WEBVTT - Break_12_23.mp3 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:04.800 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:06.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:14.560 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:16.680 Are you ready for a break? Yes? 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:18.560 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:19.360 Absolutely? 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.720 Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:28.120 It's time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:33.920 were on with Mbar Garcia, Brian brought us, Nick Harris 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:35.760 and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.480 It is Monday, December twenty third, twenty twenty four, Season twenty, 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.520 episode number ninety. Welcome to the latest edition of The Break. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:47.120 We are live from that s WBC Mortgage Studios at 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:49.760 the Star were presented by LGLG is the world's number 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.200 one O lead TV brand for eleven years in counting 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:56.120 See why at LG dot com Ford slash O lead EVO. 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.480 It is Christmas Eve Eve, and we get to. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.280 Talk about why are you laughing? You never heard of 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:02.720 call that? 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:04.400 I've never heard of someone. 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.319 Christmas Eve? We are we are We get to talk 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.920 about a Cowboys win. That was That was a. 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:15.160 Look anti climactic. 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.480 Well it was a little anti climactic because I was 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:20.640 I was maybe the only person that was still like 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.800 Cowboys are still in it and the game I thought 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:26.440 would be, Oh, of course they're going to win. That 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:30.560 game ends up just falling apart. The Eagles had the 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:33.280 game against Washington and they just found a way they 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.880 refused to win, and uh so they gave up that game. 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:38.800 So by the time the Cowboys started their game, they 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.679 had already been eliminated. But we get to talk about 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:45.080 a win Cowboys player, I think pretty well, uh in 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.320 the twenty six to twenty fourth victory over the Tampa 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.360 Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football. So start first going 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:51.880 around the table, I want to hear from you guys, 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:53.200 what you think was the story of the game. 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:54.120 Nick, Let's start with you. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.640 Yeah, there's still a lot to fight for. 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.200 If you're looking at this team, there are twenty six 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.880 guys on this on this roster that are heading into 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.639 free agency whenever the season ends. And you look around 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:07.960 at some of the big contributors yesterday and you'll see 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:09.760 a lot of those twenty six names that popped up. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.120 You could look at Jordan Lewis having the interception and 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:13.960 a season where he's had probably the best year of 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:15.600 his career. I think he had his best game of 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.720 the season last night, and he had that interception on 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.040 Jayla McMillan and the end zone that was just incredible, 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.880 rip the ball away from him. You can look at 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.040 a Rico Daubto over the course of season has been great. 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.919 Obviously last night was not. And then Cooper Rush the 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.400 night that he had, specifically the first half that he 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.160 had in being able to establish momentum for that offense. 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.120 If you had told me coming into this game that 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.079 the Cowboys would win with only thirty one rushing yards, 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.200 I would have said you were crazy. So you got 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:42.920 to give credits to Cooper Rush in that sense. But 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.000 this team fights man and Ceedee Lamb, you know, going 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.600 through this ac joint injury that he's been battling for 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.720 the last eight weeks. We asked him in the locker 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.760 room after like why why do you keep playing? He's like, 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:55.760 I'm fighting for my brothers. I love this game that 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.280 much I want to be out there with them. So 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.120 you know, that is not the sign of a culture 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.280 or a deeper conversation, not a sign of a coaching 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.160 staff that is going to let this team lay over 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.400 over the course of these next two weeks. Still a 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.280 lot to play for with a lot of these guys 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.720 with so much uncertainty ahead in the offseason, and they 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:12.880 certainly showed that last night. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.720 Yeah, I wanted to start off. I think a lot 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.280 of this game was about Cooper Rush. Yeah, because I 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:23.639 honestly I was not too the thoughts about him having 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.920 to deal with linebacker pressure, him dealing with secondary pressure, 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.119 him dealing with potential pressure right in his face. Hacked 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.360 the touchdown pass. You know, he had to tot her. 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.800 I mean he right in his face. You know, he 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.480 he had you know, he was defensive lineman right there 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.680 in his face. B tove right in his face. And 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:42.920 you know, I think that he managed this thing really 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.240 really well. I was worried about him being a statue 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:47.920 back there, and but you know, when he had to 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.920 make the pressure throws, he was able to do it. 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:51.640 I was glad to see him throw the ball down 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:52.120 the field. 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.560 You know, we were breaking down the Buccaneers. We were 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.920 talking about where this ball needs to go. That these 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:00.960 guys give you a little cush and they play a 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:02.600 lot of single high and they're going to give you 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:03.480 some opportunities. 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:04.680 And they did that. 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.600 Dallas did a great job with some of the route 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.600 combinations to get the ball into the middle. Of the 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.960 field to make some easy throws for Cooper Rush. But overall, 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.720 you know, I mean the second half their offense was nothing, 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.479 but he didn't do anything to mess that game up, 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:19.800 you know, And I think that's exactly you needed. 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.680 And be steady he was. He was. We're at pinpoint 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:24.240 with where he needed to be with the ball. 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.000 He had some really good reads and you know, I 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.400 want to say this, I think he outplayed Baker Mayfield 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.360 last night. And it's not very often that you could 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:36.640 say that your backup quarterback is going to outplay a guy, 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.120 a quarterback who is, you know, one of the more 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.719 accurate quarterbacks in the league and his team is fighting 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.000 for a division championship. So a tip of the captain 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.080 Cooper Rush on that one. 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.400 Yeah, and some of his movements, I'm like, oh, okay, 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.560 come on, go for Rush. I'm like, I knew I 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:59.520 liked you at some point. No, but great job by him. 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.279 Also a great job by Ceedee Lamb. Once again, I 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.240 think he's made up for him missing training camp and 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.239 that whole conversation when he was out holding out looking 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.520 for that contract. The fact that he's playing the way 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.560 that he is despite the injury that he's been suffering 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:18.599 with along the whole season. Has been very, very impressive 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.760 and kudous to him. But even though this is not 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:26.039 the storyline, necessarily the biggest storyline of the game, I 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.599 am wearing the T shirt over here. So I wanted 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:32.559 to give mister Brandon you can't even say how mister 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:39.000 Brandon Aubrey a huge, huge shout out, because man, again, 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:43.000 I feel like we apologize about something every week. This week, 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:47.320 I'll bring it back again that apology from us wondering 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.440 what's gonna happen with the kicker position when we were 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.680 about to get hit in the face with balls at 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.839 training camp and it was a whole mess. And while 0:05:55.839 --> 0:06:00.839 he keeps impressing everybody, breaking wreckers, I think he has 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:06.000 what fourteen field goals fifty plus yard field goals of 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.719 the NFL record in a season and there's still two 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:14.039 games left and he's just he was great last night. 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:17.479 He was perfect, he was amazing, and just wanted to 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:18.320 give him a shout out. 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:19.680 I will say he has the playoff for me. 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:20.640 There you go, there you go. 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.320 I will say he is in like a Barry Bonds 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.560 Mark McGuire race with Kyami Fairburn because Kyamie Fairburn has 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.760 Thirteen's like it's going to be like back and back 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.240 and for the way, like they're just going to keep 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.560 breaking each other's record until one of them finally just 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:32.360 etches it. 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:32.839 Yeah. 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.080 I think one of the big keys will be what 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:38.200 we saw last night, that team still fought even though 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.800 obviously they were eliminated before the game. My question will be, 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.760 and what I'll be looking at is how do we 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.960 see that same fight these next two weeks, because now 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.000 that you know you're eliminated, what does the preparation look like, 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.080 because that's where sometimes he can get in people's heads. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.200 Once on Christmas it's over, Yeah, and it's just like 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:58.880 I don't have to watch this much film. Yeah, I 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:00.120 don't necessarily I forget this. 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.839 Where're starting to make to get out of the town. 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:03.120 It changed a little bit. 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.640 And again, everything we've seen from them up until this point, 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.080 they don't give up, like they keep fighting. 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.760 This coach has kept them engaged. Uh, this will be. 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:14.960 I think the hardest part for the coach to keep 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.040 them engaged during these next two weeks because it's just 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.160 natural everybody in the country, it's natural you kind of 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.360 let down a little bit. When you get to this 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:24.600 part of the year because it's it's the holidays, and 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.040 especially if there are no games that really are going 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.920 to matter for the postseason. Obviously I wonder how that works. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.080 But everything I've seen so far, I give a lot 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.800 of credit to coach McCarthy and this coaching staff because 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.640 despite everything that's happened in season, and how much they 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.720 could have just let everything go in the tank, they 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:42.040 did not. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:43.040 They kept playing hard. 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.240 It's an interesting point you make there because even though 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:50.280 they found out they were already eliminated before playing the game, 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.920 the preparation of the race was there, it was done. 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:55.920 They took care of it. They were heading into that 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.920 game as if they were still in the run or 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.480 there was still a chance. So you saw the reflection 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.080 of that. Now it's gonna be interesting watching what happens 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.240 is in this next two weeks. But like you said, 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:10.000 everything we've seen so far is that they're not giving 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.520 up and they're gonna keep going out there and again, 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:17.119 when you loose, when it comes down to the game, 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.400 they're gonna show up and play hard because physically that's 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.360 how you get through the game and you it avoids 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:27.920 you from potential injuries that could occur, but it'll be 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.559 interesting to see you. As far as preparation throughout the weeks. 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:32.760 Yeah, I think they're playing hard for each other. You know, 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.600 McCarthy and the coaches. You can absolutely tip your cap 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.200 to him. Nobody on short weeks gets his team ready 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.120 more than this guy. I'll give him credit for that. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.960 Nick mentioned it in his open statement though, twenty seven guys, 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.600 twenty seven guys, you're trying to put good film out there. 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:51.280 Guys like Jordan Lewis, Guys like OsO Diggi Zua, guys 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.320 like Chauncey Golston. You know, they've got some guys that 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.800 really aren't established as well. You know, you look at 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.320 brock Hoffman making nine hundred and twenty seven dollars, not 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.360 established as a as a right guard, not established really 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.800 as a player, really first time opportunity playing. 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:07.560 At a very high level. 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.120 If you look at the value over how that kind 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:13.520 of translates, he's like a sixteen million dollar player playing 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.000 guard for you right now. So they're getting a lot 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:19.720 of guys that are stepping up way beyond what their 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.480 pay is, and I think that's impressive. I think that 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.520 they're like I say, if this was a team like 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.000 say the New York Jets or another team that's a 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:32.600 veteran team, this thing amount have gone south a lot faster. 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.040 You know, we're seeing some teams that are just older 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.920 veteran teams that are like they don't see they see. 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:39.240 The light at the end of the tunnel. 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.800 Its the oncoming train, you know, and they're trying to 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.720 get out of the season. Nobody's trying to get hurt. 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.040 But there's you know, the coaches are coaching for their jobs, 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.480 the players are playing for new contracts. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:50.000 You know. 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.640 It's it's it's a recipe for to continue to try 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.560 and do things the right way instead of throwing in 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.319 the towel and letting the think. 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:00.280 Fall completely heart. 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.280 If I give credit to one more player that I 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.440 don't think we mentioned, Nick Vigil played his ass off 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.120 last night for you. And Nick's usually the guy who 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.840 never practices because he's got Nick tells you he's got 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.120 a foot injury. Every week he tells you he's not 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.040 going to practice foot injury. He's out playing. Last night, 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:19.520 his ten tackles you were worried about. You were worried about, 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.280 where were the tackles going to come from, and especially 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:25.520 against a team that physically runs the football. You know, 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:30.280 Kendrick's last minute scratch. Basically, Nick Vigil having a step 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.199 in probably didn't get a whole hell of a lot 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:32.600 of work. 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:33.880 Great job by. 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:35.520 Him doing what he needed to do to get that 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:36.880 done for the defense last night. 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:38.640 Yep, all right, let's take our first break. 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.680 When we come back, we'll dive deeper into some of 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.760 these conversations. 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You don't need that. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.200 You know, you start playing well at the end. 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:15.720 The playoffs, the scheme now. 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.280 And knows you didn't have to get on another plane. 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:24.120 After the Philadelphia game, don't even bring not just that 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:28.720 game was so they just everything about it that the 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.280 Eagles were just so far advanced, Like it's like, how 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:31.680 are they? 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:33.240 How did they not win that game? 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.720 It just they reverted back to some of their old 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:36.840 ways of playing defense. 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:38.760 I mean, I know they lost some guys so that 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:40.280 that certainly didn't help. 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:44.240 But man, your head coach, you were always. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:45.800 Always in the game, always. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:46.800 In the game of ni in the game. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.320 Okay, anyway, anyway, the man I would have been on 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:55.040 this show today, like there's a chance, there's a chance. 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:58.120 They're breathing Cincinnati game and you can there's so many 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.560 games you wish There's so many games you wish had back. 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.760 He wish he could be playing New Orleans this week. Yeah, 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:04.800 I mean just playing Atlanta this week. I mean, I 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.560 know Atlanta, I mean, how about Atlanta? 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.560 Quick? How about Michael Pennick? Though? How about that? Your 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.480 your division is on the line, and you've now gone 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:13.680 to the rookie quarterback. 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.400 Yeah, to go win the same Michael Pennick though one 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.240 at Indiana, won at Washington. 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:19.000 He's been a winner. 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:20.600 He played his butt off. Yes, yeah, that was a 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:21.240 good game for him. 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.280 Good game to play against the Giants though. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:24.400 No doubt to get you started. 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:25.480 But yeah, but it got you. 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.680 It got you momentum you needed to maybe close this 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.080 thing out and win the South. 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.520 Yeah, no doubt. All right, let's let's talk about Cooper Rush. 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.080 Yesterday, he was twenty six thirty five seventy four percent 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.040 completion rate, two hundred and ninety two yards in the air, 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:40.720 one touchdown, zero interceptions, a one oh eight point three 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.600 passer rating. Here's what I what I also noticed as 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.320 I was looking at some of the advanced stats on 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:50.000 the game, he actually only faced pressure on seventy five percent. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:50.600 Of his dropbacks. 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:51.080 Uh. 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.200 And on those drop backs he was twenty three of 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.560 twenty seven for twohundred and sixty eight yards. On the 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:57.920 ones where he faced pressure twenty five percent of them, 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.200 he was only three of eight for twenty four. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.040 Yards with an eighty five passer rating. 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.200 Do you think a lot of what we saw yesterday 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.040 from Cooper Rush, which I think may have been his 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.600 best game this year as a starter, do you think 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.320 a lot of that was about the fact that they could, 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.680 in a stat or the Buccaneers could not consistently get 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.080 pressure on him, and when he's not pressured, he can 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:17.800 tear you apart. 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:19.480 Yeah, I think that's fair. I think it's also a 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.840 combination of him just being more comfortable. As a season 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.600 goes on, we're starting to see what reps could do 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:28.320 for him. Because even on the Jalen Tolbert touchdown, specifically 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.920 third down play, Vidavea absolutely blows up Brockaffman. Bro Kaffman 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.320 had a tough day yesterday, but Vidavea blows up brock 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.480 Kaffman and get and Cooper Rush knows he's going to 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.360 take a hit, he stands in and puts a perfect 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.080 ball over the middle of the Jaalen Tolber, who hauls 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:42.960 it in for the touchdown. 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.520 I think it's just that type of comfortability. 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:46.960 I don't think we saw in the first two or 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.000 three games that that he had whenever he came in 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.640 a start of this year. He had said last week 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:55.000 after the Carolina game that he feels like he's playing 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:56.720 the best football of his career right now. 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:58.160 And I understand why. 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.080 He sees that, why he believes that he's starting to 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:04.679 stack really good reps and it's starting to pay dividends 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:06.440 for this offense. I think also some credit has to 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:09.600 be given to the play caller as well. Coming out 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.680 and just establishing confidence for Cooper Rush in this game, 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.560 I think was really important. You understood that you had 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:17.680 you were most likely going to have a running game 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.080 that cannot get going against a really good defensive front, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.840 against a really good second level in Tampa Bay. It's like, Okay, 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:24.680 I need Cooper Rush to help me win this game. 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:26.960 Let me build confidence for him. Let me take the 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.879 ball on the coin toss let's let's receive, let's build 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.600 confidence for Cooper. They come out on that first possession, 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:34.920 they run a bunch formations the whole time, quick past 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.600 the entire time, six for six, twenty one yards on 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.359 that opening drive, and just quick, quick, quick, quick action. 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.280 Get his brain moving quick, get those completions out in front. 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.399 Even if it did end in only three points, it 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.040 ended in points and an established confidence for this offense. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.800 I think it did wonders for this offense as the 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.320 game went on. And when Cooper Rush is confident, I 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:54.280 think he plays it his best. 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.119 He's a Heisman Trophy killer, isn't he. 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.119 Yeah look for that, Yeah, four of them. 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.800 He's taking down these Heisman Trophy winners. So I love that. 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:01.719 I'll tell you what. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.560 Both these quarterbacks played really well against man coverage, though, 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:06.480 and you watch the game and stuff like that. I 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.080 mean it was like a Baker Mayfield was just looking 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.000 at his numbers. He was eleven of twelve for a 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:13.240 buck thirty nine and Cooper was five or six for 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.160 sixty three. You know, against man coverage, and you know 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:19.040 both guys. Cooper was a little bit better against the 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:22.520 zone coverage stuff that sin say that Tampa bay was 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:23.280 thrown at him. 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:24.840 I'll say this if you want to. 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.600 You know, I was critical of Tolbert the route he 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:29.879 ran on the touchdown. I mean, give Cooper Rush a 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:31.680 lot of credit because you're going to watch the tape 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.399 and you're going to see Cooper Rush drop back and 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:36.440 he holds the ball. They're going to try and run 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:39.000 that thing across. They're going to try and run Tolbert 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.880 inside along the goal line and see if they can 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:42.560 hit him in the. 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:43.280 Middle of the field. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.840 But what happens is David the linebacker, cuts him off, 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.080 and so now he has to adjust the route to 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.000 go north. And so Cooper Rush realized what was about 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.480 to happen, and he just allowed Tolbert to clear and 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:59.119 then got him the football. David fell down in the route, 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.800 So that was a really good read by Tober to 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.560 get north, and then Cooper rushed to standing there knowing 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:07.240 that a three hundred and fifty pounds man was about 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:10.159 the delivereral blow on him. So good for good for 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:11.600 both those guys getting it done. 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:16.320 You know, I'm having a hard time trying to not 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:19.600 allow myself mentally to get fooled by what's happening at 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:23.200 the end of the season, keeping in mind the opponents 0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:28.040 that they faced this a few weeks, Yes, and they've 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:31.000 been competitive. And what you've seen on the offense, you 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.360 have to give credit to Mike McCarthy and the way 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:38.119 he has adjusted the play calling and helping position his 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.840 players in a better position with the calls. And also, 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:45.200 like Nick mentioned, I mean Cooper Rushia. Obviously you expect 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:48.600 anybody to come in and get better as the weeks 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.480 go by, so you can see him be more comfortable 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:54.119 and more confident. But when I said me not getting 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.919 fooled by what's happening at the end of the season, 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:00.199 it's like I've been very set on why I mean, 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.320 Mike McCarthy back as the head coach, but not as 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:05.960 the play caller. And even though I like what he 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:10.480 has done this past couple of weeks, I'm trying to, Hey, 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.560 remember what what happened throughout. 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:15.679 The Remember the whole season. 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:19.199 It's and the knives that went through my heart every loss. 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:23.119 So it's going to be interesting what's going to happen, 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.119 you know, with his contract and what the Cowboys decided 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:26.600 to do with. 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:31.080 Him extending Yeah, going to extending, Yeah, run this thing. 0:20:31.000 --> 0:20:32.760 Back you're extending Mike Zimmer as well. 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:35.919 Yeah, I mean they're they're the package. 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:36.560 Yeah, it's the package. 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:39.280 It's like I think the people, I think, the people 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:41.919 that want Mike McCarthy back to appreciate Mike McCarthy, are 0:20:41.920 --> 0:20:44.399 probably going to get their wish. Never seen the general 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.560 manager more giddy about a seven and eight team than 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:52.040 he is right now. He is him and Mike McCarthy, 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:55.439 and you know what, the folks like me that that 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:58.080 want to move on from him, you know what, we're 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:00.520 probably not going to get our wish here, and this 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:03.640 is you know that ed happens. But this general manager, 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:07.320 obviously him Stephen Jones, feel very comfortable. Will McClay feel 0:21:07.400 --> 0:21:09.920 very comfortable with him. They're excited about the way the 0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:12.199 team is playing. I think he has a hand of it. 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:14.199 I also think, as I mentioned, the players have a 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:16.480 hand in it, trying to get good tape out there 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.480 in case they move on. So never seen the general 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:22.280 manager this happy about a coach, and so to me 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:24.960 go ahead and extend and make everybody happy, get on 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:27.280 the phone called don Yee right now and get this 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:27.800 thing done. 0:21:27.880 --> 0:21:30.639 I think part of the conversation that has to be 0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:32.600 had specifically on the offensive side of the ball as 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:34.679 it pertains to McCarthy as a play caller, as the 0:21:34.680 --> 0:21:37.280 head coach all of those things. Is you have Dak 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:39.960 Prescott for four more years, and looking at his age, 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:42.280 you would have to assume that it might only be 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:45.000 four more years. Are you willing to risk This is 0:21:45.040 --> 0:21:46.879 just the question they have to ask themselves. Are they 0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:49.760 willing to risk signing him to a to three year 0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:52.840 extension and if it doesn't work out, changing coordinators with 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:54.399 only about a year or two left and down now. 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:56.760 I think that's that's something that they really have to 0:21:56.800 --> 0:21:57.879 think about when it comes around. 0:21:57.880 --> 0:21:59.600 I don't think they have. I don't think they have. 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:01.679 You think they have what I don't think they have. 0:22:01.760 --> 0:22:05.520 I think they've made a decision on Mike McCarthy. I do, Yeah, 0:22:05.640 --> 0:22:08.080 I do. I think they're I think they're totally comfortable 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:10.680 with Mike McCarthy. You know, I'd love to I'd love 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.040 to hear them this week talk about you know, hey, 0:22:13.080 --> 0:22:15.360 we're going to extend Mike McCarthy. We're working on an 0:22:15.359 --> 0:22:16.320 extension right now. 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:18.560 Are you kidding him? As a boy caller? 0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:22.640 Sure? Sure? Keeping everything the same. 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:24.800 M you like pain? 0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:29.240 I I don't know if I I don't. 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:30.960 I don't know if they've made the decision, though I 0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:33.280 think that Jerry was pressed about it a little bit loud. 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.200 I think they have. I think they're really I don't 0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:35.480 think that. 0:22:35.480 --> 0:22:38.600 I don't think you would if you were not tremendously 0:22:38.720 --> 0:22:41.199 happy with the direction this thing has been going, you 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:44.160 wouldn't have the reactions that he's been having, and we've had. 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:47.160 We've had Jerry Jones Stephen Jones on our station four 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.320 times a week, all four you know, four times a week, 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:54.040 and every single time nothing but positivity. And some point 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:56.399 you say, yes, you have to be positive, or you 0:22:56.520 --> 0:22:59.280 just say no comment about that, you know. But I 0:22:59.840 --> 0:23:02.400 I the way that the way that they're acting right now, 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:03.760 I think they've got their guy in mind. 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:06.080 Well, I don't know if they have their their mind 0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:09.760 made up or not. What I will say is being positive. 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:14.560 They're being being overly powered. Positive for Jerry is normal 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:17.840 like that You're we're acting like that's not normal for Jerry. 0:23:17.920 --> 0:23:22.800 Jerry is extremely optimistic, and Jerry is extremely That's why 0:23:22.600 --> 0:23:26.520 I always That's why I But my point is, even 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:29.720 when the decision ends up being something different, Jerry tends 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:33.080 to be publicly very positive, like he tends to be 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:36.040 a very positive, sure person when it comes to how 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:38.560 he portrays the team to the general public. 0:23:38.800 --> 0:23:40.400 So I don't know if that means. 0:23:40.400 --> 0:23:42.120 I don't know if I'm taking any clues from that 0:23:42.119 --> 0:23:44.000 that he's made a decision one way or the other. 0:23:44.320 --> 0:23:47.240 I think this is typical Jerry, that Jerry's gonna always 0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:50.719 be optimistic, and when he sees something that gives him 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:53.160 even more reason to be optimistic, he's gonna be even 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:53.800 more optimistic. 0:23:54.000 --> 0:23:55.080 Like that's just how he is. 0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:56.840 I don't know that that necessarily means anything to me 0:23:56.880 --> 0:23:57.960 about what the decision will be. 0:23:58.000 --> 0:24:02.320 Yeah, I respect, we disagree, and I disagree in a 0:24:02.320 --> 0:24:05.399 way because I feel like to me that they are 0:24:05.440 --> 0:24:07.640 totally comfortable with Mike McCarthy as their head coach. 0:24:08.240 --> 0:24:10.080 They are totally comfortable with him as that. 0:24:10.160 --> 0:24:11.400 And that may be the case. 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:13.440 All I'm saying is I don't think that that how 0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:17.840 Jerry is portraying the team and his happiness for the 0:24:18.200 --> 0:24:21.720 for the fact that they're playing well the last five weeks. Sure, 0:24:22.080 --> 0:24:24.639 I don't think that that's necessarily the indicator. I just 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:28.440 think that's who Jerry is Jerry. We always always talk 0:24:28.480 --> 0:24:32.359 about Jerry being so optimistic. He's extremely optimistic when it 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:33.600 comes to how he portrays the team. 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:35.480 How hard would it be for him to walk away 0:24:35.520 --> 0:24:38.600 from Mike McCarthy if in fact that that the way 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:40.200 that they're they're playing right now. 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:43.119 To be honest with I do I do think that 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:45.000 if you would have gone back, if you. 0:24:44.960 --> 0:24:47.639 Say where was Jerry six weeks ago to where he 0:24:47.760 --> 0:24:49.399 is now, then I agree with you. 0:24:49.480 --> 0:24:51.360 I think he's probably more in a boat right now 0:24:51.359 --> 0:24:54.040 where it's like, man, it's it's hard to let him 0:24:54.080 --> 0:24:56.080 go when I've seen the last. 0:24:55.960 --> 0:24:57.800 I don't think he wants to go through another interview 0:24:57.880 --> 0:24:59.880 process myself. I just don't. 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:01.159 Again, I don't know that. 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:05.520 We don't know McCarthy wanting to come back. That's another 0:25:05.560 --> 0:25:08.320 thing like we don't. We don't know because again, he. 0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:10.920 Was really disappointed before in pregame you listened to Brad 0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:11.880 shamp ask him. 0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:15.040 Questions, Yeah, he was, he was totally he was totally. 0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:19.480 Uh, just in the tank about not being in the playoffs, 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:22.520 you know, and so you know, to me, I mean 0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:25.880 I think that a guy that if he didn't want 0:25:25.920 --> 0:25:27.919 to be here, I don't think he would be that way. 0:25:27.960 --> 0:25:29.240 I don't think he would feel that way. 0:25:29.520 --> 0:25:31.720 The only reason I bring that up. And I'm not 0:25:31.800 --> 0:25:35.440 gonna bring a bunch of stuff on the air about this, 0:25:35.680 --> 0:25:41.720 but we have heard little things in inner. I'm trying 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:43.959 to keep my job. No, I'm just kidding. No, I 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:47.200 am keeping my job. But my point is when you 0:25:47.320 --> 0:25:51.320 listen through to interviews throughout the season from my McCarthy, 0:25:51.840 --> 0:25:56.159 there have been times where he gives that an answer. 0:25:56.359 --> 0:25:59.760 What it makes you wonder or think more when whenever 0:25:59.800 --> 0:26:03.120 he maybe about the running backs and the running game 0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:06.840 or what was happening in the game. So you hear 0:26:07.000 --> 0:26:11.560 his frustration and it leads me to think, Okay, is 0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:15.280 he actually happy here? Not to say that he's not, 0:26:15.400 --> 0:26:17.480 because he's been here and he's committed to the team, 0:26:17.480 --> 0:26:20.159 and you've seen that, and you saw that specifically in 0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:23.520 that interview that you mentioned, Brian, but it makes me wonder, 0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:26.320 is he wanting to go through all of this in 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:29.840 this scene where it's the Dallas Cowboys and we're in 0:26:29.920 --> 0:26:34.359 the start And sometimes when you watch the frustration and 0:26:34.480 --> 0:26:38.440 just the toll that it takes on you emotionally having 0:26:38.480 --> 0:26:40.760 to deal with the amount of pressure here, it just 0:26:40.800 --> 0:26:42.920 makes me wonder is he wanting to do that again 0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:46.119 and stay here in Dallas. Well, I don't know, we'll see. 0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:48.879 The reality is he has just as much say in 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:51.840 this as the organization does because he is a free 0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:53.040 agent essentially after the. 0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:53.600 Season is over. 0:26:53.800 --> 0:26:56.520 So if he chooses to leave, he has every right 0:26:56.560 --> 0:26:58.720 and ability to be able to leave. So it is 0:26:58.760 --> 0:27:01.159 a two way thing here. This is not just the 0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:02.320 Cowboys's eye whether. 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:04.400 Sees how that signed players, he's going to get He's 0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:06.160 gonna be the highest paid coach in the league. 0:27:07.320 --> 0:27:09.359 I'm saying that, kidding. 0:27:09.440 --> 0:27:12.640 Yeah, the perspective. 0:27:12.640 --> 0:27:15.919 That on air, right, because people that are just listening, 0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:18.680 if you if you, if you wait and if you 0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:20.920 wait around here, you get your extension. 0:27:21.000 --> 0:27:23.120 Yeah, get nick saving money. 0:27:24.080 --> 0:27:26.800 I'd be curious to know from Jerry's perspective, if his 0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:28.000 mind was made up, why not. 0:27:28.000 --> 0:27:29.720 Just come out and say it last night after the game? 0:27:30.359 --> 0:27:32.239 Oh I think you know what that That's what I've 0:27:32.280 --> 0:27:34.639 been asking. Yeah, I mean I've been asking the same thing. 0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:37.040 As happy as they are about this guy, as happy 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:39.639 as in giddy as he appears to be, and talking 0:27:39.640 --> 0:27:42.160 about him in such a glowing and my gosh, you're 0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:44.720 playing hard for him, and they're doing this and doing that. 0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:47.280 That's what I'm saying, Go go extend him now. I 0:27:47.320 --> 0:27:49.000 don't need I don't need you to tell me that 0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:51.120 they're you know that, they're just go do it. 0:27:51.359 --> 0:27:54.440 Go get the extension done this week and and and 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:55.440 or put it all the rest. 0:27:55.440 --> 0:27:57.560 Maybe he will, Maybe he'll come on our shows this 0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:00.280 week and say, you know what, I've made it this decision. 0:28:00.320 --> 0:28:02.000 We're gonna bring Mike back, and I'm working on a 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.240 contract extension with Don Ye right now. 0:28:05.359 --> 0:28:06.959 I doubt McCarthy would want to do that with two 0:28:07.000 --> 0:28:09.639 weeks left, Just knowing how he's been communicating about this 0:28:09.680 --> 0:28:12.440 process the whole time, I doubt he would even open 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:14.440 that conversation till the season's over. I'm just kind of 0:28:14.440 --> 0:28:15.560 thinking and thinking out loud here. 0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:17.920 Let's take our final break. We'll come back. 0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:20.120 We got more talk about from this Cowboys versus Tampa 0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:22.040 Bay game. 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This segment's brought to you about blockchain dot com. 0:31:14.880 --> 0:31:17.480 All right, so let's talk about the running game. The 0:31:17.560 --> 0:31:20.239 running game had really been kind of the backbone of 0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:23.200 this offense for the last couple weeks, really few weeks, 0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:26.440 and then yesterday it just was not there. 0:31:27.320 --> 0:31:28.120 Ric o'daldle was. 0:31:28.120 --> 0:31:31.080 Thirty, had thirteen carries for twenty three yards of one 0:31:31.080 --> 0:31:34.160 point eight average check out some of these advanced metrics. 0:31:34.200 --> 0:31:36.640 He was fifty four percent against the stack They ran 0:31:36.720 --> 0:31:38.960 fifty four percent of the time against a stack box, so 0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:40.120 he was facing it up. 0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:40.640 Bill Battle. 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:42.040 It's some one of the worst teams in the league 0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:44.280 when it comes to run against stack boxes, and the 0:31:44.280 --> 0:31:46.000 Buccaneers play at more than anybody. 0:31:46.120 --> 0:31:48.719 Cooper rushed that yes, right too. So just backing up 0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:51.760 your your great scouting on last last week, I was like, oh, 0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:53.160 Brian brought it said that last week. 0:31:53.200 --> 0:31:54.320 He must have been watching the break. 0:31:54.440 --> 0:31:57.120 So here's my question, though, do you think that the 0:31:57.120 --> 0:32:00.560 stack box and what they were doing there actually opened 0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:02.680 up the passing game more? And that's why you saw 0:32:02.760 --> 0:32:06.080 such great production by the passing game in Cooper rush. 0:32:06.200 --> 0:32:08.400 You saw more one on ones yesterday was I think 0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:10.760 you've seen all season? So yeah, I think that's that's 0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:13.920 certainly the case. And dealing with a backup safety on 0:32:13.960 --> 0:32:16.880 the back end with Antoine Winfield out, there were advantages 0:32:16.920 --> 0:32:21.080 that could be taken here. I again respect to the 0:32:21.120 --> 0:32:23.040 play caller, there was a couple instances where they were 0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:26.400 able to just isolate guys and have speed against non speed. 0:32:26.440 --> 0:32:28.720 And for example, the play that comes to mind is 0:32:28.800 --> 0:32:30.600 you think back to last week when they had those 0:32:30.640 --> 0:32:34.360 two Cavante Turpin carries for twenty seven yards in Carolina 0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:36.120 and just lining him up in the backfield, handing it 0:32:36.160 --> 0:32:38.360 to him like a straight up running back. They line 0:32:38.440 --> 0:32:40.240 him up in the backfield for the first time last 0:32:40.280 --> 0:32:42.440 night and they go play action to him. Cooper rolls 0:32:42.480 --> 0:32:44.680 to his left and Brandon Cooks and one on one 0:32:44.760 --> 0:32:47.080 with a guy is just blowing by his coverage. It's 0:32:47.120 --> 0:32:49.200 the longest reception Brandon Cooks had all year for twenty 0:32:49.280 --> 0:32:50.960 nine yards. I believe that was in the first quarter. 0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:55.520 Set up that first touchdown pass, and I think with 0:32:56.000 --> 0:32:58.520 those stacked boxes it certainly helped a lot with his 0:32:58.560 --> 0:32:59.080 passing game. 0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:01.040 Yeah, I think to me when you when you watch it, 0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:02.720 and Mike did a nice job. 0:33:02.720 --> 0:33:03.760 You're talking about set it up. 0:33:03.960 --> 0:33:06.360 He gets a twelve yard run with They get the 0:33:06.400 --> 0:33:08.920 thing blocked on the backside really well. Smith does a 0:33:08.960 --> 0:33:12.200 great job of cutting off his guy and then they. 0:33:12.280 --> 0:33:13.480 Kind of get Vida Veya. 0:33:13.360 --> 0:33:15.480 Secured and you know, next thing you know, Turpen's to 0:33:15.600 --> 0:33:18.000 the hole, through the hole, makes a guy miss, and 0:33:18.040 --> 0:33:20.320 now you're got a twelve yard gain. They come back 0:33:20.360 --> 0:33:22.920 in the very same formation like Nick's talking about they 0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:25.880 go heavy play action right off it and it and 0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:28.239 the play. The fact that they'd ran a play for 0:33:28.360 --> 0:33:32.360 twelve yards the previous brought all the linebackers up and 0:33:32.400 --> 0:33:35.360 brought the safety up off and that that's exactly where 0:33:35.400 --> 0:33:38.880 Cooks went. So safety comes up. Cooks runs by a 0:33:39.000 --> 0:33:41.320 ball right there. You know, Cooper did a nice job 0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:43.000 but kind of sliding to his left and making sure 0:33:43.000 --> 0:33:43.960 that ball got out. 0:33:44.440 --> 0:33:45.720 But just the threat of. 0:33:45.600 --> 0:33:50.160 That brought the brought the the Buccaneer defense up and 0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:53.640 then created some space for them to work with. But 0:33:54.160 --> 0:33:55.840 it was going to be tough to run the ball 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:57.920 against these guys. I mean it was you know, they 0:33:58.560 --> 0:34:00.840 like say Dallas just does not run well against the 0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:03.800 stack box three point four yards of carry. I mean, 0:34:04.400 --> 0:34:06.400 even with Rico Daddle, he's one of the been one 0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:09.239 of the most successful running backs in the league when 0:34:09.280 --> 0:34:12.120 it comes to you know, with the positive carries or 0:34:12.160 --> 0:34:15.600 you know, gains of four plus yards of carry successful carries, 0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:17.960 and yesterday he you know, you just look at the 0:34:18.040 --> 0:34:20.319 you look at the metrics and with guys on and 0:34:20.360 --> 0:34:23.440 off the field for the Buccaneers, their defense, I mean 0:34:24.360 --> 0:34:27.000 one point six one point six one point six, one 0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:30.239 point five, zero point nine, you know, two point one. 0:34:30.320 --> 0:34:31.640 I mean that's nothing. 0:34:32.239 --> 0:34:34.480 That's nothing when it comes to yards to carry with 0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:37.319 those defenders on the field, and then you flip it 0:34:37.360 --> 0:34:39.280 on the other way, you know, Dallas said some guys 0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:40.960 on the field it was about almost six yards of 0:34:41.000 --> 0:34:43.920 carry and some of those instances. But you know that 0:34:44.080 --> 0:34:46.839 it was the passing game is what got it done 0:34:46.840 --> 0:34:50.200 because you were able to handle the linebacker pressure and 0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:52.680 you and you didn't get you didn't get hurt by 0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:54.640 any stuff that they usually do from the secondary. 0:34:54.640 --> 0:34:56.680 Cooper Rush did a great job of getting the ball 0:34:56.719 --> 0:34:57.080 out for that. 0:34:57.160 --> 0:34:58.920 I'll tell you what you talking about the rush defense 0:34:58.960 --> 0:35:02.239 for the Cowboys. Complimentary football helped this defense out more 0:35:02.239 --> 0:35:04.400 than any other game in the season because have you 0:35:04.560 --> 0:35:07.920 not been playing from ahead the entire game, that running 0:35:07.920 --> 0:35:09.359 game would have caught up and it would have beat 0:35:09.400 --> 0:35:11.120 you down before the end of the game. So I 0:35:11.520 --> 0:35:14.080 complimentary football really worked for the defensive side this time. 0:35:14.080 --> 0:35:15.400 I think that's the first time we could say that 0:35:15.400 --> 0:35:17.719 this year unless I'm forgetting a game where it was 0:35:17.760 --> 0:35:18.280 more evident. 0:35:18.680 --> 0:35:20.879 Well, I was just gonna say that's where it comes 0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:23.279 down to, because you look at all the stats. I mean, 0:35:23.360 --> 0:35:26.680 the Bucks they beat you in every stat just by 0:35:26.680 --> 0:35:31.520 a little bit more time, possession, the yards, and when 0:35:31.560 --> 0:35:33.799 it comes down to it, the only place that the 0:35:33.840 --> 0:35:37.480 Cowboys beat them at was in turnovers with the defense 0:35:37.480 --> 0:35:39.400 and what they were able to do. And it just 0:35:39.400 --> 0:35:43.120 goes to show once again that when you are able 0:35:43.160 --> 0:35:46.560 to turn if you win the turnover battle, more often 0:35:46.640 --> 0:35:49.280 than not, you're winning that game. And the defense once 0:35:49.320 --> 0:35:52.719 again showed up. They made so so many plays. And 0:35:52.760 --> 0:35:56.560 I know we were talking about the offense here, but again, 0:35:56.680 --> 0:35:58.879 if the defense wasn't playing the way that they are, 0:35:59.040 --> 0:36:01.520 I don't think this offense can get it done by itself. 0:36:01.560 --> 0:36:04.120 But you still saw improvement and in a game where 0:36:04.600 --> 0:36:07.120 there was the lack of the running game, you finally 0:36:07.160 --> 0:36:11.680 saw some efficiency in the passing game. Now, the secondary 0:36:11.920 --> 0:36:14.520 is not great. It's not the best second and I'm 0:36:14.520 --> 0:36:17.279 talking about the Buccaneers. Their secondary is not the best 0:36:17.320 --> 0:36:20.040 in the league or anything, but they were able to 0:36:20.080 --> 0:36:22.160 take advantage of that. And we go back to talking 0:36:22.160 --> 0:36:25.240 about Cooper Rush and him feeling more comfortable and being 0:36:25.280 --> 0:36:29.000 more in connection with the receivers and Brian you mentioned 0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:32.920 earlier Tolbert, a guy that disappeared the whole season, and 0:36:33.000 --> 0:36:35.000 then all of a sudden, now he's starting to show 0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:39.880 up again, making two key plays back back to back weeks. 0:36:39.920 --> 0:36:44.839 So I think it comes down to just practicing more 0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:45.520 time together. 0:36:46.160 --> 0:36:49.040 Yeah, let's actually dive a little deeper into that run 0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:52.439 defense yesterday. That that was I agree with you, Nick, 0:36:52.480 --> 0:36:55.440 I think there's without the fact that they had they 0:36:55.440 --> 0:36:57.440 were playing with the lead for so much of the game. 0:36:57.880 --> 0:36:59.600 I think that could have been a real turning point 0:36:59.640 --> 0:37:00.799 for this game. I think that kind of been the 0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:03.239 difference in this game. The one thing I noticed in 0:37:03.239 --> 0:37:05.560 some of the advanced metrics was that they got the 0:37:05.640 --> 0:37:08.400 majority of their success running inside left. 0:37:08.560 --> 0:37:08.880 Yeah. 0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:09.880 What did you guys. 0:37:09.640 --> 0:37:12.759 See from the run defense specifically that you think was 0:37:12.880 --> 0:37:14.280 most problematic for Dallas. 0:37:14.960 --> 0:37:17.040 It's too early for me to comment on that specifically. 0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:18.480 I haven't been able to go back and see what 0:37:18.560 --> 0:37:19.319 work in the trenches are. 0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.239 Yeah, I think to me, what, you know, the one 0:37:22.320 --> 0:37:25.960 thing that that early in the game, you get Mossy 0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:30.399 playing pretty well and Linville Lynville Joseph, I mean, they 0:37:30.880 --> 0:37:35.359 the Buccaneers, They've got their backs all finished going forward too. 0:37:35.760 --> 0:37:38.759 That's that you know, And you really don't have to 0:37:38.840 --> 0:37:41.800 get a lot of their black I mean, the Buccaneers are. 0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:44.480 Good about getting a little bit of a guy and 0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:46.760 then the ball is to in past. 0:37:46.920 --> 0:37:50.520 I mean that's where it's not like they're hard to 0:37:50.719 --> 0:37:53.080 Bucky Irving. It's hard to bring down in the open 0:37:53.120 --> 0:37:56.600 field or you know, in space. But that when you 0:37:56.640 --> 0:37:59.440 look at the way that they're able to run the ball, 0:37:59.560 --> 0:38:02.880 it was they got push on the tackle, you know, 0:38:04.000 --> 0:38:06.680 Nick Vigel and those guys were having to fight some blocks. 0:38:07.120 --> 0:38:08.920 Maritly if out fighting blocks. 0:38:09.360 --> 0:38:11.480 You know, it got it got to the point where 0:38:11.480 --> 0:38:14.360 they were able to get you know, they were winning. 0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:17.239 They were playing on your side of the line of scrimmage, 0:38:17.760 --> 0:38:19.840 and that's where I think that they took advantage on 0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:24.919 some of these runs. It was contact past your point 0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:26.600 of the line of scrimmage and then they were and 0:38:26.640 --> 0:38:29.320 then everybody tried to rally to to kind of slow 0:38:29.400 --> 0:38:32.000 some things down. But I thought it was gonna be 0:38:32.000 --> 0:38:34.080 a lot worse, to be honest with you, the way 0:38:34.120 --> 0:38:36.000 I thought that they were just going to commit with it. 0:38:36.040 --> 0:38:38.680 But you talk about the complimentary football and the way 0:38:38.680 --> 0:38:41.520 that they were able to to play. They were able 0:38:41.520 --> 0:38:45.280 to play, you know, together on that and force Baker Mayfield. 0:38:45.320 --> 0:38:48.040 I mean, you know, playing they did a great job 0:38:48.080 --> 0:38:50.520 of rushing the past especially did a great job. Mike 0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:54.160 did a really great job of timing up his his 0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:57.960 secondary blitzes because you look at Donovan Wilson getting home 0:38:58.000 --> 0:39:00.400 a couple of times free, you look at George Lewis 0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:00.919 getting home. 0:39:01.040 --> 0:39:01.200 You know. 0:39:01.239 --> 0:39:04.200 I think they had four rushes during the game. I 0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:09.480 think three by Wilson, won by by Jordan Lewis. Three 0:39:09.560 --> 0:39:12.600 of those all turned into pressures and hits and stuff 0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:14.800 like that. So and and I think one of the 0:39:15.040 --> 0:39:16.920 one of them up in a sack. Wilson had a sack, 0:39:17.360 --> 0:39:20.560 so that there was some really timely Butson. But I 0:39:20.560 --> 0:39:23.200 think to answer your question, Derek, Tampa Bay does a 0:39:23.200 --> 0:39:25.640 great job of playing on your side of the line 0:39:25.680 --> 0:39:28.480 of scrimmage, and I think they created some some opportunities 0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:31.440 doing that off off your right side of the defense. 0:39:31.520 --> 0:39:34.160 Yeah, talk about complimentary football. The fact that they were 0:39:34.280 --> 0:39:37.839 making Tampa play down two scores for a good part 0:39:37.840 --> 0:39:39.799 of the game. That allowed Dallas defense to do what 0:39:39.840 --> 0:39:43.520 they do best, which is pressure the passer. They got 0:39:43.640 --> 0:39:47.520 pressure on thirty four percent of the dropbacks, seventeen pressures, 0:39:47.560 --> 0:39:51.200 four sacks yesterday some of the guys that really stood 0:39:51.200 --> 0:39:54.200 out there, and Micah of course had six pressures and 0:39:54.280 --> 0:39:58.759 a sack. Marris Lefile had five pressures, Olso had four pressures, 0:39:59.120 --> 0:40:02.680 Nieland had three pressures, Chauncey Golson had two pressures in 0:40:02.719 --> 0:40:05.120 a sack. Talk about what you saw from the from 0:40:05.160 --> 0:40:07.880 the pass rush particularly and how they were able to 0:40:07.920 --> 0:40:10.080 get there. Obviously understanding the blitz, but just in the 0:40:10.120 --> 0:40:11.920 base back at some of the guys that they were 0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:14.000 able to get get home or at least get get 0:40:14.040 --> 0:40:15.320 pressure on Baker Mayfield. 0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:17.440 It's just a unit that is understanding what they have 0:40:17.520 --> 0:40:19.080 to do now here on the back end of the season. 0:40:19.480 --> 0:40:22.480 There was a lot of dialogue in the beginning of 0:40:22.480 --> 0:40:25.400 the year about guys not necessarily understanding their assignments, what 0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:27.839 pass rush lanes, things of that nature. Michael Parson's talking 0:40:27.840 --> 0:40:29.680 about guys trying to be heroes, this, that, and the third. 0:40:29.920 --> 0:40:32.120 I think everyone understands what they're doing now and it's 0:40:32.200 --> 0:40:36.040 allowing Mike Zimmer to send guys like Donovan Wilson and 0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:38.000 Jordan Lewis here on the back end of the season. 0:40:38.080 --> 0:40:41.360 On situational blitzing, Mari Sleafel as well. I mean, Donovan 0:40:41.360 --> 0:40:43.279 Wilson has gotten in the sack category in three of 0:40:43.320 --> 0:40:45.920 the last four games. That does not happen if that 0:40:46.040 --> 0:40:49.640 front is not playing a schematically sound and they're and 0:40:49.640 --> 0:40:52.120 they're making the right assignments, are doing what they have 0:40:52.239 --> 0:40:52.440 to do. 0:40:53.280 --> 0:40:54.719 You know, Michael Parsons has talked about it. 0:40:54.719 --> 0:40:57.800 He's like, hey, I've had to embrace on some snaps 0:40:57.840 --> 0:41:00.360 just being the guy that takes takes on more and 0:41:00.400 --> 0:41:03.360 allows others to get home on the quarterback. And I 0:41:03.440 --> 0:41:05.080 think we're starting to see that trickle down throughout the 0:41:05.200 --> 0:41:07.359 entire defensive line. And I think that's what really worked 0:41:07.360 --> 0:41:09.759 in this game too. Everyone's just schematically sound right now, 0:41:09.920 --> 0:41:12.560 because you go back to the Detroit game specifically, when 0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:16.359 this defense was in a very similar situation, not having 0:41:16.440 --> 0:41:18.640 Eric Hendricks having to figure out what to do on 0:41:18.640 --> 0:41:22.000 that second level, you saw that defensive front being out 0:41:22.040 --> 0:41:24.040 of sorts affect you more than any other game in 0:41:24.080 --> 0:41:27.040 the year. It happens again, what are we ten weeks later, 0:41:27.440 --> 0:41:30.759 I don't know, something like that, and you don't have 0:41:30.880 --> 0:41:33.320 Eric Kendricks in that second level, but the defensive front 0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:35.680 is helping them out so much more and it's trickle 0:41:35.719 --> 0:41:37.279 down effect, and vigil is able to have a great 0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:39.359 game on the back end as well. Yeah, talking about 0:41:39.360 --> 0:41:42.799 the password's perspective, specifically, this defensive front is just playing well. 0:41:43.239 --> 0:41:46.960 Yeah, Marshawn kneeling, Carl Lawson, Yeah, those aren't on your 0:41:46.960 --> 0:41:47.600 being go cards? 0:41:47.640 --> 0:41:48.040 Are they? 0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:51.120 Talking about guys that you know? I mean, Carl Lawson 0:41:51.160 --> 0:41:53.080 has done a nice job for you. You talk about 0:41:53.080 --> 0:41:54.520 the guys that are making no money, and then all 0:41:54.520 --> 0:41:56.200 of a sudden his value is more like a fifteen 0:41:56.239 --> 0:41:57.320 to sixteen million dollar. 0:41:57.280 --> 0:41:58.880 Rusher the way that he plays. 0:41:59.320 --> 0:42:02.960 But yeah, them, and and and and Neelan have done. 0:42:02.840 --> 0:42:05.640 A really really nice job of com Golston. 0:42:05.760 --> 0:42:09.280 I mean they they they've figured out this, the twist, stunts, 0:42:09.280 --> 0:42:12.520 the blitz is the movements. Uh, they've they all work 0:42:12.600 --> 0:42:17.840 together well with each other. You mentioned about uh Parsons 0:42:17.880 --> 0:42:21.320 taking on blocks. Yeah, I mean he's he's I mean, guys, 0:42:21.719 --> 0:42:22.760 he's getting double teams. 0:42:22.760 --> 0:42:26.200 It's freeing up other guys. Mike's calling a pretty good game. 0:42:26.200 --> 0:42:28.480 They're getting these teams to have to drop back and 0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:31.160 pass and and all of a sudden, you've got guys 0:42:31.160 --> 0:42:34.399 that Jimly can rush. It's not just Michaeh Parsons. Oh 0:42:34.440 --> 0:42:37.240 so Diggy's you got some guys like him, and mentioned 0:42:37.239 --> 0:42:41.600 Neil and Goldston Lawson. They've done it, Lynnville, Joseph hell 0:42:41.640 --> 0:42:44.800 who had him for a sack yesterday laying down. 0:42:44.680 --> 0:42:47.120 Yeah, well yeah it was yeah, but they. 0:42:47.239 --> 0:42:51.120 They they really they bullied that Tampa front on a 0:42:51.160 --> 0:42:53.279 lot of those pass rushes and able to get home 0:42:53.320 --> 0:42:53.719 that way. 0:42:53.920 --> 0:42:54.160 Yeah. 0:42:54.600 --> 0:42:57.480 I think now comes the big test for this offense 0:42:57.520 --> 0:43:00.479 and this defense, because the next two games you're gonna 0:43:00.520 --> 0:43:03.160 have teams that I think are better than the teams 0:43:03.160 --> 0:43:06.000 you've played the last two or three weeks, and we're 0:43:06.040 --> 0:43:08.440 really gonna see what they can do, especial in situations 0:43:08.440 --> 0:43:11.040 with those teams are a bit more desperate Phillies trying 0:43:11.080 --> 0:43:13.760 to win the division, Phillies trying to stay in hunt 0:43:13.880 --> 0:43:16.879 for maybe a first round by and. 0:43:16.800 --> 0:43:17.800 That number one seed. 0:43:18.080 --> 0:43:20.480 That's gonna be tough at this point with that lost yesterday, 0:43:20.520 --> 0:43:23.399 but there's still got something they're playing for. Washington IVY 0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:25.600 is still playing to get into the playoffs. So you're 0:43:25.600 --> 0:43:28.080 gonna have some real challenges here these next two weeks, 0:43:28.120 --> 0:43:30.160 and we'll figure out just how much this Dallas team 0:43:30.480 --> 0:43:34.160 is resilient and wants to keep playing in these situations. 0:43:34.200 --> 0:43:36.680 I was gonna say, well, we're playing for our jobs here, 0:43:37.040 --> 0:43:39.120 and there we go. We got something that we're playing 0:43:39.200 --> 0:43:40.560 for too, for our jobs. 0:43:40.640 --> 0:43:42.680 We we're gonna have a conversation in the offseason on 0:43:42.680 --> 0:43:45.480 one of these offseason shows about you know, what they 0:43:45.600 --> 0:43:47.399 will have to do in free agency, what they can 0:43:47.440 --> 0:43:49.360 do in free agency. These next two games are going 0:43:49.440 --> 0:43:51.480 to determine a lot about what that conversation looks like, 0:43:51.600 --> 0:43:53.720 especially when you look at guys like Golseno Digize Will 0:43:54.120 --> 0:43:54.520 All right. 0:43:54.400 --> 0:43:56.720 We're gon. We appreciate you guys going. So we're back tomorrow. 0:43:56.880 --> 0:43:58.839 Remember we will not have a show on Christmas Day, 0:43:58.960 --> 0:44:01.719 So tomorrow jump in, Brian, Can you want to get 0:44:01.760 --> 0:44:05.360 us a little started on the Eagles offense tomorrow? So 0:44:05.360 --> 0:44:07.040 we'll jump into the Eagles offense a little bit. I 0:44:07.040 --> 0:44:08.840 know Brian usually have some questions for us on a 0:44:08.880 --> 0:44:10.280 Tuesday as well, so we'll do a little. 0:44:10.120 --> 0:44:10.719 Bit of that too. 0:44:11.200 --> 0:44:14.080 Get you guys all primed up before Christmas, and then 0:44:14.080 --> 0:44:16.760 we'll be back on Thursday and uh and finish our 0:44:16.800 --> 0:44:20.080 preparation for Cowboys versus Eagles till then for Nick Harris 0:44:20.120 --> 0:44:22.120 Brian brought us Ambergarcia. I'm Derek Eagles and this has 0:44:22.160 --> 0:44:24.600 been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. 0:44:25.400 --> 0:44:28.400 This has been a production of Dallascowboys dot Com and 0:44:28.520 --> 0:44:31.480 the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.