WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Favorites to Win Division? 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:07.040 The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:19.200 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.919 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:27.240 Ready for a break? Yeah? And so much for that. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:36.880 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:41.440 on November sixteenth, twenty twenty, Season sixteen, episode number sixty four. 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.279 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. I am 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.879 live from the SWBC Mortgage studios at the Star. I 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.760 got Nick and Dave and Amber and it's happy. I'm 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:51.760 happy to be back with these guys. I haven't seen 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.400 him since last Monday. We did our show shuffle and 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.960 uh and so I'm interested to hear from these guys, 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.160 which we will do in just a second, what their 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:04.320 experience was without having me hosting their show. Hopefully it 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.280 was something that they missed and they're happy to be 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.520 back with me. We'll also talk a little bit about 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:11.039 Trey Von Dick, because we did not get a chance 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.160 to talk about his injury last week and what that 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:15.800 means for him and for the team. We'll talk a 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:18.520 little bit about the NFC East, some interesting developments with 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.679 that division yesterday that might put the Cowboys closer to 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:24.959 maybe winning the division. I know Dave's gonna have a 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.800 look for me right about now, and then we'll finally 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.360 have a segment at the end where Amber is gonna 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.760 give us some questions. It's got a little game for us, 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.360 I think, and some questions that we're going to roll 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.400 through in the maybe a little bit of the second segment. 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:45.520 How's everybody doing today? We're good, great, Dred good, good good, 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.680 Let's jump in. I actually did want to debrief a 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.480 little bit. It was kind of funny because and I'll 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:52.760 save mine until the end, But as I was doing 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.400 the show last week in our shuffle, and I had 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.680 Isaiah with me, and I had Barry Church with me, 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:01.000 and I had Kurt Daniels with me, there were moments 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.360 during those shows where I was like, y'all really think that, 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.880 And it makes you realize just how much we on 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.880 our show have our very solid opinions about certain things. 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:12.720 And we kind of started I know, for myself, I 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.120 started to think the whole world has those opinions until 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.120 I started interacting with other people from other shows and 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.680 realize that some of those just aren't what everybody thinks. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.400 So we're gonna go around the table here, and I 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.280 want you guys, each one of you, to tell me 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.760 one thing that you learned last week on your show, 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.920 on whatever show you were on, that maybe you didn't 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:33.200 really think was out there, that that some other people believe. 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:40.280 Let's start first with you. Nick Well obviously learned the 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:43.800 way Nate Newton feels about moral victories and so and 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.280 he learned he learned how I feel about mine. And 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:48.160 it probably went on for a little bit too long. 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.639 But uh, you know, I you know I had Kyle Yeoman, 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.280 so you know, he's very prepared. You know, he does 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.839 a nice job, you know, a hosting of course, and 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.280 you know Nate, you know, it brings a perspective that 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.400 that was you know, it's we don't have obviously on 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.760 this show, just from a from being a player and 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:07.920 a really good player. So um, but you know I 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:09.639 had worked with those guys before it It was it 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.240 was good. I mean, uh, you know, we differed on 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:15.000 on some things on the quarterbacks and who who to play, 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.160 so that that wasn't unusual because we do that on 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.320 this show too. But uh, you know I didn't I 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.919 don't know what I learned that was different. I just 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.399 thought you know, it was it was different perspectives. But 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.440 you know, I've never seen you Derek wear a referee 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:31.120 or you never had to do that, so Kyle busted 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.720 that out. But it was it was a good idea, 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:38.880 and it was it was fun to do hamper your up. Well, 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.200 it was fun too to get to tuning to those 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:44.000 other shows and watch you guys and see how you 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:47.720 guys behave around other people and other environments. So that 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:52.440 was fun. Um, But I wasn't on hanging with the boys. 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:56.240 And you know that show's Shannon Grows hosting it. It's 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.440 pretty chill, like there was no drama or anything. The 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:04.640 one thing that I can think of that somehow we 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:09.640 ended up talking about Jason Garrett, and Shannon had the 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:15.640 audacity to say something that and we all we all 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:20.240 respect Jason Garrett, and I think we all see certain 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.320 values that he brings and certain things that he's really 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:27.600 really good at. But Shannon there to say that he 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:33.480 appreciated the fact of Jason Garrett, how he was so 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:37.119 consistent and how you knew what you were gonna get 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:40.920 with Jason Garrett, which was mainly part of his problem 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.200 and part of the reason why people were ready to 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.719 get rid of him. So you know, Shannon, you never 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.000 really know when to take him seriously. But that comment, 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.679 I was just like, Okay, I was just shaking my head. 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.920 But that was the only thing that kind of stood 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.120 out that was maybe different from what most of us 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:05.159 think about Jason Garrett and his era here with the Cowboys. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.200 You know, I will say this too about you, ag. 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:11.200 I even texted you. You seem to be real agreeable 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.559 and really nice last week on Hanging with the Boys. 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.160 That was not what I'm familiar with. Nick actually hit 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:17.960 me up the same, the same thing, like you a 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.279 whole different person on that show than you than what 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.800 you ring over here. You know, when you're when you're 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:28.000 in somebody else's house, you gotta behave and you gotta nice. 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:32.600 So that's nally why I was so well behaved, and 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.839 and I was just, yeah, you're representing us well. I 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.839 like it all right, Dave, what do you learn last week? 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:44.880 I learned that structure can be a good thing because 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.000 you know, me and Nick like to poke fun at you, 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.840 and you send us an eight hundred word rundown every day, 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.640 and sometimes I think this show is a little bit 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.960 too structured. But I got a really good taste of 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.920 the opposite into that with Mickey and Bill Jones last week, 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.000 because we just kind of rolled the ball out there 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.880 and like, let's see what happens, and it went in 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:10.320 some pretty weird places. I think we talked about wife swapping, 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:14.760 we talked about World War two, we talked about um, 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.440 you know, we talked a little bit about the Cowboys. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.719 But I would not say it was like the dominant 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:24.440 topic of conversation. So I had a good time, but 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.240 I just remember being kind of blown away, like, man, 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.120 this is this is where your podcast can go if 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:31.840 you don't really come at it with a game plan. 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.479 I guess so fun Well, I'll take that as a compliment, Dave. 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.839 I'll really take that as a compliment that you like 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:39.560 the fact that we have struggle. It is so and 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:41.360 at this time you point out that we're too structured, 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:42.719 I'll just say, do you want to go back to 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:47.680 Mike shots? You have every option shots? All right? I'm okay. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.480 You know the interesting thing I found out last week, 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.080 and I know when they when they said it, I scoffed, 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.560 and I immediately thought, if they were on the break 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.320 right now with these with my other co hosts, like 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.800 you guys would have skewered them. But Isaiah and Barry 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:07.680 both believe, I mean wholeheartedly believe the Dallas Cowboys will 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.800 win the NFC East. And we took a little time 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.480 talking about this and they agree it's it's kool a, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.640 but they're like, we're drinking it all in because they 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.840 believe that the Cowboys will win this division. And I'm 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:21.600 gonna actually tee that up for you guys a little 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:23.760 bit later in this show, because there were some things 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.080 that happened yesterday in the NFC East that I know 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.760 both of them were sitting there looking like, hey, here 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.040 we go, you know, So we'll talk about that a 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.240 little bit later in the show. I do want to 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.400 talk about a bit of news that came out last 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.440 week that we didn't get a chance to go through together. 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.160 Treyvon Diggs reportedly out four to six weeks with a 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.119 broken foot. I think it's known he has a broken foot. 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.400 The reported part is the four to six weeks, which 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.920 I'm not sure if that's if the organization has said 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:52.520 that he's gonna be out four to six weeks, but 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:56.240 he's gonna be out some time. Tito has was activated 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:00.840 last week from the reserved injured list. My first question 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.800 for you guys is how much does this hurt Trey 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.880 Von Diggs, assuming he's out four to six weeks, how 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:11.360 much hurt his development? Let's start with you Amber. I mean, 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.760 he hurts him. Obviously, you want him out there getting 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.640 those traps and everything. But at the same time, one 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.640 thing we've learned from watching him play is that he's 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.760 a guy that's gonna keep fighting. He's a guy that's 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:27.280 not gonna be affected by the adversity, and he's gonna 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.320 keep pushing. So that's on the positive side. But it 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:34.080 always hurts a guy that's a rookie that we had 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.280 just seen the last few weeks how he has been 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:42.040 making plays. So it's very unfortunate for the Cowboys secondary. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.800 And yeah, it's gonna hurt his development, but I'm positive 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:48.120 that he's gonna be able to bounce back and be 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:53.160 just fine. Dave, Yeah, I just I mean, I'm gonna 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.560 step out on a limb and say, and obviously I 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.199 could be wrong. I feel like we've probably seen the 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.560 last of on for the season. I mean, if that, 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:06.120 if that indication is right, you know you're talking about 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.640 maybe not being ready to come back until Christmas, and 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.480 then at that point, do you risk further injury for 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.160 a promising rookie with you know, two weeks left in 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:17.240 the season, that which maybe they'll make a playoff push 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.320 and it'll be worth bringing him back, but I would 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:23.080 assume not. Um, So it just sucks because that's that's 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.000 seven weeks worth of reps that he could get that 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.600 would make him a better player for next year. I'm 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:32.040 not super worried about the long term. I mean, I 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.680 was really impressed by what he was able to show 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.440 in a depleted secondary as a rookie, but it would 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.240 it would just be nice if he could have seven 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:45.120 weeks worth or reps to continue to improve. Nick. You know, 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.480 he keeps saying four to six weeks, and that's what 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.680 the report was, but we haven't talked about this in 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.800 a while. It's almost three to five weeks at this point, 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.360 just because it has been a week or so, and 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.600 so if it is on the on the art short 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.079 end of this, then you know, I do think maybe 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:05.319 he can come back and play um the last few games. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.800 I mean, it's a it's a broken foot, if it's healed, 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.679 if it's healthy. You know, I think he could do 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.240 that in the last couple of games, depending on how 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:15.079 things are. But but I don't think it really hurts 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.720 his development. He's a guy we've seen he's got a 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.600 terrible memory, which is exactly what you need as a cornerback. 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:24.680 So he know he needs to just step right in play. 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.280 You know, he's a gamer. Sometimes it works for the 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.120 other team. You know, he gives up some big places, 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.400 but he makes them. So I think if he can 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.600 come back the way that I are rules are now, 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:36.480 I think if he can come back for a game 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:38.400 or two, even if that's the case, I would I 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.640 would do that. And I don't know, Dave. I don't 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.319 know if the if the broken foot coming back, I 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.719 don't know if it would re injure it. You know, 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.360 if his healed is healed, so who knows. We'll see. 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.000 But if he if he could play, I would play him. 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:55.319 And I don't necessarily disagree. It just makes me. It 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.839 makes me nervous. And I don't know that this is 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.400 the injury that Dez Bryant had, but that's what I 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.920 think of when I hear about broken bones and feet. 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.800 Obviously it's a very you know, you need feet to 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.880 play football, especially footwork is everything for a defensive back, 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:13.920 and I just worry, Yeah, if it's healed, it's healed, 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.240 but is in a situation where you can reaggravate it 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.840 or you know, if you're trying to make the playoffs, 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:23.160 do you come back when it's healed but not one 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.839 hundred percent right and you risk aggravating it. That's why 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.440 I just I lean toward thinking it's smarter to shut 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.920 him down. But I also, I'm not a doctor. I 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.600 don't know the severity, but that's just the type of 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:35.800 stuff I think about when I hear this. So let's 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:39.280 flip to the guy that presumably will be jumping right 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.640 into the spot that he now vacates, Cheetobo Woozier. If 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.840 you have to make a decision right now on Cheeto 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:48.080 based upon what you know at this point, are you 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.319 going to sign him? Are you looking to resign him 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:56.720 in the offseason? Dave, that's really kind of unfair since 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.040 we got to see two games of tape out of him. 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:04.640 I mean, he really hasn't had a season. The question 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:06.640 always comes down to price. I mean, if I could 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.400 resign Cheeto for a similar deal to what they got 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.120 Anthony Brown for you know, five million a year or 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:16.320 something fairly small by starter standards, I'd probably do it. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.200 He's he is the free agent defensive back that I 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.959 would be most willing to resign. I'll say that. But 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:24.800 if somebody wants to offer him a boatload on the 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:31.439 open market, I'm okay. Nick, that's a tough one because 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:36.120 you'd like to just say nah, no, you can go on, 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:40.439 because you know, you can just look at this season 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.559 and see, you know, and I don't know the severity 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.160 of the injury, but you know, I don't know how 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.800 quickly was trying to get back. I mean, again, we 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.280 don't know much what's going on, but I know he 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.760 was out there for a long long time. I wonder 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.319 if the record played a part into that. However, I 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.160 don't know if the Cowboys are in a situation where 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.480 they can say, well, you know, just go on, we're 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.840 good because you're not good. You're not good at cornerbacks, 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.720 so you need as many guys. I think Dave's right. 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.640 I think he goes to free agency. I think you know, 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.800 he tests the market, he sees what's out there. It 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.720 might be a situation where you know, he does stay, 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.800 but I just have a feeling he'll probably sign with 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:23.000 another team Hamber. I think it depends on the money. 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.840 If it makes sense. I would keep him because he's 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.120 he's the guy that is competitive and right now, when 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.080 you look at the Cowboys cornerback, like, who do you 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.040 really have that you can think of him aside from 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.920 Trevor Dicks, there's no other name that will just automatically 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.320 pop into your head and say, oh, yeah, that guy. 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.240 So you need to keep someone you know. You can't 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.640 just bring a bunch of new cornerbacks into the cornerback's room. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.760 And then you talk about Jordan Lewis. That's another guy 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.760 who you just don't know either. And he has been 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.720 able to play this year, and yes he got an 0:13:57.720 --> 0:13:59.800 injury and was out for a little while. But at 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.440 the same time, I think that you have to choose 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.800 between one of those two guys. I would keep either 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.520 Jordan or Cheeto, But over those two, I think I 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.160 would have to lean towards Cheeto more. I was really 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.760 excited about with Jordan Lewis this year. He's a I 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.720 love the guy. He's such a competitive guy and he 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:21.280 has shown so many great plays. But this year just 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:26.000 hasn't worked out and you just cannot manage to just 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:30.560 say bye to everyone in your cornerback room. Dave, Nick, 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.480 if you have to choose between the two, Ambert told 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.520 as she would go with Cheeto over Jordan. Would you 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.920 guys do the same thing, And assuming that you're probably 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:38.600 have to pay a little bit more for Cheeto, probably 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.760 not a lot, but a little bit more. And also 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.880 assuming the fact that right now Jordan's the guy that 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.760 goes into the slot. If you're gonna have Anthony Brown 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.320 and if you're gonna have Treymon Diggs, are you creating 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.040 a problem for yourself if you go with Cheeto. As 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.040 far as who's going to move into the slot, let's 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:58.880 start first with you, Nick, I'd go for the cheapest guy. 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.040 I mean, I'm not spending a lot of money on 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.800 that on those guys at that position. I think in 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.640 free agency, if you're going to do anything in free 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.840 agency this year, I think you've got to see if 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.200 there's a veteran cornerback that's out there that you can 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.360 that you can do something with. So that being said, 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:19.000 I probably would lean towards Jordan. I think he'd be cheaper, 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.040 and like you, said Derek. It's a good point, I think, 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:25.320 having a slot guy, but I've been disappointed with him too. 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:26.920 I kind of thought he would make a little bit 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.800 more plays. He's got a lot of few penalties this year. 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.080 He doesn't you know that that's really been the only 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:36.880 significant things. I haven't seen him make any any plays. Hey, Um, 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.920 I mean, I get what y'all are saying. And nickel 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.720 back slot cornerback is a super important position. But like 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:46.880 you can find those guys all over the place. Orlando 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.000 Scandrick was pretty good at it for a long time. 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.400 Fifth round pick. More often than not, teams find those 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.720 guys on Day three of the draft. And on top 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.840 of that, Anthony Brown can play slot as well. I 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:02.840 would resign Cheeto because I have proof he might not 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.920 be amazing at it, but I have proof that Cheeto 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:08.280 can line up on the outside and cover a guy, 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:12.040 you know, out on the numbers. And not having Byron 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:16.320 Jones has emphasized just how important that is to a defense. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:18.560 We talked to me and Nick talked about it earlier 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.440 this morning. I don't know that Byron. You know, Byron's 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:25.240 not having this crazy, amazing season in Miami, But I 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.520 don't think it's a coincidence that the Dolphins spent a 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.160 lot of money on him and Xavian Howard and their 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.840 defense is pretty nasty. I'm gonna guess that good coverage 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.080 is a big part of that. So give me the 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.160 guy that can cover somebody out on the boundary. Again, 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.840 I'm not you know, Cheeto's not Byron Jones, but that's 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:42.960 who I'd rather have at this point. You got to 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.320 remember though, it Derek, you got to remember this that 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.840 it's a two way street. I mean, these guys may 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.120 not want to sign here. I mean they may they 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.880 want to go another place, and so, uh, you know, 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:55.560 we say I would sign him, and I know that 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:59.480 was the question. But I again, without talking to either 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.480 one of them, I have a feeling that they'll both 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:05.119 be out peace, I mean, when they get a chance. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.480 So I just don't get the sense that they're gonna 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:11.480 even want to resign. Yeah, it's interesting yesterday watching the NFL, 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:13.920 you saw a lot of former Cowboys. But it's a 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.920 pretty good plays yesterday, and it's you know, it's it's 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.040 one of those things where you know, I don't think 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.680 you can blame that really on anybody. Maybe they're using 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.480 them a different way in other places. I think that's 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:26.200 really a big thing with Jeff Heath. I think they're 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.199 using him exactly as he's supposed to be used. He 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.199 doesn't have to be your starter, your main guy. But 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:31.840 I do think if you're coming in and bringing him 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.879 in on special situations and kind of having him in 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:36.840 a rotation, I think he plays best there. And we 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.160 know from the time he was here he can make 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.000 some plays every once in a while, like we've seen 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.520 him make plays here with the Cowboys, some big plays. 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.679 I always remember back to that that game against the Raiders, 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.520 that was huge play. You know, he's made some plays 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.080 for them. But all that being said, you're right, Nick, 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.479 you know I'm sorry, David, you just don't know if 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.320 if I'm sorry Nick, you said that, if those guys 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.159 will even want to be here, if they end up 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.720 wanting to go somewhere else because they just feel like, hey, 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.119 I think another place maybe a better fit for me. 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.520 There's another team that might use my skills in a 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:08.239 better way than what the way I'm being used here 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.159 with Cowboys are. 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Get yours today at Dallas Cowboys 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:42.560 dot com slash tickets. Welcome back. It's the second segment 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:45.120 of the Break. Well lit from the SWBC Mortgage studios 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:48.399 at the Star talking Cowboys, and we're gonna jump in 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:50.880 and talk a little bit about the NFC East. Right now, 0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:53.919 these teams are separated by a game and a half. 0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:56.359 I think it is you got Philly at three to 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.760 five and one, You've got New York at three and seven, 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:01.879 you got Washington at two and seven, and then you 0:21:01.960 --> 0:21:05.240 got the Cowboys at two and seven. There's a lot 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:07.359 of people that have been talking about this whole idea 0:21:07.400 --> 0:21:09.639 of tanking and trying to get the best pick you 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:11.960 can get. I heard somebody bring up an interesting point 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:14.440 though this morning that I wanted to toss to you guys. 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:16.720 You look at a team like New York where they 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:19.800 have a new coach and whole new regime, and for 0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:22.920 them it might be just as important to be able 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:26.080 to establish a culture of winning as it is trying 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:28.120 to get a high draft pick. My question for you 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:31.280 guys is the same. You have a situation here where 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:33.560 you got a brand new coaching staff. They're trying to 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:37.320 get guys to buy into what they're doing. How important 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:39.960 is it at this point or what is more important 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:42.320 trying to get that higher draft pick. And I'm not 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:44.280 saying they're going to try to get that higher draft pick, 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:48.879 but getting that higher draft pick or them establishing themselves, 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:53.000 this new coaching staff, establishing themselves and establishing the culture 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:55.920 of this team by winning. Let's start first with you, Dave. 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:00.800 We're talking about we're talking about the Cows, talk about 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:05.120 the Cowboys. Correct, Yes, I don't worry about the whole 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.359 culture thing like the Giants. The Giants, I think is 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:10.919 a little different. Joe Judge is the first time head coach, 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:15.040 and like the pieces on that team that you're relying 0:22:15.119 --> 0:22:17.720 on have never done it. You know, Daniel Jones is 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:20.320 obviously a young player, he's never been in the playoffs. 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:22.960 I know se Quon's hurt, but the same thing for him. 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:26.800 You know, they're young defensive players, Like, you're not building 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:30.600 around a team that has ever succeeded, whereas and I know, 0:22:30.680 --> 0:22:32.920 you know, I can hear people saying the Cowboys haven't 0:22:32.920 --> 0:22:36.560 achieved anything really either, but it is different. I mean, 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:39.639 Dak is in year five. Dak has been through the wars, 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:42.800 He's been in the playoffs multiple times. Really, all of 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:45.720 the important pieces on this team have been to the 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:49.399 playoffs multiple times, like they know what it means to 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:52.120 be part of a successful team. Mike McCarthy has obviously 0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:54.800 won a Super Bowl, so this is not a team 0:22:55.480 --> 0:22:58.439 that is unfamiliar with that feeling. So I don't I 0:22:58.440 --> 0:23:01.119 don't really worry about that much as being able to 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:04.600 improve the roster so that these good players can do 0:23:04.640 --> 0:23:11.120 that again in the future. Amber, That's a really tough question. 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:13.640 And for me, it depends one day of the week 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:17.879 you're asking me this, because during the weekdays, I'm thinking 0:23:17.920 --> 0:23:20.359 about the draft, and I'm thinking, Okay, yes, you know what, 0:23:21.240 --> 0:23:24.200 let's just get that high draft pick and make some 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:28.160 better draft choices this upcoming year. But then you ask 0:23:28.240 --> 0:23:31.080 me on game day, am I screw the draft? You know? 0:23:31.119 --> 0:23:33.440 I want them to play good football. I want them 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:36.200 to win this freaking game, go out there and make 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:41.880 it exciting. So to me right now, even though I 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.199 get everything that Da've just said and I kind of agree, 0:23:45.560 --> 0:23:48.359 but at the same time, this is a whole new team, 0:23:48.680 --> 0:23:51.600 a lot of young guys. I need to have the 0:23:51.640 --> 0:23:56.720 feeling that they do get that establishing the winning culture 0:23:56.800 --> 0:23:58.800 and the fact that they can actually win a game 0:23:59.000 --> 0:24:03.480 with this coaching put together. Because even if you talk 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.840 about draft high picks next year, what's gonna make me 0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:10.200 have hope that this team can actually utilize that talent 0:24:10.359 --> 0:24:13.520 that they just brought in. So right now, for me, 0:24:13.600 --> 0:24:16.639 it's like, yes, I want the good draft and whatever, 0:24:16.680 --> 0:24:19.240 but at the same time, I need to see some 0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:22.320 excitement this year the second half of the season. I 0:24:22.400 --> 0:24:26.359 need to feel like this team can actually put together 0:24:26.400 --> 0:24:29.360 a winning game and win some games out there, because, 0:24:29.560 --> 0:24:33.679 like I said, what's good. What's it gonna do bringing 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:38.280 some great talent if the coaching staff can't put it together. 0:24:38.720 --> 0:24:42.119 So I guess I'm kind of in both sides, but 0:24:42.200 --> 0:24:46.280 I would lean towards winning culture a little bit more. Nick. 0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:51.000 I mean, I just don't I think what when we 0:24:51.040 --> 0:24:54.040 talk about this, we're talking about from a fans perspective, 0:24:54.119 --> 0:24:57.639 media perspective. We're talking, we're talking about like what we 0:24:57.640 --> 0:25:01.439 would prefer to see, because you're really talking about the team, 0:25:01.680 --> 0:25:06.199 like they're gonna go play and win and try to 0:25:06.240 --> 0:25:08.840 win games. I mean, so it's like, I think we 0:25:08.880 --> 0:25:11.080 look at it and go, how do I want to 0:25:11.119 --> 0:25:13.119 watch them win? Or do I want to just have 0:25:13.160 --> 0:25:16.359 a good draft pick. But and that sounds good because 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:18.320 when you're watching it, you can make that choice. But 0:25:18.400 --> 0:25:21.040 as a team, you just play. You just play the game. 0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:23.760 You just say we're gonna go out and we're gonna 0:25:23.760 --> 0:25:25.840 play the guys that are healthy, and we're gonna go 0:25:25.880 --> 0:25:28.000 out there and play. Because think of it like this, 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:31.200 like what if they go too and fourteen, and then 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:34.200 next year they go eight and eight, what's and Mike 0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:36.639 McCarthy's on the hot seat, what's his record going to be? 0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:39.120 I mean, they're just gonna be He's gonna say they 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:43.560 have ten wins, right, ten wins and twenty two losses. Well, 0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:45.600 no one's gonna go back and go, well, hey, they 0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:48.320 really were just tanking. That really doesn't count. No, that 0:25:48.359 --> 0:25:50.720 two and fourteen is gonna stick on his record. He's 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:52.359 not trying to tank games. He's gonna try to go 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:54.480 win games. So I think you win games, you do 0:25:54.520 --> 0:25:56.439 the best you can do. And then if you like 0:25:56.520 --> 0:25:58.400 Jerry always says, if you get a high draft pick, 0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:00.880 you earned it and you take it, but you don't 0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:03.480 go play for it. Yeah, and just just bealy. This 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:06.040 is about fans and media. This is not about the 0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:08.480 team because the expectation is professionals are always going to 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:11.520 be trying to win. So as what your opinion, Nick, 0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:14.400 as a person that's a bystander that covers this team, 0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:16.760 and let's assume you want this team to do well, 0:26:17.119 --> 0:26:20.920 which do you think is more important? Yeah? I think 0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:23.680 I like Amber said, I'd go try to win the game. 0:26:23.920 --> 0:26:26.960 I think that's that's important because I think this roster 0:26:27.400 --> 0:26:30.200 is a good roster when everybody's healthy. If you get 0:26:30.240 --> 0:26:32.359 the fifth, if you get the eighteenth pick in the draft, 0:26:32.440 --> 0:26:35.200 that if that's what happens, if you sneak into the playoffs, 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:37.600 I think you're automatically an eighteen. If you get that, 0:26:38.040 --> 0:26:40.280 you know you could get a Layton Vanderish type of player. 0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.000 For a roster. I still think that that helps. Is 0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:44.399 it better than a six, five or a third pick? No, 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:47.400 of course not but once you've established along the way 0:26:47.440 --> 0:26:49.600 to get there, the confidence of that staff, the trust 0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:52.960 they need some trust to. The players need to be 0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:55.480 able to trust the coaches. Coaches trust the players. That 0:26:55.680 --> 0:26:57.639 is not developed right now, and I think that is 0:26:57.680 --> 0:27:00.120 really important for them to do that. Looking at how 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:02.879 this division is playing out right now, again only separated 0:27:02.920 --> 0:27:05.879 by a game and a half, who do you think 0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:12.639 wins this division? Let's start with you, Amber. I hate 0:27:12.680 --> 0:27:16.800 this question so bad. I hate it. I hate it. 0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:20.720 Oh my god, this is so tough. You know. Regardless 0:27:20.720 --> 0:27:22.920 of all the pain that the Cowboys have put me through, 0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:26.359 in the back of my heart down there, I still 0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:31.960 feel that somehow they're gonna magically start winning games and 0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:35.080 piece some things together to get to the point of 0:27:35.119 --> 0:27:40.240 them winning the division. But based on everything that we've seen, 0:27:40.640 --> 0:27:43.160 it's hard to have that kind of hope. So if 0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:47.280 I had to choose someone that wins the division, I 0:27:47.320 --> 0:27:49.920 am in no way choosing the Eagles. I think that 0:27:49.960 --> 0:27:53.920 the Giants have started putting some things together to where 0:27:54.920 --> 0:27:58.159 I've seen, even when they lose games, I've seen little 0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:03.360 sparks here and there of things that cost it catches 0:28:03.400 --> 0:28:06.600 my attention and leads me to think that, Okay, maybe 0:28:06.640 --> 0:28:09.680 they can be a little more successful than what we're 0:28:09.680 --> 0:28:14.840 actually seeing on these games. So maybe right now, I 0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:18.080 hate this question, Derek, don't maybe answer this. This is dumb. 0:28:18.200 --> 0:28:20.159 I don't want to answer it. I don't want to 0:28:20.200 --> 0:28:24.320 answer it. But I just don't know. I just don't know. 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:26.880 It's up for grabs for any one. The only one 0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:29.359 that I keep down at the bottom would be Washington. 0:28:29.680 --> 0:28:33.240 But I think that anyone in this division can seriously 0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:36.880 take up the lead and win the NFC East. Nick, 0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:41.760 don't make me answer this question, Derek, I don't like 0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:49.080 this question now. I think the Giants actually are in 0:28:49.160 --> 0:28:52.440 pretty good shape, if there is such a thing at 0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:55.240 three and seven, just because they are three and two 0:28:55.240 --> 0:28:57.880 in the NFC East and their two losses are to 0:28:58.040 --> 0:28:59.920 the Eagles in the game that they should have won, 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:02.520 and probably in a game against the Cowboys where I'm 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:05.600 sure they feel like they should have won. Um, I 0:29:05.640 --> 0:29:07.800 don't think so. I think, you know, the Dak getting 0:29:07.840 --> 0:29:10.600 hurt changed everything, But but you know, they could easily 0:29:10.600 --> 0:29:12.440 be five and five right now with a five and 0:29:12.720 --> 0:29:15.080 and o record in the division. So I think that 0:29:15.160 --> 0:29:17.840 they have as good a chance as anyone but I 0:29:17.840 --> 0:29:21.040 could see any of the team's really sneaking in here. 0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:22.880 I mean, the only the reason I don't say Philly 0:29:23.000 --> 0:29:24.880 is that they're The next five or six games are 0:29:25.280 --> 0:29:28.720 very tough m on the schedule, So the Cowboys I 0:29:28.760 --> 0:29:32.000 think might have the best schedule of the group. Yep, Dave, 0:29:33.760 --> 0:29:38.000 I'll answer the question, Derek, I'm not afraid, and I'll 0:29:38.560 --> 0:29:41.360 I'll piss everybody off in the process to know, I 0:29:41.440 --> 0:29:43.720 know exactly what you're gonna say. What am I gonna say? 0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:46.160 You're gonna say the Eagles because they have the best quarterback. 0:29:46.320 --> 0:29:51.800 Absolutely not like you can't you can't defend. Listen, I've 0:29:51.840 --> 0:29:54.800 been I've been bending over backward to make way for 0:29:54.920 --> 0:29:57.280 Carson Wentz, to give him the benefit of the doubt, 0:29:57.280 --> 0:30:00.160 and it's it just ain't happening at this point. The 0:30:00.160 --> 0:30:03.800 Eagles are our trash. And Nick makes a very good point. 0:30:03.840 --> 0:30:06.280 They've still gotta They've got to play Green Bay, They've 0:30:06.320 --> 0:30:09.160 got to play New Orleans. I think they still have 0:30:09.240 --> 0:30:11.280 Seattle on their schedule. They no the thing I was 0:30:11.320 --> 0:30:15.479 going to say, the Cowboys have the best chance to 0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:19.040 win this division right now. Absolutely they do. And I'm 0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:22.880 saying that knowing that it is insane because you know, 0:30:22.920 --> 0:30:25.560 I've been sitting here for a month and a half saying, yeah, 0:30:25.640 --> 0:30:28.040 I know the East is bad, but these things have 0:30:28.120 --> 0:30:30.400 a way of taking care of themselves. The winner of 0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:32.640 this division's gonna wind up with eight or nine wins. 0:30:32.880 --> 0:30:35.920 That's not happening. That is that is not going to 0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:38.520 happen when you look at what these teams still have left, 0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:41.080 and everybody talks about the Giants. Oh, the Giants are 0:30:41.160 --> 0:30:43.800 kind of putting it together. Do you realize why that is? 0:30:44.720 --> 0:30:47.840 It's because they've got They've gotten to play the NFC 0:30:47.920 --> 0:30:50.640 East in back to back weeks. They got they got 0:30:50.640 --> 0:30:54.920 to win against Washington and awful Philadelphia. They've played five 0:30:54.960 --> 0:30:57.160 of their six division games. They played the Cowboys to 0:30:57.240 --> 0:30:59.680 end the season, so they're they're done. They don't have 0:30:59.720 --> 0:31:02.480 any more lay up games against bad division teams. The 0:31:02.600 --> 0:31:06.920 Giants still have to play Cleveland, Baltimore, Arizona, and Seattle. 0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:10.600 I believe have fun. Yeah, yeah, I think they get 0:31:10.920 --> 0:31:13.560 They get Cincinnati this week, so you know, maybe that's 0:31:13.560 --> 0:31:15.440 a chance for them to get one more win, but 0:31:15.800 --> 0:31:17.680 it's gonna be tough sledding for them the rest of 0:31:17.680 --> 0:31:21.480 the way. Meanwhile, Dallas has three division games. If you go, 0:31:21.720 --> 0:31:24.000 you know, if you win those three games all of 0:31:24.040 --> 0:31:26.160 a sudden, so that gets you to five and seven, 0:31:26.440 --> 0:31:30.400 I believe, and then maybe you just gotta you just gotta. 0:31:30.600 --> 0:31:32.960 You got Cincinnati and you have the forty nine ers, 0:31:33.000 --> 0:31:35.080 who are even more banged up than the Cowboys are. 0:31:35.920 --> 0:31:39.440 All they gotta do is like play below five hundred football. 0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:42.440 You know, if they go three and four, if they 0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:44.520 go three and four, or definitely if they go four 0:31:44.560 --> 0:31:49.360 and three, that's probably good enough. So if you're if 0:31:49.400 --> 0:31:52.640 you're making me pick right now, I might have to 0:31:52.680 --> 0:31:55.440 go with the Cowboys. And I hate, I hate saying it, 0:31:56.040 --> 0:31:59.440 but it makes sense. That is exactly the quota of 0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.440 what it debate you in two day right there. That's 0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:05.400 exactly what do you want me to say? No, no, no, 0:32:05.400 --> 0:32:08.800 it's it's but it's actually true. And that the reason 0:32:08.800 --> 0:32:11.600 why I brought up the question is because I laughed 0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:15.400 in the faces of Isaiah and Barry last week when 0:32:15.400 --> 0:32:17.800 they were talking about it. I'm like, there's no way. 0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:20.720 And then I started looking at the schedule and I 0:32:20.840 --> 0:32:24.240 was like, oh wow, if things happened like they're supposed 0:32:24.280 --> 0:32:27.880 to happen, this weekend, which they did, this thing gets 0:32:27.920 --> 0:32:30.080 really really interesting for the Cowboys all the way out. 0:32:30.080 --> 0:32:32.479 And by the way, I think, I think I can 0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:34.280 speak for all of us, you guys correct me if 0:32:34.320 --> 0:32:36.920 I'm wrong, But over the last two weeks, we've seen 0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:41.080 a Cowboys team play markedly better than they've played before that. 0:32:41.520 --> 0:32:44.640 And so maybe if this defense is starting to get 0:32:44.680 --> 0:32:47.600 a little bit better, and maybe if this offense can 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:50.520 find just a shred of what it was earlier in 0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:52.600 the season. Now, of course that was with Dak Prescott, 0:32:53.320 --> 0:32:55.360 but if they can get to that, and then then 0:32:55.400 --> 0:32:57.600 you look at the schedule and you say there are 0:32:57.640 --> 0:33:00.280 teams that are beatable on this schedule, this could get 0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:02.800 really interesting for the Cowboys down the stretch and certainly 0:33:02.880 --> 0:33:05.840 hurt the hope of the feelings of all those fans 0:33:05.840 --> 0:33:08.240 out there that are hoping this team stays up there 0:33:08.240 --> 0:33:10.920 in the top five as far as NFL draft picks go. 0:33:11.520 --> 0:33:13.080 All right, we're gonna take our final break. When we 0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:15.120 come back, we're gonna have a little fun with Amber. 0:33:15.160 --> 0:33:18.040 Amber has some some questions for us, maybe a game 0:33:18.160 --> 0:33:19.880 or two, I don't know. We'll figure it all out 0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:21.719 when we come right back. 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I'm 0:35:54.480 --> 0:35:58.040 pulling one from Shannon's and Shannon's book and just making 0:35:58.080 --> 0:36:07.960 it up as we go here anymore. In the first question, um, 0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:11.200 we know this has been a crazy season, So I 0:36:11.239 --> 0:36:14.000 want to ask you, guys, what what was a moment 0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:17.319 a specific moment that happened during the season. Could be 0:36:17.360 --> 0:36:21.640 a play, could be an injury, could be a decision 0:36:21.760 --> 0:36:24.640 that the coaching made, or anything like that that you 0:36:24.719 --> 0:36:28.480 were like, oh crap, this is bad. This is not 0:36:28.640 --> 0:36:32.239 looking good, and something aside from Dak's injury, because we 0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:34.520 know how major that was. But at the same time, 0:36:34.520 --> 0:36:37.479 I think we we all thought that Andy Dalton could 0:36:37.560 --> 0:36:40.479 still take over and help the Cowboys win some games. 0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:42.680 So if you had to pick a moment that you 0:36:42.719 --> 0:36:45.560 saw happening and that made you think, men, this is 0:36:45.600 --> 0:36:51.960 really bad for the Cowboys, what would that be? I 0:36:52.040 --> 0:36:55.080 think I'll start. I think Cleveland. The Cleveland game. At 0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:57.160 that point, you know you're one in two and you 0:36:57.200 --> 0:36:59.480 think we're maybe you can get right and beat Cleveland 0:36:59.520 --> 0:37:03.040 at home. The way they just ran over the team. 0:37:03.160 --> 0:37:05.959 You know, Dak was still there and healthy, and even 0:37:05.960 --> 0:37:09.799 Tyring was playing that game, and the Browns just just 0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:13.320 even lost. They're starting running back and just couldn't stop 0:37:13.719 --> 0:37:15.960 running the football. And I just thought that was a 0:37:16.000 --> 0:37:18.400 sign of this is this is not good because I 0:37:18.400 --> 0:37:20.440 don't think the Browns are that great of a team, 0:37:20.920 --> 0:37:23.200 and they showed it a few weeks later against Pittsburgh. 0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:26.680 So losing the way they did against the Browns and 0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:29.759 you know, just kind of letting Odell run all over 0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:32.200 them like that, and and the team, I just thought 0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:34.400 that was when it's like, Okay, this maybe this is 0:37:34.440 --> 0:37:38.799 a bad football team. I think that's uh. I think 0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:41.080 that's the right answer, just in terms of like the 0:37:41.080 --> 0:37:44.000 play that we've seen on the field. But other than that, 0:37:44.080 --> 0:37:48.080 I think, you know, with Mike McCarthy, tried so hard 0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:51.080 to keep everything close to the vest all through training camp, 0:37:51.120 --> 0:37:54.120 and I think up until like a week or so 0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:58.240 before the season, like I've still felt optimistic that Lyle 0:37:58.280 --> 0:38:00.800 Collins would be available at some point during the season, 0:38:01.040 --> 0:38:04.279 and so like week to the combination of him going 0:38:04.280 --> 0:38:08.319 on IR and then Tyron dealing with injuries literally one 0:38:08.320 --> 0:38:10.640 week end of the season, like right like when you 0:38:10.960 --> 0:38:14.040 first started to realize like, oh, they're not gonna have 0:38:14.160 --> 0:38:17.040 either of their tackles for a solid chunk of this season. 0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:20.120 I think even when Dak was healthy and everything, You're 0:38:20.160 --> 0:38:22.920 just like, they're gonna be hard pressed to win as 0:38:22.920 --> 0:38:25.120 many games as I thought they would with those those 0:38:25.160 --> 0:38:28.080 types of injuries. Yeah, Dave, it's interesting because I was 0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.960 gonna say it's it's those two things started to make 0:38:31.000 --> 0:38:34.360 me feel a little weird. It wasn't until I heard 0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:37.320 that Tyrone was out for the season that I was like, Okay, 0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:39.920 the wheels are falling off this thing. Because when you 0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:42.120 think about it from the standpoint of how this team 0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:45.359 was built, this offense was built around an offensive line. 0:38:45.400 --> 0:38:47.319 Whether you're throwing the ball or running the ball, it's 0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:50.200 built around the offensive line. And at that moment, three 0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:52.960 of your top four offensive linemen were now gone. You 0:38:53.400 --> 0:38:56.560 lost Travis Frederick because he retired, and Lyle Collins was 0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:58.759 gone before the season began. And then once they made 0:38:59.680 --> 0:39:01.880 figure out that Tyrone was going to be lost for 0:39:01.920 --> 0:39:04.520 the entire season or for the rest of the season, 0:39:04.920 --> 0:39:07.239 then to me, it was like, I just don't see 0:39:07.239 --> 0:39:10.000 a scenario where with what you're gonna have to patch 0:39:10.040 --> 0:39:12.840 work together on the offensive line, they'll be able to 0:39:12.840 --> 0:39:15.759 do the things that give them success. I thought Dak 0:39:15.760 --> 0:39:18.799 would keep them in games, but once Dak went down 0:39:18.800 --> 0:39:20.920 and obviously then it was just completely like I just 0:39:20.960 --> 0:39:23.960 don't have any any faith that what they like to 0:39:24.000 --> 0:39:26.960 do is going to be good enough. And quite frankly, 0:39:27.680 --> 0:39:30.160 teams like that that are having those kinds of struggles offensively, 0:39:30.200 --> 0:39:32.120 if you can rely on your defense, or if your 0:39:32.160 --> 0:39:34.759 defense can step up a notch and play some really 0:39:34.760 --> 0:39:37.719 outstanding football, it gives you a chance. But they were 0:39:37.760 --> 0:39:40.040 also having issues on the defensive side of the ball, 0:39:40.239 --> 0:39:42.920 like major issues, and so once Tyrone was gone for 0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:45.400 the season, that's when I realized that it was really, really, 0:39:45.800 --> 0:39:51.400 they were really in a bad position. Now let's switch 0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:56.239 the question to something positive. What was something that a 0:39:56.280 --> 0:39:59.320 moment or a player coming back or anything that happened 0:40:00.040 --> 0:40:02.920 during the season that made you feel a little hope, 0:40:03.000 --> 0:40:06.880 a sign of hope for the Cowboys this year. I 0:40:06.880 --> 0:40:10.839 don't know about hope. But like, as dumb as it 0:40:10.880 --> 0:40:15.160 sounds in retrospect, I mean, the Atlanta game will stick 0:40:15.200 --> 0:40:18.600 with me forever. Just I mean, I know Atlanta's bad 0:40:18.640 --> 0:40:22.400 and the season is bad, but that was just an 0:40:22.440 --> 0:40:26.520 absolutely ridiculous game. Um, you know, that's the classic case 0:40:26.560 --> 0:40:29.160 of the game where like we were all starting on 0:40:29.160 --> 0:40:31.399 our stories in the third quarter because it was so 0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:33.960 obvious that the game was over and then all of 0:40:34.000 --> 0:40:36.719 a sudden it wasn't. And yeah, it didn't wind up 0:40:37.280 --> 0:40:40.319 meaning anything, I guess, but it was still really fun, 0:40:40.480 --> 0:40:43.759 Like that was just a really fun football game. Yeah, 0:40:43.760 --> 0:40:48.200 that was exactly my answer. I was just gonna say 0:40:48.239 --> 0:40:51.400 that that's a hope for the season, I mean for 0:40:51.800 --> 0:40:54.959 the team and maybe next year. I mean I I'd 0:40:54.960 --> 0:40:57.960 look at it like hope for this year. Maybe I 0:40:58.200 --> 0:41:00.279 don't know if that what the question actually it was, 0:41:00.320 --> 0:41:04.680 but I'll take it from recently. I think Layton vander 0:41:04.840 --> 0:41:08.680 esh blitzing up the metal and hitting Carson Wentz like 0:41:08.760 --> 0:41:12.719 that showed, you know, the type of play that we've 0:41:12.760 --> 0:41:14.920 been kind of waiting for from him and hopefully he 0:41:14.920 --> 0:41:17.719 can come back. And and it was that kind of game, 0:41:17.880 --> 0:41:20.560 that kind of play against Philly. That's like I thought 0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:22.440 Philly would be the team you'd have to beat to 0:41:22.480 --> 0:41:24.760 win this division, and that still might be the case, 0:41:25.080 --> 0:41:27.839 but I think that they can play with Philly. They 0:41:27.840 --> 0:41:30.879 were very handicapped on a quarterback there they get any 0:41:30.920 --> 0:41:32.919 kind of better play at quarterback, and I think they will. 0:41:33.000 --> 0:41:34.799 I think they could beat Philly or any team. So 0:41:35.040 --> 0:41:38.799 just that kind of play from Layton show individually and 0:41:38.840 --> 0:41:41.680 then also as the team and an aggressive defense actually 0:41:41.719 --> 0:41:45.120 getting a turnover, like a real turnover. I thought that 0:41:45.200 --> 0:41:47.279 was some kind of hope. They didn't win the game, 0:41:47.320 --> 0:41:49.399 but I think that they showed that they can they 0:41:49.400 --> 0:41:52.239 can compete in this division if they want to win it. Yeah. 0:41:52.280 --> 0:41:54.320 I was gonna say I actually agree with Dave on 0:41:54.440 --> 0:41:56.879 the on the Atlanta game because at the time when 0:41:56.920 --> 0:41:58.799 it happened, I looked at that and say, like, those 0:41:58.840 --> 0:42:00.719 are the kind of moments at some times you see 0:42:01.239 --> 0:42:04.560 these really really great seasons that teams have. They get 0:42:04.640 --> 0:42:08.000 sparked by this moment that was very improbable, and then 0:42:08.040 --> 0:42:09.799 they kind of get on this run. So I was 0:42:09.880 --> 0:42:12.200 looking at it like, Okay, maybe now is when this 0:42:12.280 --> 0:42:14.520 offense is going to really start to click. Maybe now 0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:17.400 is when this defense will start to play better and 0:42:17.520 --> 0:42:20.080 they'll get on a run. Obviously we know the next 0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:22.919 week they did not, but that that was the moment, 0:42:23.040 --> 0:42:27.120 hold on, hold on, Ellen. If that's the moment y'all 0:42:27.120 --> 0:42:29.319 have hope? Are y'all saying at this point now that 0:42:29.400 --> 0:42:31.959 you know are you're saying you have absolutely no hope 0:42:32.000 --> 0:42:34.399 for this team. This team is hopeless. Yeah, because if 0:42:34.400 --> 0:42:36.560 that was the moment they gave you hope and then 0:42:37.000 --> 0:42:39.359 it didn't do all those things you were hoping to do, 0:42:39.520 --> 0:42:42.279 so that means, yeah, they're hopeless. Yeah. The only hope 0:42:42.320 --> 0:42:43.799 they got right now is that the rest of the 0:42:43.840 --> 0:42:45.879 division will be so bad that they will squeak into 0:42:45.920 --> 0:42:47.840 the playoffs and then they will get a prompt exit 0:42:47.840 --> 0:42:50.680 in the first round. I don't think they have the players. 0:42:50.920 --> 0:42:52.480 I don't think they have the players to be able 0:42:52.480 --> 0:42:54.920 to completely compete with those playoff teams in the NFL. 0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:57.440 Right in the NFC. I think that maybe they can 0:42:57.440 --> 0:42:59.479 win the NFC. E's just because the things we talked about. 0:42:59.600 --> 0:43:01.080 I just don't think they have the players right now 0:43:01.080 --> 0:43:03.680 because a lot of their great players are not available 0:43:03.680 --> 0:43:05.400 to them. But I will throw out one other thing 0:43:05.440 --> 0:43:07.880 that I think, and these have been random moments throughout 0:43:07.920 --> 0:43:10.600 the season that you combine them all together should give 0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:13.520 fans some hope. Is you look at this last draft 0:43:14.280 --> 0:43:17.040 and there have been four players from that draft that 0:43:17.120 --> 0:43:20.480 at different moments this year you thought, huh, this guy's 0:43:20.520 --> 0:43:23.080 playing pretty well as a rookie you look at Ceedee Lamb, 0:43:23.280 --> 0:43:26.120 you look at Treyvon Diggs, you look at Neville Gallimore. 0:43:26.480 --> 0:43:29.200 Even be honest, I just saw an article that said 0:43:29.320 --> 0:43:31.759 that he's ranked among one of the best rookies by 0:43:31.880 --> 0:43:35.200 Pro Football Focus. They do like a mid season all 0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:38.200 pro team, and he was on the all Rookie team 0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:41.319 as a you know, one of their designated players. And 0:43:41.360 --> 0:43:43.319 so I look at that, and that gives me some 0:43:43.360 --> 0:43:45.640 hope for the future that at least you look at 0:43:45.640 --> 0:43:48.480 this draft class and you say, there are flashes coming 0:43:48.520 --> 0:43:51.160 from this draft class that if they keep developing these guys, 0:43:51.160 --> 0:43:53.880 they're not there yet. But if you keep developing these guys, 0:43:53.920 --> 0:43:55.719 you might have hit on at least four of the 0:43:55.719 --> 0:43:58.120 players that you had in the draft that might turn 0:43:58.160 --> 0:44:02.399 out to be pretty good players for you down the road. Now, 0:44:02.440 --> 0:44:04.560 imagine if you get to add like four or more 0:44:04.600 --> 0:44:06.680 of those guys who were all taken at the top 0:44:06.680 --> 0:44:09.600 of their respective rounds, right you know, right then you 0:44:09.719 --> 0:44:11.440 then you're working with something, especially if they're on the 0:44:11.480 --> 0:44:16.359 defensive side of the ball, which I think Nick made 0:44:16.360 --> 0:44:18.680 a really good point earlier in the show, which is like, 0:44:18.719 --> 0:44:22.959 it's it's not my job or my responsibility to care 0:44:23.040 --> 0:44:24.839 where they go from here, Like, if they don't win 0:44:24.840 --> 0:44:27.439 another game, I'll cover the whole thing. If they win 0:44:27.480 --> 0:44:30.319 the division, I'll cover the whole thing. Like that's I 0:44:30.360 --> 0:44:33.360 don't have to have a preference. But I understand the 0:44:33.400 --> 0:44:35.880 appeal of people who are looking towards the draft, Like 0:44:35.960 --> 0:44:39.200 I understand it absolutely. It'll be interesting to see which 0:44:39.200 --> 0:44:43.920 way it goes. Yeah, I understand it too. I definitely 0:44:43.960 --> 0:44:47.279 understand it, and it sounds you know, way better. But 0:44:47.360 --> 0:44:50.000 I mean, I think you have to play it out 0:44:50.040 --> 0:44:52.319 and see because, as you know, part of trying to 0:44:52.360 --> 0:44:54.600 develop those young guys and develop a culture and all 0:44:54.640 --> 0:44:56.439 that is going out and try to win the game, 0:44:56.719 --> 0:44:59.240 you know, and win. I could see where the argument 0:44:59.280 --> 0:45:03.440 would be about Eric Gilbert and Andy Dalton though it's like, well, 0:45:03.480 --> 0:45:06.799 why don't you try to play Gilbert because he might 0:45:06.920 --> 0:45:09.520 be a better future guy for you for our backup 0:45:09.760 --> 0:45:12.719 than Andy Dalton. But I think if this divisions for 0:45:12.800 --> 0:45:15.000 the take, and I think you owe it to everybody, 0:45:15.160 --> 0:45:17.960 your veterans, your young guys, you owe it's everyone to 0:45:18.000 --> 0:45:20.000 try to go out and win. Yeah, and I will 0:45:20.000 --> 0:45:21.520 say this to Nick. I mean, we had a whole 0:45:21.520 --> 0:45:24.920 different opinion of Jason Garrett when he came in as 0:45:24.960 --> 0:45:27.520 an interim and he got this team five wins down 0:45:27.560 --> 0:45:29.320 the stretch. They went five and three down the stretch. 0:45:29.400 --> 0:45:31.839 That tells you a lot about a coach in the situation. 0:45:31.920 --> 0:45:34.359 And I would assume I wasn't in the locker room, 0:45:34.400 --> 0:45:36.720 but I would assume those players had a little different 0:45:36.719 --> 0:45:39.120 perspective of him as well. Whatever the perspective was before, 0:45:39.320 --> 0:45:41.719 they probably respected him in a little different way to 0:45:41.760 --> 0:45:43.680 get their team into a position to be able to 0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:45.600 take a team that was one and seven to be 0:45:45.640 --> 0:45:47.759 in five and three down the stretch. I think that 0:45:47.840 --> 0:45:50.360 has a way of building the right kind of culture 0:45:50.680 --> 0:45:53.080 and getting players to buy into the fact that this 0:45:53.120 --> 0:45:55.160 guy knows what he's doing. If we can trust him, 0:45:55.600 --> 0:45:58.839 we might be able to do some good things. It 0:45:58.880 --> 0:46:02.040 was so ironic because that's what happened when they needed 0:46:02.080 --> 0:46:05.240 a new voice from Wade Phillips. It just wasn't working, 0:46:05.320 --> 0:46:07.440 and Garrett came in and gave them a spark, a 0:46:07.480 --> 0:46:10.839 new voice. And then the ironic part is ten years later, 0:46:11.400 --> 0:46:14.759 you know they're doing okay average, but this team just 0:46:14.880 --> 0:46:17.319 needed a new voice, and so they decided to go 0:46:17.360 --> 0:46:20.520 and make a change. But right now that voice isn't 0:46:21.200 --> 0:46:23.240 isn't helping them. I mean, Mike McCarthy and the staff 0:46:23.239 --> 0:46:25.840 that they're they're not all the experience and all that. 0:46:25.960 --> 0:46:28.000 This team isn't help now that they're getting a ton 0:46:28.080 --> 0:46:30.160 of injuries and all that. It's hard to really say 0:46:30.160 --> 0:46:33.600 what McCarthy's doing. But but this new voice hasn't certainly 0:46:33.640 --> 0:46:36.120 hasn't turned the page, and the Cowboys are better because 0:46:36.120 --> 0:46:38.359 of it, not yet at least, So that's a rap. 0:46:38.400 --> 0:46:40.359 What we're gonna do is those other questions that you 0:46:40.360 --> 0:46:43.960 had Amber saved those, We'll get into those times. A Yeah, 0:46:44.040 --> 0:46:46.440 I have a bunch of questions that fans send in 0:46:46.520 --> 0:46:49.320 and we'll save them for the week, maybe once every 0:46:49.440 --> 0:46:51.520 day because you always say, oh, we'll have time for 0:46:51.600 --> 0:46:54.160 paying questions and then we never do. But that's okay, 0:46:54.200 --> 0:46:56.080 I'll keep them in the can. Let me just tell 0:46:56.080 --> 0:46:58.719 you this, it's been over a week since our last game. 0:46:58.920 --> 0:47:01.680 We're gonna have plenty of time time for fan questions Tomorrow. 0:47:01.760 --> 0:47:04.800 We will have plenty of time unless Mike McCarthy breaks 0:47:04.800 --> 0:47:07.760 some really really outstanding news this afternoon in his press conference. 0:47:07.800 --> 0:47:09.200 I think we're gonna have a lot of time for 0:47:09.200 --> 0:47:11.560 fan questions. Tomorrow. All right, we appreciate you guys, Joan Us. 0:47:11.600 --> 0:47:13.720 We'll be back tomorrow. Till then for Nick Even Eatman, 0:47:13.840 --> 0:47:16.319 Dave Hellman, Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleton. This has been 0:47:16.360 --> 0:47:22.560 The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This 0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:25.480 has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 0:47:25.640 --> 0:47:27.439 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.