WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Key Decisions Late? 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.320 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:17.759 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:21.560 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World headquarters at the 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:32.760 Star in Frisco. Elliot Here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Bronis, 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:37.800 Rob Phillips, and Bill Jones, and it's time for a 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:43.440 morning after edition of Talking Cowboys. On a very windy 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.879 Monday in Frisco, Texas, all of a sudden, about an 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.680 hour ago, a blue northern blew in and the temperature 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.440 to drop from about sixty four degrees to forty four 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:56.200 degrees in no time at all. And the temperature has 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.240 dropped on this Cowboys season here and after what happened 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.680 last night, as we embark on the second half of 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:05.520 this season, after the loss to the Vikings last night, 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.120 twenty eight, twenty four. But before we get into all 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:12.479 of that, we want to wish a very good Veterans 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.759 Day to everyone out there, very important day. Let's keep 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:20.080 this stuff in perspective and just keep a thought for 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.880 all of those who who make it possible for us 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:28.440 to enjoy NFL football. And I know I've got some 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:31.880 veterans in my family who've passed on, including my father 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.520 who served in the Navy, and his brothers, one who 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.080 died in the war, and it's very important holiday for 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.960 all of us. Mickey, how are you doing, Rob, How 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.080 are you doing doing good? My dad served in the 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.759 army in World War Two? So yeah, was there the 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:49.520 second D Day landed on Normandy Beach, Omaha Beach? As 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:53.560 say in Normandy, it's well said, Bill, My dad Uncle's 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.600 got to keep things in perspective, right, even on a 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.120 day like this where it's a disappointing loss for the Cowboys. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.280 Hard fuck game, but you know they lost to a 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.560 good team. Didn't make enough plays on either side of 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.720 the ball at the end, yep, and it came right 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.040 down to the wire. I know that many of you 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.240 would like to chime in as well. We'll open up 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.160 the phone lines here over the course of the next 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:15.720 forty five minutes. You can do that at eight eight eight, eight, five, 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.760 five two two nine seven. But let's start with your 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:27.160 takeaways from what happened on Sunday night. Well, where to begin? 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:34.480 It's a deep subject. It's very complicated, as I've simplified 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:38.359 for my column that should be posted any time now. 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:45.040 I thought the biggest takeaway was the Cowboys just basically 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:49.400 got out physical, out muscled in that game. Both lines 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:53.840 of scrimmage on offense couldn't run the ball. Defense they 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.400 couldn't stop the run. And when you have problems with 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.440 those two things, I don't care anything about your sky 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:05.120 War offenses right there. It is at some point you 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:07.560 got to stop the run, and at some point you've 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.919 got to be able to run the ball at least 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:13.160 a little bit to be able to keep balance. In 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.240 this game, the Cowboys could do neither. And that's been 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:22.079 a recipe for losses previously to very good teams when 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.440 they can't stop the run. They couldn't stop the run 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:28.840 against the Packers and they got beat. They had problems 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.320 stopping some big plays against the Saints, they got beat. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:36.120 I'll take you back to last year in the playoff 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.480 game against the Rams the regular season game against the 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:45.080 Indianapolis Coats. Those teams used the Cowboys aggressiveness defensively against them, 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:50.080 and the Vikings did exactly the same thing, especially in 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.480 the second half. So here we are with another close 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:58.400 call down to the wire. If you've lost now your 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.280 four games or three of the four games by a 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.000 total of eight points and you're five and four, tied 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.280 for first in the NFC East. And I don't think 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.760 anybody's celebrating that it's still in front of you. But 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:14.680 I mean, you start looking at the standings and you've 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.279 lost some teams that it could come down to tiebreakers 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.680 at the end, So you got to focus on your division. 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:23.600 As far as Sunday night, it's it's funny how it's 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:25.920 such a week to week league, right, you know, two games, 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.920 the last two games, defensively they get seven takeaways. They 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.360 do a really solid job all the way around defensively, 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.880 and Mickey spoke to it. Dalvin Cook he's a different 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.520 beast and they knew that coming in. They did a 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.000 nice job on him running against the run for a half. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.400 I think he had twenty seven yards at halftime, but 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.760 he also had that's the other part of his game. 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:48.480 And I talked about it during the week. There's a 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.680 little bit of Barkley to him, sae quon Barkley. His 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.640 ability in the passing game in those two screens led 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:57.640 to two early touchdowns, especially when there's no defensive guys 0:04:57.640 --> 0:04:59.840 in front of him. Well, they did a nice job 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.080 locking it up you know, I think that the second 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.960 one he had for thirty yards, you saw two guys 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.560 push Sean Lee out of bounds and out of the play. 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:11.159 I mean, they really execute those well. And as Mickey said, 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.480 as the second half got rolling, they kind of controlled 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.520 the line of scrimmage, not only with Cook but with Madison, 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.760 their rookie did a nice job running the ball. They 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.320 went with two tight ends a lot, they went with 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:24.240 the fullback, and they just lined up and did what 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.680 they had to do, physical running football, and that was 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.720 the difference offensively. Of course, Dak was tarrendous and they 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:34.080 made a lot of plays in the passing game. So Bill, yes, 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.960 have you ever seen? And I wish I could go 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.599 back and count up the plays. How many times the 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:47.280 Viking used twelve personnel, twenty two personnel and thirteen personnel 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:51.120 in a game. It was almost like, we gotta sign 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.680 up here. We are gonna run right at you, and 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.960 I don't care if you know we're coming. I don't 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.479 care if we've got two tight ends in a full 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.920 back out there with a running back, or if we've 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.360 got just three tight ends, one wide receiver and a 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.240 running back. We are going to run right at you. 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.080 They made no bones about it. They didn't disguise it. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.320 They went old school with c. J. Hamm at full backs. Yes, 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.240 and and I don't know what you do, you know, 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:23.360 can you go with five defensive linemen and just three 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:25.680 defensive backs because they weren't going to throw it? But 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.280 that none of that is a surprise. It wasn't like 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:33.159 they they what they have done. I assumed throughout the season. 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:36.200 I know recently in fact, last week CJ. Hamm had 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.800 twenty two snaps. And we talked about it last week 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:43.240 that the Cowboys will see more two tight end or 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.320 fullback in a tight end or three tight end formations 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.120 in this game than they've seen all season. Because I 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.400 mean even like last week, Rudolph and and Herb Smith, 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.120 they were both one was on the field for fifty 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.560 five plays, the other forty three plays. Leakwin Treadwell was 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.840 their third receivers only on the field for twenty snaps 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.240 in the entire game. We go and I haven't looked 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.599 at the snap counts for this week yet, but it 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.040 shouldn't come as a surprise that that was what they 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.400 were going to do. And that is how they built 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.360 this team. They already had a second round draft pick 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.120 in Dalvin Cook, and they spent a third round draft 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:18.360 pick on Madison this year because they want to emphasize 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.080 and help out their quarterback. It was prone to mistakes. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:22.840 You have to be able to run the football. Mickey 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.800 and I talked about that on the walk out two 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:28.119 o'clock in the morning, that this isn't Washington for Kirk Cousins. 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:31.040 I mean, they've Cowboys have played him a lot. He'll 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.360 give you a turnover every now, at least in Washington. 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.040 He did. He's only got three picks in this game 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.080 or this season, no takeaways for the Cowboys. He did 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.160 an effective job managing the game and he got his 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.240 tight ends involved, especially down in the red zone. It 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.760 was it was good, just good balance and you know, 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.040 good game plan for Minnesota. And not only did they 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:51.040 run for one hundred and fifty three yards, but their 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:55.480 three leading receivers in the game were a running back, 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.320 a tight end, and a tight end. Those guys counted 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:05.320 for six teen passes, sixteen receptions. Diggs he made one 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.600 play in the entire game, and oh what a play 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.760 it was, and it was worth three points, right, and 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.280 important three points because if they don't get that field 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.720 goal at the end of the half. Yeah, you know, 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.560 it's a different story on the last basically the last 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.360 full drive the Cowboys had possessioned in the game. And oh, 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.800 by the way, another reason that it would was no 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.080 surprise they would have this game plan is the fact 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.000 they were playing without their best receiver, Adam Feeling. Yeah. 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:30.760 I mean you look at the box score and you say, Okay, 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.360 there's no Feeling Diggs is gonna get you three catches 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.280 for forty nine yards. You're taken that. I mean, yeah, 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.120 I would take that, But you also don't want seven 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.520 catches for eighty six by Dalvin Cook. And he's got 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.679 eight out of nine games this year one hundred and 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:50.040 all purpose yards plus. I mean, the guys, he's outstanding. 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:54.920 He slipped through tackles, explosive at the point of attack. 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.080 I mean, he's He's the best back they've seen this 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.000 year in terms of what the production on the field, 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:03.840 better than Barkley, especially the way the Vikings use him. 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.800 There are times where the Giants don't use Barkley when 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.679 they should be using him. Guy On, Barkley only had 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.880 one yard on thirteen carries yesterday right against the Jets. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.720 And by the way, speaking of the Jets, Okay, this 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.679 game right here, it was a terrific matchup. I mean, 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.400 when you set back and look at it, it was 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:24.960 a terrific matchup for a Sunday night marquee. Two offenses 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.440 going at each other, all right, one team's gotta win, 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:30.400 one team's gotta lose, okay. And what it underscores more 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:34.120 than anything is the ridiculousness of the loss to the Jets. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.840 I mean, that Jets loss is going to come back 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:42.160 and haunt this team. And because these games against the Vikings, Okay, 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:45.720 it's gonna go either way. Yeah, it's gonna go either way. 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.239 The game in two weeks from now against the Patriots, 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.400 it can go either way. The result here is disappointing, 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.400 but it shouldn't shock you. Then. I think we all 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.959 thought this would be a pretty close contest. That's why 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.839 you gotta take care of business against the teams that 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.280 they've all the other teams that they have taken care 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.480 of business against, And so I mean they should be 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.480 sitting here six and three instead of five and four 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.120 if they would have taken care of business against the 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.160 Jets like you guys are coming over to my dark 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:16.040 side on that. I was always there. I mean, it happened. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.319 It's gonna come back at some point. It's gonna come 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.040 back in Well, they have to get one of these. 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.120 They have to get these wins, like the Patriots. They 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.679 need to get a win now. I mean the importance 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:29.840 of its Detroit game is just through the roof right 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.480 now when you look at you got the Patriots the 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.719 next week. But but they need to steal a win 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.360 in New England to upset the Jets loss. Oh, no question. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.160 And these those losses happen. I mean, I know it's 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.120 a division game. But the Saints lose to a one 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:46.440 and seven Falcons team yesterday at home. Yeah, those losses happen. 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.520 But yeah, you're gonna have to be able to steal one. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.440 This would have been a nice one for sure. The 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.559 difference is the Saints got that win with their backup 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:59.760 quarterback against the Cowboys. Yeah to to opset I yesterday. Yeah, Well, 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:05.160 same recipe though, right fall behind, slow start, and you 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.400 know what I did? You explain it if it's one thing, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:12.439 But it's one thing. If your offense malfunctions or didn't malfunctions, 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.680 they had they ended up with two thirds and sixes 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:18.560 on those first two possessions, and they didn't They didn't convert. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.000 They tried a fifty seven yard field goal and it 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:25.319 was the worst field goal attempt ever ever that he missed. 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.920 That was terrible. God, you never gave the ball a chance, right, 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.960 But that doesn't he missed it by fifty seven yards. Yeah, no, no, 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.320 but it was he didn't hit it. It was like 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:40.520 a lion. He didn't get the foot on it. Ken 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:48.040 Harrelson duck snort, it's over my head. But okay, but okay, 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.320 So you don't score your first two possessions, but that 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.400 doesn't mean the defense has to give up two touchdowns 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.680 on the first. Well, well, you you miss a fifty 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.200 seven yard field goal and it's like a turnover. Yeah 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.839 it is. You're in the ball at midfield. And so 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.520 you wonder if okay, we've fallen in love a little 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.680 too much with the long field goals. That one. I 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.280 don't I don't put it on the defense. I know 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.679 they gave up a touchdown, but like Mickey said, Minnesota 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.520 starts at their own forty seven. And I looked at 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.920 up Maher's fourteen of twenty this year on field goals. 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:19.920 He's four of eight fifty plus and I know a 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.680 couple I think we're sixty plus that he hit. It's 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.360 not a gimme, you know, it's not a gimme fifty 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.760 proposition that you're gonna basically have a turnover. Yeah there, 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.640 And I know Jason Garrett said they got a lot 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.080 of faith in him, and they should. He's great from 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.000 that distance, but he's not. He's not automatic and it 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.480 you know that that was a momentum swing early, no question, 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.480 but at least give the ball a chance, like if 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.280 it came up short or if it was just wide 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.960 to the right or hit the upright. All right, fine, 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.760 this thing landed over almost to the sideline. It seemed like, 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:56.600 all right, I exaggerate, but i'd actually where it might 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.679 have it. And I don't know if it ever got 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:00.920 high enough to get over this cross. I think it 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.480 went out. They ramp and it rolled up the hill 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:06.920 and it wound up over by the ballpark in Armada. 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.320 It was like it was trying to catch that cat 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.600 from last week. Okay, all right, but the slow start. 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.480 So that's seven of nine games they've been behind him. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.760 Explain it. And one of them that they worked behind. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.440 They were leading the Dolphins ten six at halftime. That's 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.199 almost like being behind. What's that? What's the reason for 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:30.120 this time? They just didn't execute and they didn't play 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:34.199 good defense. I mean the first couple of possessions they 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.960 and this was no surprise either. They blitzed right shocking. 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.680 You said that during the week. We know on third 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.840 down they're coming after you. And they created problems early 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.040 in the game until the Cowboys. I don't know if 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.320 they adjusted or they finally beat it enough that they 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.679 backed off, and that's probably why they ended up with 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.320 what four hundred, four hundred and forty seven yards offense 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.760 and dac three ninety seven passing. I thought Dak got 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.240 some nice protection in the second half, but some of 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.720 it But was him too yeah, oh by an extra time? 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.840 He was. He was amazing in the game, no question 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:12.000 about it. Um. But I think he got hit nine times, yes, 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.679 and they got after him and and uh, like we 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:19.080 talked about it, Griffin on one edge Hunter on the other. 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:23.360 There that's a that's a load, um. But they made 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:24.840 a lot of plays in the passing game. I know 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:27.240 that one of the narratives coming out is going to 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.400 be did they run too much, particularly on first down? 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.200 And Jason Garrett on the fan this morning, I think 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:34.520 alluded to it. You alluded to it to Mick. When 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.600 you're blitzing like that, you're trying to establish some semblance 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:39.360 of balance. They try to do that against the Jets, 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.760 to just try to keep them away, keep them back way. 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.320 Jason was saying this this morning, well when he said, 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:46.960 you're trying to keep them at least a little bit 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.840 honest if you can, um, because they were, and I 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:51.840 think that's his quote in Jason there hell bent on 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:55.080 stopping the run and U and they did. They did 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.400 burn them on the blitz, especially with some of those 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.960 crossing routes and those slants by Mari. But they really 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.560 did sell out to stop Zeke and two point four 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:05.600 yards of carry. And then obviously we can get we 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.680 can get into that late drive as well. And why 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:10.200 don't we do that when we come back here on 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:14.520 Talking Cowboys, let's talk second and third down play calling 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.040 on that second to last possession for the Cowboys against 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.040 the Vikings. We're just getting started here on a Monday 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.360 edition of Talking Cowboys. Selor is a proud sponsor of 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.920 the Dallas Cowboys helping fans see more and do more 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.360 with our best vision solutions. 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They're just getting out, mickey, 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:40.440 and so that's why they don't do the watch party. 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.520 That ideas, Okay, that's nothing to do with the opponent 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:46.880 hurt the attendance at Texas Stadium when they were playing 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:51.040 all those noon games. Yes it did. Yeah, supposedly it 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.440 was a later arriving. It was always was. 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All right, let's dive into the 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:22.040 second to last possession for the Cowboys against the Vikings. 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:25.399 They matriculate their way all the way down the field. 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:29.000 I started with a terrific pass from dactor Randall Cobb 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:31.440 to get out of a hole, and they're moving it 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.159 down the field and then they get down to a 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.840 second and two at what the twelve yard liner? So 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:39.080 and two straight run plays. What do you think with 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:44.680 those two calls? Go ahead? Mick? I was okay, I 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:50.320 would say with the first one because it was two 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:56.679 yards right. The second one, Zeke said it was supposed 0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:01.639 to be an RPO, but it didn't matter what they 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:09.120 had called on that um because the defensive lineman blew 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.640 up the play and the Cowboys had to do better 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:17.760 job of blocking on that play. Uh, it's third and 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:23.159 basically third and goal at the eleven, and what happened 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.760 third and well, yeah, third and two. I'm sorry. I 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:30.320 put a goal there, the third and two at the 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:36.360 eleven and odin Ogbo good enough. It's pretty close. Yeah, 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:40.240 as a matter of fact, that's what the pronunciation thing says. Okay, 0:20:40.320 --> 0:20:44.879 that's it really yeah, Okay, Um, it's wrong too. Connor Williams. 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:48.680 Connor Williams gets the right shoulder on him. He cut 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:51.639 to the inside it and I can't tell what he 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:54.800 was supposed to do because he kind of got him 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:57.920 and then he went to the second level. So to me, 0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:00.720 there there there were is not going to be a 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:03.240 pass play because if if he had pulled the ball back, 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:07.639 he was down field already. And unfortunately he didn't get 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:10.400 enough of them because by time Travis Frederick came over, 0:21:11.080 --> 0:21:14.000 he got through and he blew up the play for 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:20.640 what was it a three yard loss? So but here's 0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:23.520 what I go back to. So how about the third 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:29.320 to the last possession, you got first in goal at 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:33.280 the six yard line, you run zeke for nothing or 0:21:33.400 --> 0:21:35.920 one yard where they get a field goal. Yeah, and 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:38.080 then what did you do the next two plays, by 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:44.200 the way, tried to throw and Stephen Weatherly comes in 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:46.760 and blows the play up, and you got to throw 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:49.040 the ball away out of bounds to save from getting 0:21:49.080 --> 0:21:52.000 a sack. All right, and down third down? What did 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:55.520 they do? Through the ball again and over the middle 0:21:55.600 --> 0:21:59.920 to Jason Witten in the end zone and Kendricks runs 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:03.680 into him, he gets knocked down, the ball goes incomplete. 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:07.720 I had Harrison Smith, but good enough. Yeah, and uh, 0:22:08.200 --> 0:22:10.600 go back and look at it, by the way, and 0:22:11.640 --> 0:22:16.200 then you got to kick a field goal. So you 0:22:16.359 --> 0:22:18.920 left four points on the field on a first and 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:21.720 goal at the six. You threw the ball twice and 0:22:21.840 --> 0:22:25.800 it didn't work. Next time, you ran the ball twice 0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:29.639