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Cowboys Roster Battles, Impressive Rookies, and Season Preview with Isaiah Stanback · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: I'm going to need some help here just to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that we were accurate on this.
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  Speaker 2: I'm told that.
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  Speaker 1: This is the fight song of the University of Washington.
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  Speaker 1: So if it is, then it's apropos and it makes
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  Speaker 1: perfect sense because our next guest, a proud graduate of
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  Speaker 1: UW and former outstanding quarterback and all purpose man for
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  Speaker 1: the Washington Huskies. Then of course, A fabulous NFL career,
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  Speaker 1: a Super Bowl ring, and a member of the Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys who now works on Cowboys preseason telecasts and Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys productions all season long. And my partner on the
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  Speaker 1: UIL State High School Football Championships, Isaiah Stanback, joins us now. Isaiah,
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  Speaker 1: did we get that right? Is that the UW fight song?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you absolutely got that correct. That is the best
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  Speaker 3: fight song. I know you would argue differently, but that's
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  Speaker 3: my favorite fight song. And the only thing that you
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  Speaker 3: left out was the fact that I'm your bodyguard for
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  Speaker 3: the UIL state championships.
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  Speaker 2: I need that. I need that. So that helps. It's
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  Speaker 2: great to visit with you.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to talk some Cowboys and some NFL notes
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  Speaker 1: with you because Isaiah also works, and we were watching
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  Speaker 1: you the other day on NFL Network. So I know
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  Speaker 1: you're still that's keeping you busy as well. The first
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  Speaker 1: thing I want to ask you about in hearing what
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  Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer's had to say and not just shotty, but
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  Speaker 1: hearing from players and other people is that there is
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  Speaker 1: a if I'm describing it accurately, a different feel about
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  Speaker 1: this team. Is that an accurate way to describe what
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  Speaker 1: you've seen from Cowboys training camp and getting ready for
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  Speaker 1: the final preseason game tomorrow night? against the Saints, which
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  Speaker 1: will be a part of the telecast team along with
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  Speaker 1: Bill Jones.
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  Speaker 2: Is it a different feel? The vibes are definitely different.
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  Speaker 3: And I know that's not a topic that people like
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  Speaker 3: to really touch on because it's not tangible, right?
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  Speaker 2: A feeling is not tangible.
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  Speaker 3: It's not something that you can necessarily always convey or
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  Speaker 3: necessarily kind of take on. But the reality is there's
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  Speaker 3: something different about this team. And I can say that
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  Speaker 3: because I've played for this team. I can say that
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  Speaker 3: because I've covered this team over the last six seasons.
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  Speaker 2: This is different.
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  Speaker 3: And it's different from the sense that the culture and
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  Speaker 3: identity and the ethos of this organization and team that
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  Speaker 3: coach Schottenheimer start to instill last year is now carrying
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  Speaker 3: itself from not only just the offense, but now it's
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  Speaker 3: starting to matriculate his way through the defense and through
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  Speaker 3: the special teams. You've heard a lot about Christian Parker
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  Speaker 3: and what he's able to bring, you know, young 34
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  Speaker 3: year old first time defensive coordinator coming from Philadelphia, you know,
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  Speaker 3: finding his way from the big Fangio tree. This dude,
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  Speaker 3: along with Coach Schottenheimer, is really about that business. He's
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  Speaker 3: about that action. He's about teaching. He's about, you know,
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  Speaker 3: really building up this and developing these players. And you're
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  Speaker 3: really starting to see the productivity and communication and identity
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  Speaker 3: of that offense from last year that was so successful
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  Speaker 3: for Dallas is now starting to carry its way over
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  Speaker 3: to the other two-thirds of the game.
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  Speaker 2: Which is defense and special teams.
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  Speaker 1: So, in other words, to coin a phrase or to
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  Speaker 1: borrow a phrase from from the guy who did such
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  Speaker 1: a great job plying his trade up by playing for
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks, Marshawn Lynch. In other words, in the case
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  Speaker 1: of Christian Parker, quote, I'm all about that business, boss.
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  Speaker 2: Is that it? That's it, about that action. Yeah, about
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  Speaker 2: that action. And how about the offensive side?
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  Speaker 1: We hear a lot about Clayton Adams, but we know
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  Speaker 1: about Shottie's involvement. How has that dynamic worked for them
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  Speaker 1: from what you've seen so far here in the preseason?
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  Speaker 2: It's been awesome.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the expectation of a lot of fans
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  Speaker 3: is that the Dallas Cowboys are going to be right
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  Speaker 3: back at the top of the NFL in terms of
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  Speaker 3: offensive productivity.
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  Speaker 2: And you would like to think so.
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  Speaker 3: It's not necessarily always the case in this league because
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  Speaker 3: this is a difficult league to double down on. But
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  Speaker 3: when you start talking about being in the same system
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  Speaker 3: for multiple years with the same staff and majority of
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  Speaker 3: the same players and contributors, that's huge. So Dallas not
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  Speaker 3: only is going to be returning majority of their people,
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  Speaker 3: but they're now able to stack upon the confidence that
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  Speaker 3: they had last year.
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  Speaker 2: They're able to evolve the offense.
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  Speaker 3: They're able to build upon things, the nonverbal communication, communication
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  Speaker 3: at the line of scrimmage, the understanding and the chemistry
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  Speaker 3: of the person that you're playing alongside with. All those
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  Speaker 3: things get better whenever you have consistency and continuity, which
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  Speaker 3: is what this offseason has been allowed to be because
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  Speaker 3: of the front office.
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  Speaker 1: Well, one thing I've been impressed with, and maybe this
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  Speaker 1: rolls back to this whole thing about a different vibe, is...
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  Speaker 1: Not only clearly the production, but also what George Pickens
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  Speaker 1: has said and his approach and all of that. And
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  Speaker 1: between him, obviously, you know, anchoring or being the biggest part.
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  Speaker 1: of that receiving core along with CD, that this is
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  Speaker 1: something that everybody has to have a good feeling about
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  Speaker 1: because even though the contract thing had been kind of
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  Speaker 1: hovering over, it doesn't look like it's affected him at all.
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  Speaker 2: No, not at all. And I believe that he's really.
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  Speaker 3: Denouncing a lot of things that people have projected upon him, right?
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  Speaker 3: Coming into the Dallas Cowboys after the trade with Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of people looked at George Pickens has said, oh,
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  Speaker 3: he's immature, or he's emotionally unintelligent, or hey, he's a
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  Speaker 3: spark play. He can go off at any moment. And
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  Speaker 3: I think that he's really renounced a lot of that.
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  Speaker 3: I think that he has proven to people that he's
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  Speaker 3: one heck of a teammate. I think he's proven that
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  Speaker 3: he's one heck of a consistent contributor on offense. He's
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  Speaker 3: proven that when CD's not even present on the field
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  Speaker 3: because of injury or whatever it might.
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  Speaker 2: Be, he is a true number one receiver.
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  Speaker 3: So he has proven himself The organization just wants to
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  Speaker 3: see it just a little bit longer, right? They just
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  Speaker 3: want to see it again for maybe half a season
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  Speaker 3: before they start having these conversations. But he's proven that
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  Speaker 3: he is the person that was not conveyed in Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 3: They already had an idea of who they thought he was.
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  Speaker 3: He's not that. He's a leader on his team. He's
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  Speaker 3: the heartbeat of this offense. When you see him step
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  Speaker 3: on the field, whether it be practice or the game,
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  Speaker 3: people come to him.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody revolves around him.
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  Speaker 3: And just something that you would think that only happens
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  Speaker 3: around Dak, not so fast, my friend. He is that guy,
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  Speaker 3: and he really is the glue on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Visiting with Isaiah Stanback here on 1300 The Zone. Two,
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  Speaker 1: because training camps quite often, we know the known commodities
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  Speaker 1: like Dak and the guys that we've talked about. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: kind of zeroes in on the backup. So let me
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  Speaker 1: get your thoughts, your overview on how you see the
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  Speaker 1: backup running back spot and the backup quarterback spot.
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  Speaker 3: First of all, let's start with their backup quarterback spot.
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  Speaker 3: I believe that coming into week two, which was last
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  Speaker 3: week prior to the Arizona Cardinals game, if I were
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  Speaker 3: a coach trying to make a decision on a backup quarterback,
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  Speaker 3: I would have said Sam Howell. And the reason why
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  Speaker 3: I would have said Sam Howell is because Sam Howell
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  Speaker 3: is tried and true. Sam Howell is somebody that we've
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  Speaker 3: seen conduct himself as a starter and lead an organization
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  Speaker 3: in this league, somebody that we've seen in playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: We know who Sam Howell is. His floor is really high.
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  Speaker 3: His ceiling might not be as high, but we know
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  Speaker 3: the consistency we're going to get out of him. Joe
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  Speaker 3: Milton going into the Cardinals game is somebody that we've
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  Speaker 3: seen flashes of.
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  Speaker 2: You know, his floor is relatively low because, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he makes some mistakes.
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  Speaker 3: He's inconsistent. But, boy, is his ceiling high, right? He
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  Speaker 3: has throw the ball 85 yards. He can outrun anybody
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  Speaker 3: that's chasing him.
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  Speaker 2: He's athletic.
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  Speaker 3: What have we seen over the past few weeks in
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  Speaker 3: training camp? Joe Milton is starting to show that consistency factor.
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  Speaker 3: So what do we always say? And when you talk
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  Speaker 3: about youth sports, when you have athleticism and you have
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  Speaker 3: ability and you pair that up with consistency and reliability,
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  Speaker 3: all of a sudden that person's untouchable. And that's exactly
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  Speaker 3: what Joe Milton is becoming for the Dallas Cowboys. He's
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  Speaker 3: becoming somebody who's comfortable in this offense. He's becoming somebody
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  Speaker 3: who's dependable and reliable in this offense. He's gaining the
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  Speaker 3: confidence of his teammates and and getting the confidence of
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  Speaker 3: his coaches. And when you pair that up and you
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  Speaker 3: can stack good days along with his athletic abilities, it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be very difficult for him to not become
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  Speaker 3: the QB2 in this offense. And when you start talking
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  Speaker 3: about the backup running back position, it's Malik Davis. How
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  Speaker 3: can you not say it's Malik Davis? What can he
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  Speaker 3: do To prove anything more to you, the fact that
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  Speaker 3: he is the guy that's going to protect your quarterback,
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  Speaker 3: he's going to run downhill, he's going to fall forward,
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  Speaker 3: he's going to protect the ball, and he's always going
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  Speaker 3: to move the chains.
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  Speaker 2: He's reliable, he's dependable, he's your RB2.
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  Speaker 3: The real question is, do they go ahead and carry
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  Speaker 3: a true RB3, or are they going to feel comfortable
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  Speaker 3: and confident simply just staying with Hunter Lipke as their
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  Speaker 3: fullback slash RB3?
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  Speaker 2: Interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Is it your thought that this final preseason game with
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  Speaker 1: the Saints will... if it hasn't already been solidified, definitely
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  Speaker 1: lock that in with Malik Davis, with Joe Milton, that
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  Speaker 1: they're still looking for things or looking at things going
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  Speaker 1: into this game with New Orleans?
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  Speaker 2: I believe that they are.
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  Speaker 3: I believe, especially at the quarterback position, if Joe Milton
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  Speaker 3: goes out and builds upon what he's done these first
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  Speaker 3: two weeks in the preseason, it's his job. I have
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  Speaker 3: no doubts about it. I believe that First of all,
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  Speaker 3: shout out to Coach Schottenheimer. I know a lot of
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  Speaker 3: people are looking at it and saying, well, they brought
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  Speaker 3: in Sam Howell to be the QB too. Maybe they did,
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  Speaker 3: or maybe they understood who their quarterback was in Joe
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  Speaker 3: Milton and knew that, hey, this man is competitive and
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  Speaker 3: he needs somebody to push him and challenge him for
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  Speaker 3: that role, for him to step into the role that
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  Speaker 3: we want him to be.
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  Speaker 2: There's a teaching element.
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  Speaker 3: There's an understanding and a development element from this coaching
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  Speaker 3: staff and a point of emphasis. Maybe they just understood
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  Speaker 3: him that much. They knew that this was going to
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  Speaker 3: be the trigger that pushed him over the edge. Either way,
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  Speaker 3: I think if Joe Milton comes into this third game
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  Speaker 3: against the Saints and does what he's been doing, it's
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  Speaker 3: his job. And then as far as the running back room,
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  Speaker 3: there's so many really good running backs on this roster. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: some of these guys are going to hit the waiver wire,
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  Speaker 3: and I highly doubt that.
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  Speaker 1: A handful of them are coming back. Yeah, and I
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  Speaker 1: guess that includes the Longhorn Jayden Blue. Although, I know
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  Speaker 1: from watching the telecast, the preseason game with the Cardinals,
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  Speaker 1: you like that little hurdle, that little leap he.
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  Speaker 2: Did last week. Yeah, the blues clues.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Listen, he is talented and he understands that last year
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  Speaker 3: was a wasted opportunity for him. He had an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: last year to solidify himself as somebody who's reliable, dependable,
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  Speaker 3: but he understands that he was emotionally unavailable. He was
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  Speaker 3: mentally unavailable last year. He's admitted that and kudos to
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  Speaker 3: him for acknowledging that the preseason presents opportunities and he
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  Speaker 3: has shown you that he's capable, but is the runway
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  Speaker 3: long enough for him to.
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  Speaker 2: Show you that he's consistent enough?
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  Speaker 3: And that's the reality of the preseason, especially when you
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  Speaker 3: cut it down to three games. There's guys that are
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  Speaker 3: very talented, guys that are very capable, but they don't
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  Speaker 3: have a long enough runway to prove to these coaches
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  Speaker 3: that that's something that's dependable throughout a whole season.
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  Speaker 2: Is Camden Smith going to make the team? Which one?
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  Speaker 2: Did I say his name wrong? Camden Brown. Camden Brown? Brown, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Camden Brown. I said Smith.
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  Speaker 3: Camden Brown. Yeah, that wide receiver five position. And I
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  Speaker 3: say wide receiver five because of CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens,
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  Speaker 3: Ryan Flanoy, Kevontae Turpin. Those four are definitely on the roster, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: The number five position is really between Camden Brown, who's
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  Speaker 3: stepping into this role and balling out in training camp
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  Speaker 3: with every single quarterback. Oftentimes we see these guys come
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  Speaker 3: in and have the relationship with the wrong quarterback that's
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  Speaker 3: not throwing them the ball in the preseason. So we've
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  Speaker 3: seen guys in the past that have had great relationships
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  Speaker 3: with Dak, but Dak's not throwing you the ball in
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  Speaker 3: the preseason. The backup quarterbacks are, and if you don't
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  Speaker 3: get those opportunities, you can't show the world what everybody's
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  Speaker 3: been seeing in training camp. But Camden Brown has built
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  Speaker 3: a relationship and a trust with every single quarterback on
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  Speaker 3: this roster, and you've seen it show up in the games. Now,
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  Speaker 3: Jonathan Mingo finally gave you a glimpse of why they
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  Speaker 3: traded a fourth round pick for him.
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  Speaker 2: You finally saw.
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  Speaker 3: A little bit of a highlight as, oh, there's that
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  Speaker 3: guy right there. He's somebody that's trusted and reliable in
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  Speaker 3: the special team sector. But now you're starting to see
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  Speaker 3: why they believed in him in terms of the receiver position.
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  Speaker 3: But again, I go back to the runway. Is this
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  Speaker 3: runway long enough? And is the upside long enough to
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  Speaker 3: justify keeping one, if not both of these guys? But
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  Speaker 3: there's going to be one battle that you have to
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  Speaker 3: watch this last game that I really think is going
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  Speaker 3: to come down to who's able to be most productive.
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  Speaker 2: We talked about Christian Parker.
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  Speaker 1: With regard to the defense, we've seen some young guys
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  Speaker 1: really kind of show out early on. Who has really
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  Speaker 1: impressed you most on the defensive side in camp?
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  Speaker 2: You know what? L.T.
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  Speaker 3: Overton at an interior defense alignment out of Alabama. LT's
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  Speaker 3: done one heck of a job. You talk about somebody
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  Speaker 3: who I would consider to be somewhat undersized at this
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  Speaker 3: point in his career, Ricky career, but he's been impactful.
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  Speaker 2: He stepped up in a major way.
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  Speaker 3: Somebody that's been consistent for me over the last two
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  Speaker 3: years has been Shamar James. He's somebody that always shows up.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's a really dependable, you know, high ceiling,
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  Speaker 3: young talent. And then the fella out of Michigan last week,
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  Speaker 3: First time having an opportunity to see him in live
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  Speaker 3: action game in the NFL as he was out the
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  Speaker 3: first preseason game.
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  Speaker 2: Barham.
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  Speaker 3: And I think Jay Sean Barham out of Michigan, number 55,
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  Speaker 3: inside slash outside linebacker, is a dude.
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  Speaker 2: And he is somebody, as we.
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  Speaker 3: Were mentioning at the beginning of this segment here, he's
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  Speaker 3: about that action, boss. He wants to run through your face.
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  Speaker 3: He brings the intensity. He brings the physicality, not only
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  Speaker 3: for himself, But it's such a presence that everybody around
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  Speaker 3: him is going to have to get with the program.
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  Speaker 3: So he's going to rub off on everybody, veteran or rookie.
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  Speaker 3: I like the fact that he's on his roster, and
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  Speaker 3: I like what he did last week.
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  Speaker 1: And by design, we have only seen just a snippet
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  Speaker 1: of Caleb Downs, but he looked impressive early on before
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  Speaker 1: they put him in bubble wrap for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the season, right?
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  Speaker 3: Listen, Caleb Downs, I can't talk about what he's done
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  Speaker 3: in the preseason because he only had six snaps. But
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  Speaker 3: I can tell you about what I saw at training camp.
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  Speaker 3: And this dude is, he's everything as advertised.
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  Speaker 2: He's smart.
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  Speaker 3: He's emotionally intelligent. He's a student of the game. He's
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  Speaker 3: a student that wants to learn from everybody. He's humble
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  Speaker 3: enough to ask the questions to the players and ask
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  Speaker 3: questions to the coaches. He spends 30 to 40 minutes
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  Speaker 3: after practice working with people, working on his game. You
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  Speaker 3: hear the interviews about him sitting in there with the
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  Speaker 3: meeting rooms late night working with Coach Christian Parker. He
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  Speaker 3: is a player form of Christian Parker, and he's going
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  Speaker 3: to be such a Swiss Army knife for this defense.
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  Speaker 3: He can run and hit. He can get turnovers. He
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  Speaker 3: can guard you in the slot. He can play safety.
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  Speaker 3: He checks a lot of boxes. He's going to provide
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  Speaker 3: a lot of versatility for his defense. I say stand
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  Speaker 3: back with us for a few more minutes. What are
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  Speaker 3: you looking for out of this final preseason game? You'll
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  Speaker 3: be working the telecast with Bill Jones tomorrow night. What
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  Speaker 3: are you looking for other than maybe an extension to
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  Speaker 3: the half-million-dollar fine because of the training camp dust-up with
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  Speaker 3: the Saints and Cowboys? I imagine they'll mind their P's
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  Speaker 3: and Q's and behave, but what else are you looking
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  Speaker 3: for out of this preseason finale? As long as Jerry
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  Speaker 3: Jones doesn't try to find me, I think we're perfectly fine.
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  Speaker 3: This last game, I'm truly looking at, I'm paying a
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  Speaker 3: lot of attention to that wide receiver five battle. I'm
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  Speaker 3: also paying a lot of attention, and it's not a
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  Speaker 3: conversation that's being had right now, but it's a concern
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  Speaker 3: of mine at two positions.
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  Speaker 2: The backup tackle position, right?
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  Speaker 3: Right now, you're looking at Nate Thomas and Drew Shelton,
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  Speaker 3: who are both you're considering your possible swing tackles. Drew
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  Speaker 3: Shelton had played left tackle in college for the first
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  Speaker 3: part of training camp in the first preseason game. He
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  Speaker 3: was playing right tackle. They moved him over to the
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  Speaker 3: left side, and they moved Nate Thomas over to the
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  Speaker 3: right side. So both of these guys are getting work.
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  Speaker 3: I'm also concerned about the cornerback position, the cornerback room,
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  Speaker 3: the starting cornerbacks that you have on this team right now. Obviously,
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: Kobe Durant, you're able to bring in. Deron Bland, you have.
• 15:23
  Speaker 3: Savon Revel, you have in. Savon Revel is coming off
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  Speaker 3: a knee. Deron Bland has a history of a foot.
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  Speaker 3: If either one of those guys go down, who's the
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: next man that you feel comfortable with? Is it Kalen
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  Speaker 3: Carson that you feel comfortable with? You know, like, like
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  Speaker 3: ready stewards of safety slash nickel.
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  Speaker 2: I like him.
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  Speaker 3: I think he'll be on his team, but who do
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: you have speed? You know, Chiquese bridges. There's not a
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: lot of depth there. Devin Moore, you drafted obviously out
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: of Florida. He didn't have a good showing last week.
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: First preseason game. He was out second preseason game. He
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: kind of got to see it out a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: He has a lot to learn. Who is your DB
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  Speaker 2: three or four?
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  Speaker 3: Depth on your roster and can they contribute at the
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: level of the competition that you're going to be facing
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  Speaker 3: when the regular season presents itself.
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  Speaker 1: I i would i would counsel people to if if
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: you kind of have a jaundiced view of watching preseason
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  Speaker 1: games watch the cowboys because isaiah stand back will make
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  Speaker 1: it entertaining if nothing else if i'm remembering correctly last
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  Speaker 1: saturday against here You sang the theme from Blue's Clues.
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  Speaker 2: You did that. Did you sing another theme song during
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: the game? You did that.
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  Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure of it. I think I hit you
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  Speaker 3: with a Looney Tunes, you know, Roadrunner. I think I
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: hit you with Blue's Clues. I've done Aventura in there.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to keep you guessing. You had various and
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: sundry bodily aspects. in terms of emotions coming out.
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  Speaker 1: It kind of sounded like a more ramped up version
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  Speaker 1: of Tony Romo when he's doing, ooh, and ah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know you from working with you. Those
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: are natural. That's organic for you, isn't it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, very much so, man. And big, you know, shout
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: out to the late, you know, John Madden. You know,
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: he's the person out of anybody and everybody I've ever
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: seen on a broadcast that was able to blend true analysts, detailed,
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: high level stuff, bring it down to the common level.
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  Speaker 3: and make it digestible for the fans, but also the
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: entertainment factor and showing emotionally that he's having fun watching
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  Speaker 3: this game alongside the fans. So I try to embody
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  Speaker 3: my version of that, but he's the one that made
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: me feel comfortable being my true self.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: All right. Are you still the father of multi-sport high-level
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: athlete kids?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: I got three minions, two that are in seventh grade,
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: one that just entered high school.
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: Now, the one that entered high school, was that the
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: basketball slash soccer slash wrestler?
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: Is that how that works?
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: She played, I believe, six or seven sports in middle school,
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: and now she has to cut it down to three
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: sports in high school.
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  Speaker 2: So she's only doing three. Okay.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: All right. Listen, I appreciate you doing this, and I
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you and working with you on
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: the state championship.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: By the way, I saw your name mentioned. Now, I
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: may be speaking out of turn. I don't even know.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Are you part of, at least on the backup side
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: or fill-in side or whatever, part of the Pac-12 network, too?
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: So I'm working with, I signed a contract with CW
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: Sports this year. I'm their flex color commentator, and I'm
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: going to be working both Mountain West Conference and Pac-12
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: this year.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: You might see the group right down the road from us.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Texas State in a game this year in the Pac-12.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: You never know. Isaiah, I appreciate it, man. Thanks so much,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: and have a great season, and obviously you and I
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: will be in touch during the course of the season.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Thanks for having me, Greg. Appreciate it. That's Isaiah Stanback.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: You can watch him tomorrow night in the Cowboys preseason
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: finale against the New Orleans Saints. You'll see him on
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: other Cowboys programs. Like I said, he and I worked
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: together on the state championship games and on the Pac-12.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: You'll see him in Mountain West. So he's a man
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: of many talents and destinations. All right, we have more
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: coming up here on this Thursday afternoon on Sports Radio
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  Speaker 1: AM 13 Under the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.