WEBVTT - Mick Shots: A Little Bit Better

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<v Speaker 1>The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mick Shot

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<v Speaker 1>screaming live on Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the official

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Cowboys apt now Here are Bill Jones, Everson Wolves,

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<v Speaker 1>and Nicky Spagnola, And a good Monday to everybody out

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<v Speaker 1>there as we have another week of Mick Shots after

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys fall in Philadelphia on Sunday night. Mickey Spagnola,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a new month, It's the month of November, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's a new opponent this week that is unbeaten in

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<v Speaker 1>the National Football League. That would be the Pittsburgh Steelers

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<v Speaker 1>coming too at and T Stadium. But Mickey, we have

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<v Speaker 1>so much to talk about about last night in Philadelphia. Yeah, absolutely, Bill.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the Cowboys I thought going into that game

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<v Speaker 1>had a script that I thought they needed to follow.

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<v Speaker 1>First and foremost, the defense needed to step up and

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<v Speaker 1>prevent this offense. With a rookie quarterback starting his first game,

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<v Speaker 1>a seventh round draft choice on the road Sunday night,

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<v Speaker 1>three practices with the first team to not ask him

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<v Speaker 1>to put thirty points on the board. The defense did that.

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<v Speaker 1>They held the Philadelphia Eagles to basically fifteen points on

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<v Speaker 1>their own. I thought the other thing that needed to

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<v Speaker 1>happen is they needed to get a couple takeaways. Then

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<v Speaker 1>they needed to sack Carson Wentz. They did both of

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<v Speaker 1>those things, provided four takeaways in the game, four sacks,

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<v Speaker 1>six quarterback hits. So they did their job. The other

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<v Speaker 1>things not to fall behind by more than one possession.

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<v Speaker 1>They were able to do that. And then I thought offensively,

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<v Speaker 1>they just needed to use those two tight ends a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>use some misdirection plays. They did all that. The unfortunate

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<v Speaker 1>part is they just made a mistake or two on

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<v Speaker 1>offense that ended up costing the game, along with two

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<v Speaker 1>horrible calls on the same play, and then there they

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<v Speaker 1>are losing twenty three to nine to the Eagles. But

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<v Speaker 1>they at least given themselves a chance, a chance one

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<v Speaker 1>or two plays differently to be able to win the game. So,

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<v Speaker 1>as Mike McCarthy said, you know, it was frustrating, a

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<v Speaker 1>tough game to lose. He felt for his players, but

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<v Speaker 1>he felt like it was a step in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think when you're sitting there at two and six,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you just gotta celebrate small steps in the

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<v Speaker 1>right direction, and I thought at least this game provided that,

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<v Speaker 1>especially defensively. Yep, it was a step in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think obviously, here we are at the halfway

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<v Speaker 1>point of the season, and here for several weeks now,

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<v Speaker 1>especially since the Dak Prescotte injury, things have as far

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<v Speaker 1>as expectations go, things have had to be tempered for

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<v Speaker 1>this season, and so you're building towards the future really, although, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>going into last night's game, you're a half game out

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFC East, and coming out of last night's game,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a game and a half out, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that makes for a good situation for the team as

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<v Speaker 1>far as being able to say, hey, there is something

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<v Speaker 1>to play for. That's one of the good things about

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<v Speaker 1>being in this NFC East where no one has taken

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<v Speaker 1>control in the division. But I think as media and

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<v Speaker 1>fans that I think that you look at things that

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<v Speaker 1>they can build on for the future. Uh, the team

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<v Speaker 1>can't give up on the season. Fans obviously have, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it was a good step forward last night.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a reason that the Eagles were able to

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<v Speaker 1>emerge with a win in that game. They had a

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<v Speaker 1>game they otherwise would have no business winning if the

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<v Speaker 1>Cowboys had any experience whatsoever at the quarterback. And not

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<v Speaker 1>to hang it on Ben to Nucci, he couldn't. He

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<v Speaker 1>can't help the fact that he's only had three practices

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL. I mean literally, Uh, he's had three

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<v Speaker 1>practices with the first team offense coming into this game.

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<v Speaker 1>No offseason, no preseason games, no reps whatsoever. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why the Cowboys had to take the approach

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<v Speaker 1>that they did. Uh. As far as their game plan

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<v Speaker 1>on offense too, Yeah, absolutely, well. Listen, ever, you're here,

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<v Speaker 1>Everson is here. I've been here, I've heard I heard you, Spags.

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<v Speaker 1>You sound so sad, you sound this small man. Come on,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna step off of my pessimist stool and get

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<v Speaker 1>on my optimist you go, all right? Ever, can I

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<v Speaker 1>say doomsday defense is bad? Baby? Can I say that

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<v Speaker 1>and have you and have you believe it? Can I

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<v Speaker 1>say it and have you believe it? As I watched

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<v Speaker 1>the game yesterday, I was with my family. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a great time yesterday. Just really expecting so much worse.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I really was so as the game progressed.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm up out of my off the couch

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<v Speaker 1>when we're getting the interceptions, we're getting the turnovers, the sacks,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the completions. I see the razzle dazzle we

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<v Speaker 1>got going. And man, I just really felt good watching

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<v Speaker 1>that game yesterday. Now that's you have to consider where

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<v Speaker 1>I've come from, where we've all come from. We were

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<v Speaker 1>so low that anything would just perk up my spirits,

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<v Speaker 1>and it did. And so I did have a good

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<v Speaker 1>time watching the game, of course, until you can kind

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<v Speaker 1>of see what was gonna what was the inevitable throughout

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<v Speaker 1>as the as the fourth quarter started and we started

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<v Speaker 1>to wind it down, I was just really happy to see,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Diggs, as much as he's still going to

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<v Speaker 1>have his problems as any rookie dB is gonna have.

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<v Speaker 1>Good to see him get that confidence of just being

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<v Speaker 1>able to catch the ball. That was a tough ball

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<v Speaker 1>to catch. It could be considered, if you're Philadelphia eagle,

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<v Speaker 1>could be considered a punt, you know, because he threw

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<v Speaker 1>it so far down the field. He was just hoping

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<v Speaker 1>for something to happen after being under the rest all day.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about Carston wins and for Digs to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with that catch, that was a pretty good catch,

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<v Speaker 1>showed his ball skills. And you know, anytime you finally

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<v Speaker 1>get an interception and you make a play like that,

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<v Speaker 1>that that fuels you, right, It kind of gives him.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he can stick his chest out a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more this week. Of course, the touchdown came or

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<v Speaker 1>the big play came on him as well. But talking

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<v Speaker 1>about not just one man having a good game, but

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<v Speaker 1>the entire defense actually tried to play well as a unit.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the way they attacked the run. I love

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<v Speaker 1>the way they kept went on the on the on

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<v Speaker 1>the on the run as well. But I mean, as

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of step over to my pessimistic stool once again,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not let me play some hell of a team.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, let's just be real about that. These guys

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<v Speaker 1>were known to make all of these mistakes before this game,

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<v Speaker 1>and they continued. Carston Wins continued to make some bone

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<v Speaker 1>head mistakes. That really shows what a desperate quarterback he

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<v Speaker 1>is without a lot of weapons of his offensive line. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>best part on the thing is as he brought up

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<v Speaker 1>the name of Everson Walls at the discussion of multiple

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<v Speaker 1>interceptions in one game. Uh, he became the fourth teenth Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>he became the fourteenth Cowboys player in history, the fourteenth

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<v Speaker 1>time in Cowboys history that they had a player with

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<v Speaker 1>more than one interception in a game. Now the most

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<v Speaker 1>was three terrence rookie years and his rookie in his

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<v Speaker 1>rookie year, Terrence Newman had had three, and then everybody

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<v Speaker 1>else had two, including Everson Walls one, two, three, four times,

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<v Speaker 1>and it looks like all four. You're wrong, what, Mickey,

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<v Speaker 1>You're wrong, You're wrong. Everson Walls had two interceptions in

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<v Speaker 1>a game five times in his rookie you counted the

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<v Speaker 1>employ one of those games was one of those games

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<v Speaker 1>was more important than a regular season game. It was

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<v Speaker 1>the NFC Championship game. He had two interceptions rembers that season.

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<v Speaker 1>We're counting five. He got one for the thumb in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFC Championship game as well. And you know what's

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<v Speaker 1>crazy about that? Uh, it's funny that Digs got his

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<v Speaker 1>on a prime time uh night because I think, I

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<v Speaker 1>think because they weren't doing it of course in the

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<v Speaker 1>until the modern era came, so to speak. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I have more interceptions on you know, uh nationally night

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<v Speaker 1>televised games. Yeah, right, I got more of that than

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<v Speaker 1>anybody else in history. But of course, you know, Mary

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<v Speaker 1>Riffer wasn't playing on Monday Night because they didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>Monday Night at the time, nineteen seventy. Yeah. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>just a modern that's just a modern ara a stat

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<v Speaker 1>that I'd like to hang my head on everyone. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>what I want to know is why did you get

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<v Speaker 1>all those those two interception games in your rookie and

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have any more? What the heck he finally stopped

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<v Speaker 1>coming back. Okay, they were picking on the rookie. Good answer.

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<v Speaker 1>I was waiting, I was there. They just wouldn't come

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<v Speaker 1>at you. You know. And that way, Mickey, that's why

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<v Speaker 1>Byron Jones never got any interceptions. Go at throwing in him. Yeah, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>And that was and that was he had so many

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<v Speaker 1>interceptions early. And you know though, I think the last time,

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<v Speaker 1>um they had somebody Sean Lee had the last game

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty fifteen, he had those two interceptions. Uh. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe it was at Indianapolis right when they beat the Colts.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that was his rookie year, his ten, yeah, twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 1>his rookie year. Yeah. And that's the amazing thing is

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<v Speaker 1>is the amount of time in between the multiple interception

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<v Speaker 1>rookie season, so Sean would have had his in twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 1>and then Terrence Newman had his three pick game as

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<v Speaker 1>a rookie, I guess at oh three, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>think he had to go back to I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>the list in front of me, Mickey, maybe you do,

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<v Speaker 1>but it goes back to nineteen ninety or or before

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<v Speaker 1>that the most recent since then. Out of the outside

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<v Speaker 1>of those two for a rookie for a rookie, they

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<v Speaker 1>had the Rod Jordan they had they had as a rookie,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think Bruce Carter won one year, had two,

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Lee Uh had a couple, and then Jeff Heath

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<v Speaker 1>was the last one I think that had multiple UH

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<v Speaker 1>interceptions in a game. But you know what the weird

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<v Speaker 1>thing is is, I went back and looked in six

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<v Speaker 1>of the last seven seasons, the team leader in interceptions

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<v Speaker 1>only had two, and this guy had two in one

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<v Speaker 1>game the other The only exception was Heath that one

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<v Speaker 1>year had led the team with three interceptions, but other

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<v Speaker 1>than that, two has been the most and he got

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<v Speaker 1>it in one Mickey. Yes, Mickey, we were halfway through

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<v Speaker 1>the season and the team only has three interceptions, two

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<v Speaker 1>of them came last night. Well, they got the team

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<v Speaker 1>leader right now. R You you could have gone this

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<v Speaker 1>entire segment without bringing that up. We're talking optimism here,

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, Bill. They had four takeaways. Try that's why,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why we need to be optimistic about this team

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<v Speaker 1>right now. It was the first time of what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the first time they won the turnover differential since

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<v Speaker 1>the season opener. I believe it was one plus one.

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<v Speaker 1>They had one takeaway against the Rams, so that was

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<v Speaker 1>a step in the right direction. Most they've had, but

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<v Speaker 1>they that's the most they've had and well, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>well two years ago probably, I mean, yeah, they had

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<v Speaker 1>to be the last time they had four turnovers. It

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<v Speaker 1>could be the two thousand Uh, we have to go

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<v Speaker 1>on back. Do we have to go back to two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and sixteen for that? For that? Didn't I say,

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<v Speaker 1>Mickey that they had four takeaways against the Eagles last year?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought they did have one that was more recent? Yeah? Absolutely, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I saw that in the notes after the game.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to look it up there. All right, Mickey,

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<v Speaker 1>you alluded to it. So how about the one takeaway

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<v Speaker 1>that was the killer play for the Eagles? That resulted

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<v Speaker 1>in the touchdown. You alluded to the fact that there

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<v Speaker 1>were two things that went to cow against the Cowboys

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<v Speaker 1>that should not have gone against the Cowboys on that

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<v Speaker 1>particular play. Yeah, they they They drove down to the

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<v Speaker 1>Eagles twenty one and Duke Riley there linebacker on the

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<v Speaker 1>line of scrimmage, steps into the neutral zone and there's

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<v Speaker 1>no call. And the Cowboys, as Mike McCarthy pointed out,

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<v Speaker 1>we got an early snap because there was offsides and

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<v Speaker 1>there's no call. I don't know how they missed that,

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<v Speaker 1>and when they showed it on video replay, he clearly

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<v Speaker 1>stepped on the line with the line where the line

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<v Speaker 1>of scrimmage was and there's no call. Okay, Now they

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<v Speaker 1>come with this blitz and the t J. Edwards comes clean.

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<v Speaker 1>No one touches him, he hits Denucci. The ball comes out,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a scramble for it and Vinny Curry is laying

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<v Speaker 1>on his back holding the ball on his stomach as

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<v Speaker 1>Connor Williams is on top of him. Play should be dead, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Then the ball gets ripped out, it gets kicked backwards

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<v Speaker 1>and then McLeod picks it up and runs for a touchdown.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm writing in my notes. As he's running down

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<v Speaker 1>the field, you know, unabated, I'm going, okay, this is

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<v Speaker 1>coming back. This play's over with or there's a flag

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<v Speaker 1>out there for off sides and neither neither. How does

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<v Speaker 1>that happen? And they had an opportunity to look at

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<v Speaker 1>the play. Could they not see the ball resting in

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<v Speaker 1>his grasp? What happened? What happened on the review because

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<v Speaker 1>because Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth were talking about it,

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<v Speaker 1>they were looking at it. I never heard watching it

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<v Speaker 1>on television them say that they were. They were reviewing it. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>all scoring plays are reviewed. Maybe they don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>make that announcement. But all of a sudden they're saying, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is gonna be reviewed. They got their own analysts

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<v Speaker 1>who comes on and says, yeah, it looks like he's

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<v Speaker 1>got possession long enough, this is coming back. And then

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden they're showing the two point conversion

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<v Speaker 1>and there was no announce and then from a broadcast,

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<v Speaker 1>from a broadcast standpoint, they didn't even explain it. They

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even question that. They went back to it to

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge exactly at all. Right, maybe they didn't wanted they

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<v Speaker 1>thought they were wrong, they were right, and then analyst

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<v Speaker 1>was right, can we can we challenge? So we can't challenge. No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's you can't challenge. It's a scoring play and so

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<v Speaker 1>any scoring play is reviewed from upstairs and so so

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have to make the announcement that it's being reviewed, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>from upstairs, but they need to call down and say

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<v Speaker 1>we need to review the gun with the ball. They

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<v Speaker 1>should have They should have stopped it. They should have

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<v Speaker 1>stopped it and reviewed it. But apparently they didn't. At least,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there was no there was no delay like

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<v Speaker 1>the fastest review ever. Yeah, because there was no delay

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<v Speaker 1>like they were holding up the two point conversion. Because see,

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<v Speaker 1>when we're here watching it, we can see a live

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<v Speaker 1>feed and then we see the TV feed, And so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm watching the TV feed and they're talking about how, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that looks like, you know, it should have been down

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<v Speaker 1>by contact, a ball should come back. And then I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the live feed and they're lighting up for

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<v Speaker 1>the two point conversion and I'm just going, whoa, whoa,

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<v Speaker 1>what happened? I don't think they ever reviewed it? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they never did, and so they made you know they

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<v Speaker 1>were talking about it in the booth, but they never

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<v Speaker 1>they made two mistakes on one play, two mistakes on Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>as they continued, no one in the booth or anyone

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<v Speaker 1>ever made reference to those mistakes. Again. It's almost like

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<v Speaker 1>they just wanted to move past it, right. It was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter this, you know, the Cowboys are about

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<v Speaker 1>to be two and six, six point game. Who knows. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>they recovered the ball. The ball probably was recovered around

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<v Speaker 1>the thirty I don't know, thirty five, but they still

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<v Speaker 1>had to It's still fifteen to nine, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>still a ball game's right, plenty of time for a

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<v Speaker 1>winch to throw another pick. Yes, absolutely, if he had

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<v Speaker 1>to write, if he had to, might have been a

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<v Speaker 1>pick six this time. Trey Wall may have taken it

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<v Speaker 1>to the house. That would be great too. Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly capable of doing that. So all right, we're just

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<v Speaker 1>getting started on Go ahead, Mick, now, go ahead. This

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<v Speaker 1>will take too long, okay, all right, Well that's a

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<v Speaker 1>And you know my theory, we're coming back with the

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead. You know my theory on that the more

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<v Speaker 1>games you win in the row, the closer you're out

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<v Speaker 1>of losing, more games you're losing a row, the closer

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<v Speaker 1>you are to winning exactly the percentage of even This

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<v Speaker 1>memories of Dwayne Thomas. We're bringing back the memories of

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<v Speaker 1>Hollywood Henderson. I want to see some real dogs get

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<v Speaker 1>out there and play this week. Man. We could we

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<v Speaker 1>could salvage our reputation with this game if we just

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<v Speaker 1>not just play well, but win. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you guys, if you guys watched that game or now,

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I understand Lamar Jackson's ability to run

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<v Speaker 1>to football. But as a team, Baltimore ran for two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred in in uh sixty five yards, ran for two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty five yards against that They were just

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<v Speaker 1>running right through their defense. I don't I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how you're saying Baltimore could lose that game other than

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<v Speaker 1>they turned the ball over. So you're saying that the Cowboys,

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<v Speaker 1>if the Cowboys just give the ball to Zeke and

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Pollard, they might be able to drive down the field.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh but wait, there's a wide receiver pad a reverse

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<v Speaker 1>pass instead. That was my other play that I was going,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, you want to go to that now? Sure?

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead. Early third early third quarter, Cowboys are running

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<v Speaker 1>the football seven straight times, six yards to carry. They

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<v Speaker 1>go forty two yards in seven plays. They're getting it

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<v Speaker 1>down into field goal position at least second. Let Cox

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<v Speaker 1>hammering at Fletcher Cox behind the Cowboys multiple time Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl offensive guard Zach Martin, time and time again, and

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<v Speaker 1>second and eight at the twenty eight And what's your call, Mickey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm probably handing the ball off. Not what's your call,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm handing it off to get a shorter third down play.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, the Cowboys had to reach into their bag

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<v Speaker 1>of tricks and hand the ball off to Zeke going

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<v Speaker 1>one way, and he hands it to Cedric Wilson going

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<v Speaker 1>the other way to his right. He looked like he

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<v Speaker 1>was getting the ball in his throwing hand. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure who he was supposed to throw too, but he

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<v Speaker 1>probably wasn't open. And Fletcher Cox, Terrence Steele, does a

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<v Speaker 1>big whiff on the line of scrimmage and and Cox

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<v Speaker 1>comes in and drops Wilson for a ten yard loss.

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<v Speaker 1>Ten yard loss. So now you're trying to have to

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<v Speaker 1>kick a field goal because you're probably not picking up

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<v Speaker 1>third and eighteen. They gained I think two yards, and

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<v Speaker 1>they tried a fifty two yard field goal that took

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<v Speaker 1>a right turn before it got to the uprights. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean a right turn almost ninety degrees. Now I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I know, the wind was blowing hard and it was gusting,

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<v Speaker 1>but that was the weirdest looking kick I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now no three right off the foot spass.

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<v Speaker 1>It wondered just it didn't take a right turn. It

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<v Speaker 1>immediately came off the foot and went right. That's a slice.

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<v Speaker 1>He was probably trying to kick it just like he

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<v Speaker 1>did at the end of the first half, which was

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<v Speaker 1>the mine drives, screwball, knuckleball, whatever it was that went through.

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<v Speaker 1>Never got more than twelve yards off the ground. It

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<v Speaker 1>looked like and he and because of the wind, he uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he had to kick it like that in order to

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<v Speaker 1>get it through to from fifty nine yards and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>from fifty two. He decided to kick it the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what happens when you try that. Oh that

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<v Speaker 1>back in my golfing days, when the winds blowing like that.

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<v Speaker 1>In my golfing days, when the winds blowing like that,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to hit a wind skimmer. He kind of

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<v Speaker 1>hit that drive low right, so he didn't get up

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<v Speaker 1>in the gusts. That's my grounder. My grounder comes in

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<v Speaker 1>very good right then, and on days like that. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>we're getting away from the point. But anyway, the point

0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:49.000
<v Speaker 1>is the play cost him a reasonable distanced field goal. Uh.

0:25:49.200 --> 0:25:52.040
<v Speaker 1>So you the three you didn't get, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>set them up at the fort twelve seven lead right right,

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<v Speaker 1>and you set them up at the forty two yard

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<v Speaker 1>line and only had to drive fifty eight yards for

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<v Speaker 1>a touchdown. So you went from possibly going up as

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<v Speaker 1>Bill said, twelve seven if zerline makes the field goal,

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<v Speaker 1>to now you're trailing fifteen to nine. And it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand what they were trying to do, and they

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<v Speaker 1>probably thought they had set that play up, but again,

0:26:22.000 --> 0:26:24.920
<v Speaker 1>you got to remember who you're relying on on the

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<v Speaker 1>offensive line. And the worst part was, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you guys went back and looked at the

0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:37.800
<v Speaker 1>play when Steele missed Cox, he kind of went forward

0:26:38.240 --> 0:26:40.840
<v Speaker 1>and he was standing there in no man's land about

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<v Speaker 1>five yards from the line of scrimmage, is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>looking around like, well, what do I do now, and

0:26:46.000 --> 0:26:50.720
<v Speaker 1>it's like, no, dude, it's too late, Mickey. The worst

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<v Speaker 1>part of it is you're playing with a quarterback who's

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<v Speaker 1>got three NFL practices under his belt. You're down there

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<v Speaker 1>inside the thirty yard line in field goal range. The

0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:03.399
<v Speaker 1>only way you're winning this game, you're gonna win a

0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:07.239
<v Speaker 1>field goal battle. You cannot count on being able. And

0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:09.720
<v Speaker 1>there's nothing against Ben da Nucci. I think he's probably

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<v Speaker 1>got a great future in this league. But he's got

0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:15.160
<v Speaker 1>three practices under his belt. You cannot count on him

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<v Speaker 1>to lead you on touchdown drives. You have to kick

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<v Speaker 1>field goals. When you have the opportunity to kick field goals,

0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:23.720
<v Speaker 1>you're down there at the twenty eight yard line, keep

0:27:23.800 --> 0:27:26.760
<v Speaker 1>himmering away, and if the drive bogs down, you're in

0:27:26.880 --> 0:27:29.280
<v Speaker 1>field goal range, and it sets the tone for the

0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:31.600
<v Speaker 1>whole rest of the game if you're able to kick

0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:33.760
<v Speaker 1>that chip shot field goal and make it a twelve

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<v Speaker 1>seven league. When the Eagles come back and get their

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<v Speaker 1>touchdown and two point conversion, they're only ahead of you.

0:27:40.240 --> 0:27:43.160
<v Speaker 1>Buy three points instead of six points. So the next

0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:46.320
<v Speaker 1>time down, when you're in scoring position again, you're not

0:27:46.359 --> 0:27:49.320
<v Speaker 1>trying to score touchdowns. You're just trying to kick field

0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:51.200
<v Speaker 1>goals and you have a chance to win the game.

0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.000
<v Speaker 1>That's how you win a football game when you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a quarterback with three practices under his belt. And it

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<v Speaker 1>could even go better than that, Bill What if? What

0:28:00.720 --> 0:28:02.600
<v Speaker 1>if it goes better than that. Let's say you go

0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:05.480
<v Speaker 1>down then you score a touchdown, or you say you

0:28:05.560 --> 0:28:09.040
<v Speaker 1>kick a field goal. Who says that Philadelphia comes back

0:28:09.080 --> 0:28:12.920
<v Speaker 1>down to scores? They might feel more pressure to call

0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:16.199
<v Speaker 1>an entirely different game. Plan which might put them in

0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:20.080
<v Speaker 1>a desperate situation. Keller Morris thinking, just like you, Bill,

0:28:20.640 --> 0:28:22.680
<v Speaker 1>we didn't really want to put our quarterback in a

0:28:22.760 --> 0:28:24.959
<v Speaker 1>situation to try and make a play down there so

0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:28.280
<v Speaker 1>close to the red zone. So that's why he ran

0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:31.400
<v Speaker 1>the play. But as far as I'm concerned, you don't

0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:37.720
<v Speaker 1>need Cedric Wilson or anybody with a jersey number that's

0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:40.720
<v Speaker 1>not in the twenties. So you should have had either

0:28:40.800 --> 0:28:45.280
<v Speaker 1>number twenty one a number twenty continuing to tote that rock,

0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:48.840
<v Speaker 1>continuing to tote that rock the way we were doing it.

0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:51.400
<v Speaker 1>My son and I was watching the matchup between Zach

0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:55.760
<v Speaker 1>Martin and Fletcher Cox. Zach's killing this dude man. Fletcher

0:28:55.800 --> 0:28:58.760
<v Speaker 1>Cox was taking plays off. He was gonna take a

0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:02.120
<v Speaker 1>playoff on that play if it wasn't for the for

0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 1>the whiff that a spage was talking about and the

0:29:06.080 --> 0:29:09.360
<v Speaker 1>reason still had nowhere to go, no one to block

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:14.640
<v Speaker 1>because everyone else was food on that play. There was

0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:17.360
<v Speaker 1>only one person to block, and that was the one

0:29:17.360 --> 0:29:19.959
<v Speaker 1>that he just missed. Now, as I continue with that,

0:29:20.960 --> 0:29:24.640
<v Speaker 1>you've got this athletic guy in Wilson. He comes around

0:29:24.680 --> 0:29:28.280
<v Speaker 1>with the ball. If he could have just continued to

0:29:28.520 --> 0:29:34.120
<v Speaker 1>out to not allow Clocks for Fletcher Cocks to outflank him.

0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:37.080
<v Speaker 1>He could have chucked the ball, as far as I'm concerned,

0:29:37.200 --> 0:29:40.400
<v Speaker 1>continued to go towards the sideline, give a little bit

0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:42.280
<v Speaker 1>more and if nothing else, you could just throw in

0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:45.959
<v Speaker 1>their complete pass. He did not have to let Cox

0:29:46.880 --> 0:29:49.400
<v Speaker 1>tackle him on that play. As far as I was concerned,

0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:52.960
<v Speaker 1>He's much better athletically than what he showed on that play.

0:29:53.000 --> 0:29:54.680
<v Speaker 1>He should have gotten away from Cocks on that one.

0:29:54.920 --> 0:29:57.400
<v Speaker 1>But even said, even all that said, even all of

0:29:57.440 --> 0:30:01.160
<v Speaker 1>that said, you continue to tote that. Why we're gonna

0:30:01.160 --> 0:30:03.960
<v Speaker 1>get closer and closer, continue to pound them and do

0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.000
<v Speaker 1>what we gotta do. You know what the problem is

0:30:06.000 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 1>with offensive coordinators, freaking egos. They killed me. They don't

0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:14.640
<v Speaker 1>want to say, oh, we just ran the ball down. Well,

0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:17.440
<v Speaker 1>that's not showing any ingenuity as far as they're concerned.

0:30:17.720 --> 0:30:21.920
<v Speaker 1>They always want to show how smart they are. That's

0:30:21.920 --> 0:30:24.840
<v Speaker 1>why I got fifty seven inceptions on these clowns, because

0:30:24.840 --> 0:30:28.480
<v Speaker 1>they always feel like they have to do something spectacular.

0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:32.440
<v Speaker 1>Stick to the script, stop being cute. That's the offensive

0:30:32.440 --> 0:30:37.120
<v Speaker 1>coordinators for you, right, And that was the second time

0:30:37.560 --> 0:30:41.480
<v Speaker 1>they wasted a possession because the second possession of the game,

0:30:41.560 --> 0:30:44.520
<v Speaker 1>after they recovered the fumble, if you remember, they were

0:30:44.520 --> 0:30:48.240
<v Speaker 1>firsting goal at the four, first in goal at the four,

0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:52.959
<v Speaker 1>they hand the ball to Zeke and cam Irving gets

0:30:53.000 --> 0:30:57.760
<v Speaker 1>smoked and Zeke gets dropped for a three yard loss.

0:30:58.000 --> 0:31:02.440
<v Speaker 1>He missed his block, just totally missed the block. And

0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:06.320
<v Speaker 1>then it's second in goal at the seven and Steel

0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:11.440
<v Speaker 1>gets beat by Graham uh And and he another sack

0:31:11.520 --> 0:31:16.000
<v Speaker 1>and a fumble. So you can't wait when when when

0:31:16.080 --> 0:31:20.160
<v Speaker 1>you're offensively challenged? And Donucci said it after the game,

0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:22.240
<v Speaker 1>he said, the way I look at it, when you

0:31:22.320 --> 0:31:26.360
<v Speaker 1>crossed the fifty, that should turn into points. At some point,

0:31:26.680 --> 0:31:30.120
<v Speaker 1>you got to get points. And they crossed the fifty

0:31:30.200 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 1>eight times. Uh and and came away with no better

0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:37.600
<v Speaker 1>than field goals. And then and then they had the

0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:44.800
<v Speaker 1>two fumbles. Uh that that seriously cost him in this game. Hey, Mickey,

0:31:44.960 --> 0:31:47.880
<v Speaker 1>if if Bill Parcels was watching that game last night

0:31:48.080 --> 0:31:50.240
<v Speaker 1>and ever said you know this as well as anyone

0:31:50.600 --> 0:31:53.800
<v Speaker 1>he was pulling his hair out with, I mean because

0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:57.440
<v Speaker 1>he's probably had flashbacks to Tony Romo his rookie year

0:31:57.760 --> 0:32:00.960
<v Speaker 1>out of Eastern Illinois. And Okay, what if I could

0:32:01.000 --> 0:32:03.720
<v Speaker 1>just see Parcels looking at this game goal. Now, this

0:32:03.800 --> 0:32:08.160
<v Speaker 1>is an example of what if Tony Romo had got

0:32:08.160 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 1>thrown into a regular season game his rookie year without

0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:15.040
<v Speaker 1>any experience, coming into camp as a fourth string quarterback.

0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:18.080
<v Speaker 1>This is what would have happened with him. And I

0:32:18.160 --> 0:32:21.840
<v Speaker 1>guarantee you Parcel's philosophy in that game would have been,

0:32:22.160 --> 0:32:24.800
<v Speaker 1>we're kicking field goals. Every time we get a chance

0:32:24.840 --> 0:32:27.160
<v Speaker 1>to kick a field goal. We're not giving this guy

0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:31.320
<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to get sacked, fumble, throw a pick on

0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:33.680
<v Speaker 1>the even down there with second and goal at the

0:32:33.720 --> 0:32:36.440
<v Speaker 1>seven yard line. The goal is we have to at

0:32:36.600 --> 0:32:39.680
<v Speaker 1>least to get a field goal, and don't put don't

0:32:39.760 --> 0:32:43.280
<v Speaker 1>put this quarterback in harm's way of getting either sacked

0:32:43.520 --> 0:32:46.240
<v Speaker 1>and fumbling or throwing a pick on the ends on

0:32:46.280 --> 0:32:49.640
<v Speaker 1>the goal line. You know that whole That whole sequence

0:32:50.600 --> 0:32:53.800
<v Speaker 1>and when he was getting sacked reminded me of the

0:32:53.920 --> 0:32:56.360
<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety one game when the Cowboys had to go

0:32:56.400 --> 0:32:59.440
<v Speaker 1>to Philadelphia the end of the year and if they

0:32:59.480 --> 0:33:02.520
<v Speaker 1>won the game, they were gonna clinch a wildcard playoff.

0:33:02.600 --> 0:33:07.160
<v Speaker 1>Berth Troy Aikman was hurt the game before against Washington

0:33:07.400 --> 0:33:11.520
<v Speaker 1>that Burline came in and saved the day and they

0:33:11.560 --> 0:33:16.160
<v Speaker 1>won the game. So getting ready for the Eagles, Jimmy

0:33:16.280 --> 0:33:21.200
<v Speaker 1>Johnson went to Burline and said, I don't care how

0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 1>many incompletions you throw. I don't care what your quarterback

0:33:25.960 --> 0:33:30.960
<v Speaker 1>rating is. Do not take a sack because that gets

0:33:31.000 --> 0:33:34.800
<v Speaker 1>their defense wiled up. It'll get this crazy crowd riled up.

0:33:35.120 --> 0:33:38.160
<v Speaker 1>You just throw the ball away. And I think Burline

0:33:38.200 --> 0:33:41.640
<v Speaker 1>might have finished the first half like four for twelve

0:33:41.800 --> 0:33:44.680
<v Speaker 1>or something four for thirteen, but he kept throwing the

0:33:44.720 --> 0:33:49.240
<v Speaker 1>ball away. And then the second half the worm turns

0:33:49.280 --> 0:33:51.920
<v Speaker 1>and they end up winning the game and clinching a

0:33:51.960 --> 0:33:56.120
<v Speaker 1>wild card playoff berth. But do not take a sack.

0:33:56.600 --> 0:34:01.920
<v Speaker 1>And that's should have been right now. I'm looking up

0:34:02.000 --> 0:34:05.880
<v Speaker 1>right now Burlin in that game. But go ahead, Everson.

0:34:06.280 --> 0:34:10.000
<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say, just to speak to plus sales mentality,

0:34:10.480 --> 0:34:16.279
<v Speaker 1>San Francisco Championship game and camp at Candlestick. At Candlestick,

0:34:17.600 --> 0:34:22.239
<v Speaker 1>UH fifteen to thirteen, we won the NFC Championship game.

0:34:22.320 --> 0:34:26.239
<v Speaker 1>Matt Barr five field goals to winning and there you go,

0:34:26.600 --> 0:34:29.160
<v Speaker 1>the game winner, the game winning with no time left

0:34:29.160 --> 0:34:31.320
<v Speaker 1>on the clock. So you're exactly right about plus sales.

0:34:31.560 --> 0:34:35.440
<v Speaker 1>And in that game, um that Mickey's talking about, Steve

0:34:35.480 --> 0:34:39.960
<v Speaker 1>Burline was nine out of thirty one for one hundred

0:34:39.960 --> 0:34:44.000
<v Speaker 1>and forty five yards in the game. And that was

0:34:44.000 --> 0:34:48.520
<v Speaker 1>the Kelvin Martin punt returned game, Hugh, that was the

0:34:48.680 --> 0:34:52.400
<v Speaker 1>to me, that was the biggest play in the Jimmy

0:34:52.520 --> 0:34:55.040
<v Speaker 1>Johnson era, I mean in the history of his it.

0:34:55.160 --> 0:34:56.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean you could go all kinds of other players,

0:34:57.120 --> 0:35:00.000
<v Speaker 1>but that play right there, attorney the round for that team.

0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:02.880
<v Speaker 1>The final score was twenty five to thirteen, but that

0:35:03.040 --> 0:35:07.640
<v Speaker 1>was a ten eight Philadelphia lead going into the fourth quarter.

0:35:08.040 --> 0:35:10.640
<v Speaker 1>And then Kmart had his eighty five yard punt return

0:35:10.680 --> 0:35:13.719
<v Speaker 1>to give the Cowboys the lead at fifteen to ten.

0:35:14.000 --> 0:35:18.160
<v Speaker 1>Get this, Get this, Everson. Then Roger Rusak kicked a

0:35:18.239 --> 0:35:21.400
<v Speaker 1>field goal for the Eagles to make it the score,

0:35:22.360 --> 0:35:26.799
<v Speaker 1>but made the score fifteen to thirteen, just like the

0:35:26.880 --> 0:35:29.640
<v Speaker 1>game that you're talking about in San Francisco. And then

0:35:29.680 --> 0:35:32.000
<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys in the closing couple of minutes had a

0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:34.839
<v Speaker 1>touchdown past the Irvin and a Ken Willis field goal

0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:37.640
<v Speaker 1>to make the final twenty five to thirteen. But that

0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:41.399
<v Speaker 1>was the exactly what type of game that should have been.

0:35:41.520 --> 0:35:46.880
<v Speaker 1>Last night where you have to value the football because

0:35:46.920 --> 0:35:49.920
<v Speaker 1>Carson Wentz was not valuing the football on the other side,

0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:52.279
<v Speaker 1>and that gave you every opportunity to win that game.

0:35:52.560 --> 0:35:56.319
<v Speaker 1>It's plays like that that turned things around. I mean,

0:35:57.160 --> 0:36:00.680
<v Speaker 1>it makes you think and played differently. And that's what

0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:03.480
<v Speaker 1>I keep looking for for this team. Just give me

0:36:03.560 --> 0:36:06.680
<v Speaker 1>one play. One play can add to something else. Can

0:36:06.680 --> 0:36:08.719
<v Speaker 1>they add to something else? And these guys won't have

0:36:08.800 --> 0:36:12.000
<v Speaker 1>to feel as if they're losers right now. You can

0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:14.440
<v Speaker 1>lose games, but you don't want to feel like one.

0:36:14.480 --> 0:36:18.080
<v Speaker 1>You want some optimism. You want some momentum that came

0:36:18.160 --> 0:36:20.560
<v Speaker 1>up did it for them? They need to have some

0:36:20.560 --> 0:36:22.839
<v Speaker 1>some moments where you could do it for this team

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0:39:02.120 --> 0:39:05.520
<v Speaker 1>about to say something, and we ran out of time

0:39:05.560 --> 0:39:08.160
<v Speaker 1>in that first segment, And I'm not sure where you

0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:09.759
<v Speaker 1>were going with that, but I want to give you

0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:12.839
<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to say whatever is on your mind. You mean,

0:39:12.880 --> 0:39:15.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm supposed to remember something from a half hour ago.

0:39:17.360 --> 0:39:21.000
<v Speaker 1>I know, I know I was gonna say, I know

0:39:21.080 --> 0:39:25.920
<v Speaker 1>what it was when they purposely took the safety on

0:39:25.960 --> 0:39:28.960
<v Speaker 1>the snap to the punt. So we're sitting there watching

0:39:28.960 --> 0:39:34.279
<v Speaker 1>the game upstairs, and Derek Eagleton and myself we're looking

0:39:34.280 --> 0:39:36.279
<v Speaker 1>at each other. I'm going, oh, this is going to

0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:40.719
<v Speaker 1>be a disaster. You know, Chris Jones, he's got that

0:39:41.000 --> 0:39:44.919
<v Speaker 1>abdomen injury and he's not punting the well ball. Well,

0:39:45.120 --> 0:39:47.879
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna get this ball at about the thirty five

0:39:48.000 --> 0:39:50.600
<v Speaker 1>yard line right And then the next thing we know,

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<v Speaker 1>they snap it way over his head and I'm going, LP,

0:39:55.120 --> 0:39:58.200
<v Speaker 1>did he just do that? And then it dawned on

0:39:58.320 --> 0:40:00.879
<v Speaker 1>me what they were doing. They didn't want to give

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:04.479
<v Speaker 1>them the opportunity for a short field field goal. They said, hey,

0:40:04.560 --> 0:40:07.799
<v Speaker 1>let's just take the safety, give up two points, and

0:40:07.800 --> 0:40:10.200
<v Speaker 1>then kick the ball away. While they weren't going to

0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:13.160
<v Speaker 1>kick it away, they came up with that pooch kick

0:40:13.920 --> 0:40:17.480
<v Speaker 1>to try to basically an on side kick, and you

0:40:17.520 --> 0:40:20.640
<v Speaker 1>know what if those guys would have cut them. It

0:40:20.680 --> 0:40:27.120
<v Speaker 1>was a great idea try at all. Yes, yes, I

0:40:27.239 --> 0:40:30.279
<v Speaker 1>love the no quick attitude. Man. But you know, as

0:40:30.320 --> 0:40:33.759
<v Speaker 1>you look at this game, the coaches they're doing all

0:40:33.800 --> 0:40:36.800
<v Speaker 1>they can. I mean, they've had some time to prep

0:40:36.840 --> 0:40:40.680
<v Speaker 1>with this quarterback. They put in some razzle dazzles and

0:40:41.239 --> 0:40:45.480
<v Speaker 1>that was really really thought provoking in regards to what

0:40:45.560 --> 0:40:48.960
<v Speaker 1>they did with the pooch kick after the safety. But

0:40:49.080 --> 0:40:52.799
<v Speaker 1>what I was impressed with was the play of both

0:40:52.800 --> 0:40:57.080
<v Speaker 1>of our defensive ends. I thought Alton Smith and Randy Gregory.

0:40:57.800 --> 0:41:01.160
<v Speaker 1>I thought they came in and played well. I loved

0:41:01.440 --> 0:41:05.359
<v Speaker 1>Gregory's hustle. He never did give up on any play.

0:41:05.480 --> 0:41:09.040
<v Speaker 1>He never was too far out of position. Of course,

0:41:09.080 --> 0:41:12.960
<v Speaker 1>there was some mistakes made, but just the optimism that

0:41:13.120 --> 0:41:17.279
<v Speaker 1>came from from the way that this defense played. I

0:41:17.360 --> 0:41:21.120
<v Speaker 1>know Philadelphia's having their problems offensively, but when you look

0:41:21.120 --> 0:41:25.239
<v Speaker 1>at just the recognition of the players themselves, it's not

0:41:25.320 --> 0:41:28.200
<v Speaker 1>just about who you're going against and how badly they're playing.

0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:32.160
<v Speaker 1>It's about the recognition of your team. We saw our

0:41:32.320 --> 0:41:36.080
<v Speaker 1>defense do some things that we hadn't seen all year long.

0:41:36.440 --> 0:41:40.160
<v Speaker 1>They were respectable against the run, they weren't too far

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<v Speaker 1>out of position on pretty much any play that night,

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<v Speaker 1>and those are the things that you That's how our

0:41:46.680 --> 0:41:49.640
<v Speaker 1>board is set right now. But we're building on that,

0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:54.920
<v Speaker 1>and I love the momentum that's possible coming from this game.

0:41:55.320 --> 0:41:58.880
<v Speaker 1>You got interceptions, you got turnovers, you had pressure, you

0:41:58.960 --> 0:42:01.719
<v Speaker 1>had pressure. I mean, Mike Nolan had to feel real

0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:05.160
<v Speaker 1>good about how his blitzes was showing up and giving

0:42:05.200 --> 0:42:08.239
<v Speaker 1>Wentz problems. So that's something that we can carry on.

0:42:08.560 --> 0:42:11.840
<v Speaker 1>I don't care who you're playing against, Big Ben Daniel,

0:42:11.840 --> 0:42:14.319
<v Speaker 1>I don't care who it is. Pressure is pressure, and

0:42:14.360 --> 0:42:16.920
<v Speaker 1>it makes it makes you react a certain way. I'm

0:42:16.960 --> 0:42:19.160
<v Speaker 1>hopefully that's gonna be good for the Cowboys. You know,

0:42:19.239 --> 0:42:22.879
<v Speaker 1>they started the game off having trouble against the run.

0:42:23.640 --> 0:42:26.759
<v Speaker 1>The Eagles had fifty four yards rushing in the first

0:42:26.840 --> 0:42:29.600
<v Speaker 1>quarter and I'm sitting there, gone, oh, here we go again,

0:42:30.080 --> 0:42:34.400
<v Speaker 1>another two hundred yards rushing. Right. Well, they finally shut

0:42:34.400 --> 0:42:37.120
<v Speaker 1>it down, stayed in their gaps, and the rest of

0:42:37.160 --> 0:42:39.160
<v Speaker 1>the way they only gave up in the next three

0:42:39.239 --> 0:42:43.440
<v Speaker 1>quarters sixty five yards rushing. So they figured something out.

0:42:43.800 --> 0:42:48.600
<v Speaker 1>And you could tell the more latent vander esh was playing,

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<v Speaker 1>the better he was getting in rhythm of what was

0:42:51.719 --> 0:42:55.840
<v Speaker 1>going on, and he started making plays and it's starting

0:42:55.840 --> 0:42:58.560
<v Speaker 1>to look more like his old self. And then Sean

0:42:58.719 --> 0:43:02.000
<v Speaker 1>Lee comes in. Um oh, I printed it out. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember how many plays he ended up getting. It

0:43:04.440 --> 0:43:08.280
<v Speaker 1>wasn't that many. Four four four snaps, yeah, four snaps,

0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:11.080
<v Speaker 1>but but he showed, he showed that, you know what,

0:43:11.280 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 1>he knows what's going on out there, and so it

0:43:14.400 --> 0:43:20.680
<v Speaker 1>really helped I think him on the side game, you

0:43:20.760 --> 0:43:24.319
<v Speaker 1>know what, Mickey, Mickey, I think I think that they

0:43:24.440 --> 0:43:26.600
<v Speaker 1>made him. They knew that he wasn't going to play

0:43:26.600 --> 0:43:29.200
<v Speaker 1>that many snaps in the game, and they basically just

0:43:29.239 --> 0:43:32.480
<v Speaker 1>got him out there for one series, really, but I

0:43:32.520 --> 0:43:35.839
<v Speaker 1>think that they they felt like it was valuable to

0:43:35.880 --> 0:43:39.480
<v Speaker 1>have him on the sideline to help out those linebackers

0:43:39.520 --> 0:43:43.520
<v Speaker 1>with his preparation and so forth. And because in this COVID,

0:43:43.800 --> 0:43:46.040
<v Speaker 1>with the rules with COVID, he can't be on the

0:43:46.080 --> 0:43:49.120
<v Speaker 1>sideline if he's if he's uninjured reserve. But as an

0:43:49.120 --> 0:43:51.920
<v Speaker 1>active player, obviously he's on the sideline and he can

0:43:51.920 --> 0:43:54.279
<v Speaker 1>help out. Maybe I'm overstating it a little bit, but

0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:56.600
<v Speaker 1>I think I think there's not a coincidence that they

0:43:56.760 --> 0:43:59.399
<v Speaker 1>made some adjustments during that game and taking another way

0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:02.280
<v Speaker 1>from the coaches either. It's just that preparation that Sean

0:44:02.440 --> 0:44:05.600
<v Speaker 1>Lee has and he's able to coach up Layton and

0:44:05.719 --> 0:44:08.800
<v Speaker 1>Jalen as they make adjustments as the game goes along.

0:44:09.120 --> 0:44:13.839
<v Speaker 1>You saw it, Yes, yes, absolutely, I forget in order

0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:16.680
<v Speaker 1>for linebackers to play well, you know, we have to

0:44:16.719 --> 0:44:20.840
<v Speaker 1>continue with our reasons here. The linebackers were able to

0:44:20.880 --> 0:44:26.160
<v Speaker 1>play well because the defensive lineman kept them unoccupied. So

0:44:26.200 --> 0:44:30.359
<v Speaker 1>as long as that relationship is there, your linebackers are

0:44:30.360 --> 0:44:32.680
<v Speaker 1>going to be even more effective. And as long as

0:44:32.719 --> 0:44:36.360
<v Speaker 1>though defensive ends are setting the edge correctly, then you

0:44:36.600 --> 0:44:40.560
<v Speaker 1>that's less ground that your linebackers have to cover. Your

0:44:40.600 --> 0:44:43.560
<v Speaker 1>inside linebackers have to cover as well. So it's all

0:44:43.600 --> 0:44:47.000
<v Speaker 1>about coordination and working together. It seems like they've got

0:44:47.040 --> 0:44:50.160
<v Speaker 1>that going once again. Not a very talented team, but

0:44:50.280 --> 0:44:52.799
<v Speaker 1>I don't care who you playing against. As long as

0:44:52.800 --> 0:44:55.000
<v Speaker 1>you do your job right, you give yourself a better

0:44:55.040 --> 0:44:58.000
<v Speaker 1>chance against no matter how good the offensive team is.

0:44:58.640 --> 0:45:02.200
<v Speaker 1>And let's remember this. It's the other thing that I like. Okay,

0:45:02.200 --> 0:45:03.760
<v Speaker 1>we'll go ahead making Oh I thought you were getting

0:45:03.760 --> 0:45:06.000
<v Speaker 1>ready to end the show. Make your point and I'll

0:45:06.120 --> 0:45:09.279
<v Speaker 1>end it with mine. All right. The other thing that

0:45:09.360 --> 0:45:11.680
<v Speaker 1>I like going forward as we go into the second

0:45:11.719 --> 0:45:14.640
<v Speaker 1>half of the year the moves that they made last week. Now,

0:45:14.640 --> 0:45:17.680
<v Speaker 1>Everson Griffin, he wants to play on a team that's

0:45:17.680 --> 0:45:20.279
<v Speaker 1>contending for a playoff spot. We'll see if Detroit is

0:45:20.320 --> 0:45:24.080
<v Speaker 1>that team for him. But with releasing Don Terry Poe

0:45:24.080 --> 0:45:26.960
<v Speaker 1>and Daryl Worley, I want guys on my team the

0:45:27.040 --> 0:45:30.600
<v Speaker 1>second half of the year that are competing not only

0:45:30.640 --> 0:45:33.560
<v Speaker 1>for this year, but for next year two. And I

0:45:33.600 --> 0:45:35.799
<v Speaker 1>think that's what they're getting at. And I think that's

0:45:35.800 --> 0:45:37.879
<v Speaker 1>where you're you're going to find this team playing with

0:45:37.920 --> 0:45:41.720
<v Speaker 1>more passion on defense, especially because you're gonna have guys

0:45:41.760 --> 0:45:44.720
<v Speaker 1>on this team that are playing for contracts next year two.

0:45:45.680 --> 0:45:48.080
<v Speaker 1>And I think one and the one thing that I

0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:52.520
<v Speaker 1>think we need to remember going forward. I know the

0:45:52.560 --> 0:45:56.239
<v Speaker 1>Cowboys are two and six. Philadelphia's only got one more

0:45:56.320 --> 0:46:01.640
<v Speaker 1>win than they do. M that's it. So you're telling

0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:05.840
<v Speaker 1>me leave it or not, We're still in the hunt, baby,

0:46:06.400 --> 0:46:10.120
<v Speaker 1>And it ain't over until it's over, babe. It ain't

0:46:10.120 --> 0:46:16.400
<v Speaker 1>oyain nicky and they're gonna make another trade by tomorrow afternoon.

0:46:16.600 --> 0:46:19.239
<v Speaker 1>Listening to Stephen Jones, it sure didn't sound like that

0:46:19.280 --> 0:46:23.880
<v Speaker 1>they were actively looking for anything or wanting to do anything.

0:46:24.000 --> 0:46:27.120
<v Speaker 1>And he kept bringing up the impact those trades have

0:46:27.280 --> 0:46:30.319
<v Speaker 1>on your salary cap. And they know they're gonna need

0:46:30.400 --> 0:46:33.800
<v Speaker 1>money next year. So if anybody looks at the salary

0:46:33.840 --> 0:46:36.080
<v Speaker 1>cap and go, oh, they've got all this money this year,

0:46:36.440 --> 0:46:39.520
<v Speaker 1>it's not about this year. It's about the next year

0:46:39.960 --> 0:46:42.680
<v Speaker 1>going forward. So you have to be careful. And I

0:46:42.719 --> 0:46:45.960
<v Speaker 1>think they've got a decision to make on the punter. Um.

0:46:46.840 --> 0:46:50.080
<v Speaker 1>You know, they they had the guy on the practice squad,

0:46:51.239 --> 0:46:54.200
<v Speaker 1>and I believe he was able to go to the game.

0:46:54.640 --> 0:46:57.160
<v Speaker 1>He wasn't at the game, but made the trip. So

0:46:57.360 --> 0:46:59.719
<v Speaker 1>you never know, a hundred the punter might end up

0:46:59.719 --> 0:47:02.880
<v Speaker 1>being the punter if if, if they decide Chris Jones

0:47:03.000 --> 0:47:09.600
<v Speaker 1>is just trying to kick through this injury. Hunter Hunter,

0:47:10.320 --> 0:47:13.840
<v Speaker 1>miss wonder. He may not have to wonder much longer

0:47:14.520 --> 0:47:24.000
<v Speaker 1>because a part they don't know it. But it's all right,

0:47:24.160 --> 0:47:27.640
<v Speaker 1>it's a rhyme every time. All right. That does it

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<v Speaker 1>for mix Shots for this Monday, we'll tell you all

0:47:31.520 --> 0:47:35.000
<v Speaker 1>about the trades at the Cowboys make tomorrow at one

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<v Speaker 1>thirty here on mix Shots, Go Cowboys. This has been

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