WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Distracted Dez Speaks Out 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:07.760 This he is Talking Cowboys Screaming live on Dallas Cowboys 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:17.279 dot com and the official Dallas Cowboys as Now your 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:23.440 hosts Mickey Spagnola, Brian brought us, Taylor Stern and Rob Phillips. 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:28.200 Welcome everybody into the SWBC Mortgage Studio. We have a 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.960 riveting show for you in week seventeen as the Cowboys 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.800 prepared to take on the Eagles this week in a 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.760 blustering cold game that we will have covered just like 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.919 every other one we have this season. So Thursday at 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.240 the Star, how are you guys doing? Or the Cowboys 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:48.479 practicing outside again indoors, indoorsdoors Thursday? Was it cold in 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.800 the Ford Center today? Mickey? Might be? They probably turned 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.720 the heat off. Okay, Yeah, I didn't know. You know, 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.760 they've been practicing outdoors for the past three weeks. And 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.440 then of course it is going to be a really 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.360 cold game on Sunday, and I didn't know if they're 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:02.080 going to keep that. Yeah, how cold is going to be? 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:07.559 Low of nine, Mick, I have twenty at game time. 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:12.160 At game time probably around fifteen, Yeah, one o'clock. That's 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.080 frozen tundrass style. Yeah, you guys need a little that 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.200 in your life, do we though? Yeah, sure you do. 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:24.119 I'm insight, sure you do. Come ban, No, no, right, 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.640 Lindsey and I do an award winning show in the Star. 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.039 You do do that award take that show on the road. 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.600 We're good. What if I bought your steak on Saturday 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.959 night downtown Philly, you know I wouldn't even go for 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.640 a steak. I used to live in Philly. Philly is 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.000 a good Philly cheese name. I name you Philly Cheesetack. 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.759 I'll tell you what, though, it's a it'll be interesting 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.280 because of the conditions, you know, of how how you play. 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.280 I mean, Jason Garrett obviously is going to play to 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.760 try and win this football game. So you know, how 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.440 will his young quarterback handle things? Uh? You know the receivers. 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.160 I wrote about a woozy having to cover you know 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:01.160 all Sean Jeffrey this week, this for this game, is 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.960 he gonna play? Yeah? Yeah, like you know, you might 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.240 as well make up a matchup. But a Woozia, I mean, 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.160 that's the great thing about Jeffrey. He knows how to 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.640 play in cold weather. So you know, you get some 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:12.880 guys a Woozia's from Colorado. He knows what it's like 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:14.519 to play with the toe is cold and your fingers 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:16.640 cold as well. Jeffrey had a pretty good game in 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:21.320 that uh yeah thirteen game in Chicago, right, yeah, sure did. Yeah, so, 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:23.880 I mean that's what I'm saying. But but the Cowboys 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.200 didn't have their last time they faced the Eagles. They 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:30.800 didn't have this uh defensive bat configuration in play. So 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.160 it should be interesting, you know, with Zach Erntz and 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.359 also with Jeffrey and those guys. I mean, hey, cover 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.520 him up. Let's see if those sleeve nick Foles can 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.560 you know, can they knock him around a little bit. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.840 I like you bringing the positivity and optimism of this game. 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.040 If you're gonna go win it, go win it. What 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.920 was he being positive or optimistic about that? You know? 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.120 The Eagles haven't seen this dB coordination. Yeah no, I mean, 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.200 and I'm interested to see how they how the Cowboys 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.280 play against these guys, I really am. And if if 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.920 if Doug Peterson doesn't play, any of the guys, Okay, 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.560 I get it, but hey, these young guys, I want 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.040 to see him finish out well, I do. I want 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.760 to see Jeffrey covered. I want to see you know, 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.280 I want to see Tory Smith covered, Nelson Aguilar covered well. 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.840 With the victory on Sunday, the Cowboys would end with 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.840 a nine and seven record and would post back to 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.440 back winning seasons for the first time since two thousand 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.640 and nine. So a lot of people talking about what 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.560 a meaningless game this is. Obviously, you know, no playoff 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.880 imp implications here, but it does mean the difference between 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.320 an eight and eight season in a nine and seven season. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.320 And these guys have been playing since July and and 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.480 some of them deserve to look back on a winning season. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:40.200 Zeke reference winning season Toay yesterday, and I think that matters. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.520 I think they can look at this season and say, 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.920 we didn't make the playoffs, but as much crap as 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.440 we've been through and things didn't go our way and 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.160 some of itself inflicted, we won more games than we lost. 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:52.880 I mean, that's something you can at least hang your 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:54.880 hat on, knowing that you're not in the postseason. They'll 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:59.160 be sick. If Carolina gets all over Atlanta and knocks 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.560 them out. You know that that will make them sick, 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.280 and they'll come up one game shot, and they'll come 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.440 up one game short. And then but then it's the 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.120 you know, it's the situation. You look at Philadelphia was 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.280 seven and nine last year and now look what happened. 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.800 I had to turnaround. You just want to be more consistent, 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.840 you really do. That's the thing about it. You want 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.240 to find a way. You know, we always talk about this, 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:21.240 so is this a must win game? We've said it 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.360 a lot here, all of the must win because of 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.200 where you're at. You only play sixteen appen. This isn't 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.560 the NBA or the NHL or you know, major League Baseball. 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.880 This is you. You have to you have to find 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.640 a way to put yourself in position to win all 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.279 these games. And they didn't. That's the biggest problem. Yeah, 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.839 and before we get into all of the Dez craziness 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.320 from the locker room, which craziness was probably the wrong 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.960 word there, because it was actually refreshing to see him 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.760 get into all that. But you know, you bring up 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.720 rob Zeke Elliott talking about a winning season, and it's 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:53.720 crazy to think that he's only one hundred and twenty 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.640 yards away from a one thousand yards season only playing 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.599 nine games with his suspension. Amazing, isn't it. Yeah, do 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:01.760 you guys think that he will play enough in this 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.120 game to actually get close to that or even reach that. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.920 I don't know what the game plan is. We're just 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.120 assuming that all players will play. But that's a good question. 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.839 I don't know. I don't know if he's gonna get 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.360 twenty five carries, and that's might be what it takes. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.240 But the way Jason Garrett's talking sure sounds like I 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:20.760 are going up there to go win a football I 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.240 think he's gonna get twenty five carries, Jason Garrett said today, 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.039 Rob and you heard it, and Mickey heard it. We 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.159 all heard it. On Dallas Cowboys dot Com. The question 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.840 was asked, it's Cooper Rush getting any reps and the 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:35.719 answer was, no, he's not. With a succinct no, yeah, no, 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:38.040 I mean they're going to go and win this football game. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.919 Try to win this football game now that you know, 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.039 we'll see if they're good enough to do it. But 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:48.400 Ezekiel getting twenty five carries on a frigid day in Philadelphia, Yeah, 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.080 this is what he lives for. He's done this in 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.599 his career at Ohio State. The colder, the better, Just 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.839 hand me the football. You know, we've seen him dig 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.320 his fingernails in a ball, you know, in Washington, and 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:00.680 we couldn't even hang on to it to finish game there. 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.279 He said he's itching to play. Yeah, and you can't 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:05.839 blame him after sitting out of me. Hey, I've taken 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.440 six games. Yeah, you only get to play ten. I've 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.800 taken game season and you gain a thousand yards, that's 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.320 that's one hundred yards is a game? Yeah? To me, 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:18.360 I've taken the attitude of why but if if they're gonna, 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:20.120 if they're gonna practice and go up there with the 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.760 attitude to play and win, by all means, go try 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.440 and do it now again, know what the ramifications are 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.800 and know what the possibilities are. But if you walk 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.280 out of there healthy and with the victory, he did 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.400 the right thing, go ahead to take no. I was 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:33.919 just going, I think you end this season on a 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.839 positive note too, because Dak talked a lot about a 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.880 positive note is good going into the off season, and 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.440 I think, you know a lot of people don't don't 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.640 take that into account. I remember two years ago, the 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.120 twenty fifteen season, Terrence Williams ended that game against the 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.400 Redskins with his best performance all year, and he said 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.440 that was very important to him. To just keep it 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.679 going and that I think it was a Derek Jeter 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.040 or maybe an A Rod comparison he had, Yeah remember 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.600 that right? Yeah? Yeah? I think so you could be 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:03.360 one and you could be five and one against your 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.120 division this year. If you win this football game, that's big. 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.240 That is big. I mean, I think you're gonna be 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.280 the best record, right yeah, I think that if you know, 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.920 that's that's what you look at. Now. You spit the 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.280 bid along the way some of these games. We've talked 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.600 about it. It's well documented. But you're five and one. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.480 When's the last time the Cowboys went five and one 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.320 against the division. I'm going to guarantee you though, what 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:24.520 was the record last you lost two games in Giant two? 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.200 There were three and three lost two games of Giants 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.000 one game in Philadelphia? Yeah that one counted, did ye? Yeah? 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.560 So that's I'm saying. You know, you'd have to go back, 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:34.720 I think, to find out when this team was five 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.520 and one in the division. If they do go into 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:38.560 this game and you know, they get a win, how 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.640 much do you think it benefits these young guys going 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.120 throughout this season? Kind of like, hey, what you just said? Rob? 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:46.760 Dealing with everything they dealt with. Next year, it's gonna 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:50.160 be like, hey, there's a breeze. Yeah, absolutely, I think. 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.200 And I thought it was interesting what Garrett, He made 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.880 a good point yesterday and that you mentioned the young guys. 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.120 They're playing just about every young guy you can play, 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.400 at least in some type of role. I mean, unless 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.400 you want to go down the list further and say, oh, well, 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.200 maybe Cooper Rush could get some snaps in a meaningless game, 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.600 or Blake Jarwin or something like that. But you look 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.120 on defense, you got a first year linebacker, you got 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.920 three rookie dbs, you got a bunch of young guys 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.480 out there playing, so more experienced for them. Any type 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.600 of positive experience and just experience playing in general is 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.720 good for them. In this game, I think there's a 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.880 couple of things that happened. They got experience on what 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.600 it means to have to play in a big game 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:32.680 last week, but sorry, they should say every week since 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.800 the Washington game has been a playoff game for them 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.760 and now, and that's where we started to see that 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.880 young guys play. They got pressure pack play the last 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.720 five six weeks, go up there, finish out the season, 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.280 gainst Philadelphia have a good showing. You know, I'm sure 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.520 those kids, you know, their bodies are tired. I mean 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.080 a lot of them are struggling with you know, I 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:53.400 think they would like to get to the offseason say Okay, 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.440 I made it, I'm healthy now I'm looking forward to 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.199 getting it. I know this experience, I know what to expect, 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.040 I know what they expect of me. I think those 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.800 are all positive things going forward. Yeah, you want to 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.079 you want to go out there and shut down Jeffrey. 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.040 You want to shut down Nelson Aguilar. You want to 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.800 get a pass rush if you're Taco Charlton and get 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.280 Nick Foles on the ground. You do want to do that. 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.440 I mean, some guys are playing pretty well. You want 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.680 to build on that. A lot less Taco bashing going 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:24.440 on right now because people are actually seeing some positive things. 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:26.760 Go out there and have another game, and now this 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.480 coaching staff will say, Okay, this is our plan for 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.040 him going forward. This is what we need to do 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.520 with him going forward, This is what we need to 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.599 have to prepare him going forward. I think it's a 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.080 great experience. Again, I'm from the school of you know 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.600 what they I understand what they're doing. I want to 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:44.880 try and protect my team the best I can. But 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.240 you know, if they're going to play to win, go win, 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.760 and we reference that. Yeah, it is a balancing act. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:51.760 I mean you could take that tact and say let's 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.520 just get out of the seas. Some teams in NFL 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.800 at have the Rams and the Chiefs, but they're playing 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.360 playoff games. I will say offensively, I feel better about 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.800 it today than I did. Maybe, yes, today, hearing that 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.000 Lyle Collins he's going to practice today, looks like he 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.600 could be on track to play. If he's healthy, he's fine, 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.840 then at least you're not without your two starting tackles 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.080 if you're Dak Prescott, Zekol Elliott, and then you could 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.360 be a little more functional. Like I was wondering about 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.480 that because because Lyle has been dealing with something that 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.400 has kept him out of practice for a lot this 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.840 last month. So if he can go, then maybe that's 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.640 that's a better feeling for your offense in this game. 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.600 And just think, if Taco gets one more sack, that's 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:30.920 four in a limited time. It's not bad for a 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.360 rookie defensive an. Now, once he got rid of more, 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.280 he started playing. They made a good decision there right, 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.960 and more probably kind of self inflicted. Looks like some 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.800 video coming out about him fighting and all that. So 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.280 preemptive strike, get rid of him and now let Taco 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.160 play more. And that's good. That's what you gotta do. 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.400 And he got experience. You can't beat that. And you know, 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.640 have a little success to finish the season. Yeah, I mean, 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.520 I bet go back and look at some of the 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:58.400 first round draft choices to see how many of them 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:00.440 got four sacks. Oh, I'll tell you what. You can 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.840 look at Derek Burnett. He's the Philadelphia He was drafted 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:05.840 ahead of Taco. A lot of people had him way 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.480 high up the food board, you know, food chain there 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.440 on the draft stuff food board, food of the board. 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.560 We got you. Yeah, but you know what I mean. So, 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.679 I mean he that's some say he's a starter. Taco 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.800 needs to walk out of here feeling damn good about himself. 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.080 You know I mean that that. Okay, Now I can 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.640 go into the off season. I know what I have 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.960 to work on. I know my experience. I know I 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:28.880 need to go get in the weight room getting stronger. 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:30.880 I need to get with Leon, letting those guys and 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.760 work on some pass rush moves. He'll be better equipped 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.000 for the OTAs and Mini can and then maybe next 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.920 year when he gets held, they'll throw a flag. Yeah 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.920 he got held bad. What are you seeing technically from him? 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.120 That's better? Well, you know what, it's actually starting to 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.280 win more on the edge, where before he rushes down 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.480 the middle and he can't win that way. He's got 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.439 to win to the corner. You know, I didn't know 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:54.120 if he had the quickness to grab a guy, to 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.680 snatch a guy to get around the corner and flatten 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.640 the angle. He's shown that. You know, that's something when 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.120 if you don't have that ability as a pass rusher, 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.120 you're never going to get to the quarterback. And he's 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.320 starting to keep his feet. Yeah, balance is better, right, yeah, 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.680 balance as much? Man, What did we see in training camp? 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:11.400 He always was on the ground, had to wash his 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.400 uniform every week because of his uniform was dirt, grass 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.559 stains from being on the ground all the time. Mickey's right, 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:21.840 better balance, better positioning with his body, better footwork, better handwork. 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:23.959 You know those are the things I mean. Start, he 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.800 start looks like he's starting to listen to the coaches say, hey, 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:28.719 you need to do this, and if you rush down 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.720 the middle, you're not going to get there. And he's 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:33.560 done a better job of that. And let's see if 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.520 you can take advantage of some you know, VITEI the 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.760 tackle it, you know for the for the Eagles here, 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.640 I mean, it's not Jason Peters, So go go do it. 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.720 Go take advantage of that. Have we heard much from 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.719 the Eagles camp side what their plan is for this game, 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.040 who's playing or not? I feel like I haven't seen much. 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.400 Do they have home field wrapped up? Flayff? Yes, then 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.559 then you know what it's gonna be like last year 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.480 in reverse? In reverse? Right, you're gonna you're not gonna see. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.040 But yeah, I liked your idea, Mickey, though about you know, 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.600 getting Nick Foles some more playing time and getting him 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.360 more comfortable. They might give him a half, give him 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.880 a couple of series like a rehearsal game. Yeah, I 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:11.680 mean he will. He will be in there until somebody's 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.480 wrapped around his neck and then he'll be out. I 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:19.400 don't even know who their backup is set. Yeah, he's 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.520 a second year guy from Indiana, but he's got to 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.120 be in there with his starting line otherwise there's no point. No, 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:26.520 I mean but but this is one of those things 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.360 you only dress forty six. Yeah, it's not a ninety. 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:31.160 There's only so many linemen you can play. It's not 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:33.839 a ninety. So what happens is, yeah, but as soon 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.360 as as soon as one of those lineman hit him 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.440 or go low or knock him on the ground, Doug 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.840 Peterson's gold go. But we're thinking it's it's no time 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.319 to see Cooper rush this week on the opposite side 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:48.280 for the Cowboys. I guess not. I guess not. I 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.320 think it goes back to Jason's mentality of we're gonna lie, 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.040 We're gonna treat this like this game matters, and he 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.480 has to write yeah, and hey, by the way, dak 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.360 is still a young quarterback. Every every start, every snap helps. 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:02.280 As long as again, like I said, as long as 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.640 he's got you know, most of his group with him, 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.040 the guys up front blocking, then yeah, I'm okay with that. 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.160 And Zeke's back, Zeke wants to play, Zeke probably needs 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.760 to play. I'm okay with that. But it is a 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.080 balancing act. Like Brian said, you could take the tact 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.440 of let's just get out of the season healthy, treat 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.120 it like a preseason almost, But that's not the way 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:23.920 they're treating it. They got a chance to win nine 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:25.560 games and they're gonna try to do it. Looks like 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.960 they've got like nine offensive linemans, so they can't just yeah, 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.000 totally take the bag it out. Yeah, you're talking about 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:36.200 the Eagles. The Eagles. Yeah, yeah, I just talking to 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.760 people about practice yesterday, and Garrett said it today. It's 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.160 worth repeating. Oh, I take it back. They only got 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:47.040 eight so they can't pull everybody. Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.520 say about Gret m Yeah he he his approach. I mean, 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.600 NA asked, you know, Christie Scales asked about Cooper Rush 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:56.480 getting reps. No, No, I don't think I mean, I 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.000 don't think that was a well we'll see that was 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.000 a no that you know, And talking to people yesterday, 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.320 Dak Prescott was able to he went the whole way 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.880 in practice. Yeah he's not. They're they're not. They're going 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:08.640 to win this football game. And you know what they 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:12.320 could do with Cooper Rush because obviously he's no better 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.320 than your backup next year, right, right, Put him in 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:20.160 a backup situation and say okay, you're in yeah, right, 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.760 because that would be what would happen in the regular season. 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:24.680 But if Dad got hurt, you kind of hope that 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.040 Dallas gets ahead. And Philly says, it's cold and we 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.720 were saving ourselves and you kind of mash them around 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:31.760 a little bit and it becomes a laugher in the 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.080 second half. And yeah, and then he becomes Cooper Rush 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.640 against San Francisco where he's handing the ball off, throwing 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:40.720 the ball underneath simple game plan. Mike Mickey says, all right, hey, 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:44.120 Dack's out, Cooper, grab your helmet, go bom. There you go. 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.520 There's your You're not we're not prepping you. You're We're 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.360 gonna see how you're gonna react without reps. That's his job, right, 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.760 that's his job. Yeah, to be ready. That would be 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.600 good practice, have you really good practice? Yeah? And you 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.240 know what, hats off to these rookies too, because no 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:01.200 one's acknowledging that most of their seasons are over by now. 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.000 Oh yeah, the season said there. There are a lot 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.040 of tired bodies out there right now. Yeah, are over. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:07.280 You know, they've either gone to a bowl game or 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.600 they ended around. Thinks that's what Jordan Lewis told me 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.280 the other day. It's like it's essentially like we've I've 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.160 played double what I'm normally playing with the factor in preseason. See, 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.560 but that Jordan Lewis is the only one that's gone 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.280 the whole year. That's fair or Lewis. But Jordan Lewis 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.960 didn't go really at all in training camp. I mean 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.840 he was he was a non non player in training camp. 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:29.360 There was questions about how his rookie year was even 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.800 going to be if he didn't practice. 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