1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Lets go. Are you 3 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: ready for a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 6 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. Hello, guys, 7 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: welcome to another episode of The Break. We finally get 8 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: a nice little start to this bye week for the Cowboys. 9 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: How are you guys doing. I'm awesome. Yeah, it's a 10 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: little bit more fun being in here with you after 11 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: that as opposed to the other ones. Yeah, last week 12 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: we were talking about the Cowboys not being able to 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: do much on in all three phases of the game, 14 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: this game against the Eagles thirty seven ten and win, 15 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: that they were able to do all kinds of things 16 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: in all three phases of the game. Let's start off 17 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: talking about this offense that I was able to what 18 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: was it, four hundred and twenty eight yards total? Ye, 19 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: do all kinds of things on the field and especially 20 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: right off the bat. What was the main your main 21 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: impression as to why this finally worked? Well, I mean 22 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: it's easier to always, if you're gonna run a race, 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: it's always easier to run downhill. And that's what happened. 24 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: You know that the defense started this thing and they 25 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: got the turnovers, and then the Cowboys were able to 26 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: just be aggressive. You can be aggressive and have your 27 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: foot on the gas when when you don't have as 28 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: much to lose. And I thought that that was you know, 29 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: they set the tone. The defense set the tone in 30 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: the game. But the offense, you know, that's what you're 31 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: supposed to do. We say it all the time. If 32 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: someone gives you a gift, you better open it. And 33 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: that's what they did. Yeah, I don't want to undermine 34 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: your fantastic hosting abilities at all, but like, the defense 35 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: is what I come away from this game so impressed 36 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: by because but I started that way, because this is 37 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: the one time that the Cowboys are actually we're able 38 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: to capitalize on what the defense was doing for no. Absolutely, 39 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: And the offense they handled their business. Absolutely. They had 40 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: four hundred yards, they scored thirty seven points. They did 41 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: a bunch of good stuff, but four takeaways, two of 42 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: them on the first two Eagles possessions of the night. 43 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: You get you mean, back to back fumble recoveries. You 44 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: got a fourteen nothing lead within six minutes of the 45 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: game starting. And kudos to the offense, you know, kel Moore, 46 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: you know, dug into his bag of tricks a little 47 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: bit for that Tavon touchdown. And I thought, I've said 48 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: this a few times by now. I thought that was 49 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: the best game Zeke's played in two years or more. 50 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: I thought he was fantastic. He set the tone. He 51 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: seemed like he was running pissed off all night. You know, 52 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: I think it was his third carry of the game. 53 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: He demolished Malcolm Jenkins on the you know, the touchdown 54 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: that was taken away and ruled him down the half 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: yard line or whatever. But um, you finally got to 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: see seek again. Yeah. No, but I thought the defense 57 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: set it up and then the offense capitalized on it. Yeah. 58 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you know the Tavon Austin play. You know 59 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: we've been waiting for, you know, gadget type of plays. 60 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: And it wasn't just Tavon Austin, it was it was 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: Tony Pollard. It was Pollard and Austin in that play. 62 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: And I thought that was interesting because because now you'll 63 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: be able to work off of that and you'll be 64 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: able to work Pollard into that. And he showed too 65 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: that like you're not gonna just go down with one arm, 66 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: you know, one arm tackle if if you know, he 67 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: only gets a couple carries a game, I mean, he's 68 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: gonna make the most of it. So I'm not here 69 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: to criticize after a thirty seven Tin win. But there's 70 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: just gotta be more ways to get him involved. There 71 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: just has to be, because he just he showed you 72 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: what he's all about. I mean, his stat line's honestly 73 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: not that impressive at the end of the day, eight 74 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: carries for twenty eight yards on the show, but on 75 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: the run that Pollard had, but if you watched, yeah, 76 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: if you saw that run, if you just saw what 77 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: he was able to do, you know, he brings a 78 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: pretty explosive element to this offense. I could, regardless of 79 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: what you see on the stats, that were certain place 80 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: where he wasn't getting the ball or anything. But he 81 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: was still able to do some things while being on 82 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: the field. And there were a couple of scenarios where 83 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,559 Speaker 1: he was open. There was one where he was wide 84 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: open and Dak just got attack and it didn't work 85 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: out there, but just having him on the field, even 86 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: with Zeke on the other side. Yeah, and that being 87 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,239 Speaker 1: said about having him on the field, You're right about Pollard, 88 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,559 Speaker 1: But the real main thing about having on the field 89 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: I thought was Amari Cooper and the fact that they 90 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: he was able to play. And I'm still convinced that 91 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: they would have They would have not destroyed, but they 92 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: would have beat the Jets pretty handedly if he was 93 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: able to play in that game. He just brings so 94 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: much balance to the team. I mean, you have to 95 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: account for him, and I don't think his playmaking abilities 96 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: are talked about as much. I mean, he makes acrobatic 97 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: catches on that sideline over there. He just makes it 98 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: look simple. Yeah, he doesn't look fast, you know he is, 99 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: He just doesn't. He doesn't look fast until he's three 100 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: yards behind the coverage on the sluggo that he ran. 101 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I sold it, sold the hell out of it. 102 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: The acrobatic that the twenty eight yard or down the 103 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: far sideline, It's incredible. I thought Dak was throwing it away. Yeah. 104 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: I don't like comparing him to the greatest receiver of 105 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: all time and maybe the greatest football player of all time. 106 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: But he's got some Jerry Rice in him in the 107 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: fact that, like you just don't think it's it's as 108 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: good as it is. It's kind of effortless looking, and 109 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: he's still it's so productive. He's definitely not Jerry Rice. 110 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: But but it's like that and that you're like, wow, 111 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: I didn't think he was that fast, but no one's 112 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: catching him and he just having him on the field, 113 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: He's such a smooth route runner that it just opens 114 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: up so many things. It's yeah, I feel like it's 115 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: a weekly convert station. And you know, I said I 116 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: would rather have Cooper than Tyron Smith for this game. 117 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: They obviously got both of them, but I'm almost tempted 118 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: to say Amari Cooper is more more important to their 119 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: success right now than Tyron Smith is. I don't know 120 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: if that's actually true, but well that's how I feel. Well, 121 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: I'll take Amari Cooper over that Tyron Smith because Tyron 122 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: he you know, he just wasn't the same. He wasn't himself. 123 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: I applaud those guys for being out there. I can't 124 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: say enough about that. While Collins, my god, he was 125 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: he was great and I and I watched him in 126 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: practice on Thursday, and you could tell he was. He 127 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: was just kind of gimpy on that leg. I mean, 128 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: it's just it's like, give me, give me seventy plays 129 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: the best you got. It's not gonna be all the 130 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: way pretty, but we'll get the win and you'll have 131 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: two weeks to rest. That's what you said the other day. Yeah, 132 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: like like just like, I mean, and you know that's 133 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: what it was. You don't want to you know, you 134 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: they always said, you know, you don't want to put 135 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: a guy out there if he's not healthy enough to play, 136 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: and they don't want to put your desperate and they 137 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: don't they don't want to put guys in harm's way. 138 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: But at the same time, it's like, just come on, man, 139 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: just get through this. And and those I mean, they 140 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: it's not like they have to be goaded into doing that. 141 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: That's how they're wired. They're like, all right, this is 142 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: gonna suck, but I'm gonna, you know, grit through it, 143 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: and you know we'll be four and three leading the 144 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: division and we'll have fifteen days to recover. It sounds 145 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: like all those guys came out of this, Yeah, not 146 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: you know, they didn't aggravate those problems any further. So 147 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: that's a really good sign. And then you're two defensive 148 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: guys that were ruled out and you know, like Layton 149 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: Vanderesh and Robert Quinn, it looks like they're going to 150 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: be okay. Always scary when when your star linebackers down 151 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: there are not really moving, which you know, I always 152 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: joke about like the insanity of the NFL because late 153 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: and after the game is like, yeah, I'm fine, it's 154 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: just a stinger. Well, stinger is like when your whole 155 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: body goes numb because you like pinch a nerve or whatever. 156 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: And like, you know, Tiring last year had one and 157 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: said it's like, you know, fires just shooting through you know, 158 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: the veins and your body. So if that's fine, then 159 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: more power to you. It doesn't sound great, yeah, but 160 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: uh and it sounds like a it was a rib 161 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: injury for oh he was he had spasms in his 162 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: rib area. Again, doesn't sound fun. But I don't think 163 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: either one of them is expected to miss a long 164 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: period of time. So guys got six sacks, incredible impressive. 165 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: Six d freaks me out, you know how that's all 166 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: they gave up for him? Six round pick better figure 167 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: out better, figure out how to keep this guy. Yeah, 168 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: I mean seriously, I mean I don't mean to get 169 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: jump ahead, but I mean he's on a one year deal. No, 170 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: I really, I love. That's how you know. That's how 171 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: you know that the Cowboys played a really good game 172 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: is when you're just ping ponging around at the start 173 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: of a show because you're like, well, Dak was great, 174 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: Zeke played his best game. Cooper is so important. The 175 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: injured guys played great. The defense got four takeaways, like 176 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: they just they kicked their I tried to write ten, 177 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: you know, the would do the rank. I mean, here's 178 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: the ten best players from the game, and I put 179 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: eleven up there, and I'm like, already left off three 180 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: or four, you know. I mean, it's hard because it 181 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: was such a complete performance. Everybody played well. And here's 182 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: here's a here's another play too that didn't even get 183 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: mentioned in my five plays to remember. But I just 184 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: thought Vantel Bryant Ventell Bryant, Yeah, he just runs down 185 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: the field and just basically body slams that guy on 186 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: one of them, And it's just kind of it wasn't 187 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: They were already kind of playing well, and that's just another. 188 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: It's just another play aspect of that game of like 189 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: we're better than you in every phase, and they were 190 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: that that's how you kick someone's ass when you're better 191 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 1: in every single phase. They took it to him from 192 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: the very beginning. I mean, what fourth play of the game, 193 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: Jalen strips um was it Ertz or Goddard? It was 194 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: Goddard and and they recover and you're off to the races, 195 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: and you know what's funny is I mean, I know, 196 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: you know Tavon had the gadget play, but like they 197 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: didn't do anything different, Like they still ran on first 198 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 1: down a lot. They still you know, they just worked. 199 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: It's just all it all clicked for him. There was 200 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: something different. They didn't wait till fourth and inches to 201 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: run their big two hundred and thirty five pound quarterback. 202 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: I love the fact on third down. And the best 203 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: part of the whole play was that it was shotgun. 204 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,839 Speaker 1: It was shotgun until he went to the line of 205 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 1: scrimmage to tell them something, tell them something, and then 206 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: he gets under center and goes and gets eight yards. Yeah, 207 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: that was one of my five plays because I thought 208 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: it also showed that not even he could believe that 209 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: he got his yards on that. Yeah, I'm not just 210 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: settling for that. You know, it's too bad on Zeke's 211 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: that he didn't score the touchdown on the Jenkins run, 212 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: because yeah, it's He's had two plays against the Eagles 213 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: the last two years that were almost like career highlight 214 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: plays for him. Obviously the hurdle last year that he 215 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: almost scored still highlight, but I mean now, and he 216 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: got in on the next play, but he deserved to 217 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: score on that play because it would, yeah, it would 218 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: run on his reel for the rest of time. It 219 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: probably still will because Malcolm Jenkins is the hell of 220 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: a player and he just posterized him and he loves 221 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: to talk and he loves to talk. You know, he 222 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: gets in there and he's feisty, you know. But but ironically, 223 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: I mean, they ran another sneak and Dak got stuffed, 224 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: which like, I'm mister QB sneak. But it all worked 225 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: out of the end. But then you know, on fourth down, 226 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: they were able to have a couple of big plays 227 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: on it. Fourth and one from midfield, you know, faking 228 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: it to Zeke like that and faking it and then 229 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: throwing it to Zeke and then I thought that the 230 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: bootleg touchdown. They don't do that as much that they 231 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: do this whole We do what we do. But if 232 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: a guy's gonna be wide open, like Blake Jarwin was, 233 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you have to take advantage of it. Yeah, 234 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: you don't always have to just hammer it, and you know, 235 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: emphasize your superiority. Misdirection is it's so it's such a 236 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: crucial element of winning in the red zone. I thought 237 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,359 Speaker 1: that was really big. Well, we saw a classic Garrett 238 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: doing what he does best, which is waked this theme 239 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: back up when he needs to be woken up. So 240 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: let's take a quick break and when we come back, 241 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: we'll get into the defense a little more and what 242 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: they were actually able to do there. While a player 243 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: can look good on paper, it's when he's out on 244 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: the field that you really find out what he's made of. 245 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: That's why the Cowboys rely on more than just stats 246 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: and scouting reports when building their team. 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Back to the break, all right, welcome back. 279 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: So the defense has had its fair share of criticism 280 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: as well, the pass rush, the linebackers not playing how 281 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: they should you talk about takeaways and how important those 282 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: are clearly his show last night, So just in general, 283 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: what how how were they able to make a click 284 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: on here? And especially Jalen who he's were talking about 285 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: him being benched at games and now look at the 286 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: kind of game he had. Think about the guys that 287 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: that got the turnovers in the game. Um, they're all 288 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: they've all been talked about. About. Are they really playing well? 289 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: There's Jaylen Smith really playing well well? He makes a 290 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: nice play in the like third or fourth play of 291 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: the Game's d Law earning his money at all. Yeah, 292 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: he actually comes around the corner here and makes a 293 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: huge play in the game. What about Xavier Woods? Is 294 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: Xavier Woods playing? I mean what I thought he was 295 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: having this great, impressive and then he had a I 296 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: can't think of the fourth turnover. What was the other 297 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: was Carrie Hyder recovered a fumble too? Everybody, Yeah, I 298 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: was gonna yeah he did, which I love that Xavier Woods. 299 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: You know, take him anyway you can get him. But 300 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: like he read Carson Wentz and stepped in front of that. 301 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: It wasn't like a ricochet like that was just a 302 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: really nice play. But but to your point, I thought 303 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: it was it was the guys that needed to step 304 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: up and kind of be the leaders. They did that, 305 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: especially d Law. You know, he's not ever afraid to 306 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: speak his mind, and it's so fun for us to 307 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: be around him and listen to, you know, to the 308 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: things that he says. But I think the team just 309 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: kind of, you know, they gravitate toward him, and he 310 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: did it in the Saints game. He did it in 311 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: this game and it worked. I will continue to argue 312 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: like he has played well more often than he hasn't 313 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: even when the stats don't show up. But that was 314 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: that was vintage. I mean, he made he made Lane 315 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: Johnson looked like a turnstile at times. He obviously got 316 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: the sack fumble, but even you know, again he was 317 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: he was cutting past his block and taking Jordan Howard 318 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: down for minus and no gains and being disruptive in 319 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: the run game again, just really set the tone. And like, 320 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know that they did anything stupendously different. 321 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: They capitalized on the opportunities they've got, which they've they've 322 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: made those opportunities in the past and not followed through 323 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: on them. You think about Washington, they probably should have 324 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: had two or three takeaways in that game, and they 325 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: tackled better. They tackled much better in this game. The linebackers, 326 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: you know, Jalen played fantastic, he was so good. But 327 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: at the same time, Layton vander Esch goes out and 328 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: Sean Lee stepped up and started smacking the crap out 329 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: of everything like it was twenty or twenty fifteen. Yeah, 330 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: he's probably I don't know if he makes it all 331 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: the way to the end zone, but it would have 332 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: been a nice cherry on top of of a dominant win. 333 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: But he he was incredible, he me and you know, 334 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know that anybody thought that he 335 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,239 Speaker 1: had declined that much, but he just he hasn't been 336 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: playing that many snaps, but he certainly looked capable of 337 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: it when they when they needed him to. Okay, So 338 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: clearly we've seen what this team is capable of. We've 339 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: seen them being dominant even at the beginning of the season, 340 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: and then those three last games prior to the one 341 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: last night, them struggling the way that they've been struggling. 342 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: You know, fans are trying to get their heads around 343 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: us to what is going on here. What was the 344 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: difference for them to actually come out and play the 345 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: way that they did last night. Yeah, nobody wants to 346 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: to know or hear this because it just sounds so excusive, 347 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 1: but it is players matter, I mean, like the star 348 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: players matter and that and it was a big difference. 349 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: I mean, the two tackles being able to ford to 350 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: have some time to go through the progressions and then 351 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: to go through with the receivers that are running arounds. 352 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the injuries that they had at 353 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: the same position really hurt them because you're not just 354 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: going to the next man ups. It's two men up. 355 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: It was two men up for Brandon Knight to get 356 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: in the game and for Cedric Wilson to have to play, 357 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: and for c. J. Goodwin to have to play corner. 358 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: And I think when you start getting that many injuries, 359 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: then you turn into the Jets and then it comes 360 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: down to a two point game on the road. I'm 361 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: not I don't know if I can go there with you. 362 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, obviously that plays a role, and I agree, 363 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: you know, if Amari Cooper plays that game against the 364 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: Jets is probably a different story. But I just, I mean, 365 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: I thought they looked flat in that game and at 366 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: other times, I mean, and to get like, I don't 367 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: know the answer. We didn't know the answer when it 368 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: wasn't happening. But what made them the whole game changed 369 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: in the first five minutes, Like you get two takeaways 370 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: in Eagles territory and set up two touchdowns and make 371 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: life easy on the offense, it changes the whole dynamic 372 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: of everything. And the defense hasn't had to cope with 373 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 1: nearly as many injuries as as the offense has to 374 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: this point in the season at least, So I mean, 375 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: I just they seemed fired up and pissed off, and 376 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: I think it made a difference. Um. And I don't 377 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: know where that's been and I don't know how you 378 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 1: harness that, but they need to like they need to. 379 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: You're not always going to jump out to a fourteen 380 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,719 Speaker 1: nothing lead, but they you need that energy level at 381 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: the outset of some of these games, I think. I mean, 382 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: they knocked the ball out. That that was the key. 383 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: They knocked the ball out two times and then and 384 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: then they went and scored off of it. But you know, 385 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: they they they stripped the ball and all the time, 386 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: and then they try to do that. It's just that, 387 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: you know, Jalen it was Jalen right that knocked the 388 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: ball out because I mean Layton was right there. They 389 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: stood him up and punched it out and Collins came 390 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: in and then and then d law you know, coming 391 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: around the edge of which they set on the TV. 392 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: That was his first sack ever against the Eagles. I 393 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: said it on Twitter too, Yeah he's been it's okay, 394 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: a lot a lot of tweets going on. Um, yeah, 395 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: he out completely and most of that by Lane Johnson 396 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: when like, Lane Johnson's had his number, not last night. 397 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 1: He kicked him around pretty good. And I love the 398 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: fact that in that Zeke is undefeated against the Eagles. Yeah, 399 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: we were, we were. We kind of realized that in 400 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: the press box last night, but never lost to them. 401 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: So that's like, you know, and this was it was 402 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: such a good win. It was a big win. Uh, 403 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: they're three and o in the division. Like, there's so 404 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: many reasons to feel good about him. But I loved 405 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 1: I loved it last night when Amari Cooper was like, 406 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: I don't really know that we proved anything. They proved 407 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: that they could come together and play a good game. 408 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: And when win in a big spot. But you know, 409 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: Sunday night division rivalry, everyone in the world is talking 410 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: crap about you, like it's easy to get up for 411 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,479 Speaker 1: that game. Yeah, and that's where you know even you know, 412 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: typically i'd be like, oh, great, we have to watch 413 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: him go play the crappy Giants now, like I'd rather 414 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: see him play a better team, But no, I'm interested 415 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 1: to see how they handled business carry it over against 416 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: a bad team. They lost to the Cardinals yesterday. Not 417 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: I mean and Daniel Jones isn't terrible, but he hasn't 418 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: played as great as he did in the first game 419 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: game and a half since he took over. Much like 420 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: the Jets, that's a game you should win. And I 421 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: want to see how that carries over because what we 422 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: really learned last night is that when they put it 423 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: all together, they're a pretty good team. But didn't we 424 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: know that? We knew that they haven't been playing like it, 425 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: and they knew that, and they still haven't played or 426 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: beaten a team with a winning record. And I mean 427 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: not that it really matters, but but it's just how 428 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: good are they? When you're trying to answer that they 429 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: can go beat the Giants next week or two weeks 430 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: and go to five and three at the halfway point, 431 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: they still will you know, we'll have not beaten a 432 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: team with a winning record, not that you have to. 433 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: This isn't style points. They're not trying to impress voters here. 434 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: They're just trying to keep keep winning. But in terms 435 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: of like knowing, how good are they know? How good 436 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: are they? How excited should you be about their record? Yeah? 437 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: I mean you can you know that you can look 438 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: at it that way and say they haven't beaten anyone. Okay, 439 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: you can also look at it and say they were 440 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: very very banged up and they lost to the Jet team. 441 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: They they have lost to the Saint and the Packers, 442 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: who are both five and one. Yeah, well six. I mean, 443 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: the Saints are Roland right now. Um, and we were there. 444 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: They they could have won and should have won that 445 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: game if it just for a couple of plays here 446 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: and there, and then you know the Packer game. Packers 447 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: were better than them that day. They didn't help themselves. 448 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,479 Speaker 1: But you know, I mean, if they played again, they 449 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: could probably beat the Packers. Absolutely the mean, but you know, 450 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: maybe DeVante Adams is going to help them. But I'm 451 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: kind of convinced that whoever's just running routes for Aaron 452 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: Rodgers will be good receivers. Absolutely. I mean, he's he's unbelievable, 453 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: He's insane. So I just it's it was. It was 454 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: so impressive, and at the same time, I'm like, we've 455 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: known that this talent was here all along, and it's 456 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: just a matter of putting it together consistently over the 457 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: course of a game and over the course of a season. 458 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: Now before were moving to special teams, I think a 459 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: guy worth mentioning and a guy that we've talked about 460 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: all week is Jordan Lewis. People keep asking about him. 461 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 1: He got a sack last night, made he had a 462 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: pretty good game last night. Now does that earn him 463 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: more playing time? Which is what fans keep asking it should? Yeah, 464 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: it should. He makes plays. I mean, Anthony Brown's out 465 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: there when when he's healthy and he's you know, pretty good. 466 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: But I mean I think Jordan adds a little bit 467 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: more to the table. And you know, he's feisty, you know, playmaker. Yeah, 468 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that doesn't just get the 469 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: JUMBI not to take any credit away from Jay Lou, 470 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: but he gave the credit himself to DeMarcus Lawrence. Again, 471 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: like watch watch more than just where the football is, 472 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: because the right side of the Eagles line and is 473 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: so preoccupied with Lawrence that nobody even looks at Jordan Lewis. Yeah, 474 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,479 Speaker 1: um so, and they had to chip Yeah, you're right, 475 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: they had to chip law He did a nice job 476 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: of not going down on that place because you know, 477 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: that is a straight double team and he barely got 478 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: him down. Like, I mean, Carson Wentz is a big dude. 479 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I say, Carson Wentz is a prototypical statue 480 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: type quarterback and Jordan Lewis is like five ten Will 481 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: you say that s side? So he's much more athletic 482 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: than you would think. Yeah, yeah, he does move well. 483 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: Um yeah, I mean I absolutely think Jordan Lewis deserves 484 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: more playing time. I think Anthony Brown is a better 485 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 1: player than a lot of people want to give him 486 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: credit for. But I absolutely think Jordan Lewis should play more. 487 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: I'll be interested to see how they handle that saw 488 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: maybe running this morning, getting trying to get back on track, 489 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: not to move ahead. You know it's too far to 490 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: like next year, but I mean, you know they can't. 491 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: They can't keep signing everybody. And I think Anthony Brown's 492 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: a guy that's going to have to go on the 493 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: open market and see what he what he can get, 494 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: and he probably will get more than what the Cowboys 495 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: can offer. So you have to be prepared for a 496 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: guy like that to to move on. Yeah, and Jordan's 497 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: not in a contract situation yet. Will it be restricted? Nope? No, 498 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: just one more one more human cheetoh are both heading 499 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: into their final year and you still got to figure 500 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: out Vin and Byron, you know quiet just quietly makes plays, 501 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: you know, just just you don't see much about anybody's 502 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: making anything on him. And he just he continues to 503 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: go out there, and I mean he and he wasn't 504 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: even supposed to play this game. I thought. I thought 505 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: it was very it was a very good game. It 506 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: was made. It's incredible, you know whatever, you know whatever. 507 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: They had to fight through and give me some of 508 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: that medicine. Seriously over the coop told me last night, 509 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: he was like, you know, I had to kind of 510 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: take myself out every now and then to like deal 511 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: with the pain. Like it's not like you know, I 512 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: said this earlier, is like if the guys on the field, 513 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: we think of them as being healthy, like well, you're 514 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: healthy enough to play, you probably feel fine. It's it's 515 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: not the case, and those guys deserve a lot of credit. 516 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: I would imagine everybody should be ready to go for 517 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: the Giants game in two weeks. I mean, so I 518 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: think you're going to have seven and active healthy scratches 519 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: in the game. So maybe this is the turning point. 520 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: I want to I want to see and hear more 521 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: about Layton. You know, true, you always want to be 522 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: cautious with nerve issues, so all right, but they will 523 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: be yeah, they should be fairly healthy. Let's take our 524 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: final break. 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If you're 560 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: in the area tonight, you got to come to the 561 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: Star Neighborhood Services at the Omni Frisco Hotel. It's the 562 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: Miller Lite Cowboys Hour, presented by Albertson's DeMarcus Lawrence never 563 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: fraid to save when you say, whatever's on his mind 564 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: after that game. I would imagine he's going to be 565 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: an interesting interview. Yeah, should be, and he's scheduled to 566 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: have Robert Quinn. We'll see what the injury situation, but 567 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: I would imagine they'll be there. D law and Robert Quinn. 568 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: They're gonna sit down tonight. Brad jam Kevin Turner, Taylor 569 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 1: Stern should be very interesting to seeing the racing Lizard 570 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: and the Black Mamba. Is that what there? Quinn's the 571 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: snake and d Laws the Lizard. That's what Marinelli calls him. 572 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: Oh okay, yeah, I don't I don't know about that. 573 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, it's good though that you 574 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: never know what Marinelli is gonna call some of these players, 575 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: and so that one at least is not it's radio 576 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: friendly deaf. Well, that should be a fun show. Now, 577 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: let's give credit where credit is due a guy that 578 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: has been under a lot of criticism as well. Oh well, 579 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: you can point a lot of people on the team 580 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: that have been a lecture on their criticism. But bretma Her, 581 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: he made he got a chance to kick a last night. 582 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: I made four extra points, three field goals, one of 583 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: them being sixty three yards. That is impressive. It's I 584 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: think everybody's probably heard it by now, but he's the 585 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: first player in NFL history to hit three kicks from 586 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: more than sixty yards. And that's honestly shocking to me. 587 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: Just I mean, yeah, I mean, Jason Elam was in 588 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: Denver for forever with like the thin air, and Matt 589 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,239 Speaker 1: Prater's kicked a lot along field goals. I just I 590 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: can't believe that in the one hundred years, Yeah, I 591 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: did it. I just I would have imagined in a 592 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: hundred years there have been a couple other guys to 593 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: do that, but apparently not. And how many And I 594 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: don't mean this as a criticism because clearly it works, 595 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: Like how many teams are comfortable letting their guy go 596 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,959 Speaker 1: out there from that long range? I was actually thinking 597 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: when he lined up for that kick. I was like, 598 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: I can't believe the Eagles don't have a guy back 599 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: to try to return this. You know, did that? Oh wow, 600 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: I'm an idiot. I just I wish we could we 601 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: could show that again if if it's possible, because the Cowboys, 602 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: you know, the the Eagles had called to time out, 603 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys did a nice job. What's the what's 604 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: the lineman just sprint down? That's something that you really 605 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: hadn't seen them do a lot before. I'm sure and 606 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: covered if it issues. Okay, I didn't see the dB 607 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: back there, but even still I was ready for once once. 608 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: Once he kicked the ball, I was like, that's not returnable, 609 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 1: Like even if he misses it, that thing is flying 610 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: out of the back of the end zone. That would 611 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: have gone in from sixty eight. And the um NBC 612 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: crew they they have they had something on there with 613 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: all these different kinds of stats about the kick and 614 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: the velocity and all that. It said sixty six, he 615 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: would have nailed it from at least sixty It cleared 616 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: the bar. It was not close. Um. You know, I 617 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: thought we can talk more about does this make you change? 618 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: Because I don't think he's made a kick in the 619 00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: forties all year. I don't think he has I'm hit back. No, 620 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: I think his ability to kick from further out. Honestly, 621 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: I think the whole it just it just vindicates. It 622 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 1: vindicates the Cowboys. But like this, this is what he 623 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: is like he is. He is a very strong legged 624 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: and confident kicker who can do that. I don't completely 625 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: trust him from middle and short range, but he's gonna 626 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: have good nights. Like I I'm not trying to knock 627 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: the guy, Like, I feel very confident he's gonna miss 628 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: more kicks this season. Yeah, and he's capable of having 629 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: a night like that, which redeems why the Cowboys are 630 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: are willing to ride with Right. And I don't know 631 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: exactly where it was. I think it was a second quarter. 632 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: I mean, he had a chance to kick. They had 633 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: a chance to do a fifty eight yard field goal. 634 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: I think they're on the forty one fifty eight fifty nine, 635 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: and they didn't. They opted not to do that. So 636 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: there's only a few scenarios where you're gonna try something. 637 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: I actually asked Brett about that after the game. I 638 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 1: was like, you know, all of these kicks understandable. He 639 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: come at the end of halfs and he was like, well, yeah, 640 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: you know you we you know, you understand if you 641 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: miss a kick like that, you're given the opponent the 642 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: ball basically at midfield. And he said, he was like, 643 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, he brought that up. He's like, we had 644 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: a chance from like the forty two in the first quarter, 645 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: and he's like, I thought it was a great call 646 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: by the coaches to pin them deep and let the 647 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: defense go to work. Like, you know, don't give up 648 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: field position if you don't have to. But it is 649 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: such a nice asset to know that you can have 650 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: a guy. I mean, you know, if you get the 651 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: ball with fifty seconds on your own twenty, you only 652 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: need a couple of first downs to give him a shot. 653 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 1: You know, no one ever talks about managing the game 654 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: when when it's done correctly. You know, they only talked 655 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: about well before half should have done this and that. 656 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: I thought the Cowboys did a masterful job on that 657 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: on that drive with really only twenty two seconds to 658 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: to you know. And the thing about it is, I 659 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: sit next to a guy, Todd Archer, who worked for ESPN, 660 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: and he basically said Witten's gonna catch a nine yard 661 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: past year that he's gonna go catch it out for 662 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: about six or seven and then another one ye. And 663 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: the thing about it that I really loved, with nine 664 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: seconds to go and no timeouts, that they go up 665 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage and basically throw another pass. 666 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: I thought that was a really good play. I mean, 667 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: it might seem like it was nothing, but you can't 668 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: go out and kick sixty three yard or with nine 669 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: seconds any misses, and now they're sitting at midfield with 670 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: a three or four seconds to go. I mean, I 671 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 1: thought they did a nice job. So again, we only 672 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: talk about managing the game when there's mistakes, but I 673 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: thought Garrett did a nice job managing that. Garrett and 674 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: and Kellen Moore did a nice job with that drive. 675 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: But all in all, you know, I said it the 676 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: other day, and I know I picked the Cowboys to 677 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,440 Speaker 1: lose the game. I did. I did not think that 678 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: they were going to come out and play this way. 679 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: They hadn't shown that to me, and they did. I 680 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: don't think many people were expecting that kind of dominance 681 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: from No not that kind of dominance, But I just 682 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: didn't think they'd go out and play that well, so 683 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: not even dominance, but I mean I picked him to win, 684 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: but I certainly didn't think it would look anything like that. 685 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: Like I we have even in the Saints game, we 686 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: haven't seen the defense put together an effort like you 687 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: said it a few minutes ago. They showed what they 688 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,399 Speaker 1: what they can do like this is this is an 689 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: example that you will point to to say, this is 690 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: what they've got. You also, seven days earlier, saw what 691 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: they could do against the Jets, not you know, they 692 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 1: were shorthanded, but they still showed the ability to go 693 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,800 Speaker 1: out there and just play uninspired football for a while. 694 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: And you know they've sleepwalking and didn't turn it on 695 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: in time, and that same thing. I mean, I guess 696 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: you could say the same for the Packers. You know, 697 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: they didn't turn it on in time, and then you 698 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: get too far behind. I thought about this though, and 699 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: you know, not in a you don't want to make 700 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: excuses for him or like write this stuff off, but 701 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: they shouldn't have a hard time getting up for most 702 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: of these games that are coming their way because the 703 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 1: Giants are Monday Night Football Vikings is another Sunday night 704 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 1: big game against an NFC contender, the Million Times super 705 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,280 Speaker 1: Old champion Patriots are on the horizon, and the Thanksgiving 706 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,920 Speaker 1: game against the Bills is you know, they're six and 707 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 1: one in rolling two, so just had them lose to 708 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: the Lions, though we just well forgot that, no, no, no, 709 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: I did. I was gonna with the one exception being 710 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,479 Speaker 1: a noon road game in Detroit, that's the one that's 711 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: sort of under the radar, the re creative ways to 712 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: lose games, so they're actually or tie games, and I 713 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 1: would say they're they're a better team than their record 714 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: indicates they are. But most of the games that are 715 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 1: coming on and shoot, you can even keep going because 716 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,399 Speaker 1: the Bears is going to be a Thursday night game 717 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: like it's the Cowboys, and it's the second half of 718 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: the season, so they're gonna be playing a lot of 719 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 1: these big, prime time national audience games. There's no doubt 720 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna keep going back and talking about the Jets 721 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,680 Speaker 1: game like all year. It's gonna be like, Okay, there's 722 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: seven and four. Seven, You're like, that's I mean, think 723 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 1: about going into the buy right now. Five and two Absolutely, 724 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 1: I'm not and I'm not trying to rain on anybody's 725 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 1: parade like that was. It was a fantastic when everybody 726 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: played well. It is a great affirmation of what this 727 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,800 Speaker 1: team can be. Yeah, it doesn't change really my opinion 728 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 1: of what we've seen so far, because we've seen him 729 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: play some stinky football too. I think. I think what 730 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,040 Speaker 1: it does for me is it if you would have 731 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:24,400 Speaker 1: won that game, which you probably should have, you're realistically 732 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: in the chance to or in the hunt to do 733 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: anything in the NFC. I think now even at seven 734 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: games in, I could be wrong, but I think winning 735 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,279 Speaker 1: the division is probably the best thing that you can do, 736 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 1: as opposed to like home field advantage, like being in 737 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,359 Speaker 1: the mix over one of the top NFC teams, because 738 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 1: you've already lost to those teams that with one loss 739 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: that are up there. So it's hard to think you're 740 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: going to overtake the Packers, Saints, forty nine ers, whatever. 741 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 1: You know, winning the division is probably the best thing 742 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 1: that you could It was. It's fine, it works. You 743 00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: get a home game and you can do something with it, 744 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: and a lot which and even gotta go past that, 745 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: and I'm getting but getting getting so far ahead of ourselves. 746 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: Let's just say they do win the division. A lot 747 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,880 Speaker 1: of people would probably be like, good, let's play that 748 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 1: home game and not have to take a week off 749 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,840 Speaker 1: because that hasn't gone so well for us in the past. 750 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,840 Speaker 1: So you know now that we just skipped the last 751 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: how many games is that games of the season they 752 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,800 Speaker 1: in a in a seven day span, they've show shown 753 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,839 Speaker 1: us both ends of the spectrum. They can go out 754 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,440 Speaker 1: and really hammer a team um with everything, you know, 755 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: with their backs against the wall, and they can also 756 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,680 Speaker 1: go out and lose to a winless football team that 757 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: that was hungerer than them. So seven weeks scene and 758 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: we still don't have a full clear idea of what 759 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: this team really is because you've seen both sides. I 760 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: don't have a clue exactly. I don't. I don't. I 761 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: could see them. I could see them ripping off like 762 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 1: seven wins in a row like they did last year. 763 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 1: Or I could see them, especially with how hard the 764 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,359 Speaker 1: schedule looks in November, I could see them just kind 765 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: of trading wins and losses. Like, Yeah, I don't know 766 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 1: what to think about these guys other than that on 767 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: a good night like last night, they can be very 768 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: very good, which is promising, So hopefully they figure it out, 769 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: and this is the turning point of the season where 770 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: now going in to the buy, they're able to get 771 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,360 Speaker 1: those guys healthy and ready to go for the Giants, 772 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: beat them and keep that momentum going. I don't know 773 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:36,560 Speaker 1: if you guys are believing our believers of momentum or not. 774 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: I believe in I think momentum is a nice word 775 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: for confidence, like if you believe in yourself and what 776 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,760 Speaker 1: you're doing and you're not second guessing decisions or worried about, 777 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: oh what if we don't get this? And I mean 778 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,759 Speaker 1: you see it in games too, is like momentum is 779 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,880 Speaker 1: just when a team kind of starts rolling and believes 780 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,279 Speaker 1: in itself. And I think it adversely affects the thin 781 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: points in the first quarter. I mean, I gets it's 782 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,759 Speaker 1: very tricky too, because those first three games gave them 783 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,279 Speaker 1: the confidence that, you know, you can start slow and 784 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: come back and win. And they never turned it on 785 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,720 Speaker 1: against the Saints or the Packers or definitely the Jets, 786 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: and so you know, you can have over confidence with 787 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,840 Speaker 1: with that momentum like okay, yeah, wow, we could have 788 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: used a touchdown there. Oh we missed the opportunity there. 789 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 1: Before you know it you've lost, So they didn't wait 790 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: for that to happen last night. And you've heard, you know, 791 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: Dak has mentioned it at times too, you know, smelling 792 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: ourselves too much and got to start faster and block 793 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 1: out the noise good and bad. And it'll be interesting 794 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: to see if if they do that, because a win 795 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: like that is I mean, you're gonna win people back 796 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,279 Speaker 1: over when you play that way. Well, the good thing 797 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,600 Speaker 1: about going up against the Giants is that maybe not 798 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: the same locker room, but it's the same stadium that 799 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,319 Speaker 1: you just played your worst game, So you better, I mean, 800 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,880 Speaker 1: exercise some demons. I was Giants Cardinals was on Fox, 801 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 1: Like you know, I'm sitting around waiting to get ready 802 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,879 Speaker 1: for the game yesterday, and that's it was two different teams. 803 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 1: All I could think. I was like, that's the stadium 804 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,919 Speaker 1: where they played that just the clunker of a game, 805 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,960 Speaker 1: Like I'm gonna associate MetLife with that game for a 806 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: long time, yeah, a long time. All right, Well that 807 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 1: is all the time we have for today. Thank you 808 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: guys so much for tuning in. Hope you back on track. 809 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,120 Speaker 1: Hope you guys are enjoying your Monday. 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