WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Finishing Strong? 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:06.880 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:15.480 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys. This He's Talking 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:20.160 Cowboys Screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys Worldwhours at the 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:31.240 Star in Frisco, Scots and now your hosts Isaiah Stanback, 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:37.400 heck My Harrison, Rob Phillips, and Kyle Yeomans. It is 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:43.080 a Say It with your Chest Friday here on Talking Cowboys. Goodness, now, 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.040 let's do that again. Let's say it with your Chest 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:49.199 Friday here on Talking Cowboys, presented by Tocidos, helping fans 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.800 get in on the game and our favorite ship and 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.320 our favorite dip of Talking Cowboys. Glad you're with us 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.880 here from the s WBC studios at the Star in Frisco. 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.720 Glad you're with us as always for this Friday, because 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:06.400 guess what, We've got one last say it with your 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:11.000 Chest Friday prior to the regular season finale. Then we 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.080 get in to say it with your Chest every day 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:17.080 because it's playoff time here in Dallas. Alongside heck Ma Harrison, 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:21.039 Isaiah stand back. We've got Rob Phillips back on the 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.320 virtual side of things. Glad he's back today, and of 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.880 course we've got Cowboys Nation about to have some fun 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:29.920 with us over the next couple of minutes. But gentlemen, 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.280 how are we doing? Good? Good? Yeah, I've got something 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:35.679 eye okay, well, you sound like you about the cuff 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.440 up a fair firball that also, yeah, I've got a 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.679 little bit of both going on. It's not necessarily the 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:45.000 best best start for me, let us know. Yeah, No, 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:49.080 I'm good. Goodness, gracious, Rob, how are we doing today? 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.520 Doing all right? We already have that drop somewhere, Chris. 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.960 I know you said, hey, say it with your chest. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.920 It's already done. I don't think this one was as bad, 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.320 but it's early in the morning. And it's funny because 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.480 I had a radio call already, and I had no 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.560 problems on the radio call, and then I step in 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.840 here and it's nothing but just coughing, and I don't know, 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:15.440 maybe I'm allergic. That's okay, Yeah, that's fine, Isaiah. How 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.280 are you? I am doing? Good? Man? You know, Rob 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:23.200 here's giving me, uh some Billy Billy Hoyle type vibes 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:24.480 right now. Looks like he about to go play a 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:32.560 pickup game from from White Man. Can't Joe damn run? 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:36.480 You mean play basketball. Yeah, that's yeah. I just I'm 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.200 only missing my parental advisory T shirt right exactly. Oh, 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.000 I love it. Rob was a hooper back in the day. 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:45.160 He still could probably hoop if it wasn't for the 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.720 knees in the back. Oh man, Rob, he would be 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.400 to be a sleeper, just like white Man Joe Rob. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:56.760 How how many of Billy Hoyle. I'm sure if Rob 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.839 actually wanted to get out and actually play, I feel 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:03.079 like he would probably guy a game. He probably wear 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:04.919 the high socks, putting, the putting, the cash in the 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:08.440 socks and everything. Oh goodness, I want to see that 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.160 so bad, two different socks. That's did you if we 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:15.000 ever have this fake uh inter show competition that we 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.040 were always talking about, and I'll just I'll be the 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.040 free throw guy. I'll just stay at work. Now you 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.679 you did see chef that just pulled his blew his 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:26.040 mcl doing doing the gritty. He did the gritty. So 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.959 so that's Rob p Rob Pie's gonna pull his back out. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:33.000 It's called so don't even Rob. Rob can play. He 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.560 can play like horse or something. That's what it'll be. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.560 It'll be a shooting contest. Yeah, where you're standing still 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.320 and you choose a spot and then you shoot, so 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.360 that that'll be what Rob's able to I'm gonna leave 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:48.200 the running to you guys. Yes, is that ever gonna happen? Probably, 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.000 I'm not fooling a Rod p Rob Peel like, who 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.120 just pulled some straight damn Marley out and just start 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.440 busting from it from just the half half corps. That 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:59.480 would be so, so fantastic. But all right, let's talk 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.840 some cow Boys. It is a Friday. Cowboys take on 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.720 the Eagles tomorrow, which is wild. That's a Saturday game. 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.440 Cowboys are fifteen and fourteen all time in Saturday games. 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:14.160 For those wondering, Robbinny news and notes coming out of yesterday, 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.120 I know there was a couple of big names put 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.640 on the COVID list. We'll get to that in a moment. 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:23.840 But what else came out of practice yesterday? Well, I'll 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:27.080 say I'll save the COVID news for you. I was 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.640 I think, honestly, maybe the rest of this season into 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.760 the playoffs, maybe we got to start news and notes 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:36.000 with the COVID news, because that is the elephant in 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.800 the room, hanging over the Cowboys, hanging over the rest 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:40.120 of the league, and all the rest of the teams 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.679 that have made the playoffs. Man, just who can stay 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:46.520 healthy beyond injuries. As far as injuries go, the Cowboys 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:50.039 are relatively healthy going into this game. They've got a 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:55.120 couple guys questionable, Tony Pollard with the foot and jay 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:59.160 Ron Curse with the hamstring, so both guys would have 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.920 been limited on Thursday if they had had an actual practice. 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.880 So that's encouraging going into the game. But again, you know, 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.040 the Cowboys have said even as far as yesterday, Mike 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.280 McCarthy said, the plan is still to play the starters. 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.599 You know, if guys are banged up, though, we'll see 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:15.520 what the playing time will look like for guys dealing 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.080 with stuff, and that includes z you know, maybe Zeke. 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.680 We'll see. I mean, he says he's playing. He's not 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.800 on the injury report this week in terms of game 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.159 status designation, but something to keep an eye on with 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.440 guys who've been banged up. Do you expect that to happen, Isaiah? 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:30.280 I mean, we were just talking about this a couple 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.000 days ago, and I believe it was the Tuesday Show 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:36.640 about whether or not to rest guys. But you also 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:40.000 didn't have your starting left tackle out, you didn't have 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:44.040 potentially a couple other players not playing in the game 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.440 as well, So does that change your thinking at all 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.560 on the way that you attack this one Initially? No, 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.320 I think I say, I believe there's going to be 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.000 there's going to be a point in this game where 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.479 you do pull your starters out in preparation for the 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.880 following week. But I think that you need to be 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.120 in a good place in terms of the win and 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.479 you know, you're presenting your opportunities to win that ball 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.120 game at that point in time in the game, and 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.480 then also how you're feeling about the execution of your 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:09.080 of your game plan at that point in time. So 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:10.520 I think it's kind of twofold. You need to be 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:12.320 in a position to win the ball game, and then 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.000 you also need to be feeling good about how you 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:17.279 guys have performed. Yeah, my opinion is that this team 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.160 that the coaches look at this as a preseason game, 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.479 especially with what's going on with COVID and ECHO and 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.679 everything that you just basically said, uh and pulling guys 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:30.240 after you know, hey, you've seen what you needed to see. Obviously, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.560 there have been coaches in the league like Belichick even 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.080 in preseason games where he doesn't see what he needs 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:36.920 to see and guys stay out there for a whole 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.960 four quarters. But I think with a talent depleted team 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:44.919 due to covid uh do the guys being on the 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.280 little knickknack injuries that they have right now, I think 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.560 it's no no sense in risk it at all in 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.120 this game, especially knowing what you may potentially have coming 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.240 to at and T Stadium next week. Yeah, and it's 0:06:57.279 --> 0:06:59.400 such a fine line that you have to tell because 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.599 if you treat it like a preseason game, you still 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:04.400 want to win the game. I mean, it is a 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:06.520 regular season match. You need to win the game. You 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.520 want to win the game to get into the momentum 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.400 and the playoffs. You need to win the game because 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:14.680 even though it's a ninety three percent chance that you're 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.640 gonna hold where you're add in terms of your positioning 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:18.600 in the playoffs and you're ranking, you still need to 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:20.960 you need to win a game because if as you 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.760 mentioned yesterday, there's an if, there's an if factor, and 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.120 that if factor is a huge if because if if 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.640 the situation, if the situation plays itself out, now you're 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.400 going from the four seed all the way up possibly 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.400 to the two seed. That's major in this NFC. Yeah, 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.240 that's potentially another home game. It's another home game, that's cool. 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.040 But I'm talking about the type of competition that you're 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:42.280 gonna face in the playoffs. Is a huge difference. You're 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:46.760 talking about the Eagles as opposed to the rams of 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.600 the Cardinals. Absolutely. Yeah, we knew that last week though, 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.120 right did we not? We knew that the seating, that 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:53.840 there would be a seating difference. I mean even the 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:57.400 way now they lost our opportunity last week. They screw 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.200 it up, right, And what I'm saying is even the Eagles, 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.840 if they lose, they could potentially go from seven to 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.720 six because there's so many other games that are contingent 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.600 on one another. So I'm not looking all I'm handling 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.800 this cowboy business and saying that right now, with what 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:17.080 p just said, we're relatively healthy. Besides the key the injuries, 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.600 the key individuals. We have to understand Jeron Curse, if 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:21.520 he doesn't play, he's the guy that wears the green 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.840 dot as well, who's gonna who's gonna take up the 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.000 mantle on that? There's just so many other things that 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.640 are going I want to see this defense obviously get 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.960 some turnovers, do some great things, but I want to 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:33.840 see him get off the field as soon as possible. 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:35.559 And all of that's going to be contingent on Hey, 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.000 if we could go out there and get a big 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:38.800 lead and get our guys out, Yeah, go and smack 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:40.520 him in the mouth real quick, Rob And did those 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:45.440 guys in Philly did they get off the COVID list yet? Yeah, 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.920 it's well, I'm not sure about everybody. I think Nick 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:52.520 Sirianni said that at least a couple of guys, including 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.640 Jason Kelsey, we're gonna be good to go for this game. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.240 But but you know what we're talking about right now 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.400 is the same questions they're talking about it Billy, Like, 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.000 how long does Sirianni plan to play his starters as well? 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.880 So this game may just come down to availability who's 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.640 out there and you know who, how many key guys 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.959 were playing? How many snaps for both teams in this game? Well, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.960 and we know at the moment, at least as of Thursday, 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.360 heading into Friday, the Cowboys will be without three of 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:23.000 their starters, Micah Parsons and then yesterday adding Tyron Smith 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.280 and Anthony Brown to the mix as well in terms 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:29.320 of COVID list. So that's the COVID news today. Tyren Smith, 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.640 we've seen what this offensive line looks like without him. 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.839 It's gonna be Terrence Steele Tian Secki at the left 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.880 tackle spot. One of the two probably gonna be Tyansecki 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.560 at least that's what it was lately for the Cowboys, 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.720 and then Anthony Brown. I don't know if we've really 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:49.360 seen a depleted cornerback room outside of the one game 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.640 where Jordan Lewis missed. So Kelvin Joseph time, Kelvin Joseph 0:09:53.679 --> 0:10:00.600 available to try and take some significant STAPs here. Rob, Yeah, 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.079 I think that's definitely a possible. Well, I don't think 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.280 it's a possibility with no Anthony Brown. I think absolutely 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.280 is an opportunity for him and they the Cowboys have 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.920 been very impressed with not only his production in the 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.280 in the low amount of snaps he's gotten on defense, 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.840 but just his approach to everything. You know, he wasn't 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:20.640 He wasn't a big special teams guy in college and 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.880 didn't expect to be a special teams guy when he 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.120 came into the league as a second round draft pick 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.160 and he's embraced that role this season after he came 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.640 back from the growing injury. So they've been really happy 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.840 with him, and you've seen it and these some of 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.560 these snaps that he's had. You see his talent, you know, 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.880 and his ability to cover. So I'm excited to see 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:44.080 him out there and get a full dose for sure, Isaiah. 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.199 I think he has to. I think he needs the reps. 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:47.720 As you started talking about some of the depth that 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.040 you're going over that you're going to require going into 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.800 the playoff run at that position, specifically because of the 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.760 type of receivers that you're going to be facing. He 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:56.840 needs the reps. We talked about it all the way 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.520 back in camp, how he needs to get some exposure, 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.959 and then obviously throughout this regular season he didn't get 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:03.800 enough raps. Over the last few weeks, he started getting 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:05.160 back on the field and starting get into his legs 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.120 underneath them coming off the injury and all that jazz, 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.240 But it is a necessity for him to get some 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.280 form of wear and tear on him. He needs to 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.079 get his feet underneath him. He needs to get a 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.240 sense of confidence because when he steps on the field 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.240 and make his contribution in the playoffs. It's gonna be 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.040 against the best dudes this league has an offer. And 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.439 I think we're all surprised that Kevin josh did getting 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.920 more run than what he's been seeing here lately. And 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.680 you're right, I meaning of coming out of camp, you 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.680 thought that Kelvin Joseph was going to be a part 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.079 of that rotation. That's the testament to Jordan Lewis and 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:37.040 the job that he's done. But you know, I'm with 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.000 Rob too. You know, better late than never, better get 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:42.080 in here now. And let's let's take the same approach 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.679 with what we said yesterday about Michael Parsons being out 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.240 and other guys like Luke Gifford. Obviously, these are not 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.079 names that you're used to saying, hey, let's get these 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:53.160 guys some playing time. But you know you're gonna need 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.360 all of these guys in the playoffs, especially if you 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.320 make a deep run, especially if there are injuries and COVID. 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.400 That's another thing that's kind of worried about about the 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:05.520 fact going into this playoff run and you saw one guy, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.160 now it's two guys. I mean, this is how those 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:13.319 types of things begin, and it's terrifying honestly to think 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:18.840 about how a playoff push could be upended by positive 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:23.160 COVID tests. So, Rob, I mean, you haven't necessarily been here, 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.160 but you've been plugged in on what is happening in 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.000 that regard of the cowboys taking any extra steps in 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.560 terms of trying to slow down what could be a 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:37.959 COVID spread, well, I mean they're they're doing everything they 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:41.760 can in terms of the proto following the protocols. They've 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:46.560 gone virtual recently with meetings, you know, and and guys 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.600 are trying to you know, take their own steps personally. 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:51.400 You know, you hear guys talk about that. You heard 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.880 Dak talk about that. Um, So you know they're doing 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:57.560 what they can. But as we know we see it 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.880 in society, this omicron variant is so contained just um 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.360 that you know, you can be fully vacs, you can 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.240 be boosted, you can get it, and that you know, 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.319 the good news about it, if you want to call 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.240 the silver lining, is that, uh, it does appear to 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:14.800 be milder. Guys are getting over it faster, and that's 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:16.600 one reason why I think the NFL has changed their 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:20.120 protocols that allow guys get faster, get back faster, it's 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.440 not a guaranteed ten days anymore. And so that's encouraging, 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.840 you know, for you guys, you just mentioned that Michael Parslons, 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:29.520 who's on the list this week, you would think, no 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.480 problem and hope he gets it, feels good, feel gets 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.240 back quick. He should be back for the playoff game. 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.040 But like you said, I mean if this happens next 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:40.920 Thursday or next Friday to somebody, that certainly puts their 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.880 their availability in jeopardy. And that that is the that 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.880 makes this playoffs the ultimate crapshoot right now, because it 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.880 can really happen to anybody. And uh, and you're just 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:53.640 crossing your fingers. And so you know, Trayvon Diggs you mentioned, uh, 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:55.720 he's on the He's on the list with an illness 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.400 non COVID. The same with David Wilson. So just keep 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.920 an eye on anybody who's feeling sick and just see 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:02.959 how see how it develops. And and you know, you 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:04.640 just hold you just cross your fingers. That's all you 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.840 can do. Oh man, I hate every single part of that. Well, 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:13.720 I'm not looking man, It's true though. He Keep keep 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:16.880 up with your workouts. Get you some thigh pass, get 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.960 you a couple of knee pads, get ready to hit 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.400 this thing just in case they got a call on you. Heck, 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.880 one's got that linebacker. And if they had to call 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:26.760 you in right now, heck, but what position are you 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.680 going in? At? Hey? Just how much is the check though? Oh? 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:33.000 You getting? You get? You getting about a good five 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.640 for the game, seventy five five for the game? Whatever? 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:42.520 Then back wide receiver. You know, I'm not gonna get 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.760 on my soapbox about this, man, I've been so pissed 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.560 off at everything when it comes down to this variant, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.280 this virus, and you know what our players are doing, 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.040 what other players around the league are doing, They're saying, look, 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.480 I got to Look, I'm just I'm just not gonna 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.720 do it. All I'm going to say right now is 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:02.320 that the our window of opportunity just open. It opens 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:09.240 next week, it does, and whistle right through that whistle, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.720 all right, and that's all. We have our opportunities and 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.160 we have got to have They got to take this 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.720 thing serious right now, and whether it be look, four 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.280 weeks of isolation. I've heard saying like you, saying like 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:22.840 you want them to go get go on lockdown for 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.080 four weeks. Heck, all I'm saying is you know what 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.400 you have at steak. If you know what you have 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.800 at steak, then you take the precautions. Like you heard 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.960 guys talking about through Thanksgiving, through Christmas, family wasn't coming in. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.440 Now we have a situation where man, we're paying for 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.960 the Lombardi. The Omni Hotel is right over here, is beautiful. 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:40.840 I need you, I need to hear you said, lock 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:48.200 it down, he bubble everybody. You have the opportunity, and 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.960 you talk You talked about this all the way back 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.440 in the early parts of the season. You talked about it. 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.760 You get one shot at this, one shot at it, 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.760 and you don't want to mess it up. I mean, 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:02.920 how easy would it be for you to make that decision. 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:04.680 I mean it's easy for us to sit in this 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:06.800 room and talk about it because we're not on the team. 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:08.520 We're not the ones that are having to bubble up. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.600 But if you're a player, where should this be on 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:16.920 your priorities? High? Very high. I played six seasons, I 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:22.440 had I think five five playoff opportunities, and probably there's 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:25.080 two teams that I felt like I could have walked 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:26.880 out with the ring. You know too, you know, two 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.200 opportunities out of those five opportunities, I think we could 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.280 have walked away with the ring. I was blessed to 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.000 be one of the individuals in this league that walked 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:34.760 away with a ring. And I know there's a lot 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:36.800 of players that I know personally that are way better, 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.520 that were way better players than I was, that did 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.360 not walk away with one. And you know, they walk 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.880 away with their stats, they walk away with their experiences 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.120 and their memories, but they don't walk away with something 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.880 significant to say that that they were a part of 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.680 the greatest thing that ever happened. And I would hate 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.080 for guys to miss that opportunity, which is very prevalent 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.600 right now. It's definitely on the cusp just simply because 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:03.520 of come fruit or simply because of convenance or inconvenianced. Right, 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:06.200 take advantage of the fact that you're playing for the 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:10.000 Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys have an amazing resources. Jerry 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:13.119 Jones has laid things out here perfectly in terms of 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.399 being on a walk over to the hotel, walk straight 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.840 into the practice facility, walk straight into the meetings, have 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:19.879 all your food at your disposed of everything that you 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:21.719 need right there. You don't have to do anything. You're 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.680 gonna be saying at the Omni well, the band through 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:26.840 the fruity right, You're not staying at anything else the 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.159 Omni okay, and you have the top of the line facilities. 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.480 Take advantage from us if there's an opportunity to lock 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.720 this thing down. Lock it down. You have all four 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:35.919 or I'll take it back. After this week. You got 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:40.200 a five week stretch, five week stretch where you can 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.760 go out there, shoot your gun and hopefully walk away 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:44.920 with something because this team will not be the same 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:48.480 next year's. Man. That's the God's unerst truth man, and 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.960 lock it down. That's all I have. And I think 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.040 the only as you were saying all of this, I'm 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:58.520 thinking about, you know, being secluded from possibly my family 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.560 from man and my wife wouldn't forgive me, but she 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:06.720 will forgive. The vacation after the super Bowl, that's true. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.639 That's true. I wonder where we're at in terms of 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.800 the offense and defense and their vacation. Bet that they 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.359 made with the touchdowns versus turnovers, I have to go 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:16.120 back and look at that, well, the offense had three 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:21.040 touchdowns that good. Yeah, example, when we went to the 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.240 Super Bowl when I was with the Giants. We went 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.960 and my wife was sure she was nine months pregnant. 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.639 Nine months pregnant, okay about the pop okay, And I 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:33.760 told her, I said, hey, chill out, like I'll be back. Okay, 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:35.000 I'm gonna go out. We're gonna go out here and 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:36.600 take care of this game, and then I'll be back 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.240 to take care of you. Just chill, I don't We 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.240 don't need any accidents, no no pressure from the airplane, 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:42.760 none of that stuff, you know, bringing on you know, 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:45.600 bringing on your your delivery too early. My wife looked 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:46.760 at me like I was crazy. She said, you think 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.560 I about to miss this. There's no way in the 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.040 world I'm about to miss this opportunity. She dumb, And 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:55.119 to come on, my wife was, I'm talking about stuff 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.320 way out here. She hopping over the front dog on, 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.480 you know, hopping over the dog on the seats, hopped 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:03.040 onto the after the game, because you recognize she recognized 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:06.119 that this was a very important opportunity. This was a 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.320 once in a lifetime chance that I had had all 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:09.920 the great teams that I was a part of, this 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.480 was one shot, right, and she was not going to 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:14.600 miss that. So she was really willing to go through 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:17.320 whatever it took to handle, to handle all the different 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:20.840 inconveniences on being uncomfortable, all those things, you know, risking 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:22.800 you know, the pregnancy in terms of coming earlier than 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.440 you want, simply because she knew how important it was 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.560 going to be. That's that, I mean, that's one way 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:31.000 to put it. That's that's a great way to put it. 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:33.639 And I think the Cowboys should certainly have that in 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.479 their thought process going into this final week. And can 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.760 you if they haven't already, can you imagine what Jerry 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.879 would do with all the parade, the ring we were watching, 0:19:42.000 --> 0:19:45.040 of course, Dirk retired as Jersey a couple days ago 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:48.520 and they had had his whole thing going on at 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.600 the American Airline Center and they were showing all the 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.200 footage of the parade. I was like, Wow, that parade 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:55.680 was nuts, man, that was crazy. That's my greatest memory. 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:59.400