1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. He is Radioheads, broadcasting 3 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official Dallas 4 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys app. Now your hosts Tyler Klutz, Christie Scales, and 5 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: Brad Sham. He's Tyler, I'm Christy. And one of the 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: effects of the weather yesterday is Bradsham losing his voice. 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: He actually got through the game day broadcast, but in 8 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: order to hopefully get through the broadcast this coming Thursday 9 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: on a short week, Brad is actually resting his voice. 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: So Tyler and I and producer Caden Gates are going 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: to get you through today's episode of Radioheads and Tyler. 12 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Even before kickoff, I had people texting and tweeting It's like, oh, 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: it's the weather like and what's it like to be 14 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: on the sideline when it's raining so hard? So I've 15 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: brought some visual aids. The first is this bottle of water, 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: So just take the Deja blue, open it and poured 17 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: over your head, and that's pretty much what it was 18 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: like yesterday. And then also I'm going to hold this 19 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: up so Caden can show everyone. And for those of 20 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: you who are listening and not watching the podcast. This 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: is remnants of a credential. But and this is the 22 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: remnants of game notes and flip cards, and you can 23 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: hear the crunchiness. It was just we kind of got 24 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: through part of the first quarter of notes and then 25 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: we just had to give up because the ink was 26 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: running and it was pretty bad yesterday. So what's the 27 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: worst in terms of wet weather game that you ever 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: had college or pro? Either Boise State in two thousand 29 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: and four, it was urially similar to what it was 30 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: last night. It was, oh gosh, thirty six degrees raining 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: sideways and it went the entire game and people ask 32 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: o hey, And we talked about it up in the 33 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: office today quite a bit with Darren Woodson and a 34 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: couple other people, And whether that is the worst wet 35 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: is if it's wet, it's always bad. It's never good, 36 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: even in Miami. If it's wet in Miami and still 37 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: still not fun. But it's it's when that it's just 38 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: cold enough like sleet, but it's not snow because once 39 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 1: it gets snow, like when we played. I've played in 40 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: Green Bay a handful of times or Chicago handful of 41 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: times where it's snows and it's actually kind of nice. 42 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: It's peaceful and as long as the wind's not just 43 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: like blowing through you. But but this Boyse game in 44 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and four, I mean, you can't escape it. 45 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: Like you can't get warm because you throw a jacket on. 46 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: And you know, granted I was at Frezen State and 47 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: we didn't believe in heated benches and all that, but 48 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: you can't get warm because you're always wet. But it's 49 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: just miserable. And so this last game, I was watching 50 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: it and us like when the cameras come on for 51 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: the TV copy and the whole thing is clouded over 52 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: to start the game, You're like, oh, this is not 53 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: gonna be Yeah. When you talk about clouded over, it's 54 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: like every commercial break that skycam that's on the ropes 55 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: that goes over the thing, they would pull it down 56 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: and wipe the lens. All the camera guys were wiping 57 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: their lenses in between plays and certainly during commercial breaks. 58 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: But there were some practical ways that we saw the 59 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: not just with the kicking game and hard to throw 60 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: passes downfield or even handled the ball yesterday. But we 61 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: know that Dak Prescott waited until the second quarter to 62 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: put the gloves on, and it was after one of 63 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: those errant passes, the one in which he missed Randall 64 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: Cobb and even Dak after the game is like, yeah, 65 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: I probably should have put those on earlier, but he had. 66 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: He had worn them in practice, but not ever in 67 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: a game. But Blake Jarwin earlier in the game mishandled 68 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: one of the footballs, and so in between series he 69 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: went to gloves. But even small things that people wouldn't 70 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: know watching on TV, a lot of the guys wear 71 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: the clear visors over their face mask. For example, Zeke Elliott, 72 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: he couldn't wear the visor yesterday, and I couldn't wear 73 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: my glasses to read my notes, which couldn't use after 74 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: the first quarter anyway, because everything was soaked, because you know, 75 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: you needed like little windshield wipers, because it was basically 76 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: yesterday was like being in a car wash for three 77 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: and a half hours. But bad weather conditions not an excuse, 78 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: especially when it comes to special teams. And Caden's going 79 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: to cue us up here in a second with a 80 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 1: key play that happened in the game, and everyone afterwards, 81 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, everyone saying that this was probably the deciding 82 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: play in the game. But what did you see looking 83 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: at this punt block? So a handful of things. You know, 84 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: it's just a soft edge right there by Joe Thomas. 85 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: You know, Matthew Slayter, who's one of the best special 86 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: teamers possibly ever to play in the game. I mean, 87 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: he's been a perennial pro bowler just as always out there, um, 88 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: and it was a soft edge that the challenge was 89 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: is you've got to understand that in this weather, you've 90 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: got to expect rush because the ball from the long 91 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: snapper to the punter, it's going to be a challenge 92 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: in itself, right, Just getting a good snap back there 93 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: is going to be hard, and then and then the 94 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: punter catching the ball and then getting it off. So 95 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: you've got to be able to expect it. The thing 96 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: that I saw on special teams was just that the 97 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: group was just not prepared. It just really wasn't I mean, 98 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: in so many different phases. And so this is this 99 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: is exactly that is just Joe Thomas, who's a great 100 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: player for the team, and I don't want and he 101 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: misspracticed all of last week with the flu, so he 102 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: was gutting it out again. Not an excuse, but there 103 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: are reasons for things. But but on that particular play, 104 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: his outside foot is supposed to be strong and you 105 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: can't open that up because once you open the gate, 106 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: now you're chasing. Now instead of blocking the punt, you're 107 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: going to block the punt. So the difference is now 108 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,679 Speaker 1: the punter just sees faces coming at me. It doesn't 109 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: matter if you're in a white jersey or a Navy jersey. 110 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: You're coming at me right now, and I've got to 111 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: navigate this punt through you. And so to you know 112 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: what that was is it really was I think a 113 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: guy that wasn't one hundred percent it hadn't practiced, But 114 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: I just think it was the mindset going into that 115 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: play means they're bringing You have to be ready for 116 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: them to bring it on every single play, which I 117 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: showed later putting eleven guys in the box. Yes, they're 118 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: going to load it up and they're going to bring 119 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: it because the ball handling in this situation in this game, 120 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: because you're gonna be really difficult. I tell you some 121 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: of the MVPs yesterday were the holders Bailey who's the 122 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: punter for New England, and Chris Jones for the Cowboys, 123 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: but there were some snaps. Now, LP has snapped cleanly 124 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: on every deep snap since signing with the Cowboys in 125 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: Week four the two thousand and five season. So when 126 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: you get a snap from LP, that's I high, helmet high. 127 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: That's kind of high for LP because he's so perfect. 128 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: But there were sometimes Now the Brett maher Miss I 129 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: felt was more of the crosswind. It got just enough 130 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: of the ball and just as when Nick Folk missed 131 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: a couple. But you can see the kickoff returns here 132 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: were just a mess. And there's that one. But the 133 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: one later in the game in the fourth quarter is 134 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: the one that I thought was most inexcusable, and that 135 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: is the Cowboys had the favor of the wind behind 136 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: them again. It's sixty miles an hour gusting to twenty 137 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: but the New England gets the field goal with about 138 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: nine and a half minutes left. They're kicking into the wind. 139 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: Tony Pollard is running up Ola Walley's running back. It 140 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: was kind of like one of those this weekend baseball 141 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: bloopers where the shortstop in the center fielder aren't communicating 142 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: and the ball falls in between. But why in the 143 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: world was Pollard at the goal line when there's no 144 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: way that that kick into the wind was going to 145 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: get inside. I would argue inside the fifteen, but certainly 146 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: inside the ten yard line. So I thought there were 147 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: some things like that that were just inexcusable. It was 148 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: the end of the game. Yeah, yeah, so you knew 149 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: what the conditions. Yeah, so what they what they did 150 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: they I don't think they anticipated it being that far 151 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: in that direction. I think they anticipated it going more 152 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: to Jamay's right, okay. And so with a challenge there 153 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: is is Jamay's rule is if I back up at all, 154 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: it's not my ball, okay. And so what he did 155 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: is he did lose some ground to get over there. 156 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: But Pollard is seeing, okay, he's going to get it. 157 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: His body language is telling me he's going to catch 158 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: that ball. And then Jamay's at the last second says, nah, 159 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: I've lost ground. Is gonna be too hard of a 160 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: catch to me, I'm running sideways. This is not the 161 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: best position. And then let's it go. And then Pollard, yes, 162 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: you're right, he probably shouldn't have been at the goal line, 163 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: but his goal is to keep everything in front of him. 164 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: So if he lines up at the ten yard line, 165 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: and it is a good kick. He kicks a low 166 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: line drive back in the corner. He's got to be 167 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: able to go get that and cover the ground. It 168 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: your explanation of the second second baseman and shortstop or 169 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: a shortstop center fielder, like not communicating on a flyball. 170 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: That's exactly what it was. But Jimmy's there, didn't communicate 171 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 1: nonverbally with him that hey, this is yours. The second 172 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: that you say, Okay, this isn't my ball. Okay, hey, 173 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: you just take off and you start blocking, because then 174 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: Tony Pollard can say, okay, hey, this is my ball. 175 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: I gotta get it, or I gotta, you know, be 176 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: a shortstop here and take it off the bounce, but 177 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: I gotta be ready for it. He wasn't ready for either. Yeah, 178 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: And the problem with that is you need the game 179 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: winning drive there in the fourth quarter and you're starting 180 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: at your own eleven when it should have at least 181 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: been twenty or further. But I think that's endemic of 182 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: special teams this year. But overall, the difference between the 183 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: Patriots and the Cowboys other than the Patriots don't they 184 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: don't beat themselves, right, But they're two of the top 185 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: scoring teams in the NFL, and yet the Patriots total 186 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: offense their number sixteen, they are absolutely average, but their 187 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: number one in average drive start in the NFL. So 188 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: they're starting at the thirty three yard line, whereas the Cowboys, 189 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: who are number one in total offense and gaining all 190 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: these yards but are scoring at about the same clip 191 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: as the Patriots. Their twenty ninth then their average drive start. 192 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: So it's a good thing the Cowboys offense is getting 193 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: a lot of yards because they got a lot further 194 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: to go to get into scoring position. May contribute as 195 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: to why they're the number one offense because they're I mean, 196 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: their drives are eighty five plus yards. Well, yesterday the 197 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: difference in the average fill position, and I'm sure we'll 198 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: agree that this was one of these hard fought games, 199 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: not just because of conditions, but two good teams. The 200 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: average drive start for the Patriots yesterday was their forty 201 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: one yard line and for the Cowboys it was their 202 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: twenty one and when they need did good field position 203 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: at the end, it was the eleven. Because of mistakes 204 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: like that. So but I think you look at that 205 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: and part of that as special teams. But do you 206 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: think part of that is defense too, because you know 207 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: that the Patriots are getting all these takeaways and the 208 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: Cowboys just it seems like the defense is not setting 209 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: up the offense as much this year in terms of 210 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: short figure. Yeah, I think we've seen that in the past, 211 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: and when our defense is a top five defense, that's 212 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: what they're doing. They're taking the ball away, they're stripping 213 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: the ball, they're getting to the quarterback, which you know, 214 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: thank goodness we got Robert Quinn this year because he's 215 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: the only one that seems to be able to get 216 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: to the quarterback. And so those are the things that 217 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: you've got to do. Get the ball back, put your 218 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: offense on a short field. What that does tell me 219 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: your to your exact point when you're starting on your 220 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: what fifteen years? I mean, our drives were so far back, 221 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: But that tells me we're getting the ball off of 222 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: special teams play, and our special teams isn't contributing, right, 223 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: But that just means we're not getting at midfield because 224 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: of an interception or our twenty five going in like 225 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: we gave to them, and so there's there's so many 226 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: things there. But I think I think also part of 227 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: it is, I think just the situations that we're putting 228 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: ourselves in as a staff as as as a team, right, 229 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of One of the things that 230 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: I took away from this game, and I love Keith 231 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: o quinn, like I think he's one of my favorite people. 232 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: He really is U And this is Cowboys special special 233 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: teams coordinator who's caught a lot of heat, you know, 234 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: and everyone's looking to point the finger and everyone's let's 235 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: all take a step back. What ninety percent of Cowboys 236 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: Nation said, Hey, we're going to go ahead and count 237 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: New England as a loss, but we can still win 238 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: the next few games. This is like three days ago, 239 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: you're saying that. Now that we got the loss, now 240 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: everybody's like, Oh, I want someone's head, I want I 241 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: want someone fired. Someone needs to be responsible for this. 242 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: We just went into an awful weather situation in Foxborough. 243 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: Who playing a team that's won twenty plus straight games 244 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: at home against the defending Super Bowl champs with the 245 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: best quarterback of all time and the best coach of 246 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: all time, and we lost by four points. Yeah, that 247 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: was a really I was more encouraged after this game 248 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: than I was going into the real I really was, 249 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: because we made a lot of mental errors that can 250 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: be corrected. I looked at the team that we've built 251 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: and the team that's over there, and we have the 252 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: better team now. Offensively, yes, yes, absolutely their defense was 253 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: Their defense lived up to the hype for sure. I 254 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: mean the way they swarm tackled, the way they didn't 255 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: give up anything, and they didn't give us any We 256 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: had to earn everything that we got. Now, again I'm 257 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: gonna go on attangent, but I was encouraged about this 258 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: game because we played it really, really tough against a 259 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: really tough team. And offensively, I think that we did 260 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: as well as expected that we could because we ran 261 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: the ball better than we have in the past. Yes, 262 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: because what I saw was I saw that offensive line 263 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: moving their defensive line, which is a great unit. It's 264 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: a great it really is a great defense. But we 265 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: were moving forward. And again, what I feel like we're 266 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: getting away from is, you know, Kellen Moore's is offensive 267 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: genius and we gotta do these tricks and we got 268 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: to do that. And I feel like we're running laterally 269 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: more than we need to because we are most effective 270 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: with the type of runner that Zeke is. Zeke needs 271 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: to be running downhill. We call it to Sam play. 272 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: That was our bread and butter, right out of twelve personnel. 273 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: He takes one step over and he's reading that Mike, 274 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: and he's hitting it downhill. And those are the things 275 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: that we have done well over the years, and that's 276 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: the kind of back that he is. I feel like 277 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: we don't do enough of that. We saw that yesterday 278 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: when we did run downhill, we moved the ball three 279 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: four or five yards a pop, whereas when we run 280 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: sideways we're just not successful. We go back to that 281 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: Minnesota third down right running side was why are we 282 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: doing that? But you walk out of this game saying, Okay, 283 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: this is the best defense in the league. And we 284 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: were not highly effective. We didn't put in the end zone. 285 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: But we saw how we match up to this team, 286 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: and we played well. Right and then I also look 287 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: at just like big picture, as we go into a 288 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: very hostile environment with a coach that we talked about 289 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: this last week, what does Bill Belichick do? He takes 290 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: away your strong sweapon, Amari. He shut him down right now. 291 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: I don't think he was healthy and I don't think 292 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: he moved, like, give credit to Gilmore, who's the best, great, great, 293 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: great player. But what Belichick says every time is can 294 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: you're We're going to take away your number one, That's 295 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: what we're gonna do. But can your two, three, and four? 296 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: Can they beat us? And they didn't. Zeke didn't, Randall 297 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: Cobb didn't, Michael Gallup didn't. With Jarwin they didn't. So now, okay, 298 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm going to take that away. And that's how you 299 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: beat them. You say that they don't ever, they don't 300 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: ever give you games, and it's really hard to beat them, 301 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: but it really is. Kay, can o twos, threes and fours? 302 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: Can they beat their defense? That's what you have to do. 303 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: But let's further on this idea of Cowboys Nation obviously 304 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: sour taste in their mouths, but the tripping penalties, yeah, okay, 305 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: especially that last one on Travis Frederick. Yeah, now, Cowboy's 306 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: Nation is going to continue to chew on that and 307 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: it's going to hurt for a while. But can the 308 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: players is you know the twenty four hour rule, are 309 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: there times where like a bad call or you feel 310 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: like you got the raw end where it does carry through? 311 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: That penalty though, is that that's going to be a 312 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: two week rule until the FedEx envelope comes into your locker, 313 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: because any tripping penalty, he'll fight it. But any tripping 314 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: penalty is a finable expense or offense. And here's what 315 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: a joke. This was the one on Tyron Okay. So 316 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: then here's the one on Travis Frederick. So you see 317 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: number seventy two, You see that right leg coming out 318 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: a little, but didn't even know that Travis. Here's Tyrant's awful. 319 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: That one was even worse. I thought they were both 320 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: bad because how are you how are you supposed to 321 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: move your leg out of the way when someone is 322 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: running through while you're stepping in the direction to block them. 323 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's absurd. And then the holding call 324 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: that tyrannt got that was awful. But but he's been 325 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: a victim of these holding calls for a few years. 326 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: And you know what it is, though, is he's so 327 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,239 Speaker 1: strong and he's in Literally he had one hand and 328 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: he had one hand on him and he stood him 329 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: straight up, and that was it. That is not holding 330 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 1: that just because the guy like throws his arm up 331 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: doesn't make it a holding penalty. I mean those calls 332 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: are awful. Those are those are now again Cowboy's nation. 333 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: You know, gotta let those go. Those are three, three 334 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: pivotal plays, yes, but again it a lot more goes 335 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: into a game than just three plays. But those those 336 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: ones are going to hurt for a while. Those are 337 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: really hard to move past, just because it's like that 338 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: was so bad, Like it really was. It really was. 339 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: The umpire was the one that threw it on Travis 340 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: at the end and over on the sideline. I mean, 341 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: the coaches, everybody was just apoplectic, really, and so there 342 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: was a time out. I'm not at the subsequent play 343 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: in which Amari Cooper's catch was reviewed and then overturned. Yeah, 344 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: and ruled incomplete. Obviously there's a time stoppage because the 345 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: referee is reviewing the play. Well, the umpire is over 346 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: in front of the Cowboys sideline. He had walked over 347 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: and Mark Colombo, who's the offensive line coach. Shall we say, 348 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: he shared a piece of his mind on the call. Yeah, 349 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: but yeah, it was pretty tough. But let's go back. 350 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: You mentioned that you joked sort of a joke about 351 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: that being a two week kind of penalty because you 352 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: get a FedEx envelope in the locker. Please explain. I 353 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: was the recipient of that against the New York Giants 354 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. Would you get called for it? Tripping? Tripping? 355 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: I did have a yeah, okay, mine was a little 356 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: bit mine. I argued and got the fine down. But 357 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: the NFL very rarely just waves it altogether. But yeah, 358 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: so if it's a fineable offense, uh, they go back 359 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: and review it. They have a whole the whole division 360 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: in the NFL that literally is just dedicated to fines, right, 361 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: and so they send out, uh, these FedEx envelopes. It's saying, okay, hey, 362 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: you have been fine this much um, and if you 363 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: want to appeal it, you know, there's a there's a 364 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: guy in the NFLPA that helps through the whole process, 365 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: and they automatically deduct it from your check. Is that right? Yeah? 366 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: It's it is not like, hey, you need to write 367 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: as a check. It's it's gone. It's it's like it's 368 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: like the it's like the the irs, like you know, 369 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: taking wages out of your check. It really is. But 370 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: those deadbeats that haven't paid their alimony or child support, 371 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: it just disappears exactly. I have I have some fine amounts. 372 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: For example, these are more like team fines. But for example, 373 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: and it it the amount goes up just a little 374 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: bit year per year. So let's say that that Tyler 375 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: scores a touchdown and he's so elated that he throws 376 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: a football into the stands. Can't do that this year. 377 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: That fine is two thousand, six hundred and fifteen dollars. Now, 378 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: don't lose your playbook or a scouting report, because that's thirteenth, 379 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: nine hundred and fifty dollars. Don't miss a team meal, 380 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: not that you would, because they're delicious. Also thirteen thousand, 381 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: nine hundred and fifty. But where the where the big fine, 382 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: bigger fines come in. It's the player's safety. It's the 383 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: roughing the quarterback and the like. And by the way, 384 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: these finds the if you do them more than once, 385 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: then they continue to go up. And also, we're not 386 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: pulling your socks up, not having your shirt tucked in. 387 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: There is a it's usually a former player, but there 388 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: is a member of the NFL. We call them the 389 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: uniform police that's on the sideline and they in pregame 390 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: or making notes and they'll tell Mike McCord and Bucky Buchanan, 391 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: the equipment managers for the Cowboys. Okay, so and so 392 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: needs to do this, So and so needs to do that. 393 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: Tale is too long, kneepads are too high, you can't 394 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: spat your cleats because it's covering up the Nike symbol. 395 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: I mean, there's all sorts of uniform violations that they have, 396 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: and really like, look, I'm not that guy that's you know, 397 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: oh the man's trying to hold you down. But but 398 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: it's it gets kind of ridiculous a little bit with 399 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: the NFL, all the things that they can find you 400 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: on and and just so you know, the fans and 401 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 1: Cowboy's nations aware. So supposedly all of these finds they 402 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: go to nonprofits. Do you get a tax deduction? No, Oh, 403 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: that doesn't seem right. Actually, I mean it would. It 404 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,959 Speaker 1: would reduce your total income because your income is different, right, 405 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: so it's taking it out. So so I guess technically, 406 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: but not. And the thing is is, but you don't 407 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: get the credit for your charitable yet you don't. You 408 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: don't get credit, and you don't know where it's going. 409 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: They're choosing how it's donated. I mean, there's there's all 410 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: sorts of stuff that's just not real great in the 411 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: player's minds. Yeah, I can where it goes. Now, the money, 412 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: the fine money that's collected throughout the year now goes 413 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: to the programs through the NFL and the NFLPA for 414 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: the older players. But in the but before that, it 415 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: used to trust. I'm not sure if it's through the 416 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: players trust, but it's dedicated to that kind of thing 417 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 1: like relief for the former players. But I know that 418 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: before all that, the last several years and I say 419 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: olden days like nineties or well it's ninety three, right, 420 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: four pensions and all that all, and so what they 421 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: where those charitable finds used to go, I know one 422 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: time at one point and maybe they still get a 423 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: little bit. But the Brian Piccolo Foundation knows of you 424 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 1: that remembers Brian's song. You know that's Gale Sayers fullback 425 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: Brian Piccolo. So the NFL designates it for certain charities. 426 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: One last thing on the uniform police and kid and 427 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: I want you to jump in on this because I 428 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: want you guys to guess which former cowboy is the 429 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: uniform policeman for AT and T Stadium. So any Cowboys game. 430 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 1: There's a former Cowboy and he is one of the 431 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: top five receivers in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, 432 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: and he played in I think in late seventies, but 433 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: certainly the eighties. Want to take a guess, Kayden, are 434 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: you going to interest in on this? Not Drew Pearson, 435 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: but of that era and a little bit beyond. I 436 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: will say that he made a great catch against the 437 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: red Skins in the back of the end zone from 438 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: Roger Staubucks. So I definitely played in the seventies for 439 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: a comeback win over the red Skins. That was the 440 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: you Gotta Believe game Charlie Waters in the booth with Bradsham, 441 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: but it's actually Tony Hill. So those those longtime cowboyfriend 442 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 1: did you remember? He's done it for probably oh at 443 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,479 Speaker 1: least eight or nine years now, he was doing it. 444 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: If you ever got fined for uniform tyler at a game, 445 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: now you never did. I was pretty basic. I was 446 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: like a traditional fullbackground. No, I couldn't get away money. Hey, okay, 447 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: I want to talk about a couple of more things 448 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: related to the game yesterday before we look ahead to 449 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: Buffalo and Thanksgiving. As some of the Thanksgiving tradition. Interesting 450 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: conversation with doctor Dan Coop, who you know well, he's 451 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: the lead team orthopedies for the Cowboys for many years. 452 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: But we were talking about Connor Williams. So Connor missed 453 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: only one game last week's game. He was back for 454 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: yesterday as starting at left guard, thirteen days after authroscopic 455 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: surgery for a torn meniscus, and doctor Cooper was saying 456 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,479 Speaker 1: that he has this proprietary procedure where you know, usually 457 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: if you get scoped, there are two they say portals 458 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: two or three portals of entry where they got to 459 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 1: go through, right, But doctor Cooper has this proprietary technique 460 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: in which there's just one portal. And so it was 461 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 1: what he called the tear that Connor suffered, and some 462 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: other players have suffered similar meniscus tear, but it's called 463 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: a bucket handle meniscus tear. And so basically that meniscus 464 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: got turned upside down and his knee was locked, and 465 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: so that was the last several venus. Yes, that's right, 466 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: but anyway, just amazing that Connor Williams was able to 467 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: come back in such a short amount of time. And 468 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: that leads me into the short work week. Yeah, with 469 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: a turnaround, and of course the Cowboys being at home 470 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: Detroit being at home each year. How big of an 471 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 1: advantage is it that you're always at home and never 472 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: have to travel for that the short week not traveling 473 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: is huge, It really is, because I mean you think 474 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: about schedule. Okay, we played, got home late last night, right, 475 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: then you come in Today is normally a Wednesday, So 476 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: Monday is Wednesday. Monday is Wednesday. Okay, hold on, yes, 477 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: as we as we speak live, it's Sunday. Monday's Thursday 478 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: is Thursday. Monday is Thursday. So normally you've already had 479 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: your hard practice out of the way. Now you're working 480 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: on third down. That's generally what Thursday is. And then 481 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: so today they'll probably do a walk through, they'll break 482 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 1: it up, they'll get sore no so good treatment, and 483 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: then they'll go out on the field and they'll walk through. 484 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: And then tomorrow they've got to have an abbreviated practice. 485 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: It's got to be again crisp short. But they can't risk, 486 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: you know, going out there and getting anybody hurt that 487 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: close to a game because tomorrow Tuesday is a Friday, 488 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: and then Wednesday you do maybe a longer walk through 489 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, getting ready before you go to the hotel 490 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: here at the Omni here in Frisco, before you go 491 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: to the hotel, and then that's it, and then you're 492 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: in game day. Think about throwing travel into that compressed schedule. 493 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: So now, okay, so Buffalo played at home against Denver. 494 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 1: Home played at home. They beat Denver yesterday. They're eight 495 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: and three and they had the third best record in 496 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: the AFC. Yes, yeah, so this is a good team. 497 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: But now they've got to go from New York to Dallas. 498 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: So that means they're leaving on Wednesday at one o'clock 499 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: at the latest because they've got it. They've got to 500 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: come this way, so then they'll get in. I mean, 501 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 1: that really reduces because Wednesday is a decent work day 502 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: on a compressed week. So now you have that whole 503 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: thing gone. Now you're getting off a plane, your body 504 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: still sore, because normally that's the that's the day of 505 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: practice that you're like trying to push through all all 506 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,959 Speaker 1: the pain because everything from the game is not all 507 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: the way healed. Um, not that anything's ever all the 508 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: way healed until March exactly, but I mean that's it 509 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: really is. It's an advantage, you know. With that being said, 510 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: I think now you know, most of these guys, there's 511 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: enough Thursday games, there's enough short weeks that like, guys 512 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: are used to, Um, guys are used to these compressed 513 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: weeks and working faster, and I think we work smarter 514 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: as as players and coaches and stuff now. Um, but 515 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: it's gosh, it's it's a lot. And then for us, 516 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: we and in the following week in Chicago, it's we 517 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: don't have the extended extra buye week until following the 518 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: Chicago game, so it's it's a grind. And next week 519 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: is like the last week of that brutal grind that 520 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: we had this list brutal schedule that we had five 521 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: games in twenty six days. Yeah, something crazy, but hopefully 522 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: it played. He's in our advantage. Now. The question is 523 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: is there's a couple of guys that are on that 524 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: injury list consistently. We've got to say, do we push 525 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: them through this game? I mean, we're still in the 526 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: driver's seat to make the playoffs. Do we push or 527 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 1: can we get by this week, get a win and 528 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: let them be healthy for Chicago the following week? Well, 529 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: when you say pushed through it, guys like now, first 530 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: of all, Antoine Woods was limping pretty good. That's the 531 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: Cowboys starting nose tackle, and he tweaked his ankle towards 532 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: the end of the game. He went back in the 533 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: game and Christian Covington played a little more in the 534 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,919 Speaker 1: fourth quarter for Antoine. But Antoine was gimpen just to 535 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: get to the locker room and on the team bus afterwards. 536 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: But when you say about the compressed practice schedule this week, 537 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: guys like Zach Martin with the ankle and the back 538 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: and the elbow, Lyell Collins with the back, Tyrnn Smith, 539 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: guys who are held out of practice on a regular 540 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: basis now until Friday, Well heck, they wouldn't even be 541 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: practicing on Wednesday or Thursday, and now they're playing on Thursday. Yeah. 542 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: First of all, let me just say that the NFL 543 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: says it's serious about player safety, they'll do away with 544 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: Thursday na football. That is the number one the number 545 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: one point that when they say, oh, hey, we're worried 546 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: about it, We're worried about player concussion safety, We're worried 547 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: about all these things. We're changing the game. You can't 548 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: hit this way. You've got to stay off the quarterback. 549 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,719 Speaker 1: You can't rub your leg up against someone, or it's tripping. 550 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: I mean all those things. But yet you're playing on 551 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: Thursday because the revenue shows that we're getting more revenue 552 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: on this you're not worried about. You're doing the things 553 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: that you feel like you have to do without actually 554 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: affecting your profits, right right. I mean, I don't mean 555 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: to be that guy, because I'm not that guy, but 556 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: to your point, it's hard. It is really really hard 557 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: to turn around a play on a Thursday now, But 558 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: I understand, and I think the Thanksgiving Day tradition should continue. 559 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: And having a third game where the teams get to 560 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 1: alternate and you have more than Detroit and Dallas hosting 561 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: once a year's great, sure, no problem. Let me ask 562 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: you this because Buffalo, we mentioned eight and three, and 563 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: if you pull any NFL casual fan off the street there, 564 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: if they know the Cowboys, they probably know that Cole 565 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: Beasley is with Buffalo, and they can probably name, you know, 566 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, or maybe they know Frank Gore is on 567 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: that team well, which now is third all time. Is 568 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: that amazing? And I wanted I wanted your opinion on 569 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: Frank and what is it that you appreciate the most 570 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: about Frank Gore. Yeah, so longevity number one. Right. I 571 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: grew up a forty nine are fan and so before 572 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: I even got into the league, which is crazy that 573 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: he's been playing this long. Like when I was in college, 574 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: I'm watching Frank Gore, you know, have thousand plus yard 575 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: seasons in San Francisco for a team that was awful, 576 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 1: like that was when they were really bad. But he 577 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: was the one bright spot on that team. But I 578 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: think he's put together nine one thousand yards seasons and 579 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: he's thirty five hundred yards behind Emmett. Yes, he I 580 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: mean could be done. It's another He's at like fifteen 581 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: thousand and two hundred and eighty nine and Barry Sanders 582 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: was like fifteen thousand, two hundred and sixties or thirty 583 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 1: nine something like that. Yeah, so so he's good. He's 584 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: going for Walter Payton, which which can be done. I 585 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: mean it depends on But the thing about him is 586 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: he is always there and he has always played and 587 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: he's always been effective. He hasn't been the flashiest guy 588 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: who was listening to the one O five three The 589 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: fan this morning and they were talking about I don't 590 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: think of him as a Hall of Famer. I'm like, absolutely, 591 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: How do you argue that he's a third all time 592 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: in Russian Well, he's just been consistent. Yeah, I know, 593 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: that's why he should be a Hall of Famer. I mean, 594 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: just like Jason Witten. Jason Witten's number two all time 595 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: in receiving for tight ends, but he's been consistent, He's 596 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: been there. He is a Hall of famer. Like if 597 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: you can, if you can stay relevant and productive for 598 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: that long, you should be honored as one of the 599 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: best to ever do it. And Frank Gore is that guy. 600 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: He is that guy that is always there and then not. 601 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to go into all the 602 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: things that he's overcoming his lifetime, all the challenges that 603 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: he's had he's had to face. But everybody that I've 604 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: talked to that has played with Frank Gore is just like, 605 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: he is a pro, and he goes out and he 606 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: does it and you can count on him. And that's 607 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: one thing, unfortunately, I feel like is missing in this 608 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: era is guys that you can consistently count on over 609 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: and over, week after week, year after year. And he's 610 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: one of those guys. Yeah, and you say about him 611 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: overcoming some things. I read some quotes post game yesterday 612 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,959 Speaker 1: where he was asked about moving past Barry Sanders, and 613 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: he was talking about his longevity and just how Frank 614 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 1: one of the challenges he overcame was two severe knee 615 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: injuries when he was at University of Miami. So he 616 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: fell in the draft to I think like the third 617 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: round or something like that. And so he was quoted 618 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: yesterday is saying that the speculation was that I'd have 619 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 1: maybe two or three years in the league because of 620 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: these knee injuries. To your point of guys that you 621 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: can count on to do that, kudos to Jeff Heath. Yeah, 622 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: when he not first he came out for just to 623 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: play with his right shoulder. He missed the previous week's game, 624 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: but he has two bum shoulders, and then on this 625 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: really good tackle, his left shoulder, I mean it was 626 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: hanging and he's so tough. I wanted to cry. He 627 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: didn't cry, but I wanted to cry for him. But 628 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: then but then he goes back out there. He doesn't 629 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: miss on special teams, and he's back out there on defense. 630 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: I think Darian Thompson was out there for just a 631 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: few plays. But these guys, you know, Connor Williams doing that, 632 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence still chases down every single play, whether it's 633 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,719 Speaker 1: a screen pass, Antoine Woods out there fighting through it. 634 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,479 Speaker 1: And so when you were talking earlier about how you 635 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: saw some positive things even though it was a lost yesterday, 636 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: it's those types of things that you see on the sideline, 637 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: and it's like, that's why I also have hope, have 638 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: hope moving forward. That's right. Question about Buffo though, um, 639 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: since they are so relatively unknown in small market and 640 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: unless you play fantasy football, you probably don't know a 641 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 1: lot of their skill position players, which I have sixteen points? Last, 642 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: are you going to play him this week? Okay, thank you? 643 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: I was gonna we were gonna have to scold jam 644 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,479 Speaker 1: Amandola goes in and takes that spot. Who else? Who's 645 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: your quarter who are your quarterbacks? I have Deshaun Watson 646 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: and Garoppolo. Oh oh very good? Yeah, which is like 647 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: a week to week deal. It's like, yeah, Garoppolo the 648 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: nine points, Yeah, his points aren't aren't you know? Deshaun 649 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: has crushed it. I mean he's had thirty plus point 650 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: weeks and and he's had like six point weeks. But yeah, 651 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: I usually have Deshaun Watson is my mainstay. Okay, well 652 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,400 Speaker 1: you don't have Cole this week, thank goodness. He's second 653 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: on the team with a Buffalo. John Brown's their leading receiver, 654 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: but Cole Beasley forty nine catches for five hundred and 655 00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: twenty five yards through eleven games and four touchdowns. But Buffalo, 656 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: since they're smaller market, they don't get a lot of 657 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 1: these marquee games. Do you think there's any extra juice 658 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: for them going to play at the Cowboys on the 659 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: national stage Thanksgiving? Yeah, so any of the guys there 660 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: that have played in this type of game, or I 661 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: mean not guys that have been on the team, but 662 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,479 Speaker 1: played in a playoff game. So when you describe Thanksgiving game, 663 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: it's playoff atmosphere. It's what it is. And so there's 664 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: there's going to be an elevated like emotion from the 665 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: team because you know a lot of them grew up 666 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,719 Speaker 1: watching this game, watching the Detroit and Dallas Thanksgiving game, 667 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: and so they've seen this in they're like, I've always 668 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,320 Speaker 1: wanted to, Like my dream is to play on Thanksgiving. 669 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: My dreams and then the atmosphere is just different than 670 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: another regular season game. It really is a playoff atmosphere. 671 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,240 Speaker 1: And so you're going to see a lot of guys 672 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 1: in Buffalo that know that very rarely are they the 673 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: national on the national spotlight outside of a Thursday night 674 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: game here and there. Now everybody is watching me, not 675 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: only like okay, hey, are we the only game on 676 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: at that time? Now this is Thanksgiving where we literally 677 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: everybody in the country, people that don't even normally watch football. 678 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: Everybody is watching us. I mean I know because I was. 679 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: I played in four Thanksgiving games in my career, and 680 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 1: literally there's people that I didn't hear of here from 681 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: twenty years. They were like, hey, bron they just saw you. 682 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, you don't watch any football there, 683 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 1: not that people would notice me, but like that's when 684 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: people notice it. So yeah, there's an elevated like urgency 685 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,319 Speaker 1: within a game like this. Yeah, well that's it's going 686 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,280 Speaker 1: to be a CBS broadcast, which means that your buddy 687 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 1: Tony Romo. And by the way, we have Tony joining 688 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: us today in T shirt form released today part of 689 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: the America's Team collection. Each Monday, it's a different former 690 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: or current player, and so Tony Romo is this week 691 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,439 Speaker 1: and it's in honor of him being back at at 692 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: and T Stadium calling the game. And I would like 693 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: to share us story if you'll indulge me, because I 694 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: think that a lot of members of Cowboys Nation take 695 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,439 Speaker 1: for granted that it's every Thanksgiving Day and that, oh, 696 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: it's like this league rule that Detroit and Dallas play 697 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 1: at home. But the way that it started for the 698 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: Cowboys was back in nineteen sixty six. That was the 699 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 1: first Thanksgiving Day game for the Cowboys, and Detroit had 700 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 1: had one all the way back since the thirties, and 701 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,839 Speaker 1: actually the NFL had Thanksgiving Day game as early as 702 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: the nineteen twenties. In college football. Fun fact, the first 703 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,840 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day game was Harvard and Yale back in eighteen 704 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: seventy six, so there's a long tradition. But up until 705 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,319 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty six, there was only the Detroit Lions game 706 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,240 Speaker 1: early on Thanksgiving afternoon. Well, the NFL wanted to expand 707 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: and have a second offering. Tech schram Our, former team 708 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: president and general manager, who was just the marketing genius. 709 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:01,320 Speaker 1: He agreed to host it, and you didn't have teams 710 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,319 Speaker 1: wanting to host it at the time because it was 711 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: basically a gamble. You know, it wasn't a tradition. It 712 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,720 Speaker 1: had never happened in Dallas. So and the team frankly 713 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,840 Speaker 1: did not draw well at the Cotton Bowl in the 714 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 1: early and mid sixties. Well what they did, Tech said, Okay, 715 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: I'll do it, but if we're going to commit to it, 716 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,359 Speaker 1: then we're going to host it every year. So it's 717 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: not a league rule per se. It's more kind of 718 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,400 Speaker 1: like an agreement and shake kind of thing. But over 719 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: seventy thousand people turned out to the Cotton Bowl, and 720 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: it's because one of the reasons was the opponent was 721 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: Jim Brown and the Browns. But it was such a success, 722 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 1: and then other teams realized, well, wait a minute, it's 723 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 1: not fair that Detroit and Dallas get the short week 724 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: and at home. You know, we won in on the action. 725 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,760 Speaker 1: And so there were two years in the mid nineteen 726 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: sixties where the Cowboys did not host. The games were 727 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,920 Speaker 1: hosted by the then Saint Louis Cardinals. The ratings went 728 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,160 Speaker 1: down and you know, they got a good turnout at 729 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: the stadium. But the NFL, and more importantly, I think 730 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: Tech Shram didn't just twist the arm, but did one 731 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: of those Indian burns, you know whatever, And so the 732 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,799 Speaker 1: Cowboys got it back and have had it ever since then. 733 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: So it's funny to think of it being a kind 734 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: of a kind of a gamble. Yeah, but it was. 735 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 1: And thanks so thank you to Tech Shram. So Tech 736 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: and Turkey is part of the Thanksgiving Day tradition. We 737 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: have a few minutes left, So what are you most 738 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: looking to see on Thursday? And we haven't really scouted 739 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 1: Buffalo because we're just coming back, just coming off that. 740 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:46,240 Speaker 1: But but overall, from what you've seen the last few weeks, 741 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,920 Speaker 1: what do the Cowboys need to do? So what I 742 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:50,920 Speaker 1: want to see is I want to see our defensive 743 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,480 Speaker 1: lines showback up. I want to see pressure. I want 744 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,399 Speaker 1: to see Josh Allen on the ground a lot. I think, 745 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:01,799 Speaker 1: what when you know DeMarcus and Robert and Michael and 746 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 1: those guys, when they get going and they're in the 747 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: face of the quarterback, just good things happen. And I 748 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,640 Speaker 1: think we've been inconsistent at best. I want to see 749 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,279 Speaker 1: DeMarcus like that's where I want to see. I want 750 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 1: to see DeMarcus come away with a three set game. 751 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: That's what I want to see because when he when 752 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,879 Speaker 1: he gets to the quarterback, the energy it really does 753 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: permeate between the team. But then also I want to 754 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,759 Speaker 1: see us get back to running the ball effectively. I 755 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: don't I don't mean we have to run the ball 756 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: all the time. I want to. I want to see 757 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 1: us running the ball effectively. I mentioned it earlier in 758 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: the show. Is when we're running downhill or even some 759 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,880 Speaker 1: wide zones, but we're pressing the line of scrimmage right 760 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,719 Speaker 1: off of the bat. We need to we need to 761 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,839 Speaker 1: get those going. I think we need to run out 762 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,120 Speaker 1: of twenty one personnel with a fullback. So I think 763 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,360 Speaker 1: that we need to get some violent collisions and we 764 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: need to get in there. With that being said, I 765 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,280 Speaker 1: also want to make sure that we are still being 766 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:52,720 Speaker 1: creative and doing the things that they give us, because 767 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,680 Speaker 1: when we try to be one dimensional do what we're 768 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,799 Speaker 1: gonna do, we don't do well. But I think that 769 00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,400 Speaker 1: we need to set those up. I watched the San 770 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 1: Francisco game last night, and looking at Shanahan's offense and 771 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: looking at what he does and setting up the pass 772 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,960 Speaker 1: with the run. We used to be able to do 773 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,640 Speaker 1: that very well, and that was twenty sixteen Daks rookie year. 774 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,279 Speaker 1: Why we were so successful is because we ran the 775 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,600 Speaker 1: ball well and that opened up the pass game and 776 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,759 Speaker 1: he looked great doing that. And I think we need 777 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: to get back a little bit to that. But this week, 778 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: I want to see hitting the quarterback and I want 779 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 1: to see our offense run the ball effectively. Were you 780 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: surprised that the Cowboys didn't do more twenty one personnel yesterday? Again, 781 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,359 Speaker 1: twenty one is when you have two fullbacks and one 782 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,880 Speaker 1: tied end. Yeah, but especially when you knew they were 783 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,680 Speaker 1: gonna when you thought they'd have to run because of 784 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 1: the weather conditions a little a little bit the challenge 785 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,399 Speaker 1: that the numbers didn't really look great. Right, When you've 786 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,640 Speaker 1: got a defense like that and then you've got Stephan 787 00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:48,319 Speaker 1: Gilmour who's one on one with with a Mari, right, 788 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 1: it's it's hard to say, Okay, they didn't do if 789 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 1: they double teamed Maar. Okay, now, let's run the ball 790 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 1: and the numbers make sense. But it just doesn't really 791 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: make sense if the numbers don't match up. I would 792 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 1: have liked to in that weather game, like as a fullback, 793 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 1: like that's our dreams, Like, all right, now I'm gonna 794 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,680 Speaker 1: get some action because we're gonna be running the ball more. 795 00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,879 Speaker 1: Um So I'm a little bit We just haven't been real, 796 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,799 Speaker 1: real successful out of twenty one personnel. And part of 797 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,360 Speaker 1: it is that I don't think that we've gotten in 798 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,200 Speaker 1: the rhythm of it. We use Jama's more in the 799 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: past game than we do really most he split out 800 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,799 Speaker 1: more than yeah, and so you know, part of that 801 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,040 Speaker 1: is just kind of the makeup that he is he's 802 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,360 Speaker 1: not and this is I love Jamays, so this is 803 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:34,879 Speaker 1: no disrespect, but he's not that thumper, right, He's not that. Well, 804 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: that was all I could do, so I had to 805 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,400 Speaker 1: be able to split you out to sometimes they did 806 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,719 Speaker 1: a couple of times, but Scotlandahan didn't have a whole 807 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,239 Speaker 1: lot of trust with me in space. But uh, you know, 808 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,480 Speaker 1: I am a little bit surprised that because they are 809 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,880 Speaker 1: in twenty one a lot, but they don't run a 810 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,560 Speaker 1: lot out of it. And it's not like I, Okay, 811 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,800 Speaker 1: let's get some some weak zones, let's get some strong side. 812 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,880 Speaker 1: We called it a boss play where the fullbacks up 813 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,879 Speaker 1: on the strong safety like going down and making those 814 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,480 Speaker 1: like big collisions and those are personality places. But opening 815 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 1: it up so now you've got more boots. Like you 816 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,800 Speaker 1: saw Garoppolo when he hit that long past to Kittle 817 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,280 Speaker 1: over the middle. That was that was off of a boot, 818 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,879 Speaker 1: and it was you know, going the opposite way, which 819 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,600 Speaker 1: Dak has shown that he can roll out to his 820 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,479 Speaker 1: left and still throw a good ball. Those are things 821 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,839 Speaker 1: that I would like to see get back to. Okay, yes, 822 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,759 Speaker 1: Kellen is a creative offensive mind, but what is the 823 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,960 Speaker 1: foundation of this offense and what is it built off of. 824 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,279 Speaker 1: It's built off of running the ball. So let's make 825 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,000 Speaker 1: sure that we take advantage of that to set up 826 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,200 Speaker 1: the pass as as opposed to Okay, well, when we 827 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: get into twelve personnel and we packed the box tight, 828 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 1: they know we're running it or if we're gonna throw it, 829 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna get an eleven or ten personnel, you know, 830 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,400 Speaker 1: no tight ends or one tight end and one running 831 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,759 Speaker 1: back and we're just going to spread it out and 832 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,600 Speaker 1: throw the ball. Like more play action, more boot and 833 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,200 Speaker 1: really just I don't know. Those are some things that 834 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 1: I do feel like there's a gap and where we're 835 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,879 Speaker 1: at and where we should be. Well, it's a huge game. 836 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing Buffalo because we only get 837 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,040 Speaker 1: to see them once every four years and it I 838 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,800 Speaker 1: think they're going to have a big contingent of fans 839 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,439 Speaker 1: because they come only once every eight years, and they'll 840 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: be fired up to doing It's a real thing. It's 841 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,640 Speaker 1: a real thing. So I'm looking forward to that. And 842 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,600 Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgivings to you in the family. Kaden, thank you 843 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:19,359 Speaker 1: so much. Happy Thanksgiving, and happy Thanksgiving to Ali Cowboys Nation. 844 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us this week on Radioheads. This 845 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,080 Speaker 1: has been a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and 846 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:28,240 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.