WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Concerned After 5 Weeks? 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:07.600 This he is Talking Cowboys, streaming live on Dallas Cowboys 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:15.560 dot com and the official Dallas Cowboys Joy Tucktown does play. 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.280 No your hosts, Mickey's Fagnola, Brian brought us, Taylor Stern 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:27.440 and Rob Phillips. Welcome everybody to another edition of Talking Cowboys, 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:31.760 always joined by making Rob, Brian and me. I got 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:35.360 corrected on Twitter about the grammar there. Glad you're joining you? Yeah, 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:37.559 I'm I'm glad to be back, Mick. Rob did an 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:41.200 excellent job yesterday in the SWUBC mortgage studio. But today 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.279 we're back and we're looking at a bigger picture of 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.480 everything and how we're going to move forward with these 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:51.199 next eleven games for the Dallas Cowboys. So how's everybody 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.920 doing today? Y'all have your long sleeves on because the 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.680 weather dropped here in dallastow time. It got below ninety today. 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:03.319 How about that? How about that fine to fifty? Wait, 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.840 we'll take it. It's so funny we went so long 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:09.120 without a weather report and I knew, and then I'm 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:13.959 here and you drag Mickey right back with the weather 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.479 channel on. I guess when you're home in two days, 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.240 it'll be ninety again, and then Micky'll say, you know, 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.560 don't go planting your pansies just yet. You're not. You're 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.280 going to do some outdoor activities this weekend. Yeah, I was, 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.520 but it's too it's it's too hot. They'll die. You're hot. 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.400 I'm just trying to help rob out. New homeowner, you know. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.240 Oh thanks Mick, new homeowner. Wait wait another week or 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.480 two for the pansies. One more thing. You're the same 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.160 age as my parents. And my parents have the Weather Channel. 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.640 Just when they're not listening and talking, cowboys are watching. 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.040 They're watching that. You're just like them. I don't watch 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:48.240 the Weather Channel. How nice at them unless there's a storm. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.600 You're a storm hurricane man, right, true? All right, guys, 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.640 Well the Eagles look for real. Let's get to the 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:59.120 NFC East. First, they're four and one. They're only lost 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.120 being to the Chiefs who are five and oh Redskins 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.120 following behind. They had a bye week last week, but 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.040 they're sitting at two and two and their loss come 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.880 to the Eagles into the Chiefs and of course the 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:13.240 Cowboys losing to obviously the Broncos, Rams and Packers two 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.320 and three headed into the bye week, and then the 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:19.680 Giants oh and five. I really truly didn't see that happening, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.320 And now you know Odell Beckham Junior and all their 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.960 other injuries to their receiver corps. Would you have thought 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.600 this would have gone the way it's going so far 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:32.360 forward the NFC's now lots of games to be played 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.720 and different things happen, But right now it looks like 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.120 the Eagles leading two games ahead of everyone. I think 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.200 on paper, guys, to start the season, you would say 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.760 Cowboys and Giants buying for that Vision title. And you 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.160 look at the standings right now and they're the bottom two. Now, 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.720 like you said, it's really early, but a winless Giants 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.400 team has got to be one of the biggest surprises 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.880 in the entire league right now. I totally agree. And 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.680 I thought they had the second best. I know. Somebody 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.119 asked me on Twitter, and I actually had the Eagles 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:03.480 in fourth. Yeah, you had the red Skins enough. Again, 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.160 that shows you why I'm doing radio and not scouting anymore. 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.919 But that's the NFL. But no, but that's I just 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:12.320 felt like though that the Giants, it surprised me just 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.720 because of the defense and just what they were able 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.000 to do last year eleven and five. You know, they 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:21.000 were on the Cowboys heels the whole entire season thinking like, Okay, 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.000 they got a lot of the same players coming. Maybe 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.760 it's the same thing that's happened. You know, maybe John 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:28.519 Smelking those guys up there in New York are kind 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.240 of thinking the same thing we are. You know that. 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:32.280 You know, you look at your team, you have a 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.800 talented team, You bring back a lot of the same players. 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.080 Oh that offensive line's gonna click, I'm talking about for 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.800 the Cowboys. Yeah. Oh, the receivers are gonna click. Oh 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.160 they're gonna run the football. Oh, they're gonna play good 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.560 run defense. Oh, they're gonna, you know, be great in 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.200 scoring defense. You know. And then all of a sudden 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.560 you look at and you're like, well, that's not right, 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:51.320 and you have to review some Yeah, you have to 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.960 review some things. And a lot of those players that 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.240 we saw that we thought were in the opening week 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.920 that we really really worried about, have let them down 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:02.360 a little bit. And I think you could kind of 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.680 say the same for really for the Cowboys as well. 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:07.000 And the reason why you're you're sitting here at two 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.560 and three right now, absolutely so you know, it dawned 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:13.960 on me, what did Tony Orlando and Don Washington is 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.400 the only team in the NFC East that has beatn 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:21.320 a team that currently has a winning record. The Eagles 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.039 know who they beat. They beat the Rams. The Eagles 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.600 have beat Washington, which is two and two. Right, they 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:32.520 beat the Giants, Chargers one and four and Arizona two 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.920 and three. Right, they lost the only team with a 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:39.039 winning record that was Kansas City. The Cowboys have beaten 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:43.960 two teams with losing records. Obviously, the Giants haven't beaten anybody, 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.800 and Washington at least for their two wins of beating 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.760 the Rams in Oakland. Yes, that oak wind was big, 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.800 soa sit here they still had Derek Carr. Now sit 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.760 here and talk about Philadelphia. Well, okay that now go 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:01.040 beat somebody, and the same thing with the Cowboys, go 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.600 beat somebody. You know what Philadelphia has been able to do, though, Guys, 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.640 they've done a really good job of stopping the run. 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:08.839 And I know it might be the opponents, but I 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.120 think they've given up about sixty nine yards a game 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:14.880 on the ground. Defensively, we think about you know, it 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:16.960 looks like that they're making some plays through the air. 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.640 The quarterback looks a little bit more solid, you know, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.960 he doesn't the ball going down the field. I mean, 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.680 I was watching the game, but they're playing the other 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.080 day against Arizona. I look up, it's third nineteen and 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.599 they throw the ball to Nelson Aguilar for seventy six 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.440 yards down the field, and you're going, you know, and 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.280 that's against the Arizona secondary that we you know, we 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.640 felt like that two or three good players in that group. 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:43.640 So yeah, I understand who you play and how they 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:47.520 play and all that. I just I think that right now, 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.920 the Eagles are the most complete team in the division. 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.400 They're getting to play that. You know, they had a 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.520 sixty one yard field goal to win a game. That's 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:58.400 a special team's win right there. You know. They're defense. Yeah, 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.320 I mean that's I think that's where teams. I think 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.760 that's where the teams are struggling a little bit right now. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.960 Is has anybody in the division really played a complete 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:10.719 game where you have oftense defense, special teams getting you 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.200 through these games. Well, I like what Mickey said, and 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.440 so that made me wonder, who did the Eagles have 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.960 up next? Carolina? Yeah this weekend? Well, maybe we find 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.279 Actually Thursday, isn't it said Thursday Night game twelve? It 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.400 is Thursday. Yeah, how exciting. We finally get a good 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.880 Thursday night game that everyone's going to be interested in. Yeah, 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.520 we have some good time. Further bye, way, you didn't 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:35.960 watch that Donnie Brook last night? Two three two score 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:41.520 into the house. That's your Bears. Though, that's a three 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.240 two three. I thought I had turned the baseball game 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:49.240 one by stake? Is that the final score? Non? Some team? Okay? 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.240 I was gonna say, well in a soda kicked a 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:55.159 field goal late twenty something seconds left. Yeah, I like 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.839 what you're saying. Brian and the Cowboys are overall sitting 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:01.520 at number twelve in the NFC to vision in Philadelphia, 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.680 Green Bay and Caroline sitting in the top three with 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:07.599 four and one records. So, but they've got to play everybody. 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.240 The Cowboys of play sure with the exception of a 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:16.800 couple of games, and they're they're place game right. They 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:20.640 got the forty night I mean, they got um the Bears, 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.560 but they also got Carolina. Right, let's go figure see 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.440 this This would be to me though. Yeah if Carolina 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.280 with you know, Carolina two really nice wins. They go 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.360 to Foxboro and get a win, and they go to 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.080 Detroit and get a win. So hopefully you know that 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:38.440 Philadelphia having to travel. I believe Philadelphia travels there this week, 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:41.240 are you know Thursday? They do? Yes, And so you know, 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.680 Cam Newtonham keep it going. Now, that's but that's an NFC, 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:48.160 you know, depending on seating sometimes doesn't matter. We make 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.080 a you know, you had the best record in the 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:52.400 league last year and didn't get it done, and so 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:56.040 sometimes seating does matter, and sometimes it doesn't. But yeah, 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.200 if you're a Cowboy fan, of course you're hoping that 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.680 Cam Newton and him continue to to do the things 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.000 that they've been able to do to win it New 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:06.000 England and to win it at Detroit. Yeah. Who who's 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:10.840 who are the Eagles opponents corresponding opponents Carolina? And who 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.920 else be the Bears? The Bears so as opposed to Atlanta, 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.920 Atlanta the Green Bay. Yeah, but Carolina is right there 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.320 with Atlanta and Green Bay right now. First, So now 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:25.760 first schedule matters. It's one game now, okay, but right, yeah, 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.000 but you guys, God take care of business though, and 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.800 you know what, they got to play the Cowboys twice. Yeah, 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.160 so take care of your own business. That's right. There's 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.400 that Cowboys do have five division games now left, so 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.760 you take care of your division business and you're still 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.040 in position to win your division getting the playoffs. So 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.120 you know, the thing that I'm thinking about is that 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.719 last week the games are always said at noon, and 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:48.920 certain games get flexed. Right now, the Cowboys are slated 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.400 Week seventeen to be playing the Philadelphia Eagles at noon. 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.600 Last year it stayed at noon. Really nice, got home 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.400 in time this year. What are you worried about New 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.959 Year's Eve or what I mean? Sort for everybody. I know, 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:06.000 I don't have a social life, social director, but no 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.599 social life. You can get a get a victory in 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.000 you party on the flight the way home. Yeah, but 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.080 I'm just saying I hope it stays in noon. Yeah. 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.360 You know, you know the thing about though the East, 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.520 the division games, that's what you got to you know, 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.200 the Cowboys have found ways to I mean last year 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.720 though they took three division losses, which were the only 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.040 three losses during the year, but they were able to 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.840 beat the you know, the AFC North and then you know, 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.839 able to get through the NFC North and that might 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:33.559 be you know, depending on how things are going to 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.600 go right now. I mean that's a you know, Seattle, 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:38.640 I'm looking at some of these teams down the line, though, 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.079 you know, do you really trust some of these teams? 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:43.160 Do you really now trust Oakland? Do you really now 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.680 trust you know, what you're going to see in Seattle 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.240 Kansas City looks like a for real team, you know, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.920 and then we quarterback doesn't turn the ball over. Yeah, 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.040 I mean Alex Smith has played almost perfect. Yeah, And 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:55.400 that's what they do. I mean, they've got you know, 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:57.520 they've got a rookie rusher that's much like what was 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:01.600 Zeki Elliott. They've got some you know, good design scheme wise. Defensively, 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.000 they're they're not as great as they've been in the past. 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.480 But I think to me, though, that you just play 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.440 the games and you see what happens, and you know 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.640 the but the the one when you have opportunity like 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.800 the Rams game, and you have an opportunity, and you 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.440 have an opportunity like in the Packers game, you know 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.880 that that's what that's what hurts you down road. We 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.240 spoke about it yesterday, is you lose that Rams game, 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.640 which look, they're three and two they're not a bad team. No, 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.200 we don't think so. Anyway, still should have beat him, okay, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.280 And by virtue of that, then you look at the 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:31.720 schedule and you're like, you may have to go to 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.000 atlant and you know you may have to steal one 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.720 right and on paper looks like a tough win Kansas 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.319 City at home, you know, Yeah, yeah, I mean, I 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.120 always know what you said about Alex Smith. He's near 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.959 perfect as quarterback round one twenty five doesn't He doesn't 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:50.520 have an interceptions I think to intercept. Yeah, I think 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.880 him and Drew Brees are the only two quarterbacks that 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.000 don't have an interception in my right of the top 0:10:55.040 --> 0:11:00.520 ones in the NFL has one, Yeah, Breese says one 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.000 case Keenum, there you go. Zero. But here's the deal 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:11.480 with Alex Smith. His average gain per attempt eight point eight. 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:15.280 That's rare for him. It usually was probably five or six. 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.080 He is usually one of the lowest rating when it 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.840 comes to yards per attempt. He is leading the league 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.560 eight point eight. He's not a bus driver, man. Well, 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.560 but you know they throw the ball to that runner 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:29.120 and runner can can scoot. I mean he gets a 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.679 lot of sixty five yard You know, sixty yard plays, 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.079 throw it to him maybe at five yards and there 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.400 he goes kind of a thing. But they've got weapons. 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.120 I mean, they've got hill, they've got guys. I mean, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:39.840 we'll catch him here in a couple of weeks and 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.360 talk about it'll be one of those you know, Okay, 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.400 who do you try and stop bits? But like Micky said, 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:47.880 take care of your division. Yeah, go find a way 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.200 to win. You gotta now, you're gonna have to go 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.160 win a game at Philadelphia, You're gonna have to win 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:53.719 a game at New York, You're gonna have to win 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.079 a game at Washington. Find a way to win those games. 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.840 That's the most important thing. Kareem Hunt kind of seems 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.520 like they're Dak Prescot. You know, he's having this stellar 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.800 season and he wasn't even supposed to be the starter, 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.920 and they his first play a fumble. Boy, Yeah, he 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.320 was good at Toledo's really really have two hundred against 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.920 this run defense? Yeah? Yeah, very well could And did 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.640 you guys, did you know who Aaron Jones? Not you? 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:21.360 Yeah you guys hashtag draft show? When's your draft show? Yeah? Yes, yeah, 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:23.560 Well you're already giving up on the season. You're having 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.480 a draft show. No, no, no, no, no, not at all. 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.920 And there's people on Twitter, Mickey, I know you look 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.200 like me, right yeah. Yeah, there's people on Twitter like, well, 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.240 you're already given up. And no, it's not a give up. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:36.000 It's just it's our opportunity to, uh, we like to 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.679 go and kind of reset where the draft went. And 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:42.000 then thank you, Ken Garrison, appreciate that. But yeah, we'd 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.080 like to reset the draft, but maybe and giving an 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.160 opportunity to look at some head look at that. Okay, 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.000 well I have a strong question. I was saving it 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:50.840 for later, but I think it comes back to the 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:52.880 draft show, and it comes back to where this team 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:57.440 is sitting. Obviously, Ezekiel Elliott not having quite the start 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.560 of the season that he did last year. Year he 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.840 ended the season with sixteen three one rushing yards, one thousand, 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:08.040 six hundred thirty one rushing yards, fifteen rushing touchdowns an 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.400 average five point one yards per carry. He's on pace 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:15.560 this season for one two hundred and fifty eight rushing yards, 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.880 six rushing touchdowns and with a three point seven yard 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.800 average this season. And you know, let's not forget what 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.439 could possibly happen this week. With the decision. But sure, 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.600 what I want to ask you guys, you know, looking 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:30.640 at this, Tuesday is Tuesday. I think today's a day myself, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:34.080 that's what we said. This is my phones on. Yeah, 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:36.600 I'm ready for this. I'm ready for somebody to come 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.559 tweeting that out. But I can already interrupted. No, no, 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.960 that's good. But the question I want to ask, and 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.240 I think this is this is an overview show, so 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.160 just go with me. If you could go back, are 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.520 you sure that you wouldn't have wanted to draft Jalen 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:53.080 Rams over Ezekiel Elliott, who was the cowboys other option 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.480 sitting there at number four. You know, obviously he went 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.560 to the Jacksonville Jaguars and currently right now in the 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:07.080 season according to some Pro Football Focus. Yeah, right now, 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.199 let's get the bible out. I just wanted to get 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.400 that out of the way so before anyone asked me. 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.280 He's the number three ranked cornerback in the league, so, 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.920 you know, and the Cowboys having their issues at cornerback 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:21.640 looking very thin back there. Yeah, I still think they 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.640 did the right thing. I think they they made the 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.520 decision to draft a guy that can help their offense 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.480 and their defense. In turn, by what he can do 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:36.640 ball control, power, running, game time and possession, all those things. 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.760 And they did that against the Packers. They really did 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.680 exactly what they've set out to do and what they 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.360 did for the majority of last season. They had a 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:48.120 bunch of five minute drives. People knitpicked the last scoring driver. 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:49.800 They left time for Rogers at the end, but it 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.280 was seventeen plays almost nine minutes. Mean that's how they 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.120 play offense. It seems like they're starting to find some 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:59.240 traction there. The other thing too, for me, Jane rams 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:01.920 is having a terrific career. They may have found a corner, 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.320 but they have found a cornerback in Jordan Lewis. He 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.880 looks like that. He looks like a guy who's going 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.400 to be a starter for this team for many years 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.120 to come. The way he's playing already. Gave up the 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.840 touchdown at the end, but he has been terrific making 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.960 plays on the ball, making tackles, being physical. They're really 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.920 happy with his progress so far. And Ramsey played a 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:28.360 run back to that run defense. Ye awful. Yeah no 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:32.200 to me. I totally agree with what Rob's said here 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:37.040 about about Ezekiel Eliott, you know, and I I respect 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.480 Jalen Ramsey's game. I mean, when we were evaluating him 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.720 last year, we thought he was one of the top corners, 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.160 you know, in the league, and so or two years ago. 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:49.120 I have no problem with the way the direction that 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:53.280 the Cowboys went because I honestly believe they drafted Ezekiel 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.520 if to help Tony Romo. Absolutely, yeah, I thought, yeah, 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.880 I mean they were trying to trying to help him 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.160 in the latter part of his career, or give him 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.600 a running game, be a play action team. You know. 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.200 He actually benefited Dak Prescott, you know, and then it 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.640 got Dak Prescott to the point where even without a 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.400 running game, now he's now at least he has an 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.600 understanding of how he needs to make plays to be effective. 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:19.440 So yeah, I still have no problem with you know, 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.680 we and I hate to think about this because of 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:25.200 what they did with the pick with with mo claiborne, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.360 you know, and how that worked out and it and 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:31.000 it didn't. I mean, Moji couldn't stay healthy, which was 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.080 you know, which was a problem in itself. But I 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.040 do believe, you know, the guy led the league in rushing. 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:39.880 He was the offensive rookie of the year, Am I right? 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.120 And what award did he win? I mean he was 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:46.000 something or was that Prescott was offensive rookie? There was? 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:50.920 But yeah, yeah no, but yeah, first team all problems. 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.240 I mean, I think you did the right thing there, 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.920 I really do. And you know is is it started 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.680 off slow this year? Yes, but I know a lot 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:00.120 of teams in the league that would love to have 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:01.960 a twelve hundred yard rusher at the end of the 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:04.600 day if they could, if that's in fact what he's 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.119 going to be like Arizona. Yeah, well they traded for 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:11.520 a guy today. Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely sorry, shout no 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:14.000 better talked about it before you get Yeah, well, before 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.520 we get to the run defense of what Mickey brought up, 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:19.160 which is a great point because this team is looking 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.840 a lot different than they did last season. We're going 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.920 to take our first break. Join us after the break. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:25.920 You guys can call us the numbers two one, four, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.920 eight seven two twenty one O two and we'll get 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.240 right back into it. Right after this break, we the 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:34.280 entertainment loving people, demand the best unlimited wireless plan ever 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:36.440 from ATNT. What else do you want? 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