00:00We bring you Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President Steven Jones.
00:18Good afternoon, sir.
00:21Good afternoon, guys.
00:23Now, obviously the game was wildly different in the fourth quarter as opposed to the first
00:28three.
00:29Do you get the sense that that's going to be the case for most of the season, or do
00:33you see the fourth quarter as, this is the team we can be versus the first three quarters
00:37is maybe where we're at right now?
00:40Well, hopefully, you know, you obviously believe, we believe that our team can play like we
00:46played in the fourth quarter consistently.
00:48That's what we got to get to.
00:49You know, we've been through, you know, a rough patch there for seven quarters and haven't
00:56played well, and especially, you know, the defensive side of the ball, but some of that
01:01comes with a new scheme, a new coordinator.
01:04And obviously we got off to a good start in Cleveland, but we played two really good football
01:08teams that run the ball really well.
01:11And certainly it's something where we've got to continue to improve if we want to be the
01:17team we want to be.
01:19Jerry said last night he likes the personnel of this team.
01:22I'm guessing you do as well.
01:24How long do you usually go into a season before you might revisit that?
01:29I'm sure three games is too soon, but where would you get in the season where you'd be
01:33like, maybe we're off about this?
01:35Oh, I think the biggest thing is obviously people want to point out and they're right
01:40to it, our running game.
01:42But when you get behind, like we've gotten the last two games, you know, it's hard to
01:47really evaluate our running game when you're down two scores, two plus scores, most of
01:53the game.
01:54And, uh, uh, you know, obviously you get into a mode where you're having to hurry up and,
01:59uh, you know, throw the ball and, uh, you don't really get to evaluate, uh, uh, what
02:04you have.
02:05I think we're, we're blocking it up.
02:07Good.
02:08I think when we do run, uh, you know, I think, uh, yesterday, uh, uh, Rico ran for four yards
02:13of carry.
02:14So, you know, we just got to get, get in our team in situations where, you know, we're,
02:19we're not, you know, fighting from behind, uh, like we have been the last two weeks.
02:24Well, on the other side though, the, that part of trying to, you know, not be behind
02:28the defensive front, the personnel there, do you feel, you feel comfortable with, with
02:33the, that, that personnel is at the moment, your defensive tackles and ends?
02:37I think we can get better, uh, obviously, uh, you know, we brought in, uh, two veteran,
02:44uh, three veteran guys now, uh, you know, to try to shore up the inside part, uh, of
02:50our defense.
02:51And, uh, certainly with Joseph and Phillips and, uh, you know, we're obviously trying
02:57to improve there.
02:58Uh, but I, I do think we'll get better.
03:01McCarthy said that this team is going through growing pains and do you have faith that he
03:06can guide this team through those pains right this season?
03:10Absolutely.
03:11That's why we've hired Mike in the first place.
03:14He's got a, you know, a resume that shows that, uh, he gets the job done, uh, as a head
03:19coach and, uh, Mike's coach, uh, you know, championship caliber teams.
03:24He's won super bowls.
03:25He's been in several championship games and feel like he can get the job done for us.
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