Inside Cowboys Camp: Joint Practice with Rams + Will McClay & Malik Hooker Join the Show
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🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of Move the Sticks, Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks are on the ground in Oxnard, California for Cowboys training camp. With the Cowboys hosting a joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams, the guys break down what they saw from both squads and dive into key takeaways.
They’re also joined by Cowboys VP of Player Personnel Will McClay, who gives insight into Dallas’ roster-building philosophy and the dominant receiving duo between CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens. Later, veteran safety Malik Hooker stops by to discuss the Cowboys’ defense, and how this group is preparing for the season.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.9 | And now, Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. |
| 0:12.1 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to a special edition of Move the Sticks. |
| 0:15.5 | DJ Buck live from Cowboys Camp, where we've got the Rams in town, Buck. |
| 0:19.2 | I mean, this is fun, DJ. |
| 0:20.4 | Like, we talk about training camp. It goes up a notch when you have joint practices. Joint practices are the rage. Everyone wants to see their team compete in a controlled environment. So you get the energy of a game, but you have, you mitigate some of the wrist to associate with it. Do you have any joint practices from your playing days? You standout? Yes, I do. |
| 0:38.3 | I remember very early, Randy Moss's rookie season. Oh. Can't see the Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, River Falls, Wisconsin. What that looked like? It didn't look great for the Kansas Chiefs because Randy Moss was letting it be known that he was a dominant player. and what we saw from those glimpses of him at practice, |
| 0:57.0 | it ended up showing that he |
| 0:58.5 | was going to be a Hall of Fame kind of players. |
| 1:00.0 | Do you remember anything about watching the film of those practices at all? |
| 1:03.0 | I remember they put it on us in the preseason game, but I do remember those practices. |
| 1:08.7 | Chris Carter, Jake Reed, Randy Moss. |
| 1:11.1 | It was unique to have that kind of size on the perimeter. |
| 1:14.0 | And then you have someone, Randy Moss's size, |
| 1:17.5 | who could run the way that you could run, |
| 1:19.6 | could clear the lanes for Chris Carter. |
| 1:21.7 | So you talk about two Hall of Fame receivers on the perimeter. |
| 1:24.7 | That's a lot to see in an offense that was pretty darn good. That's a good story right there. So today, Cowboys focused. We're going to talk to a player in Malik Hooker who's really seen his career really stabilized, you know, a little bit rocky early on and stabilized. It's been a real solid performer here for the Dallas Cowboys. We're going to a chance to visit with him in a minute. |
| 1:44.6 | But first up, Buck, we have a chance to visit with a buddy of ours, Will McLeigh, who's been running the personnel for the Dallas Cowboys for quite some time, has really, if you looked at it, drafted as well as anybody in the NFL over the last decade. So looking forward to visiting with him. Here's our conversation with Will McLeigh. Will we appreciate you taking the time, man. |
| 2:02.4 | First of all, just how's camp going so far, big picture? Here's our conversation with Will McLeigh. Well, Will, we appreciate you taking the time, man. |
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