Sunday Interview

FOR REAL. DAVE CROME FOR "INSIDE SPORTS." DESMOND, BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, DAVE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST COWBOY'S GAME PLAYED IN A THAT $1.2 BILLION DREAM OF A STADIUM IS KEN HAMLIN. APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME, KEN. >> NO PROBLEM. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STADIUM? >> IT'S AMAZING. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY BIGGER THAN WHAT WAS EXPECTED. THE HYPE WAS DEFINITELY BIG. IT WAS EXCITING TO GET OUT THERE AND GETTING OUR FEET WET A LITTLE BIT. >> WITH THAT MUCH HEIGHT AND THAT MUCH ATTENTION GOING INTO THIS PARTICULAR GAME, DID IT FEEL LIKE A PRESEASON GAME? >> WELL, IT STILL DID. I THINK WE STILL WANTED TO GO OUT THERE AND WORK ON SOME THINGS AND GET SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD THE VISITING TEAM AND YOU COULD TELL IT WAS AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. THEY KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING BIG. >> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL ANY ADDED PRESSURE IN BEING IN THE NFL'S LARGEST STADIUM? JERRY HAS PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME INTO IT. DO YOU FEEL ANY ADDED PRESSURE TO LIVE UP TO THIS MAGNIFICENT STADIUM? >> WELL, JERRY'S POCKETS ARE PRETTY DEEP, SO WE KNOW HE CAN AFFORD IT. I PUT MORE PRESSURE ON MYSELF THAN A STADIUM OR ANYONE ELSE CAN PUT ON ME. WE HAVE PRESSURE TO GO OUT AND PERFORM, AWAY OR HOME. THIS DEFINITELY GIVES US A BIG ADVANTAGE AT HOME WITH THE TYPE OF FANS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE, THE CROWD NOISE, YOU KNOW? IT WAS DEFINITELY BIG. 75,000 THERE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND STACK 100,000 IN ONE GAME. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FALSE STARTS WITH VISITING TEAMS WITH OUR DEFENSE GETTING THE CROWD OUT. >> DEFENSIVELY, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR GUYS' PERFORMANCE. I THOUGHT YOU LOOKED BETTER AND MORE CRISP. YOUR THOUGHTS ON DEFENSIVELY THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU MADE FROM THE FIRST GAME TO THE SECOND GAME? I MEAN, YOU GUYS HELD WHITE AND THOSE GUYS TO THE SEVEN-YARD RUSH. I DON'T THINK YOU GIVE UP A 1ST DOWN UNTIL LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. YOUR THINK THES. >> I THINK WE CAME OUT WITH A FOCUS, YOU KNOW? OUR FIRST DEFENSE PLAYED A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT EVEN WHEN THE RESERVE GUYS GOT IN, I TOLD THEM DON'T THINK. GO OUT AND PLAY LIKE YOU PLAYED IN COLLEGE. GO OUT AND PLAY. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE FIRST GAME. SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE MISTAKES, WHICH NORMALLY THAT IS WHEN IT OCCURS. FOR THEM TO GET OUT THERE AND FLY AROUND AND HAVE FUN, IT SHOWED. THEY HAVE FUN OUT THERE. THE OTHER NIGHT, HOPEFULLY WE KEEP THAT GOING. >> Reporter: NO DOUBT AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST BEGINNING. YOU START PRACTICE AT VALLEY RANCH TOMORROW AFTER SPENDING THREE AND A HALF WEEKS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR TRAINING CAMP. ARE YOU HAPPY TO BE BACK. >> DEFINITELY. I THINK SAN ANTONIO WAS GOOD TO US. THE FANS OUT THERE WERE DEFINITELY GREAT TO US, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME. IT'S GOOD TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SLEEP IN YOUR BED AND DRIVE TO WORK AND COME BACK TO YOUR BED. SO WE'RE TAKING THE STEPS TO BE A BETTER TEAM. >> Reporter: FROM THE MEDIA SIDE, THERE WAS NOTHING SOFT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TRAINING CAMP. WE DIDN'T GET A DAY OFF. I WORKED 25 DAYS IN A ROW. NOTHING SOFT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CAMP. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CAMP AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE CAMPS THAT THE CRITICS CALLED "CAMP CUPCAKE." >> HOPEFULLY THE MEDIA IS SATISFIED. I WOULDN'T THINK ANY OF OUR CAMPS WERE SOFT OR LIGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THE COACHES DEMAND A LOT OUT OF US. AS PLAYERS, WE DEMAND IT OUT OF OUR OURSELVES AND I THINK WE WENT ABOUT IT THE SAME WAY. WE HAD A FOCUS IN THIS CAMP. WE WENT OUT TO HANDLE BUSINESS AND COME BACK TO MAKE HOME A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHEN WE WENT IN THERE. SO THEY CAN TAKE IT HOWEVER THEY WANT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER AS A TEAM. >> Reporter: LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO THE SEASON A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY. YOUR SUCCESS, A LARGE PART OF IT DEPENDS ON YOU BEING IN UNISON WITH THE REST OF THE MEMBERS IN THE SECONDARY. IT'S HARD TO DO WHETHER THERE WERE A LOT OF INJURIES, AS LAST SEASON. IT WAS LIKE A REVOLVING DOOR AS FAR AS THE INJURIES. HOW DO YOU FEEL BY YOUR DEFENSIVE SECONDARY THIS YEAR? WE HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF NICKS AND BRUISES, BUT HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU GOING INTO THE SEASON? >> WE'RE DEFINITELY CONFIDENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS WITH THE SPEED AND EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST PLAYING WITH THIS TEAM, BUT EXPERIENCE PLAYING THE POSITION. HEALTH IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. GUYS STAYING HEALTHY, BUT SOMETHING THAT I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE EXCUSES ON. REGARDLESS OF WHO IS PLAYING WITH ME, WE HAVE IT GO OUT AND PERFORM. THAT IS WHAT I SAID LAST YEAR AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT THIS YEAR AS WELL. HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL STAY HEALTHY, BUT THINGS HAPPEN. INJURIES HAPPEN AND WE'RE GOING TO STICK AROUND AND TRY TO PERFORM AND PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD, DEFENSIVELY AND OFFENSIVELY SO THEY CAN PUT POINTS UP AS WELL. >> Reporter: AWESOME. YOU HAVE BEEN BUSY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT YOU ARE GETTING IT DONE AWAY FROM THE FOOTBALL FIELD. JUST YESTERDAY YOU DID YOUR PART TO HELP HUNDREDS OF KIDS AROUND DALLAS TO GET READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. YOU PARTNERED UP WITH THE YMCA OF DALLAS. TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING. >> I THINK FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND HELP SOME OF THE KIDS AND PARENTS OUT, GETTING THE KIDS READY FOR SCHOOL, GIVING OUT BOOK BAGS AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THEIR SCHOOL YEAR STARTED OFF RIGHT. TO SEE THEIR FACES AND GET THE THANKS FROM THE PARENTS AND JUST EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT A SPECIAL EVENT. IT WAS GREAT. >> Reporter: HE IS BEING MODEST. YOU GUYS HAD A LOT MORE GOMING ON THAN HANDING OUT BOOK BAGS. HAIRCUTS AND DENTAL WORK FOR THE KIDS. YOU FED THE KIDS. NO DOUBT A GREAT TIME. >> I HAVE TO THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO PUT IT TOGETHER. RICK BROUGHT GUYS TOGETHER AND MY WHOLE CREW PUT IT TOGETHER AND DID A GREAT JOB, MAKING IT EASY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK AND HELP PEOPLE OUT. >> Reporter: AWESOME, KEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU DOING GREAT THINGS. WE HAVE THE THIRD PRESEASON GAME THIS COMING THURSDAY AGAINST THE 49ERS. THE DRESS REHEARSAL AND WELCOME YOU WELL. >> SEE HOW LOUD IT CAN GET. >> Reporter: IT'S ONLY GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER. APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME, KEN. >> WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO TALK