WEBVTT - Mick Shots: Victory Monday . . . Finally 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.639 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:18.520 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shots 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:22.640 streaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:27.360 Dallas Cowboys at now. Here are Bill Jones, Everson Walls, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:35.400 and Nicky Spagnola, and here we are. Yes, finally, it's 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:40.800 a Victory Monday edition shot of mix shots. And I 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.120 am Bill Jones, he is Everson Walls, and he is 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:48.800 Mickey Spagnola And Everson, who did you pick to win 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:54.160 the game on Sundall that? Man, you know how it goes. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:58.600 Anytime the Cowboys win, I'm gonna take credit for it. 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.160 You know. I woke up early this morning and no hangover. 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.640 I felt good. I didn't have to drink myself to 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:11.800 sleep last night. It seemed like everything involved with the 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:17.360 Cowboy world was good. Jason Witt called a touchdown day. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:23.160 I'm taking credit for that. Bryant called Bryant classon pass. 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.920 Thank you, Bill. I mean, look at the NFC East. 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.800 I think three of the fourteens actually all one game 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:34.400 winning street in the FCST. So come on, man, everything 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.760 is back with the world. Ceedee Lamb. Best catch of 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:42.480 the Year, bar Nuns I love it, man, I love 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:46.880 and uh So Everson picked the Cowboys to win. I 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:51.600 picked the Cowboys to win, and Mickey Spagnola, what did 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:55.000 you do on Friday? I was precluded from picking them 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.280 to win because I said I wouldn't pick them to 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:00.160 win until they won two straight. So I got I 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.160 got to pick them to lose on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed, though, 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.640 when I start picking them to lose, their play has 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:09.160 picked up week by week by week, right, yes, it has. 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:15.360 I think have we discovered the key here? The defense 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:19.959 is offended by your gall the fact that you have 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.040 the goal to pick against. They were. They were so 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.959 offended they gave up four hundred and thirty yards and 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:32.160 twenty eight points. What did I tell you, SPACs? It's 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.919 all about situations. Right when it came down to it, 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:40.760 the last drive, the Cowboys were battened a thousand Kirk 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.000 Cousins didn't know what hit him. We finally came to 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.080 play that last drive of the game. Defense they had 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.359 already settled in finally with two minutes left to go 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.600 in the game. Actually it was the last two drives 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:53.119 because the time to drive before they got the ball 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.200 back for the offense with four minutes to go to 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.200 drive down for what turned out to be the winning touchdown, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.800 and then with a minute thirty seven left, I believe 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.720 it was, they actually closed the game for a change, 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.639 which is something they haven't been doing so far this year, 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.040 or by the way, not many times last year either. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.320 But they ended up getting a four and so yeah, 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.040 but when we win, it is it is such a 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:24.480 good It's like the sun is shining brighter all of 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.400 a sudden. Nationally, we're back on the national stage in 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.720 a positive level. On a positive level, we got a 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:35.600 chance to play for first place in less than four days. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.760 Come on, man, life is good. You know, the best, 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.280 the best news of all. We're on that national stage, 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.840 and we get Joe Buck and Troy Aikman calling the 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.640 game on third on this Thursday and the following Thursday too. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.240 That's what I was saying throughout the game. No matter 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.400 how it turned out, at least we're getting Bucking Aikman 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.480 the next two games. We didn't. They didn't even manage 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:05.240 to get DJ in that game. You got you got promoted. Yes, 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.280 I know you're talking about Moose. Yeah he got promoted. 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:18.760 So yeah, so yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah, now's we're 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:22.120 gonna see him. We're back. That's all we needed, was right. 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:26.240 That's right. So here we are on a victory Monday, 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.600 and there's so much to talk about. We need more 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:32.119 than forty five minutes. Mickey, where would you like to start? 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:34.800 You already kind of started on the defensive side of 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.680 the football. But you know, the other thing that is 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:43.760 remarkable is how much different things play out strategically when 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.560 you actually get a lead in the first half of 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:51.040 a game. Bar have a seasoned veteran playing quarterback for 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:57.120 you that you actually uh protected at a decent rate. 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.480 For a change, I thought that they were able to 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:07.600 open up the playbook be much more multiple on offense. Uh. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:12.240 The offensive line uh performed probably the best it's performed 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:16.680 in weeks. And everybody's gonna say, well, yeah, it was 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:20.000 the move they finally moved Zach Martin to write tackle. Well, 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.760 they moved Zach Martin to right tackle when they felt 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:26.560 comfortable with Connor McGovern playing right guard. H And that 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.880 was the key to that. Uh. Listening to Stephen Jones 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.480 this morning on his radio segment, when they asked him 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:36.040 about to move, his first response was, yeah, Connor McGovern 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.839 has been getting better and better and better and felt 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.560 like he can handle right guard. So that allowed them 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.720 to kick Martin out to write tackle. I think that 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:50.240 was key. H And as an offensive line they played 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:57.040 much better. I think what Dalton was sacked just twice 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.160 twice or once in the game. Yeah, and that was 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.560 his fault because he hung onto the ball far too long. 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.800 But other than that, the protection is good and it's like, oh, 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:13.200 Zeke woke up. Yeah, Zeke woke up. The offensive line 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:18.320 block better. Uh They all of a sudden, the opposing 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.520 team had to worry about the run. They ran for 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.880 one hundred and eighty yards. You know that kind of 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.680 got lost in the shuffle. They ran on the team 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:31.840 that runs. Uh so, I just him one hundred and 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.280 eighty two. I think it was one hundred and forty, 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.080 one hundred and twenty five. Uh so I and I 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.320 thought Mike McCarthy and and Ceedee Lamb hit the nail 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.600 on the head. McCarthy kept talking about how what a 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:48.479 team win it was, and Ceedee Lamb said the game 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:53.240 of football is complimentary play, and he meant offense defense 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.920 special teams when the when the offense scores, defenses got 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.080 to pick up or when they don't score. And how 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:04.360 about this, They got takeaways and actually scored after both 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:08.240 a touchdown and a field goal, which is something they 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:13.440 had kept previously right, and that touchdown on after the 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.840 first fumble recovery, it was a thirty yard drive. It 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.320 was the shortest drive all season long for a touchdown. 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.640 Prior to that, they had no drives left than sixty 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:28.080 five yards for a touchdown. So they complimented each other. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.800 And then you get a great play like you got 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.840 from CD Lamb, and like I said, you got professional 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:38.160 quarterback play finally at the quarterback position since Dak went 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.040 out and all of a sudden, you look up and 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:44.320 you go, oh, gotta win. Scored thirty one points. How 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:47.400 about that the most points they scored since what the 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:52.480 Giants game? And actually the most touchdowns they scored since 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:57.480 they matched it the Giants game. And they scored more 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.560 touchdowns in one game than they had totaled in the 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:05.680 last three. Wow. And you know, when you look at 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:09.080 their game, guys, what I liked about it was, yes, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:14.400 the defense they played loosely so to speak, but there 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:18.520 were no quick points. There were no quick drives, quick 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.080 a quick scoring opportunity, and when this isn't taken advantage 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:26.080 of about the offense, that kind of demoralizes your defense. 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:28.480 And I like the way we hung in there on 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:32.480 every drive. Yes, we gave up some rushing yards, and 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.120 oh my goodness, was I the smartest person in the 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.920 world last week when I said Kirk Cousins was gonna 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:42.320 have a Harbor game. This guy comes out was twenty five. 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.880 He was killing it three touchdowns and I'm like, what 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.640 the heck is going on? And yet even with that, 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:54.280 we were still able to defensively, How could I put it? 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:58.680 We didn't just lay down. There's something to be said 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:04.120 of resistance. I enjoyed watching the defiance by our defense 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.880 on the goal line. Yes they scored, but it took 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.400 him a minute. And boy, you're talking about somebody bringing 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.640 the hat with him? Is it Donovan Wilson? I always 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:17.720 get this guy's name messed up. Donovan Wilson was bringing 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:25.000 his hat to work on Sunday. I loved that physicality because, yes, 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.280 Cook was still getting his yards, but we were very 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:35.079 active defensively, and anything that Minnesota was able to accomplish 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:39.040 in that game, they had to earn it and to me. 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.959 I can take that for a defense. I know we're 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:45.720 not necessarily that talented on defense, especially in our secondary, 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.679 but those guys for a tooth and nail was just 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:53.120 a couple of technique issues in our secondary. This is 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.320 something that just has always bothered me with our secondary. 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.720 Tom Landry had the flex defense, which I hated because 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.120 it it is not a defensive backs friend. But the 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:05.720 best tip you could give for the flex defense because 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.560 it plays against the run and they're getting you ready 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.679 for the play action pass. That's what the flex defense 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.079 is all about. It gets you ready for the play action. 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:18.600 The cornerbacks in a play action pass must be deep 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:24.679 and inside shoulder coverage. We have never talked about this, guys. 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.319 That's why our defensive backs in the eighties would give 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:32.320 up sidelines because it was by design. If you give 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.160 up a sideline, you can live to play another day. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:39.880 If you give up the inside of the field, you 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.760 can go all the way for a touchdown with any 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:48.920 slant or inside route. For some reason, technically speaking, we 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:53.920 do not have our defensive backs play inside. You must 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.400 play inside on the blitz, and especially on a play 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:00.880 action pass. That's where you're going to get hurt, and 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.000 you've seen it all year long. I don't know why 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.160 no one makes the adjustment. You get a yawn inside 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.839 if you have to, but just make sure that this 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.400 guy doesn't run all the way across the field. Well, 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.199 no one is there to help you. But even with 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.120 all of that, we hung in there. Of course we've 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.360 been going to give up some plays, but we hung 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.480 in there just long enough to allow the offense to 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:29.440 control the ball game with Zeke, Elliott and Pollo. Great win, 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:35.440 textbook win. For me, it was all facets of the game, 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:39.320 you know. There for a little bit. They were long 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:43.240 drives that the Vikings put together to start the third quarters, 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.079 in fact, three in a row, three touchdown drives. But 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.240 they seem to be getting quicker as we went held 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:52.400 long and I was like, okay, we're reverting back here 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.520 to what we've seen too much in the past. And 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.120 then finally they got the stop which gave the offense 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.679 a chance. But I mean, then you look at the 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:02.240 third quarter and the Cowboys. How many plays the Cowboys 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.480 run in the third quarter like sixth place to twenty 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:10.080 for the Vikings, Yeah, third quarter, you know, and they 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:14.400 had the quick Uh what I seventy five yard five 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.440 play drive that resulted in the Justin Jefferson touchdown after 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.680 the Tony Pollard touchdown run that gave the Cowboys the league. 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.079 So back and forth we go in the fourth quarter 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.280 and uh, and then it came down to crunch time 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.480 in the final four minutes. Offense came through, defense came through, 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:33.480 and we walk away. Uh. Sitting here on a Monday, uh, 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.320 a half game out of first place in a division 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:40.480 that has four teams with three wins ten games into 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:44.360 the season. Not for long baby, and four wins coming 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:48.040 up and playing coming place on Thanksgiving Day against them 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:57.120 Redskins against that football Washington's the Washington I did, I 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:00.880 did look it up. They've played They've played the Washington 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.520 football team nine times on Thanksgiving and one eight of them. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:11.840 M and I was notable was the Drew Pearson guy. 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:14.160 What was the quarterback's name? I'm getting old Bill, Come on, 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.880 come on to Drew Pierson. That's one of the best 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:27.520 Thanksgivings ever. So here we go with another one. All right, funny, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.679 you got a couple of minutes the funny, funny story 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.400 about that funny story about that game. Uh. So it 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.560 was the night before the Cowboys played Washington. It might 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.760 have been a Sunday night game or Monday night game, 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:45.200 and was having an after dinner drink in Georgetown, and uh, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.320 some guys start talking with us, found out what we did, 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:53.280 and uh, he said, yeah, he goes that that that 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:59.400 Clinton Longley guy, he spoiled my Thanksgiving. He goes, I 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.760 got to my stomach and I didn't even eat Thanksgiving 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.120 meal because of that guy. And he goes and I'm 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:10.200 still mad at this has got to be thirty years later, 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:14.119 right that the guy was still upset about Clint Longley's 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:18.600 replacing starback after he suffered the concussion and came to Uh, 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:23.400 what was it the victory of the victory Uncluttered Mind 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:28.200 or something like the Uncluttered Mind? Yeah, yeah, yeah, triumph 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.120 it was, Wayne and I described it, Yeah, Triumph of 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.920 the Uncluttered Mind. Yeah. It's been thirty years, and Roger 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.320 and Clint probably still don't like each other either. You 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:42.480 know what it's been ever since, it's been forty six years. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.440 Forty six years. I can't forget how old I am, 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:54.440 But well we're here to remind each other how old 0:14:54.480 --> 0:15:00.800 we are. Yes, only all mixed shots yeah, right, Okay, 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.080 there's so much to get to, and we only have 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.880 about a minute or so left in this first segment. 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.560 Let's line up what do we want to get to 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:10.800 over the next half hour. We're not getting to it yet, 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:13.120 but Mickey, what do we want to get to over 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.520 the next half hour? On mix shots? I think Ceedee 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.520 Lamb is at the top of the list for me, right, 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:22.760 and then uh Andy Dalton uh has to be. I 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:27.400 think uh their ability to run the football with Zeke 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:33.120 and Pollard. Uh. And I think we got to pay 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:39.400 some respects to Layton Vanderish and see how much that 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:46.200 defense on the field. It's amazing. All right, all right, 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:51.600 well you can you had all three linebackers, right, Everson? Yeah, 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:56.560 but I have, sir, clearly I had. I had Layton 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:01.520 Highway number one on the list. Okay, we continue with 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:03.800 more mix shots. So much to get to and we 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.760 come back. 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Yes, the football team comes in 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:27.960 here after winning over Cincinnati on Sunday to improve to 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:32.240 three and seven themselves, and they knocked Joe Burrow, a 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.840 number one overall pick out for the season now with 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.720 a torn acl that was a brutal hit to see. 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.800 You know, It's every week you'll seeing players go down 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.960 all across the league, and it really shows you what 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:50.680 a survival of the fittest game this is. And what 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:55.760 a marathon it is really as well, you know, and 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.679 people will rag on the NFC East and how brutal 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:01.080 a division it's been, you know, through the first ten 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.800 games of the season, but it is what it is, 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.200 and it's there for the taking the last six games now. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:11.720 And so I like the fact that we're sitting here 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:19.840 with with some tangible games, meaningful games to play, and 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:21.960 a couple of them here in the span of a 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.560 week's time from Thursday to Thursday against Washington in Baltimore, 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:27.080 where we're going to figure out a lot more about 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.680 this football team and how it is currently constituted, because 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.560 it's obviously this Cowboys team is a different team than 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:37.000 what it was two months ago. You know, Bill, You're 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:40.920 you're exactly right. When you get Andy Dalton back on 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:45.200 the field, you get an offensive line that maybe I 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:47.880 don't want to jinx them, but might start the same 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:50.600 five guys two weeks in a row. If all goes 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:54.920 well between now and Thursday, you're seeing a little bit 0:19:55.160 --> 0:19:59.760 better play there. You get the running game going, it 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.720 gets the passing game going. Uh. It's just as as 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:09.240 Ceedee Lamb said, complementary football. Uh and and and the 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.880 defense as Everson said, they may have given up the point, 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:16.280 given up the points, given up the yards, but they 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:19.560 made plays and that's what this game of football is about. 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.280 You've got to make plays. And they made some plays 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:28.159 for a change and made life tough on a Vikings 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.360 team that had won three consecutive games, which, by the way, 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:34.600 it goes back to my my theory, right, the more 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:36.800 the more you lose in a row, the closer you're 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:38.560 out of winning. And the more you win in a row, 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:43.480 the closer you're out of losing. That's why it's tough 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:46.800 for me to see Pittsburgh at ten and old. Yeah, 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:49.760 I'm waiting on them to lose because I mean, they 0:20:49.840 --> 0:20:53.080 had a chance to lose here in Dallas. And you know, 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.200 one other thing about this win, guys, I didn't even 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.440 really realize it until I'm sitting there because the field, 0:20:59.720 --> 0:21:02.000 you know, it looked good. It looked like our field 0:21:02.080 --> 0:21:06.120 in Arlington. We played as if we were at home, 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:09.080 you know. And I get it that the crowd is 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:11.280 different now because the pandemic and all of that, but 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:15.320 you know, there's still a familiarity with whatever stadium you 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:20.280 go into, and the Cowboys played very comfortably. You never 0:21:20.359 --> 0:21:23.679 saw them in a panic situation. Even though the defense 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:27.440 was giving up some plays, they made some two turnovers 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:29.639 made a difference in this ball game. And when we 0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:32.160 talk about all the things that we may have done wrong, 0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:36.800 Spags during the break, you talked about not having a linebacker. 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:39.320 The three linebackers in the game, you've got the defensive 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:43.840 man trying to guard one or two very accomplished tight 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:47.760 ends and who were having a great game at that time. 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:51.359 We did so many things I think to beat ourselves, 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:54.560 but yet we would not allow ourselves to do it, 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:59.359 because the pace of the game was ours to control. 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:03.120 And we came out doing that on the the initial 0:22:03.280 --> 0:22:06.040 drive and without with a stall in the third quarter. 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:12.960 We continued that train the thought defensively and offensively. And Bill, 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:16.080 you know, I was I was mentioning having Andy Dalton 0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:20.280 back on the field, and by no means was he perfect. Uh. 0:22:20.560 --> 0:22:23.359 He had a couple throws that I'm sure he wanted back. 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:27.760 The interception. Yeah, you know, if he just leads the guy, Uh, 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.119 you know, he's got a big play. He had another 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:34.200 play to Dalton shows that he was wide open and 0:22:34.280 --> 0:22:38.040 he went somewhere else with the ball. Uh. And and 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:41.080 I think he and he missed Cdee Lamb on what 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:44.480 would have been a touchdown. But but other than that, 0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:49.320 right even the ball was in the air, I started 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:53.240 moaning watching it because I could see it's like, I said, 0:22:53.280 --> 0:22:58.520 you missed him? What are you doing? Yeah, it was 0:22:58.600 --> 0:23:01.480 like And then there was the most fantastic catch. I 0:23:01.560 --> 0:23:04.800 don't think I've seen a guy contort his body the 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:08.320 way he did and twist himself back from catching the 0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:10.040 like he was going to catch the ball over his 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:13.199 left shoulder to have to adjust and do a one 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:17.560 eighty and turn around to the right shoulder and falling backwards, 0:23:17.680 --> 0:23:20.560 yet still have enough height to go up and get 0:23:20.640 --> 0:23:23.840 the ball. And then he hung on and the hands 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:27.399 and the hands to hang on as he hit the ground. 0:23:27.840 --> 0:23:30.720 The only other catch out seemed like that is the 0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:34.240 ob j K against us, which was in Today's the 0:23:34.320 --> 0:23:40.680 anniversary Today's the anniversary of that catch. Wow. Yeah, it's amazing. 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:44.840 And that was more amazing because it was a deeper 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:48.720 pass and of course harder to judge, and Brandon Carr 0:23:49.200 --> 0:23:52.239 was all over him, just like the dB was all 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:56.040 over Cede Lamb. So except you know what, go back 0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:58.720 the same impact ever since you go back and look 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:00.960 at that O. B J ketch like I did today, 0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.199 and you can make a case of a little offensive 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:08.920 PI there on Beckham is you know, Brandon Carr wound 0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:12.280 up on his backside and you know, I'm not saying 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:14.440 it should have been called, but you could make the 0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:17.760 they he kind of caught his arm and that's why 0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:22.920 Carr went flailing on the play. Yeah, yeah, and so 0:24:23.119 --> 0:24:25.520 it was a fight. It was a fight, right, Yeah, 0:24:25.840 --> 0:24:29.600 it shouldn't have been called, but yeah, yeah, that's right. 0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:33.439 But but I'm with you. When Mickey was talking about 0:24:34.000 --> 0:24:38.000 what CD did on this catch, Odell did the same 0:24:38.080 --> 0:24:40.639 kind of stuff on that catch to make it and 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:44.200 this one, I mean, you can just see what hens 0:24:44.320 --> 0:24:48.199 that CD has because as you mentioned Everson, I mean, 0:24:48.280 --> 0:24:50.600 he's hitting the ground at the same time he has 0:24:50.680 --> 0:24:55.400 got to hold onto that football, and the jarring collision 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:57.919 with the ground would be enough to separate a lot 0:24:57.920 --> 0:25:00.320 of people unless you got some really strong hands, which 0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:02.919 CD obviously does, all right, and I mean we got 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:05.040 we got other people with eighty eighths that we've had 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:09.480 on this squad, But that catch right there reminded me 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:13.080 of Deaz more than anybody else. We've had some great 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:15.680 eighty eighths on this team, but that play with the 0:25:15.800 --> 0:25:20.160 physicality and just it's like Dennis Robin going for a rebound. 0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:23.840 That's a fifty fifty ball. I want this and it's mine. 0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:27.480 That to me, that just shows how good you've always 0:25:27.520 --> 0:25:29.879 talked about in the bill. Ceedee Lamb's the man. He 0:25:30.080 --> 0:25:32.320 is the man. Well, I've been watching him since he 0:25:32.480 --> 0:25:35.080 was a freshman at Ou and back then everyone was 0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:39.080