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on Mick Shots. So we get started, as we pull back the curtain. As we get started on a Wednesday. Okay, Chris Beam, our producer, had it under troll make he makes sure he knows when to turn up Mickey's mike and when to brought it down. Hey, look who's back today? Ever since here? Oh baby, I'm ready now renewed Vigor, I'm ready. It's a it's a brief ever so brief. That's right. He's making a cameo appearance this week. As we will tell you about that as we go along

tomorrow's show. But we got to get through today's show first. Mickey inside the SWBC Mortgage studio there at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, where there are football players on the premises today. Yes, football players doing football workout here. Actually practiced outdoors today so the weather gett't scare them away. And they got in about an hour hour and a half practice. All right, first time in a while that the players have been out there on the practice field,

have you done. Let's let's see. They would have been before day Thanksgiving Day, Wednesday before Thanksgiving, yeah, which is unlike the Cowboys next opponent, the Baltimore Ravens, who last practice the Friday before their last game, which was a week ago Sunday. So it's been and they are within an hour kicking off against the Pittsburgh Steelers and not checking Twitter. I'm checking Twitter as we go along to make sure they're still fond to play. I'm good. I

have football on a Wednesday afternoon. This is the best thing in the world to me. And it's an ugly day outside too. This is great, man. This is ordered just for me in my household. There there you go. That's exactly right. And plus it's a you can scout the Cowboys next opponents, so you're doing prep work for mix shots even after we get off the air this afternoon that he'll use on right. Yeah, that's right. Okay, you want to go ahead and tell us what the

schedule is for tomorrow because I cannot be here. I've got a conflict and Everson does as well, So we're gonna come in with a kind of an um. I don't know if I should say it's an all star crew or a pickup crew, but no, no, you better not say that. No, no, it's a pickup crew right now here, Well, it'll be myself, U Nate Newton stepping in again on mix shots to see I think he wants to be on mix shots. Tell you the truth. Uh, and that's what it is. Our special guests will be

the voice of the Cowboys. Brad Sham will be joining us. So and then we don't have a show on Friday, uh, So we will reconvene here as a group on Monday of it'll be of game week, right date. The day is game day, Game day is two is two day. Yeah, that's a great yeah, yeah, that's a great question. That's a sharp now scheduled for Tuesday, right right now. It never can count on things. You never know, but I did see where Baltimore successfully got on their airplane and

was going to Pittsburgh. So and they didn't have anybody test positive today so far, but I assume they all tested before they got on the plane, so that was a good news for bio tested positive yesterday, but yesterday they did yes, And then Pittsburgh they're starting center. Maurice Pouncy tested positive this morning, so he won't be playing in the game. Yep, Marquise Pouncy is out, I mean, and so I mean that's a last minute deal. I'm

looking over here at NFL Network. They've got their pregame going, and uh, it looks like a beautiful day for foot ball there. And ever since, you got the rest of your day lined up, because you've got football starting at two thirty right after Mick shots, and then you get to watch the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center to night. Oh yeah, they starts at seven o'clock. I have the

eggnog ready with that one tried. And that is why they're playing in the afternoon because NBC decided they cannot pre empt the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, so they're playing alongside that they didn't trust if the Ravens are going to do right. You know, they didn't want to hang their hats on a game that's been moved what two or three times already, So they said, you know what, we're gonna go with a shared thing. The tree is

gonna be there. We don't know about the football team, so you know what, this doesn't This doesn't happen, I bet too often. But the Dallas Cowboys, after they finished their practice already and finished their meetings, their afternoon prep work for the game is watching the game this afternoon here at the Ford Center. Nah, so they read right now, that's right. I bet you never had a team meeting that you watched the game when when you were playing.

But they decided that since they've got so many days to prepare for the game, um, that they would, uh, you know, use this too. And and uh, my understanding is they're gonna watch it from their position groups, so not everybody together in one spot. Uh, they'll go into the position group meeting everyone together. No, you don't need to be together or sharing, you know you want to

you want to have some stuff. Man, This is like going to a theater or something, you know, like like being a camp right, this is what this is about. Maybe they'll have that kind of feel and you could enjoy the session. Maybe they'll open the concession makes the

Ford Center, you know. And of course it happens a lot where you get an opportunity, like when you have your bye week and the team that you're going to be playing next is doesn't have the same bye week that you have, and so like on a Sunday on your bye week, you could sit there and watch the game, but you're not going to do it as a team together because you're off on your own on a bye week.

The other difference here is, as Mike McCarthy pointed out in this press conference this morning, is they've already done a couple of days of work on the Ravens, and so this is what makes this unique is now they've done some work there and the advanced scouting reports on and also try to figure out who might be available for the Ravens next week. And now as a team they can sit down and watch that team play live. And so that's what makes this unique. Over and preparation

time as well. Yeah, because they would they would have had their virtual meeting yesterday. Remember, they couldn't come in on Monday and Tuesday, but they met, uh, and it sounded like Mike talked about we did our installations already. Uh. And then they'll you know, continue today and then they'll watch the game, and then tomorrow is the memorial service

for Marcus Paul. Now they're having at a church with the family, close friends, and the Cowboys as a team will watch that virtually from here at the Star, So there'll be somewhat part of it, and they'll be able to go through the memorial service, but from afar as we've come to know in this twenty twenty year. Yeah, with the COVID restrictions, they can only have so many people in the church for the show. In regards to the Baltimore game, I mean Cowboys could take advantage of

this extra preparation time. Right, They're supposed to be playing them by the schedule. It's supposed to be playing them tomorrow, correct, correct, by the schedule. Yeah, try now originally extra days to prepare for them. Now having to having said that, watching this game, I don't believe Lamar Jackson is gonna play. Is that correct? Today? That's my understanding today? Yes, Today, The problem for the Cowboys them happy for them without

Lamar in the game. You know, as you watch today's game, I don't know if that's going to help or hurt them in regards to the prep because they're going to be a completely different team with a different quarterback because there is no other beasts like like the Unicorn and Lamar Jackson. Well, and the other part of it is that had the game been let's say they had just postponed the Steelers game to another week or canceled it and the Cowboys and Ravens played on Thursday, then they

would not be facing Lamar Jackson. And now it looks like they will be facing Lamar Jackson when they play on Tuesday. Although Billy if if, if he plays, though, he's not gonna have much practice time. I don't think to prepare. The whole team's not having much practice because they won't have ten days. I mean they're they're his ten I mean his ten days aren't up until later in the week, right or almost till the game day for Lamar Jackson, h right, So so you know, but

they'll have they'll have, but they're playing. They're playing today, so it's only like it's like playing a Saturday game. Right, because then they're gonna play on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. And then right, and then as I went off yesterday, Everson, Uh, they get to pray their next game on Monday night, while the Cowboys have to play on a short week, traveling from the East Coast on Sunday. And you lose Wednesday, Yeah, you lose Wednesday. And uh and then they they don't

get the extra day to practice like Baltimore does. And they're the ones that cause problem. So go figure they have to be the most infected team so far, right, Uh, it sure looks that way. I mean, and this has been gone on for several weeks with them. And that's that's including the staff, not just the players, but including the staff, right absolutely, so yeah, right, and you figure and you figure, you know that this is an advantage for the Cowboys. Knock on wood. The Cowboys don't have

an issue arise. You know, the Cowboys have extra time to repair. It's going to be this will be the eleven days in between games. Uh, playing on Tuesday now and the bulk of this time all spent preparing for the Ravens, while the Ravens haven't been on the practice

field at all. Even before there's what would have been their scheduled game on Thursday, and even since then, preparing even for the Steelers, and who knows if their practice facility is going to be open for them even this weekend because of the number of cases they're still dealing with. And so if ever, the Cowboys had an opportunity to go on the road and the other part of it, and we can get into this as we go along here.

If you look at the issues that the Ravens have had on their offensive line, even not in regard to COVID but injury issues. They lost Ronnie Stanley, their left tackle, just like the Cowboys lost theirs. They're piecing it together having even going back to the offseason when Marshall Yenda is out, you know, just like Travis Frederick for the Cowboys.

It's not the same Ravens team that took the field last year, even from a personnel's standpoint, even without all the COVID stuff and so, and their weapons on offense have been have proven not to be as capable, which is why they signed Dez Bryant a month ago. Yeah, and that's what I picked from my Super Bowl team. So that seems to be tanked right now. They haven't played well at all this year in regards of living up to the expectations. So my my AFC Super Bowl

team is not looking good. Hell for that man, and neither is my NFC Super Bowl team good. So we'll see. So this will be this will be the first time, this will be the first time, assuming Dez is active for the game against Baltimore, that the Cowboys have to face one of their number eighty eights. Right, Michael finished his career. Now I don't know if I don't think I saw him play, and I don't recall if he

had eighty eight or not, but he is eighty eight. So, uh, you know, Drew Pearson finished his career with the Cowboys. Michael Irvin finished his career with the Cowboys. We thought Dez finished his Uh, and now you'll have two eighty eights on the field with CD LAMB were in eighty eight going up against the third. Just a little trivia, there's a well, you know, when you're talking about dads. I know you guys saw his workouts in the offseason. I don't know if you did see them, but he

was all over Facebook. Uh, you know, he's supposed to be social distancing. Dad's never paid not one iota to social distancing while that was going on, and that was in the very early stages. His whole thing was I'm getting back to the NFL. He was out there running routes and then everyone was saying, well, you know, you're just running against air, so you know who you're gonna

go again. So then he found some defensive back who was willing to risk his life as well with Covid to go out there and guard him, and so you know, he had it together. It has worked out for both of them, thank god that you know, nothing serious happened to them. But in regards to his drive, I had to admire, you know, what he was going through because coming off of an achilles injury, I think he was at the time close to thirty. That is a tough deal.

And he looked pretty good through those practices and workouts, and he also looked pretty good in the ball game. So I'm happy for Dez. And I mean, come on, I don't know, I think all Cowboy fans really hated to see how it ended here in Dallas. So just good to see him hook up with somebody else. So that would have been the twenty eighteen season about this time of the year in twenty eighteen a little it was late November probably when he signed with the Saints.

In the first practice he tears his achilles and he just turned thirty two a little less than a month ago, so he would have just turned thirty at that point. And so when you think about it, especially at that age and playing that position, they realistically coming off in

achilles last year. It was going to be an uphill climb for him even to get the opportunity to have the burst that that I mean, he didn't he was he didn't have the same burst that he had early in his scureer nobody does at age thirty to begin with. And so now that he has had another year to rehab, it was going to take a lot of hard work for him to get to this point. And it's great to see that he is to this point where he's

playing again in the NFL and was already specimen. He was already a physical specimen to begin with, so he had kind of a head start in that regard. Uh. And let's just remember, as much as you know, his burst wasn't there. The desire to catch the ball to fight for the ball as long as he, you know, had his mental acuity together. You know, he was one of the more dangerous receivers in the league when he was at his peak, he and Romo there was something

to behold together. And I'm still my finger still hurts from jumping up in the in the in the air after I thought he made that catch against Green Bay and I hit my hand on the ceiling fan. But I'm still upstanding back, you know, And to this day, the NFL is paying for it. He did make the catch. By the way, the rules, the anal people interpreting the rules were the ones that screwed it up. Only with the cowboys do they say, let's dive a little deeper

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rushing to get to the college football playoff. Do you see that yesterday? No? Did they? They canceled games because they canceled Notre Dame's last game and Clemson's because uh, Clemson's got to play this week. But but they canceled since Notre Dame already has a tiebreaker and so forth. Even if they lost their last game, I think it's a would be against Wake Forest. They they went ahead and told them, you know what, you don't need to

play that game. You're in the ACC Championship game. I mean, they are just they're just ticket They are punching their ticket to get a team into the college football playoff and avoid upsets, injuries, whatever they can do in order to take advantage of this situation where they played more games than the Big Ten has and so uh. In fact, they they're hoping they punched their ticket to get two

teams in probably Notre Dame in Clemson. About that, yeah, because at this point, Ohio State hasn't played enough games, right, that's right, yeah, and it's a chance that they won't get enough games in so here. Herb Street was a little bit upset yesterday because he was saying basically that teams were just they were just taking They're like, look,

we can play, but we're not going to play. We have decided to just opt out basically, And those teams are opting out because either they have a lot of problems with personnel or they just said, you know what, we don't want to take the SHELACKI And he was very upset about that, you know, being part of the the elite at Ohio State, he can't understand that coming from some of those acc teams. The fact that he

just said they bailed. He just called it up what he thought it was well dabbled talking about accused Florida's state of doing just what you said that they canceled that game and they blamed it on COVID but they weren't buying it. And uh and actually Herb Street must have said. I didn't hear it, but he said something about Michigan last night on the College Football Playoff Show, and I did see on Twitter that he did about a two minute apology to Michigan fans and said he

was unfair with what he said. Come on, man, come on, Kurt, stick with your guns, stick man. I thought he was going, man up. I was really kind of proud of him for saying and then now he backs off. Yeah, Okay, the inactive list is out for the Baltimore Ravens for this game, and they've got two players they list as inactive, Jake Rogers and Brandon Williams, tackle Jake Rodgers and defensive tackle Brandon Williams. I guess all the other ones were

already ruled out because of COVID. Well, they were on they were already on the COVID reserve list. On COVID reserve, that's right. And so they don't have enough players to put the normal number of players inactive. They just have two over the limit. I guess that I wish get here. Yeah, they had forty eight players available to choose from instead of fifty three ring up guys from the practice squad. Yeah. Absolutely, that's the shame. I'm hoping for a dilapidated roster from

Baltimore so the Cowboysts can get a win. This is a boy am I desperate? Well the Cowboys. By the way, Mickey, Yes, Micky, I know how much you love fantasy football, but imagine what this is doing to fantasy football leagues where normally the last week's games would end on a Monday night, and now this has stretched a Wednesday afternoon. I mean normally teams are making their waiver claims and so forth on Tuesday night into Wednesday, and now the whole thing

is getting pushed back this weeks. Yeah. Yeah, I know that's something that concerns you greatly. I know where I know we're we're delving into this a lot, but you know, when you start thinking about the forty nine ers, uh, spags, I have a question for if one of those guys as they travel to Phoenix and they're going to be there for like two three weeks and if I'm not mistaken, Uh, what if one of them end up testing positive? Do they go back to San fran or do they stay

isolated in the Arizona area that one player? Yeah, one thing, I don't one. Two, it doesn't matter if anyone tests positive. Well, they could send them home because if they test positive, they're out ten days, or they just leave them in the hotel room. Um, but yeah, yeah, No, that's problem is when you send them home. The problem is you're fighting. Uh. If you give them a rental car, they can go

by themselves home. Yeah, I was gonna say, so to drive home or what what's who's who's who's gonna who's gonna pilot that play? Are they are they called? Are they called? They called the Jones charter service, you know, covid Air that's gonna be dealing load them up in the cargo sesson and bring them home. So I would think that they would just isolate in their hotel room. I don't think I would think so too. Yeah, that'd be tough to be away from home and be isolated

in the hotel room. And by the way, along those lines I presented when I heard that they had that issue going. I thought that the perfect scenario for San Francisco would be to come here and they could stay at the Omni and Arlington workout at Globe Life Park, the Rangers old ballpark which is now made into a football stadium, and play games here the next two here again and then and then they would be playing against the Cowboys the third week. And apparently that that was

seriously considered, although they decided to go to Arizona Route instead. Yeah, it sounded like they wanted, dude, they preferred to practice in good weather outdoors. They I guess they think we have winter here and they would have hit thirty degree temperatures.

But not they're not practicing it right right, goodness gracious. So, by the way, I think I mentioned it the cow guess, I guess, Mickey, Mickey, hold on a second, I guess being in California, they don't have indoor practice facilities like every high school in Texas has. Bill just couldn't help

himself to get that shot in about Texas football. No, I was gonna say, speaking of practicing, the Cowboys were outdoors today and uh, Mike McCarthy termed the practice beforehand as like one that you would have coming back from a bye since they haven't practiced since a week ago Wednesday, and so it was a lighter practice. They you know, they might have had shells. I don't even know if

they had that on. So uh. He wanted to make sure that after sitting around, while not sitting around but not doing much physical activity, that they didn't have this hard practice and then guys get soft tissue injuries. He did point out that, as he said earlier, you know, Zack Martin still going to be out a couple of weeks. They think Cam Irving maybe back sooner. So from from sooner, I don't know if that means, you know, they're they're

gonna play, They're gonna play Tuesday Sunday. I don't know if if a guy that's missed this much time can practice maybe twice during the week and be ready to play on Sunday. In Irving's case, I would imagine Zach misses all that. I also noticed that Anthony Brown was at least out on the field, but he was doing rehab work with the strength and can auditioning coaches so and the trainers, so he still kind of hung up on those ribs. Alden Smith didn't practice. I think it

was illness. We'll see when the official report comes out. Tyler Biadish, Remember they put him on IR and he had to stay three weeks. But at least I saw him standing out there watching practice, so that's kind of a good sign for him. And DeMarcus Lawrence and Ezekiel Elliott worked off to the side when they were doing a stretch and special teams and they were working on the resisting chords. So so anyway, that's kind of an

update on what took place at practice today. Hey, Mickey, let me let me we talk about the Ravens not practicing much here in the last couple of weeks due to their COVID outbreak. How about we go back and look at how much the Cowboys have practiced in the last month. I mean, I mean, I'm looking at the calendar here and I'm going back to November seventh. Okay,

let's say make sure I get this right. As far as the Cowboys schedule, I mean, over the last month, the Cowboys haven't because they had during their bye week they weren't able to do anything. So it was their bye week after November eighth through the fourteenth, they did nothing. That week on the practice field. Okay. So then it was the Vikings week and they came back and they got three practices in that week, okay. And so then it's Thanksgiving week and the day after the game they're

not doing much except getting loose a little bit. And then you had the Marcus Paul tragedy on last Tuesday, and so they were out on the field the twenty fifth, the day before the game, and then they haven't practiced since then. Today was the first practice since then December second. So we're talking since November seventh the Cowboys, and this is December second, the Cowboys have had four practices. Am I adding that up right? I believe. I'm pretty sure

that's what it is, because they had none. They had none during their bye week three, the week of the Vikings game one which probably was more of a walkthrough than anything, you know, just the day before the game and whatever they normally do, which is all right. So that whether it's four practices and now they've been off basically for a week, well they might have done something.

They might have done something that Wednesday before the bye week took place, with the four days in a row off, did they do something Wednesday before that, I think they had to shut it down that Wednesday shut it down. They Yeah, it was it was the week the bye week. They that was when played Pittsburgh on the eighth and they had to shut down because of Pittsburgh where that couldn't do anything positive, That's right, And so what they had planned to do during the bye way it was

all whatever. It was virtual it got canceled. They got canceled on field stuff. So they've had they've been on the practice field really for a practice four times since November seventh. So that's just spended twenty five days. Here's here's a here's a question for your spags. You know, this is so foreign to to myself as a former player, if I were to put myself in the position that

they're in now as the present players. Okay, so, uh, if I'm injured, such as a Zach Mardin or Cam Irving, uh, and it's time for me to come back and practice. And so here I am. I'm still a little gimpie, been doing my little rehab and trying to stay not too active. But is it an advantage to not practice as much after you're coming off of an injury? Right? That's what I was gonna ask you. Ever suggest in general, even at this point in the season, how much do

they need practice? Well, once again, because we started off the way we started, they never really got into that routine. Okay, so that can be a problem for anyone that's healthy or not healthy. But if you're coming off of an injury. If I'm coming off an enjy, I was blessed I didn't get hurt that much. But if I'm coming off of an injury, I don't really want to come out there and do too much. And I'm not gonna be too upset if we don't have practice, because what I'm

the other part of that that scenario is fags. If I'm hurt and I go home, or if I'm even healthy and we don't practice, they still would say do something at home, right, I mean They're not just laying up on the butts and sitting up chilling, right, I mean, I mean they still should have a routine. I know, if I was playing, if I know I'm not getting

enough practice, I'm gonna do something myself. Even though they have shut down the practice field because of COVID, I'm still gonna go home as a healthy person and do something to stay active. I'm still gonna try to find somewhere outside to whereever some my back peeling things in that nature, Everson. If I'm Andy Dalton, the last two days with that with the cowboy with the stars shut down where they can't go up to the star and

do anything, I'm going to Dak Prescott's backyard. I'm getting my receivers and Monday and Tuesday this week, I'm out there throwing to my receivers. Yeah, and I would not at all be surprised. In fact, I wish Channel eleven would have got the jumper out and we would have got a it's a video, just a drone. A drone will done. That's fine and all right, and we gotta take a break. And when you guys would have got busted for breaking the protocol, we gotta come back and

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got the last few minutes here. We got eight minutes left here on mix shots. I'm watching the NFL network feed of pregame warmups prior to the Ravens Steelers game, and they are showing number seven Trace McSorley throwing passes in pregame. Robert Griffin the third should be the starting quarterback for the Ravens U and Lamar Jackson should be

back next week. Last from the past. Oh my god, I think I think I just read I think I just read a note that the last time Pittsburgh lost a game, RG three started it for Baltimore last year. Oh okay, so that's that's when that that Baltimore. The Baltimore defense was balin and Pittsburgh didn't have Big Bin right, that's right. Who was playing quarterback? Who was playing quarterback for Pittsburgh. It would have been in Mason Rudolph. I

believe that probably unless unless he was over suspended. He and Miles Garrett. Yeah, I try so. Anyway, we get you, We get you ready for Cowboys and Ravens with a little Ravens Steelers action. Uh this afternoon. And one thing we talked about Everson yesterday. When you look at the NFC East and the opponents for NFC East teams the next couple of weeks, and now you look at this situation that Baltimore is going through, and uh, it'll be interesting to watch them the next three hours and see

how they look. But believe it or not, don't now, boys? Ready three and eight? Ready, Everson. I can't go through this every week. Man, You're killing me. I was so, I was so you know, upbeat last week, and then I fell into a depression and I'm just climbing back out of bed. Man, come on, don't don't do me like that. Well, we're gonna We're gonna help you. We're gonna help you out because when you look at the

other three teams and who they have to play. The Giants next two games at Seattle and against Arizona for Washington loss loss, They're at Pittsburgh and at San Francisco, and Philadelphia's loss at Green Bay and New Orleans. So there's a lot of losing the cross loss. Now, the big question is Dallas at Baltimore and Cincinnati. Can they Can they win two straight? Oh my god, or even one straight? Or even one straight, they might be a

tie for first place. I tried, and then they'd be they be tied for first with the home game against San Francisco and San Francisco might be the toughest game they got the rest of the way. I hate let's just say it. I hate to say it, trust me, I hate to say it, but those New York Giants, they look really good. Backup quarterback though. Oh now, who Who's Who's in now? Well, Daniel Joe Daniel Jones is out this week. He's out at least this week. See, but by the time we by the time we play,

it'll be okay. He'll be just fine. Defense, that's defense is still balling, guys, and and we we we don't know much about that here lately. But a good defense can keep a bad offense in any ball game. All you gotta do is get a little luck from that. And they have been they have been really doing it on defense. Hey, with Lamar Jackson coming back for Baltimore for the Cowboys game, I mean, Daniel Jones will be back for the Giants game. I expect Joe Burrow to

be back with the Cowboys play Cincinnati nixt week. He already recovered. Jimmy Garoppolo will be back for the Niners. You'll be out there in the boot or something. And Ron Jaworski will be back for the Eagles where they play them. Then I'm coming back and Ron's coming back. All right, Well, here's what's the most I was gonna say.

Here's here's the hang up on all that. When I looked at the stats, the Cowboys are giving up one hundred and fifty six point four yards rushing a game, and by no surprise, that's dead last in the National Football League. So we can sit here and talk all we want about, you know, the problems they have offensively, they aren't compensating for them their problems defensively. And even in the game they won against Minnesota, they gave up twenty eight points. Um, they gave up more than one

hundred yards rushing. Again. Uh So until from dance some good passing yards as well, right, until that gets fixed. H then they don't have the ability to compensate for the struggles they'll have on offense, with both of those offensive tackles probably missing um the next two games. Uh And as we saw, not only do they not protect the quarterback with four of the five guys on that offensive line backups, but they are not really opening anything

up to run the football either. So that's why we always go for it on fourth down, no matter where the ball is. Is that what you're telling that's my theory? And ill and why is that again? He said, that's why, that's why, that's why we that's why we always go for it on fourth down. Uh and no matter what the ball is placed, because those dire, that dire situation that Stagnola has so artfully pointed out. And then we can and then we can throw in that they're thirty

first in the turnover differential with a minus thirteen. I believe they were thirty thirty first in giveaways with twenty three, and when it came to fumbles lost, they are dead last. What about points giving up? Well, I can look that up if you guys talk amongst yourself. I'm pretty sure by the last, because I heard them talk about some other poor team was having that problem. I can't remember

who it was, but I heard that this past weekend. Well, and they'd be thirty second in the league and giveaways if they factored in failed fake putts and on the fourth down plays and to giveaways too. But we might be leading the league in successful uh fake field goals and punts as well. So and ever something, you were dead right thirty second in points giving up per game. M you had to look that up, Mickey. I needed to double check. I didn't want to just assume you

didn't just want to dump on them. Yeah, you wanted to make sure there was a righteous dump. I got have you. What's the games? There's no way another team is given up for three hundred and fifty nine points in eleven games, so that's thirty two. Well something a game they're giving up hard to win when your offense is struggling and your defense is doing that. You know what though, Mickey, Yes, there is hope on the horizon for you because you've got Brad Sham and Nate Newton

joining you tomorrow. I got nobodies. No one's gonna watch the show, Bill, no one's gonna watch the show because we're not long. That's right. Your ratings are gonna take tomorrow, Mickey. Now, if they tank, it'll be because of the person leading the show. All right, I think we're out of time for this week. For for this week, for Everson and Shots have to make do with the voice of the Cowboys Brad Sham and Nate Newton tomorrow with Mickey Spagnola. Mickey,

would you like the last word today. Uh you know what, We're gonna have a bang up show because Nate Newton is fired up to join Mick Shots once again. All right, very good. I may or may not tune in tomorrow for Mick Shots one thirty on Thursday. Otherwise, have a great weekend everybody. You two. Also Cowboys. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.