Stephen Jones on Zack Martin, injury updates, Dak endorsing McCarthy

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Dallas Cowboys EVP & director of player personnel Stephen Jones joined the GBag Nation to preview the Cowboys' Monday Night Football matchup with the Bengals, how highly he and the team regard Zack Martin after the future Hall of Famer's ankle surgery, how he feels the whole team endorses Mike McCarthy, and more.

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00:00We're excited for the weekend and the little two-game winning streak that we've got going

00:26on here and the chances of what could play out here in the final five games.

00:29Can't wait to talk to you about all that, but what did you think of that go for it last

00:33night on fourth down from your guy Dan Campbell?

00:35When it works, you're a hero.

00:40He's gone to the greatest coach in the NFL.

00:43Had he not made it, he would have been right there with some of these coaches that might

00:48be looking for jobs.

00:50I joked last night we were watching the game.

00:52I said, man, if Mike tried that, we might see Jerry Jones back on the sideline there

00:56during the game again.

00:58He'd have his whistle and his headset.

01:02So yes, what an exciting finish that was.

01:05One of the best Thursday night games ever.

01:09The Detroit team's just amazing what they've accomplished and what Dan's done out there.

01:15We've got a soft spot in our heart for Dan.

01:18He's a player here and no one thinks more Dan Campbell than Jerry and myself and the

01:24organization and what they've accomplished and, of course, the Packers.

01:30There's a little bit of us at root for them because a lot of people thought we failed

01:35the test miserably when they came in and beat us, but they're a pretty damn good football

01:40team.

01:41Indeed.

01:42Indeed they are.

01:43A pretty dang good football player, the future Hall of Famer, Zach Martin, with the news

01:47yesterday.

01:48Stephen, ankle didn't respond well to the rest, huh?

01:51It just didn't.

01:53If anyone knows Zach Martin, which everybody probably doesn't know him well, if anybody

01:57could be out there helping his team and compete, and it'd be Zach Martin, he's, you know, with

02:02Jerry and I always talk when you, you know, you get into, you know, deciding whether you're

02:07going to give a player a big contract, he exemplifies what you give a big contract to.

02:13And I mean, that guy has been available, been available if there was any way that he could

02:19be out there playing, it'd be Zach Martin.

02:22And it's got to be something obviously that, you know, is really restricting him.

02:29And, you know, I put DeMarcus Lawrence in the same category.

02:32Those are two guys that have been in our building for double digit years that I wish we could

02:38just keep manufacturing Zach Martins and DeMarcus Lawrences, because that's what you look for

02:44when you want people in your organization that are winners.

02:48And I know he's just wanting to get well from this, get that ankle fixed and go from there.

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