1 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot 3 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 4 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves, 5 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: and Nicky Spagnola. And here it is. It's a fabulous 6 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: Football Friday edition of Mick Shots Cowboys and the Minnesota 7 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: Vikings on Sunday afternoon as the Cowboys hit the road. 8 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: And we're here to prepare you all for at Bill 9 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: Jones along with Everson Walls and Mickey Spagnola inside the 10 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: SWBC Mortgage studios at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco. 11 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: And how are we doing on this very fine football Friday? 12 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: Let's start with you ever soon. How are you doing? 13 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: I am doing just fine. I'm glad we're in this 14 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: wonderful weather. Anytime you think of the Vikings, you always 15 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: think of old Minneapolis. What is it? Was it metro Stadium, Metropolitans, 16 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 1: Metropolitan Stadium, Connesota outdoors. They didn't have turf, It was grass. 17 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: Could you imagine in December what that grass would have 18 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, the frozen dirt would have felt like playing 19 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: against the Minnesota Vikings. That's right, is that, of course 20 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: the Metro Dome, And now they've got a sparkling, relatively 21 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: new stadium up there, which Mickey, Mickey Spagnola, you've been 22 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: in all of the stadiums that they've played Vikings games, right, 23 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: I don't think so? Why not? I wasn't there when 24 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: they had the benches on the same side of the field. 25 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: Oh okay, that's old school stuff. Did you play in it? 26 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: I don't believe coach allowed them to wear gloves. Wait 27 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: did he let him wear gloves? You remember? He was 28 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: he was you know, Buck was was kind of crazy. 29 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: He wouldn't they They couldn't wear gloves in the game, 30 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: no matter how cold it was. And I think practice 31 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: had the same rules. So it was pretty tough playing 32 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: for the Vikings back then. You had to be a 33 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: man's man, mind over matter. Yeah. But were they in 34 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: the dome by time you got there? Yeah? Thank god, 35 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Yes they were. The do I probably would have played. 36 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: I probably would have been injured for like the first 37 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: time in my career if I would have had to 38 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: go up to playing that old Metro Dome. Frozen dirt, 39 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: that's frozen tundra. Forget Green Bay frozen tundra is Minnesota many. 40 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: This is very much though not the Hail Mary was 41 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: at the Metropolitan Stadium. It was out. Hail Mary was 42 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: on my sixteenth birthday, which I always I never failed 43 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: to point out. So I have been a part of 44 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: cowboy lore even when I was my voice was still changing. 45 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: All right, I'm looking up about the old met and 46 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: it was I was old enough to watch games on 47 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: television from there with Ray Scott calling the games. Yes, absolutely, 48 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: my favorite guy. Yep. They broke ground in nineteen fifty 49 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: five on Metropolitan Stadium. It opened in nineteen fifty six. 50 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: It closed December twentieth, nineteen eighty one. So ever since 51 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: you really did just miss Thank goodness, we didn't have 52 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: to play that division my rookie. I think the coldest 53 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: game my rookie year could have been in Indianapolis. I 54 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: know it was a really ugly game in Indianapolis. Curtis Dickey, 55 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: Texas say and then running back was the starting running 56 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: back for the Baltimore Coats. I'm sorry at that time, 57 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: and we ended up playing in New Jersey last game 58 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: of the season. We did not need that game. The 59 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: Giants needed that game to make the playoffs. It was 60 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: the last game of the season and we couldn't wait 61 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: to get the heck out of there. I think it 62 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: was the wind chill had to be around twenty something 63 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: beautiful day, snow was all on the sideline, no precipitation, 64 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: but it was about twenty degrees wind chill, and we 65 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: went into overtime. Come on, what is going on here? 66 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: We didn't even need the game and we went into overtime. 67 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: That was the worst. I'm not gonna lie. I could 68 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: care Le's who won the game, but the Giants did 69 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: win in overtime, and they ended up playing San Francisco 70 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: I believe uh in that first round Soil, What did 71 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,799 Speaker 1: you mentioned? Where did the Vikings play? You go ahead, Mickey, 72 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: Where did the Vikings play before they went into Metropolitan Stadium? 73 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: Or who was playing in there when they opened it? 74 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: You said fifty six fifty six. Well, I gotta go 75 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: back now, you probably had it. I did, and I 76 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: moved on. I moved on to Curtis Dickey. Curtis Dickey 77 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: because it's funny you mentioned Curtis Dickey. I almost mentioned 78 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: him the other day when you were talking about Herky 79 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: and being a sprinter. You know, Curtis. Curtis Dickey was 80 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: a great sprinter. And uh and in fact, I would 81 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: have wouldn't be surprised if Herky Walls and Curtis Dickey 82 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: matched up together in high school. It was like this, 83 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: Herkey was down here running and Curtis was way up here. Yeah. 84 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: I remember rutching David and Goliath compete for the hundred 85 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: hundred at that time, one hundred of your dad. I 86 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: remember going to the regional track made at Foutsfield in 87 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: Denton and watching Curtis Dickey run, and Herkey might have 88 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: been in that same race. I'm pretty sure he was 89 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: all right to answer your question, Mickey on Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota. 90 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: The Minneapolis Miller's minor league baseball team played at the 91 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: met starting in nineteen fifty six to nineteen sixty. The 92 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: Twins moved from Washington. The Senators moved from Washington to 93 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: Minnesota to become the Twins, and then they got there 94 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: another franchise which became the Rangers after that. So the 95 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: Twins played there starting in nineteen sixty one, and the 96 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: Vikings also started in nineteen sixty one because they were 97 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: the second So there you go. They were the second 98 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: expansion team. The Cowboys were the first, and they came 99 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: the next year and they gave Minnesota the franchise early 100 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: enough for them to participate in that six one draft 101 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: that was in December of nineteen sixty. So they got 102 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: the first pick where the Cowboys got No. Who was that? Bill? Oh? 103 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: You know what? I just looked at that yesterday and 104 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: now I forgot, um, what was that? What was the 105 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: Vikings had the first pick in the sixty one draft 106 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: and he wanted to know who it was. Who was that? Yeah? 107 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: And the Cowboys had traded away Maybe I don't know 108 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: the Cowboys had traded away, they would have had the 109 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: Cowboys would have had the second pick, but they traded 110 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: it away the year before to get Eddie LeBaron from 111 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: the Redskins to play quarterback because they didn't have Meredith 112 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: just yet. So they ended up with the thirteenth pick 113 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: in that sixty one draft because they traded their first 114 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: round pick in sixty two to Cleveland to get their 115 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: first round pick in sixty one, and it ended up 116 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: being Bob lily Wow with the thirteenth pick. Bob thirteenth pick, 117 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: thirteenth pick. And by the way, the Vikings with the 118 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: number one pick, selected a half back from Tulane University, 119 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: Tommy Mason. He played with him. Thank you Cowboys, gil Brant. 120 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: Gil Brant won that draft with the thirteenth pick with 121 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: Bob Lily. But I think I looked it up, Bill, 122 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: and there was four four Hall of famers in that draft. 123 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: If I remember correctly, it was Ditka. Mike Ditka was 124 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: the fifth pick to Chicago Jimmy Johnson, not the former 125 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: Cowboy head coach, Jimmy Johnson, San Francisco, that's right, and 126 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: a sixth fith to San Francisco. Herb atterly went twelfth 127 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: to Green Bay, Bob Lily thirteenth to Dallas. So there 128 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: was I just rattled off four Ditka, Jimmy Johnson, Herbatterly, 129 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: Bob Lily, uh and fran Tarkington went in the third round. 130 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: So the Vikings waited to the third round to take 131 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: one of the greatest players of all time in their history, 132 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: might be the greatest. And I don't see another one, 133 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: and then I think, there you go. And there was 134 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks in the first round? Was it Norm Sneed 135 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: and Billy Kilmer? All right? Going back to the first 136 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: round of the nineteen sixty one draft. Everything that you 137 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: would want to know about the nineteen sixty norm Sneed 138 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: was the number two pick. The number two pick was 139 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: norm Sneed to Washington. Okay, I pick acquired from the Cowboys, okay. 140 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: And the next quarterback taken was Billy Kilbert to San 141 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: Francisco at number eleven. Very good. So there you go, 142 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: and now you know the rust you start to be 143 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: a jerk. Bill. No, I did not play against Billy Kilmer. Okay. 144 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: My feelings are still hurt from that comment. There you go, 145 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: all right, Mickey, Yes, Jerry talked this morning. He did. 146 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 1: You want to go straight to Jerry. You want to 147 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: talk about who's on the well, there's no there's a 148 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: walk through today. You want to update, Uh, Marcus Lawrence? 149 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: Is it sounds like lady Gregory's back? Go ahead. Gregory 150 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: was back in the building today. He had missed the 151 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: two days of practice with an illness, but he was 152 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: back in the building, so he's good to go to. 153 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: Marcus Lawrence is not here, but Mike McCarthy said everything 154 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: was pointing towards him being able to play on Sunday. 155 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: So I think what happened, and McCarthy kind of got 156 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: into it a little bit later in his conference call. 157 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: Is any think about this. If I sneeze and you're 158 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: in the room, you're running out right because we're so 159 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: worried about COVID, Right, I can't have like an allergy 160 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: or just you know, I smelled some black pepper or 161 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 1: something and I sneezed. It's like, oh no, so when 162 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: you have when they say illness, now you could have 163 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: a sore throat or you can have a runny nose 164 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: or whatever, and it could be an allergy. But they're going, oh, now, 165 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: with COVID, you stay home until we you know, you 166 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: pass a couple of tests. So I think that might 167 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: be what happened with those guys, just because you know, 168 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: everybody's such on alert. But it sounded like both should 169 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: be able to play. And the other thing that I 170 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: thought it was encouraging. On the report, I was trying 171 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: to you know, how you on zoom, you gotta kind 172 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: of when you're when you're muted, you got to get 173 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: your hand in the air, your your virtual hand to 174 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: ask a question. And I was in the midst of 175 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: trying to get Scott's attention to let me ask a question, 176 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: and then I got beat to the punch. But it 177 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: got asked about Brandon Knight how we looked this week, 178 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: and uh, Mike said, he looked, he looked good and 179 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: that he liked the way he moved around, but he 180 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: wasn't willing to go the next step. So if he's 181 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: good enough to play, would he go in at right tackle? 182 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: And he said, we haven't got into that. That's down 183 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: the line. Obviously he wasn't gonna say, but at least 184 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: it got asked that, you know, the possibility if he's 185 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: ready to go, is he a better tackle than Terrence Steel? 186 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: And we talked about that yesterday, So we'll see where 187 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: that goes. But at least they like the progress he made. 188 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: You know, I have to ask the question because this 189 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: is such a unique situation in regards to send the 190 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: people home when you have a game to play, you know, 191 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: in the number of days from the moment that you're 192 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: sent home. So you go home and you're isolated, I 193 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: guess self, isolation. I mean, what do you do? Do 194 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: they continue to work out? Right? Do they I'm getting 195 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: ready for a game next week even though I'm at 196 00:12:55,600 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: home and they've I've been emancipated even though they've done that. 197 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: You know, once you get home, do they make you rest? Um? 198 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: What is the what is the order of the day 199 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: from the cowboy doctors? Do I go home and get 200 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: on the treadmill? You know? Do I go left? Can 201 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: I still do that? What? What? What's the protocol for 202 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: a player that's in that situation? You know, I'm not sure, 203 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 1: but you know. In Andy Dalton's interview yesterday, he talked 204 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: about how, you know, when he when he was starting 205 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: to feel better from the concussion protocol and he was 206 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: at home, he had started to kind of work out 207 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: and do some things from home. Uh, and then all 208 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: of a sudden, when he thought he was ready to 209 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: come back in the building, the COVID nineteen hit. And 210 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: then he had to go through that protocol. And it 211 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: was pretty interesting talking about how it wasn't just him, 212 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: but his wife came down tested positive, one of his 213 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: sons tested positive. So he's they got a house full 214 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: of positive tests and and and he said, and that's 215 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: when I had Yeah, you can't take that stuff for granted. 216 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: And we just talk about positive tests like I just 217 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: got a fever. You know, that's it can go from 218 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: being very benign to something extremely dangerous. He said that 219 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: first day had hit him pretty hard, so he had 220 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: to back off, and then you know, he talked about 221 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: I was surprised. He talked openly about how he lost 222 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: his sense of smell and sense of taste, and that 223 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: the taste still hasn't come back, so he said, he said, 224 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: he said, I think he put it this way. I 225 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: might as well eat healthy because I can't taste it. 226 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: So there's no benefit to have something spicy because I 227 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: can't taste it. Plant based food, yeah, I can see 228 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: him him the plant based burger now, yeah, yeah, yeah, 229 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: this is the time his wife is gonna slide him 230 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: that stuff that he needs to be eating as he 231 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: as he gets to meet me. And Bill's age, he's 232 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: only thirty three. He turned thirty three the last weekend 233 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: or the last weekend October. But I'm sure those guys 234 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: they have they have equipment at home that they can use, 235 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: just like everybody. You know. If I'm a Dalton, I'm 236 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: pretty sure he's got a great workout room at home, 237 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: and I would be trying to get off in there, 238 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: stay in shape so that when I come back I'm 239 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: ready to go, you know. But but you know, if 240 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: you're feeling like he was feeling if if if COVID 241 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: hits you like that totally different deal as opposed to 242 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: being contact in contact with someone who had it versus 243 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: someone versus you testing positive for it. Two big differences there. Yeah, 244 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: and he looks like ready to go, Bill Uh. It 245 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: looks like he's practiced well. Uh. And Tyrone Crawford should 246 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: be ready to go to his was contact tracing that 247 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: kept him at home. So from a from a health 248 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: standpoint other than Trayvon digs Um, you know they're they're 249 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: in pretty good shape right now. Yeah, what about the Vikings? 250 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: What about the Vikings? You saw Huku popped up on 251 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: their injury report yesterday as a COVID reserve guy. I 252 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: did not, Did you see that? Now? C J Hamm 253 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: the fullback? No, CJ. Yes. We talked about throughout this 254 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: week about how they used the fullback and so forth. Well, 255 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: yesterday c J. Ham popped up on their report as 256 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: a COVID UH positive, as a co COVID reserve guy, 257 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: not not saying he's tested positive. Well, you see that 258 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: because on the on the Wednesday injury report he did 259 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: not practice and it said not injury related. So again 260 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: there you know what happens when Okay, you're around somebody, 261 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: it's like, okay, stay home, don't practice with us. Hey didn't, 262 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: didn't the center didn't, They didn't their office. The center 263 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: have an issue as well, Um Bradberry, their center had 264 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: an injury. Yeah, but he was limited. He was limited 265 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: in practice. It's Ezra Cleeve London did not participate yesterday 266 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: and starting offensive guard right, so I would think that 267 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: Drew Samil would start for him instead. Uh see, how 268 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: a center, that's a that's an an essential position. I 269 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: was watching the game last night. I don't know how 270 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: many false starts, uh that the Arizona that Arizona NA. Yeah, 271 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 1: I mean this this guy was. They didn't even have 272 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: a crowd there and the twelfth man was still prevalently 273 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: in that ball game. I mean, they had so many 274 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: false starts it was ridiculous. And I think it was 275 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: all related to the fact that they had to replacement center. 276 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: So you know, that's that's something that could you know, 277 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: if I'm if I'm the Cowboys, I'm gonna try to 278 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: take advantage that. If this guy's kind of injured and 279 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: then you have no full back. That kind of changes 280 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: the game playing a little bit. Maybe not the game plan, 281 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: but my train of thought and how I'm going to 282 00:17:54,960 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: attack this offense. And uh, I'm looking at some updated 283 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: reports on the on the Vikings. The Vikings have ruled 284 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: Ezra Cleveland out of Sunday's game now and Brett Jones 285 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: will actually replace him, and U and Zimmer Mike Zimmer 286 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: says that fullback Steve j Ham, placed Thursday on the 287 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen reserve list, could play Sunday. So that tells 288 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: you he did not test positive. He was one of 289 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: those contact tracing ones. And uh yeah, so they got 290 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: to figure that out by something on their depth chart. 291 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: They don't have a backup fullback listed, right, and he 292 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: had thirty five snaps last week and their most recent win. 293 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: So and we've talked about how much they use that, Helmut, 294 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: how much they use the fullback, much more than any 295 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: other team in the league. Really, yeah, all right, we 296 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: got some We got Jerry talking about a variety of 297 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: things that we are going to come back with in 298 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: just a moment here on Mick Shots. 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Yeah, that will 337 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: do that. You know, I gotta I gotta a deal 338 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: from the University of Missouri. Uh, they were they were 339 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: gonna do some of the virtual for a fundraiser. Right, 340 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: you needed to pay I don't know, twenty bucks, thirty 341 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: bucks and send your picture with some Missouri gear on 342 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: and they would make one of those uh fake fans 343 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: in the stands with your face on it. I forgot 344 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 1: to do it. I was gonna do. Have you done that? No, 345 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: I forgot When you just says it costs I think 346 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: like twenty or thirty dollars. That would be cool if 347 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: you know, you might have got on TV, but they 348 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: got fans in the stands. What would be cool is 349 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: you get all of the you get some of the 350 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 1: major stars, actors and actresses and other and man like 351 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 1: they had in the championship game in the NBA. It'd 352 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: be nice if we could see, you know, Lebron watching 353 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: his favorite team, the Cowboys play. You know, it's a 354 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: lot of it's a lot of major fans out there 355 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: that are Cowboy fans, I mean, very notable fans out there, 356 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: so they'd be right to see a couple of them 357 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: show up. That'd be cool. Yeah, all right, Mickey, you 358 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: took a listen to Jerry this morning as a regular 359 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 1: Friday morning spot on the fan, and some interesting comments 360 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: came out of that this morning. Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, 361 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: they were talking to him about the division race, and 362 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 1: they kind of laid out a scenario that if the 363 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: Cowboys can sweep all three of the remaining NFC East 364 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: games and then win one more game to get the 365 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: six wins, they would have a good chance of winning 366 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 1: the division. And they wanted to know what Jerry had 367 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: to think about this at this point when so many 368 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: people are talking about, you know, not trying to win, 369 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: get a get a better draft choice, and you know, 370 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: he went out. He started off by saying, you know, 371 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: I've seen so much in my time, and he basically 372 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 1: his point was that if you can get going, you 373 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: can do a lot of damage with seven games left. 374 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: And I thought it was very interesting on how he 375 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: kind of explained himself and basically pointed out, this is 376 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: no time to be tanking, but to pass. To get 377 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: there were daunting but if we get there, we can 378 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: get there with a team that might be capable of 379 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: doing more than we're giving credit for. A right today, 380 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: I know that there's there's just no way. We hear 381 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: about preparing for next year, we hear about doing some 382 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: things like that, there's no way I can go there 383 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: at this time. I'm interested in what we're going to 384 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: do up here against Minnesota, if we do some good 385 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: things on the field and take advantage of some things 386 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: we're talking about right here, and I'm not going to 387 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: be ready to talk next year for a long time. 388 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: And you know, and one of the things when he 389 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: said about preparing for Minnesota, and he also basically pointed 390 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,239 Speaker 1: out that, you know, he knows that hasn't showed up 391 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: in wins, but he sees the team improving. And he said, 392 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: and he said, you naturally, with the amount of young 393 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: guys we're playing, you would improve. The more reps you 394 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: get in practice, the more snaps you get in games, 395 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: getting vander esh back on the field, and he said, 396 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: he said, I don't in any way give us a 397 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: handicap going into that game. He thinks that they can 398 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: go up there and play a side holid team and 399 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: play well enough to win. So we'll see. And you know, 400 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: Jerry's always very optimistic, but yeah, he basically pointed out, 401 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: don't come in here with this tanking stuff. You know, 402 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: we still got a long ways to go, only one 403 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: win behind the team it's leading the division. I kind 404 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: of like it. You can kind of tell when when 405 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: Jerry um it has a little more false bravado versus 406 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: when he's really focused. Right, And to me that sounded 407 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,239 Speaker 1: like a very focused interview to where this is not 408 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: where our mindset is and we don't even want to 409 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: think about that now. The key point is he said 410 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: at this point, he said what I'm thinking about. So 411 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: that's good. That's good to hear because he shouldn't be. 412 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: You know, when you're talking about the businessman running a 413 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: football team, I would I wouldn't necessarily run a team 414 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: as a business. But when you start looking you can 415 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: get personnel and how you can improve your team. To me, 416 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: that is business when you start looking at personnel alone. 417 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: And so when you start doing your quality control as 418 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: far as what your team is doing, you can see 419 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: a little hope here, a little hope there. The way 420 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: you pointed out spags and you go over a certain 421 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: critical punch in the ball game, and we talked about, okay, 422 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: if we could have done this better, then the outcome 423 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: would be a little smoother. If we could have moved 424 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: forward at this point, then the outcome would have been better, 425 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: been more positive. That's the only way you can look 426 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: at the team quality control, see where you made your mistakes, 427 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: and say, look, okay, if we're gonna turn this around, 428 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: these things have to change instead of this being a 429 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: negative at this point, we're gonna have to change this situation. 430 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: Whether it's a third down situation or whether you're talking 431 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: offensively improving your running game, whatever, whatever segment of your 432 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: team you want to improve, it has to be really 433 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: isolated on and you have to really hone in on that. 434 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: And I like the fact that that's what the Cowboys 435 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: are doing because that's what we do on the show. 436 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: We take a particular incident in a ball game and say, 437 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: if this would have been done better, the outcome would 438 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: have been different, or at least has a chance to 439 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: be different. And that's all Jerry's doing. He's being optimistic 440 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: about where he sees we can improve. And these are 441 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: not far fetched optimistic sites that he has on the team. 442 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: This is something that is very doable. And he feels 443 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: that that's why you had that sense of defiance in 444 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: that interview that he had. Yeah, and he kind of 445 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: started it off. And I don't know if we heard 446 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: it all from the beginning, but he said, if you 447 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: can get on the right path, and then his point 448 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: was the path right now is dawning. But the other thing, 449 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: since you mentioned the running game, uh, they you know, 450 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: they kind of came at him with Zeke, are you 451 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: disappointed that he hasn't done this, this or this? Uh? Andy, 452 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: And he started off saying, I think we're selling him short. Uh. 453 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: He said, Uh. He said, it's it's it's early early 454 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: when we could see there was some problems with our offense. 455 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't just him, you know, the offensive line, Uh, 456 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 1: you know, the turnovers. But I think he caught the 457 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: guys by surprise. Uh. And it's a quick cut here, 458 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: but I think he caught him by surprise when he 459 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: said this about Zeke. He's our best football player. He's 460 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: our best one. And having said that, we just got 461 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: to have more chances to expose him to the defense. 462 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: And we're going to do that. So how about that. Now, 463 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,959 Speaker 1: I'm assuming he met the best player on the field 464 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: right now. I don't think he was. I don't want 465 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: anybody to say, oh, he's taking a shot at dak right, 466 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: but his point wash, you know, and I guess we 467 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: could argue you want to, you want to argue for 468 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: Zach Martin, But other than that, I don't know where 469 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: else you would go on that discussion. Well, to me, 470 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: if i'm if, I'm Zeke, and i'm i'm I'm accustomed 471 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: to three all pros and a very solid offensive line. 472 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: But then all of a sudden, I look in the 473 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: hovel and it's me, Mickey Spagnola and Bill Jones sitting there. 474 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: You know, I'm sorry, my chances of success are gonna 475 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: be dwindled greatly. So to just dismiss the fact that 476 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: he's gone through so much in regards to a different 477 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: personnel on the offensive line, you can't ignore that. I mean, 478 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: come on, let's let's just be real about it. Any 479 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: good running any good running back in history has always 480 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: had a formidable offensive line, and right now Zeke does 481 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: not have that. It's just it's no no knock on 482 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: the guys of the plane, no knock at all. But 483 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: they don't have the experience, all the expertise of what 484 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: from what Zeke is used to running behind. Yeah, and 485 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: you know what, and it's funny how excuses are made 486 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: for the quarterback when the offensive line is not performing 487 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: the way it should be. But then it's like, well 488 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: we should just rely on the running game. Well, if 489 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: they can't bass block, does that assume that they can 490 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: run block a lot better? And probably not. They are 491 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: who they are, it's not it's not their fault. Are 492 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: who they are. That's right there. I mean, And so 493 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: that affects the running game too, when you have guys 494 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: missing blocks and you've got new tight ends out there 495 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: that you know have not There have been times when 496 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: the tight ends have been the problem too, in both 497 00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: instances running pass blocking two. So I understand what Jerry 498 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: what Jerry was saying, but yeah, he was. He was 499 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: pretty interesting today. So if anybody has an opportunity to, 500 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: you know, listen to his fifteen minutes, it was it 501 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: was pretty good. Let me throw this out there because 502 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: I hear it from fans and and from media too. 503 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: I was just on a radio show earlier today and 504 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,959 Speaker 1: they're asking me, why not more snaps for Tony Pollard, 505 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: Give more carries to Tony Pollard. If Tony Pollard had 506 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: let's reverse it, and let's say Tony Pollard got Ezekiel 507 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: Elliott snaps in the game and Zeke got Tony Pollard's 508 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: carries in a game, what would Tony Pollard's yards per 509 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: rushing attempt be. He's at four point four yards per 510 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: attempt right now on the season, he's at uh, where 511 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: is he? He's forty seven carries for two hundred and 512 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: six yards, while Zeke is at three point eight yards 513 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:06,239 Speaker 1: per carry and Zeke hast one hundred and fifty one 514 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty carries for five hundred and seventy two yards. Whatever. 515 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: There's my point is there's a difference in the type 516 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: carries that Zeke is getting compared to Pollard, right exactly, 517 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,959 Speaker 1: because they're not putting Pollard in there on third and 518 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: three or third and two and handing them the ball. Uh, 519 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: he's not getting it on fourth and one when you 520 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: just need one right tone, Yeah, yeah, exactly, And you 521 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: know what, and he has the benefit of that change 522 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: of pace, right they're used to. You get the defense 523 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: kind of sitting in there tough and against a guy 524 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: like Zeke, you kind of know where he's coming from. 525 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, Pollard gets a pitch 526 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: out wide and it's like Oh, he's fast. You know 527 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,959 Speaker 1: you're used to Zeke pounding it in there. I just 528 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: don't think people give Zeke credit for the dirty yards 529 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: he has been getting this entire time. We talked about that. 530 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: I think we talked about it last week, that the 531 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: thunder and lightning that I enjoy watching Pollard is definitely 532 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: benefiting from the hard, tough yards that Zeke is getting. 533 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: And let's let's just be fair here. Pollard, to me, 534 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: would be a great starting running back for any other team. 535 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: Let's just be real about that. He's a great player, 536 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: very diverse in what he does. He punt return, kick return, 537 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: he does it all. He's very exciting. But to be 538 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: a starting running back, I don't know if he would 539 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: be able to do that here with the Cowboys on 540 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: a consistent basis. He's one of those guys I believe 541 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: would truly need a fullback. He would be like a 542 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: cook as far as I'm concerned, he would need that fullback. 543 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: To me, Zeke doesn't need that fullback. That's why he's 544 00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: always taking that first huge contact anytime he harries the ball, 545 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: because there's no one in front of him, and once 546 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: he gets to that hole, he's gonna meet somebody and 547 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be man on man and usually Zeke wins 548 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:13,359 Speaker 1: that battle. All right, picks to click or coming up 549 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: next to the Cowboys beat the Vikings on Sunday on 550 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: the non frozen tundra inside what do they call that 551 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: stadium up there? I knew you were gonna ask me. 552 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,839 Speaker 1: Hang on, all right, Nicky's gonna look that up. We're 553 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: coming back with that. We've been there. 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The Cowboys 592 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: will be back at home at a T and T 593 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: stadium talking about stadiums on Thanksgiving Day to take on 594 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:13,280 Speaker 1: the Washington football team. Tickets starting at eighty nine dollars 595 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: are on sale now, get yours today at Dallas Cowboys 596 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: dot com slash tickets. All right, our last segment here 597 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 1: of the wait, getting you set for the Cowboys and 598 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 1: the Vikings. And by the way, yesterday we were talking 599 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 1: about great players in Vikings history. I did a little 600 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: bit of research. Here are your Hall of Fame players 601 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings. Fran Tarkington, Alan Page, Paul Krausse, 602 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 1: Ron Yerry Mick Tingelhoff, Carla Eller, Chris Carter Randall, McDaniel, 603 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:53,239 Speaker 1: John Randall, Chris Dolman, and of course you got the 604 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: head coach, Bud Grant, GM Jim Finks, I did a 605 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: little talkback interview with a reporter for Minneapolis yesterday. He 606 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,320 Speaker 1: threw in Randy Moss and Adrian Peterson as great players 607 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,840 Speaker 1: in Vikings history. So you hear that list, And who's 608 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 1: the greatest player in Vikings history? Who's the greatest? Yeah? Yeah, Tarking. 609 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: You thought you thought Tarkington yesterday, didn't you? I mentioned 610 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: talking to him. But I'm gonna go with a defensive man. 611 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm going with Alan Page. I like Alan Page too, 612 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 1: I'm going with Alan Page. He was he was just 613 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 1: a straight up beast. I'm sorry. So my Mickey Desart, 614 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: my research came up with the six numbers they retired, 615 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: the six players numbers they retired, Okay, Fran Tarkington number ten, 616 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 1: Mick Tingelhoff fifty three, Jim Marshall's seventy, Corey Stringer seventy seven, 617 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: Chris Carter eighty and then Alan Page eighty eight. Those 618 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 1: are their retired numbers. Not Chop Foreman. I was surprised 619 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: by that. What's that? He said? No, Chuck Foreman, that 620 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 1: was the guy I mentioned yesterday. Chuck Foreman was awfully good. 621 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,240 Speaker 1: So there you go. We got two votes for Alan 622 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:16,800 Speaker 1: Page and Mickey, who you voting? Yeah, Alan Page for sure, Okay, 623 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: all right, I didn't realize he was the NFL MVP 624 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 1: one year, so that's what sold it for me. That's 625 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 1: crazy at that time, at that position. Yeah, I'm gonna 626 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:31,240 Speaker 1: have him. Yeah, that's a good purple people leaders. All right. Okay, 627 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: wait a second. Chris Beam, our producer, who were like, 628 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm looking at him on our WebEx feed and he's 629 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,440 Speaker 1: shaking his head. He didn't like our pinion, like alang 630 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: all right, Chris, who does he like? Adrian Peterson? We 631 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,879 Speaker 1: didn't even talk about him yesterday. His name didn't even 632 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 1: come up. What, no doubt give him credit on that one. 633 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: I do have to give him credit on that one. 634 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 1: So you're changing your vote from Alan Page Adrian Jameson 635 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: not changing my boat, but god, Adrian Peterson and the 636 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: Texas kid too. No that that gives him an Oklahoma 637 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:13,800 Speaker 1: sooner at that and still that's that's my honorable mention. Sorry, 638 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: but I can't get out. I can't give him a 639 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: bow and paced there you go. All right, So let's 640 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,800 Speaker 1: talk about the current vikings. And by the way, they've 641 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,759 Speaker 1: got a player on injured reserve this year who I 642 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 1: think is eventually going to be in their Ring of Honor, 643 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,839 Speaker 1: and that is their defensive end to Neil Hunter. As 644 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,160 Speaker 1: long as he comes back from this injury. I think 645 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: he is that good. But he's not playing on Sunday. 646 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:43,279 Speaker 1: What's this history, Well, in his first five years, five 647 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,839 Speaker 1: years in the league from what school, LSU? In fact, 648 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: he's the guy. He's the guy I thought the Cowboys 649 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,880 Speaker 1: should have drafted in twenty What year did Randy Gregory 650 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,640 Speaker 1: come out? He lasted to the third round twenty. He 651 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,839 Speaker 1: only had like three sets, he only had like three 652 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,479 Speaker 1: sacks in college at LSU, but he was twenty years 653 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,600 Speaker 1: old coming out. I was so enamored with him coming 654 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: into the draft that year. I said, Cowboys need to 655 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: take this guy in the first round. But he was 656 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,440 Speaker 1: a late bloomers type and so Mary Nelly didn't like him. 657 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:21,000 Speaker 1: They wanted someone who can produce immediately, you know, and 658 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,920 Speaker 1: so they took Randy Gregory in the second round. But anyway, 659 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,120 Speaker 1: he's got over fifty sacks his first five years in 660 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,480 Speaker 1: the league and he's only twenty five, twenty six years old. 661 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: I mean, he's going to play another ten years. Assuming 662 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 1: this injury and debilitating anyway, all right, so this Vikings team, 663 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,319 Speaker 1: let's start with you ever send your thoughts on a 664 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,319 Speaker 1: pick to click and a winner on Sunday? Who do 665 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,000 Speaker 1: you got? Well my pick to click? First, I have 666 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: to set up the situation the Cowboys in order to 667 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: be successful, they're gonna have to play first down very well. 668 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: We know it's gonna be running. They may come out 669 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: with some tricks, would play action early on, but when 670 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:06,799 Speaker 1: the game as it progresses, Minnesota is going to try 671 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: and gass you on first down with Delvin Cook. In 672 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 1: order for us to be successful, we have to stop that. 673 00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,839 Speaker 1: And we're gonna have to stop that with our linebackers. 674 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,080 Speaker 1: So as much as we talk about a pick to click, 675 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,239 Speaker 1: I got three picks to click, and I'm looking at 676 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:32,319 Speaker 1: our entire linebacker squad, Jalen, Sean Lee, and Layton. If 677 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna be successful, they have to have a hell 678 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: of a game. I'm not y'all just talking about stopping 679 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,120 Speaker 1: the run. I'm talking about shutting down that tight end. 680 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: Because when they put that ball, when they put that 681 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,839 Speaker 1: ball in Cook's belly and they bring it out, they're 682 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,360 Speaker 1: gonna be looking for Kyle rud Off. And that's another 683 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,080 Speaker 1: opportunity for our linebackers to make a difference in this game. 684 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,360 Speaker 1: I look for us to win best case scenario. I 685 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 1: always say this best case scenario, things work out well. 686 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:03,839 Speaker 1: Cowboys twenty seven and twenty seven twenty all right, very 687 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,960 Speaker 1: good opening up that off VICKI what are you thinking? 688 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,880 Speaker 1: As my pick to click? I'm gonna go with a 689 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: little bit of a short history here because if you 690 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: remember when Andy Dalton came into the game against the Giants, 691 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,920 Speaker 1: who did he hook up with for those big drives won? 692 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,480 Speaker 1: Michael Gallop? Michael Gallup, and he's been a little quiet lately. 693 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:30,680 Speaker 1: So watch out for Michael Gallop because this offense has 694 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:35,399 Speaker 1: to get rolling. The Vikings have been scoring points. They 695 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,160 Speaker 1: only scored nineteen against the Bears. I get it, but 696 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,640 Speaker 1: they've been scoring quite a few points along the way, 697 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,880 Speaker 1: and if you look at it, that was the fewest 698 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,919 Speaker 1: the second fewest points they scored all season. They only 699 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:53,800 Speaker 1: scored eleven when they lost to the Colts twenty eight eleven, 700 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,480 Speaker 1: But they had thirty four, thirty thirty one, twenty six, 701 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,800 Speaker 1: twenty three, twenty eight, thirty four. So the Cowboys offense 702 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: has to function much better than it has since uh gosh, 703 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,520 Speaker 1: we can go all the way back to the game 704 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,920 Speaker 1: they beat the Giants. Giants, they scored thirty seven points. 705 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 1: So my guy's gonna be Michael Gallup. He's gonna he's 706 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,560 Speaker 1: gonna hurt this secondary that has struggled some somewhat against 707 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:24,360 Speaker 1: the past. That's why I almost picked Cooper's bags. Yeah, 708 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,759 Speaker 1: and then you went with Gallop. I thought you'd go 709 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:30,160 Speaker 1: with Cooper. And then for my pick, I swore that 710 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,319 Speaker 1: I wouldn't pick the Cowboys again to win until they won, 711 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,480 Speaker 1: and they haven't won yet, right until they won twice. 712 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:40,960 Speaker 1: You said, until they went twice. You're right, So this 713 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,960 Speaker 1: is this will be the key one because if they 714 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,000 Speaker 1: can win this one and then they have a chance 715 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,359 Speaker 1: to beat Washington, then I guess I have to pick 716 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,520 Speaker 1: him against Baltimore, right then you yeah, yeah, pick him 717 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:56,279 Speaker 1: against the Ravens. Then, but I think looking ahead, no fair, look, 718 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,640 Speaker 1: I think Vikings twenty four and twenty one in this one, 719 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,200 Speaker 1: Vikings twenty four twenty one, all right, and I'm going 720 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,320 Speaker 1: with I'm gonna go ahead and go with the Cowboys victory. 721 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,520 Speaker 1: All right. They're gonna be a half game out of 722 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,840 Speaker 1: first place by Sunday night, because the Eagles are gonna 723 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:18,759 Speaker 1: lose to Baker Mayfield and the Browns. And then I'll 724 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:23,000 Speaker 1: even I'll take it a step further because because my 725 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,040 Speaker 1: prediction is going to be the Cowboys are going to 726 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,960 Speaker 1: be in first place by the end of Thanksgiving weekend. 727 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:31,920 Speaker 1: How's that? Okay, That's where I'm going with this, and 728 00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,440 Speaker 1: so I'll go tight game, let's go, Let's have a 729 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,600 Speaker 1: zerline winning on a field goal twenty four twenty three. Hey, 730 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:44,319 Speaker 1: and Sean Lee is my pick to click. If they 731 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,120 Speaker 1: play him, he'll be the pick to click. Let me 732 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,680 Speaker 1: go down the hallway and tell tell Mike you need 733 00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:54,120 Speaker 1: to play. And by the way, I'm going against my 734 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,479 Speaker 1: little philosophy that the more you win in this league, 735 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,719 Speaker 1: the closer you are to losing. They've won their three straight, right, 736 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:04,040 Speaker 1: so the odds are they're about to lose one. That's 737 00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:07,040 Speaker 1: my point. Two. There it goes back and the Cowboys 738 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,880 Speaker 1: have lost their fourth straight, and so they are closer 739 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:15,640 Speaker 1: to wait, something, something's gonna land in their lab. All right, 740 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,400 Speaker 1: very good? All right, that does it for Mixed Shots 741 00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,839 Speaker 1: for another week. Enjoy the game on Sunday, and we 742 00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:26,040 Speaker 1: will be back with you on Monday afternoon at one 743 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:30,200 Speaker 1: thirty to talk about this Cowboys victory over the Vikings. 744 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:35,080 Speaker 1: Yeah go Cowboys. This has been a production of Dallas 745 00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,200 Speaker 1: Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.