Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com
Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for
Speaker 1: a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely?
Speaker 1: Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that.
Speaker 1: It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com.
Speaker 1: Wait were with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia
Speaker 1: and Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, November thirteenth, two thou seventeen,
Speaker 1: season thirteen, episode number seventy four. Welcome to another edition
Speaker 1: of The Break. I am Derek Eagleton, and then we
Speaker 1: are alive from the s WBC Mortgage Studios and we're
Speaker 1: talking about the Cowboys lost yesterday. Cowboys have a it's
Speaker 1: their second really really bad loss of the season where
Speaker 1: they just got dominated. I can't I don't think it
Speaker 1: was a domination from start to finish, but certainly by
Speaker 1: the time you got into the second half, it certainly
Speaker 1: felt like it became a dominating performance by the Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: We'll get into all the different things that went right
Speaker 1: and wrong for them, but Cowboys lose twenty seven seven,
Speaker 1: and I think we have to at least start the
Speaker 1: conversation with Adrian Claiborne, who had what I guess if
Speaker 1: he makes the Pro Bowl, this will be the day
Speaker 1: that he actually made the Pro Bowl. He now has
Speaker 1: eight sacks on the season, wins his game with two,
Speaker 1: and yesterday get six sacks, which is one from the
Speaker 1: record in a game, which is seven held by Derrek Thomas.
Speaker 1: Only been four men in the history of the NFL
Speaker 1: since they've tracked sack numbers that would go back to
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two that have had six or more sacks
Speaker 1: in a game. I guess let's start there. Tell me
Speaker 1: what are your opinions went wrong? How did how did
Speaker 1: you end up in a situation where it was allowed
Speaker 1: to get to the point where one guy was able
Speaker 1: to get and we're not talking about a premier pass rusher.
Speaker 1: One guy was able to get six sacks in one game. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean it starts with Tyrn Smith being out and
Speaker 1: your backup is I mean, it's a huge drop off, obviously,
Speaker 1: I mean clearly, and Chaz Green wasn't ready for the
Speaker 1: challenge and the Cowboys weren't ready to help him, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy, like you said, Derek, he's not
Speaker 1: a great pass rusher. He didn't even show great pass
Speaker 1: rushing moves. It was very elementary to just kind of
Speaker 1: get around him like that. So I thought it was
Speaker 1: one of the worst performances you've ever seen at a
Speaker 1: one player before. And he had a lot of chances.
Speaker 1: He had all week. He knew this was happening, and
Speaker 1: they didn't help him either, and they didn't adjust. And
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, as I wrote in my column before,
Speaker 1: we hear people asking about who's got the NFL record,
Speaker 1: that they should have made some kind of change there,
Speaker 1: and why take Byron Bell in there in the middle
Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter. I mean, it was bad in
Speaker 1: the second quarter. He could have if Dak wasn't strong
Speaker 1: and athletic, he could have been sacked twelve times and
Speaker 1: probably heard at some point, yeah you might, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: I keep going back to something Jerry Jones said after
Speaker 1: the game, which he brought it up four times within
Speaker 1: the first five minutes that he talked to the media
Speaker 1: when the game was over. You kept bringing up the
Speaker 1: wide nine nine and he stopped himself. But you know,
Speaker 1: Frodian slips and all those types of things. He said
Speaker 1: something to the effect of it really surprised us, and
Speaker 1: then he was like, well, I don't want to say surprised,
Speaker 1: but we had a hard time dealing with the wide nine, which, okay,
Speaker 1: so I'm not football X is no guru. But if
Speaker 1: you don't know, you know there's techniques on the line.
Speaker 1: You know, you hear about the one tech and the
Speaker 1: three technique all the time. That's close end by the center.
Speaker 1: Nine is about as far out on the line as
Speaker 1: you can play. It's basically you put your guy way
Speaker 1: outside the outside shoulder of the tackle and try to
Speaker 1: give him as much free space as possible to get
Speaker 1: it to get a rush. WHI you're essentially trying to
Speaker 1: do is you're trying to play a four to three
Speaker 1: with three four principles, right, You're trying to have those
Speaker 1: three guys kind of in the middle and then one
Speaker 1: guy that's outflexed out really wide that can just go
Speaker 1: around the edge. Well, if we want to make the
Speaker 1: Cowboys sound really bad, it's a technique that you use
Speaker 1: for guys that are limited in their repertoire to try
Speaker 1: to get him ahead of steam and get them an
Speaker 1: angle around the tackle, like if you only have one
Speaker 1: pass rush move. Actually, you know, watching watching the tape
Speaker 1: of the Falcons last week. I noticed that Tack McKinley
Speaker 1: played wide a lot because he's a rookie and they
Speaker 1: probably want to do everything they can do to help
Speaker 1: get him. Maybe they should, Derek Well based on this game,
Speaker 1: So really, my whole thing is okay. Jerry Jones caught
Speaker 1: himself and said it didn't surprise us, but it sure
Speaker 1: as hell looked like it surprised him. What's that That
Speaker 1: should have been a mumble time sorry, look like so
Speaker 1: far as from Derek Um because they, I mean, they
Speaker 1: just didn't have an answer for it. And far be
Speaker 1: it for me to suggest a bunch of highly paid
Speaker 1: coaches weren't ready for that or couldn't come up with
Speaker 1: a way to limit that as the game went on.
Speaker 1: But I didn't see any evidence that they did. And
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know, it ain't it ain't like
Speaker 1: it was rocket science what was happening. And honestly, you know,
Speaker 1: they did ship them a little bit, like they did
Speaker 1: some things, and it just it just didn't do anything.
Speaker 1: And it's it's it's perplexing. I mean, like, you know,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have been surprised if Chad's Green gave up
Speaker 1: a sack or two like I said, I thought he'd
Speaker 1: be decent. I thought he'd be duct tape, which would
Speaker 1: say he's clearly not gonna be Tyrn Smith. But he
Speaker 1: can get through a game. I mean, I mean, anybody
Speaker 1: could have played that badly. It's it's baffling how ill
Speaker 1: prepared they look to handle what Atlanta threw at him. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I went back and watched the game, and I was
Speaker 1: specifically looking at Chads Green the entire game, just to
Speaker 1: see how much the Cowboys were helping him and how
Speaker 1: how Clayborne was really getting there. And really what I
Speaker 1: found out was that they helped him. They helped him
Speaker 1: a little bit. They were probably I think Brian. Brian
Speaker 1: went back and charged the whole thing. So I'm sure
Speaker 1: they'll talk about that on Talking Cowboys. I want to
Speaker 1: say he told me it was like about eight times
Speaker 1: in the in the game between the really in the
Speaker 1: second half, mostly they gave him a chip or something
Speaker 1: to help him out. The problem was the sacks didn't
Speaker 1: come on those plays. The sacks came on the plays
Speaker 1: when they did not help him. And so it got
Speaker 1: to a point. And my question to Brian was, does
Speaker 1: it ever get to a point in a game where
Speaker 1: you just say, hey, I don't I know it might
Speaker 1: affect our offense, but you gotta chip him every play,
Speaker 1: Like literally, you're gonna have to give this guy help
Speaker 1: every single play, especially on plays where you're talking about
Speaker 1: long down and distance. You're on second and long, third
Speaker 1: and long. You know you're gonna have to give this
Speaker 1: guy help because otherwise you're putting yourself at a disadvantage.
Speaker 1: You know that he is beating this guy regularly, and
Speaker 1: the Cowboys didn't seem willing to commit to that that
Speaker 1: level of help throughout the game. And that's the part
Speaker 1: that's a little bit baffling to me, especially once you
Speaker 1: get to the third quarter and it seems like it's
Speaker 1: just it's rolling and you really need these plays you
Speaker 1: have to throw the ball. You're gonna point in the
Speaker 1: game where you have to throw the ball and you
Speaker 1: just can't stop him. Yeah, I mean, and that I
Speaker 1: guess that's the debate, is you know you want to
Speaker 1: just change everything up and give him help on every
Speaker 1: single play. You can call it stubbornness, I mean, and
Speaker 1: the Cowboys coaches have a tendency toward being stubborn in
Speaker 1: my opinion, But I mean, I just I haven't seen
Speaker 1: anything like that in the NFL. You know, I went
Speaker 1: back and looked like that's the stuff you see in college.
Speaker 1: I mean, in his senior year a Mississippi State, Dak
Speaker 1: was getting sacked six, seven, nine, ten times per game.
Speaker 1: Alabama SACTI nine times the last time he played them.
Speaker 1: In the NFL, though, where everybody's supposedly good, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody expected Chaz Green to play like
Speaker 1: Tyrn Smith. But there's a significant difference between playing like
Speaker 1: a backup and allowing six sacks in a game. And
Speaker 1: you know, you can play a lot of blame on
Speaker 1: Chaz Green, but when it gets to that point, you
Speaker 1: should be blaming coaching too, in my opinion, when you
Speaker 1: get to a point where an NFL team has eight
Speaker 1: sacks in a game, So amber, do you have any
Speaker 1: confidence at this point if Tyren Smith has to miss
Speaker 1: more games, multiple games, one more game even, do you
Speaker 1: have any confidence that Roland Chaz Green out there there
Speaker 1: will be a different result than what we saw yesterday. No,
Speaker 1: I mean I didn't have much confidence going into this
Speaker 1: first game without Tyren Smith. And again, I, like Dave said,
Speaker 1: I don't think anyone really expected Chas to be that bad.
Speaker 1: I didn't expect him to be as bad as he was.
Speaker 1: But now I think that everyone should really be concerned,
Speaker 1: and even the coaching staff. They need to figure something
Speaker 1: out because even putting Byron Bell in there that didn't help.
Speaker 1: He wasn't any better. So they're gonna have to help
Speaker 1: him out somehow, because who else are they going to
Speaker 1: bring in? There's nobody else really well. And that's you know,
Speaker 1: and I get it. It's a frustrating loss, and that's
Speaker 1: the type of things people say after a frustrating loss.
Speaker 1: But you know, there's no shortage of people that want
Speaker 1: to cut Chaz Green. And I'm just like, I mean,
Speaker 1: and that's he shouldn't play again. I mean, you wouldn't.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't ever start What are the other options? I
Speaker 1: would never start him again. I would never start him again.
Speaker 1: Adrian Clayborne. You don't think it gets worse than that?
Speaker 1: Who's Adrian Clayborne? I mean there's Drop Lan, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: I mean he was a first round pick, cut by
Speaker 1: the Inn't that the guy cut by the Bucks? And
Speaker 1: he was cut. He just didn't had multiple seasons with
Speaker 1: zero sacks though, no, no, he's not. I mean, he
Speaker 1: is a journeyman, there's no doubt about. Remember that playoff
Speaker 1: game against the Vikings where they let the guy named
Speaker 1: Ray Edwards get four sacks in the game, and you're like, man,
Speaker 1: this is what this was. But Ray Edwards was a
Speaker 1: light years ahead of this guy, right, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think Ray Evers is a decent
Speaker 1: pass run runny. This guy's had six sacks in a
Speaker 1: season once. Yeah, so he had, So he's got that now.
Speaker 1: But like Jeremy Mincy having a six sack game, that's
Speaker 1: what it is. Which okay, but don't I don't want
Speaker 1: to get too off I don't want to get too
Speaker 1: off topic. Really you talk about I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: Emmit Cleary and Dan Skipper are playing games and John
Speaker 1: Wetzel's playing games for NFL teams right now. I mean, okay,
Speaker 1: you don't want to start Jazz Green again. You want
Speaker 1: to cut him? Like is there a better option or
Speaker 1: is that just mad knee jerk reaction, because that's what
Speaker 1: it strikes me as. It strikes me as like I'm
Speaker 1: pissed off because that sucked, and I just want to
Speaker 1: do something, even though odds are, it's probably not gonna
Speaker 1: work in favor of the Cowboys, and so you can
Speaker 1: cut him if you want to. I don't think it
Speaker 1: makes a whole ton of sense. Well, I would never
Speaker 1: play him at tackle again. I mean, if he wants
Speaker 1: to play a guard, I think maybe that might be
Speaker 1: a better spot for him, even though he said he
Speaker 1: was more comfortable at tackle. I mean, fact is, once
Speaker 1: you're into this part of the season, the ability to
Speaker 1: be able to go out and find somebody who's going
Speaker 1: to be better than he is right now, it's probably
Speaker 1: pretty small. I a guess, just based upon the fact
Speaker 1: that the people that are on the street at this
Speaker 1: point are not good players, or they wouldn't be on
Speaker 1: the street right. Not to quote my own column, but
Speaker 1: I said this, if you're gonna buy a brand new
Speaker 1: sports car and then you're just gonna drop the insurance
Speaker 1: just because you don't care what happens to it, I
Speaker 1: mean that's what you're doing. This is you have a
Speaker 1: brand new sports car playing quarterback. He is your franchise,
Speaker 1: and this is the left side, the blind side that's
Speaker 1: supposed to protect him. He doesn't know where it's coming.
Speaker 1: And if you're not gonna you should never put that
Speaker 1: guy out there again because you're you're risking injury to
Speaker 1: him and you know, anybody else that that's it back there.
Speaker 1: Do you think that maybe this was a function of
Speaker 1: again as Jerry talked about this, this wide nine concept,
Speaker 1: and maybe this is what would caused him a lot
Speaker 1: of problems because maybe he wasn't prepared for that. Maybe
Speaker 1: he hasn't seen that enough in order to be prepared
Speaker 1: for that, and then you go into next week and
Speaker 1: maybe it changes. The problem with that is a wide
Speaker 1: nine sounds really good. You should run the ball all
Speaker 1: day long on that because all he's doing is creating
Speaker 1: this huge lane and they didn't have the back I mean,
Speaker 1: that wouldn't they wouldn't be doing a lot of wide
Speaker 1: nine if Zeke was back there or somebody that could
Speaker 1: hit the whole quick and with some power. And that
Speaker 1: that's kind of your either or like this is this
Speaker 1: was a problem or was it? You know, was this
Speaker 1: the problem was the cause of the effect? Not only that,
Speaker 1: but going back to what I was trying to say,
Speaker 1: like it sounds all high tech and x's and knows,
Speaker 1: but like why nine is It's not like oh my god,
Speaker 1: like it's this crazy thing that nobody ever does, like
Speaker 1: if they were that woefully unprepared for it. That's true. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: And here's here's what I'm saying, Like, if you if
Speaker 1: you listen to what Chad said after the game, he
Speaker 1: said that the problem was his technique and when you're
Speaker 1: playing against a guy in a wide nine, you have
Speaker 1: to be able to get back quick and his technique
Speaker 1: was horrible and so he looked like he was in
Speaker 1: quicksand right. So that's my point is it's not that
Speaker 1: this concept is so brand new and just you know,
Speaker 1: outside the box. It's that against that, and maybe it's
Speaker 1: because he hasn't practiced against that enough against that his technique,
Speaker 1: I mean, the flaws in his technique were really shown
Speaker 1: and that's the problem. So my question is do you
Speaker 1: not think that because there have been games, let's be honest,
Speaker 1: there have been games where Chad's green is played and
Speaker 1: we will left the game saying not bad. Yesterday was
Speaker 1: not one of those days, right, So do you think
Speaker 1: that maybe again, it was that his technique was really
Speaker 1: bad and it was shown yesterday because of what he
Speaker 1: was facing, and you give him a chance to adapt
Speaker 1: to that and it's better than what you're gonna try
Speaker 1: to go out and find on the street at this point,
Speaker 1: I guess is what I'm saying. I feel like a
Speaker 1: freaking idiot saying this because I watched everything that you
Speaker 1: watched yesterday. But I've seen Chad's Green play well in games,
Speaker 1: real games and preseason games and practices. Again, not great.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to call the guy a pro bowler,
Speaker 1: but better than that, I've seen him doing enough times
Speaker 1: to where like I said that, I mean that is,
Speaker 1: that's just such a failure on a level that I
Speaker 1: can't even comprehend based on what I know him to be. That.
Speaker 1: I mean, I straight up, I don't believe anybody's that
Speaker 1: bad of a player, you know, like Emmet Cleary wouldn't
Speaker 1: have given up that many sacks in that game. It's
Speaker 1: it's baffling to me. But I don't know that. I
Speaker 1: don't know that cutting him is the right answer. I
Speaker 1: certainly there's things you gotta do if he's got to
Speaker 1: play again, whether that's you know, I saw a funny
Speaker 1: suggestion from our friend Jeff Kavanaugh this morning. He's like,
Speaker 1: if Tiring can't play this week, I'm I'm throwing Zach
Speaker 1: Martin on the left side and figure it out. See
Speaker 1: how he does. I was like, you know, that's not
Speaker 1: the dumbest thing you've ever said, got it? Like? Never? Yeah,
Speaker 1: to protect your your investment. I mean maybe that's your answer. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, as Romo used to always say,
Speaker 1: but to the right tackle, don't hold because I can
Speaker 1: see him. I could see it coming somehow. He could
Speaker 1: see the left tackle too, but he was like, I
Speaker 1: could see it coming. Maybe. And I'm not saying he's
Speaker 1: he's great, but he's a lot better than Chads Green.
Speaker 1: But I mean, why not switch lyle over there? That
Speaker 1: that might be a I mean that's something you would
Speaker 1: think about as well. But I think if you look
Speaker 1: at this week, the week that's coming up, that'll be
Speaker 1: the reason why the guy you gotta play is probably
Speaker 1: the reason why Zack Martin would never be moved from
Speaker 1: where he is. You gotta face, oh, welieve him where
Speaker 1: he is. I think I think I think you'll be
Speaker 1: all right. I think the problem I have more than
Speaker 1: anything is compete. That's what Jason Garrett always says. Boy.
Speaker 1: And you could throw out every T shirt this week
Speaker 1: and there was something you know that it was mainly hot,
Speaker 1: but there was a lot of T shirts out there.
Speaker 1: But compete, it's what he always says. And Chas Green
Speaker 1: didn't compete. I mean, you're getting here butt kicked all
Speaker 1: day long. At some point point, get mad and like
Speaker 1: not the guy on his ass because he's still Adrian Clayborne.
Speaker 1: Like it's still and less Lawrence Taylor got in that uniform.
Speaker 1: That's still who it was. So when a couple of
Speaker 1: battles and just's that was the issue I had. It
Speaker 1: was just never like when are you gonna get mad
Speaker 1: about this? Because, like you said, they didn't blow them
Speaker 1: out from the start. It was just a slow death.
Speaker 1: But as it went it was like they can't do anything.
Speaker 1: And truth be told, I mean they really got shut
Speaker 1: out other than a defensive interception, you know, and then
Speaker 1: the short field and a score. They didn't move the
Speaker 1: ball and score one point. Well, let's let's extend this
Speaker 1: conversation a little bit because we've talked about the problem
Speaker 1: they had at left tackle. But if you look at
Speaker 1: the running game, the Russian game had some issues yesterday
Speaker 1: and I don't know if you guys put it on
Speaker 1: the offensive line you put it on the running back,
Speaker 1: a combination of both, but you end up with Alfred
Speaker 1: Morris who had eleven carriages for fifty three yards or
Speaker 1: four point eight average. Really, most of that came in
Speaker 1: the second half when they finally got a drive there.
Speaker 1: I think it was about midway through the third quarter
Speaker 1: where they actually started picking up some yards. But before that,
Speaker 1: especially on first downs, they were getting literally nothing. Um,
Speaker 1: what do you think of the running game? And really
Speaker 1: that being kind of the culprit behind the offense again,
Speaker 1: as you said, Nick, not being able to move really
Speaker 1: at all. Um, I mean, I'll start, but yeah, the
Speaker 1: Alfred Morris uh rod Smith mcfadd I mean, and I
Speaker 1: mean they didn't they couldn't do anything. Like you said,
Speaker 1: that was a little bit surprising because you still got
Speaker 1: the same guys up front. Um, you know, in the
Speaker 1: in the interior, you would you would like to think
Speaker 1: you could kind of push the pole, especially when they're
Speaker 1: playing such a wide front there on defense, there should
Speaker 1: have been some some running lanes there. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously there's a huge drop from the left tackle to
Speaker 1: the backup. There's a big drop between the running back
Speaker 1: and we see that all the time. You know that Morris,
Speaker 1: and I thought he would do a little bit better
Speaker 1: than that. I certainly thought rod Smith would do better
Speaker 1: than that. And and you know, we can talk about
Speaker 1: my thoughts on McFadden later when we get everyone kind
Speaker 1: of shares their opinions. But yeah, I was I was
Speaker 1: surprised that they couldn't do more with that. I hear
Speaker 1: what you're saying, and you I mean, You're right. It
Speaker 1: didn't look great, especially what I'm trying to pull up.
Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, at halftime, Alfred Morris had six carries
Speaker 1: for eight yards and Rod Smith had one carry for
Speaker 1: zero yards. So I think there's something to be said
Speaker 1: for that. They certainly didn't have the success that they've
Speaker 1: been used to, especially on early downs. But I'm reluctant
Speaker 1: to even judge the running game honestly because of the tackle.
Speaker 1: Yeah well, I mean they were so behind the chain.
Speaker 1: Your offense was completely one dimension because of your inability
Speaker 1: to protect the pass. And yeah, okay, yeah, I get it.
Speaker 1: They weren't. The running backs were not successful. Dak had
Speaker 1: thirty five yards at half and forty two for the game.
Speaker 1: They ran for one hundred yards as a team. It's
Speaker 1: probably not the way they wanted to do it. A
Speaker 1: lot of that was scrambles. They still picked up the
Speaker 1: rushing yards they needed to move the chains and score
Speaker 1: given that their only touchdown was a rushing one by Dak,
Speaker 1: so in a weird I feel like the running game
Speaker 1: could have been there if the pass game had any
Speaker 1: semblance of anything. And it's from the very word go.
Speaker 1: Even on the short possession that led to the touchdown,
Speaker 1: Dak had no time whatsoever. I think he was sacked
Speaker 1: on second down on their first possession that really maybe
Speaker 1: their longest drive of the day. He was sacked on
Speaker 1: second down and then hit by Clayborne forcing an incompletion
Speaker 1: on third down, and they punted. Did they not to
Speaker 1: in that first possession of the game. Yea, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: first possession, yes, and again so even even before things
Speaker 1: got out of control, I just never felt like the
Speaker 1: passing game was where they needed it to be in
Speaker 1: the sense that Dak had time to find his receivers
Speaker 1: hit the open man. He and Jason Garrett both said
Speaker 1: he needed to get the ball out quicker. I don't
Speaker 1: really buy that because he had Adrian Clayborne on his
Speaker 1: back every third time he got the ball, so like
Speaker 1: I said, I'm I'm reluctant to judge the rest of
Speaker 1: the offense because the pass protection was that bad that
Speaker 1: I just I think the Falcons just teed off on
Speaker 1: it and and took advantage of it, and they were
Speaker 1: behind the chains or Dak was running for his life
Speaker 1: most of the day, but I think they were behind
Speaker 1: the chains, especially early when the game was still in hand.
Speaker 1: They were behind the chains because they weren't getting anything
Speaker 1: running the ball. I remember I tweeted in the first
Speaker 1: after the first possession, they ran the ball four times
Speaker 1: on first downs and they were averaging point five yards.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's abysmal. You're gonna You're gonna be in
Speaker 1: bad situations. So this whole thing played out. Not only
Speaker 1: were they not able to run well on first downs,
Speaker 1: but then on top of that, you got a situation
Speaker 1: whereas the game continues to go, not only you can't
Speaker 1: pass because you got this problem happening with the left tackle,
Speaker 1: but then on defense, you're giving up so many points
Speaker 1: to where it's getting to a point in the game
Speaker 1: where you have to throw the ball and you can't
Speaker 1: do it. So I think it all kind of worked together,
Speaker 1: and I think the running game was a part of that.
Speaker 1: Of course, it was a part of it, Derek, But
Speaker 1: I'm just and they did not run the ball the
Speaker 1: way that you're accustomed to seeing it. It It reminds me
Speaker 1: of the first month of this season. But even go
Speaker 1: back to Arizona, they ran for like one hundred yards
Speaker 1: as a team. I think Zeke had eighty three. I
Speaker 1: don't know that he even averaged for yards per carry.
Speaker 1: It was not pretty, it was nasty, but they did
Speaker 1: enough and they protected Dak well enough that he was
Speaker 1: able to hit balls down the field to Bryce Butler.
Speaker 1: And I didn't see that yesterday. I mean one hundred
Speaker 1: and seven yards and four yards per carry, four point
Speaker 1: eight yards from your running back. I mean for most
Speaker 1: NFL teams, that's a really good day. It's crap for
Speaker 1: this team based on what we've seen from them. But
Speaker 1: I would contend that on the road, that's a good
Speaker 1: enough running performance to help you win the game if
Speaker 1: you can have some semblance of a passing Okay, so
Speaker 1: you're right about all this about moving the ball, because
Speaker 1: I just looked this up. They got to the Atlanta
Speaker 1: thirty seven. This is this is six different drives. Okay,
Speaker 1: they got all the way to the Atlanta thirty seven,
Speaker 1: another one to the Atlanta thirty seven, Atlanta thirty nine,
Speaker 1: Atlanta twenty, Atlanta twenty, and then midfield. That's six drives
Speaker 1: right there. They didn't score a single point out all
Speaker 1: of those. And if you look at every single one
Speaker 1: of them, there's either a sack or a penalty on
Speaker 1: the off from the offensive line that they just stralled
Speaker 1: that drive. If those six drives, if you can get
Speaker 1: four just say four field goals, there's twenty seven seven.
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I know that's nice. That's a
Speaker 1: one score game, just and that's just four field goals
Speaker 1: at a six when you would like to think you'd
Speaker 1: get six. One of them is the field goal kicker
Speaker 1: that missed it. Yeah, and that's what I said. Somebody
Speaker 1: was somebody said, what do you think happens if Tyrant
Speaker 1: plays in this game? And I mean, you can't say
Speaker 1: that the outcome is different because they lost by twenty points.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know that one player's worth twenty points,
Speaker 1: but I certainly think the offense would have resembled something
Speaker 1: involving competent, which it was not on any level yesterday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because Clayborne doesn't take over the game if Tyrann's in there.
Speaker 1: So that's the difference, right, Yeah, and Okay again, maybe
Speaker 1: they get two or three sacks. That's a normal number
Speaker 1: in the NFL. That's manageable. Eight eight, that's a problem.
Speaker 1: You don't give up eight sacks in the NFL. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's take our first break. When we come back. I
Speaker 1: think we got to talk about the other part of
Speaker 1: this game that really got away from the Cowboys and
Speaker 1: it's really more about the defense and the player that
Speaker 1: will left the game there. And I think it was
Speaker 1: their third series on the defense being on the field.
Speaker 1: Sean like, what does that? When we come right back,
Speaker 1: this is Dallas Cowboys dot com radio. It can be
Speaker 1: hard to find the right resource for learning about important
Speaker 1: financial matters. You search how to build savings, you end
Speaker 1: up reading about the one weird ingredient from supermarkets that
Speaker 1: can make you taller. That's why Bank of America build
Speaker 1: Better Moneyhabits dot Com, a safe little corner of the
Speaker 1: Internet for answering your financial questions. Full of simple videos
Speaker 1: and tips, Better Money Habits can show you how to
Speaker 1: make the most of your money without resorting to random
Speaker 1: searches that always seem to lead to unbelievable photos of
Speaker 1: childhood stars grown up. To learn more, visit better Money
Speaker 1: habits dot com. What does it mean to be a
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys fan. It means you've got the passion of
Speaker 1: the heart to do your part supporting the Boys no
Speaker 1: matter what. That's why when the game's on the line,
Speaker 1: you're on your feet, whether you're at home or in
Speaker 1: the stands. Actually, you're more than a fan. You are
Speaker 1: a member of Cowboys Nation, and so is AT and
Speaker 1: T doing their part to keep you connected to America's
Speaker 1: team all season. Law AT and T is a proud
Speaker 1: member of Cowboys Nations. Ice Cold, doctor Pepper and the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys go way back. They belong together like Texas
Speaker 1: and football, Silver and Blue shotgun formations and Hail Mary's.
Speaker 1: Having a Cowboys football party without doctor Pepper is like
Speaker 1: having Thanksgiving without the Cowboys. Basically, we wouldn't recommend it.
Speaker 1: So next time you have a tailgate, homegate, or whatever
Speaker 1: else kind of gate, grab some ice called Doctor Pepper
Speaker 1: for you and your friends to enjoy. It's a Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys tradition. Doctor Pepper the one you crave to work
Speaker 1: this big land. You need equipment with values rooted as
Speaker 1: deep in Texas soil as you are. Like John dear
Speaker 1: compact tractors with a six year power train, warrant to
Speaker 1: in big features that help you work less so you
Speaker 1: have more time to do what you love. John Deer
Speaker 1: was first in the Texas fields, and we're proud to
Speaker 1: be on the field as the official agg and turf
Speaker 1: equipment of the Dallas Cowboys. Find Texas sized deals in
Speaker 1: my John Deer dealer dot com. Slash football terms, Conditions, exclusions,
Speaker 1: and warranty limitations apply, so can you love for details?
Speaker 1: Back to the Break Welcome back. It is the second
Speaker 1: segment of The Break live from the s WBC Mortgage
Speaker 1: studios at the Star. We're talking about the Cowboys loss.
Speaker 1: They lose twenty seven to seven in Atlanta, a game
Speaker 1: that going into it, I think most of us agreed
Speaker 1: was a very important game just because of the way
Speaker 1: you look at the standings. We'll get into more of
Speaker 1: that tomorrow. But do you have something to say, Day, Well,
Speaker 1: I meant to do this at the top of the show,
Speaker 1: but you didn't really you just kind of jumped right
Speaker 1: into it. But I wanted if you want me to.
Speaker 1: I wanted to offer my resignation as a break analyst
Speaker 1: because these two weeks have really been rough for me.
Speaker 1: If you listen to the show, Yeah, and I don't
Speaker 1: think I could have been more wrong about how they'd
Speaker 1: play against Kansas City, and then they turn right background
Speaker 1: and just shove that right in my face against Atlanta.
Speaker 1: So like, if you want me off the show is
Speaker 1: clearly my opinions and analysis aren't worth very much. The
Speaker 1: crazy part is on the sideline. You and I were
Speaker 1: talking after the game, and I was like, as pessimistic
Speaker 1: as you typically are this game, you gave them a
Speaker 1: lot of benefit of doubt going in, and I was like,
Speaker 1: they will never get that from you ever getting picked again. No,
Speaker 1: it's like, if there's even a shred of reason to
Speaker 1: go the opposite way, you're going like, oh no, they're
Speaker 1: they're losing this game. I'll pick them. I'll pick them
Speaker 1: again in this season, I have no doubt. But not
Speaker 1: this season, not a game. If seventy seven and fifty
Speaker 1: aren't in the game, forget about it, especially this week.
Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Butcher Cox, Timmy Jernigan, Nnie Curry,
Speaker 1: whoever the hell else they got out there. Nah, nah,
Speaker 1: man looking pretty scary if especially if Tyren's not playing.
Speaker 1: If Tyren's playing, then feel a little bit better. But man,
Speaker 1: if Tyron's playing, I feel a lot better. That's what
Speaker 1: I learned yesterday. That's like which, Okay, the running game
Speaker 1: wasn't great, obviously. I know that this team misses Zeke,
Speaker 1: but Tyren Smith's the best player on this team. I
Speaker 1: can I said that back in training camp. Nick hold
Speaker 1: that thought. Okay, because we're gonna actually get to that
Speaker 1: into a little bit, I do want to ask that
Speaker 1: question when we get a little bit farther the Nick,
Speaker 1: did you ask something you are about to say? No, well,
Speaker 1: I was gonna are you are you on the plane?
Speaker 1: You said something about that question. Good question. We are
Speaker 1: going to get to that question. Before we do that, though,
Speaker 1: I want to talk about the defense and the absence
Speaker 1: of Sean Lee because I think you know, as you
Speaker 1: talk about what happened on the offense, I think you
Speaker 1: had a similar thing on the defense. Sean Lee started
Speaker 1: the game, and I think in those first few series,
Speaker 1: and really in the first half, the defense played a
Speaker 1: really good game. When I went back to watch it,
Speaker 1: I hadn't realized how how long they really held this
Speaker 1: game together. For pretty much most of the first half,
Speaker 1: they held that Atlanta offense, and then in the second
Speaker 1: half the Wills fell off. And I think it was
Speaker 1: a lot. It had a lot to do, if not
Speaker 1: all to do with the loss of Sean Lee, because
Speaker 1: I think, you know, it's just it's just too much
Speaker 1: for them to overcome. Let's not forget that Atlanta lost
Speaker 1: their running back on the second play the game. Anthony
Speaker 1: Hitchens really get a really nice hit on on Freeman
Speaker 1: and knocked him out of the game. And and then
Speaker 1: you know Atlanta as they have a good, you know,
Speaker 1: one two punch there. But Tevin Coleman really isn't like
Speaker 1: a elite premier back by himself, and but you know,
Speaker 1: he did a nice job in the game having to
Speaker 1: having to take over. But you thought that that was
Speaker 1: going to be something that would maybe benefit the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: but it didn't really didn't materialize like that because they
Speaker 1: could run the ball enough just to set up manageable
Speaker 1: third downs. They had some third and six, third and nine,
Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan did did a good job there. I
Speaker 1: thought the pass rush wasn't that great. You know, they
Speaker 1: really didn't get after Matt Ryan that well. I mean
Speaker 1: from what we've seen. I mean, they did an okay job,
Speaker 1: but got a sack there from Lawrence who's the second
Speaker 1: in the league now behind Claiborn, or is he first.
Speaker 1: He's first in the league, but Claiborne's probably seventh. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like he's in the top ten in the league now.
Speaker 1: I will say this, Nick, I didn't think. I did
Speaker 1: think they harassed him pretty good again in the first half.
Speaker 1: I think in the second half it kind of got
Speaker 1: away from him, But in the first half it seemed
Speaker 1: like they were they were going out, they were getting
Speaker 1: after him pretty good, and he was taking a lot
Speaker 1: of hits in the first half. I actually asked. I
Speaker 1: talked to Anthony Hitchins about this after the game and
Speaker 1: on I mean, Okay, the stats aren't great. They lost
Speaker 1: by twenty points. I was like, they didn't gash y'all
Speaker 1: the way that like the Rams and the Packers did.
Speaker 1: Like it didn't it didn't just look awful, you know,
Speaker 1: um you know, I mean they averaged three point nine
Speaker 1: yards per carry as a team for the game, and
Speaker 1: like it wasn't horrific, It wasn't good, and you know,
Speaker 1: he brought up third down, which I think that's really fair.
Speaker 1: What was Atlanta's. Atlanta was seven of thirteen on third down,
Speaker 1: and it seemed the one that really stands out to
Speaker 1: me was the touchdown to Hardy, which I think put
Speaker 1: him up seventeen seven. It was like it was that
Speaker 1: classic Marinelli drive where like they had two third downs
Speaker 1: down there where it was like, all right, hold him
Speaker 1: to a field goal. Here, it's still one possession game.
Speaker 1: This is fine. And not only did Anthony Brown get shook,
Speaker 1: but it just felt like Ryan had all day where
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the pass rush has been so good,
Speaker 1: it wasn't there in those situations. It was not there
Speaker 1: when it had to be on these third downs. And
Speaker 1: like Nick said, it was a slow death. But you
Speaker 1: go down seventeen seven the way, the way that there
Speaker 1: they were getting after Dak, you just that felt like
Speaker 1: I remember telling you that it was about ten ten
Speaker 1: fifty to go in the third. I was like, this
Speaker 1: is a game right here. You go down thirteen seven,
Speaker 1: the hey, that's a good win for the defense. But
Speaker 1: if you go down seventeen seven the way that they
Speaker 1: can't move it, and it didn't look good. Thirteen carries
Speaker 1: for forty one yards in the first half, twenty one
Speaker 1: carries for ninety one yards after half, which it like,
Speaker 1: that's it's not awful, but you I mean, it's a
Speaker 1: yard worth of difference basically per play ye one time.
Speaker 1: Can we just defer? I mean, I know it didn't
Speaker 1: they didn't win the toss. They didn't win. It wouldn't
Speaker 1: it wouldn't have mattered. But the Cowboys get the ball
Speaker 1: first every time because they take it. They take the ball,
Speaker 1: and then other teams, everyone else in the league, everyone
Speaker 1: else in the league defers. Why do you not defer,
Speaker 1: especially on the road. We've talked about this a thousand times.
Speaker 1: You go there and everybody goes to get something to
Speaker 1: eat because they still think halftimes thirty minutes like it
Speaker 1: is in high school, and it's only thirteen and no
Speaker 1: one's back in their seat, and you can take the
Speaker 1: ball and it's the really no crowd and you can
Speaker 1: just move the ball instead they and it's always nice
Speaker 1: to know who's getting the ball. You always kind of
Speaker 1: feel like if you got the lead, you can pad it.
Speaker 1: If you're down, you can get back in the game
Speaker 1: and hopefully get a back to back like it happened
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. For the teams you're playing, you
Speaker 1: understand that. I really don't understand why they don't do that.
Speaker 1: I don't argue. I didn't argue with it last year
Speaker 1: when it seemed like they were getting points. But it's
Speaker 1: okay to change your philosophy based on what you're doing.
Speaker 1: And they haven't had they haven't had success doing it.
Speaker 1: I mean, when was the last time they went down
Speaker 1: and got points right away? It's it's certainly maybe once
Speaker 1: this year, maybe one of those games. It has not
Speaker 1: been as automatic as it was last year. Whether you
Speaker 1: want to land the offensive line or whatever. This offense
Speaker 1: has been good, but it isn't on the level that
Speaker 1: it was last year. And it's okay to change your
Speaker 1: philosophy based on what you have. Okay, blue pants every day? Yeah? No,
Speaker 1: I mean, and you know, I kind of I think
Speaker 1: of it as the saint, like why isn't why aren't
Speaker 1: you doing anything to help chats. It's like, well, this
Speaker 1: is this is what we prepared for this. We want
Speaker 1: him to work his way out of it. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: it's not always a great idea. Ye, all right, So
Speaker 1: here's the million dollar question, and I'll start with Amber
Speaker 1: on this. Here's the question I ask you guys on
Speaker 1: the plane last night, so you've had some time to
Speaker 1: think about it. Which player did the Cowboys miss most
Speaker 1: yesterday in the game. Yeah, Zeke Elliott, Tyren Smith, Sean Lee.
Speaker 1: And I'll throw in Dan Bailey because his replacement didn't
Speaker 1: necessarily inspire a lot of confidence either. And so I'll
Speaker 1: throw that out to you guys. Amber, Let's start with you.
Speaker 1: I think that it's pretty evident that it was Tyren
Speaker 1: Smith who was missed the most. Here's something I don't
Speaker 1: really understand. And I love Shun Lee. He's one of
Speaker 1: my favorite players, and I just don't understand how one
Speaker 1: guy can really change the whole defense, such the whole group.
Speaker 1: You know, I understand for the tackle position, I feel
Speaker 1: like that's completely different. I feel like now I comprehend
Speaker 1: why one man on the offensive line can really mess
Speaker 1: things up. But I still can get through the whole
Speaker 1: idea of just Shanlee being now how it affects everyone
Speaker 1: else that much. It's pretty remarkable, isn't it. And yeah,
Speaker 1: you wouldn't think from that, and he's not even the
Speaker 1: middle linebacker. And I would. I mean, I've said this
Speaker 1: on the show before, like in the way the way
Speaker 1: the NFL structured right now, linebacker I think is the
Speaker 1: least important position group on defense. Just you know, it's
Speaker 1: a past happy league, blah blah blah blah blah. But
Speaker 1: my answer to your question would be, he's the one
Speaker 1: guy on this defense. His instincts are off the charts.
Speaker 1: He nine out of ten times knows where the ball
Speaker 1: is going to be before it gets there. And he's
Speaker 1: got the talent to act on those instincts, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Smith might have the instincts, but he
Speaker 1: can't make the play and the amount of times the
Speaker 1: instincts a little bit too well this game. But go ahead, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Anthony Hitchins might have. Anthony Hitchins is a smart dude.
Speaker 1: He played great yesterday. I feel bad for him that
Speaker 1: he put that game out there on a day when
Speaker 1: Sean couldn't play, and it's for nothing because he was great.
Speaker 1: But he doesn't have Shaun Lee's level of talent to
Speaker 1: where he's in the backfield breaking that up and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, a play, a play that could have
Speaker 1: been or a play that went for five yards could
Speaker 1: have gone for two or maybe even a loss because
Speaker 1: Sean Lee saw that, and like we're talking about with
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, it changes a whole drive all of a sudden.
Speaker 1: It's second and eleven instead of second and four. And honestly,
Speaker 1: they'll never admit this, but I think it's a confidence
Speaker 1: thing too. When he's not out there. I think it
Speaker 1: affects a lot of guys on that is that also
Speaker 1: because of the guy that's out there in his place,
Speaker 1: because I think that's the part you have to think
Speaker 1: about it. With all these positions, you got to think
Speaker 1: about the delta, the delta from the guy that's out
Speaker 1: to the guy that's backing him up. And I think
Speaker 1: there's a significant between those two players. I think you know,
Speaker 1: one thing you're forgetting too, or we all tend to
Speaker 1: forget because we don't really see it all the time,
Speaker 1: is you know, he's the quarterback. He's the quarterback of
Speaker 1: the defense. So it is third and six, and it's
Speaker 1: a play that that he's seen on film, because I
Speaker 1: guarantee watch the film more than anybody out there. So
Speaker 1: it's third and six. He makes the call, We're gonna
Speaker 1: do whatever the call is. Hey, you know Anthony Brown,
Speaker 1: you know, watching yet inside leverage here. Don't forget they
Speaker 1: love to do the you know, the draw here, you know,
Speaker 1: watch the swing and irving. You know, make sure and
Speaker 1: get on the outside on this contained. I mean, just
Speaker 1: really quick quick things because he's seen it on film
Speaker 1: and you're just missing that one more thing to just say, hey,
Speaker 1: watch the slant here, watch the slant because I've seen,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's here's the slant and all of
Speaker 1: it takes. It's just one inch inside and then the
Speaker 1: slant's out there and then the sacks there. Just because
Speaker 1: Sean Lee was watching film, I don't know why the
Speaker 1: other guys don't stay behind with him. I remember being
Speaker 1: a Valley ranch. I would see Shan Lee staying super
Speaker 1: late just working out. I know here he stays past
Speaker 1: everyone else, just watching film with some of the coaching staff.
Speaker 1: And it's unbelievable. I mean, if you're such, I mean,
Speaker 1: being a leader of a group, I would imagine with
Speaker 1: other guys. Example, let's say Jalen Smith, who is wanting
Speaker 1: to keep improving and get better at things. Why wouldn't
Speaker 1: you want to just kind of join in and tag
Speaker 1: you lawng and keep, you know, studying. I personally wouldn't
Speaker 1: want to say that. He doesn't like, we don't know,
Speaker 1: we don't no, no no, no, no, how much so I
Speaker 1: don't want to I certainly don't. Yeah, I certainly don't
Speaker 1: want to say that. But I'm saying as a group
Speaker 1: because I know what I've seen before, and I know
Speaker 1: the things I've heard from people that work over on
Speaker 1: that side. I'm saying working or studying as a group together,
Speaker 1: you know. Again, Yeah, they could be spending hours an
Speaker 1: hour studying, I don't know, But as a group, that's
Speaker 1: a different thing. I think there's merit to everything y'all
Speaker 1: are saying. But at the end of the day, on
Speaker 1: I mean, all that's true, Sean Lee's a freak and
Speaker 1: then film room, everybody knows that, but like he's got
Speaker 1: all pro, first team, all pro talent to make those
Speaker 1: plays and more often than not he does. Like how
Speaker 1: many tackles did Hitch have yesterday? Hitch had ten? That's
Speaker 1: like route, that's a routine day for Shawn Lee. That's
Speaker 1: like ho hum, you know, Like a great day for
Speaker 1: Shaun Lee is when you're getting close to twenty or
Speaker 1: setting the franchise record ten is just like, oh yeah,
Speaker 1: Shawn Lee had a day, Like he's really really good.
Speaker 1: So combine all of that, but really I think it
Speaker 1: boils down to he helps him make those plays when
Speaker 1: they got to have him. I mean going back a year,
Speaker 1: but the I mean the play he made against Philadelphia
Speaker 1: in that first game here, and I mean one then
Speaker 1: the game, like he does stuff like that on a
Speaker 1: weekly basis. He turns a potential seventy yard game by
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt into a three yard loss, and you don't
Speaker 1: have that when he's not out there. Yep, did you
Speaker 1: give it your your answer? I mean I said this
Speaker 1: on the on the plane. I don't even think it's
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the obvious answer is Tyren Smith.
Speaker 1: I just don't understand how anywhere close. But you're right.
Speaker 1: They were all missed. I mean Zeke was missed, Sean
Speaker 1: Lee was missed, Dan Bailey was missed. They were all missed.
Speaker 1: And that's why, you know, that's why they got their
Speaker 1: ass kicks. I mean, you can lose a player or
Speaker 1: two and get beat and I'm okay with that because
Speaker 1: I you know, this is a tough league to win,
Speaker 1: and the reigning NFC champs and the reigning NFL m VP,
Speaker 1: and they're trying to figure themselves out. I expected them
Speaker 1: to lose the game, but they got their ass kicked
Speaker 1: because they didn't respond. And and you know, Jason Garrett says,
Speaker 1: if you said it once, he said it a billion times,
Speaker 1: be your best, regardless of circumstance. Circumstance, and they were
Speaker 1: their worst. They were their worst, and so you got
Speaker 1: to put that on the coaches. If the coaches are
Speaker 1: gonna say that you're supposed to be your best regardless
Speaker 1: of this, and they came out and played like that,
Speaker 1: then you know that's on them. That's on them. So
Speaker 1: they got things that happened during the week affected them losing,
Speaker 1: but things that happened in the middle of the game
Speaker 1: Sunday affected them getting their ass kicked. I'll make the case,
Speaker 1: and I know it sounds like most of you guys
Speaker 1: are the on the same page, with Tyren Smith being
Speaker 1: the person that was missed the most. But I think
Speaker 1: the case can be made for Shaan Lee. And the
Speaker 1: reason why I think the case can be made is
Speaker 1: because I don't think they were They would have even
Speaker 1: been in a situation yesterday where Clayborne gets six sacks
Speaker 1: if the defense could have been what I think they
Speaker 1: would have been with Sean Lee. The beginning of that game,
Speaker 1: that defense was playing really stellar football and like I said,
Speaker 1: for the first half, played really great football. In the
Speaker 1: second half, the Wills fell off, and I think a
Speaker 1: lot of that had to do with Sean Lee not
Speaker 1: being on the field. And when you look at when
Speaker 1: you go back and watch it, Jalen Smith had as
Speaker 1: bad a day yesterday as anybody you can point to.
Speaker 1: There were a number of times where he just couldn't
Speaker 1: get to the ball. That was one time he actually
Speaker 1: he diagnosed to play properly, He got off the block
Speaker 1: as he should, he just didn't have that burst to
Speaker 1: be able to close and finish. And that's the thing
Speaker 1: about Jalen at this point is Jalen just doesn't have
Speaker 1: He doesn't have It's not all the way there yet,
Speaker 1: It's not all the way there, and that's what they're seeing.
Speaker 1: And so when you when you combine and you compare
Speaker 1: that to what you were saying before, not just that ability,
Speaker 1: but the ability to understand, diagnose and tell everybody else
Speaker 1: here's what we should be paying attention to. And then
Speaker 1: the talent as Dave said, to be able to actually
Speaker 1: finish the play. That's a big, big difference. I don't
Speaker 1: think this game it would have gotten away from the
Speaker 1: Cowboys yesterday if Sean Lee were on the field, maybe
Speaker 1: they don't win, but I think it would have been
Speaker 1: a competitive game all the way to the end. I
Speaker 1: think they would have been in position to make a
Speaker 1: play or two there on offense, and maybe they win
Speaker 1: the game that way. I just don't think that it
Speaker 1: would have gotten to that point without if Sean Lee
Speaker 1: were there, There's no doubt. I mean, there's no doubt
Speaker 1: the defense would have been better with Sean Lee. But
Speaker 1: I'd say it all the time, and I'll say it again, like,
Speaker 1: you're only as good as this offense is going to be.
Speaker 1: So he just scored points. You need anything. Just the
Speaker 1: offense is the strength of this team, and I honestly
Speaker 1: know the defense didn't play great. I think I think
Speaker 1: they could have won. I think they could have scored
Speaker 1: more than twenty seven. But if Tyrn was in there,
Speaker 1: I know the Falcons hadn't given up. They haven't given
Speaker 1: up twenty seven points all year. Yeah, that's totally fair,
Speaker 1: But give me a guy who can keep dak on
Speaker 1: his feet for more than half a second. I'll take
Speaker 1: my chances. I mean, you're exactly right about Sean Lee.
Speaker 1: But if seven Coleman would have gone for two hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty yards or you know, flirted with Adrian Peter,
Speaker 1: I think it's Ladrian Peterson's record. Um, then it's like, well, god,
Speaker 1: you know how much was he missed? But I mean
Speaker 1: Adrian Claiborne had six sacks, five against Chaz Green or no,
Speaker 1: just six against that position who regardless of what it was.
Speaker 1: I mean, and I asked you this, does Adrian Claiborne
Speaker 1: get one sack against Tyron one? I don't think he does.
Speaker 1: If Ron was jacked up Tyron or like Tyron Frank
Speaker 1: and Tyrone just trying to get through this, and maybe
Speaker 1: he gets one or two. If if Tyron just they
Speaker 1: somehow they got tying to get out there. He wasn't
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. He was just trying to get out
Speaker 1: there and give him what he had. He probably gets
Speaker 1: one or two. He doesn't have a day like that. Okay,
Speaker 1: Well against the Eagles, somebody comes up to you and says, hey,
Speaker 1: one of those guys is gonna be out. One of
Speaker 1: them is gonna play in your heart? Which between tyn
Speaker 1: one of them's in, one of them's out. Tell me
Speaker 1: three two one? Which one would you rather have for
Speaker 1: the Eagles? Tyrant, I'd rather have If they don't have,
Speaker 1: both ll lose. How about that? Okay? But which one
Speaker 1: for the Eagles? Tyrant? Okay? But not for the Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think for the Eagles because the Eagles offense is
Speaker 1: so much better and their defense is really good too.
Speaker 1: So for me, the way I look at it is
Speaker 1: you're gonna need to score a ton of points in
Speaker 1: order to beat them. I don't think you needed to
Speaker 1: score a ton of points to Atlanta. I think the
Speaker 1: defense is good enough they could because I've seen teams
Speaker 1: this year hold at Atlanta offense to scoring not as
Speaker 1: many points, So I'm not I feel a little better
Speaker 1: about the defense being able to win that game for
Speaker 1: you yesterday if they were at full strength without Tyron Smith,
Speaker 1: I don't feel great about that. Against Philadelphia, you gotta
Speaker 1: score points against them. I think Philadelphia's offense has been
Speaker 1: awesome all year, and they have one of the best
Speaker 1: front sevens. You know. I mean, I'm telling you right now,
Speaker 1: they will not win this game. If both of those
Speaker 1: guys aren't on the field, that would be stunning based
Speaker 1: on what we've seen this season. And I mean I'm
Speaker 1: not just talking about yesterday. You saw what happens without
Speaker 1: tiring yesterday, but we've seen what happens without Lee too,
Speaker 1: right for a whole game. I mean Saint Louis, I
Speaker 1: always call them Saint Louis, the brands the Los Angeles
Speaker 1: for the Packers. I'm sorry, Carson Wentz is playing m
Speaker 1: VB caliber, MVP caliber football and their pass rush is nasty.
Speaker 1: That's just that's very disheartening to think, all right, we're
Speaker 1: gonna take our final break. We come back. I want
Speaker 1: to hear from you guys. You guys, give us a call.
Speaker 1: The numbers two one, four, eight seven two twenty one
Speaker 1: oh two. Who do you think was most missed by
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Let's hear from you guys. We'll do that
Speaker 1: when we come right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot
Speaker 1: Com Radio. Cowboys fans know that the second best of
Speaker 1: anything simply won't cut it, and your skincare should be
Speaker 1: no different. A long time locker room favorite of the
Speaker 1: players and the official men's skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Dallas based Jack Black is the number one best selling
Speaker 1: men's skincare brand in the country because we make products
Speaker 1: that help guys look, smell and feel that. Visit get
Speaker 1: Jack Black dot com slash Cowboys to get ten dollars
Speaker 1: off your first order of fifty dollars of more. Jack
Speaker 1: Black Look Good, Smell good, Feel good, official men skincare
Speaker 1: brand of the Dallas Cowboys. Star Sports Tours is the
Speaker 1: only official fan travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys, offering
Speaker 1: exclusive game weekend travel packages with sideline access and photo
Speaker 1: ops with current players, alumni and cheerleaders. That's not all, though,
Speaker 1: You'll get to talk xs and os with Senior Director
Speaker 1: of Player Personnel Will McClay and of course with yours
Speaker 1: truly me, Brian broad Us. You can trust the official
Speaker 1: fan travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys, and with us,
Speaker 1: you'll travel like a pro. Visit Cowboys Travel dot com
Speaker 1: to book your travel package today. I hear all this
Speaker 1: talk about what it takes to be a cowboy. Everyone's
Speaker 1: got their ideas, but I just say to myself, it's
Speaker 1: what's up top that matters. Sure, you need men with
Speaker 1: the muscle and heart to get her done. But if
Speaker 1: your scouts and coaches are listening out there a word
Speaker 1: of advice. Pick them in with the most well worn stetson.
Speaker 1: That's the one most cut out to be a Cowboy.
Speaker 1: Stetson hats her hand made right here in Texas and
Speaker 1: it been on Cowboys heads for over one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty years. The rest of you can visit stetson dot
Speaker 1: com slash cowboy to find a retailer nearest you. What
Speaker 1: does it mean to be a Dallas Cowboys fan? It
Speaker 1: means you've got the passion of the heart to do
Speaker 1: your part supporting the boys no matter what. That's why
Speaker 1: when the game's on the line, you're on your feet,
Speaker 1: whether you're at home or in the stands. Actually, you're
Speaker 1: more than a fan. You are a member of Cowboys Nation,
Speaker 1: and so is AT and T doing their part to
Speaker 1: keep you connected to America's team all season law AT
Speaker 1: and T is a proud member of Cowboys Nation. Back
Speaker 1: to the Break, Welcome Back. It is the final segment
Speaker 1: of The Break live from the s WBC Mortgage studios
Speaker 1: at the Star. Appreciate you guys taken some time with
Speaker 1: us to get some questions from you guys and numbers
Speaker 1: two one, four, eight seven two twenty one oh two.
Speaker 1: Before we do that, Nick, give us your message. Dave
Speaker 1: answered some questions for me real quick. Sure thing, Nick,
Speaker 1: did they missed Dan Bailey a little bit yesterday? They did?
Speaker 1: What was it in groin? Did they miss Tyren Smith
Speaker 1: A lottle bit, a lot of bits injury? He had
Speaker 1: a groin? You know what? We found out that a
Speaker 1: groin injury is really important. The groin is a good
Speaker 1: important part of your body. So make sure and put
Speaker 1: Tommy John on your groin. It's backed by the best
Speaker 1: pair you'll ever wear, or it's free shop exclusive Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys at Tommy John dot com, Forward Slash off your
Speaker 1: first order Tommy John dot com Forward Slash Cowboys protect
Speaker 1: the groin. If they wear Tommy John, will they be
Speaker 1: able to play on Sunday? Yes? Yes, that true, Yes,
Speaker 1: yes facto during the game or just this week during practice?
Speaker 1: Look it up. I think Jason Jason Garrett already ruled
Speaker 1: Dan out for the Eagles this morning on the fan.
Speaker 1: So not that I don't think anybody really thought he
Speaker 1: was gonna be ready, but just in case you did. Sorry,
Speaker 1: that's kind of just a just a just a happy Monday.
Speaker 1: He did. He did he travel to Washington. Uh no,
Speaker 1: but yeah, he was on the plane. He was at
Speaker 1: this game, which I thought was weird too. I was like,
Speaker 1: why are you here if we know you're not gonna play, right,
Speaker 1: which you know, I think a little bit of that
Speaker 1: is player discretion, like if you feel like you're if
Speaker 1: you feel fine to make the trip and you want
Speaker 1: to do it, you can part of the team. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So but I would walk, I would stay home and
Speaker 1: be like, I'm chilling, I can't play. So more players
Speaker 1: that do that, the Kellen Moore's that are there on
Speaker 1: the practice squad, the more you guys are just sitting
Speaker 1: there typing like this true. Yeah, I'm like, Dan, stay home,
Speaker 1: give me a next give me some space. Got to
Speaker 1: try to write three stories on this plane right here. Perspective.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's gotta I'm sure I'm just weird sitting
Speaker 1: at watching it. Yeah. Yeah, you know, like all those
Speaker 1: everybody that's associated with the team looks for a reason
Speaker 1: to be on the sideline, like that's where you want,
Speaker 1: you want to be in the crap, you know, like
Speaker 1: you know you're not trying to watch it from afar.
Speaker 1: You want to be up in there. Yeah, all right,
Speaker 1: let's get a phone call. We got a call from
Speaker 1: Rob in Vegas. Rob. What up? Hey? Everybody? Hey, what's
Speaker 1: you know? As a fan, I'm just tired of being
Speaker 1: held hostage year in and year out by Jason Garrett
Speaker 1: and Sean Lee. When I when I look at Jason Garrett,
Speaker 1: I said to myself, all right, what does he What
Speaker 1: does he bring as a head coach? I mean, he's
Speaker 1: not a play caller anymore. He's definitely not a disciplinarian,
Speaker 1: bad clock management manager, and he's never had back to
Speaker 1: back winning seasons. So I say, okay, he really doesn't
Speaker 1: give me an extra edge in the game. And then
Speaker 1: I look at Sean Lee, and you know, Shan Lee's
Speaker 1: that hot girl that you just hope would stop cheating
Speaker 1: on you. I mean, he's you know, he's great when
Speaker 1: he's on the field, but you know he's not gonna
Speaker 1: play sixteen games, so it's like year in and year out.
Speaker 1: When he gets hurt, it's over. That's why I thought
Speaker 1: they should have picked up Bowman from the forty nine.
Speaker 1: Is not because Bowman is great, but he's better than
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith, especially against the run. Where where week at,
Speaker 1: especially when Shanlee leaves the field, because you know he's
Speaker 1: gonna get So it's just like year in and year out.
Speaker 1: As fans, we watched this and we've seen this story before,
Speaker 1: all right, the Z thing. We've never had that. And
Speaker 1: unfortunately Tyrod Smith is starting to get a little bit
Speaker 1: like Sean Lee. You're starting to see the injuries pile
Speaker 1: up and now hopefully he doesn't hold this hostage because
Speaker 1: you see what's behind him. But that's just the frustrating pot.
Speaker 1: I just I look at this team and we have
Speaker 1: no edge in coaching. You saw no adjustments. Yesterday it
Speaker 1: was like we all seen it. Chad Green was getting
Speaker 1: killed and it was like, you know, let him think
Speaker 1: a swim? Did you pay? And hey, Rob, did you
Speaker 1: not get in last week? I know you were probably
Speaker 1: calling did you not get in? And say, oh this
Speaker 1: last week, No, I didn't get in lest okay, because
Speaker 1: you would have said the exact same thing. I'm just
Speaker 1: just making sure you would have said that. I'm not
Speaker 1: I've never been a Jason Garrett fan. I don't think
Speaker 1: for a for a team that's talented, I think you
Speaker 1: need to have a coach that gives you an edge.
Speaker 1: I can look at Belichick and I know what he does,
Speaker 1: and I can I can look at Andy Reid and
Speaker 1: know what he's good at. Why are they talented? Then?
Speaker 1: How are they so talented? Belichick's are great. He knows
Speaker 1: how to evaluate talents. He's a great defensive coach. You
Speaker 1: see him, He's always who else? Who else? Other than Reid?
Speaker 1: Andy Reid is a great giant value, he said. Ok
Speaker 1: he's outstanding. He got his ass kick last week by
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett. Okay, but overall, who's a better coach? Andy
Speaker 1: Reads a much better coach. Yep, shiny left hand, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, look at the guy in the rams. I mean,
Speaker 1: this kid, all of a sudden comes in for thirty
Speaker 1: four years. He's a great play called his name? Thank you.
Speaker 1: I mean, what if you could tell me what Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett's good at, maybe he could change my mind. I'm
Speaker 1: just what what what I'm just saying. I'm just saying
Speaker 1: you want to call in on Monday morning and be
Speaker 1: upset by this stuff because of what happened in the game.
Speaker 1: But yeah, well then call you call last week, call
Speaker 1: last week, call Monday. I think the first time I
Speaker 1: talked about Jason grit it's definitely alights time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: the call. And I will say this, there was there
Speaker 1: are there are fans who have made those kind of
Speaker 1: claims against Jason Garrett for years, and so I think
Speaker 1: it's a fair question anytime a team loses. And you
Speaker 1: even said, you even said Nick that you thought that
Speaker 1: yesterday this coach didn't do it. These coaches didn't do
Speaker 1: enough in order to in order to get this team
Speaker 1: in better position to be able to make run that game.
Speaker 1: But I'm not letting go of the coaching staff right
Speaker 1: the continuity that you have there. Yeah, there's not a
Speaker 1: team in the league that can that can probably withstand
Speaker 1: those four players, those four guys, and and lose and
Speaker 1: how much they are they're important to their team. There's
Speaker 1: I mean, there's no way I say it. I don't
Speaker 1: think Jason Garrett is a great, great game day coach.
Speaker 1: I don't know that he's a good game day coach
Speaker 1: most of the time in my opinion, in terms of adjustments,
Speaker 1: in terms of creativeness, play calling, all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1: I certain, I mean, does he get no credit for
Speaker 1: what this team is built, Like right now, does he
Speaker 1: get no credit for the fact that they win thirteen
Speaker 1: and three and right now they have a winning record? Again,
Speaker 1: criticize him all you want, but I don't know what's
Speaker 1: the end game. It's the same thing as Chad Green,
Speaker 1: Like you want to fire him after he lost a
Speaker 1: game that dropped him to five and four right in
Speaker 1: the middle of the playoff hunt, Like what is it's
Speaker 1: just venting to me? Like it's just it's just noise,
Speaker 1: Like you're pissed off and rightfully so, honestly, And one
Speaker 1: thing I will say, I say this all the time.
Speaker 1: One thing I give Jason Garrett all the credit in
Speaker 1: the world for is that his guys play hard and
Speaker 1: buy into his message and they typically don't get their
Speaker 1: asses kicked like the way they did yesterday. Like that
Speaker 1: doesn't happen to them very often. The fact that it's
Speaker 1: happened twice in this season is pretty surprising, because even
Speaker 1: even in the twenty fifteen season when everything was miserable,
Speaker 1: they were playing to the whistle far more often than
Speaker 1: they weren't. So there's plenty to criticize for having said that.
Speaker 1: I Like, I'm what's your record? Yeah, what's your recourse.
Speaker 1: What do you want to do? Jason Garrett's an old
Speaker 1: school guy. I think he's a little stubborn. I think
Speaker 1: he's a little conservative. I think that describes seventy five
Speaker 1: percent of the coaches in the NFL, the two guys
Speaker 1: that Rob just mentioned. Belichick is arguably the greatest coach ever.
Speaker 1: So I mean, what do you what do you want
Speaker 1: me to do with that? Yeah, Sean McVay is having
Speaker 1: a great year. Again, I don't know what you want
Speaker 1: me to do with that. He's in a perfect situation
Speaker 1: where he's in his first year in the league. They
Speaker 1: brought him in for all of the reasons that he
Speaker 1: just said. He's a young guy, it's a fresh approach. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I hope more NFL teams try that. I would much
Speaker 1: rather hire a fun, innovative, thirty one year old than
Speaker 1: a retread guy who's you know, Jeff Fisher, who's failed elsewhere.
Speaker 1: I hope that as a trend that continues in the NFL.
Speaker 1: I don't know how it helps the Cowboys right now.
Speaker 1: You know, made if you ever get to a point
Speaker 1: where you're hiring a new head coach, event I mean eventually,
Speaker 1: they will hopefully you think outside the box when you
Speaker 1: do it. But nothing that's happened up to November thirteenth,
Speaker 1: seventeen dictates that Jason Garrett needs to get a new job.
Speaker 1: Seven years ago, Sean McVeigh was Jason Garrett. That's exactly
Speaker 1: what I mean. He came in, it was the same situation,
Speaker 1: came into a bad, bad deal, and they turned him
Speaker 1: around instantly, you know, And so that that that's what happens,
Speaker 1: and then we'll see, we'll see how McVeigh and that team,
Speaker 1: you know, continues. But I just think, I just think
Speaker 1: when you when you come in on Monday and you're
Speaker 1: upset about it, and now you're just gonna say, well,
Speaker 1: i'd never liked Jason Garrett. I mean, it's always it's
Speaker 1: always just like huge picture every time. Okay, they played
Speaker 1: a game, they got beat they shouldn't have been beaten
Speaker 1: that bad, but they weren't supposed to win that game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but it's it's it's I don't think it's fair to
Speaker 1: characterize him as is just this week that he now
Speaker 1: is feeling like that, because there are a lot of
Speaker 1: fans and you've probably gottenas from them as well. There
Speaker 1: are a lot of fans who have been saying for
Speaker 1: a while that they don't like Jason Garrett as a
Speaker 1: head coach. And it has a lot to do it
Speaker 1: what Dave said, And so I'm not I'm not trying to.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't want to take that from him
Speaker 1: and and kind of paint him with the stroke of
Speaker 1: all the people that are kind of just reacting. Maybe
Speaker 1: he is one of those people that didn't like him.
Speaker 1: And I think I think it is fair. I think
Speaker 1: it is fair to criticize what happened from a coaching
Speaker 1: standpoint yesterday. There's no way you need to talk about
Speaker 1: as well. There's no way you let a guy get
Speaker 1: to six sacks without doing more. I get it. To
Speaker 1: stop it, I get it. But it's a weak argument
Speaker 1: to come up here and say it's not Belichick, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and who is? I get you. And then and then
Speaker 1: then to come back and say Andy Reid, what has
Speaker 1: Andy Reid ever done well? That one? Andy Reid's a
Speaker 1: good coach ian Yeah, he's a good coach. What has
Speaker 1: he done well? I was getting there. I was going
Speaker 1: to agree with you. You You didn't need to. I'm just saying.
Speaker 1: I'm saying it's fired up. If you haven't noticed, well
Speaker 1: we you know Andy Reid in the sas. He's done
Speaker 1: great things. He turned Kansas City into a contender, he
Speaker 1: made for a NFC title games in the Super Bowl Philly.
Speaker 1: He gets killed all the time for dumb stuff that
Speaker 1: he he does, Like he's game management is an internet
Speaker 1: meme that he doesn't know how to manage the clock
Speaker 1: in a football game. So I mean this idealistics most
Speaker 1: coaches are pretty bad at something, And honestly, I think
Speaker 1: most NFL coaches are kind of dumb or at least
Speaker 1: a decade or so behind when it comes to how
Speaker 1: to think about and manage a football game. Like that's
Speaker 1: just a fact, and I think coaches take a while
Speaker 1: to catch up to that type of stuff because ultimately
Speaker 1: it's their ass on the line, and ultimately, I think
Speaker 1: a lot of coaches do things worried more about justifying
Speaker 1: it than whether or not it's actually a good idea,
Speaker 1: Like you don't want to have to you know, like
Speaker 1: people talk about Bill Belichick going for it on fourth
Speaker 1: and two from his own thirty five against Indie all
Speaker 1: the time. He's just about the only coach in the
Speaker 1: world that has that kind of clout to where he's
Speaker 1: going to do that and not worry about what's going
Speaker 1: to happen if he doesn't get it. That's just a reality. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of stuff you can criticize
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett for. For the million time again, Yeah, Like,
Speaker 1: I don't think he's that great of a game day coach.
Speaker 1: But to come in here and act like he needs
Speaker 1: to be fired or like he's the root of all
Speaker 1: the Cowboys problems after loss, I don't think that's necessarily fair.
Speaker 1: All right, let's grab a call from Al and Philadelphia. Al?
Speaker 1: What up? Hey, how are you doing? First off, congratulations
Speaker 1: on all of your award just past Saturday. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Thank you, David, you do a great job. Don't leave
Speaker 1: the show. And Nick, thank you for what you just did.
Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. Sean Lee is my favorite player.
Speaker 1: I think he's the MVP of this team, and I'm
Speaker 1: a huge Jason Garrett fan. My question is us, do
Speaker 1: you think Jaalen is And I like Jalen a lot.
Speaker 1: I'm not criticizing the kid, appreciate what he's doing out there,
Speaker 1: but do you think he might be overcompensating for his
Speaker 1: nerve and he's just trying to get a jump on
Speaker 1: a plane, just trying to be really aggressive, because he
Speaker 1: looks like he's always trying to be too aggressive and
Speaker 1: maybe do like a kill shot like Roy Williams and
Speaker 1: not actually read to play and see what's going on.
Speaker 1: Thank you for everything all of you do. All right, Thanks.
Speaker 1: It seemed like Jayalen just finds a way to end
Speaker 1: up on the ground like a lot. He's just like,
Speaker 1: if I dive at this guy, or if I lunge
Speaker 1: over the pot, like at the end of the play,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be on the ground. He's diving into something
Speaker 1: at the end of every place. Sometimes it just looks
Speaker 1: like he's like if I, if I, if I do this,
Speaker 1: it's at least gonna look like I had made And
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's not making an effort, but you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, like it's gonna look better if
Speaker 1: I make this a little theatrical. That's how it comes across.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I think the world of him. He's a great dude.
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to close the book on him being
Speaker 1: a talented linebacker, but I just, I mean, every don't
Speaker 1: think he's ready. Every time he is asked to play
Speaker 1: a significant role. It hasn't worked out. And that's I
Speaker 1: wrote about it in my column last week, that that
Speaker 1: new role for him when Sean and hitch were both healthy,
Speaker 1: where he's playing fifteen to twenty snaps a game, he
Speaker 1: was pressure in the quarterback, he almost had a pick,
Speaker 1: he had a sack. He I mean, he was active
Speaker 1: when he only needed to play a handful of plays.
Speaker 1: And I just I don't think he's ready to be
Speaker 1: you know, what's to take starters caliber snaps. It'd be
Speaker 1: really interesting when they have to figure out what they
Speaker 1: do with Anthony Hitchins tract or some linebacker there because
Speaker 1: oh I and I mean, first, I hate I hated that.
Speaker 1: I get the point, but I hated the term that
Speaker 1: robbed us when he said Shaun Lee's holding him hostage.
Speaker 1: I don't like, Like that's I get it, it's frustrating
Speaker 1: to see such a talented player's sideline, but like Sean
Speaker 1: Lee's not doing this to spite you, Like nobody's angrier
Speaker 1: about his inability to stay on the field. And Shaun Lee,
Speaker 1: I promise you that, Like he's the most intense person
Speaker 1: I've ever been around. I bet he broke something in
Speaker 1: his house last night. Just knowing what I know about him,
Speaker 1: I was just hope nobody nobody's in the worst, so
Speaker 1: I doesn't do any good, just go on hitting things.
Speaker 1: But all of that said, Shaun Lee's north of thirty
Speaker 1: and the injury problems are way too well documented to ignore.
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith, the book is not closed, but you certainly
Speaker 1: just can't take it at face value that he's gonna
Speaker 1: become an All Pro. Anthony Hitchins is in a contract year.
Speaker 1: Damian Wilson will be in a contract year next year.
Speaker 1: We talked about that on the sideline last night. I mean,
Speaker 1: linebacker looks like one of your two or maybe your
Speaker 1: biggest need on this team going into next year, honestly
Speaker 1: biggest one. If not the biggest, then one of the
Speaker 1: two or three. I mean what else? What else left? Tackle?
Speaker 1: Offensive lines looks like a need. Yeah, safety is there,
Speaker 1: and then and then linebacker. I mean it's I think
Speaker 1: those three. And you could say something about wide receiver
Speaker 1: if you want to, But wide receiver is frustrating but
Speaker 1: not awful. In my opinion. Likede receiver is workable. Like
Speaker 1: if everything else is working, Wide receivers will work. Right,
Speaker 1: They're not gonna win like a whole bunch of games
Speaker 1: where you where it's just them, but they're workable. I don't.
Speaker 1: That's not a position. I like, you need help there,
Speaker 1: you need help there. I think that that des Brian
Speaker 1: is a really really good receiver. I think Cole Beasley
Speaker 1: can be a good receiver in different offenses. Terrence Williams
Speaker 1: is you know, workable, serviceable, can be pretty good. But
Speaker 1: together those three I don't like them together. I don't
Speaker 1: like those three together because of the reasons I've said
Speaker 1: a thousand times. So I think that they could be
Speaker 1: all good individually in different offenses, but in this one
Speaker 1: I don't. They don't use that speed down Phil yesterday.
Speaker 1: They need like a big plotting possession receiver, right, like
Speaker 1: just a guy who's not super fast but can just
Speaker 1: get possession reception. That's what we need. Yeah, more ladies
Speaker 1: will keep them coming, keep those guys coming. Thank you
Speaker 1: guys for joining us. We're back tomorrow morning. We'll be
Speaker 1: at our normal time tomorrow nine thirty am, and we'll
Speaker 1: let you guys know what's happening around the NFC, around
Speaker 1: the NFC East and where the Cowboys stack up when
Speaker 1: it comes to playoffs. Playoffs, all right, we'll talk about
Speaker 1: that tomorrow. Appreciate you guys joining us. We'll see you.
Speaker 1: It's been the Break live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. Playoffs,
Speaker 1: don't talk about playoff. This has been a production of
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas cow Boys Football Club.