Jourdan Lewis LIVE in Oxnard on returning to Dallas, playing for Mike Zimmer

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Veteran Cowboys cornerback Jourdan Lewis joined the K&C Masterpiece live in Oxnard at Cowboys Training Camp to talk about his decision to return to Dallas this offseason, why he's excited to play for new defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, and more!

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00:00But the spot in the slot, how much different, what is the difference between that and playing

00:20on the outside and how much more of an athlete do you have to be in that slot spot?

00:24I wouldn't say that because we've got great athletes, we've got some of the premier athletes

00:28out there.

00:29So shout out to them, but they tell you that it's very hard to play slots.

00:34So I mean, everybody would agree with me when I say that's probably one of the hardest positions

00:39in the secondary because you've got to go out there and hit like a linebacker, but you've

00:43got to cover guys in all of the space.

00:45So he can go left, he can go right, you don't have the sideline as your friend.

00:48So I mean, it's definitely a hard position, but I mean, I take pride in it.

00:52I take pride in taking on that challenge and bringing on the best slot guy they got and

00:58playing some good ball.

00:59So I mean, I'm excited for this year.

01:00I know I'm going to be doing a lot of different things, so I'm excited to see what we do.

01:06You know, Mike talks a lot.

01:07He played baseball and he talks a lot about Mahomes being a baseball player, shortstop

01:12making these kind of wild throws.

01:14How much does your love for basketball help you play defense against guys knowing they're

01:19going to cut either way?

01:20It's crazy because I started as like a receiver.

01:22So I knew like the movements and stuff like that, like a crossover, you know, just having

01:27that time clock in your head and knowing that he can't do that many moves and, you

01:31know, just trying to seeing guys set up there where their heads are and stuff like that,

01:35trying to set up the crossover or, you know, getting off the line.

01:37It helped a lot.

01:38It definitely helped a lot.

01:39Sliding your feet, just lateral quickness.

01:41It helps to, you know, try to match up those releases.

01:43So I definitely, I give a lot of that to, you know, playing basketball.

01:49You tell the kids out there then, play all the sports.

01:52Yeah, multi-sport athlete, because, you know, a lot of those sports translate to different

01:55sports.

01:56And you can get, you can learn a lot from, you know, a lot of different techniques from

02:00playing multiple sports.

02:02Can you still break out a smooth crossover dribble?

02:04Absolutely.

02:05Anytime.

02:06I just want to make sure.

02:07That won't tell you.

02:08That won't tell you.

02:09I dropped him.

02:10Oh no.

02:11He's that right.

02:12The exclusive y'all got.

02:13Okay, so if we interview him, sometimes it can be hard to break him out of his pattern

02:18of answers.

02:19And I understand why.

02:20Us media folks are the worst.

02:21Some of my antics.

02:22Okay.

02:23All right.

02:24Good.

02:25That's, that's what I want to hear.

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