Mike McCarthy speaks on his confidence coming out of the bye, previews Cowboys-49ers with Shan & RJ

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Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy joined Shan, RJ and Bobby to discuss why he's feeling so confident about his team coming out of the bye ahead of Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.

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00:00Coach, how tough is it to prepare for a game like this?

00:19How much scouting goes out the window with all the injury questions that are out there

00:23on both sides, but obviously you guys trying to figure out San Francisco with all these

00:28question marks?

00:29I wouldn't say it goes out the window.

00:31I think clearly you are who you are as far as what you believe in and the approach to

00:38the game.

00:39So the way they line up on defense and offense and conceptually how they're going to attack

00:45in each and every situation will definitely be some similarities.

00:49It's always a variation of something that you've done that's part of your foundation.

00:54So the biggest thing, I think you've already made the point, is just make sure you educate

00:59and get as much film on the individuals you think are going to play.

01:03So I'm sure they're doing the same with us.

01:06Coach, Belichick has always talked about the stages of the season to develop and figure

01:11things out, but the stages of a game.

01:13Do you approach it the same way, like first quarter feeling out, second quarter adjustments,

01:19a quarter-by-quarter kind of sparring that takes place, and does that take place even

01:23more for a game where both sides are playing a lot of backups possibly?

01:30Oh yeah, definitely.

01:31I think it's clearly not only the way you play the game, but it's the way you train.

01:37For instance, this morning I'm sitting here working on the first 15 because our Friday

01:43schedule is called Fast Start and Furious Finish Friday.

01:47So we really emphasize the beginning of the game and at the end of the game, because those

01:52are two important parts of the game, which you've already asked, and what we talk about

01:59is the ebb and flow of every game.

02:02All the plays and all the situations in every football game are the same, it's just a matter

02:07of what order that they come in, and that's why every single game is never the same.

02:14So you've got to be in tune with the ebb and flow of the game, because there's things

02:17that go on early in games, and your instincts and awareness anticipate that, and then you

02:22have the ups and downs throughout the game, and then when you get down to the fourth quarter,

02:27there's some situation-specific keys that you have to be on top of, especially the score

02:33of the game, obviously, the timeouts, where you're at on the field, the momentum, and

02:40you have to be able to apply all the things that happen during the course of that game

02:43to win the thing in the fourth quarter.

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