WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Costly Win 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:05.120 The following Here's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:14.920 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cow Guys, let go. 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:18.120 Are you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:22.600 for a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.840 so much for that. It's time for the Break on 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:32.360 Dallas Cowboys dot Com wall with Nick Eatman, Brian brought 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:38.400 Us and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:42.200 December twelfth, twenty twenty two, Season eighteen, episode number eighty eight. 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:44.519 Welcome to the latest edition of The Break with Life 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.320 from s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star, presented by 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:51.120 Miller Lake, the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys, and 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:55.320 today we talk about Cowboys versus Texans. Cowboys get the 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.440 win in the game that was probably shakier than people 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:02.880 expected at twenty seven three. What's the date again? December twelfth? 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:06.560 Did I get that wrong? It is December twelve. I 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:09.240 was gonna get to that. Can you let me finish 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:14.399 his birthday? No? Wait forgot mess you up? I mean 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.320 so so basically okay, appreciate Nick. We got a game 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.840 to tak a Cowboys game. Yeah. I had a whole intro. 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:22.480 I had a whole intro planned. I was driving into 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.760 work like thinking, Okay, how am I gonna say this? 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.520 And Nick just screws it up, started keeping no, no, no, 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:32.760 you killed the moment. Happy birthday, Brian. Appiate you, guys. 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.760 I really do thank you though. That was that was 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:41.240 an interesting one yesterday. Yeah. Oh that's no Brian though, right, Yeah, 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:43.800 very good. Yeah we all happy birthday, but thank I 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.119 appreciate that. Uh yeah, you're right. Not one we thought 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:48.800 that that was going to be that way, but a 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:50.800 one and ten team that kind of came in with 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.720 a little bit of an idea about, uh, you know, 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:56.480 maybe to kind of mess you up a little bit 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.240 with some of the things that they did offensively. I 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.680 thought they had a pretty good plan. I think he 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.360 caught a little bit of a break on that fourth 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:07.680 down series with the ankle injury to Pierce the third 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:09.799 kind of kind of slowed them down a little bit, 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.440 and so Rex burkheads in there running the ball on 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:16.880 fourth down and stuff, and yeah, okay, but sometimes you 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.320 need some breaks along the way, sometimes you do. Yeah, 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:21.760 you look at that. I really think about that that 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.000 whole last series. And we'll get to that. We're gonna 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:25.799 talk a little bit more about that, but let's start first. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.560 Let's go around the table. What was the big takeaway 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.440 from that game for you? Because I think there's right 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.680 now kind of two camps. There's one camp of people 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.400 who are like, Cowboys sucked there, no way they should 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.600 have been in that game. They should have played like 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.000 that yesterday yesterday. There's another camp that's like, a win 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.320 is a win, never apologized for a win. Where do 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:47.920 you guys follow Nick? I mean, I definitely think you 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.000 know the win is a win. I mean, like you 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:54.119 you can't, you can't apologize for the game. I mean, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.560 you know, like we say all the time, emotions matter, 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.880 and they mattered in this game, and and they Cowboys 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.760 underestimated them. And you know, injuries are going to continue. 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.959 When injuries pile up, you're going to the talent levels 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.359 going to kind of start to even out a little bit. So, um, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.840 you know, I thought the Cowboys gave Houston every chance 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.080 to stay in the game, and then when it was 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.200 time to take it, they you know, the better team won. 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.320 But I'm not that worried about it because beating the 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:26.120 Vikings didn't make you super Bowl champions. And winning this 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:27.799 game the way they did, it doesn't mean that they 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:30.679 can't compete in the playoffs, so there's a balance there. 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.680 I think you always expect the Cowboys to play this 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.040 type of game, But for me, I thought it was 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.920 going to happen last week against the Colts, not this 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.840 week against the Texans. So it was still surprising to 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:48.160 see the way they struggle, especially against a team like 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.040 the Texans. And we talked about it. It just if 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:55.960 I never imagine a scenario like what we watched yesterday, 0:03:56.040 --> 0:04:01.840 but surprisingly, something about it. It just I don't feel 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.520 as bad as people are feeling right now and like, oh, 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.360 you're not gonna do anything in the playoffs, You're can't 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.440 be any you know, you're not contenders, Dak is not 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.840 enough to win a playoff game, blah blah blah. Something 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.520 about it makes me feel better right now. At this point, 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.920 I feel better than I did last season where they 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:24.640 were at. So it's it just keeps them on their toes. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:26.800 I mean, had they lost a game, that would have 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.800 been a different story. But the fact that they went 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.160 out and still won the game. Now, the biggest part 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:35.159 of what happened yesterday to me were those injuries, and 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.279 I'm sure we'll get to them, but they suffer a 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.839 lot of injuries that are concerning, and now it changes 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:45.520 from a pretty healthy team that you had going on 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:50.800 to Okay, now you got several key players hurt and 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.440 we'll see kind of the capacity of what that looks 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.200 like and all that as far as how about the 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.320 injuries where But all in all, yes, a lot of mistakes, 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:03.320 but I don't know, I cut it just keeps them humble. 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.440 In my opinion, this kind of embarrassment in a way 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.679 keeps them humble, and I think that they'll be better 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.480 because of it. I had visions of the Denver game 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.719 in my head last year when they're you know, the 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.559 different coverages and stuff like that, and to cover two 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.760 and I'm kind of sitting there thinking, Okay, what are 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.960 they doing to dak right now to kind of confuse them. 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.440 But I think on the interception to Noah Brown, I 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.000 think he thought that they were going to play man 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.239 coverage and they really they played zone. But they played 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.880 so much Cover two on him yesterday. You know, they 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.120 even ran what with the Tampa two we talk about, 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.000 we're all familiar because of Rod Marinelli run the linebacker 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:39.960 through the middle of the field try and you know, 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.560 you turn that linebacker to face the strong side of 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.480 the field and run it, and if you don't throw it, 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.320 then you know, you kind of rally and do that. 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.640 But you know, I felt like that it was one 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.240 of those games where I'm thinking, man, they they're playing 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.080 cover two, they're playing cover two, they're playing cover two. 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.120 They're kind of they're messing with Dallas and they're messing 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.840 with Dak. And then the final drive, the ninety eight 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.240 yard drive, they played covered to every single snap and 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.719 Dak picked him apart, and I'm thinking, oh, okay, okay, 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.560 they figured something out here. You know, I think that 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.000 you played a football team that didn't have anything to lose. 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.159 We should have known something with Jeff Driscoll gets called 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.520 up from the practice squad and then they you know, 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.680 and then Alan doesn't get to dress, and so now 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.960 you're thinking, like, Okay, what's Jeff Driscoll ever done against 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.480 the WHOA wait a minute. That Detroit game, they ran 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.760 the read options stuff, they ran him. They did so 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.280 they had a really nice game plan. You know, pet 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.800 Hamilton did a good job. I thought for the first half, 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.400 second half, Dallas gave up three points it's all they 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.440 gave up. You know, it took it took a goal 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:42.400 line stand to really to win the football game, to 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.359 give you an opportunity. But you couldn't have played that 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.000 goal line stand any better than they played it. But 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.000 I these games are tough, They're tough to win. I 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.160 think you're absolutely right about that, Ambar. But again, it's like, 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.839 I think teams are trying to figure out ways to 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:03.280 make Dak make miss stakes, you know, and Houston's call 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.320 to that was to play was to play clog and 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.600 cover that two and drop and then make him have 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.920 to read that field. And there were some route combinations 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.520 in this game that weren't really very good, you know 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.880 that were they weren't. There was some there was some 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.280 guys that were running in the same areas and Dak 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.600 was having to hesitate pull it down some. But yeah, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.080 I think teams are doing everything in their power not 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.880 to blitz him and not to play man coverage against him, 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.880 because that's when he's when he thrives throwing the ball. 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.320 And you know, I think loving them had a really 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.840 good plan defensively until that very last drive, and they 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.520 they didn't have a plan. Guy made two the best 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.760 throws you'll ever see. The throw to the throw to 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.920 Noah Brown was a rope right where it needed to be. 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.600 The throw to Schultz on the next play was a 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.840 great throw, So you know, yeah, you can kind of 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.800 sputter along and have problems and then when it has 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.520 to be on the line, go make plays. And that's 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.400 what they did that final drive. Yeah, I probably for me, 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.840 i'm as I'm not as wheels off as I think 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.000 a lot of fans are today because for me, this 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.320 is kind of what I expected to some degree that 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:13.040 this is a possibility. And if you remember, we started 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.720 last week by saying, guys, this Texans team, this game 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:18.520 may be a little different than you think it's going 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:19.920 to be. The Only thing that surprised me that the 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.240 Cowboys didn't pull away at the end, that they were 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.760 actually having to play for the win at the end 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.800 of the game. But I expected that by halftime exactly 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.760 what we saw was what we were going to see, 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.920 because again, you're talking about a team and love you 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.440 talked about it after they came into that game throwing 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.360 every they had nothing to lose, and it was an 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.560 in state rival. As far as the way they look 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.439 at it, and for them, they know they're not going 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:45.600 to the playoffs, they're not doing anything this year but 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.880 trying to get the number one seed. And but to 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.400 be able to say as a part of that they 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.960 beat the in state rival. That was huge for them, 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.360 and they threw everything at the Cowboys. And on the 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:59.880 flip side of that, I don't think the Cowboys came 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.360 ready to play in the same way they didn't take 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.440 I don't think the level of intensity was the same 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.440 between the Cowboys and the Texans. And when you have 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.160 those kind of scenarios, that's what you get. You get 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.760 teams that are really good playing teams that are really bad, 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.920 and the intensity level makes it even And I think 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.079 that's what we saw yesterday. And so again I'm not 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.120 I don't think it's a bad like Cowboys. Look. Good 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:24.520 teams have bad days. Good teams, probably even really good teams, 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.360 figure out how to win in spite of it. Philadelphia 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.440 did the same things, the same thing a few weeks 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.800 ago when they had to struggle only score three points 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.640 in the first three quarters against Indianapolis and figured out 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.920 a way to win that game. That's what good teams 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.679 to do. So I don't look at this as a 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:41.520 horrible thing. I think there are some things that came 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.840 out of this game that concerned me about the Cowboys, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.960 But overall, I think the Cowboys just played a bad game. 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.720 They figured out how to win. You survive in advance, 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.160 like you go to the next week and you figure 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:52.480 out and hope you don't get back in the same 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:56.160 STA say that they didn't take this game seriously whatsoever. 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.080 I mean, you still go in and take a game 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.280 serious and play how you need to play. But even 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:04.760 the week leading to that game and the mood here, 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.280 the energy is like, oh this, we got this. You know. 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.000 They didn't have padded practice, They just had you know, 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.640 walked throughs and things like that. So I think, and 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.240 again I'm not in those meetings, but the preparation was 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.200 different than how they've been preparing for all the games. 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.600 And that's something that Mike McCarthy has talked about kind 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:24.600 of like at this point of the season, you have 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.040 to manage you know, it wasn't just about this week, 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:28.840 it was that's the part of the season. At their ending, 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.679 things are changing because you do have to manage and 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:33.720 take care of their bodies and all that. Because of 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.280 where we're at in the year, but still it's a 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.600 switch from what they've been doing versus how this week 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.680 just kind of the mood, the energy, the environment that 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.040 it was around the building. I'm not speaking for them 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.400 or whatever. I'm just like even us when we talked 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:52.120 about the Texans. You did the analysis here, Brian, you 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.240 you looked at their offense or defense and all that, 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.760 but it was just kind of a very dismissive of 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.880 in Vegas game seventeen points. I mean, I think everybody 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.360 the country and again we talked about this last week too. 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.400 This is the nature of the NFL. When everybody assumes 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.600 one thing is going to happen, that's when you start 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.960 being like, Okay, I'm a little nervous about this because 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.080 that's the nature of the NFL. They're professionals too. That's 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:15.800 what happened sometimes and you can't really put your finger 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.760 on it. But this is not a unique to the Cowboys. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.440 This happens across the league sometimes where things like this 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:22.920 just happened. And again it's the sign of a good 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.720 team that in those situations can still figure out how 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.560 to win. And I'm gonna run down this kind of 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.040 the end of the game and I'd love for you 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.080 guys just to talk about what stood out to you most. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.600 But you think about how this game played out, and 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.440 the Cowboys are in a situation where the offense and 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.200 the defense both had to make the plays necessary to 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.120 win this game. The defense, Houston gets the ball on 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.800 the Dallas four after the interception. They had four tries 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.560 within the four yard line to get into the end zone, 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.280 and there was a great play to start off by 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.079 LV and Sam Williams to get in one yard loss 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.840 on a run. Carlos Watkins made what may have been 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:57.920 the play of the game. I want to know what. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:11:59.840 You want to know what the play that set that 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.080 whole thing up though? What Dalton Schultz made the tackle 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.520 on the interception return. Yeah, I didn't think about it, 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:07.800 but I mean because that thing could have been like, Okay, 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:11.000 ball's tipped, everybody gives up, and now it's a walk 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:15.040 in touchdown. And Dalton Schultz actually made a really good 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:18.360 play to get over. And that's why you teach these guys. 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.400 You you know, you hear the line coaches all the 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.480 time at training camp, cover or cover when there's a 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.600 ball tipped an interception, because you want to get guys 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.600 over because that actually put the ball right there because 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:31.960 they could have walked that thing in and now you're 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.040 really dead yep. And then you got Carlos Watkins that 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:36.760 makes the play. They thought it was a touchdown and 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.640 college a touchdown I think initially didn't. His knee was 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.400 down and he was down and so he's at the one. 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.480 And then you got the big play by Tank, which 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:46.800 again he just seems to make these kind of plasing 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.120 situations for the negative two and then Gallimore and Barr 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.559 make the tackle for one and that gets the turnover 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.640 on downs. Then the offense that's when Dak took over. 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.520 They go six or seven for seventy nine yards. Dak 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.960 also had two rushes in that drive for fifteen yards. 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:06.240 They went the drive was on eleven play drive ninety 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:10.240 eight yards. Two thirty nine was the drive time and 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.800 and then scored to take the lead and eventually win 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.000 the game. And that, for me, was what I loved 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.640 about what I saw yesterday is because it was at 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.520 the time when you absolutely needed it, and it wasn't 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.520 just one side of the ball. Both sides of the 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.280 ball had to deliver in some very tough situations, stopping 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.600 a team when they're at your four and then driving 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.680 ninety eight yards for the touchdown. I love that. What 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.280 do you guys sing? Yeah? I mean, and also the 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:37.360 special teams because fifty three yard field goal earlier in 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.000 the quarter. If you don't make that field goal, you know, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.040 you're you're only up. You're up by six and they're 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.080 kicking a field goal and then they beat you by nine. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.320 I mean like that, So that that was huge too. 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.040 But but I thought, yeah, like you said, I mean 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.280 the defense, that was the huge, huge play there, that 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.920 was stopping him at the one, and then you know, 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.080 forcing love he spent to make a decision there on 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.800 fourth down, and I don't blame him for going I 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.719 don't either. I don't blame him, you know. And it 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.120 was funny when I initially watched the play, I thought 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.520 that the quarterback went the wrong way and it looked 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.800 like they were trying to run like a reverse option 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.240 is what they were. When you look at the way 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:15.240 it was blocked because you know, Driscoll kind of opens 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.599 to his left, Birkhead goes right. It's like maybe it 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.360 pierces in there. You get the jab step and then 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:24.360 the spin. Maybe a guy's not working, you catch a 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.360 break again, maybe the guy who's the play is kind 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:30.880 of designed for isn't intore running it. They call it anyway. 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.640 And then Burkett just you know, he just takes off 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.560 birkehead excuse me, just takes off running and now you 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.360 your defense is set like they're like, oh, the ball's 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.640 coming this way. Where it looked like they were trying 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.600 to fool you on a option left, get you go 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.000 that way and then come back to the right. So, 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:50.000 you know, a really great job. And again that you 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.600 Watkins played and those four plays, he was tremendous on 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.880 those four plays. And you know Tank and you know, 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:01.840 I mean Tank's ability to re that quickly when there's 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.840 a down block and he knows down block. This guy's 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.480 gonna downblock me and he shoots the gap I mean 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.280 right behind, you know, to get the stop right there. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.040 So yeah, it's just just all around great job by 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.400 the defense on that goal line stand. This was the 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:20.600 first time, you know, usually you trust this defense to 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.880 take care of business, and it's been that way kind 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.840 of all season, I feel like, but it got to 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:29.320 the point where around that time I didn't think the 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.880 defense was gonna be able to make the stop. It's 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.080 like certain things that they've been doing just kind of 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:41.200 makes me nervous. But they took care of business as always. 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.800 Tank was amazing and I'm glad he had the game 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.720 that he did, and because he's a guy that hasn't 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.680 been receiving as much credit as he should and as 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.760 a guy that's kind of overlooked because other players kind 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.880 of get the benefit of you know, and we talked 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.440 about it. Him being on the field gives the guys 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:04.600 the opportunity to, you know, build up stats and all that. 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.280 But I'm glad he played the way that he did. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.520 I'm glad he was able to make his presence known 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.760 at the time that he needed any key moments like that, because, 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.320 like I said, when those plays have I was sure 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.480 the Texans was gonna We're gonna take over in score. 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.880 I'm surprised you say that because you have so much 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:27.440 faith in Dan Quinn. You know that you like take 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.840 turn sometimes. That's what I'm saying. Though, to me, it 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:34.040 was like it was a sudden change, and you're like, 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.320 you know, all of a sudden the defense and you 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.680 knew maybe a team in the past would have given 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.120 it all up. I don't think. I think dan Quinn 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.680 made some really good calls. I think the players play 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:50.240 extremely hard for him on defense. I do they take 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.320 a lot of pride in that. And I think yesterday 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.240 that was one of those opportunities were they weren't going 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.600 to let themselves down and they weren't going to let 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.240 dan Quinn down. And you know the only chance they 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.760 had to do it to win is to get a stop, 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.200 and they got a stop. 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All right, let's jump into some 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.639 conversation on Dak Prescott. Yesterday. He was twenty four to 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.240 thirty nine, sixty two percent completion rate, two hundred and 0:19:56.240 --> 0:20:00.840 eighty four passing yards, one touchdown, two interceptions, seventy point nine. 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:04.040 Quarterback rating up and down a lot of the day. 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:05.760 I mean earlier in the game. This was not one 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:08.240 of those games where I thought, in my opinion, they 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:10.440 started slow. I mean, they scored two touchdowns in the 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:14.119 first three possessions, but they had that loll there in 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:16.159 the middle and uh and a lot of that was 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:18.639 on Dak. What were your thoughts on how Dak played yesterday? 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:21.800 Played all right, I mean to to win the game, 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:23.280 you know what I mean, came back to win the game. 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:25.960 But but he was not as I said earlier, I mean, 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:29.119 he was the third best quarterback on the field behind 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:31.000 the two that they were rolling out in Houston. So 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:33.520 that's all. That's never a good thing to be number 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:36.800 three quarterback on the field. And I thought he was playing. 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:38.639 I thought he was missing throws. I thought that the 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:41.199 offensive line wasn't helping them, that they didn't look like 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:43.960 they practiced all week, and so that's what it looked 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:47.520 like me. But that's that was That was the thing. 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:51.359 And you know, but it was you know what, it 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:53.960 go win the game. I mean, your defense bailed you 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:56.240 out or whatever it is, and you still have a 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:58.960 chance to go win. And then they just carved him 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.480 up like like they would and waiting for it all time, 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:03.960 you know, the whole time. Yeah, well, you had quite 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:06.639 a few passes that were dropped by the receiver or 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.400 tight end. There were several occasions where dacked through it. 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:12.040 I thought, pretty good, and then they just dropped it 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.280 for no. I mean, should have a tough catch. Me 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:18.720 they got hit, but they should hold on the ball, 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:22.639 make it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean it was nothing like like, 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.440 if you're a professional NFL player playing this game, you 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:29.360 should have caught that and held onto that ball. But 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:32.680 here's the thing with Dack. For me, it's just it's 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:35.960 complicated because there are so many good throws that he 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:38.760 makes some really good throws and you're like, that's why, 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:42.760 but then he goes back and makes mistakes or it's 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:47.280 not consistently great, But can you ask that for him 0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:50.840 to be consistently great? And that's where I think the 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:54.159 argument comes into hid and I think the salary stuff 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:56.439 that's out of question because it's not even he's not 0:21:56.480 --> 0:22:00.159 even the most paid quarterback now anymore at all. So 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:02.760 he's about you know, that's just the business of it. 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:06.679 But the problem here, and we talked about it that 0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:11.479 Nate brought it when we did that show, was the interceptions. 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:15.600 That it's becoming a constant thing, like every game there's 0:22:15.640 --> 0:22:19.320 an interception at least one. And now it goes into 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:21.920 the argument, Okay, do you want him to be more 0:22:23.280 --> 0:22:27.800 careful or do you want what's the word aggressive? Or 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:29.960 do you want him to keep being aggressive? And he 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:33.480 talked about it after the game in the press conference 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:35.879 and he's like, Okay, I don't want to take away 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:39.600 from my aggressiveness. Yes, I gotta be more smart with 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:41.640 throwing the ball. I know that. But it's a tough 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:45.800 balance there, and I think that at some point in 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:51.639 my bite them in the but as I mean, I 0:22:51.680 --> 0:22:53.800 do not want to take that away from him and 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.879 just let him because again, some of he makes some 0:22:57.080 --> 0:22:59.400 really really good throws and the ones you pointed out 0:22:59.400 --> 0:23:03.119 Brian are pretty impressive. But how do you find the 0:23:03.200 --> 0:23:05.200 right balance? Yeah, that's the thing about it. I don't 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:08.320 think his offensive line was there was very good yesterday. 0:23:08.600 --> 0:23:10.760 I think that, and it wasn't just when they got 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.200 backed up. I thought they were not very good at tackle. 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:16.480 I don't think Smith was particularly good at times. He 0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:19.959 got compressed quite a bit. I felt like that steal 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:22.080 up until the point when he got hurt, he was 0:23:22.160 --> 0:23:24.320 having one of those games. He's always to me a 0:23:24.359 --> 0:23:27.400 better run blocker than than pass blocker. I think they 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:29.679 got out of in the first half what they're really 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:32.280 good at, and that's having the balance and running the football. 0:23:32.640 --> 0:23:37.600 Their disparity see was it the word dissparity exactly two here? 0:23:37.600 --> 0:23:39.640 Ambar and I are in the same side here where, 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:43.439 But it was it was really heavy, heavy pass to 0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:45.960 run in the first half, and they came out in 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:47.639 the second half they got the ball where they run 0:23:47.680 --> 0:23:50.359 at ten straight times and down to the goal line, 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:52.600 and you're kind of like thinking, Okay, they're getting back 0:23:52.640 --> 0:23:55.000 to what they're going to try and do. They're going 0:23:55.040 --> 0:23:58.200 to try to establish something. But I think that teams 0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:01.760 have figured this out about day. Make him read the field, 0:24:02.160 --> 0:24:06.960 make him have to see all that color, and make 0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:09.119 him have to And you've got some guys out there, 0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:12.040 and Nick brought it up about the receiver and bar that. 0:24:12.160 --> 0:24:14.159 You know, you've got to be able to run routes. 0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:16.439 You've got to find a way not to get knocked 0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:18.520 off route. You know, you've got to find a way 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:23.000 to get open or to separate. And you know, he 0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:26.320 made some bad throws. He's made some bad decisions. The 0:24:26.400 --> 0:24:29.240 interceptions that he made to throw. I think he got 0:24:29.240 --> 0:24:31.639 fooled on the first one. I think he got fooled 0:24:31.640 --> 0:24:34.080 on the very first interception he had. I think that 0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:36.040 was he probably thought he was going to get man 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:39.840 coverage when Schultz went inside. The nickel didn't go with Schultz. 0:24:39.880 --> 0:24:41.840 He stayed where he was and he threw the ball 0:24:41.920 --> 0:24:44.040 thinking that it was going to be you know, that 0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:47.120 that nickel was going to clear. You know, I think 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.440 that was about he got hit on the second one. 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:52.359 You know, that was ball got beat bad, got beat 0:24:52.400 --> 0:24:54.880 on the inside move, got beat on an outside move. 0:24:55.160 --> 0:24:57.240 That was bad job by him, you know, And that's 0:24:57.280 --> 0:25:00.640 what it causes. But I think the team should figure 0:25:00.640 --> 0:25:05.320 it out that make him have to read. Don't blitz him, 0:25:05.400 --> 0:25:07.679 because we saw what happens when you rushed him. He 0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:10.399 throws the ball fifty one yards down the field to 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:14.800 Noah Brown. You know, when you pressure him, he finds 0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:18.840 ways to manipulate and make plays. It's when you make 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:22.640 him have to look at that everybody's standing there. It's 0:25:22.760 --> 0:25:25.000 that's when I think it's the hardest for him to 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:26.879 do right now. And I have a feeling you're going 0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:28.840 to see teams do it more that they've kind of 0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:31.440 figured that out about him, make him have to, make 0:25:31.520 --> 0:25:34.160 him have to study and kind of try and confuse 0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:37.600 him on where bodies are on certain parts of the field. 0:25:37.680 --> 0:25:39.240 One thing I want to point out that I think 0:25:39.359 --> 0:25:42.480 is fair when you talked about them having the disparity 0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:44.280 between the past and run game in the first half, 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:47.000 a lot of that happened in that final drive. The 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:49.000 final drive when they were in there two minute trying 0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:51.560 to score before the half, they had ten straight passes. 0:25:52.080 --> 0:25:53.960 If you don't factor that in, they were had about 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:56.080 a fifty fifth. They were running like I think they 0:25:56.119 --> 0:25:59.800 had run ten times and had passed eleven times, So 0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:02.359 they're at a fifty fifty till that drive, and obviously 0:26:02.400 --> 0:26:04.200 that drive threw it way out of whack because they 0:26:04.200 --> 0:26:05.639 were just trying to drive down the field and get 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:06.919 to the field goal. So I just think that has 0:26:06.920 --> 0:26:09.280 to be factored in, Like, yes, they did still have 0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:11.560 the disparity, but I do think that has to be 0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:14.040 factored in that they were calling a pretty balanced game 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:18.440 up until that drive. There's something to think about. Let's 0:26:18.480 --> 0:26:20.480 actually move on. I want to talk about the defense 0:26:20.480 --> 0:26:22.159 a little bit, because we got I really need to 0:26:22.240 --> 0:26:24.280 in that final segment. We got to talk a lot 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:25.959 about what happens from here because there are a lot 0:26:25.960 --> 0:26:28.160 of injuries that are that are part of this conversation 0:26:28.160 --> 0:26:30.280 at this point. But let's start about the defense. The 0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:32.719 one way area I will give them some credit is 0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:36.400 yesterday against Damian Pierce, who we all agreed that's that's 0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:38.320 the guy you gotta worry about the most. They held 0:26:38.359 --> 0:26:40.720 him a twenty two carries, seventy eight yards a three 0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:43.000 point five average. He did get in the end zone once, 0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:45.199 but all in all, that's a day where you look 0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:47.000 at and you say, they did a pretty good job 0:26:47.040 --> 0:26:49.520 against the back that has you know, he's shown some 0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:51.560 things in weeks where you would think he could be 0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:54.800 a problem. That being said, there were other things that 0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:57.879 they had problems with, particularly Jeff Driscoll and what he 0:26:57.960 --> 0:27:00.159 presented in the RPO game and how they used him 0:27:00.200 --> 0:27:02.160 running the ball. He had seven carriages for thirty six 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:05.200 yards average five point one. How concerned do you, guys, 0:27:05.280 --> 0:27:08.240 not necessarily even just about yesterday, but knowing that you 0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:10.119 got to deal with Philly still and you may have 0:27:10.160 --> 0:27:12.560 to deal with other teams that run that style of offense. 0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:14.840 Do you put this in the category of Dallas just 0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:16.679 wasn't ready for it, or do you put this in 0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:19.879 the category of this is still a problem running quarterbacks 0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:22.800 with a good running back as well, that that seems 0:27:22.840 --> 0:27:27.439 to be an issue of fields and Montgomery, Hurts and Sanders. 0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:30.040 Even in this case, you know those two runners, both 0:27:30.040 --> 0:27:31.840 of them could run well, not as well as Driscoll, 0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:33.840 but both of them with Piers, I just think the 0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:38.320 combination of both doesn't doesn't fly well with this team. 0:27:38.359 --> 0:27:40.520 And then then it lets a guy that you never 0:27:40.560 --> 0:27:42.480 even heard of, you know, go make you know, have 0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:46.200 a career day at receivers. So I do think that 0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:51.040 the running quarterback element gives this team the biggest issues 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:54.640 and it allows other players to make more plays. Yeah, 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:57.119 I mean again, I'm looking at the Damian Pierce thing 0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:59.320 so well, and he had that one run for twenty 0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:01.679 four sort of reality, it's like twenty one cares for 0:28:01.680 --> 0:28:04.399 fifty four yards, which is kind of like you're thinking 0:28:04.440 --> 0:28:07.080 going into the game, you'd take that all day for there. 0:28:07.320 --> 0:28:09.600 The running quarterback is an issue, and the problem is 0:28:09.640 --> 0:28:12.000 this team is so aggressive in the way they play. 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:14.439 They fly to the ball and that's the deal. And 0:28:14.520 --> 0:28:16.920 you have to have discipline, you have to have There 0:28:16.920 --> 0:28:19.159 were a couple of times there where you know, you 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:21.840 look at guys like Layton vanders who had a hell 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:23.720 of a game that yesterday was a type of game 0:28:23.760 --> 0:28:26.320 that Layton vander Esh thrives in. They're gonna try and 0:28:26.400 --> 0:28:28.480 run the ball. There's not a lot of passing going. 0:28:28.560 --> 0:28:31.120 They're gonna try, you know, they're gonna try and beat 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.280 up on you a little bit and do some stuff. 0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:36.320 But they had guys in space. They had guys in space. 0:28:36.359 --> 0:28:38.640 They had Wilson in space. One time they had Vanderish 0:28:38.680 --> 0:28:41.280 in space. And one time, you know, it's one thing 0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:43.960 to go and tackle tho you got to tackle those guys. 0:28:43.960 --> 0:28:47.360 You got to keep teams from not wanting to hand 0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:49.920 you know, make him keep handing the ball off. You know, 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.880 punish the quarterback whatever you have to do when he's 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.000 running with the football. You know, good hard tackling and 0:28:56.160 --> 0:28:58.240 that way you keep these quarterbacks they want to they 0:28:58.240 --> 0:28:59.959 don't want to get hit. They keep giving it all. 0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:02.200 They give it off, they give it off. But yeah, 0:29:02.200 --> 0:29:05.360 the running quarterback is an issue here because of how 0:29:05.400 --> 0:29:09.400 aggressive the Cowboys play their front and how they're trained 0:29:09.520 --> 0:29:13.080 to go get the football, and the discipline they play 0:29:13.120 --> 0:29:16.000 with or the lack of it shows when the quarterback 0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:19.760 pulls that ball and takes off running. I think now, 0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:24.000 I mean I would really try to focus a lot 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:28.200 on the way you tackle the opponent team, the opposing 0:29:28.240 --> 0:29:31.800 team in trying to get the ball out of their hands, 0:29:32.600 --> 0:29:35.200 because I think that's an area where they can actually 0:29:35.200 --> 0:29:37.520 if they get to the guy that they can try 0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:41.040 to take advantage. Because we saw it even that one play, 0:29:41.160 --> 0:29:45.360 you know where Trevon Diggs gets the ball back and 0:29:45.400 --> 0:29:48.719 then figures out. My point is here is if you 0:29:48.760 --> 0:29:53.120 can fully fix the problem, I would emphasize when you 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:56.080 do get to the runner, whoever it is, whether that's 0:29:56.120 --> 0:29:59.560 the quarterback or the running back tackle. Like I don't 0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:02.480 know as worst techniques, how tackling where you can get 0:30:02.520 --> 0:30:04.440 the ball and hit it and just try to get 0:30:04.440 --> 0:30:07.000 it out as much as possible, just to recover the ball, 0:30:07.400 --> 0:30:11.440 because I don't know what else you can do to 0:30:11.600 --> 0:30:14.480 get better in general, just and stop it the run 0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:16.720 at this point of the season. I mean what I mean, 0:30:16.800 --> 0:30:18.440 you've been saying some of the things that you can 0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:20.800 do there, but an advantage that they can do is 0:30:20.800 --> 0:30:25.400 just try to get more the ball for the offense. 0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:27.760 But other than that, I don't know what else you 0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:29.719 can do. The only thing about that is that you 0:30:29.760 --> 0:30:31.880 could be so sometimes you just want to get the 0:30:31.920 --> 0:30:34.080 guy to the ground, so when you are punching for 0:30:34.120 --> 0:30:37.400 the ball, that's like five or six. That's why they 0:30:37.400 --> 0:30:38.720 were trying to do it as Zeke on that first 0:30:38.760 --> 0:30:41.000 good run where he went like twenty yards and after 0:30:41.040 --> 0:30:43.080 about fifteen they were trying to get the ball and 0:30:43.680 --> 0:30:46.400 it's like, well, somebody's gotta get him down. So it's 0:30:46.400 --> 0:30:49.360 a great technique and some some players really do it well. 0:30:49.760 --> 0:30:51.720 It's just that you've got it, you can't miss because 0:30:51.720 --> 0:30:54.200 if you miss, I'm sure that peanut tilman. You know, 0:30:54.240 --> 0:30:56.400 he had the peanut punch. I'm sure he's missed a 0:30:56.440 --> 0:30:59.760 few as well too. So there's two two, you know, 0:31:00.200 --> 0:31:01.920 two ways of thinking there. You also get the guy 0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:05.200 to the ground. Yeah, we've seen we've seen what playing 0:31:05.240 --> 0:31:08.320 really good read option football does to Michael Parsons in 0:31:08.360 --> 0:31:11.160 that Philadelphia game. It frozen, you know, And that's the 0:31:11.240 --> 0:31:14.560 last thing you need is your entire defense being frozen 0:31:15.040 --> 0:31:17.640 by that, you know. And that's why I think the Cowboys, 0:31:17.680 --> 0:31:20.200 they're gonna they're gonna be damned, They're gonna try and 0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:22.120 get to the ball. They're gonna try and be aggressive. 0:31:22.400 --> 0:31:24.440 If they give up the run to the quarterback, they're 0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:26.760 you know, so be it. You know. I just I 0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:30.520 think there's things the tackling aspects I think are well, 0:31:30.600 --> 0:31:33.080 you know, I think those are good things to think about. 0:31:33.480 --> 0:31:35.560 But if you get these guys in space, you got 0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:36.800 to make sure. I mean, there were a couple of 0:31:36.840 --> 0:31:40.760 times where Driscoll was just more athletic, more quick, more fresh, 0:31:40.800 --> 0:31:43.280 whatever you want to say. They able to run away, 0:31:43.320 --> 0:31:45.680 you know, from the finishers and watching some highlights, and 0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:50.200 he was pretty good too. I'd like throwing wild running 0:31:50.320 --> 0:31:52.840 while on the run and that touchdown pass he had 0:31:52.960 --> 0:31:55.360 was a really good pass. Yeah, several throws where he's 0:31:55.360 --> 0:31:57.680 just running, running, running and then throws and makes the 0:31:58.120 --> 0:32:02.440 connection there. So, uh, that's definitely a challenge for the 0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:05.120 Cowboys for sure. And I think that I don't want 0:32:05.120 --> 0:32:07.680 to overstate this and we're talking about this, but at 0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:09.520 the end of the day, the Cowboys did still hold 0:32:09.600 --> 0:32:11.400 them to thirty seven carries for one hundred and fourteen 0:32:11.480 --> 0:32:14.120 yards three point one average, and only allowed three points 0:32:14.160 --> 0:32:16.840 in the second half. But that's true. Yeah, so you 0:32:16.840 --> 0:32:19.200 can you don't want to be too critical like they 0:32:19.280 --> 0:32:21.440 just sucked yesterday. I don't think that was the issue. 0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:24.440 I think it was just we've seen this thing happen before. 0:32:24.480 --> 0:32:25.959 And it's one of the things I talked about at 0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:27.760 the beginning show that where you look at this game 0:32:28.240 --> 0:32:30.040 and even if you want to give them the benefit 0:32:30.040 --> 0:32:31.720 of the doubt they had a bad day, they still won. 0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:34.120 There are some troubling things coming out of this game, 0:32:34.120 --> 0:32:36.080 and that's one of them. Can I say a positive 0:32:36.120 --> 0:32:38.920 thing that I saw yesterday? Dis played much better as 0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:41.240 a defender when it came to having to deal with 0:32:41.280 --> 0:32:43.360 the run. You know, there were one time the ball 0:32:43.440 --> 0:32:47.320 spilled the outside. Pierce's trying to and he's like playing leverage. 0:32:47.360 --> 0:32:50.160 He didn't didn't it didn't soften and all that. He 0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:52.320 had a couple of tackles. I mean, the in the 0:32:52.320 --> 0:32:55.640 final drive for the Texans, they threw a first down pass, 0:32:55.720 --> 0:32:58.280 he drives, the guy, tackles. He was trying to keep 0:32:58.320 --> 0:32:59.920 the guy in bounce. You could tell he's trying to 0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:02.840 keep him in bounce. So you know the positivity of 0:33:02.920 --> 0:33:06.320 him tackling better or playing with a more physical edge, 0:33:06.440 --> 0:33:09.360 I think Bland playing with a more physical edge out there. 0:33:09.640 --> 0:33:11.640 You know, there were some things in the secondary. I 0:33:11.640 --> 0:33:13.960 think that when I always worry is when they don't 0:33:14.000 --> 0:33:16.800 tackle and they don't play with any physicality. I thought 0:33:16.880 --> 0:33:19.240 yesterday they did. So if teams are going to try 0:33:19.280 --> 0:33:21.840 and run the ball to the perimeter, it's nice to 0:33:21.920 --> 0:33:24.280 know that Diggs could step up and make plays if 0:33:24.280 --> 0:33:26.880 he has to. Bland can step up and make plays. 0:33:27.280 --> 0:33:29.960 Barrow was in a good position yesterday to make plays, 0:33:30.000 --> 0:33:31.840 of course, like he did on the fourth down play. 0:33:31.920 --> 0:33:34.600 So you know, those kinds of things are encouraging to me. 0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:36.640 All Right, we're gonna take our final break, will come back. 0:33:36.840 --> 0:33:39.760 Let's talk about these injuries. Cowboys injury list is growing. 0:33:39.840 --> 0:33:42.320 After the loss of Anthony Brown last week. He had 0:33:42.320 --> 0:33:44.000 more losses this week. We'll talk about that when we 0:33:44.000 --> 0:33:48.120 come back Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. The season is 0:33:48.160 --> 0:33:51.280 finally here. 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There were other guys that left 0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:20.839 the games that you just mentioned in the Break Gamber, 0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:23.600 like Treyvon Diggs who came back that we all were 0:36:23.640 --> 0:36:25.360 a bit worried there for a second. And if you 0:36:25.440 --> 0:36:28.440 lose him, now all three of your starting cornerbacks going 0:36:28.480 --> 0:36:31.120 into the season are gone. But he did come back 0:36:31.160 --> 0:36:33.880 and play. There are three other troubling injuries though, that 0:36:34.000 --> 0:36:36.239 we don't need to talk about. Jess heard he hurt 0:36:36.320 --> 0:36:38.719 himself on the tackle the tight end when he came 0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:40.040 up and yeah, he got he kind of when he 0:36:40.160 --> 0:36:42.279 undercutting it kind of jacked him up a little bit. 0:36:42.880 --> 0:36:44.759 So let's start with the injury. I think that is, 0:36:45.160 --> 0:36:50.000 in my opinion, probably the biggest Terrence Steele right tackle. 0:36:51.120 --> 0:36:53.800 What are we hearing about his situation and where he 0:36:53.920 --> 0:36:56.520 is as far as a prognosis is concerned. I disagree 0:36:56.560 --> 0:36:58.560 with you on the order of your injuries, but I 0:36:58.640 --> 0:37:01.080 will say he's he's got a torn acl and he's 0:37:01.120 --> 0:37:04.359 out for the season. And as bad as that is, um, 0:37:05.400 --> 0:37:07.719 you know that, I still think that there's there could 0:37:07.719 --> 0:37:10.240 be a worse one. But that is really bad because 0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:12.640 he's been playing so well and he's such a good 0:37:12.719 --> 0:37:14.840 young player that they're trying to resign. And I'm not 0:37:14.880 --> 0:37:17.600 saying that they won't now, but um, you know, that's 0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:19.960 just it's bad because you know the continuity. You already 0:37:20.000 --> 0:37:21.960 have issues on left side and now stuff with the 0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:26.200 right side. But I just think that I just it's 0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:28.960 a very rare situation to lose a really good player 0:37:29.080 --> 0:37:32.520 like this and you might have a better backup. You might. 0:37:32.800 --> 0:37:35.200 I mean, Jason Peters could be a better backup. He's 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:37.200 a bet, he's he's a he's a better pro. He's 0:37:37.239 --> 0:37:39.520 never been. He hasn't played a lot of right tackle 0:37:40.040 --> 0:37:42.840 but he's he could be a better player for you, 0:37:42.920 --> 0:37:45.080 and he's certainly changed things. When he got in the 0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:47.640 game and they had Josh Ball over there, which will 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.920 probably never play right tackle again this season, I wouldn't think. 0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:52.799 I mean, I was gonna ask you, do you think 0:37:52.800 --> 0:37:58.000 they're gonna rotate ball in Peters. I'm just I'm can 0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:00.960 I just make you throw up in a Nick is thinking, No, 0:38:01.080 --> 0:38:03.600 he's he's way over in left field. Don't get him started. 0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:08.000 He's his mind has not mean rotate ball and Peters 0:38:08.080 --> 0:38:11.120 come on now, No, but I'm seeing it. But we've 0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:13.520 seen but we've seen him, you know, we've seen him 0:38:13.600 --> 0:38:16.560 like they you know, maybe they don't want Jason Peters 0:38:16.640 --> 0:38:19.600 playing sixty five players. Yeah, I know, but I don't 0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:24.319 know honestly. And I saw your tweet this morning, Brian. Well, 0:38:24.320 --> 0:38:27.480 but they played twenty eight he did, he played, He 0:38:27.560 --> 0:38:30.560 played twenty eight plays and the problem was the one 0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:34.719 the back top plays he got beat inside and that 0:38:35.000 --> 0:38:37.359 that threw him and then all of a sudden, now 0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:40.520 you're over setting it inside and then you get been 0:38:40.600 --> 0:38:43.319 on the edge. And it sometimes with these and we've 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:46.600 seen with guys like with Chads Green, like once you 0:38:46.800 --> 0:38:50.960 have a bad one. It's just it's just snowballs and 0:38:51.160 --> 0:38:54.840 you can't recover. And you know, to Jason Peters credit, 0:38:54.920 --> 0:38:56.840 they were thinking about you know, I mean I was 0:38:56.840 --> 0:38:58.960 talking to Jane Slater from the NFL network about this 0:38:59.040 --> 0:39:03.399 after the game, Like Jason Peters went up to Joe 0:39:03.480 --> 0:39:06.880 Philbin and Philbin's like they're kind of like talking about it, 0:39:07.000 --> 0:39:09.880 and they go with ball and then it you know, 0:39:10.040 --> 0:39:12.080 then at the end, it's like you're going in we've 0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:14.560 talked about this, you go in there. So you know, 0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.520 there's a previous regime that probably would have just ran 0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:20.640 with ball and you know, and tried to explain it 0:39:20.760 --> 0:39:22.960 at the end of the day. But they didn't. They 0:39:23.360 --> 0:39:27.800 made the switch. But the twenty eight plays, I you know, 0:39:28.160 --> 0:39:30.319 I have great guys on all their plays. I don't 0:39:30.400 --> 0:39:31.920 know the one or two plays, Yeah, I could have 0:39:32.080 --> 0:39:34.680 killed you in the game. Absolutely, it could have, you know, 0:39:35.040 --> 0:39:37.160 And that's the unfortunate thing, you know. I mean I 0:39:37.280 --> 0:39:39.640 graded Michael Parsons and all the plays he played. He 0:39:39.680 --> 0:39:42.320 didn't have a sack that make him a terrible player, no, 0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:45.560 but you got to just grade those plays. And they 0:39:45.680 --> 0:39:47.920 did the right thing by putting Peters in because I 0:39:48.040 --> 0:39:52.200 think Ball's confidence was not very good at that point. Yeah. 0:39:52.200 --> 0:39:54.879 I think the interesting thing here too is you also 0:39:54.960 --> 0:39:57.879 have to factor in what we saw during training camp 0:39:57.960 --> 0:40:01.200 in preseason, and I think that's why that even though 0:40:01.239 --> 0:40:02.640 you say you got a factor in all the plays 0:40:02.640 --> 0:40:05.560 from yesterday, I think fans were looking at it as, Yeah, 0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:08.200 that might only been two plays yesterday, but we've seen 0:40:08.320 --> 0:40:11.200 this before. We saw this during the preseason, we saw 0:40:11.239 --> 0:40:15.080 this during camp like he's been shaky, and so yesterday 0:40:15.160 --> 0:40:18.120 was just more confirmation that he's shaky. And then I 0:40:18.200 --> 0:40:20.399 think the Cowboys made the moves. I think that's where 0:40:20.719 --> 0:40:23.280 probably most fans are looking at this and saying Ball's 0:40:23.320 --> 0:40:25.360 not the guy. He's not the guy, and then it 0:40:25.440 --> 0:40:28.440 becomes a question of do you take one of the tackles? Nick, 0:40:28.480 --> 0:40:30.400 You're not talking about this in the press box yesterday. 0:40:31.360 --> 0:40:33.840 It's hard to believe in a world where you have 0:40:33.920 --> 0:40:37.080 a team that has Tyron Smith, Tyler Smith, and Jason 0:40:37.120 --> 0:40:39.880 Peters on it that two of those guys would be 0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:43.239 sitting on the bench in favor of Josh Ball, even 0:40:43.280 --> 0:40:46.680 if they've never played right tackle. You at some point say, okay, guys, 0:40:46.960 --> 0:40:48.279 one of y'all need to figure it out and play 0:40:48.360 --> 0:40:50.600 right tack. Jason Peters has plays right tackle. He played 0:40:50.640 --> 0:40:52.719 like eight snaps and then the fourth quarter the other day. 0:40:52.719 --> 0:40:55.719 He's never yesterday, he's never practiced and you know, in 0:40:55.880 --> 0:40:59.080 what seventeen years? Yeah, so I like my chances with 0:40:59.160 --> 0:41:01.800 him getting better. Heard an interesting question this morning that 0:41:01.920 --> 0:41:05.239 came up. Somebody said, would you can say it was 0:41:05.280 --> 0:41:07.279 Brad Brad Syam, he's one or five out through the van. 0:41:07.320 --> 0:41:09.239 He said, nobody's told me this, but it does make 0:41:09.280 --> 0:41:12.040 me think. You go back to Tyron's rookie year he 0:41:12.239 --> 0:41:15.200 played right tackle. He did is the answer to this question? 0:41:15.760 --> 0:41:19.160 Keep Tyler where he is, put Tyron Smith on the 0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:25.760 right side. I've said this a hundred times. Jason Peters, 0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:28.440 I still think he needs to be out there like 0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:31.560 I would rather have Tyler Smith. I mean, I'm sorry 0:41:31.600 --> 0:41:34.680 Tyrn Smith at left tackle, Jason Peters at right tackle, 0:41:34.920 --> 0:41:38.800 and then just figure out the best left guard for 0:41:39.640 --> 0:41:42.280 Jacksonville and Philly and all that, not for the future, 0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:44.799 not for all that stuff. Just who is the best 0:41:44.920 --> 0:41:47.480 left guard? Figure it out, don't worry about feelings, will 0:41:47.520 --> 0:41:50.080 deal with that later. But I mean that's I think 0:41:50.160 --> 0:41:51.920 if Jason Peters can go out and just play like 0:41:52.040 --> 0:41:55.480 that and it's never played it in seventeen years, then 0:41:55.760 --> 0:41:58.600 then I'm okay with him, like all week learning the steps, 0:41:58.680 --> 0:42:00.960 figuring it out, playing that a pretty good player in 0:42:01.040 --> 0:42:03.480 Zach Martin. Yeah, I think that could be a really 0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:05.720 good right side of the line. I'm kind of feeling. 0:42:05.840 --> 0:42:08.000 I mean, I Nick makes a lot of great points, 0:42:08.040 --> 0:42:09.959 and there's a side of me that thought that, maybe 0:42:10.120 --> 0:42:14.400 initially after Week one when there were struggles with with Steele, 0:42:14.719 --> 0:42:17.840 why wouldn't you put why when you put you know 0:42:18.320 --> 0:42:21.040 Smith over there, that you know at right Tai Smith, 0:42:21.200 --> 0:42:25.399 Tyler Smith? Yeah, yeah, exactly. You know, I'm sitting there thinking, 0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:27.600 note Threw Tram like watching, Hey, if I'm gonna put 0:42:27.640 --> 0:42:29.279 my best five out there, why would you not put 0:42:29.360 --> 0:42:32.440 Tyler Smith? I would consider playing Tyler Smith at right 0:42:32.480 --> 0:42:36.120 tackle and using Peters as that swing guy if you know, 0:42:36.200 --> 0:42:37.719 if you want to get, if you want to let 0:42:37.920 --> 0:42:40.359 if you want to, let Peters continue. And the smart 0:42:40.440 --> 0:42:43.759 thing the Cowboys have done this year is they've been 0:42:43.960 --> 0:42:48.239 using Peters throughout the season. It wasn't like he had 0:42:48.280 --> 0:42:50.279 to come in in Week fourteen and save the day 0:42:50.680 --> 0:42:52.560 this one, like, oh the first time he's got to 0:42:52.600 --> 0:42:55.480 play all year he's played. That's a smart movie. So 0:42:55.560 --> 0:42:58.000 you know, by them, by them not just saying like 0:42:58.200 --> 0:43:01.600 we're gonna sit there and just content continuity, continuity. No, 0:43:01.840 --> 0:43:05.480 by playing Peters, you caught him ready so he could 0:43:05.520 --> 0:43:08.680 step into at least like imagine him like he hadn't 0:43:08.719 --> 0:43:09.960 played all year, and all of a sudden, they're like, 0:43:10.280 --> 0:43:13.200 I think you can go at right tackle and played 0:43:13.239 --> 0:43:16.320 all year. Have you ever played right tackle two thousand 0:43:16.320 --> 0:43:19.839 and five? Oh, okay, you imagine that. Here we go, Yeah, 0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:23.000 imagine that. See that's I mean, this is where when 0:43:23.200 --> 0:43:27.480 rotation actually helps you, and by them playing him in 0:43:27.600 --> 0:43:30.759 these games and kind of messing with the continuity has 0:43:30.800 --> 0:43:32.640 actually been and to the point now where you have 0:43:32.880 --> 0:43:36.960 options along the line. My option would be to play 0:43:37.000 --> 0:43:39.319 Tyrant Smith at left tackle, put Smith at right tackle, 0:43:39.360 --> 0:43:41.920 and use Peters as the swing. That's what I would do. 0:43:42.640 --> 0:43:45.719 You know, this team has made a lot of questionable 0:43:45.840 --> 0:43:49.640 decisions along the way that has made me kind of 0:43:50.040 --> 0:43:52.520 raise an eyebrow and squen my eyes and be like, 0:43:52.960 --> 0:43:55.399 I don't know if I agree with that, but it's 0:43:55.800 --> 0:43:59.919 proven to work. So I think I'm at a point 0:44:00.239 --> 0:44:06.239 and just like you said, continua a reputation. You know 0:44:06.400 --> 0:44:08.960 you got, you gotta working there the same thing over 0:44:09.080 --> 0:44:14.600 and over. That's the old let's say Jason Garrett era 0:44:14.800 --> 0:44:17.640 where we used to were you just stick with what 0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:19.400 you got, and we saw it in that game they 0:44:19.600 --> 0:44:23.120 took out ball. So my point is, I think I'm 0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:27.560 at a point now where I actually now trust their 0:44:27.640 --> 0:44:32.239 decisions and their judgment on what's gonna work best. So 0:44:32.520 --> 0:44:34.800 as opposed to before, I was kind of things didn't 0:44:34.880 --> 0:44:37.799 really make that much sense. We saw it one way, 0:44:37.880 --> 0:44:40.160 they saw it a different way. But over time, I 0:44:40.239 --> 0:44:44.320 think that when you look at when um Mike McCarthy 0:44:44.400 --> 0:44:47.239 got here, how things started, even all the questions that 0:44:47.360 --> 0:44:50.160 we were wondering why still playing his second year, he 0:44:50.239 --> 0:44:53.920 got better and better and better. So now looking all 0:44:54.440 --> 0:44:57.440 the last three years, I think every decision, how you 0:44:57.560 --> 0:45:00.920 see the final outcome, has worked out for them. So 0:45:01.160 --> 0:45:04.000 I do trust whatever decisions that make. Maybe if I 0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:06.400 questioned it at first, I think they're gonna make the 0:45:06.520 --> 0:45:09.400 right one, and they've shown not. They've shown not to 0:45:09.520 --> 0:45:13.400 be scared or afraid to make whatever switch that they 0:45:13.440 --> 0:45:17.080 need to make, even mid game whenever they just they'll 0:45:17.160 --> 0:45:20.279 do it. So we'll see interesting situation here. But I 0:45:20.360 --> 0:45:23.680 did want to ask something real quick. Is it better 0:45:23.760 --> 0:45:27.640 to move a veteran guy, because we've talked about the 0:45:27.719 --> 0:45:31.600 difference of sides, you know, right versus left. Is it 0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:34.239 better to move a guy that has already the experience 0:45:34.480 --> 0:45:38.239 a veteran guy, or is it kind of easier to 0:45:38.360 --> 0:45:41.279 take the younger guy, a guy like Tyler Smith that 0:45:41.400 --> 0:45:44.520 you can that it's still moldible, like you're still molding, 0:45:44.600 --> 0:45:46.600 you know. You look at it like how babies are. 0:45:46.719 --> 0:45:49.640 They just absorb things very quickly and then they can 0:45:49.719 --> 0:45:52.960 adjust versus an older person that's already used to it 0:45:53.040 --> 0:45:58.880 and accustom to being on that side specific side. I'm 0:45:59.400 --> 0:46:02.800 you're absolute, I move the younger guy. I mean, Tyran 0:46:02.960 --> 0:46:05.719 Smith is a Hall of Fame left tackle. You know 0:46:05.880 --> 0:46:09.200 now you could ask him to play right tackle. But 0:46:09.360 --> 0:46:11.840 I mean, I just think I'm doing everything in my 0:46:11.960 --> 0:46:14.399 pop in my power just to keep him and let 0:46:14.560 --> 0:46:18.000 him since he's coming back, since he hasn't played all year, 0:46:18.640 --> 0:46:21.920 I'm gonna let him play the position that he naturally plays. 0:46:22.280 --> 0:46:24.839 I'm not gonna bring him back and say, okay, man, 0:46:25.000 --> 0:46:26.800 I need you to play right tackle. I know you 0:46:26.880 --> 0:46:29.360 haven't played all year. I think I'm gonna move. I 0:46:29.440 --> 0:46:32.320 think Tyler Smith to me would be better suit. It 0:46:32.360 --> 0:46:35.200 would help him play next to Zach Martin too, you know, 0:46:35.280 --> 0:46:37.960 and that way you could keep McGovern at guard. You 0:46:38.080 --> 0:46:41.520 know they're they're okay with McGovern playing at guard, you know. 0:46:41.719 --> 0:46:44.799 So I'm I'm I'm more likely to move the young 0:46:44.840 --> 0:46:47.399 guy and let the and let Peters, who I think 0:46:47.480 --> 0:46:49.520 like you'd say, keep him. Is that is that as 0:46:49.719 --> 0:46:53.280 the ason the hole. If something is save Tyler Smith struggles, 0:46:53.800 --> 0:46:55.799 then you put him in the lineup and go from there. 0:46:55.920 --> 0:46:58.040 All right, we don't have much time. Actually we're already 0:46:58.040 --> 0:47:00.160 over time, Nick, real quick. Just give me the other 0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:01.640 injuries that we got that we need to keep an eye. 0:47:01.719 --> 0:47:03.440 We'll talk about some of the details of them tomorrow. 0:47:03.480 --> 0:47:06.920 But Hankins, justin Hankins, Uh, he's dealing with a peck injury. 0:47:06.960 --> 0:47:08.480 We'll see how long I mean, he could be this, 0:47:08.680 --> 0:47:10.440 it could be the season. We'll see how long he's 0:47:10.480 --> 0:47:12.839 going to be out. But that's big because they went 0:47:12.920 --> 0:47:16.720 and got him and they don't really happen. Yeah, backup 0:47:16.840 --> 0:47:21.920 for him for Jake Ferguson with a concussion. So we'll see, uh, 0:47:22.200 --> 0:47:23.879 you know how long it takes for him to come back. 0:47:24.120 --> 0:47:27.760 And then also um Dorn's Armstrong was in a walking 0:47:27.840 --> 0:47:29.920 boot and he says he just tweaked his ankle. But 0:47:30.360 --> 0:47:32.480 you know, I don't think they just give walking boots 0:47:32.520 --> 0:47:34.959 out for everything. So it didn't look good. You forgot 0:47:35.040 --> 0:47:37.640 to shoot him. Yeah, maybe left in the locker room 0:47:37.960 --> 0:47:39.839 because where this boot where his boot home? Yeah, that's 0:47:39.840 --> 0:47:42.160 where the boot home. You'll you'll freak care bringing back Tomorrowlay, Yeah, 0:47:42.160 --> 0:47:44.200 don't worry about it happened on the very last play 0:47:44.239 --> 0:47:46.080 of the game, the Hail Mary. He got kind of 0:47:46.160 --> 0:47:48.640 pushed as the guy flushed to the outside and and 0:47:49.120 --> 0:47:51.080 that was happened at back that way with a calf 0:47:51.120 --> 0:47:54.000 injury too. Yep, it happens. All right, appreciate you guys, Johns. 0:47:54.000 --> 0:47:55.560 We'll be back tomorrow. We're gonna get a little deeper 0:47:55.560 --> 0:47:57.960 into some of these conversations. Maybe we have some clarity 0:47:58.000 --> 0:47:59.560 on some of these injuries and what's going to happen, 0:47:59.600 --> 0:48:01.319 and then we'll start talking about what the Cowboys need 0:48:01.360 --> 0:48:03.000 to do to move forward from them till in for 0:48:03.080 --> 0:48:05.240 Nick Even Brian brought us Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleton. 0:48:05.280 --> 0:48:07.879 This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 0:48:07.920 --> 0:48:11.920 Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys 0:48:11.960 --> 0:48:14.640 dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.