Mike Zimmer talks Sam Williams' injury, Marshawn Kneeland, & being a hard ass
New Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer joined the morning show live in Oxnard at Cowboys training camp to talk about his return to the organization, how the defense will suffer with the loss of Sam Williams over the weekend, and his reputation as a hard ass.
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00:00Coach, obviously the unfortunate bad news yesterday with Sam Williams going down for
00:21the year.
00:22Can you just talk about that loss and what you are seeing from Sam so far in the offseason?
00:27Yeah, it's really discouraging.
00:31Sam was a fun guy to be around, very, very athletic.
00:34He's working really, really hard.
00:36I really enjoyed getting to know him.
00:38He's one of the first guys to come up to my office when I got here, sit down and talk
00:43about having a possibility of having a big year.
00:47So that does hurt.
00:50So we'll just have to kind of regroup.
00:53Marshawn Nealon will probably get some more reps out of it, but he's been doing good as
00:57well.
00:58Speaking of Nealon there, specifically your second round pick there, what have you seen
01:02from him, his skill set?
01:04And you mentioned that this is going to be a big opportunity for him to contribute as
01:07a rookie right away.
01:09Yeah, well he should.
01:11I think all these guys have the opportunity to compete right away if they're doing what
01:17they're supposed to do.
01:18He's done a really nice job.
01:21He's a going Jesse.
01:22He's going to go like crazy.
01:25He's physical, and he loves ball.
01:29I saw the Dallas Cowboys social team put out a video yesterday where they asked the players,
01:33what's your favorite coach's phrase so far at training camp?
01:36And Malik Hooker and Wanye Thomas both started laughing, and they said, Coach Zim, and it's
01:41you better fix it or I'm going to fix it for you.
01:43Explain to me what that saying means.
01:46I don't know if I ever said that, to be honest.
01:51I might have said that once in a meeting one day, I don't know, I don't remember.