out with a

1110
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:30,440
Speaker 1: biceps injury here. So Jason Peters who was they had

1111
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,160
Speaker 1: him running at the guard position. Looks like they're gonna

1112
00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:35,360
Speaker 1: kick him back out to left tackle. He's dealt with

1113
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:37,440
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries, and if it's one thing we've

1114
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 1: seen the past few seasons, we know Carson, Carson Wentz

1115
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:43,720
Speaker 1: gets hurt and if you're out here with left tackle

1116
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 1: and guard issues, you're really now putting your quarterback in

1117
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:49,680
Speaker 1: a tough position. And they talked about Miles Sanders and

1118
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 1: using him more this year, getting him a lot of

1119
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:55,400
Speaker 1: run catching the football ode of the backfield. But I'm sorry, man,

1120
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:57,560
Speaker 1: if you can't block in this league, and you got

1121
00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: to face the Cowboys and their defensive ends right now,

1122
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,680
Speaker 1: the Eagles suffered a tough blow. And I don't know

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00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: if enough people are talking about that. With two injuries,

1124
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:11,320
Speaker 1: major injuries to their offensive line. Church, Yeah, those are huge,

1125
00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:13,919
Speaker 1: huge blows to the Eagles. I mean, like you said,

1126
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 1: they struggled last year versus in protection for Carson Wentz,

1127
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:19,799
Speaker 1: and we've seen if he gets hit too many times,

1128
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 1: he can go down for the injury. And like you said,

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00:56:22,719 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 1: they want to put Miles Sanders out of the backfield,

1130
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,080
Speaker 1: let them catch passes out of the backfield. But you

1131
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 1: can't do that if you're if you're offensive line is suspect,

1132
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: I mean you can't. You have to have that back

1133
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,400
Speaker 1: in there to help Max protect. So and all, I

1134
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: think these are two huge losses. And like you mentioned

1135
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:39,799
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys defensive line, I mean, they're gonna come

1136
00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:42,960
Speaker 1: hunting for Carson Wentz. That defensive line in Washington, with

1137
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:45,360
Speaker 1: the addition of Chase Young yet Ryan Carrigan out there,

1138
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna be hunting for Carson Wentz. So this isn't

1139
00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:51,440
Speaker 1: an easy division for a team with a weak offensive line.

1140
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:54,319
Speaker 1: And I think these are huge injuries. And you know, hey,

1141
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: good for the Cowboys for us, so hopefully we can

1142
00:56:56,239 --> 00:57:01,480
Speaker 1: get after Carson Wentz when we see them down the road. Yeah,

1143
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,560
Speaker 1: this is this is definitely huge. This is the worry

1144
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:06,480
Speaker 1: I have for us. And thank goodness that both our

1145
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:09,560
Speaker 1: love tackles came back. So they're in a position that

1146
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 1: I thought we were going to be in where we

1147
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:12,960
Speaker 1: were we were missing some of some of our keypieces

1148
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 1: on the offensive line. So good for us, horrible for them.

1149
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,320
Speaker 1: But this is another another case of those soft tissue

1150
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: injuries happening. Uh, you know with that time off and no, no,

1151
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 1: OTAs and no mini camping, no no real training camp

1152
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 1: and training. So you know, I still, like I said,

1153
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:30,360
Speaker 1: I still expect to see some more of these injuries happen,

1154
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:32,800
Speaker 1: but I'm glad that we're so far we've been able

1155
00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,640
Speaker 1: to avoid those those type of things, with the exception of, uh,

1156
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 1: you know the big guy Jerald McCoy. How about Xavier McKinney.

1157
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 1: Here's another players, Javon McKinney of the New York Giants

1158
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:46,320
Speaker 1: and safety from Alabama that that that you know what,

1159
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 1: we had conversations about the Cowboys possibly drafted him. Uh,

1160
00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: he's out. Grant Delpit, the outstanding safety from LSU, another

1161
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,520
Speaker 1: player that the Cowboys. He's out for there. But right now,

1162
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:02,480
Speaker 1: says Xavier McKinney, suffered a fractured left foot, So McKinney's

1163
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:04,600
Speaker 1: going to be out there, saying maybe two to three

1164
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 1: months and then maybe they can bring him back here.

1165
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 1: But this is this is uh, this is bad news

1166
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: for the Giants because we know that they're that's a

1167
00:58:12,120 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: that was a suspect defensive backfield anyway. And if you're

1168
00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:18,880
Speaker 1: talking about the Cowboys with the ability to have Blake

1169
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:22,360
Speaker 1: Jarwin out on the football fields, those three wide receivers. Um,

1170
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:25,200
Speaker 1: whoof you know that that that's uh, that's bad man,

1171
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:27,080
Speaker 1: That is bad for for for the g men. So

1172
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 1: injuries across this league. If you're a Cowboy fan, you

1173
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:31,960
Speaker 1: know you really had to start paying attention to what

1174
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: else is going around the league. And that's what we

1175
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: try to bring you here on the Players Lounge about

1176
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,440
Speaker 1: things to pay attention to because it matters. By the way,

1177
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:42,080
Speaker 1: second round safety Grant delp It toward his achilles and

1178
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 1: three days ago, so delp It was slated to start

1179
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: at safety for the Browns, So that's not going to

1180
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: happen for him at all. That's him and Greedy Williams

1181
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 1: got got injured on the same day. But I think

1182
00:58:56,840 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 1: Greedy Greedy Williams to be back and delp It's out

1183
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 1: of the season. So it was a tough Sunday for

1184
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:05,880
Speaker 1: the LSU LSU NFL players, man, But shout out to

1185
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: him and wishing must be the recovery. And same for

1186
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 1: Greedy Williams. Yeah, you hate to see that happen, especially

1187
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 1: in his rookie season for him to have such a

1188
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,800
Speaker 1: huge injury as an achilles. You know, he's young and

1189
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:18,560
Speaker 1: hopefully he'll be able to fight back from this. I

1190
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:21,120
Speaker 1: was able to do that as well, so hopefully he'll

1191
00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:22,920
Speaker 1: be able to be back next year and better than ever.

1192
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 1: All right. September thirteenth, Rams Cowboys Sunday Night Football. Last

1193
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: question before we get out of here, and I'll start

1194
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:36,680
Speaker 1: with you, mccraig, must win, yes or no? Listen for

1195
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,200
Speaker 1: all the message you thought about McCarthy, Yes, this is

1196
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:42,120
Speaker 1: this is a must win, all right, listen, you know

1197
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 1: what you know. Let me not take it that far.

1198
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 1: This is a must perform, perform up to standard. Right,

1199
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:49,520
Speaker 1: So if it's a close game, fine, If you go

1200
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: out here and you look like total garbage, yeah, the

1201
00:59:53,480 --> 00:59:55,840
Speaker 1: perception of what's going on in Dallas is going to

1202
00:59:55,880 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 1: be really, really bad, especially if those New York Football

1203
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:01,600
Speaker 1: giants go out there and just blow out whoever they playing.

1204
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:04,120
Speaker 1: You know you're gonna hear from me, real, real loud

1205
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:09,480
Speaker 1: Louis for me, without a question, this is a must win.

1206
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:11,480
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a Rams team that came down

1207
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:14,040
Speaker 1: to the Jerry World last year and got demolished. And

1208
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:17,560
Speaker 1: this team lost Todd Gurley, they lost Brandon Cooks. They

1209
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:20,440
Speaker 1: had a suspect offensive line to begin with. And so

1210
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,040
Speaker 1: I mean the receivers out there, they're pretty good. They

1211
01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 1: got Robert Woods and Cook the Cup. But there's no

1212
01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:27,040
Speaker 1: one out there that can just blow the top off

1213
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 1: off of your secondary. So if we went out there

1214
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:31,040
Speaker 1: and blew them out last year and then to come

1215
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:33,600
Speaker 1: into this season and take an l to the Rams, who,

1216
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:36,240
Speaker 1: like I mentioned, they lost those players, I think it'll

1217
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:37,880
Speaker 1: be It's not a do or die, but I think

1218
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 1: it'll be an extreme confidence deflator if we went out

1219
01:00:41,840 --> 01:00:46,040
Speaker 1: there and lost that team. I look at the Rams

1220
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 1: and I look at the Cowboys, and just roster wise,

1221
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have more talent. The Cowboys have more talent,

1222
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: and now they've got better coaching with Mike Nolan's defensive

1223
01:00:55,800 --> 01:01:01,760
Speaker 1: coordinator and Mike McCarthy's coach. This is a game on

1224
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:05,720
Speaker 1: Sunday Night football. And go ahead and make me look good. Okay,

1225
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,200
Speaker 1: I want to look good as I'm sitting here saying,

1226
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:12,960
Speaker 1: go ahead and handle handle handle your business. Handle your business.

1227
01:01:13,080 --> 01:01:15,680
Speaker 1: So now he stop stop postponing this bet, bro, So

1228
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:18,080
Speaker 1: listen next week when you come on the show, we

1229
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:20,680
Speaker 1: should start off with what what what bets you want

1230
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 1: to make? So we can go to two sisters Okay, okay,

1231
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:26,200
Speaker 1: we'll do that. We'll do that, and that's the way

1232
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:28,720
Speaker 1: we're gonna end the show today. Danny trying to figure

1233
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 1: out how he can extract more payments from me in bets.

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01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:39,400
Speaker 1: He's Danny mccraig. That's Barry Church. I'm new he scricts.

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01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:50,800
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