WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: RB Controversy? 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:05.200 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:15.520 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Cowboys, Let's go. Are 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:18.400 you ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:23.520 a break? Absolutely? Ready for a break? Yeah, and so 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:27.360 much for that. It's time for The Break on Dallas 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:33.080 Cowboys dot Com with Nick Eatman, Brian brought Us, and 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:40.640 bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton's Monday, October thirty first, twenty 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:43.960 twenty two, season eighteen, Episode number sixty two. Welcome to 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.680 the latest edition of The Break, live from s WBC 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:48.960 Morgage Studios. At the start, we're presented by mill of Light, 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.120 the only beer of the Dallas Cowboys. It is Halloween 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:53.960 and we get to talk about something not so scary. 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.240 Cowboys get a win yesterday they win forty nine twenty 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:00.720 nine in a game that we would These guys tell 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:02.720 you what they think of this game. And but let's 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.720 start with you. What is the story of this game? 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:09.840 Oh god, I'm unprepared. You knew it was coming, Shoot 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:14.560 it was yeah, No, I'm storyline. I don't know what 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:18.559 the exact storyline is, but I'm pretty damn excited about 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:22.119 what this offense is looking like. Dak Prescott. I thought 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:26.640 he had how Americans say, hell of a game? How 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.800 about that one, Bryan That, Yeah, that kind of hell 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.800 of the game. No love seeing him run, love seeing 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:37.880 him just use it, just be him. He was just him. Obviously, 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.920 they ran the ball very very well. I think that 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.959 we'll probably be talking about this in the next weeks 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:48.200 to come. The whole debate once again about Ezekiel Elliott 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:53.200 and Tony Poller doesn't help that Tony rent so well yesterday, 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:57.920 but it's a great problem to have, so long story short, 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.600 I'm just very very happy about everything that I saw 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.760 offensively and what the Cowboys were able to do, and 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.360 even the receivers. We saw a lot more of Michael 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.400 Gallup and Cede Lamb, which is kind of what we 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.320 were talking about during the week, just how Kellen gets 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.000 them involved and open in situations where they can be 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.040 open more, and I think we saw some improvement in 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:24.760 that aspect. Nick I thought they were able to show 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.520 that they could win with offense, and that's something that 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.240 you know at some point they're gonna have to win 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.880 different ways. This defense still carries this team, but they're 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:34.040 gonna have to win with offense. They showed that they 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.960 can do it. Kellen Moore I thought, had a great 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.840 game that he called so you're gonna have to win, 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.240 you know, than the playoffs. There's gonna be games that 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.079 are you know, grinded out games. There're gonna be some 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.520 high scoring games. They every game takes us a life 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.040 of its own, and this one did, and they Coaly 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.079 showed that for this game they could do it right. 0:02:53.720 --> 0:03:01.600 We boh with your defensive depth. And I say this 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.560 in a way of that there was one time where 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.400 I looked on the field. There was mcquamu, there was Clark, 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:14.239 there was Marquise Bell. They were out there fighting against 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:18.320 a team that if you don't get practice reps against 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.720 during the week with the way that they scheme, these 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.399 guys don't. They don't. They're scout team guys out there 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:28.720 playing right now and having to defend an offense that 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.639 stresses you out. They stress you out with the running game. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.720 We talked about it here just a little bit pre show. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.760 They're down twenty something points, they're still running the ball, 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.120 and now they test your physicality. Are you able to 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.800 get all blocks? You're able to do the things necessary 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.360 to stop them? And a lot of guys on that 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:50.160 defense yesterday got to play that don't normally get reps. 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:54.240 And you know it's not an excuse. I mean, the 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.680 Bears got yards, but they didn't get points. You know, 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.000 they didn't really get points. That's what running the ball 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.720 all will do for you. It'll it'll. Yeah, you can 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.800 grind people down, but how many points you're gonna get. 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.000 Kellen Moore was outstanding calling a game yesterday. But I'm 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.000 gonna give this defensive depth and give the front office 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.360 some credit for getting these guys involved, and get these 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.599 defensive coaches some credit for getting them ready enough to 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.600 play and to finish that football game, because at the 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.679 bitter end, it was not the team that you started 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.480 with on defense at all. Let's talk about this offense yesterday. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:32.200 They had six touchdowns in nine possessions. I'm not including 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.440 the final possession where they just had they just sneled 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.960 on the ball and then they had a TV in 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.560 their first four possessions. They got off to a fast start, 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.680 which again goes to the point that you guys are 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:43.880 making and I think everyone thought, hey, you get out 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:45.440 to a fast lead on these guys, you make them 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.040 one dimensional. Had to make them have to throw the ball. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.800 They don't. They did not. They kept running the ball 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.039 and they were doing it effectively. They just couldn't catch 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.440 up with that formula. But Cowboys offense put up four 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.159 and forty two yards. Dak was I think outstanding twenty 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.160 one of twenty seven, seventy seven points seven percent completion rate. 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.080 That's two weeks in a row that he's been around 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.240 that seventy five seventy seven range in completions, which is 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.120 a really great number. Two hundred and fifty yards, two touchdowns, 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:13.800 one interception, one hundred and fourteen point five rating. He 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.320 also had the five rushes for thirty four yards. Nick, 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.800 I was thinking about you in the press box. There 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.760 was a play just before the one of the nice 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.880 runs that he had. I think it might have been 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.680 a touchdown run. But right before that play you saw 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.040 it and you were like, man, he's got all this 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.520 room out there and he didn't run it, and you 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.560 were like, man, this is not the Dak. Come on, 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:35.360 you gotta be the Dack I need. And next play 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.160 here we go touchdown. But let's talk about that. What 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.440 what what part of Dak's game stood out to you 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:46.920 the most yesterday Nick, we'll star are you um? I 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.800 think I think he. I thought he took what the 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.480 defense was given, which was a lot of slants. You 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.039 know how I feel about that. I think that that's 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:59.680 one thing that Dak isn't great at throwing as the slant. Shockingly. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.560 But I'll say this, other than Aikman, we haven't seen 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.160 like Romo wasn't good at the slant. It just wasn't 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.600 his best throw, you know. And but Gallup helped him 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.680 out to yesterday that he didn't as much before. But 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:13.840 I thought, just just a little bit of moving there's 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.920 one play, remember I think I don't remember exactly what happened. 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.919 It was a very subtle step up and rolled to 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.480 the right step kind of resetisfied and feet and throw it. 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.960 And that's something that Cooper Rush we didn't see from him. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.080 He likes it a clean pocket, stand there and throw. 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.040 He could make the throw, but this was just like 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.760 he had to just off your spot just a little bit. 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.080 And Dak, you know, and he makes good throws on 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:37.719 the run. That one wasn't on the run. It was 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.400 just kind of resetting his feet. But he moves in 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:42.720 the pocket pretty well. And that's gonna get better and better. 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.279 I just thought third down, he rolled out, he had it, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:46.840 he could have got the first down, and he didn't 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.400 take any threw it to Rowdy back there in the 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.520 end zone. And then the next play I was like, well, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:53.919 I mean that's the kind of deck that in the 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.520 next play he runs in for a touchdown for I 0:06:56.520 --> 0:07:00.240 can even finished my sentence, right, Yeah. I think the 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.320 thing with Dak was the we're going to learn today 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.480 The interception wasn't his fault. When you sit down and 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.880 I think we have coordinators today, right, did they get 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.040 did they answer those questions for you and stuff? I 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.320 think that somebody off the you know, somebody's going to 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.160 be able to find out. You know. I was talking 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.880 with Isaiah standback about it. We were both watching the 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:21.280 play and the description of how you the play was 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.000 run with the tight ends holding the linebackers in place, 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:26.920 and then you run the route in between the safety 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.840 and the linebackers. I think you're going to learn there, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.160 maybe off the record or something that Lamb needs to 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.560 be that route needs to be further inside. He went 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.679 too far up the field. Dak was throwing that ball 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:39.760 in a way that it was for that just he 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.040 was going to try and fit it between the linebackers 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.920 who were held by the tight end, and then also 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.040 the safety who was playing deep in the middle of 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.000 the field. If that route gets thrown, if he runs 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:54.040 that route a little bit flatter inside, that's a big play. 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.480 And I think that's what Dak saw last night when 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.000 I saw this, saying damn, he didn't see the safety again. 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.520 And when you watch the way the route combination is 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.920 with the linebackers, the tight ends, and then where it 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.160 needs to be and how deep that guy was playing, 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:10.800 Dac made the right read. He just needs a little 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:12.760 help from his this guy getting inside. And I think 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.240 Kellen Moore, Mike mccarthy'll admit that today you know real 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.240 quick and before you jump in on that, I wanted 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.080 to say about that. You know, when you talk about 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.040 those kinds of routes and even talking going back to 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.960 the slant route, I agree with you Nick that I 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.080 don't know that it necessarily matches up all the time. 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:27.560 It's a route that seems to be a bit of 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.000 a problem for them, But I don't know that it's 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.720 all Dac. I do wonder in some instances, are your 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.280 receivers taking the right angles. Are they making their breaks 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.480 at the right, because that is a very precise route. 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.680 It is literally just like it's a precise situation for 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.319 the quarterback. He's got a three step drop, get the 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.960 ball out, and so everything has to match up. The 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.080 receivers have to be in the right depth, they have 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.080 to be at the right angle. There's a lot of 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:51.760 stuff that's involved in that. So I'm not sure it's 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.120 always just the quarterback, as much as it could be. 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.320 Receivers and quarterback just aren't on the same page. It 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.520 seems like with these slants, to your point, they run 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.000 a route later in the game, they run a route 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:05.480 with Gallup and he's going against Jalen Johnson thirty three, 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.760 and Jalen Johnson knocks the ball down and he tries 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:12.080 to outside set him and Johnson jams him, and then 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.640 he's trying to get back inside and now the ball 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.400 you know, it's you're right, it's the timing, it's the depth, 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:21.000 it's all that involved. So yeah, if you don't have 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.600 that SYNCD up, you're gonna have some plays that are 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.000 gonna get They're gonna look bad either. You know, the 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.679 ball's not gonna be where it needs to be or 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.880 the receivers, not where he needs to be on the round. 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.040 And to me, a lot of that is about time together. 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.280 I don't know if with Dak missing last year as 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.280 much time that he missed, Like when you start thinking 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.840 about how much time he's practiced, time he may have missed, 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.560 it becomes a situation. He got to practice this week, 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:46.800 and I think it showed up. I think the way 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.280 the offense was running, I think going back with Dak, 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:51.600 I think Kellen Moore called a hell of a game. 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.080 I mentioned that I think that Dak ran the game 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.120 plan perfectly for how they needed to play yesterday. I 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.560 really do. I think with all the movement in the 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.720 throwing and putting, ceedee lamb in the backfield and three 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:05.280 bunch tight end over here and keep hitting the spot 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.240 here and then oh we're gonna throw a screen over 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.320 here to these tight ends and let them run. I 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.080 mean they had they Kelly Moore I tweeted this out. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.360 I thought his first fifteen were excellent. I'm like, okay, 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.640 let me see the next fifteen, and the next fifteen 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.160 were just as good. And I thought they had really 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:22.360 good balance when it came the run pass ratio. But 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.280 the way that they made the Bears defend the whole field. 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.679 I think that's something that was super impressive yesterday. Yeah. 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.520 I think the the O line allowed Dak to be 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.840 very very comfortable, Like he just felt comfortable. He trusted 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:40.360 what he got, He trusted the receivers, the tight ends. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.160 The running game was working. You talk about balance, talk 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:48.120 about all the balance between the running game, Dak running himself, 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:52.480 the ball, then the receivers, the tight ends, so every 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.640 single component was working. It wasn't clean all the way 0:10:55.640 --> 0:11:00.360 because there was that interception. Also, talk about Turpin. Feel 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.400 like I saw someone running, I'm like, hold, I didn't 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:05.720 see the number just yet. I look up and I'm like, 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.199 what the heck, Who's Who's that fast? There's only one 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.080 guy that's that fast. And of course it was Turpin. 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:14.600 So that's another thing that you know, we've been talking 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.840 about it on here as well, and it was really 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.679 really good to see them incorporate that into the game. 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.360 Hopefully we get to see it a lot more because man, 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.599 he can freaking run. That guy is fast. Yeah. And 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:28.920 when I went back and watched the member, because I 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:32.080 said to you in the press box, eleven yard run 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.720 on first down, they pitched it to him. The next 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.120 play faked it to him and there was and it 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.080 had CD dragging across. And I watched fifty three the 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:43.400 linebacker for the Bears was cheating way over. We're seeing 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.160 Turpin and it got out of the spot and CD 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.319 filled right there. That's exactly what we're talking about about 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.839 what Turpin can do. There's another play that I thought of, Brian. 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:54.320 When I watched it again, I was like, this is 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.920 exactly what you've been asking Kellen Moore to do. Is 0:11:57.040 --> 0:12:00.920 scheme the receivers open the touchdown the CD. He gets 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.959 him in motion and he puts him in motion to 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:07.720 him the right to the left behind Gallup. Gallup fights 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.319 through the corner and so the safety don't know exactly 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.160 what toll because he's over here fighting with the corner 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.959 and just pops CD wide opening between great throw by Dock. No, 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.840 it was and I'm glad you mentioned that it's well designed. 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.400 You're talking about bringing him in motion, getting him on 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.000 the move, and then it's almost like they're running a 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.800 wheel route with the running back out of the backfield 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.560 where we see so many times they're open, but he 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.079 wheels it between and now you put the corner in 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.800 the safety in a bind and he's just able and 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.000 Dak reads it the whole way. It was a great design. 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.680 And that's that's yeah. Yeah, we're we're all getting some 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.000 things that we asked for. Whether it's the Turpin plays 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:44.200 where that's the scheme guys open, you know, just a 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.839 lot more creativity of trying to help your players. There's 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.960 no way that any team. I mean, yes, kans C 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.679 has Kelsey and there's Kittle and all that. No, I 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.600 don't think any team has three tight ends, really four 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.400 Because McEwan, I thought, did a nice job on something 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.120 on your on your on your your play to uh Turpin. 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:05.880 He was in the play in the game. Yeah, he 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.480 was in the game on the on the line and 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.240 they had a full back. They had a Hendershot as 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:11.959 the full back and that's how they kind of ran 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.720 the play. They these four tight ends, you know, really three, 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.640 but but McEwan played them as well. I thought Schultz 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:22.439 did a nice job. But Hendershot and me and Ferguson, 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.040 I mean, they they've got something with these tight ends. 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:27.880 They're only going to get better and when they get 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.360 stronger and and and even more, you know in sync 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.400 with that. Yeah, to your point though, I mean exactly 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.320 what you're telling. There was a sequence where they kept 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.520 putting CD in the backfield and they kept running that. 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.679 They kept running the RPO going to the right. They 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.880 finally handed him the ball. It wasn't blocked well. The 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:43.680 one time he tried to run, he got a little bit, 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:45.440 but they kept running it. But they what they were 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.360 doing was they were taking the tight ends, all three 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.160 of them, and they were bunching them together out why 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:51.880 and then they put them right, and then they put 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:53.400 them left, and then they put them out, and they 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.360 kept doing it back. They basically flipped four different times 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:58.800 exactly back and forth exactly they were doing those They 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.800 threw a screen out yea twice. Yeah, there's screens out there. 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.160 Twice they had it. They had the one down field 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.360 that really downfield. But it was like a comeback to 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.560 to Schultz like they were they were playing off of 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.679 this whole idea that and this is what I love 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.520 about how Kellen did it. You send out three tight ends, 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.960 the defense immediately thinks they're in big, so we need 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.400 to match big on Big tweeted that, and then what 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.640 happens is now they go up tempo, they didn't allow 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.080 them to then get out of it once they saw 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.440 they got these tight ends out wide. Now the often 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.480 the defense is stuck with their big package out there 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:30.360 and they got linebackers out here to try to cover 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.040 these guys in space, which isn't that's a favor for 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.200 the Cowboys. So that's the kind of stuff that when 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.880 we talk about be creative, Kellen Moore, that's creative. I 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.280 love this. And two, to your point, though, you take 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.440 the running backs out and you put a wide receiver 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.000 at running back. So now it's like, wait a minute, 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.400 they're playing with a running backs as the half back, 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:52.800 three three tight ends playing as like trips wide receivers. 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.320 So now you're just totally messing with how they're how 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.360 they're going to line up. And again to your point, 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.480 up tempo, don't let them back into their into the 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.760 bay to their personnel. And those are things also that 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:07.960 you don't what you don't think about all the time 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:11.160 is that's just one more package that now opponent's coming 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.840 up have to spend time working on. If they come 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:15.600 out in this, here's how we're going to handle it, 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:17.560 and you can play off of that. You can do 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.840 some other things with that package. You can really go 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.360 big and force them. Now if they decide they're gonna 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.240 run out there with a smaller package because they think 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.280 you're gonna put them out wide. Now, I'll actually run 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.040 some players where you put them all in and you 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.640 have them tight and then run from there. There's a 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:31.960 lot of things you can do off that. I love 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.120 that he did that in that sequence. Are we gonna 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:35.680 take our first break and we come back? 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What stood out 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.879 to you most about how Kell and Cawley offense and 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:23.080 I talked about the tight ends, We talked about his 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.840 use of turpin, We talked about how Dak was in 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.000 the running game a little bit more yesterday. Could be 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:32.000 other things, but what stood out to you most? Well? 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:33.720 For me, I mean we did talk about a lot 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:35.480 of it. I mean what stood out the most is 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:37.679 that you know, you have a guy that just scored 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:41.440 a touchdown and everybody got his first career touchdown, everyone's 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:43.520 high five in him, and then they showed that he 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.280 was one inch away from scoring, so it's first and 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:47.919 goal in the one, and then they don't give him 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:49.879 the ball. I think you said one hundred percent you 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.520 should give it to him, right, Yeah? I did. I 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.320 said it's one hundred percent chance that the ball's going 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.639 to him. Was I wrong. I mean, it was a fake, 0:18:58.119 --> 0:18:59.880 so they went to him, but then he pulled it away. 0:18:59.920 --> 0:19:02.400 I can't believe he did that, honestly, but I think 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.680 look going back and looking at it, I think you 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.840 would have been stuffed for a one year at loss. 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:11.480 So but anyways, that would have been interesting. I mean, 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:13.439 but you know, then then we wouldn't have had one 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:18.080 of the coolest celebrations of all time. So the Rodeo movideo. 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.560 You didn't see it. I didn't see it. You're too 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.520 busy to make my notes. You don't care about you know. 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.919 It's funny because usually, I mean, this is just me 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.800 in my head. I'm thinking, like maybe there's some kind 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:32.560 of not that I've seen anything to give me this impression. 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:37.639 But when you see younger tight Ends playing well, and 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:39.840 then you got a guy that's on a franchise tag 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.680 and all that you think, and this is me speaking, 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.520 you think maybe there's some kind of animosity or of 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:48.840 some sort there, and then to see that kind of 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:54.640 celebration Dalton Shoals partaking it and be so like a teammate, 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.200 you know, being part of the fun and just being 0:19:57.240 --> 0:19:59.679 just having fun out there and doing that kind of 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:02.840 cele ray shot. It was just very refreshing and you're 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.560 like and pretty cool to see. So I definitely enjoy 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:08.000 that celebration on my mouth. Cool. I was shocked that 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:10.240 it was Scholtz down there. I thought I didn't think 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:13.400 Schultz was the one, like that's the cattle, you know. Yeah, 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:16.440 I thought it was gonna be hinder Shot, and no 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:22.040 it was. It was. It was Fus That's what I'm saying. 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:26.360 It was Schultz. So it was just it was kind 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.320 of refreshing to see that. Yeah, not every you know, 0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:31.520 lead tied end just kind of leaves the other two 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:33.280 to the side, you know what I mean, and says, no, 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:34.919 I'm not I'm not going to help you out. You know, 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:40.480 not very often sometimes they all worked together in one 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:44.280 big the emplier. You want to tell um, hey, Jason Witten, 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:46.600 and he'll tell you. He goes, I'm not helping these 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:48.400 young bucks to get up there and try to take 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:50.920 my job. I'm not doing this young what bucks? Oh 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:56.800 I heard something else? Now, all right, Bryan, how do 0:20:56.840 --> 0:21:00.200 you follow that? The you know, I think the thing 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:03.520 to me, you did see the creativity with the offense, 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.159 you did see the no huddle, you did see the aggressiveness. 0:21:06.240 --> 0:21:09.480 You did see them make them. I think Kellen Moore 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:11.960 was comfortable running the football the way they've been running 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:14.239 the football, whether it's up inside. I think they did 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:17.359 a great job of getting you know, getting the backup, 0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:20.399 running back ready to roll. I think the offense they said, no, 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:22.200 this is how we run the football. This is what 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:24.119 we're gonna do. We're gonna run it inside when we 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:28.000 have to. You know, the quarterback sneak was a great 0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:30.080 example of how the things have been kind of going 0:21:30.119 --> 0:21:32.000 for them in the running game a little bit. Yea, 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:34.720 when you get you know, you get to be Oddish 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:37.560 and Martin and you know, you get the whole side 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:39.680 of the Bears defense to cave in and they don't 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:41.320 even think it. They think it's gonna be a run. 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:43.200 You know, I don't think it's gonna be quarterback sneak. 0:21:43.440 --> 0:21:46.720 They're playing run and now Dak is just balanced out 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:49.200 the gate. Here you go. But I think Kellen Moore, 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:51.520 you know, he could have got it. Like last week 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:53.359 on those third down runs, the Paul was going to 0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:56.359 the outside outside outside, No, he said, the heck with this, 0:21:56.400 --> 0:21:58.679 We're gonna attack this. We're gonna attack the Bears, and 0:21:58.720 --> 0:22:01.640 so I think the last week was trying to kind 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:04.000 of maybe see something different, but he realized, nah, we 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:06.359 need to go at these guys running the football, and 0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:09.440 you know they you know, Malik did a great job. 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:11.520 I mean there was some times in the past protection 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:14.320 where Malik they got him ready to play. They got 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.119 this kid ready to play to where Blitz pick up, 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:19.280 they run a twist stunt. Him and Martin have to 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:22.560 sort things out. That's coaching, you know, that's that's Hey, 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:24.840 this is a young kid that runs scout team all 0:22:24.880 --> 0:22:26.760 week and now he's thrown into a game to have 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:30.040 to make a key block so the ball can get out. So, 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:33.000 I mean, Kellen, the things that they were able to do, 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:37.240 not be afraid or cautious because they had certain pieces 0:22:37.240 --> 0:22:40.640 out and to get galloped going early in that game, 0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:42.760 I think was a good thing on his part as well. 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:45.680 Let's talk about Tony Pollard in this run game. Tony 0:22:45.680 --> 0:22:48.119 Pollard yesterday was fourteen carriages, one hundred and thirty one 0:22:48.160 --> 0:22:52.920 yards and nine point four yard heverage. Amazing, three touchdowns. 0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:55.879 And I'm gonna ask this question, and I know it 0:22:55.960 --> 0:22:59.040 might be it might get some some weird rolled eyes 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.199 but it's something that fans are talking about it. I 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:04.359 do think it's something that's worth a discussion. Is do 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:07.360 you think that the Cowboys need to reconsider how they're 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:10.080 deploying their two running backs after seeing what Tony Poller 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:17.840 could do yesterday? Yeah, we'll get your more explosive guy 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:22.560 and opportunities to be explosive, you know, I mean at 0:23:22.600 --> 0:23:25.159 some point, like like we saw it. I'll take you 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:28.359 back to two thousand and nine. I mean, Miles Austin 0:23:28.440 --> 0:23:33.040 starts a games, it starts because of an injury, has 0:23:33.040 --> 0:23:35.680 two hundred and fifty yards and two touchdowns in the game, 0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:39.640 Like like, okay, well maybe maybe he wasn't gonna start 0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:42.280 if he goes and doesn't do that. And now you're like, okay, 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:45.080 if you've got that potential from start to finish of 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:49.320 a game, maybe, So I got a stat for you, Okay, 0:23:49.720 --> 0:23:52.879 Tony Poler started three games at running back. Yeah, they 0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:56.719 scored forty points in all three of those games. And 0:23:56.920 --> 0:23:59.720 now one of them he was not really the starter 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:03.159 again the Falcons twenty twenty. But these two games that 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:05.120 he started and he scored five touchdowns and these last 0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:08.280 two starts at running back, So I just think two 0:24:08.320 --> 0:24:11.199 weeks ago it was fifteen to twelve and Zeke. So 0:24:11.320 --> 0:24:13.400 it's fifteen to twelve. I said this on the air 0:24:13.480 --> 0:24:16.000 this morning radio in one O five three, sixty forty 0:24:16.040 --> 0:24:18.920 for Zeke. If it's sixty forty for Pollard, I think 0:24:18.920 --> 0:24:21.080 that's fine and it helps it Zeke Stein And that's 0:24:21.119 --> 0:24:22.840 kind of what they're doing right now. They kind of 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:25.119 ride at the hot hand in certain situations. Some games 0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:26.920 a little more polished, some games a little more Zeke. 0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:29.240 So really that wouldn't be a departure from what they've 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:33.119 been doing, right No. I mean, I'll let y'all chime in, 0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:36.679 but I but you can say this though, last that 0:24:36.800 --> 0:24:39.560 game against Detroit, maybe if Pollard gets a few more 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:41.399 carries early in the game, it's not ten six in 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:44.160 the fourth quarter. You know, he's got that home run ability. 0:24:44.240 --> 0:24:46.440 And so I've been I've been like fighting it. I've 0:24:46.440 --> 0:24:48.080 been in there on the Zeke corner and does all 0:24:48.119 --> 0:24:50.560 this stuff. When you got a guy the fourth quarter 0:24:50.600 --> 0:24:52.959 breaking fifty five yard runs like that after he's had 0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:55.920 a bunch of carries, I think he brings an element 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:58.720 that Zeke doesn't have. And I just think that they 0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:00.720 need to work. Maybe just must dodge it a little bit. 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.959 Nothing crazy, They're both going to play a lot. Yeah, 0:25:04.000 --> 0:25:06.720 that to me was the most impressive part. You look 0:25:06.720 --> 0:25:08.760 at the fourth quarter and the way he was running 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:11.520 the ball in the fourth quarter, and these were long. 0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:15.640 You know, he was explosive throughout the whole game. But 0:25:16.040 --> 0:25:18.440 that's the wonder. It's like, Okay, can he hold up 0:25:19.359 --> 0:25:22.560 running constantly throughout the game and make it to the 0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:26.760 fourth quarter? And he showed that. So I think I'm 0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:28.920 I hate to say this. You know, I've been team 0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:32.680 Zeke for the longest time and I love Zeke, but 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:36.960 maybe this is a time where maybe we do need 0:25:36.960 --> 0:25:39.239 to see a little bit of that transition, just to 0:25:39.280 --> 0:25:42.520 see how it actually looks like and how the running 0:25:42.560 --> 0:25:48.440 game kind of how he changes when you just put 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:51.440 polar as the lead, because I mean, it's hard to argue, 0:25:51.520 --> 0:25:54.560 it's hard to argue what he can do after seeing 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:57.680 a game like the one we saw yesterday. The only 0:25:57.680 --> 0:25:59.800 thing you would worry about Pollard is when you played 0:25:59.840 --> 0:26:02.800 the Commanders, you didn't run for anything. That was Zeke 0:26:02.880 --> 0:26:06.320 and Pollard. Yeah, you know that's the only thing that's 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:08.639 The eye test will tell you right now that you 0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:11.800 should play Pollard more. But you know, I think this 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:16.640 running game is involving the thing I really appreciate. Remember 0:26:16.640 --> 0:26:20.160 how many times we'd watch games and then Pollard would 0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:22.240 come in in the third series and he'd get the 0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:24.440 one series and if it was good, he kept going. 0:26:24.480 --> 0:26:26.320 If it was bad, he was sitting on the sidelines, 0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:28.280 and then in the second half he'd get another one. 0:26:28.920 --> 0:26:31.160 I think they're doing a really good job of giving 0:26:31.200 --> 0:26:34.520 both of these guys opportunities. I think I think as 0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:37.080 you get to the second half, you're going to need 0:26:37.359 --> 0:26:39.919 both of these guys. But and I mean both of 0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:42.920 them in a way of Hey, if Pollard's getting fifteen 0:26:42.960 --> 0:26:46.239 and Zeke's getting fifteen, fine, whatever, whatever ratio it is, well, 0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:48.840 however you're winning the game, or you know, however you're 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:52.639 having success, go with that. The eye test will tell you, 0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:55.280 the ie test will tell you, Hey, this guy is explosive. 0:26:55.720 --> 0:26:57.520 The eye test will tell you the other guy runs 0:26:57.560 --> 0:26:59.480 with a lot of toughness. The other guy gets carries 0:27:00.280 --> 0:27:03.280 or third down converters, you know, and gets three or 0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:06.560 four yards when it's really really tough. You know. But 0:27:06.640 --> 0:27:09.239 there's also that time when I remember the Commander's game 0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:12.240 where they don't run for anything, both of them, and 0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:14.400 that's Pollard included. There was a couple of them where 0:27:14.440 --> 0:27:17.840 it was some minus runs as well. So that's the 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:20.480 thing that you know, I'm kind of like, I'm looking 0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:23.080 at that. I think they need to play both guys. 0:27:23.480 --> 0:27:26.800 I do. I think twenty seven carries, say on one guy, 0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:29.359 is a detriment for the next week and maybe for 0:27:29.400 --> 0:27:33.760 the next week after that. Fourteen and sixteen or fourteen 0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:36.040 and third, whatever that is for two guys, I think 0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:40.320 that's manageable. I think that's manageable for the season and 0:27:40.640 --> 0:27:43.520 how you want to run the football, you know. I 0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:46.320 think it's encouraging that there's been games where Pollard has 0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:48.480 been the back when it's the four minute offense and 0:27:48.520 --> 0:27:50.639 they're trying to kill a game. I think that tells 0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:52.840 you that he can do it. But I think you're 0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:54.600 going to need both these guys. I agree. I think 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:57.480 I think one of the tricky parts of this is 0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:01.320 is the passing game. Because if if the running back 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:03.920 is going to stay in there and block, you want 0:28:04.040 --> 0:28:06.359 Zeke and then that's nothing really against Pollard. He's not 0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:08.919 ze Zeke is tougher, bigger, stronger, and he has a 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:11.160 nose for it. He's been doing it longer. Hey, he's 0:28:11.200 --> 0:28:13.520 better there. If that running back slips out of the 0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:15.159 backfield and you dump it off to him like that 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:17.840 happened in the game yesterday, you want that guy to 0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.240 be Pollard out there in the open. So that's where 0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:22.760 I think the tricky part comes in. Yeah, Pollard had 0:28:22.800 --> 0:28:25.760 a blitz pick up where it was actually they missed 0:28:25.760 --> 0:28:30.840 a block on ninety three for the It was justin Jones, 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.480 defensive lineman got free and Pollard was looking outside and 0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:37.000 all of a sudden, he just launches his body just 0:28:37.080 --> 0:28:40.320 to sacrifice himself. He knew it's like listen, I gotta help, 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:43.000 and Dad gets the ball down the field the Schultz 0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:45.120 for a first down. But it was one of those 0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:48.720 times where you're like, you know, we're super mindful of 0:28:48.840 --> 0:28:51.760 Pollard and then you say, oh wait, look he did it. 0:28:51.800 --> 0:28:54.680 He actually he showed awareness and he saved a play. 0:28:54.720 --> 0:28:56.920 There is that the free play? Yeah, well it was 0:28:56.960 --> 0:28:58.720 not there. It was not the free play that the 0:28:58.760 --> 0:29:01.280 thirty yarder to Scholtz. No, No, this was it was 0:29:01.320 --> 0:29:03.200 a different It was a different throw. I think it 0:29:03.240 --> 0:29:04.560 was a different throw. Nick I got to go back. 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:08.720 But I know I remember just him lunging back inside 0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:12.480 to to to help Dak throw the ball. What was 0:29:12.520 --> 0:29:15.120 his call that he said that the line that they 0:29:15.120 --> 0:29:17.240 said in the meeting that they were talking about yesterday 0:29:17.440 --> 0:29:20.680 that he said is if you if they make the call? 0:29:21.840 --> 0:29:25.560 Yeah he did. But see that's that's the thing about 0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:28.160 it is there's there's that question about is the is 0:29:28.160 --> 0:29:31.880 he physical enough to pick up? But there he didn't 0:29:31.880 --> 0:29:35.560 have to be physical enough. He just had to be aware, aware, 0:29:35.640 --> 0:29:38.720 and sometimes being aware and let them run over you 0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:41.840 to get to the quarterback. That'll slow him down just enough. 0:29:41.880 --> 0:29:44.880 If you just let him run over you, you're actually blocking. Yeah, 0:29:44.920 --> 0:29:46.480 you know. So I think you just got to look 0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:49.800 at him. What it changes week by week depending on 0:29:49.840 --> 0:29:51.719 the opponent. You know, you got to look at what 0:29:51.760 --> 0:29:54.920 the defense are doing to you, because I do think 0:29:54.960 --> 0:29:58.040 there are times that Zeke is better going at it 0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:01.160 because of his body built, his tra as opposed to 0:30:01.280 --> 0:30:05.280 paulardt other occasions he's more the explosive one. So you 0:30:05.320 --> 0:30:08.080 found that Nick's right, it was a thirty yard play, yeah, 0:30:08.120 --> 0:30:11.240 because which was off side three? Yeah? Three? Yeah, they 0:30:11.280 --> 0:30:13.480 go to get off side to get three vertical up 0:30:13.480 --> 0:30:16.719 top and then also then twenty yeah, he gets just 0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:19.479 enough of that defender, so it's the ball gets out 0:30:19.680 --> 0:30:21.440 and you're right, Nick, it was the thirty yard pass 0:30:21.480 --> 0:30:23.960 play and that's that's that was the setup, and that 0:30:24.040 --> 0:30:25.960 was a huge play in the game. It's twenty eight, 0:30:26.040 --> 0:30:28.760 twenty three. It's the third nine, third nine nine. Now 0:30:28.800 --> 0:30:30.320 they got off side, so it was probably gonna be 0:30:30.320 --> 0:30:32.240 third and four. I didn't think from our viewpoint, I 0:30:32.280 --> 0:30:34.360 didn't think Charles had a prayer of catching that pass. 0:30:34.400 --> 0:30:36.080 And then just the way it looked, it was like, yeah, 0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:37.520 I thought he sailed it over it, but he made 0:30:37.520 --> 0:30:40.080 a nice catch. It kind of was Witten like, you know, 0:30:40.120 --> 0:30:42.480 down the seam in the middle of the field, but 0:30:42.760 --> 0:30:44.880 you know, to answer right there. And I think that 0:30:44.920 --> 0:30:47.200 goes back to what this offense and that's why I'm 0:30:47.200 --> 0:30:50.600 excited about what the offense did, was that they they 0:30:50.680 --> 0:30:52.560 needed a couple of answers. They need to come out 0:30:52.600 --> 0:30:54.280 and hit him in the mouth, which they did. Then 0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:56.120 a couple of times they had to answer. They showed 0:30:56.240 --> 0:30:57.800 if you get in one of these type of games, 0:30:58.040 --> 0:30:59.920 they can do that, and that that twenty eight twenty 0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:02.120 three to come back and score like that and then 0:31:02.200 --> 0:31:04.520 get the well dub and then the way they played 0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:07.320 the two point plays too, right, I mean because Tank 0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:09.480 sack you know, I mean he was a block. Yeah, 0:31:09.520 --> 0:31:11.440 I mean, you know, you can't give it. You give 0:31:11.520 --> 0:31:13.520 up points there. It's a three point game right there. 0:31:13.560 --> 0:31:15.880 You keep it a touchdown game by Tank, you know, 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:19.760 destroying the play. Yeah, the quarterback, I said that. I said, 0:31:19.800 --> 0:31:22.880 the fields had a lot of interesting plays in the game, 0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:24.760 and he's going to be really good quarterback. But his 0:31:24.800 --> 0:31:27.480 best play was getting up from that. Yeah, like he 0:31:27.560 --> 0:31:31.320 took one. Yeah, And sometimes an athletic quarterback can hurt you, 0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:34.120 you know, because sometimes, yeah, there's a lot of quarterbacks 0:31:34.120 --> 0:31:37.600 that can't jump over Mike and Parsons. So some would 0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:38.959 just say, you know what, I'm just gonna touch him. 0:31:39.000 --> 0:31:41.120 I can't do that. But the things one the things 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:42.920 you always talked about as a quarterback is he is 0:31:42.920 --> 0:31:47.440 he football intelligent? Aware? Is he aware of football intelligence? Something? Yeah? Weird, 0:31:47.680 --> 0:31:49.360 we gotta take our final bike, will come back. Let's 0:31:49.400 --> 0:31:51.040 talk about the defensive side of the ball. Those some 0:31:51.080 --> 0:31:53.520 interesting things worth noting from that game. 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Starting tomorrow, we will mix everything up. 0:34:26.239 --> 0:34:28.279 When you guys come and tune into the Break and 0:34:28.320 --> 0:34:30.800 pretty much every other podcast we do, you will have 0:34:30.840 --> 0:34:33.840 a whole different set of people on air. The host 0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:36.160 will say the same, nothing else will. So it makes 0:34:36.200 --> 0:34:38.239 you tune in tomorrow see how we mix this. Coming 0:34:38.280 --> 0:34:41.319 in for the break, We've got uh, Aisha Morrison. We've 0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:43.279 got she was going on one O five three last night. 0:34:43.360 --> 0:34:45.480 She is really good, a good job, really good, a 0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:50.319 good job, kay. And so it got Aisha on the break. 0:34:50.360 --> 0:34:53.480 We got Barry Church on the break, Brian, you're going 0:34:53.520 --> 0:34:56.760 to talk in me Nate and yes, Kyle Yo, Yeah, 0:34:56.680 --> 0:34:59.440 we're early the morning when Nick, I'm going to hanging 0:34:59.480 --> 0:35:02.600 with the boy for one for one day and then 0:35:02.600 --> 0:35:06.160 I'm also going to girls talk, boys talk. That fits 0:35:06.239 --> 0:35:09.520 so well, that's a good and where are you going, 0:35:13.680 --> 0:35:19.839 I know exactly that Amber's getting a tropical vacation out 0:35:19.840 --> 0:35:22.440 of this. So yeah, goodbye week. All right, let's talk 0:35:22.440 --> 0:35:24.200 about the defensive side of the ball. They allowed two 0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:27.120 hundred and forty yards rushing. Yes, yeah, My question for you, 0:35:27.480 --> 0:35:30.920 how concerned are you with this rushing defense? They've had 0:35:30.960 --> 0:35:33.480 some issues earlier in the season, but you could also 0:35:33.760 --> 0:35:36.200 justified yesterday they were just playing a team that was 0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:38.279 dedicated to running the ball. That's what happens when you 0:35:38.360 --> 0:35:42.720 do that. How concerned are you today? I'm not that concerned. 0:35:42.760 --> 0:35:47.600 I mean, I think this team Chicago, somebody hasn't gonna 0:35:47.600 --> 0:35:49.600 get a bonus if they lead the league in rushing 0:35:49.719 --> 0:35:52.200 over there's some US coach or whatever, and they're gonna 0:35:52.239 --> 0:35:54.960 they're doing it, and it's like, oh, down, we're gonna 0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:57.520 run this ball, like like they're not going to get 0:35:57.560 --> 0:35:59.440 out of the running game. That's fine, that's why they 0:35:59.520 --> 0:36:01.960 lead the league and rushing. I mean, what three or 0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:04.839 were they three and six? Three and five, five, three 0:36:04.880 --> 0:36:06.600 and five? I mean what three and five team leads 0:36:06.640 --> 0:36:08.879 the league in rushing? I mean that that's the one 0:36:08.920 --> 0:36:11.640 that doesn't trust their quarterback much. Well true, and one 0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:13.480 they should trust that guy, I think a little bit 0:36:13.560 --> 0:36:15.879 more than they do. He proved that he played pretty good. 0:36:16.120 --> 0:36:17.760 I don't know when we're going to see them again, 0:36:18.080 --> 0:36:20.200 don't you know. Who knows? You never know. I mean 0:36:20.239 --> 0:36:22.000 it won't be next year, it'll be it'll be a 0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:25.480 couple of years or whatever. He's gonna be way better. Yeah, 0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:27.759 he's good. He is gonna be good once he gets 0:36:27.800 --> 0:36:31.440 a little awareness, stops jumping people and and you know, 0:36:31.560 --> 0:36:34.040 but I also need some help to his receiver. I mean, yeah, 0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:37.120 Mooney's good. Mooney Mooney could help him, though. I mean, 0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:40.680 I'll see this about their running game. This, this is 0:36:40.719 --> 0:36:43.600 what makes it difficult because of like we talk about 0:36:43.640 --> 0:36:46.680 the stress with the running quarterback, which you know, I 0:36:46.719 --> 0:36:49.600 mean scrambles and things like that. I mean, Tank had 0:36:49.680 --> 0:36:52.840 him three or four times. I felt like that, you know, 0:36:52.840 --> 0:36:55.040 I mean, I know Xadre probably two times where he 0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:57.719 had him and others had him and he's scrambling and 0:36:57.760 --> 0:37:00.439 he's gaining yards. That that's that's a problem. They're they're 0:37:00.520 --> 0:37:03.040 dropping back with the intent to pass and then he 0:37:03.080 --> 0:37:05.560 takes off running and now it's a It's basically a 0:37:05.640 --> 0:37:08.880 running play, is what it is. So the thing that 0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:11.279 teams are doing to the Cowboys in the running game 0:37:11.320 --> 0:37:13.959 and especially in the perimeter stuff. They've tried to shore 0:37:14.040 --> 0:37:16.359 up the middle with the linebackers and the defensive line. 0:37:16.360 --> 0:37:19.439 And by the way, your new defensive tackle didn't play bad. 0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:21.520 He did what exactly what he needed him to do. 0:37:21.600 --> 0:37:24.560 Now it doesn't it doesn't show when it happens on 0:37:24.560 --> 0:37:28.360 the outside. Teams have figured out they don't block you 0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:30.840 one on one. They know they can't block like a 0:37:30.920 --> 0:37:34.120 Parsons one on one. What they do is they shield him. 0:37:34.239 --> 0:37:36.840 They shield him, or they'll chop him, or they'll do 0:37:37.000 --> 0:37:40.520 stuff to where they affect how he plays. And it's 0:37:40.640 --> 0:37:44.600 much easier in a running game to down block, down, block, 0:37:44.680 --> 0:37:47.000 and then pull guys out. And they were able to 0:37:47.040 --> 0:37:49.880 do that several times. Some of the really good runs 0:37:49.920 --> 0:37:54.319 that they had were that the crack toss, I mean 0:37:54.360 --> 0:37:57.240 the quarterback power that they scored on no no crack 0:37:57.320 --> 0:38:01.719 there or no toss, crack crack, get lineman out, you know, 0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:03.880 the fourth and the fourth and one player. Derek I 0:38:03.920 --> 0:38:05.759 mentioned that they had a chance, Dallas had a chance 0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:08.200 to get off the field. They slant the front to 0:38:08.280 --> 0:38:11.120 the side of the of the run of the toss, 0:38:11.480 --> 0:38:14.760 they're in great shape, Diggs is unblocked on the edge. 0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:18.640 Diggs all of a sudden kind of goes uh, you know, 0:38:18.680 --> 0:38:24.399 one of those you know, you know that's what he did, 0:38:25.120 --> 0:38:27.200 and you know, and all of a sudden, you know, literally, 0:38:27.239 --> 0:38:30.160 if you have somebody screaming off that corner, Lea's cutting 0:38:30.200 --> 0:38:33.239 him down, it's Dallas's ball on a fourth down and 0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:36.280 now the drive's not going. They you know, they slant 0:38:36.360 --> 0:38:39.600 their front and then throws them off or they get 0:38:39.719 --> 0:38:43.040 crack crack and then pulls it gets the corner. I've 0:38:43.040 --> 0:38:45.560 said it before when you watch Dallas when they struggle, 0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:50.120 it's the edges get cracked or sealed. The next guy, 0:38:50.200 --> 0:38:54.120 linebacker gets sealed. And that linebacker could be Curse who's 0:38:54.160 --> 0:38:57.000 down there playing low, and so he's kind of having 0:38:57.040 --> 0:39:00.440 to fight it and you got an edge that's huh again, 0:39:01.000 --> 0:39:03.759 you know. So that's that's the issues. And just to 0:39:03.760 --> 0:39:05.799 make sure that that people understand what you're saying. Bout 0:39:05.800 --> 0:39:08.160 down block down, block, yeh, then pull. What happens basically, 0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:10.560 you got the two outside angle angle, Yeah, you got 0:39:10.600 --> 0:39:12.160 a tight end and you got a wide receiver. They're 0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:15.239 both blocking down. Some hit they'll hit the defensive end, 0:39:15.360 --> 0:39:17.560 they'll hit the safety, and then they'll pull the two 0:39:17.600 --> 0:39:20.960 offensive linemen behind them behind the outside right, and now 0:39:21.000 --> 0:39:24.360 you've got this situation where now those those defensive players 0:39:24.360 --> 0:39:26.400 have to fight through all this track get out to 0:39:26.440 --> 0:39:28.640 the running back. It's just it's hard. They ran They 0:39:28.719 --> 0:39:32.840 ran a toss early in the game that Brown played 0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:36.320 exactly how you're supposed to play it because Riley Reef, 0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:39.319 the big number seventy one, gets out and what does 0:39:39.360 --> 0:39:44.040 Brown do? He dives underneath. He dives underneath, and now 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:47.440 Riley Reef can't block him, and now everybody's there to 0:39:47.520 --> 0:39:49.840 make the tackle because they had you muddy it up 0:39:49.880 --> 0:39:52.959 to you muddied it up. Yeah, Instead they're like, it's 0:39:53.000 --> 0:39:56.959 so easy to downblock it. That's what happens. They don't 0:39:57.000 --> 0:40:00.440 take Micah Parsons on head on and trying, you know, hooking, 0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:04.239 They just down block him. And what happened. Parsons started saying, uh, 0:40:04.480 --> 0:40:07.760 no more jump. He started just jumping around. He started 0:40:07.800 --> 0:40:10.279 just jumping, and they were they were missing him, but 0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:12.719 you know, and they were getting guys up. But that's 0:40:12.719 --> 0:40:15.560 what people are doing to you. They're they're forcing your 0:40:15.760 --> 0:40:19.040 edge to have to play their corner to half to play, 0:40:19.320 --> 0:40:21.600 you know, and there's some inside runs and stuff like 0:40:21.640 --> 0:40:24.000 that where, yeah, it happens, but where you give up 0:40:24.040 --> 0:40:28.000 your big plays or when down block down, block around 0:40:28.160 --> 0:40:30.879 and then a soft corner right there, and Hankins ain't 0:40:30.920 --> 0:40:32.800 gonna help you with that. No he can't get past 0:40:32.880 --> 0:40:35.720 the d Yeah, but no, the inside runs and stuff 0:40:35.960 --> 0:40:39.480 he took on double teams. Now, I'll say this about Clark. 0:40:39.560 --> 0:40:41.440 I thought it was a little rough for him in 0:40:41.480 --> 0:40:44.160 this first game, you know, but hell, he played. He 0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:46.879 played a ton. He was kind of like, Okay, I'm 0:40:46.920 --> 0:40:49.919 supposed to be here. I guess I'm supposed to be Yeah, 0:40:49.960 --> 0:40:51.600 some snaps. Yeah it was top. I mean, he had 0:40:51.640 --> 0:40:53.600 a couple of plays, a couple of tackles and stuff 0:40:53.640 --> 0:40:55.719 like that. But you know, he's gonna have to get 0:40:55.760 --> 0:40:57.839 the feel for that stuff. He really is. But man, 0:40:57.880 --> 0:41:01.240 these teams have figured out if you're gonna play soft corner, 0:41:01.360 --> 0:41:04.120 soft edge, and they can down block you and take 0:41:04.120 --> 0:41:06.440 you out of that boom, they can run the football 0:41:06.480 --> 0:41:12.280 over there. I think that, you know, this is something 0:41:12.320 --> 0:41:14.480 we need to be talking about at some point about 0:41:14.680 --> 0:41:16.120 is there more to this game that you want to 0:41:16.120 --> 0:41:19.560 get to. I mean, I just think, you know, last year, 0:41:19.840 --> 0:41:21.759 Michael Parson is gonna win Rickie of the Year, but 0:41:21.840 --> 0:41:25.320 we're like, what about Defensive Player of the Year. Now, 0:41:25.360 --> 0:41:27.600 I think he has a really good chance to win 0:41:27.680 --> 0:41:31.120 Defensive Player of the Year. Maybe you should go higher 0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:35.880 than that, seriously, because he is the most valuable player 0:41:35.880 --> 0:41:38.120 on this football team. When he's off for four or 0:41:38.120 --> 0:41:41.040 five snaps, the Bears go right down the field. They're 0:41:41.040 --> 0:41:44.520 having to do everything to scheme against him, and all 0:41:44.560 --> 0:41:46.200 we can't block like this, we gotta do this and 0:41:46.200 --> 0:41:49.320 this and this. He affects this team, which affects the defense, 0:41:49.320 --> 0:41:52.399 which affects the offense. And this is a good football team. 0:41:52.400 --> 0:41:54.080 You have to be a good football team. So if 0:41:54.080 --> 0:41:56.359 they can get up in the mix and they keep 0:41:56.400 --> 0:41:59.279 playing like this, I think that it's time to start 0:41:59.320 --> 0:42:02.920 looking at maybe a defensive player. Being in the conversation 0:42:03.000 --> 0:42:05.359 for MVP, I really think that's how good he is. 0:42:06.200 --> 0:42:07.960 I was trying to think of the last one. I mean, 0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:12.240 I know Lawrence Taylor won it. Did Woodson was Woodson 0:42:12.320 --> 0:42:15.479 defensive player? They're a defensive back? Oh for the Packers? Yeah? 0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:17.360 That one year. I don't know. I mean, I just 0:42:17.400 --> 0:42:19.360 stolen that out there. But I mean the thing about 0:42:19.680 --> 0:42:23.560 you're right about Micah and but man, it's like they're 0:42:23.680 --> 0:42:27.320 they're they're going after his knees. Guys, they're like bringing 0:42:27.360 --> 0:42:30.360 guys commit and those guys are coming across the formation 0:42:30.400 --> 0:42:32.279 and they're cutting him and which is they're cutting his 0:42:32.440 --> 0:42:34.880 left leg and he's spinning out of that and stuff 0:42:34.920 --> 0:42:38.560 like I think is so crazy because defensive guys can't 0:42:38.600 --> 0:42:41.759 do that to offensive You talked about Brown, how these Yeah, 0:42:41.880 --> 0:42:44.839 if he would have just attacked his legs, yeah, they 0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:47.240 would call palty on that. Yeah, I know they're doing college. 0:42:47.280 --> 0:42:48.799 I think they're in the pro. I don't think you 0:42:48.840 --> 0:42:51.040 can just cut a guy in the move like that, 0:42:51.200 --> 0:42:53.200 but they on offense, he can do it to the 0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:56.040 inside the tackle box. One of those weird rules where 0:42:56.040 --> 0:42:57.719 the offense can do it. But if you can't hit 0:42:57.760 --> 0:43:00.400 the quarterback in the face, but you can cut the 0:43:00.440 --> 0:43:02.680 guys at that. You can't grab a ice mask. But 0:43:02.719 --> 0:43:04.719 if you're happening to be hitting the gay straight arm 0:43:04.719 --> 0:43:07.680 and you're hitting the spaces to seven cowboys at the half, 0:43:07.920 --> 0:43:10.279 if if Goldston doesn't hit him up there like that, 0:43:10.320 --> 0:43:12.560 they're gonna get a field golf that pick by digs 0:43:12.719 --> 0:43:15.080 thirty one seven and then it's that it's twenty eight seventeen. 0:43:15.160 --> 0:43:17.399 I couldn't tell from the end zone copy. They went 0:43:17.440 --> 0:43:19.520 away from it quick. I mean, I was hoping it, 0:43:19.560 --> 0:43:21.520 but it looked like from the sidelines, it looked like 0:43:21.560 --> 0:43:23.600 you hit him in the head. Hit him in the head. 0:43:23.640 --> 0:43:27.239 Shorter quarterback, bigger defensive. I mean, you just gotta be 0:43:27.320 --> 0:43:29.840 by the way. It's unfair. We all know it's unfair, 0:43:29.880 --> 0:43:31.360 but it's just it's the plight of it. And I 0:43:31.640 --> 0:43:34.040 also think, I just think when it comes to defensive players, 0:43:34.400 --> 0:43:36.680 they gotta move the target lower. You gotta go for 0:43:36.760 --> 0:43:39.600 the mid section and target the mid section because that's 0:43:39.640 --> 0:43:41.719 not gonna move. But then you get then you hit 0:43:41.800 --> 0:43:43.919 low though, you get these officials that think you're hitting 0:43:43.960 --> 0:43:45.920 mid section and you're going low on a guy. But 0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:48.279 and they'll call that too in the mid section. I mean, like, well, 0:43:48.320 --> 0:43:50.160 I know, but the target is I understand, No, but 0:43:50.160 --> 0:43:52.560 I'm understand. But some of these officials think if you 0:43:52.560 --> 0:43:55.200 have a quarterback kind of goes down and you hit 0:43:55.239 --> 0:43:57.359 him in the midsection, well they're thinking they're going low 0:43:57.400 --> 0:44:00.239 on a guy. Huh. And I don't know he was 0:44:00.239 --> 0:44:02.600 holding on both teams in this game. By the way, too, 0:44:03.160 --> 0:44:10.040 just have the quarterback where the stupid belt and the flag. Yeah, god, 0:44:10.640 --> 0:44:15.120 Lawrence Taylor was the last defensive player okay eighty six, Okay, 0:44:15.320 --> 0:44:18.280 that long ago. The one before that was Alan Page 0:44:18.280 --> 0:44:22.359 in nineteen seventy one. Oh people, only two people, two 0:44:22.400 --> 0:44:25.359 defensive players. I was only one alive here that saw 0:44:25.400 --> 0:44:28.520 him win that. I was still just a thought from 0:44:28.600 --> 0:44:33.279 my pops is it's like baseball. You know, they have 0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:36.320 a Cy Young award, So that guy doesn't usually win MVP, 0:44:36.719 --> 0:44:40.120 you know, because we have an award for you, you know, 0:44:40.239 --> 0:44:41.959 defensive player. You're just give him that. They'd be happy 0:44:41.960 --> 0:44:45.399 and let's give it to somebody else and maybe it'll 0:44:45.440 --> 0:44:48.120 be he's an incredible player. Yeah, he's just you know, 0:44:48.160 --> 0:44:51.200 for being This team goes off their defense, and the 0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:55.360 defense is obviously you know, runs from everything through Micah. 0:44:55.600 --> 0:44:58.239 So I think it's something to be talking about. I 0:44:58.280 --> 0:45:00.480 appreciate you, guys, Jonas. We'll be back. I will be 0:45:00.520 --> 0:45:03.480 back tomorrow. These guys will be on. Makes you check 0:45:03.520 --> 0:45:05.560 all our shows tomorrow. It'll be interesting to hear some 0:45:05.600 --> 0:45:08.759 different opinions from some different matchings and pairings until then 0:45:08.760 --> 0:45:11.080 for Nick even Brian brought us Amber Garcia. I'm Derek Eagleton. 0:45:11.120 --> 0:45:13.879 This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 0:45:13.880 --> 0:45:18.080 Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys 0:45:18.080 --> 0:45:20.759 dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.