Original subtitles

♪ ♪

Announcer: THE FOLLOWING IS

A PRESENTATION OF HBO SPORTS.

>>> I'VE GOT PLENTY OF THEM.

A FEW GUYS.

THAT'S A SKY.

SKY.

APRIL LAST YEAR, APRIL 2020,

LOSING MY BROTHER TO SUICIDE AND

DEALING WITH THAT THE BEST I

KNEW HOW TO.

BEING SUPPORTED BY AN AMAZING

FAMILY ALL COMING TOGETHER AND

MAKING US ALL TIGHTER, MAKING US

ALL MORE VULNERABLE.

THEN GETTING IT TO THE FOOTBALL

SEASON, SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS

GIVEN ME PEACE AND THEN MY

SAFE HAVEN AWAY FROM WHATEVER'S

GOING ON IN THE REAL WORLD.

-OCTOBER 11 -TH COMES.

QUARTERBACK DRAW, UP THE

MIDDLE, PRESCOTT.

HE IS HURT, DAK PRESCOTT IS

HURT, HE IS HOLDING HIS RIGHT

LEG.

I THOUGHT I ROLLED MY ANKLE,

THEN I LOOKED DOWN AND REALIZE

IT WAS DEFINITELY BROKE AT THAT

POINT AND FACING THE OTHER WAY.

♪ ♪

COWBOY FANS, HERE'S YOUR

WORST NIGHTMARE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO FIX IT,

AT THE MOMENT I JUST WANTED TO

SNAP IT BACK AND GET IT AS CLOSE

TO NORMAL AS I COULD AND ONCE I

REALIZED I COULDN'T...

I JUST REMEMBER WAITING FOR HEL

HELP.

IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS OR WHEN

THINGS SEEM LIKE THEY ARE TOO

MUCH FOR YOU, KEEP THINKING GOD

OVER AND OVER AND THAT'S WHAT I

DID IN THAT MOMENT.

DOCTORS CAME OVER THERE AND

STRAIGHTENED IT OUT AND IT

WASN'T UNTIL I JUMPED ON THAT

PART WHEN MY TEAMMATES CAME OVER

AND PATTED ME AND SAID I WAS

GOING TO BE OKAY THAT THE

EMOTIONS JUST STARTED AND AT

THAT MOMENT I KNEW, YEAH, MY

SEASON WAS DONE AND I COULDN'T

IMAGINE AT THAT POINT THAT THE

NEXT FEW MONTHS I WASN'T GOING

TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THING THAT

I LOVE MOST.

♪ ♪

WHEN I HAD THE FIRST SURGERY IT

WAS AN OPEN WOUND AND THEY JUST

WANTED TO GO IN THERE AND DO

WHAT THEY NEED TO DO INITIALLY.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE

TO START REHAB AND YET I HAD TO

GO BACK UNDER THE KNIFE.

I KEPT IT DOWN, NOBODY KNEW THA

THAT.

HE'S A GOOD

MUSICAL ♪ ♪

COMING TO CAMP, IT'S A FEELING I

CAN'T EXPLAIN, JUST KNOWING THAT

I'M HEALTHY, KNOWING I'M

COMPLETELY HEALTHY.

THERE WAS A SEASON OF ADVERSITY.

NOW I AM IN THE SEASON OF

TRIUMPH.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

-THE 62 -ND CAMP IN COWBOYS

-HISTORY, THE 15 -TH IN OXNARD

KICKED OFF.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

FANS FILING IN.

IT'S IS CLOSE TO NORMAL AS

WE'VE KNOWN IT IN QUITE SOME

TIME.

YOU GO IT'S TIME TO PLAY

FOOTBALL NOW.

TIME TO PLAY SOME FOOTBALL.

THIS WHOLE SHIT BE LIKE, CROWD.

THIS IS THE MOST YOU'VE SEEN IN

LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF.

TRAINING CAMP, TRAINING CAMP

LAST YEAR.

GOT HIM.

IT GOT HIM!

GOT HIM!

HERE YOU GO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YES, YES, YES.

OH!

I'M NOT -- HEY!

CHICKEN McNUGGETS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO CLEAN UP,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

Y'ALL GOING TO BREAK SOME

SHIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

GO WITH IT, COME ON.

MAN, YOU MUST'VE FORGOTTEN HOW

HOWTHE LAST TIME.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME?

I GOT HIT IN THE NUTS.

WE ARE BACK.

HERE WE ARE, WE ARE BACK TO

BUSINESS.

WE ARE BACK TO TRAINING CAMP,

GETTING THIS TEAM READY TO PLAY.

I WOULD, RIGHT NOW, IF I COULD

AND I KNEW I HAD A GOOD CHANCE

TO DO IT, I WOULD DO ANYTHING

KNOWN TO MAN TO GET IN A

SUPER BOWL, THAT'S A FACT.

AND I FEEL AS DRIVEN AS I WAS

WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE TEAM

AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH THEN,

I'M SCARED TO DEATH NOW.

SO I DO MY BEST WORK, I THINK,

IT'S MORE POSITIVE.

SO I NEED IT TO BE PROMISING AND

I NEED US TO HAVE A WAY TO GO.

THAT CAUSES ME TO DO STUPID

THINGS, IT CAUSES ME TO DO

EXCESSIVE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES

REALLY WORK.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME

"YOU'RE NAIVE."

WELL, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD.

IT'S A BETTER WORLD, TO BE NAIVE

THAN TO BE SKEPTICAL AND BE

NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME.

BUT THE THING THAT MEANS THE

MOST TO ME AND I CARE ABOUT, I

CAN PROBABLY BE ANYWHERE IN THE

WORLD RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO BE HERE WITH OUR TEAM.

EVERYONE IN AMERICA HAS FELT

THE STRAIN OF THE LAST 18

MONTHS.

INCLUDING THE MAN WHO RUNS

AMERICA'S TEAM.

BUT THIS YEAR'S TRAINING CAMP

COMES WITH A SENSE OF RELIEF FOR

JERRY JONES.

AND OPTIMISM.

UNDER HIS WATCH, THE COWBOYS

HAVE BECOME THE NFL'S MOST

VALUABLE FRANCHISE AND WON THREE

LOMBARDI TROPHIES.

BUT IT'S BEEN 26 YEARS SINCE

THEIR LAST TITLE.

AND FRANKLY, THERE ARE

QUESTIONS.

STARTING WITH THOSE ABOUT THE

TEAM'S QUARTERBACK.

HOW WILL DAK PRESCOTT'S

SURGICALLY REPAIRED ANKLE HOLD

UP TO THE RIGORS OF THE NFL?

WILL HE HAVE ALL THE PHYSICAL

SKILLS HE DID BEFORE THE INJURY?

CAN HE TRUST HIS MIND TO TRUST

HIS BODY?

READY?

HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO.

LET'S MAKE SOME AGGRESSIVE

THROWS NOW, LET'S BE AGGRESSIVE.

♪ ♪

THERE IT IS.

LISTEN, THE WAY WE BREAK THE

HUDDLE IS DOMINATE THE PLAY

AFTER THAT.

♪ ♪

GOOD BALL.

THANK YOU, I LOVE IT.

♪ ♪

GOOD THROW, MAN.

GREAT SPOT.

I SEE YOU DROPPING DIMES, BIG

DOG.

I KNEW I WAS GOING.

ALL RIGHT, GPS TODAY.

75, THAT'S WAY TOO MANY.

PLAYING FOR HIM IS JUST WAY UP.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE ON TOP.

THAT "575" NUMBER IS THE

COWBOYS METRIC OF DAK'S PRACTICE

ACTIVITY AND 575 IS TOO MUCH,

TOO SOON.

SO AFTER A GREAT FIRST DAY OF

PRACTICE, THE STAFF BEGINS

LIMITING HIS WORKLOAD.

SLIDE IT BACK, SLIDE IT BACK,

SLIDE IT BACK!

WHAT'S UP?

YOU WANT THIS ONE?

I GOT YOU!

HE'S TAKING THIS ONE.

KEEP IT UP, KEEP IT UP.

I SAID LAST YEAR, ENOUGH.

♪ ♪

GARRETT IS IN.

PRESCOTT FEELS TOO MUCH TO

REST LEADS TO REST.

I DID IT.

AFTER THAT GPS.

NO, THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD B

BE.

COMING BACK TO YOU.

TAKING ME OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY

TOOK ME OUT FOR THEM WRAPS FOR.

I SET OUT ENOUGH.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF I'M FUCKING

SORE.

GET DOWN, GET DOWN!

I WILL.

I WILL FUCKING TAKE THEM ALL.

I'M NOT.

YOU GUYS TOOK ME OUT FOR FOUR

FUCKING PLEASE.

EZEKIEL ELLIOTT UNDERSTANDS

DAK'S DESIRE TO GET BACK ON TOP.

NUMBER 21 HAS BEEN THERE.

HE'S A DO EVERYTHING, GAME

CHANGING RUNNING BACK.

YOU PLAY FOOTBALL ALL DAY AND

THEN YOU TRY TO GO HOME AND PLAY

FOOTBALL.

HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS

STARTING QUARTERBACK'S BEST

FRIEND.

ME AND DAK WE MET ACTUALLY AT

THE COMBINE, GOT DRAFTED THE

SAME YEAR.

SO WE'VE BEEN BEST FRIENDS SINC

SINCE.

I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT

ALL TOGETHER SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN

HERE.

SO YEAR SIX, GOING ON SIX YEARS.

THE BEST ONE.

THIS ONE.

♪ ♪

HI, I'M RAY JORDAN.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE

WRAPPING PACKAGES.

-MY BIRTHDAY IS JULY 22 -ND AND

-DAK IS THE 29 -TH.

WHAT DID HE GET YOU?

HE GOT ME A DIAMOND BRACELET.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HAVING A

GIFT.

HE'S STRUGGLING.

HE'S GOING TOO FAST.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO

HELP ME MUCH SO I WILL JUST WING

IT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT.

HE'S GONE MUSICAL ALL RIGHT.

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS]

OH, I JUST TAPED NOTHING.

♪ ♪

PUT THAT ONE RIGHT IN THE MIDDL

MIDDLE.

SO HIS BIRTHDAY IS IN TWO DAYS

SO I WILL PROBABLY GIVE IT TO

HIM...

I THINK IT WILL GIVE IT TO HIM

AFTER PRACTICE ON HIS BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY.

THE FIRST YEAR WE EXCHANGED

GIFTS.

WHO IS IT?

WHAT YOU DOING?

[LAUGHS]

WHAT YOU WANT, MAN?

TRYING TO RUIN THE SURPRISE.

THAT'S THE LAST PERSON I THOUGHT

WAS COMING.

WHAT DO YOU ABOUT ZEKE?

HE'S UP THERE IN CARRIES.

GOT TO PROTECT -- THAT'S WHAT

I'M SAYING.

SPOT ON.

YOU FEEL LIKE HE'S IN GREAT

SHAPE.

YEAH, HE'S IN MUCH BETTER

SHAPE.

THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.

THAT'S A DAUNTING PROSPECT

FOR NFL DEFENSES.

FOR HIS FIRST FOUR SEASONS, THE

MAN THEY CALL ZEKE WAS ONE OF

THE BEST RUNNING BACKS IN THE

NFL.

I WONDER OUT OF AND STRENGTH.

VISION AND SPEED.

♪ ♪

LAST YEAR, THOUGH, WAS NOT HIS

BEST.

PROBLEMS WITH BALL SECURITY

BECAME AN ISSUE.

♪ ♪

ZEKE HAS ALWAYS HAD A SWAGGER

AND A CERTAIN STYLE.

♪ ♪

BUT THIS YEAR, HE'S MAKING A

CHANGE.

NEW LOOK AND A NEW DETERMINATIO

DETERMINATION.

A SWEATSHIRT TODAY.

I ALREADY GOT A SWEATSHIRT O

ON!

WHEN YOU CARRY UP ALL YOUR

KIND OF CARRYING THE WHOLE TEAM,

THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, THE

WHOLE FAN BASE AND IT'S MY JOB

TO MAKE SURE I DON'T FUMBLE IT.

EVERY DAY IN TRAINING, THAT'S MY

FOCUS THIS YEAR IS TAKING THE

BALL.

♪ ♪

YES, SIR.

♪ ♪

YEAH!

OH, SHIT.

THERE YOU GO, GOOD DROP.

THIS IS EASY MONEY!

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT, ALL

THAT PICK AND THAT MESS

HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YOU CAN TAKE IT RIGHT NOW.

WON THE STARTING QUARTERBACK

GIVES YOU ADVICE, TAKE IT.

WHEN HE AND UNATTENDED BIKE,

FEEL FREE TO TAKE THAT, TOO.

NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING A

LITTLE FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME.

WAS MY BIKE IN THERE?

WHO?

ZEKE.

MAN.

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS]

GET YOU ONE OF THESE.

♪ ♪

GREAT LINEMAN TAKE CARE OF

IT.

♪ ♪

JUST LOOK AT THIS

PRESENTATION, RIGHT HERE.

A BUNCH OF GOOD STUFF RIGHT

THERE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

WHAT KIND OF LOOK AS THIS.

EXCUSE ME.

IT'S NOT A SNEEZE.

JUST EXHALE.

OKAY.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, KANT HAS A

LIGHTER MOOD THIS YEAR BUT THERE

IS ONE SUBJECT WHICH ALWAYS PUTS

PLAYERS ON EDGE.

GETTING CUT.

OKAY.

I'M THINKING, OH, MY GOD.

DID YOU LOSE YOUR DRIVE?

YEAH.

[LAUGHS]

EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY THE

SAME.

WHAT?

CHECK IT OUT.

THE VAST DIFFERENCE.

BASICALLY TAKES THE SPERM FROM

WHATEVER, YOUR BALLS, ALL THEY

DO IS CUT OUT A LITTLE SECTION

AND SEW IT TOGETHER.

THAT'S ALL.

NOTHING ELSE EVER CHANGED.

WHAT'S THAT?

WHEN THEY REVERSE IT, SO WHEN I

GOT TO THE FIRST TIME.

ALL THEY DO IS JUST INJECT YOU.

SITTING THERE, PANTS ARE DOWN.

THE DOCTOR, TALKING ABOUT GOING

FOR LONG RUNS.

I'M SWEATING, I'M IN MY HEAD.

[LAUGHTER]

IT'S LIKE 20 MINUTES.

THEM WHEN I GOT THAT IN

REVERSE, IT KNOCKED ME OUT.

SAME PROCEDURE.

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.

THE INDIVIDUAL DRILLS.

IT'S SO QUIET.

ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

EVERYTHING CHANGES.

ONE PLAYER IS ESPECIALLY

EAGER FOR TODAY'S PRACTICE TO

START.

THIS IS DAK PRESCOTT'S FIRST

ACTION IN FULL PADS SINCE HIS

ANKLE INJURY LAST OCTOBER.

SON OF A BISCUIT.

♪ ♪

I'VE GOT TO TAKE DAK OUT.

HE'S GOT A SPRAIN.

HE'S FEELING IT NOW.

HE FEELS IT WHEN HE FALLS

THROUGH, STAYING OUT HERE.

OUT OF THE FRONT ONE.

WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS?

NOT HIS BICEPS, NOT HIS

TRICEPS.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERANALYZE IT

OUT HERE.

HE TRIED TO WARM UP, FULL FORCE.

I THINK IT'S MUSCLE STRENGTH.

KEPT HIM OUT.

WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS?

IT'S THE STRAIN RIGHT HERE.

WORKING THROUGH AND FELT LIKE

IT GOT WARM.

FOR DAK, THE DAY IS DONE TOO

SOON.

FOR A ROOKIE, IT CAN'T START

SOON ENOUGH.

YOU GOT TO GET VERY USED TO

THAT, BABY.

THAT'S WHY AM FROM

NORTH DAKOTA STATE.

LINEBACKER MICHAEL PARSONS

WAS THE COWBOY'S FIRST-ROUND

PICK IN THIS YEAR'S DRAFT AND

HE'S BEEN CLAMORING TO PROVE WHY

EVER SINCE.

I'M GOING TO JUST START BEING

A FOOTBALL PLAYER AND START

SMACKING MYSELF.

GOING TO DIAL INTO THIS.

AGGRESSIVELY GO.

TAKE A SHOT.

LET'S GET IT.

♪ ♪

HOLY SHIT, HE'S FAST.

LET'S SEE IT, 1-1.

I SEE IT, 11.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ME A

SHOULDER THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WHO'S RUNNING, BROKE?

YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HOLD IT.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT

BREAKING ME.

COME ON.

COME OUT HERE.

YOU WANT TO SHOW ME SOMETHING?

USABLE MUSICAL OH, MY GOD!

THAT WAS A GOOD RUN!

THAT WAS A GOOD RUN.

COME ON.

USABLE MUSICAL YOU KNOW IT, YOU.

HEY.

ONE HAND.

I HAD TO MAKE UP FOR A WHILE,

BRO.

I HAD TO MAKE IT UP.

NOW IT'S LIKE 50/50.

THAT ONE, THINK OF IT ALWAYS

AS, THAT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME ON

THE RUN AWAY FROM YOU.

THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT TO THE

FUCKING GO.

IT DID THE SECOND TIME I RAN

IT.

THE FIRST TIME, I PAUSED AND I

GOT CAUGHT UP BY THE SECOND TIME

I WAS ABLE TO COME FREE.

I GET SO HUNGRY.

SNACKS AT PRACTICE, I LOVE THAT.

CRUSHING SOME GATORADE.

THE LINE IS ALWAYS HUNGRY.

YOU GOT 2 MINUTES.

IT'S THE GAIN OF KEEPING DAK

OUT OF IT?

HE WANTED TO BE OUT HERE,

THAT'S ALL.

WE START TREATING HIM?

TO GO IF YOU WANT US TO.

WHY DON'T YOU GO IN AND GET

EXAMINED.

I APPRECIATE YOU WANT TO BE OUT

HERE BUT LET'S FIND OUT WHAT

WE'VE GOT.

YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW.

JUST GO THAT WAY.

HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO, HERE

WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, READY.

WE ARE ADDING A COUPLE PLAYERS

TO THE INJURY LIST, DAK PRESCOTT

HAD THE SHOULDER STRAIN, WE ARE

GOING TO LIMIT HIS THROWING FOR

SEVERAL DAYS HERE.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A

LONG-TERM THING EITHER.

ANY QUESTIONS OR JIM?

CAN HE HAVE PRACTICE IS YOUR

MIND, THAT WOULD NOT THROW THE

BALL DEEP OR WOOD STRAIN BUT

JUST KNOW THE BALL SHORT, SO TO

SPEAK?

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO, I

WANT TO OVERPROTECTED AND JUST

NO, THE TEXAS RANGERS TRAINER,

THOSE GUYS ARE SEEING THIS KIND

OF STUFF ALL THE TIME.

BOTH OF THEIR SENTIMENTS WERE

CAUTIONED TO START, GIVE THE

INJURY PLENTY OF TIME TO HEAL

BEFORE YOU START STRESSING IT.

INDICATING THAT WE SHOULD BE

CAUTIOUS EARLY.

WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW

EXCITED I AM, THAT MAKES ALL THE

SENSE IN THE WORLD.

THANK GOODNESS, JUST KEEP HIS

LEGS AND KEEP ALL THAT REHAB.

IT'S NONSTOP.

OKAY, OKAY.

LISTEN, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO

TO WORK.

BYE-BYE.

NO WORRIES.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING,

EVERYONE.

A COUPLE THINGS HERE.

ALL RIGHT, "THE SPY WHO SHAKE

ME," THAT GUY RIGHT THERE.

I'VE GOT A CLIP FOR YOU.

AUSTIN POWERS ALWAYS DEFEATS

ME BECAUSE HE HAS MOJO.

THE LIBIDO, THE LIFE FORCE, THE

ESSENCE, THE RIGHT STUFF, WHAT

THE FRENCH CALL A CERTAIN...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT.

AT WHATEVER POINT IN

PRACTICE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A

MOJO MOMENT WHEN IT'S TIME FOR

ADDITIONAL CONFIDENCE, CHARISMA,

AND PERFORMANCE.

NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION.

I SMELL A MOJO MOMENT COMING ON.

IT'S TIME FOR A MOJO MOMENT.

MOJO MOMENT, DEFENSE ON THE

WALL SIDE.

MOJO!

OFFENSE OVER HERE OVER HERE.

MOJO MOMENT.

♪ ♪

FIRED UP FOR A MOJO MOMENT

HERE.

ONE SECOND LEFT, 18-YARD

LINE.

THIS IS A MOJO MOMENT, WE ARE

GOING TO LINE IT UP, OFFENSE

AGAINST DEFENSE, GUYS DON'T KNOW

WHEN IT'S COMING IN WITH THE

SITUATION IS GOING TO BE SO I

THINK IT'S AWESOME.

MOJO, COME ON, MAN, LET'S GET

READY.

OFFENSE, THERE IS A MINUTE, ONE

SECOND LEFT, 18-YARD LINE.

GROOVY, BABY.

ZERO TIME LEFT.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO.

ON THE BALL, ON THE BALL, ON

THE BALL.

LET'S GO.

FOURTH DOWN, LET'S GO, GOT TO

GO!

MAKE A PLAY, MAKE A PLAY

HERE, LET'S GO.

TOUCHDOWN, MOJO MOMENT, LET'S G

GO.

THERE YOU GO, COME ON, COME

ON.

NICE JOB.

THAT'S A GOOD JOB, DUDE.

JUST ANOTHER WAY OF

EMPHASIZING THE MOMENTUM CHANGES

IN THE GAME, THE MOMENTUM SO

IT'S A BIG PART OF THE GAME OF

FOOTBALL, AT ANY TIME YOU GOT A

CHANCE TO USE IN AUSTIN POWERS

FILM CLIP YOU SHOULD TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF IT.

MOJO MOMENT, MAN.

I WILL BUST YOUR BALLS, CHAM

CHAMP.

PRESCOTT'S STRAINED THROWING

ARM LIMITS HIM FOR THE ENTIRE

SECOND WEEK OF CAMP.

HE DOESN'T MISS A PRACTICE, BUT

HE DOESN'T MAKE A SINGLE THROW.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS.

HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL USE

PRESCOTT BACK INTO IT?

HE WENT THROUGH ALL THE

QUARTERBACK SCHOOL DRILLS, HE

JUST DIDN'T THROW.

HE WILL DO THE RUN GAME STUFF,

HE'S GOING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU

CAN COME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL

STUFF.

I'M GLAD HE STOPPED.

THERE IS SOME DISCIPLINE AND

THAT TOO.

ALL RIGHT?

WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT?

DAK.

OH, NICE.

[SINGING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"]

[APPLAUSE]

OPEN IT UP, BABY!

GOING TO TRY TO DO LIKE CRAZY,

MAN.

THAT IS GOOD, THOUGH, THAT'S

FIRE.

APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU GOT A LITTLE.

[LAUGHTER]

WOW.

YEAH, IT DOES TASTE GOOD.

TASTES REAL GOOD.

I WANT TO TRY THE KICK.

KICK.

I WANT TO TRY THE KICK.

SPEAK ON MY SUPPOSED TO OPEN IS

NOW?

DID YOU WRAP THIS?

IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE A

-PRETTY GOOD 28 -TH BIRTHDAY.

OH, SHIT.

HEY, NICE.

THIS IS A GREAT GIFT.

I LOVE BAGS.

YEAH.

THAT'S DOPE, THAT'S DOPE AS FUC

FUCK.

NICE LITTLE TRAVEL BAG FOR THE

SEASON.

YEAH.

THAT'S LIT.

OH, YEAH.

THAT'S FIRE.

MATCHING.

YOU GOT ONE?

IF ONLY DAK COULD USE THE BAG

RIGHT AWAY.

INSTEAD HE WILL BE STAYING IN

OXNARD WHILE HIS TEAMMATES

TRAVEL TO CANTON OHIO FOR THE

LEAGUE'S ANNUAL HALL OF FAME

GAME AGAINST THE STEELERS.

IT'S AN HONOR AND AN ADVANTAGE.

DALLAS AND PITTSBURGH WILL PLAY

FOUR TIMES THIS PRESEASON WHILE

THE REST OF THE LEAGUE WILL PLAY

ONLY THREE.

ALL RIGHT, MAN, LET'S GET

GOING HERE.

FAMILY AND FOOTBALL.

THIS IS SOMETHING I BELIEVE SO

STRONGLY IN.

THERE'S NOTHING I'M MORE PROUD

OF THAN MY FAMILY.

MY WIFE JESSICA AND OUR FIVE

KIDS, MY MOTHER, 80 YEARS OLD

YESTERDAY.

THE POINT I'M MAKING IS EVERYONE

OF US US IS FROM SOMEWHERE AND

WE ARE FROM SOMEONE.

I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE

PITTSBURGH P.A.

EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE

PAST, IT'S HARD NOT TO REFLECT

ON WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST

YEAR.

FUCK LAST YEAR.

YOU'VE SEEN THE SCHEDULE, WE'VE

GOT FOUR PRESEASON GAMES, 17

REGULAR-SEASON GAMES AND THEN WE

GOT THE TOURNAMENT, THAT'S WHAT

THIS THING IS ALL ABOUT.

LET'S NOT WASTE EACH OTHERS TIME

HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT

OF TIME DOING THE HARD STUFF WE

NEED TO DO TO GET TO WHERE WE

WANT TO GO.

CHARLIE FUCK AROUND?

HE DOESN'T WORK HERE.

HIGH SCHOOL HARRY?

GET HIS ASS OUT THE FUCKING

DOOR.

THIS IS ABOUT WINNING, WINNING

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

PERIOD.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

TO WIN THE SEASON IS NOT GOOD

ENOUGH, GETTING TO THE

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS NOT GOOD

ENOUGH.

OKAY?

BECAUSE IT TAKES EVERYBODY.

YOU MAY BE TIRED OF HEARING

THIS, I'VE BEEN A PART OF ONE

CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

IT TOOK 77 MEN TO WIN A WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THIS

THING GOES.

ONCE YOU HOLD THAT FUCKING

TROPHY UP, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU

RIGHT NOW, IT'S FUCKING HEAVIER

THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

THERE AIN'T NOTHING ELSE IN

THIS BUSINESS.

THERE IS A WAGE TO

EXPECTATIONS.

A HEAVINESS THAT MIKE McCARTHY

UNDERSTANDS.

11 YEARS AGO, HE WON OF THE

SUPER BOWL BY BEATING THE

STEELERS.

HIS FAVORITE TEAM AS A BOY.

OBVIOUSLY VERY PLEASED WITH

THE OUTCOME BUT IT WAS

DIFFERENT.

IT YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEAM YOU

GROW UP ROOTING FOR.

VERY PROUD TO BE FROM WESTERN

PENNSYLVANIA, PARTICULARLY

PITTSBURGH.

WE ARE BROUGHT UP TO BE PROUD OF

WHERE YOU'RE FROM AND PROUD OF

YOU CAME FROM.

McCARTHY HAS NEVER

FORGOTTEN THE LESSONS HIS

PARENTS TAUGHT HIM.

THEIR BOND IS TOO STRONG.

NO SURPRISE, THEN, THAT HIS MOM

AND DAD HAVE COME TO CANTON

TONIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT NIGHT.

I MEAN, PERFECT NIGHT IN CANTON

OHIO, 78 DEGREES.

THE COWBOYS ON THE PITTSBURGH

STEELERS ARE COMING UP IN THE

HALL OF FAME GAME.

OUR FAMILIES, THREE

GENERATIONS IN PITTSBURGH.

ALL MY CHILDREN WERE RAISED,

WENT TO SCHOOL IN PITTSBURGH.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A

FAMILY.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS

HERE.

OKAY.

WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE?

MAYBE JUST MOVE BACK A LITTLE

BIT UP AGAINST THE WALL.

OVER HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TUNNEL.

THIS IS ABOUT TO BE A GREAT

DAY.

SEE, IT'S A GOOD THING WE

SWITCHED.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE.

NUMBER ONE.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

HAVE FUN.

DON'T GET ANY FIGHTS OVER HERE

IN THE PITTSBURGH SECTION.

H♪ ♪

♪ ♪

I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS, MAN.

MIKE McCARTHY, NICE TO SEE

YOU.

THERE'S A VIDEO OF YOU

PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL OVER HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GOOD LUCK THIS YEAR, MAN.

I HAD >> GOOD TO BE BACK AT IT,

GOOD TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THE

STANDS.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

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THAT'S WHY YOU ARE PRESEASON,

WE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT!

YES, SIR!

SET THE TONE.

YES, SIR!

MOST OF THE BIG STARS NOT

PLAYING IN THIS ONE INCLUDING

EZEKIEL ELLIOTT.

AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING

TO SEE DAN QUAN'S HANDIWORK.

AND MICHAEL PARSONS, THE

NUMBER-ONE PICK IN THE LINEUP.

READY?

OVER, OVER!

CLICK END AROUND.

TO ALMOST NO GAIN.

MICHAEL PARSONS, THE COWBOYS

FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK LOOKS

EVERY BIT ALIGNED RANGING FROM

SIDELINE TO SIDELINE.

SP>> MICHAEL PARSONS HAS BEEN AL

OVER THE PLACE.

THERE YOU GO.

NICE, NICE.

I'VE JUST GOT TO GET WIDER.

THAT WAS LIKE...

YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ALL THE

PLACE.

YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE EVERY

PLAY.

YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN IT'S

YOUR PLAY TO MAKE.

MICHAEL PARSONS WHO BY ALL

INDICATIONS IS GOING TO BE A

REALLY IMPACTFUL PLAYER.

HE JUST HAD RARE ABILITY, SIZE

AND SPEED AND POWER.

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THAT FUMBLED EXCHANGE.

COWBOYS LOOK LIKE THEY GOT ON

TOP OF IT.

AND THEY DID.

THE FUMBLE IS RECOVERED BY

MICHAEL PARSONS.

MICHAEL PARSONS, THE ROOKIE

AND FIRST-ROUND PICK IS THERE,

FUMBLE.

THE YOUNG MAN ALWAYS RUNS THE

BALL.

I NEED SOME MORE SWAGGER OUT

OF YOU OR SOMETHING.

THAT'S A START.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT

THERE MAKING PLAYS, HOMEY, YOU

GOT TO LOOK THE PART.

HEY, GEORGE, CAN YOU GET

MY GO-TO THE OFFENSE, I'M GOING

TO HIT HIM AND STRETCH.

GO TO THE MIC TO GET ON WITH

DAN.

CAN I JUST TELL IT TO HIM?

TELEPHONE.

[PHONE RINGING]

HELLO?

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR

LINEMAN.

YEAH, THAT WAY, TURNED THE BALL

BACK IN.

YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE ONES IN

AND BE SUPER FUCKING AGGRESSIVE.

THAT'S YOUR CALL, JOG SOMEBODY.

CAN I GET ONE MORE.

I'M JUST GETTING WARMED UP,

ADJUSTED.

ME, TOO.

THAT'S IT, ALL RIGHT.

I AGREE.

WE GET AN EXTRA ONE, THERE WILL

BE PLENTY NEXT WEEK.

ALL RIGHT, PEACE.

HIS AGO

THIS SUCKS, I WAS JUST

STARTING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.

DID YOU ASK HIM?

[LAUGHS]

SPEAK ON HOW WE GOT TO SIT FOR

HER TO HOURS.

THEN WE'VE GOT TO SIT FOR TWO

MORE HOURS, AN HOUR AND A HALF

TO GET TO THE AIRPORT, THREE AND

A HALF.

THEN ANOTHER FOUR AND A HALF.

FOR THE FLIGHT.

SO WE ARE ALREADY AT SEVEN AND A

HALF HOURS.

AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET BACK

TO OXNARD.

THAT'S PRESEASON FOR YOU.

THAT'S NINE HOURS I'M JUST

SITTING.

I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM, HE HAD

AN EXCELLENT DAY, GOT INTO HER

THREE TIMES.

FUMBLE RECOVERIES, TWO TACKLES.

I THINK IS GOING TO GET ROOKIE

OF THE YEAR AT THIS RATE.

HEY, DO WE GOT ANY ORANGES

LEFT?

A WHOLE BUNCH OF PLAYS, ONLY

GOT THREE POINTS, DOING A WHOLE

BUNCH OF GOOD STUFF, DRIVES THE

RED ZONE.

WE ARE NOT REINVENTING THE

WHEEL.

OKAY?

FUCKING PHYSICAL ON THE

FINISH.

RIGHT NOW, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

I SAID TONIGHT, MAN.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE THE

SECOND HALF.

LET'S FUCKING BRING THE NOISE

THE SECOND HALF.

LET'S FUCKING SHOW THE FUCK OUT.

DO WHAT WE CAME HERE TO FUCKING

DO.

LETS GO, LET'S FINISH THIS

THING OFF THE SECOND HALF, ALL

THE BASICS, TAKE THE PLACE DOWN

TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN WIN THIS

THING.

COWBOYS ON THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE --

COWBOYS!

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THE GAME WILL GO DOWN IN THE

RECORD BOOKS AS A COWBOYS LOSS.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING MORE.

BECAUSE BEYOND THE STATS UNDER

THE SCORE IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

AND LASTING.

A REMINDER OF THE SURPRISING

GRACES OF FOOTBALL UNFETTERED.

BLOCKING AND TACKLING.

RUNNING AND PASSING.

SWEATING AND STRAINING.

♪ ♪

A PROMISE OF BETTER TIMES AHEAD.

AND THE HOPE THAT THIS YEAR, THE

BOYS ARE BACK.

♪ ♪

TWO TEAMS WITH LEGITIMATE

HOPES OF POSTSEASON IN 2021.

THE FIRST OF FOUR PRESEASON

GAMES ENDS HERE IN CAMP.

♪ ♪

SPEAK OUT MY KEY DOESN'T WORK.

I THOUGHT THEY MESSED MIKEY UP

ON PURPOSE FOR SOME CONTENT.

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE

WRIGLEY FIELD HERE.

ARE WE SUPPOSED TO MONITOR

ALL THESE HOUSES?

IS TALKING TO THE LADY ON THE

SCREEN.

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE SECRET

PLAY.

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE SECRET

PLAY.

WE'VE GOT THE SPIES.

[LAUGHTER]

THE GREATEST MOVIE THERE EVER

WAS.

THE SUPERSECRET PLAY.

GET TOGETHER AND RUN THE

SUPERSECRET PLAY.

DO YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND YOU

WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO?

I AM MIC'D UP TODAY.

JUST MAKING SURE, HELP YOU WITH

YOUR LOVE LIFE IF YOU NEED IT.

BACK IN FIFTH GRADE PLAYING

BASKETBALL, BLOCKED A GIRL'S

SHOT, FELL SIDEWAYS.

SHE WAS OLDER, MY BROTHER'S AGE.

I BLOCKED HER SHOT AND CAME DOWN

SIDEWAYS, PUT MY ARM DOWN AND

SNAPPED IT.

THEN I WAS LIKE ROOKIE OF THE

YEAR, THAT'S WHEN I MOVED TO

QUARTERBACK.

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THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION