1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, a Bar Garcia, and 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: Derek Eagleton. It is Friday in your late twenty seven, 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, season fourteen, episode number fourteen. Welcome to the 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: newest edition of The Break Life from Oxnard, California. I'm 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: here with Nick Eatman and Amber Garcia and Dave Hellman, 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk some Cowboys football here with you 12 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: guys for the next hour and a lot to talk 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: about Cowboys. Get out there and start practicing. Yesterday, not 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: in pads yet, just a little bit of a shorts 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: and T shirt. They'll do that again today and then 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: tomorrow they'll crank it up a notch. They'll put on 17 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: the pads and that's when camp really gets rolling. How's 18 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: everybody doing this? More good? I think we're doing well. 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: I thought I was hosting today, Derek, you were, and 20 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: then you didn't show up until five minutes before we 21 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: were going on side. Wow, twenty it was twenty. I'm sorry. Yeah, 22 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: so you'll be hosting. No, that'd be Monday and maybe 23 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: maybe Monday Tuesday. How about that? Well, I feel like 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a perpetual kind of like, well 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: maybe tomorrow you know. No, she's gonna be she's gonna 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: be hot. This is gonna happen. This is gonna happen. 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: Maybe the first time you bail on us for some meeting. 28 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, that's gonna happen. For sure, it happened. 29 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: That's gonna happen maybe next week every time. So there 30 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: we go. All right. So, um, what I wanted to 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: do today, there are a lot of different things I 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: want to get into. Um. The first thing I'm gonna 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: do and uh is I want to take some time 34 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: and we're gonna do this at every show during training camp. 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: I want to take some time to allow each of 36 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: you guys to give me one observation, uh, something you 37 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: saw yesterday. It could be a player, it could be 38 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: a position group, it could be a particular play, just 39 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: something that you noticed yesterday that stood out to you. 40 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: The whole idea is we want to give these fans 41 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: an opportunity to feel like they're out here at camp 42 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: and get as many different thoughts on what's happening out here. 43 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: I'm as possible. So let's start with you. Nick, give 44 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: one observation from yesterday while they serve turkey legs. I 45 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: mean that that that's that you have to start. How 46 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: can you not start with turkey? I mean they're yelling 47 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: out water, gatorade, turkey legs. You come to training camp, 48 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: you can get a turkey leg. I don't know what 49 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: else you can they have to eat, but definitely, all 50 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: these all my years in America, I never tried a 51 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: turkey leg. Ever. You're missing. You know what you need 52 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: to do. You need to go. You need to go 53 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: to to the Texas Ribs, Like who cares? Okay, you 54 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: have to go to State Fair of Texas and get 55 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: your turkey leg there. That's the best turkey leg in 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: the state. All right. Honestly, let's switch. Let me switch 57 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: animals here. Honestly, mine is really not a t it's 58 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: a goat. Jeff Heath. Jeff Heath is going to be 59 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: really good this year. I don't know who's gonna play 60 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: next to him. Maybe Zavier would, maybe someone else Jeff 61 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: Heath though a couple of things, and I was watching 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: the defensive backs. I don't know if you guys saw this, 63 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: but I kept hearing this somebody yelling and I didn't 64 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: know exactly who it is, and it was Jeff and 65 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: which is shocking because like, you never really heard him 66 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: talk at all, and he doesn't really get to a 67 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: high level. But but you could just see, and maybe 68 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: it was just ten minutes or so, you could really 69 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: see a command in that and that defensive backfield and 70 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: we're talking about who's going to be the leader back there, 71 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: vocal leader. I don't know if it was just a coincidence, 72 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: but I definitely saw some of that, and you could 73 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: see the way he's moving. He's kind of smooth, I'll 74 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: tell you, Jeff Heath. Not a lot of fans loved 75 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: him before. I think they're really gonna gonna change their 76 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: tune if they haven't already. Amber me. Something that I 77 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: liked from yesterday was Jalen Smith and seeing his progress 78 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: since last year. One of the things that I was 79 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: concerned about last year were his instincts, you know, the 80 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: way he takes off and it was kind of just 81 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: too rushed like not really knowing where he's going. He 82 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: just takes off. Now this year, why him, he takes 83 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: a little more time to think about it before taking off, 84 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: and you can see how he's becoming more confident in 85 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: his movements. Instead of just taking off and figuring it out, 86 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: he just now, okay, let me take a second. Follow 87 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: this guy and then take off. How do you think 88 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: he's running? Because that's always like last year you could 89 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: see there was a person wasn't It wasn't yet the 90 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: fluid motion that first move okay in his movement and 91 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: also the whole lateral movement. I think he has been. 92 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: It just keeps improving. Yeah, Dave, My number one impression 93 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: after a practice that wasn't really a practice is a 94 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: guy that didn't practice, which works. Randy Gregory, My guy 95 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: looks slim and trim. My guy looks ready to go. 96 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: I took a picture of him on my Twitter account, 97 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: Like he doesn't look like a guy that's been away 98 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: from football for eighteen months. Like it's very obvious just 99 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: looking at him. Jason Garrett said on Wednesday that he 100 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: weighs two forty two. He looks like it. He looks 101 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: like and you know, he's stiver, looked chunky. No, but 102 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: I think like there's a difference between I mean, like 103 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: if he hadn't been getting ready, I think it would 104 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: show and like you can, but then he looks good. 105 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: He looks like he's ready to play football. Obviously there's 106 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: a big difference between conditioning and playing football. But when 107 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: they finally let him out there, I don't think it's 108 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: gonna take him that long to accleman. It looks like 109 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: he's been working really hard. It's like when David Irving 110 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: came back during the whole mini camp. Now he was 111 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: working up to the side to notice the eye is 112 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: not in condition, absolutely right. But and my thing on 113 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: Gregory is, and I think this has been kind of 114 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: a knock on him, is that he had a hard 115 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: time gaining weight. You know, they actually wanted him to 116 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: put on a few more pounds, to be not so lean, 117 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: to actually you know, to not just be a guy 118 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: that says, well he has to rush the pastor because 119 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: he's not gonna be able to stop the run, so 120 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: you know, to be an every down player. I think 121 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: he needed to put on more weight. So we'll see 122 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: what you know, But freaks are freaks. I mean they 123 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: can play. So yeah, well he came out yesterday m 124 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: speaking slim and trim. Actually, my observation is another guy 125 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: that looks pretty slim and trim to me anyway, Zeke Elliott. 126 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: He looks like he yeah he does. I mean Dave 127 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: and I Dave was walking with me and we saw 128 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: him walking and he's just kind of walking with a 129 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: shirt off, just kind of chilling. And it was like that, 130 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: that ain't the same Zeke that. That was more like 131 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: the Zeke that came out of college that wore the middrifts. 132 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: It was more of that than it was the Zeke 133 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: that last year. People were like, man, he looks like 134 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: does he seem like the type of person, the type 135 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: of body that just kind of his weight fluxus maybe 136 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: you know, like maybe so. And to be honest with you, 137 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: I wasn't one of those people that really got caught 138 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: up on last year and people said he looked a 139 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: little bit out of shape. I'm workingcerned about how he 140 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: looks when he's running. And when he was out here 141 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: running yesterday and he was doing drills, he looked pretty nifty, 142 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: looked pretty light on his feet. So I thought, all 143 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: in all, I think he's looking really good here coming 144 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: into camp. Go find the Twitter fingers out there will 145 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: tell you that he still looks kind of chunky, and 146 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. He's bigger than he was 147 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: when he was a rookie. He doesn't he doesn't look 148 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: out of shape. No, no, no no, no, no, no, no, 149 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,679 Speaker 1: I'm agreeing with you. He like, yeah, he looks bigger 150 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: than he did when he was a rookie because he 151 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: has yoked himself up. Yes, honestly, Zeke, to me, looks 152 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: like a guy who knows he's gonna be facing nine 153 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: man fronts at least. But yeah, he looks like he's 154 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: ready to touch the ball five hundred times because need 155 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: be a lot of times. The perception of that, it 156 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: can just it's just your face. You know. He's got 157 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: a big hay, he's got a beard that's kind of 158 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: you know, and you look at that and you could say, well, 159 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: you know, maybe he's a little bit bigger, But I 160 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: mean that's never stopped anyone from from getting you know, 161 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: you don't get tackled from behind because you got a 162 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: big face. I don't think No, he's built like an 163 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: NFL running back. Now, I think he's he looks like 164 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: to me, he looks like he's in great shape for 165 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: built like a linebacker. Like I mean, yeah, and I 166 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: mean it in a good way. I don't like he 167 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: looks like he's ready. He knows, he knows what's coming. 168 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: Is what it looks like. All right, let's talk a 169 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: little bit, Dave. You mentioned Randy Gregory. I want to 170 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about where he is right now. 171 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: Yesterday he's he's Marinell. He's over that. Oh, this is 172 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: me being nick right now. Sorry, he's like he's over 173 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: there in the hotel. He's probably having meetings or something, 174 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: getting ready for walkthrough. Sorry, no, no, he just fell flat. 175 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: Yeah I probably would do that. What was it? Where 176 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: are those animal crickets? Oh cricket? Yeah, I got it. 177 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: I did not get it, all right. Um, But talking 178 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: about Randy Gregory Rod Marinelli yesterday, he says that there 179 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: are a lot of people around here everyone mites the 180 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: dust sometimes that are rooting for Randy. Um. As we 181 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: all know, obviously, there were teammates that spoke up on 182 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: his behalf to the league in order to get him back. Um. 183 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: And it seems like everybody's very happy to have him 184 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: back out here and everybody's really rooting for him, genuinely 185 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: rooting for him, genuinely rooting for him to be successful 186 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: this year. Talk to me about where he is right now, 187 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: what he's doing, and when we can expect to see 188 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: him on the field. Shit, there was so much rooting 189 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: for him that now I'm rooting for him, And now 190 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: that's a whole flip for me. But just hearing everyone 191 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: the way, like coach Mary Nelly speaking about him, Why 192 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: are you shaking your head? I'm not go oh, keep 193 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: going the way Mary Nelly was speaking about him, it 194 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: just makes you think, Okay, obviously they know him better 195 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 1: than we do. So the fact that he has Mary 196 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: Nelly backing him up that much has to tell you something. 197 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: I don't have the slightest idea when he's gonna be 198 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: ready to go, honest. I mean, you know, you know, 199 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett, he's gonna be day by day. I think 200 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: the fact that he's out here, you know, not just 201 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: like running and doing the conditioning stuff, but you know, 202 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: they had him going around the hula hoop, getting low 203 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: bend in the corner, something that they like pass rushers 204 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: to do. The fact he's already doing some of that. 205 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: Like I said, like, he doesn't look like a guy 206 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: who's gonna need a ton of time to acclimate. Is 207 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: he doing any position drills at this point, because obviously 208 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: working in the team, that's gonna be a while. But 209 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: he's only working with the trainers he's with, you know, 210 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: during practice yesterday he was with the pass rushers. He 211 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: was kind of helping out, like holding the oven myths 212 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: for them to slap and stuff like that. Nothing nothing real, 213 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: which you know, like that that's gonna be on their schedule. 214 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: It could be a week. I would be I would 215 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: be surprised if it takes him too long, you know, 216 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: because he looks like he's done his part in terms 217 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: of getting in shape. And so I get it. You 218 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: want to be you want to be deliberate, to quote 219 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett, not careful, which really just means careful. But 220 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: um so, I'm sure they're gonna be careful with him. 221 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: But like I said, he doesn't look like he's gonna 222 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: need a ton of time, So we'll see what they 223 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: decide to do. Are your expectations that you'll get much 224 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: out of Randy Gregory this year or is this a 225 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: long term. Look at this thing. I don't like I 226 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: said this on you know, like the day we got 227 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: here is like how somebody was like, what are your 228 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: realistic expectations for Randy Gregory? Like, if we're talking realistic, 229 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: I don't know how you put it beyond like just 230 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: making the team and getting onto the field, you know. 231 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, he is definitely a freak, But how 232 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: are you gonna how are you gonna put ten sack 233 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: expectation on a guy who hasn't played in two years? 234 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: I call that realistic, you know, Like I think a 235 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: realistic expectation is that he's on the fifty three and 236 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: gets a jersey on game day. I mean we'll go 237 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: from there. He's got to be he can't just be 238 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: a one trick pony. He can't. And because there's not 239 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 1: a lot of third and fifteen situations, third and nine, 240 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: because you get into third and seven. He put him 241 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: on the field, and if he's a guy that just 242 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: wants to get sacks and get numbers that I'm gonna 243 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: run right at him. I'm gonna run the ball right 244 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: at him and see what happens, or let him come 245 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: up the field and then just run right past him 246 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: as great as Dwight Freeney and those and Mathis were 247 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: for the Colts for so many years. You could run 248 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: the ball on him because that's all they wanted to 249 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: do is get sacks, you know. So he can't just 250 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: be a guy that goes out there and looking for numbers. 251 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: He's gonna have to be a guy that that can 252 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: play and you know, and stop the run and do 253 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: all those kinds of things. So it'll be interesting to 254 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: see just how he develops here at camp. We're gonna 255 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: take phone calls throughout the show. You guys give us 256 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: a fall of us a call. The numbers ninety seven 257 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: two four nine seven forty four hundred. It again is 258 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: nine seven two four nine seven forty four hundred. We'll 259 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: take questions when you guys call us, and I want 260 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: to get into Actually we're gonna before we get or 261 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: we're going to head into a break. I'll set up 262 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: the next segment before we do, though, I want to 263 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: talk a little bit big picture. We're heading into the 264 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: second day of practices. It's the day before they're gonna 265 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: start with pads starting next week. We're gonna dive a 266 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 1: little more into position groups. But looking big picture at 267 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: this team. I want to talk a little bit about 268 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: what we think are the biggest strengths of this team, 269 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: which I think I'm not positive, but I think most 270 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: of us will agree in what we think is the 271 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: biggest strength. However, then I want to talk a little 272 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: bit about what are the challenges. What are the things 273 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: that this team right now faces, things that this team 274 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: has challenges because you look across the NFL. I was 275 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: thinking about this this morning. You look across the NFL, 276 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: and really, even in just the NFC, there are a 277 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,959 Speaker 1: ton of really really good teams. There are tons we think, yeah, 278 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: we think there and I should put it like this, 279 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: there are a lot of team on paper, have a 280 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,119 Speaker 1: ton of talent. You look at a team like Atlanta, 281 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: it looks stacked right. And you look at teams like 282 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: Green Bay that always are going to be good because 283 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: they got Aaron Rodgers. And you look at the Super 284 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, and you look at the New 285 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: York Giants. There are a ton of teams in NFC 286 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: that look really really good on paper. So the Cowboys 287 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 1: gonna have to do some things right. 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We're 339 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: gonna talk a little bit about the Cowboys greatest assets 340 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: and their greatest weaknesses. But before we do, we do 341 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: have one phone call. Will jump on. This is Nick 342 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: and Indiana. Nick, what up? Say? Nicker Corlay and Home 343 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: with Jalen Smith and Anthony Spencer. Hey, what's up? What's 344 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: got good? I guess my question is about the opening 345 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: kickoff and Garrett's philosophy with his offensive find it. We 346 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: want the ball, we want to score. Last year, the 347 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: Cowboys got the ball fourteen times to start the game, 348 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: and they scored one offensive touchdown in fourteen tries. You 349 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: flip that and look at the opponent that got the 350 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: second half kickoff against us. They scored a touchdown six 351 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: times coming out of halftime. And my guess my argument 352 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: against it is just as a player when I played, 353 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: I was amped up to start the game. The crowd 354 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: was amped up, the defense was amped up, everybody was 355 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: amped up. Coming out of halftime, the crowd still at 356 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: the concession stands. You know, you're not as amped up, 357 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: and you're kind of in the game slow, you know 358 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: what's going on. I just think as an offensive mind 359 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: to coach, I understand that he wants the ball, we 360 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: want to score. But when you get fourteen tries that 361 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: you only score one touchdown, do you think you need 362 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: to inspect an adapt against Jared offensive philosophy. And I'd 363 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: just like to get your guys's opinion on that. If 364 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm crazy, then I'm crazy. But you're definitely not that 365 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: because kind of how I feel about it. Yeah, yeah, 366 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: you're you're you're kind of preaching to the choir on this. 367 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: Remember I'll let you guys talk about it. When you 368 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: talked about this every Monday, every Monday, which you're right, 369 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: and I'll you know. In twenty sixteen they did the 370 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: same thing and it worked and it was great and 371 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: I love being aggressive. It was awesome. Like read the 372 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: room though, which I think that's that no serious, like 373 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: that's true. That's the balance, though, was like, well, you 374 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: want to show your offense you believe in them, and 375 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: you be aggressive, but they never do it. So probably 376 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: around mid season, maybe you should switch it up, because 377 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: there were at least at least like four games where 378 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: that noticeably bit them in the butt, like noticeably in 379 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: the third quarter. Like it doesn't matter if you're up 380 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: by ten, if you're up by three, if it's tied, 381 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: if you're down by fourteen. In every scenario, you feel 382 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: more comfortable that you've got the football. You can either 383 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: pad this lead, you can take control, or you can 384 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: get back in the game quickly because you've got the ball. 385 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: I just don't understand it all everything that Color said 386 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: it was right about the crowd and all that stuff. 387 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: I mean, halftimes twelve minutes long, no one's back in 388 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: their seat, and you take the ball and you go 389 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: down to the score. It happens every time. I think 390 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: it's just stubborn and idiotic, honestly, to keep doing it 391 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: the way they did it, will I will say no sense, 392 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: like I said in twenty sixteen, when there is a 393 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: boatload of data to prove that this works, you can 394 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: talk me into it. But yeah, read the room like 395 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: it wasn't working, and it baffled and frustrated me that 396 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: they just kept just hammering that wall for no reason 397 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: and it was dumb. The thing for me is, you 398 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: have a young quarterback. If you have an opportunity to 399 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: let that young quarterback see what the other team is 400 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: doing throughout the first half and then come out of 401 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: the out of the break being able to say, here's 402 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: what we're seeing. What are you seeing? Okay, here's how 403 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: we're going to adjust to that. So when we come 404 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: out with this first possession coming out a halftime, let's 405 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 1: make sure we can get score. You give your your 406 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: young quarterback a better opportunity. In my opinion, if you're 407 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: gonna say either you do at the beginning of the 408 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: game or the beginning of the second of the second half, 409 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: you give him a better chance to be successful because 410 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: you at least know what they're trying to do. And 411 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: I'm curious is if if Garrett was a college coach 412 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: and you'll let you guys be college coaches and the 413 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: game is tied, we're going to overtime. Now, okay, what 414 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: would What do you want to do in overtime with 415 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: those rules? In overtime and college, what do you like? 416 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: You like to be on offense first or second defense first? Why? 417 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: Because I want to see what I have to match right, 418 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: and that's what everyone else does too, Like it's the 419 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: same type of thing. I want to see what I 420 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: need to do. I mean, like, what if you're down, 421 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: What if you're down twenty one points at halftime here? 422 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I think you're going to probably get the 423 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: ball and try to do something a little bit different 424 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: with it. So it just makes it makes no sense now, honestly, 425 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: truth be told, I like to be on offense first. 426 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,239 Speaker 1: But I think I'm one of one percent that like 427 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: in overtime for college That is crazy to me. Yeah, 428 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: it's crazy too, not really, because I'm going four downs anyways, 429 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: because you gotta score touchdown. You gotta go score touchdown. 430 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: So I know what I need to do. I need 431 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: to score touchdown, not if you have a good defense. 432 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: I mean if you had it, you had a great defense, 433 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: probably wouldn't be an overtime. That's simplicit. I just that's 434 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: probably the most we've ever agreed with the caller. Way 435 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: to go. That was a great call. Great call. All right, 436 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: let's let's jump into our big topic for the day. 437 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: As I said before we went to the break, um, 438 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 1: I wanted to take a big picture look at this thing, 439 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: and I really want to talk about it from the 440 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: standpoint of what the greatest asset of the team is 441 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 1: and then also what we think is the biggest concern. 442 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: I will take a stab at the fact that I 443 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: think the greatest asset of this team is the running game. 444 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: Everybody agree a stab? Yes, yeah, all right, everybody agrees. Yeah. 445 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question. There's nothing that this 446 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: team does better than run the ball. So I think 447 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,400 Speaker 1: that's pretty clear. So let's go down to the line. Though. 448 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: I want to start first with Dave. Tell me what 449 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: you think is the greatest challenge as we sit today 450 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: for this team heading into the twenty eighteen season. Oh man, 451 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: the greatest challenge facing this team is a acceptable number 452 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: of unprovens proving themselves like bait. I mean This whole 453 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: season is predicated on hoping that something we haven't seen 454 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: is going to work out, right. I mean, like we've 455 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: we've covered the receivers, we know all about that. The 456 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: tight ends go in there too, and then you know 457 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: your your holes. On defense, we talked about d tackle 458 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: and safety yesterday on the show, and and honestly, I mean, 459 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: they looked good. They look good down the stretch. That's 460 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: totally fair. But you cannot sit here right now and 461 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: tell me that your your corners are these proven commodities. 462 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: Either it's you're optimistic. It's fair to say you feel 463 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: good about it, but you're not being truthful if you're 464 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: saying like Cheeto, Jordan and Byron or lockdown corners. You 465 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: don't know that. So wait, like the majority of those 466 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: guys have to prove themselves for this season to be successful. 467 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: Your receivers have to prove that they can do it. 468 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: You're defending, you know, and we don't know that right now. 469 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: So that's what I would say. Not to copy, but 470 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: that's exactly my answer as well. Just the unknown, so 471 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: many guys that we don't know what's going to happen, 472 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff, you know, the new changes that 473 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: happen within the coaching We don't know, but that could 474 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: be something that works to their advantage. It's like one 475 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: of I don't know the right word for that, where 476 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 1: it's something that it could go either way where they 477 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: could really struggle or it could work to their advantage 478 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: to where now other teams don't even know what the 479 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: Cowboys are doing anymore. Last year, other teams had the 480 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: Cowboys pretty figured out. Now they don't. So maybe it's 481 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: something that they can take advantage of it. We'll see. 482 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: But I would say that's the biggest challenge, just the 483 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: whole unknown with all these young guys coming in. What 484 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: is this specific question again, greatest challenge for the Cowboys 485 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: entering the twenty eighteen season. You know, I think it's 486 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: it's Dak being a great player. I think he's been 487 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: a good player. He was a great surprise as a rookie, 488 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: and he was a he really really had a phenomenal 489 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: rookie season. Obviously there was a little bit of a 490 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: setback or a lot of a setback, but they're asking 491 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: him to be great. They're asking him this year to 492 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: be a great player, and they're taking some of the 493 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: weapons away they're trying to, you know, Taylor, just to 494 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: him and for him, he's gonna have to take that step. 495 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: They're putting the eggs in his basket to be a 496 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: great player, and I think he can be. But if 497 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: he's not, then I don't know if this team's gonna 498 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: be that good. I mean, I really know he's got 499 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: to be great. I think I think that what happens 500 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: then if he's not great? Yeah, I mean the team 501 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: as of right now has done everything they can to 502 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: cater to him. Now is this a year after this year, 503 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: Let's say he doesn't do great? What happens different different 504 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: answers here? If they're shockingly let's go on a limb 505 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: and say they're like eight and eight, nine and seven. 506 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: Let's just say they've finished there and he's not that great, 507 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna be It's not an easy choice there. If 508 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: if if he's not great and the team's not good, 509 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: and they're sitting at five and eleven and they're picking 510 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: seventh overall, then I think you know, you can probably say, 511 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: all right, they're gonna you know, they're gonna have a 512 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: new coach, I'm sure, and they'll have a new quarterback 513 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. But if he's if they're in 514 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: the middle of the pack, and it's kind of an 515 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: if he on whether he's really good or not, and 516 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: we're going to be good with a different system. You know, 517 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: I don't know. That's a good question. I don't know. 518 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: I I for the most part, I agree with you. 519 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,479 Speaker 1: I think you know. I don't know. I don't want 520 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: to speak for y'all. But like right now, if you 521 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: had to guess, you'd say the Cowboys probably aren't gonna 522 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl this year. Is that fair? Yeah? 523 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: You don't think so? Yeah? I mean okay, I mean 524 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: odds are odds are not with them as anything's possible, 525 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: but odds are not. Let me let me let me 526 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: further that point. If the Cowboys are gonna win the 527 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, Dak Prescott needs to be great. If the 528 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys are just gonna be a pretty good team that's 529 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: in the playoff hunt. I don't necessarily think that's true, 530 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: because again I hate that phrase, Dak friendly. But the 531 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: team is designed to help him out as much as possible. 532 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: You got your running game, you got your offensive line, 533 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: and I think Dak has established a pretty firm baseline 534 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 1: of what to expect. I mean, all things being equal, 535 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna be in the low three thousand yards 536 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: a little bit over sixty percent. He's gonna limit the mistakes. 537 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what we've seen from him in sixteen 538 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: games in twenty sixteen and then you know, ten games 539 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: before the whole team fell apart in twenty seventeen. He's 540 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: capable of consistently playing at a pretty good level, and 541 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: the team wins more often than they don't when he 542 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: plays that way. To Nick's point, if they're gonna like 543 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: cross that border from being a competitor in the NFC 544 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: to being you know, a good slash dominant team, he's 545 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: gonna have to pick that level of playoff. You know, 546 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: I'm really tired of hearing people say. And I was 547 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: on a show with two days ago, three days ago 548 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: with Mickey. Mickey says it all the time. You just 549 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: gotta get Beasley back to twenty sixteen. You gotta get 550 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: Dac back to twenty sixteen. It doesn't matter anymore because 551 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: because in seventeen the coordinators figured it out. It doesn't matter. 552 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: I'll argue with anyone all day long, you know, is 553 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: he gonna have that sophomore slump. That's what people kept 554 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 1: asking about Dak. Call it a slump or whatever, But 555 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: they figured that out. It was a chess match and 556 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: they won. They won last year. I don't care about 557 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: Zeke being out six games because what about the other 558 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: ten for Beasley? What about the other ten for Dak? 559 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: Like they they figured him out, and they figured Dez out, 560 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: and they said, Dak to Dez, will take our chances. 561 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: And it was a fifty fifty ball every time it 562 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: left his arm. But go ahead another, well wouldn't. I'm sorry, 563 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: And again I get it. It's excuse making to a degree, 564 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: but in the games where they had Zeke, Dak played 565 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: just as well as the point he was on a 566 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: pro Bowl pace. But literally before his team fell apart, 567 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: Tyrone was out or injured, Zeke got hurt or excuse me, 568 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: he got suspended. But go back. I mean, I remember 569 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: arguing with people online, like up until early November, up 570 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,719 Speaker 1: until you know, right around the Chiefs game, Dak's stats 571 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: compared very favorably to Carson Wentz's. They really did. You 572 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: can go look at it outside the Denver game. That team, 573 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: that offense played pretty well. Yeah, it played pretty well 574 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 1: so that's but again, but for the sake of the argument. 575 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: One of the things that a lot of people tweet 576 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: about in regards to die It's like, Okay, any other 577 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: quarterback could have been just as good behind that kind 578 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: of offense, oh line, you know, absolutely, so I mean wrong, 579 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: what wrong? Because those people did not watch twenty fifteen, 580 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: because in twenty fifteen, Kevin Matt Castle and it's the same. 581 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: It's the same argument about the Barry Sanders Emmett Smith stuff. 582 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: I always hate that one. Anyone could have run behind 583 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: that line. Not true because they didn't. They lost without 584 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: Emmet and they lost in twenty fifteen without Romo and 585 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, and credit Dak And I liked this isn't 586 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: I mean not liking him. I just think he's got 587 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: to take it to another level. I think last year 588 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: was a chess match. I think the defensive coordinators kind 589 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,360 Speaker 1: of figured it out, and I think there was other 590 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 1: issues going on. I think Dak felt pressure that had 591 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: to fill with the desk to desk that's gone now. 592 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: I think it's a little shell shock too. After that 593 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: Atlanta game. I don't think he looked the same after 594 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: that Atlantic game. For much of the rest of that season. 595 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: But again who who would? But also when you think 596 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: about how that the rest of the thing, my head's 597 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: on a swivel about his He didn't have his running back, 598 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: he didn't have his left tackle. You know, there were 599 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: a lot of things that fell apart on this young 600 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: quarterback that to me were more of what happened to 601 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: him last year than saying that somebody figured him out. 602 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: I think it was just a lot of other factors 603 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: that played in Well, it's it's totally fair to criticize him. 604 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: It's it's what we do. We gotta fill airspace if 605 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: nothing else. I have next to no doubt in my 606 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: mind that Dak Prescott's gonna look more like the guy 607 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: from September to November then the guy that came after that. 608 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: Like I spend very little time worrying about. I actually agree. 609 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: I agree with that, I really do. I just think 610 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: this year they've they've taken some of the familiar weapons away. 611 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: Maybe that's a good thing. Maybe it's not that. Maybe 612 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: it's going to open them up a little bit. The thing, 613 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: the thing, and the thing. To go back to my point, 614 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: the thing that I that does concern me, y'all, tell 615 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: me if you agree with this. I can easily see 616 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: a future where like Michael Gallup is the next young 617 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: star and people are buying up as jerseys, and Alan 618 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: Hearns has nine touchdowns and people love him and everything's 619 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: hunky dory. I can also very easily see a future 620 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: where everybody sucks, and when the mock drafts start coming out, 621 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: every single one of them is like, well, obviously it's 622 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: got to be wide receiver. The Cowboys don't have anything 623 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: in that depart Like, I can see both clearly. I 624 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: think they're both possible. Yeah, So that's that's what I 625 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: keep going back to. I'm not worried about the quarterback. 626 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: I am curious if his targets are as good as 627 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: they think they are. Right now, okay, I want to 628 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: throw a couple other options that you eyes of, things 629 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: that I think can be big challenges for this team. 630 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: First thing I'll talk about is and these two things 631 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: kind of go together, but I think that we've seen 632 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL teams have success when they are a 633 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: run heavy, run first kind of teams. Typically, when that works, though, 634 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: you have to have a really dominant defense that goes 635 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: along with it. You look at the Seattle Seahawks of 636 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: the last several years. You look at even in the 637 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: Rams last year, I think they were a run heavy 638 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: team that had kind of okay wide receivers, but mind large, 639 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: it was the fact that they had a great defense 640 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: combined with a really great run game. Cowboys have, as 641 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: we talked about, their greatest asset is a run game. 642 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: Question is that defense good enough to be able to 643 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: get the stops, Because here's the problem. If they can't, 644 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: then it's gonna put the Cowboys offensive situations where they 645 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: have to score big and score quick. And I don't 646 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: know if they have those kinds of weapons right now. 647 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: They don't have that kind of or at least we 648 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: haven't seen yet whether they have that kind of dominant 649 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: receiving threat that's going to get open deep or be 650 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: able to catch a ball short and be able to 651 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: take at the distance. Do they have that kind of 652 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: passing game. I think that's one of the biggest challenges 653 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: this team WI have to face. What do you guys think, Yeah, 654 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: and that kind of I mean, it goes back to 655 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: my point from the beginning, which is there's a lot 656 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: to feel good and optimistic about. There's not a lot 657 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: in the way of proving playmakers. That's been a theme 658 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 1: for this defense for forever. I mean, you know, you 659 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: got Sean Lee, Hopefully he can play fourteen or more games. Uh, 660 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence broke out last year, Hopefully he can maintain 661 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: that with defenses focusing on him. And then you're just 662 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: kind of hoping. You're you're hoping Jalen Smith takes the 663 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: next step. There's reason to think he will. You're hoping 664 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: Layton vander esh plays like a first round pick, be creative, 665 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: Frandy Gregory could come back and play like the guy 666 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: who has top fifteen talent. But right now you're lying 667 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: to yourself if you're saying you know any of that's 668 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: going to happen. Right it goes back to DeMarcus Lawrence. 669 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you couldn't You couldn't see that 670 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: he really hadn't shown a lot we were not talking about. 671 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, nobody, somebody's gonna do it. Somebody's somebody's 672 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: gonna be that guy. You just hope DeMarcus does it again. Yeah, 673 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: hope you don't have somebody that just breaks out and says, oh, 674 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: he's got seven interceptions. But then DeMarcus Lawrence has two sacks, 675 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: and you know you're going up, up and down here. 676 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: I mean, but it's it's across the league too. I mean, 677 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: there's no way that anybody that was picking last year's 678 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: games thought, well, I bet you mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara, 679 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: are you know are going to be this one to 680 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl punch and that will help Drew Brees and 681 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: you know, and and and now they're gonna win eleven games. 682 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't ever see it. You said it, 683 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:28,959 Speaker 1: we went to break. There's a look at all these 684 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: teams in the NFC. You named like five teams or whatever. 685 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: One of them is gonna pick in the top five 686 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: next year, no doubt about it. That's how the NFL 687 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: watching this team. You know it might be. It's gonna 688 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: be a fun year if it is. All right. So, guys, 689 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: there were we put this out on our our fan 690 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: giving draft show. Won't be. It won't be. We've put 691 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: this question out on our fan Pulse on our mobile app, 692 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: and uh, can you guys guess? There were four answers 693 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: that we gave. We gave Dak being being great. We said, 694 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 1: unproven players stepping up, the ability to score quick, and 695 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: defense getting enough stops. Which do you think are saying 696 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: right now is the biggest challenge for this team? Whatever 697 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: it was listed first, I bet it's Dak whatever was 698 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: listed first. Contrary, my friends, Dak is third. Oh wow, 699 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: right now. And for you guys out there they don't 700 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: know what we're talking about. Go to our mobile Apple 701 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: you can check out. If you go and click on 702 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: to Cowboys Break, you'll see that there's a thing called 703 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: fan Feedback fan Pulse where the questions there and you 704 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: can vote. But unproven players stepping up number one, Number two, 705 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: defense getting enough stops at twenty eight percent, Number three 706 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: Dak being great at nineteen percent, and only nine percent 707 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: with ability to score quick? Was that the last one 708 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: on the thing? No, they were all mixed up. The 709 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: first one was second and the second one was fourth, 710 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: so they were all okay, I mean, I expected people. 711 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: You know, the quarterback gets the criticism and the credit 712 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: all the time, but it's it's I mean, but he's 713 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: got the jersey's at here. The fans love him. Fans, 714 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: he's a fan favorite some a lot of the fans. 715 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: The thing about having fifty hundred million fans is that 716 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: a lot of people belove him, man hate him. That's 717 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 1: just say I'm gonna say, Tony Romo is like, yeah, 718 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: welcome to the show, kid um. But yeah, no, I 719 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: mean it's it's it's crazy, you know. I mean, you 720 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: can conceivably talk me into this being like a twelve 721 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: win team, and you can conceivably talk me into them 722 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: being a five win team. Like, we just don't know 723 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: right now. Ye all right, let's take our final break. 724 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 1: When we come back, Amber's got a special edition of 725 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: c or No for us, so we'll get to answer 726 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,360 Speaker 1: some questions that Amber has lined up. We'll do that 727 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: when we come right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot com. 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Well no, yeah, Derek. 777 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 1: I just wanted to point out to you that, you know, 778 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: we're here at training camp for like twenty six days. 779 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: It's weirdly it's enough time to actually put your clothes 780 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: into the dresser that's in your hotel room, which like 781 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: you never do when you're just there for a night, 782 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,839 Speaker 1: but not true, you're weird. I never do that, but 783 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised. I'm rifling through my underwear drawer this morning, 784 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,319 Speaker 1: and you know it's it's it's beautiful out here. We 785 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: spend the whole day outside and I grabbed like my 786 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: cotton Haynes that you bought me a few years ago 787 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: that I still have and why would you still have those? Well, 788 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,400 Speaker 1: I was about to put it on, and I was like, 789 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,279 Speaker 1: this is bowl bs like this, it's the top of 790 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,399 Speaker 1: the laundry cycle right now. I need some Tommy John 791 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,759 Speaker 1: because it's comfortable or outside it doesn't ride up. And 792 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: so I was like, this is gonna be my MVP, 793 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,720 Speaker 1: Like forget Randy Gregory or whoever's out here practicing. Tommy 794 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,160 Speaker 1: John's the MVP of training camp because it's like it's 795 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,960 Speaker 1: not even there. You do. You put it on and 796 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: you go it's not and you don't sweat through it, 797 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't ride up. It's just it's the perfect outdoor underwear. 798 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,920 Speaker 1: And it's honestly perfect for a lot of other scenarios too, 799 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: And I highly recommend it, like when you or about it, 800 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: like when you have to go to the bathroom, Like 801 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 1: if somebody has to be talking about to the bathroom, 802 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: I'm talking about it. If you had to stop talking 803 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,879 Speaker 1: about it, I'm just saying it's it's convenient. You'll save 804 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: you some time with the quick drop pouch. Yeah, those 805 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: are just for the people that have to go, Okay, 806 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: let's move. Sounds like you're in a lot of trouble there, Derek. No, 807 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 1: I'm going Tommy John. I'm Tommy John every day, babe, 808 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,280 Speaker 1: Tommy John. Every well, I can't I'm Tommy John every 809 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: I can't afford to have. Tommy John is my full 810 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 1: underwear regiment. But if Tommy John wanted to help me 811 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: out and send me some more, that would be great. 812 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: Where where do people go to get Tommy Well Tommy 813 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 1: John dot com Forward Slash Cowboys. You can get twenty 814 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: percent off your order, and you know you can get 815 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,360 Speaker 1: like the stars on it if you want to like 816 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,759 Speaker 1: let people know or let some people know. Let's say, 817 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,319 Speaker 1: I don't know, if you want to let everybody, let 818 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: certain people know your loyalties. All right, good, it's great. 819 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: It's a great quality product. All right, Garcia, it is 820 00:38:54,000 --> 00:39:02,479 Speaker 1: your turn. See see how well I behaved? I behave okay, Ceo, 821 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,439 Speaker 1: no running guys. These are all questions that fans sent out. 822 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: So let's get it started. Well, Rico gathers make the roster. 823 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 1: See no, no, that's I say. It's so, it's so, 824 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,479 Speaker 1: it's so tricky. I'm gonna tell you why he's gonna 825 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: make it. Why he's gonna make it is because number one, 826 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: there are no proven guys there, and he's gonna do 827 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,279 Speaker 1: just enough in preseason and in training camp that he's 828 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 1: gonna intrigue them to where they're like, we just can't count. 829 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,399 Speaker 1: Have you been watching him within the group of tight 830 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:44,040 Speaker 1: ends a little bit? Not much? You should? You should 831 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,240 Speaker 1: keep watching him? No, no, no, no, The point exactly, 832 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,880 Speaker 1: that's exactly my mint is that he's gonna have. He's 833 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,719 Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of bad moments, but they're gonna 834 00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: be enough of those moments where it's like, Okay, we 835 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 1: don't have anybody else at the tight end position that 836 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: could do what he just did, but we gotta keep 837 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,680 Speaker 1: him around here. You had an older brother, Yeah, I 838 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: did too. You know I still still have him, right, 839 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: that's true. That's true. I mean, I really what I 840 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: meant is when you were growing up, Yeah, you're growing up, 841 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: and you know, you're always he's always got that, you know. 842 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 1: But then when they go off to college, now you 843 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 1: maybe move into that room or whatever. He's gone. He's 844 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: Monday Night football. He didn't like him. He didn't like Reco. 845 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,840 Speaker 1: Witten did not like Reco. He didn't like him. You'd 846 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: be so loud he's back there. Okay, I'm just saying 847 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:37,279 Speaker 1: you probably she's saying he didn't. Yeah, I mean, like 848 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: I think it was. It was pretty clear that that 849 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,160 Speaker 1: you know that there's a lot of people that I 850 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:47,759 Speaker 1: didn't like him. I mean, so I just think that 851 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,160 Speaker 1: he had some things going against him, and now it 852 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 1: should just be about football, because I don't know if 853 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: it was last year. I don't I don't think it was. 854 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,360 Speaker 1: He did some nice things and then all of a 855 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: sudden he didn't play anymore, and we didn't have any 856 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,600 Speaker 1: other answer. We have no other answers. Here's my thing, though, 857 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: and it's I would guess it's it's probably gonna look 858 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,839 Speaker 1: really pretty in the preseason when he can just run 859 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: down the seam and Cooper Russell and it happened last year. 860 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: It looked great. But the Cowboys use their tight ends 861 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,759 Speaker 1: to block so much. And like you saw it in OTAs, 862 00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 1: that is how the Cowboys use their tight ends when 863 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,600 Speaker 1: they had Jason Witten. We don't know how the Cowboys 864 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 1: will use their tight end if anything, really don't. If anything, 865 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 1: I don't. I just think they won't use tight ends 866 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,280 Speaker 1: in that case. Like honestly, like we've seen him running 867 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,919 Speaker 1: ten personnel out here. If that's the case, just take 868 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,800 Speaker 1: the tight end off the field. But like, I can't 869 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,200 Speaker 1: imagine they're just gonna all of a sudden play Jimmy 870 00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 1: gram Ball where they just don't expect they're tight end 871 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: to do what they do bad. I'm not gonna say 872 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: they are, but I will say this, if they find 873 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: that there's a role for Rico gathers that is predominantly 874 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 1: going to be a red zone threat because he is 875 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,279 Speaker 1: a big body, he catches the ball well, he's he's 876 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: able to get space with his body. If they look 877 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,759 Speaker 1: at him from that standpoint, they say he does that 878 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,360 Speaker 1: better than anybody else we have at the tight end position. 879 00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,160 Speaker 1: There's an opportunity for us to use him there. That's 880 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: my point they can from. I think they will find 881 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 1: a role for him because there will be things he 882 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,600 Speaker 1: does out here that are different than anybody else's playing 883 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,480 Speaker 1: tight end can do. I had a point about earlier 884 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 1: when we just kind of went across the table and said, 885 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,920 Speaker 1: you know, the running game is what they do best. True, 886 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: but part of the running game has been the tight 887 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,799 Speaker 1: end position, and I wonder if they're going to have 888 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: somebody that they count on on that regard. I mean, 889 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if Swain is considered a great run 890 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,319 Speaker 1: block or I don't know if the Jarwin is either 891 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 1: they use him. I think oli Wally is going to 892 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,359 Speaker 1: have a bigger role in the running game, but I'm 893 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: just saying that that's a part of it. With Whitton, 894 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: he could do the job. He could at least do 895 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: the job and block pretty well on the edge there, 896 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: So that's something they got to figure out too, which 897 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,920 Speaker 1: tied End can kind of help them there in the 898 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:47,960 Speaker 1: running game. All I know is all I know is 899 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: that coaches like players that aren't liabilities, and specifically this 900 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 1: coaching staff. Like there are coaching staffs where you're like, yeah, 901 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,359 Speaker 1: we'll give we'll make this guy like a fifteen play 902 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,200 Speaker 1: package when we get down in the red zone. But like, 903 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 1: I haven't seen that from these guys, Like that's that 904 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 1: doesn't fit their mo Maybe it's different now because there's 905 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,919 Speaker 1: so many new faces on the coaching staff. I gotta 906 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 1: see it to believe. Let me let me clarify a 907 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 1: little bit too with Whitten. Witten didn't let Cole Beasley 908 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:16,600 Speaker 1: quitting in two eleven, right, he had come back and 909 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,800 Speaker 1: talked to the team. I mean Witten that there was 910 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,040 Speaker 1: a guy named Scott Sicko that you guys have probably 911 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,040 Speaker 1: never heard of. Remember um tied End that that was 912 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,479 Speaker 1: a rookie free agent that quit and then he came back, 913 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,040 Speaker 1: and then he quit and he came back didn't know 914 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:29,480 Speaker 1: if he wanted to play, And Whitten was like, you're 915 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,080 Speaker 1: out of here, man, if you don't know that you 916 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,160 Speaker 1: want to play football, I don't want your round. And 917 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,160 Speaker 1: so I think, you know, what has made Jason Witten 918 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,920 Speaker 1: such a great player for so long was just the 919 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,200 Speaker 1: work and the commitment and the drive and all that. 920 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,640 Speaker 1: And I think he looked at ed Rico and kind 921 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,680 Speaker 1: of just said that we're handing this guy an opportunity. 922 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,719 Speaker 1: He hadn't played in eight years. You know, that wasn't 923 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,279 Speaker 1: the way he came up. So I don't really know 924 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,920 Speaker 1: of their relationship, you know, behind closed doors, but I 925 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,279 Speaker 1: know this that he didn't look at it the same 926 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,200 Speaker 1: way and say, all right, this guy, this guy has 927 00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,560 Speaker 1: made it, had the same journey as all these other guys, 928 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: and so you know, he kind of thought it was 929 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: sort of a publicity stunt really too, just like this 930 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: guy's gonna come in. But when he started catching touchdown passes, 931 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,239 Speaker 1: I think everybody perked up a little bit. They should have. 932 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,719 Speaker 1: I just I don't I don't know that it's it's 933 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:17,879 Speaker 1: gonna be make or break. I mean, Rico already said 934 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:22,279 Speaker 1: I can't imagine him spending time on the practice squad. Here. 935 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,880 Speaker 1: Was this supposed to be like a quick it was, 936 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:29,480 Speaker 1: but I thought of a good conversation. He is too 937 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 1: slow right now. I mean you watch him within everyone else, 938 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,760 Speaker 1: He's just just slow his movement. And for example, Jason Witten. 939 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:40,120 Speaker 1: You started seeing Jason slow down right, and it works 940 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:44,040 Speaker 1: for him. He's witting. He has all those years of experience. 941 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,120 Speaker 1: Rico is not at that level. How do you go 942 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:51,080 Speaker 1: through a drill? Everyone's running up front, turning left, catching 943 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:54,719 Speaker 1: the ball. Rico was watching boom boom, boom boom. He 944 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,719 Speaker 1: goes to the opposite side. How does that happen? Yeah, 945 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,720 Speaker 1: this is how it happens because football still isn't natural 946 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: to him. It's not natural. He's thinking. He's thinking so much. 947 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,560 Speaker 1: He's like hips, you know, turn foot foot here, plant here, 948 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,919 Speaker 1: turn here, shoulders look hands up, like like it'll gets 949 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:14,600 Speaker 1: to the point where you don't even think about it. 950 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,400 Speaker 1: He just you do it. And he's thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking, 951 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,719 Speaker 1: and he kind of missed that last part is left 952 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,600 Speaker 1: instead of right. I mean, honestly, no, it's a fair point. 953 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm not giving him. I'm just saying I just think 954 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,480 Speaker 1: this is one of those deals where it's still not 955 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,040 Speaker 1: natural for him all. But how long did the Cowboys 956 00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,799 Speaker 1: grab onto him? I think that's a that's you know better, 957 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: it's it's coming to a head this step. It's got 958 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,279 Speaker 1: to be this. It's gonna he's either gonna be on 959 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,560 Speaker 1: the fifty three or another team. I'd be surprised if 960 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:44,760 Speaker 1: it's anything else. Yeah, that's change positions, move him, move him, 961 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:50,719 Speaker 1: ask us another one. Okay, will Jeff see or no? 962 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:56,040 Speaker 1: Will Jeff he lead the team in interceptions again this year? No? Nope, No, 963 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:02,080 Speaker 1: I think it'll be se Oh see, keep disrespecting my man. 964 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,640 Speaker 1: He's done it. I mean, he's done it three years 965 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,439 Speaker 1: in a row. Like I start off the show talking 966 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: about how great he is. He's done it three years 967 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,920 Speaker 1: in a row. Right, But I mean she said lead 968 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,839 Speaker 1: the team Internet, somebody's got to get the three. Let's say. 969 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:19,240 Speaker 1: Don't act like it's what's the number on one person 970 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,440 Speaker 1: this year? I mean, honestly, until I see otherwise, I'm 971 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,399 Speaker 1: gonna assume three or less because I in my time here, 972 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,160 Speaker 1: they there has not been a guy finished with like 973 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,759 Speaker 1: a real ball hawking number for the last time a 974 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,960 Speaker 1: cornerback led the team and pick freaking like two thousand, 975 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:37,120 Speaker 1: it's been like Anthony Henry. Maybe honestly it was it 976 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,520 Speaker 1: was it was Sean Lee. My first season with five 977 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,799 Speaker 1: h it's easy to say no, you know, and take 978 00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:47,200 Speaker 1: the field with someone else. I say, I say no, though, 979 00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:52,080 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go with cheeky. I actually think one 980 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:53,799 Speaker 1: of these young cornerbacks is going to lead the team 981 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,880 Speaker 1: this year. I hope, I hope that's true because it 982 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,319 Speaker 1: means that they're balling out of control. But until then, 983 00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,000 Speaker 1: Jeff Heath is the reigning champ, Like, come get my crown. 984 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,439 Speaker 1: I'm not just giving it to you. See, dark horse 985 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,920 Speaker 1: would be Anthony Brown. Anthony Brown seems to get he 986 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,560 Speaker 1: gets his hands on the ball a little bit. Jaln 987 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,840 Speaker 1: just get more sacks than everyone else besides d Law 988 00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:18,840 Speaker 1: who I'm sorry, sorry second, Oh god, I hope not no. 989 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:22,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I like, I'm driving this train, Like I 990 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 1: think Jay he's gonna he's gonna blitz, he's gonna rush 991 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,879 Speaker 1: the pass, or he's gonna get some sacks. But I'm 992 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,600 Speaker 1: thinking like four or five. I mean, it's hard to 993 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:32,719 Speaker 1: imagine a linebacker, a true linebacker, not a rushing linebacker 994 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,759 Speaker 1: like a four. Do you think do you think he's 995 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:38,919 Speaker 1: gonna get more than who's gonna get five? Who's gonna 996 00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:42,160 Speaker 1: get more. Second, I would hope that one of these ends, 997 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,160 Speaker 1: whether I mean Tyrone had what four and a half 998 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,160 Speaker 1: last year? Yeah, I would hope one of these ends 999 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,440 Speaker 1: can get to six. I mean we're talking about how 1000 00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,719 Speaker 1: talented they all are. Gregory, I mean between between Gregory 1001 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,440 Speaker 1: Elie Taco, it's gonna be Taco. That's that's an interesting 1002 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,560 Speaker 1: urban Irving. I mean Irving was second last year. I 1003 00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,600 Speaker 1: played six games. He gets six sacks. He might he could. 1004 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:09,360 Speaker 1: I would not be surprised. I would It's bad for 1005 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,560 Speaker 1: the Dallas pass for USh if Jalen Smith is second 1006 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,480 Speaker 1: in sacks, Let's put it that way, unless it's depending 1007 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,400 Speaker 1: on how they use defense. Depending on how they use 1008 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,319 Speaker 1: They're not gonna put his hand in the dirt, no, 1009 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,560 Speaker 1: But so if they're blitzing him quite a bit, then 1010 00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,319 Speaker 1: there's a chance that you can get there. I Like 1011 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:24,960 Speaker 1: I said, I it's hard for me to imagine a 1012 00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:27,359 Speaker 1: four or three linebacker finishing with more than like five 1013 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,759 Speaker 1: or seas. Yeah, but like, oh, I mean I don't know, man, 1014 00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:33,799 Speaker 1: I you know, I hate to ascribe too much to 1015 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,640 Speaker 1: a guy that hasn't even practiced yet, but like, I 1016 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,120 Speaker 1: don't my guy Taco looks like he's ready to take 1017 00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,000 Speaker 1: a step. I'm with you on that. I actually think 1018 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,200 Speaker 1: tackle is ready to take the next step. So I 1019 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,680 Speaker 1: just somebody on this team's got to be capable of 1020 00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:48,400 Speaker 1: six or seven hopefully more, but at least that you 1021 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,280 Speaker 1: think he has a legitimate shot to replace Tarrell Crawford 1022 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,600 Speaker 1: is starting as a starting defenseman. It's hard for me 1023 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,719 Speaker 1: to say that just because he usually plays left side, Like, 1024 00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:57,319 Speaker 1: we haven't seen him on the right. Would he be 1025 00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,239 Speaker 1: good enough? Though? Where they have to say, hey, we 1026 00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,399 Speaker 1: gotta got to get him on the field more. Ask 1027 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:03,960 Speaker 1: me again in two weeks. I don't know. I mean, 1028 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,920 Speaker 1: I haven't seen him, but he hasn't been playing over there. 1029 00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:11,480 Speaker 1: Your your competitors for right side right now are Cony Eally, 1030 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:16,160 Speaker 1: um Dorian's armstrong, and then assuming when he gets back 1031 00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:20,120 Speaker 1: into the speed of things, obviously Gregory. So okay, Dan Bailey, 1032 00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:22,680 Speaker 1: we know about his injury last year and how that 1033 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:27,840 Speaker 1: affected him. Are you guys concern about him at this point? 1034 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:33,680 Speaker 1: C or No? No? No, yes, Oh my god? See 1035 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:37,360 Speaker 1: why because the last time I saw him he was 1036 00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:39,680 Speaker 1: missing a twenty four yard field goal in Philadelphia. I 1037 00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:43,279 Speaker 1: mean the last time yesterday. Okay, sorry. The last time 1038 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,279 Speaker 1: I saw him gonna kick that actually mattered, he missed 1039 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:50,200 Speaker 1: one yesterday. I just, uh, yes, you have you have to. 1040 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:54,239 Speaker 1: Not everybody's atam vinitary. Not everybody kicks till they're sixty 1041 00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,960 Speaker 1: years old. Every all these kickers that are automatic, at 1042 00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,920 Speaker 1: one point they they drop off for whatever the reason. 1043 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,759 Speaker 1: It probably started with an injury or whatever. And so 1044 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:07,759 Speaker 1: I'm pulling form more than anybody. But concerned. Yeah, I 1045 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,879 Speaker 1: just I just want to see that because it's it's 1046 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,640 Speaker 1: not about physical anymore, but it is. And let's just see, 1047 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:17,160 Speaker 1: I'm I'm concerned because it's a position that matters so 1048 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,359 Speaker 1: much in today's NFL. I'm not concerned yet, but I 1049 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:22,680 Speaker 1: will say if we get to the preseason or the 1050 00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,319 Speaker 1: regular season and that first miss, if he misses one 1051 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:28,920 Speaker 1: that is a legitimate, makeable field goal, then I will 1052 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,480 Speaker 1: start to worry significantly because of what happened last year. Yeah, okay, 1053 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,400 Speaker 1: that's all right. So right now I'm not concerned yet, 1054 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,520 Speaker 1: given him benefit because he's been so good and so steady. 1055 00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:39,200 Speaker 1: I'm giving him a benefit of doubt and saying I'm 1056 00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:41,640 Speaker 1: not concerned right now. Let's see, I get that kicking 1057 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,359 Speaker 1: is is much more mental than physical. But I'm you know, 1058 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,120 Speaker 1: I think about Tyrn Smith is like, you know, he's 1059 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:49,839 Speaker 1: had problems two years in a row, but you give 1060 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,399 Speaker 1: him the benefit of the doubt because he's so damn 1061 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,280 Speaker 1: good when he's out there. I'm I give damn Bailey 1062 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:56,960 Speaker 1: a mulligan. He's been so good for eight seven years. 1063 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,000 Speaker 1: Whatever it is, I'm not gonna be worried about him 1064 00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:01,960 Speaker 1: until he gives me a reason to be, which I 1065 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:03,839 Speaker 1: mean maybe that's a week from now. I don't know, 1066 00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:06,680 Speaker 1: but right now I feel fine, which leads to the 1067 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:11,879 Speaker 1: next question. Will Tyron Smith play a full season? See 1068 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:16,959 Speaker 1: or no? No, no, But it won't be like it'll 1069 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,480 Speaker 1: you know, it'll be like the Sean Lee like management 1070 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,480 Speaker 1: type of deal, Like he won't for whatever reason, he 1071 00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,919 Speaker 1: won't play the last game, whether for good reason or bad, 1072 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,959 Speaker 1: like they'll you know, he won't need to play. But 1073 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:31,880 Speaker 1: he's gonna be healthy more than he's not, if that 1074 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:35,240 Speaker 1: makes sense, he would be he wouldn't play by choice 1075 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:41,640 Speaker 1: of the coaching style. Let's protect him to be relatively healthy. 1076 00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:45,000 Speaker 1: He's he's saying, not sixteen games, not sixteen games, but 1077 00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:49,359 Speaker 1: not sixteen games, but more than fourteen or more might 1078 00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,400 Speaker 1: miss the short weekend Thanksgiving because if he had got bigger, 1079 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:54,840 Speaker 1: if they're already in the playoffs, or if they're already 1080 00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,120 Speaker 1: out of the playoffs, they won't play him in week seventeen. 1081 00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,440 Speaker 1: Whatever butes won't be a major is it will not 1082 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,640 Speaker 1: be a major. I agree with that, honestly. I will 1083 00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:03,960 Speaker 1: say this, I don't know the injuries. I can't say. 1084 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,719 Speaker 1: I don't think injuries would be a major won't be 1085 00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:07,759 Speaker 1: a major issue. I think there will be times when 1086 00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:11,640 Speaker 1: he's not practicing. He's our new he's our new Romo, 1087 00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:13,440 Speaker 1: and you're ready. They're having to manage him and that 1088 00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:15,359 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. But I don't know that. I think 1089 00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,359 Speaker 1: he's gonna miss games. I guess this is the way 1090 00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,160 Speaker 1: I Tyron Tyron Wednesday is gonna be a thing, like 1091 00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:24,040 Speaker 1: I bet he'll probably it's early, but I won't like 1092 00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:26,680 Speaker 1: if he's only practicing on Fridays all year, I won't 1093 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:28,680 Speaker 1: be surprised. What we know is he's a warrior, so 1094 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna If there's a chance for him to play, 1095 00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:34,120 Speaker 1: he's playing. But it just they're just captaim in. It's insane, 1096 00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:37,319 Speaker 1: Like he had the back, he had the knee, and 1097 00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,920 Speaker 1: he had the groin, and he still played like a series. 1098 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:43,960 Speaker 1: He still played a series against Seattle before he was like, 1099 00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:47,520 Speaker 1: I can't do it. I can't. He's amazing, he's a 1100 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:52,160 Speaker 1: he's a warrior. Yeah. Shoot, well, well the Cowboys regret 1101 00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:58,359 Speaker 1: cutting des Bryant. No, I said that quickly and with 1102 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:07,120 Speaker 1: conviction with my chest. Um see ye see and and 1103 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:10,279 Speaker 1: and it's more like maybe they won't, maybe they maybe 1104 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:14,920 Speaker 1: they won't miss his production this year. But to Nick's point, like, 1105 00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:17,000 Speaker 1: if you were on the team today, he'd be this 1106 00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,920 Speaker 1: team's best receiver and on top of that, I mean 1107 00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:23,520 Speaker 1: he'd also beats quarterback's biggest distraction. And you just you 1108 00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,840 Speaker 1: guys just saying that the quarterback is gonna have to 1109 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,640 Speaker 1: step up and be better, right, So which one do 1110 00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,640 Speaker 1: you want? I mean I get that, and I like, 1111 00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:34,600 Speaker 1: to a degree, I buy the company line. But I 1112 00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:37,120 Speaker 1: saw them play pretty well together in twenty sixteen, so 1113 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:39,000 Speaker 1: I get it. But that wasn't the case. I mean, 1114 00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:43,319 Speaker 1: all you see, let me take this into the future too. 1115 00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,680 Speaker 1: And the reason I'm cheating a little bit because it 1116 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,360 Speaker 1: kind of reminds me of Jimmy Johnson in the sense 1117 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:52,440 Speaker 1: that like twenty years from now, twenty years from now, 1118 00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,839 Speaker 1: he's gonna go into the Ring of Honor and like 1119 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:58,200 Speaker 1: he's this great Cowboys player. He's gonna hold a lot 1120 00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:01,680 Speaker 1: of Cowboy records years for the for what whatever? You 1121 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:03,560 Speaker 1: get my point? Why you gotta do that? I don't know, 1122 00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:06,399 Speaker 1: because you would He's gonna You're right, he's gonna hold 1123 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:10,160 Speaker 1: the franchise touchdown record for the foreseeable future. Jason Witten's retired, 1124 00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,319 Speaker 1: like nobody's catching him, but like for the rest of 1125 00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,279 Speaker 1: like for the like it's always gonna be there. It's like, 1126 00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:18,480 Speaker 1: oh yeah, like des was this great cowboy but like 1127 00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:21,120 Speaker 1: it ended kind of bad and you know, like that's no. 1128 00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,920 Speaker 1: But that's every name a guy that was here. Emmett 1129 00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:26,800 Speaker 1: Smith got cut and when he got cut, there was acrimony. 1130 00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:28,520 Speaker 1: He went on did the article where he said he 1131 00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,479 Speaker 1: was he was a diamond surrounded by trash. Like that's 1132 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:34,040 Speaker 1: a part of it, don't don't. Nobody thinks about it now, 1133 00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:37,240 Speaker 1: But that's not true. People do they They're like, remember 1134 00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,040 Speaker 1: when Emmett cried in the locker room the first time 1135 00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:41,359 Speaker 1: you had to play at Texas Stam. Nobody cares. They 1136 00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:44,960 Speaker 1: might not. It's still there. Though it's not. It's not 1137 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:48,640 Speaker 1: the storybook ending you want for one of your franchises. Great, 1138 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:50,799 Speaker 1: there's not many guys to get the story but but 1139 00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:53,560 Speaker 1: typically Jason Witten got the story. But most guys that 1140 00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:56,360 Speaker 1: go into the Ring of Honor tend to get the 1141 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,120 Speaker 1: story book more often than not. Troy Hitman did not 1142 00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:01,319 Speaker 1: get the story book. Michael Rban didn't get the story. 1143 00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:04,800 Speaker 1: But retiring, because retiring because you got hurt is different 1144 00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:09,319 Speaker 1: than getting cut. No, Aikman wanted to continue playing. The 1145 00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,319 Speaker 1: cowboys were like, we're done, dude, Like, we're not. We're 1146 00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,239 Speaker 1: not going to have you back. At least they put 1147 00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:17,200 Speaker 1: a good face on it. He wanted to continue playing. 1148 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,840 Speaker 1: You don't think he wanted to continue playing. No, LaVar 1149 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,799 Speaker 1: Arrington knocked him into the Texas Stadium turf and when 1150 00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,920 Speaker 1: that was it was over for him. I think he 1151 00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,719 Speaker 1: got cut because of it was easier with the salary. Yeah, 1152 00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:31,839 Speaker 1: but that way. There were certainly stories, hey, that I 1153 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,239 Speaker 1: was hearing about about the fact that he did he 1154 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:36,920 Speaker 1: did he did he roll up? Did he roll up 1155 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,560 Speaker 1: with his people for a meeting with Jerry that lasted 1156 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:41,319 Speaker 1: five minutes and then piece the hell out of there? 1157 00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,520 Speaker 1: Never to come back. No, it didn't work that way. 1158 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,279 Speaker 1: Like it's a sour ending for a great player, that's 1159 00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:49,719 Speaker 1: all I'm saying. So in that regard, I think there 1160 00:55:49,719 --> 00:55:51,520 Speaker 1: will be some regret about the way it went down 1161 00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:53,600 Speaker 1: in the future, whether or not they'll miss him in 1162 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,640 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, I'm kind of fifty fifty. But that's what 1163 00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,360 Speaker 1: you're that's the question. That's the question, And I honestly 1164 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,759 Speaker 1: don't think I totally. I just wanted to take that 1165 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:04,040 Speaker 1: into left field. I got another course. What they may miss. 1166 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that they for what they gain. I 1167 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,920 Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna be a real another c or 1168 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:13,880 Speaker 1: no question. If Jason Witten retires earlier, a month earlier, 1169 00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:19,960 Speaker 1: do they still cut Das Yes, So it wasn't it. 1170 00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:24,720 Speaker 1: They're not worried. Everything they did clearly about the money. 1171 00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:27,239 Speaker 1: It's not about the money. It wasn't the money. Like 1172 00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean, they were just like, get get off our team, 1173 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,040 Speaker 1: please get off. But he was one of the guys 1174 00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:35,279 Speaker 1: probably saying that get off our team. Okay, but our team. 1175 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,600 Speaker 1: I mean, hey, I'm you don't make a decision like 1176 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,560 Speaker 1: that without the sign from QB one. Yeah there, And 1177 00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:43,840 Speaker 1: I mean, but I think there's plenty of avlidity that 1178 00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:45,920 Speaker 1: does his whole Garrett, because I'm not I'm not saying 1179 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,000 Speaker 1: it from a standpoint of just like Witting, like oneted that. 1180 00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:51,960 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that. I'm saying is isn't that? Because 1181 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,759 Speaker 1: what was everyone talking about how different things are for Dack. 1182 00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,040 Speaker 1: They're like, well, he doesn't have Witten this year, he 1183 00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:00,000 Speaker 1: doesn't have Das. So if you knew one of them, 1184 00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,520 Speaker 1: you controlled one of them. You didn't. If you knew 1185 00:57:02,520 --> 00:57:05,000 Speaker 1: that right off the season, Witten was gone. I don't 1186 00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:06,560 Speaker 1: know if they if they do that with that, but 1187 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:09,400 Speaker 1: I think it's still that even though they're you kind 1188 00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:12,040 Speaker 1: of putting them together. I think they were too independent decisions, 1189 00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:14,640 Speaker 1: I really, and I think regardless of what happened with one, 1190 00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,080 Speaker 1: the other was still gonna be likely to happen or not. 1191 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,080 Speaker 1: Like I think I don't think it was they were 1192 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:21,640 Speaker 1: tied together. I don't think they would have made a 1193 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:23,520 Speaker 1: different decision if they known Whitten was going to retire 1194 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:27,200 Speaker 1: by like January thirty first, after they hired Sanjay Lawl 1195 00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:28,960 Speaker 1: and gave him a chance to watch the tape and 1196 00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:33,120 Speaker 1: had meetings maybe February whatever. I think they made that decision. 1197 00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:37,280 Speaker 1: I bet you if Sanjay would have come in and 1198 00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:40,560 Speaker 1: be like, let me work with this guy talent I 1199 00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:46,560 Speaker 1: can give you know, and the story, the storyline, the 1200 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:50,360 Speaker 1: storyline would have been like Deck and des like we're 1201 00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:52,480 Speaker 1: gonna fix their chemistry, Like that's what we would be 1202 00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:57,920 Speaker 1: talking about right now. But yeah, but they didn't want that, 1203 00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,760 Speaker 1: which is why I don't think Witten's tirement had any 1204 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:02,960 Speaker 1: impact on bad at all. Well, Amber, we thank you 1205 00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,960 Speaker 1: for that rousing edition of Seat on the Yea. We 1206 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:11,040 Speaker 1: get we run down the list, but I'm hosting. Derek 1207 00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:12,920 Speaker 1: is gonna do cr No, all right, you want to 1208 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:15,800 Speaker 1: host Monday Night, Monday, She's hosting Monday. All right. We're 1209 00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:18,040 Speaker 1: appreciate you, guys, Josas we're back on Monday. We'll have 1210 00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,520 Speaker 1: more Cowboys talking from you for you live from Oxnard, California, 1211 00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:24,160 Speaker 1: told in for Nick even Amber Garcia, Dave Nowman. I'm 1212 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,000 Speaker 1: Derek Eavens and this has been The Break live on 1213 00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:31,120 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com. This has been a production of 1214 00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:34,760 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club