1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 3 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 7 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: It is Friday, November fifteen, twenty nineteen, Season fifteen, Episode 8 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: number eighty three. Welcome to another edition of The Break. 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: We are live from the s WBC Mortgage Studios at 10 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: the Start talking Cowboys football with you guys for about 11 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: thirty minutes today, a little short show, but we're gonna 12 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: get lot in today. We're gonna talk about the Cowboys 13 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: versus the lines. Get you guys ready for the game, 14 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: tell you what's going to happen. Joined by Nick Dave 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: Amber as usual, let's jump right in. Let's get caught 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: up on this these injuries. Um, cot Boys have a 17 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: pretty large injury list this week. And it seems to me, 18 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: and you guys can correct me if I'm wrong, it 19 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: seems to me like a lot of these are kind 20 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: of like you just don't know, you think everybody's all right. 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: At least that's the impression I had. And then I 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: look at the injury part. I'm like, well, maybe that's 23 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: a little more than I thought it was. So let's 24 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: walk through this. Talk to me about Lyle College. You 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: hadn't practice all week until today, practicing today, he's got 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: he's got a back problem. I think it's it's a 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: maintenance thing. I mean, you always hesitate to say he's 28 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: gonna play, but he was moving around pretty good, Nick, 29 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: would you say moving around pretty good to day? I 30 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: think I don't think it's a big long list anyway. 31 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it might be a long list, but I 32 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna be a big deal on Sunday. 33 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: A classic case of a long list that won't be 34 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: super long, okay in time for kickoffs? Are like injuries 35 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 1: like this in the O line all around the league 36 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: or like I don't really keep up that much with 37 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: on their teams. So it's this like a very common thing. 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: It's like a very common thing for every player on 39 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: every team in the NFL. Like if your injury list 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: is shorter than five people by November, than what's going on? 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it just you probably means you probably got 42 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: a lot of them a high are Yeah, they just 43 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: they're not even on the on the active roster either 44 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: got a lot of guys on ir or you're lying. 45 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to accuse people of anything, but it's 46 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: it's just a violent game, and that's it kind of 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: makes me laugh every week, Like, you know, I put 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: out the injury report every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and there's 49 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: always somebody that's like everybody's hurt. I'm like, is this 50 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: your first week following the NFL, Like this is what 51 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: the injury report looks like? It is a war of attrition? Yeah, 52 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: Like whoever can survive as far as offensive linemans and 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: their backs and all that? Is that just very common 54 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: all around the league? I don't I don't think. I 55 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: don't know. I think that's true. I think you're I 56 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: think I mean the Cowboys right here. You know, most 57 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: of these guys are battling with some kind of back injuries. 58 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: So I'm just wondering, is this a common theme around 59 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: the league when it comes to offensive linemens or is 60 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: this something that the Cowboys are struggling with on their own? Basically, Yeah, 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: the one thing I will say it's hard. I think 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: I agree. I don't know that this is something you 63 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: see around the league that all offensive linemen have back issues. 64 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: But I do think it could be one of those 65 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: situations where it's just like, sometimes these random things happen. 66 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: It's hard to assign, well, there's a reason why this 67 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: is happening. It's just the randomness of where they are. 68 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: Says that all like and surely not all of a sudden, 69 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: like over the last couple of years they've had these 70 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: back injuries with their offensive linemen. I don't know that 71 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: it's anything that you can point to to say, well, 72 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: this is why the Cowboys have back injuries or offensive linemen. 73 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: It's just kind of there. It's just random. I remember 74 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: when I first started covering the team, they couldn't go 75 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: two weeks without a receiver hurting his hamstring. Ye, And 76 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: I mean we would get flooded with questions like what 77 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: what aren't they doing? Why are their hamstrings falling apart? 78 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: Like they need to change the training staff, they need 79 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 1: to do this, they need to do that. I just think, 80 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: I mean, wide receivers run a lot, so you're gonna 81 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: probably hurt the muscles that are involved in you running. 82 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: Linemen leverage their entire bodies into holding defenders back, use 83 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: your back to do that. I think it's just a 84 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: byproduct of playing a very physical game. It's unfortunate, though, 85 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: and it is weird. I agree with you that it 86 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: is weird to see I think four of the five 87 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: starting linemen dealing with back injuries at the same time. 88 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: Is that also maybe speak to the age of of 89 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: this line. Again, they're not old, but they're not young either. 90 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: These aren't guys that just got into the league. They've 91 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: asked a lot of this line that you know, they 92 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: lean on them physically. I mean, no pun intended, they do, 93 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: I mean, and that's what that's what this is supposed 94 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: to be. So yeah, I mean, I don't think it's 95 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: common that you have this many injuries, but it's kind 96 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: of to be expected. But you know, again, a lot 97 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: of it comes down to what teams want to do 98 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: with the injury report. Do you want to put everything 99 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: on there? Are you trying to make sure you don't 100 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: get in trouble with the league? Are you trying to 101 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: show something out there that maybe there's more of a problem. 102 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: I mean, people have different you know, definitions of what injured, 103 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: it hurt. Are you injured? Yeah, And I think there's 104 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: different definitions of that. Some teams probably wouldn't put fourteen 105 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: guys on there, where some teams said I'm gonna put 106 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: everybody on there. So I think it's better to err 107 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: on the side of caution so that you know the 108 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: Lion the Lions are probably wishing they put Stafford on 109 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: the injury report a week earlier, with the league sniffing 110 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: around to make sure that they're doing everything the right way. 111 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: Ye all right, talk to me about some of these 112 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: other guys. Obviously we know Connor Williams won't play this week, 113 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: but let's talk about guys like Amari Cooper, Cam Fleming, 114 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: who's missed a couple of games. C J. Goodwin, Jeff Heath, 115 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence, Zach Bardon, Antoine Woods. They were all limited yesterday. 116 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: Talk to me about any of those guys that you 117 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: think have injuries that could concern you going into the 118 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: game on Sunday. The name that jumps out to me 119 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: is Heath. Probably what he hasn't been doing a lot. 120 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: He was out there today but wasn't participating a ton 121 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: and and you know it's he's got a list of stuff. 122 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: I mean it's like both knees. His neck's been bothering him. 123 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: Garrett sit that after the game last week. Yeah yeah, 124 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: shoulder and too shoulder. You're right shoulder, shoulder injuries, um, head, shoulders, 125 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: knees and toast everything. Um so I yeah, I wonder 126 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: if he can get himself ready. Who else did you say? Fleming? 127 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: I mean Cam came back on Wednesday. I think he'll 128 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: be good to go. It is interesting while Lyle was out, 129 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: they were working Brandon Knight at right tackle and not Fleming. 130 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: I think maybe that just speaks to how good of 131 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: a job they think Brandon Knight's been doing. Yeah, um, 132 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: bust c J. Goodwin. He came back yesterday. I don't 133 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: I don't get the breed that there's something seriously wrong there. 134 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: He's a significant special teams player absolutely yeah. And speaking 135 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: of that, I mean I think losing Jeff Heath would 136 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: be big on special teams. You know, he's the personal 137 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: protector on the punt team. Um, you can expect some 138 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: some all out rushes if he's not out there. You know, 139 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: I think Pollard does some of that and some other 140 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: guys that will fill in there, but you know, that's 141 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: something the teams look at and if he's not there, 142 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: and he's one of the better special teams players they've had, 143 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: so it's not just old Darian Thompson can play safety. 144 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: He can, but I don't know if they have a 145 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: good backup for what he does on special teams. All right, 146 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: So talk to me about the nactus for this week. 147 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: The way I'm looking at this thing, you are you 148 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: already know that Connor's out, um, and then you're looking 149 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: at the guys that have traditionally been out. You got 150 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: guys like Adam Redmond, Joe Jackson, Tristan Hill, Luke Gifford, Um, 151 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 1: Devin Smith's, Cedric Wilson. Um. My assumption is Brandon Knight, 152 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: with the injuries that that that they have a tackle, 153 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: may not be a guy you put on that list. 154 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: But let's talk about it and are fleming right? Yeah? 155 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: Well so that's my question. Did you say Redmond that 156 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: is seven? Although do you want to? I mean, you 157 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: still have Joe Looney, you can still sit in Redmond 158 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: if you want to. Yeah, I would think that. I 159 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: I thought Redmond, that's when I'm not really worried about 160 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: I'm more concerned about maybe having Brandon night. Even if 161 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: I have Lyle Collins active and Fleming active, just because 162 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: Lyle's been built dealing with something all week, I wouldn't 163 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: take a chance. You can get you got to seven 164 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: without needing too, so I think so. The two receivers 165 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: Cedric and Devon, Tristan Hill, Joe Jackson, Luke Gifford, Adam Redmond, 166 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: and Connor Williams. Yeah, boom, and that keeps Donovan Wilson active, 167 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: right right boom shaka laskod. That was easy, all right. 168 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna take our first break. When we come back. 169 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: I want to get some questions from you guys. Give 170 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: us a call. Eight eight eight eight five five two 171 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: two nine seventy. Anything you want to talk about again 172 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: is eight eight eight eight five five two two nine seven. 173 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: Will be right back. 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Before we 210 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: do that, though, I want to give you guys an 211 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 1: opportunity to answer a couple questions I have for you 212 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: that are big picture questions about this game. Really, what 213 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: I want to know is what do you think is 214 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: the biggest challenge for the Cowboys? And we're going to 215 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: talk first about offense. What's the biggest challenge for the 216 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: offense this week? And then we'll say what's the biggest 217 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: challenge for the defense. Let's start with you nick biggest 218 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: offensive challenge for the Cowboys this week? I would say 219 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: that the thing that's been about, you know, really hurting 220 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: this team is there is the red zone and scoring 221 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: in there and run the ball when they need to. 222 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: And I know they have a big guy in there 223 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: and Snacks, So I would say, when you get into 224 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: third in short situations, let's see if Suaphilo really does help. 225 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I think you will, but let's see, and 226 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 1: let's see if they can move these guys around and 227 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: run the ball when they really need to and everyone 228 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: knows they're going to. Yeah, the combination of I guess 229 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: the best Lions talent on defense is up front between 230 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: Snacks and Trey Flowers, and then the line is banged up. 231 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: You got eighteen back injuries and Connor Williams isn't out there. 232 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I think Suaphilo is not that there's 233 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: going to be this huge drop off, but it's still 234 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: a guy that hasn't been part of the lineup. So 235 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: handling that front, I think they'll I think they'll be 236 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: okay though. I guess finding that balance between the passing 237 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: game and the running game. Obviously, when they do, they 238 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: have been successful at it, and I would say starting 239 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: out fast, but clearly that I mean, they got to 240 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: figure that out, but we don't necessarily have an answer 241 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: for it. So see what they do. How do you 242 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: think you do that? Like I've always thought about, Like 243 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: you obviously go into a game saying, okay, guys, we 244 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: want to score every time we get the ball. I 245 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: don't know how you get a team to start fast. 246 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: Is it that you change up maybe what you're doing, 247 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: like from the standpoint of your scheme, your play calling, 248 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: what do you think can help with that? I asked 249 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: that same question to Stephen Jones this week and he 250 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: just said, finish the drive, I mean, which I don't 251 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: know if that's even the thing. I mean, it's not 252 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: like we talked about the other day. I don't know 253 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: if you were on here, but we talked about they 254 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: haven't had a lot of three and outs. I mean, 255 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: they've kind of been driving the ball. The things are working, 256 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden that you know, treacherous 257 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: forty yard line hits and it's like, oh man, you 258 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: gotta go backwards. That's because they know they got a kicker. 259 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: Then kick that's another thing. Not fifty seven then, right, 260 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: not fifty seven, but sixty two. All good Callam Moore 261 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: said the same thing yesterday. He was like, look, it's 262 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 1: not like we're going three and out right off the 263 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: bat and punting four plays into the game, like we're 264 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: getting yards. We just we gotta stay consistent when we 265 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: get down into that part of the field. And a 266 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: lot of that comes down to just like running the 267 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: ball when you really need to. I mean, it's one 268 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: thing when you're seventy five yards back there, those receivers 269 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: have a you know, a way to stop and you 270 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: know the route running really comes into play. But when 271 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: the field starts to shorten a little bit, can you 272 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: just say, get out of my way, Snacks, I'm running 273 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: the ball. That's what the great offensive lines can do. 274 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: Great running games can do is just push people out 275 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: of the way. Is this running go ahead? I'm sorry, 276 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: finish that was gonna Is this running game that good? 277 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,599 Speaker 1: At this point? There was a time you could say that, 278 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: is this running game still that good? Where they can 279 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: just say I don't care what you're doing, I'm gonna 280 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: move you out of the way, and we're running the ball. 281 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: Not unilaterally. Well, obviously they couldn't just last week, but 282 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: against this defense, I think so, Like, I think there's 283 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: enough of a talent advantage there that they I mean, 284 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: lest we forget, and I'm not trying to discount what 285 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: happened against Minnesota, but they were doing that the three 286 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: weeks prior to that, where they I mean, they were 287 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: just bowling people over. So yes, I do think they 288 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: can do that depending on who they're playing. Frankly, they've 289 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: only been two games this year where they didn't do 290 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: that right, where they didn't have their way in the 291 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: running game right, and one game they scored ten points, 292 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: one game they scored twenty four. I mean, so they 293 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: got to give them credit for finding a way to 294 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: throw the ball around, and that's I think. Maybe the 295 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: encouraging part of this is that you know, there's a 296 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: lot of third and tens and they converted. Dack did 297 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: a nice job of converting, and Gallup and Cooper and 298 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: Cobb did a really good job. So Sprinklin a little 299 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: bit more running this week and maybe, like she said, balance, 300 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: I think they'll be fine. And obviously the talent is 301 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: not the same with the lines defense and the vikings. 302 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: I thought DeMarcus Ware made an interesting point. I did 303 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: our Happy Hour show with him on Wednesday, and I 304 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe it's a little simplified, but he basically 305 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: was like, just jump in the pool, like don't don't 306 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: just dip, you know, don't dip your feet in the water. 307 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: Come out like, Okay, how are they playing our guys, 308 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: what coverage is this? What do we think is gonna work? 309 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: Kind of what jumped in the pool? I did jump 310 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: in the pool exactly. I jumped right in the pool. 311 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: It was it was probably fifty five degrees in November, 312 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: and I was like, whatever, LSU beat Alabama. I don't 313 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: care anyway, Yes, jump in, just just go just don't 314 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: feel it out and kind of let's see how the 315 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: flow of the game goes. Just jump in. Just I 316 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: don't know if that means. I'm not calling for him 317 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: to just take shots down field from the date but 318 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: first first place if they want to, that would be fun. 319 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: But man attack if they score a touchdown on a 320 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: flea flicker, like just log off Twitter for the day's 321 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: to be like, I mean it will be through. Yeah, 322 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: that happens on every Saturday. Somebody, I mean two lane 323 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: gets one on on Southern Miss or something and there's 324 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: a couple of people just see the flea flicker. I'm 325 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: like I don't see them all, but like, yeah, I'm 326 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: just like associated with you gotta have the brand and 327 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: that's your brand. Mind, Yeah, but I do. I was 328 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: just gonna say, you have to start incorporating all these 329 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: different plays where you, Okay, do the screen pass, get 330 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: Dak running with the ball, give the ball to Tony Potler. 331 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: What are you doing with him? What is tap On 332 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: Austin doing? Just because I'm feeling like we're running out 333 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: of time, you know, there's only what seven games left, 334 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: and you have to start putting those things on tape 335 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: for the upcoming opponents. Make them just don't let them 336 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: know everything that you do, basically like, oh, this is 337 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: all we can do. This is everything we can do, 338 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: you know, mix it up, give them things to be 339 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: thinking about to where now you can be more effective 340 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: when you run whatever player you decide to run. You know, 341 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: I just think they're running out of time and you 342 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: have to start putting those kinds of things on the tape. 343 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: One thing I will say about that though, from standpoint 344 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: of just the time. Remember last year at this point 345 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: they were four and five, and Dave and I were 346 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: talking yesterday and we were like, you know, if you 347 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: want to make the argument, like if you just wanted 348 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: to make the argument to convince somebody that the Cowboys 349 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: are in a good place right now, or at least 350 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: in a place that is familiar to them. This time 351 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: last year they were four and five and they went 352 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: on run. And you start looking at the teams that 353 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: we look at the beginning of this season. We looked 354 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: at the schedule and we said, man, that's gonna be 355 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: a brutal second half of the season. That's changed a 356 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: little bit some of those teams that we thought were 357 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: going to be really good. I don't know if you 358 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: think they have the same opinion of the Rams that 359 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: you once did coming into this part of the year. 360 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: Certainly had a big change last year. And that's a 361 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: market all that. I get all that now, Like I 362 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: said before, as I started that, if you wanted to 363 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: convince yourself, because the problem, the problem with it is 364 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: the problem with it. And the flip side to that 365 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: is they haven't shown this year that with the pieces 366 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: they have, which like you said, there's no new pieces coming. 367 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: With the pieces they except for Suepilo like, there's not 368 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: they haven't shown that they could be consistent even against 369 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: subpar competition, that's where you start to get a little 370 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: bit worried. But if they rip off another six and 371 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: one run and you know after he joins the lineup, 372 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 1: like yeah, because Cooper log out of Twitter for that 373 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: one too, because his starting you know, starting record is 374 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 1: seven and one as a starter. Yeah. Know, a game 375 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: that they didn't win was the game he got hurt 376 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: in the second quarter on it. There's everything you just 377 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: said is right, but I would have hoped that we 378 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: would have seen the signs a little bit more clearly, 379 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: like it still can click, but there is not not 380 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: a lot of evidence helping you come to that conclusion. Right, 381 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: two big changes last year it was Amari Cooper and 382 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: then offensive line coach would change last year and that 383 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: that showed a difference with what they were doing. We 384 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: can't forget more ben it. I mean, I think been 385 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: it is a big change for them, and we I 386 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: think we kind of sweep it under the rug a 387 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: little bit because it's just not a part of the narrative. 388 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: But but that I think that the past rush has 389 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: been better since he got here, and so we'll see 390 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: how that continues to help them down stretched defense. That's 391 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 1: on the get it but I'm just saying that it's 392 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: a change to the team and I think it should 393 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: have an impact. Again, I'm not saying they're about to 394 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: run run the table here. That's not what I'm saying. 395 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: I'm just saying that this is not unfamiliar territory to them. 396 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: It is. They've been here before. I don't I'm not 397 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: going to try to quote the numbers because there's so 398 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: many of them and I can't remember them all. But 399 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: I'll take you on Twitter and the metrics will tell you, 400 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: like the Cowboys are in the very good category across 401 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: most ways that like advanced metrics chart these things as 402 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: far as determine who are good teams. I expected plays 403 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: per average and DVOA and all that super smart Harvard 404 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: stuff that I try to understand, Like they're really good statistically. 405 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: It has not translated yet and maybe it won't. But 406 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: that's also why the games they've lost have been really close. 407 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 1: It's not like they've been getting there the butts wooked. 408 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: It's that they've really just they've played a lot of 409 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: close games. They just haven't figured out how to win 410 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: in this game. And I looked this up about clutch, 411 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: you know, fourth quarter comebacks, and twenty six quarterbacks in 412 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: the league have a fourth quarter comeback, and Tom Brady doesn't. 413 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: We know why Dak doesn't, and neither just Carson Wentz. 414 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: Which they're five and four. They haven't had a comeback 415 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter where they've come you know, they 416 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: haven't proven to be clutch either, So there's this kind 417 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: of a silver lining there. It's well, maybe, you know, 418 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: maybe the Eagles are kind of have the same problem 419 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: as a Cowboys do. Would I feel comfortable betting that 420 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: that December twenty second game is kind of side the 421 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: whole thing? Yeah, I bet, I bet you the Eagles 422 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: are a game up on the Cowboys by then going 423 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: into the game, I said, I think I can Cowboys 424 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: seven and seven, verse eight and six, and the winner 425 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: gets the tiebreaker and all that good stuff. Then gotta 426 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: go beat Redskin. Yeah, yeah, I can see it. What 427 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 1: got the Giants the Giants? So you get so whoever 428 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: wins is going to be playing a bad team in 429 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 1: Week seventeen, you'd like their odds to win. I can 430 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: just picture it. I can just see it. All right, 431 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna dive into our final break. 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We're doing predictions so we don't need to 476 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: do a prediction for Nick next week, next week, not 477 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: do predictions that a couple of weeks ago. I'm really 478 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 1: real good about it if the Cowboys do what I 479 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: predict right now. But I'm still going with it. All right. 480 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: Before we get to our predictions for this game, we're 481 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: gonna take one phone call. We got Ray from Maryland. Ray, 482 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: what up? Hello, fellas and ladies. Two questions for you. 483 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: Number one, Zeke slowed down in y'all's opinion. I remember 484 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: him playing when you played the Bengals in his rookie 485 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: a year. He split the safeties and took it to 486 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: the house and no one touched him. Not seeing that now, 487 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm I'm not sure if I'm seeing the 488 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: right thing or have you seen the We all seem 489 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: to sing number two. Where is our dear friend Brian Broadness. 490 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: I'll hang up and listen. All right, thanks for the call. 491 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: So what do you think is z I think that 492 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: the defense they play him a little bit differently, you know, 493 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 1: his rookie year or I don't know if teams are 494 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: thinking that guy's going to just split the safeties like that, 495 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: that big old back is not going to do that, 496 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: and he did. He did it a few times, and 497 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: so I think when you look at how teams are 498 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: playing him now, they do play him a little bit differently. 499 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: Is he slowing down? Probably anybody that gets hit eight 500 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: hundred times or whatever, he's a lot of touches. He's 501 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: probably slowing down a little bit. He was beat up 502 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: last year. That's why they drafted Pollard. I don't not 503 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 1: worried about the sixty yarders. I want to see more 504 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 1: of the twenty fives and thirties. So yeah, I think 505 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: a little bit, but I don't think it's alarming. But 506 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: I think it's he's slowing down a little bit. Yeah, 507 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: that's kind of been my stock answer is I would 508 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: love to see more twenty thirty, forty or longer runs. 509 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: And I definitely I mean whether whether he bulked up 510 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: a little bit and he's not fat. I promise you 511 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: that I think that narrative finally died. But he's not. 512 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: But maybe he's bulked up a little bit to handle 513 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 1: the beating that he takes as a feature back. Maybe 514 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: defense is just key on him that heavily that it's 515 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: just not there, or maybe he's just lost a step 516 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: to a step and a half from taking what is 517 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: it like seven hundred carries to this point in his career. 518 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, but he doesn't. He doesn't look explosive, 519 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 1: like you don't hold your breath when he's carrying the 520 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,120 Speaker 1: rock the way that I was doing for Dalvin Cook 521 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: the other night. But I still don't find it alarming 522 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: because of everything that he does. And again, you know, 523 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: he's got plenty of twelve, fifteen and sixteen yard carries 524 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: and that does plenty. I mean, if he's rushing for 525 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: one hundred or more yards per week, then that's fine 526 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: with me. But I do miss that element of explosiveness 527 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: that we haven't seen in a while. Yeah, I don't 528 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: know that. I don't know that that's a bad thing. 529 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: I mean, you'd love to have that but like you said, 530 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: if he's putting up the numbers he's putting up and 531 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: they're able to run the ball effectively in most games, 532 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: I think he's doing what you really pay him to do. 533 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: With regard Bryan, I will just go I was just 534 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: gonna say this might be a dumb observation. I don't know, 535 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: because I haven't followed the NFL long enough too to 536 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: really know. But is it me or does it happen 537 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: when these players get these contracts and then they come 538 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: back and it's like they're not necessarily playing at the 539 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: level they should be playing. They're not playing any differently, 540 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: just the expectations go up. It changes the expectations. I remember, 541 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: which is when I got here, was like when the 542 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 1: Deaths contract happened, and then he came back, and then 543 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 1: I forgot what happened. But he wasn't playing. He just 544 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: wasn't playing. How expected that one of the things that happened, 545 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: So little things like that, I don't know. Again, I 546 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: don't really know, but I'm just wondering Zeek doesn't really 547 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: do that before he got paid, though, Like I would guess, 548 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: and again this is a guess, but I would guess 549 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: that like four of the six of his longest runs 550 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: of his career happened when he was a rookie. I 551 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: would get I mean, you know, he had a sixty yarder, 552 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 1: he had a forty something yarder against Detroit that year. 553 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: He's had a few screen passes that he took a 554 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: long way, but that's more about patience than outright speed. 555 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: I struggle to think of a run he's had that 556 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: went longer than maybe twenty eight thirty. But you know, 557 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: I will say this, if he can make those long 558 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: runs on screens, I think it does have something to 559 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: do with speed, because guys aren't catching him. It's not 560 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: like a situation where he's getting run down. We've seen 561 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: backs that get run down. He's not getting run down. 562 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: I think that it may just be more of a 563 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: situation where maybe he's not able to squeak pass that 564 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: that secondary guy, whereas maybe before he was, or just 565 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: that defenses so much like we're not letting him get 566 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: beyond us. We'll give up that ten to fifteen to 567 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: twenty twelve yard but we know we can't let him 568 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: get behind us because we can't catch I think that's 569 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: definitely part of it. With regards to Brian. I just 570 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: it's gonna say, uh, he is handling a private matter 571 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: and we're gonna leave it private because it is a 572 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: private matter for him. He is fine, but he has 573 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: a private matter he's handling, and that'll be he's not it. 574 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: He's not sick, and for anybody, like for anybody that's 575 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: worried about his health, he's fine. And that he's handling 576 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: a private matter and his his he has a right 577 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: to have his own privacy. So we're not gonna gonna 578 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: talk much more about that, all right, So let's get 579 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: to some predictions here really quick. We got to go 580 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: around the table. Let's start. Let's start with Dave. What 581 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: as somebody. Let's start with Amber. Let's start with Dave 582 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: and get your prediction. Dave h Man famous last words, 583 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: because I've I've I said this about the Jets and 584 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: it pit me. But I don't know. Stafford's not playing, 585 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: by the way, he's not paying. He's out. Patricia ruled 586 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: him out. So it's gonna be Jeff driscoll um. They's 587 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: just i'man even you know, no, I'm even gonna I'll 588 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: double down on it, like even Sam Arnold was a 589 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: top five pick. Like this is this is a journeyman quarterback. 590 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: This defense it is far too good to allow them 591 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: to score more than fourteen to twenty points. And this 592 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: offense should be able to score more than that against 593 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: the thirtieth ranked defense. I struggle to overthink it more 594 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: than that, even though there's a boatload of history that 595 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: suggests that I should. But I think the offense can 596 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: score twenty seven or more and I think the defense 597 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: can hold them to seventeen or less. So I just 598 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: it would be so bad if this was a dramatic game, 599 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: because it shouldn't Beah, it should. They don't have a 600 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: running back. I mean, Gala Day and Jones are great, 601 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: but I don't think Driscoll can get it to them 602 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: consistently enough to win this game. So I'm thinking like 603 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: twenty seven to thirteen not I mean, I don't trust 604 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: this team to like completely blow anybody out, but it 605 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: should be a pretty comfortable game. And I'm sorry if 606 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: it's not one thirteen, wouldn't scores defense scores go? There? 607 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: We go? Sorry I went to I'm gonna be a blowout, 608 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: blow out they will, Okay, you know, I hate myself 609 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: for just being a believer again every week it comes 610 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: down to it was like, she was like, you're not 611 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: gonna convince me, and I was like, the hell we are. 612 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: They're gonna win this game about because by Friday I 613 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: go back again. Here we are in week eleven? Is it? 614 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: And is it? Tanner eleven? It's eleven and they really 615 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: railing back in. I believe in them again. It's it's 616 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna start slow again, but they're gonna figure it out. 617 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 1: And I think with Driscoll playing, the Cowboys defense is 618 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: going to be able to create some turnovers and get 619 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: the ball maybe twice and get it over to the 620 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: offense and they'll be able to capitalize on it. You 621 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: don't have to apologize for thinking they're gonna win this game. 622 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: Next week. We can have a conversation. Right this week, 623 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: you're okay, I think all right, I think the same 624 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: thing as all you guys think. I don't even think 625 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: it's a close game game. I think the Cowboys should 626 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: run away. I will say this just for the record, 627 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: if Matt Stafford was playing, I think this would be 628 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: a totally different game. I'd be picking the Lions. If 629 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: Matt Stafford, it would definitely be a much closer game. 630 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: But I think without Stafford, I just don't. I can't 631 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: see how without a running back and without their quarterback, 632 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: how they're going to really be able to move the 633 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: ball enough against this off It's a Cowboys office, which 634 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: I think can score. They've been good at that all 635 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: most of the vast majority of the year. So you 636 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: think this is y'all kind of get the vibe that 637 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: this will be dominant from beginning to end. No, I 638 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: think that the final score. I think the final score 639 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: will if you don't watch the game and you just 640 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: look at the final score, I think the final score 641 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: is somewhere in the thirty four thirteen range. I think 642 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a game you look back at the 643 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: score and you're like, man, they must have just dominated 644 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: for start to finish what I've seen so far this year. 645 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: We all get a bad competition. They don't start fast. 646 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: We are all thinking like thirteen to ten at halftime, yeah, 647 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: something like that, and then all of a sudden they 648 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: get rolling. And when they get rolling, they can't stop them, 649 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: and it's just pop pop pop, it's tochdown, touchdown. He 650 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: every other game they've won, the kicker, Do they have 651 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: a good kicker greater. Yeah, he's good. It's look kid 652 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,959 Speaker 1: from field goals. All right, appreciate you guys joining us. 653 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday. We'll let you know what 654 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: went right and what went wrong with the Cowboys. Still 655 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: then for Nick Keatman, Dave Hellman, Ambergarcia. I am Derek Hilton. 656 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: This has been The Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot 657 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: Com Radio. This has been a production of Dallas Cowboys 658 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.