WEBVTT - Talkin’ Cowboys: Surgical Offense 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:06.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:08.320 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.560 Cowboys. 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:18.320 This he is Talking Cowboys, screening live from the Dallas 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.600 Cowboys World headquarters at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:28.640 Streets kitson touchdown. 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:34.240 And now your hosts, Isaiah Standback, Nick Harris, John Mashoda, 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:42.840 and Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:46.400 Go Dallas Cowboy. 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:53.480 It is a victory Monday here at the Star in Frisco. 0:00:54.080 --> 0:01:00.160 The Dallas Cowboys have dismantled the Los Angeles Rams by 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.880 a score of forty three to twenty. 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.280 Ooh, that makes you feel good when you wake up 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:09.520 in the morning. Sounds so good. Also, a forty burger, Oh, 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:10.839 you know it is a forty burger. 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:11.680 It is a forty burger. 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.679 I had to wear the water Burger sponsored Cowboys polo today, 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:16.039 you know, in tradition. I guess we're doing that all 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.240 year since I accidentally did it after the Giants game. 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.200 So oh, here we are. I'll see what you did that. Yeah, 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.040 you fell into that one, but this time it was 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:22.560 actually playing. 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:23.200 It was purposeful. 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:23.560 All right. 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.880 Well, Isaiah stand back here with Nick Harris. We are 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.240 expecting mister k Y, Kyle Yoma is coming in hot. 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.080 But it is a great Monday. It's always good to 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.480 wake up to a victory. You were in the building, 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.360 you were in the building. What was the feeling in 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:39.680 the building after the first shrive. We're not gonna talk 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:41.480 about the first drive right now, but after the first drive, 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:42.080 how did it feel? 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.120 I'll tell you this. After those first to three plays, 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.200 it was like, Oh damn, this is gonna get this 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.600 is gonna get a little shaky, especially with Tyron Smith out. 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.520 I mean, they had gotten three sacks in a hurry, 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.880 and fortunately that one was called for illegal contact. Kind 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.600 of a controversial call. It's actually probably the biggest call 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.120 you could ever point at from a first drive standpoint, 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.840 because they ended up driving down the field. Dak was 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.120 just surgical that not only on that drive but the 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.799 entire day and was able to get a touchdown drive. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:10.520 And how about Fergie going up and grabbing it. 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:12.720 Ergie, man, we've been talking about it, getting these tight 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.640 ends involved in the same way, and also these Titans 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.000 taking that next step And while we maybe haven't seen 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.080 it from the rest of the group completely yet, we 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.600 saw a little bit of schoon yesterday. But Jake Ferguson 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.080 really took it upon himself yesterday and that seam route man, 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.080 he beat the linebacker from the jump and he was 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:28.520 able to get open in the end zone, went up 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:29.399 high and brought it down. 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:30.280 It was good to see. 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:30.960 It was awesome. 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.320 I know there's been some troubles in the past in 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.520 terms of Rezon woes, but those guys went out there 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:36.800 and it was able to connect on it. 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.200 Finally fergus able to ree that thing in and that. 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.360 Seemed like that might have been the launching pad for 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:44.239 him in terms of his ability to be able to 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.079 start start to scoring more touchdowns down there in the 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:50.239 red zone. But going back to predictions back on Friday, 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:51.760 you and I both predicted. 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:53.839 I believe that the Cowboys were going to win this game. 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:55.880 I predicted to be a little bit close. I had 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:57.120 at twenty one seventeen. 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:01.040 I believe, what did you have this thirty one seventeen 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:02.720 thirty one seven? Yeah, I feel like it would be 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.079 a healthy margin two scores. But I think Kyle was 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.720 probably the most spot on. He was like, yeah, I 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:10.800 think he said forty one seventeen, So I think he 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.000 was the closest, and he definitely he definitely got it right. 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.359 But I mean it makes sense, and I'm glad we 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.400 were able to look at the matchup and see a 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.639 hole in the secondary for the Rams, see an opportunity 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.799 on the outsides of the defensive line to be able 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:24.800 to try and make some things happen in the flats, 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.840 and we saw all those things happen. And I think 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.160 what you could take away most positively is that Dak 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.000 was just he was on. It was the best game 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:33.679 he's had all season, and that's the second week in 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:35.200 a row we've been able to say that, or second 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.960 game in a row rather, But yeah, there's a lot 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:39.760 of positives to take out, not many negatives. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:40.240 Absolutely. 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:42.400 You talk about Dak Prescott twenty five for thirty one, 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.520 three hundred and four yards, four touchdowns, one interception, head, 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.200 four tuddies, four tudies, had a QB rating of one 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:49.440 hundred and thirty three. 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:51.760 Don't forget the point seven. Yeah, one hundred and thirty 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:52.400 three point seven. 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.200 So again, like you mentioned, coming off of the Chargers game, 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:57.680 he did relatively well and then he just continued to 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:01.080 build upon that. Do you feel that this offense is 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:04.120 starting to finally get their mojo the mojo moment is 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:05.760 just kind of starting to be a little bit more 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:07.560 elongated as he's got the season goes on. 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:09.120 You know that's funny you say that, because as I 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.960 was driving home yesterday at a healthy five thirty PM. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.760 I was I was good, it felt fantastic. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.640 I settled in and I was like, oh, I can't 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.160 wait to watch Sunday Night Football. And then I turn 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.000 it on and it's Chargers and Bears and it's already 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:21.640 like twenty three nothing, and I was like, you know what, 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:23.920 I'm gonna watch basketball instead. I had a great time 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.640 watching basketball. But uh, whenever I was driving home, I 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.360 was like, I want to ask the guys tomorrow. I'll 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.200 probably wait for Kyle before we get too deep into it, 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:31.520 but I'll kind of address it a little bit. 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:33.280 Do you feel confident with his offense? 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.359 And I think there's something you could take away from that, 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.359 just because the timing between Dak and CD, Dak and 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.120 Brandon Cooks, Dak and Jake Ferguson, it was all there. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.919 I think the only thing that I'm like, I'm hesitant 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.080 on before I crossed that bridge of being confident is 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.960 a healthy run game. But I will say we saw 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.400 a lot more creativity in the run game yesterday. There 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.320 was draws, counters and pulling guys veers. I want to 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:58.800 see a lot more of that. And I think they 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.240 were setting up Pollard in health positions. I think once 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.240 you get Tyron Smith back, that probably helps it a 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.000 little bit, kind of helped turn that curve a little bit. 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:08.960 But overall, man the creativity in the offense. It felt 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:10.560 like they were working on something during the bye week, 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:11.679 and Mike McCarthy found. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:12.000 It a little bit. 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:13.240 I think he went in his bag. 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:17.000 I referred to it on the postgame shows as Coach 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.080 McCarthy going into his door bag. You know, for those 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.120 of you that watched Nickelodeon, he went to a door backpack. 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:24.840 It seems like this offense is starting to expand, right 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:26.800 and we talked about this earlier in the season in 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:28.120 terms of how it's going to take a little bit 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:28.480 of time. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:29.960 It's a new offense. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.120 You know, I don't get Kellen Moore was there, you know, 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.920 Coach McCarthy was in the building together. But once Kellen 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.159 Moore left and went down to the Chargers, this is 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.400 now a completely different offense. You might be able to 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:41.000 carry over some of the same language, you know, some 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.240 of the same formations, but in actuality, these guys have 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.480 to adjust and the coaching staff has to adjust to 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.120 how these guys are going to play. You have to 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.000 find who your playmakers are. You have to find how 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.520 to create matchup issues. You have to find out how 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.760 to have leverage advantages. So I feel as if they're 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.720 starting to figure this thing out, and you don't hear 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.400 people complaining of as much about this West Coast you know, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.680 Texas Coast offense anymore because you're starting to open things up. 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.360 The routes haven't changed. The routes are exactly the same, 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.159 The concepts are the same. Those haven't changed. But what 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.720 has changed at coach McCarthy, how he has approached these 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:17.080 games formations right, how he lined up the shifts, the 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.320 pre snap motions, the utilization of different personnel group is 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:24.080 all those things are changing within the established offense already, 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:26.760 and you're starting to see the productivity of it going forward. 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:31.119 Going looking at this game from thirty thousand feet, would 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.719 you be which third of the game are you most 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.279 proud of and which third of the game are you 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.440 most impressed by? 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:40.120 Shoot? 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.159 I think they would both. They do have different answers. 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:45.520 I was about to say it was probably the same answer, 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:46.800 but it is a different answer. I'm gonna go with 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:51.120 the first third being the most impressed by, Okay, just 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.000 because it was a it was kind of a regurgitation 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.040 of what we saw against New England. It was an 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.200 offensive touchdown deron Blade picks six or just a defensive touchdown, right, 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.920 and then it was the block punt, Yeah, getting the safety, 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:02.240 and all of a sudden, it's thirty three to three. 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.480 Like you look up in a hurt exactly and it's 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.440 thirty three to three. I was probably most impressed by that. 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:10.800 What I was most proud of was probably the final 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.360 third of the game because you saw the Rams go 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.600 into the half with a touchdown drive and then come 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.120 out of the half with a touchdown drive, and all 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:18.600 of a sudden, you look up, it's eleven minutes in 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.720 the third quarter and it's two possession game. And I'm 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:22.560 telling Patrick Walker next to me, I'm like, look man, 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.280 like it's it's not over. Like I understand there's a 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.520 lot of confidence here. It's not over. They need to 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.360 go make a stop and get points back on the board. 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:31.080 And that's exactly what they did, and then they put 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.000 their their foot to the pedal and it was over 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:33.400 from there. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.960 So I'm most. 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:40.000 Proud of that specifically because Mike McCarthy was still aggressive 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.760 in that final third. And you know, it depends on 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.160 how you kind of view having a big lead and 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.200 wanting to do things philosophically offensively. You know, do you 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.280 want to just hand the ball off to Tony Pollard 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.040 and let him get twenty five thirty carries and run 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:54.880 out the clock, but maybe you know it kind of 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.440 shortens the game a little bit and gives the Rams 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.280 couple more opportunities, or do you still stay aggressive and 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:00.880 put points on the board. And that they were still 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:02.640 aggressive and put points on the board in a game 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.800 where it was a blowout from the very start, Tony 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.600 Pollard only had twelve carries. So I think that's a 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.760 really big testament to two things, one positive and one negative. 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.200 The one positive being the past game was phenomenal they 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.400 were able to rely on it. The one negative being 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.640 it's that the running game is still not that efficient. 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.120 It's still three point nine yards to carry yesterday. So 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.480 maybe a little bit of things you could go back 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.440 to the drawing board and you know, for me, I 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.440 want to get a belcal running back at the trade deadline. 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.640 That would be awesome, or just make an acquisition there. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.800 Jerry Jones did say after the game yesterday that it 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.880 doesn't look like anything's gonna happen before the deadline. We'll see, 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.920 we'll see, but I don't know. That's just kind of 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.760 how I feed the running game right now. Specifically, you 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:41.240 brought the. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.800 Trade deadline that comes tomorrow at was it three pm Eastern? 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:46.720 Four pm? I think something like that. 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.360 Yeah, okay, so trade deadline is fastly approaching. 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:52.839 You said it called Jerry Jones did not feel as 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:54.160 if anything was going to happen. 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:54.360 Now. 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.320 That might be some gamesmanship there, there might be a 0:08:56.320 --> 0:09:00.080 little little smoking mirrors, but we really don't know if 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.920 there was a move after this game lad yesterday, I 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:03.640 can't say last night. 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:04.920 I'm so used to saying yeah, me too. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.400 I mean after yesterday's mid day yesterday morning. 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.280 Yes, Yeah, it felt like right if you still had 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.000 wanted to add a piece to this to this team, 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.280 would it be on the offensive side of the ball 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.840 or would it be on the defensive side of the ball. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.360 I think I would still go offensive side. I understand 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.120 the concerns that people have at corner. I don't have 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:25.960 the same concerns, but I understand them, and I think 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:26.600 they're very valid. 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.680 It's a valid debate, meaning that. 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.520 If something were to happen to Gilmour or darn Bland, anybody, yeah, 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:33.520 anybody really okay? 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.440 Or people not being as confident in Jordan Lewis, which 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.680 I think he proved yesterday. Hey, I'm still here. You 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:40.800 look at what Cooper Cup and Poking Nakoula did line 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:42.040 up against Jordan Lewis yesterday. 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:42.520 Wasn't much. 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.800 I think Cooper Cup had four receptions for twenty one 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:48.360 yards off the top of my head, yep, yeah, on tend. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.360 Or on ten targets for twenty one Pooking the Coop 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:53.280 with three receptions on seven targets for forty three yards. 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:53.560 Yeah. 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.960 By far the worst efficiency that that past game has 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.440 seen all season. And the staff getting hurt probably played 0:09:58.440 --> 0:09:59.960 a part in that. But it wasn't like they started 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.760 off grade anyway. But if I had to choose one 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:04.440 one piece, I would put it on the offensive side 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.680 of the ball. You know, I really wanted a running 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.520 back if you had ask me on like Friday, But 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.040 depending on how this too many Doga injury looks, depending 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.319 on how this Tyrone Smith injury looks, do you potentially 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.400 look forward to getting an offensive lineman at the deadline? 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.160 But also Jerry Jones was asked specifically about offensive line. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.440 It was like everyone's looking for starting offensive linean or 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.120 debt of the offensive line in this league, It's gonna 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.160 be really difficult to find. So I think if push 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.120 comes to shove, you try to make a move at 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:29.959 the deadline for either either an offensive linean or a 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:31.959 running back. And if you can't make either of them happen, 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:33.120 go get learning for NET. 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.840 You know that's me. That's me GM, Nick Harris GM, 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:36.480 not the GM. 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:37.840 Obviously you want to go get LF. 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:41.559 Okay, yeah, all right, Well, looking at it from the 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.640 from the standpoint of what aspect of the game I 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.280 felt was more impressive. I feel as if the defensive 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:52.680 unit stepped up more than anybody as impressive as offense was, 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.280 as impressive as Dat Prescott was being twenty You know, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.400 I have a eighty percent completion rate, which is absolutely 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.280 insane for those that are not familiar with that, seventy 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:01.160 percent is impressive. 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.199 Oh, we've got a special guests appearance coming in. Oh 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:04.280 my good, Oh my gosh. 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.760 Hello, everybody give it up for d. 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:12.199 God d yum Man looking like Kanye with the shades. 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:13.000 Yeah, I see you. 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.679 So we're talking about different aspects of the game that 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:19.760 you're most impressed by his offense, defense, special teams. Right, 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:24.040 So Brandon Aubrey obviously tying the record for the beginning 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.120 of his career for what most people goes, I threw 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:30.280 a fifty eight yard er, drilled it eighteen eighteen good 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:31.840 from sixty five yards. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:33.360 Yeah, he's he's he's a dude. 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:33.800 Quick thing on him. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.120 We talked to him post game and he's he's I 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.400 don't know if it's he actually believes it or not. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.800 It doesn't matter because he's working. But he's like, I'm 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.720 not a huge fan of history. I'm not paying attention 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:45.360 to the record. I'm just going out there and kicking. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.679 Whether I believe that or not, he did say he 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.480 was like, it's so it's so serious that like everybody 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:52.600 in my life knows about it, like don't talk about it. 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.280 That My family has a group chat without me and 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.640 then a group chat me And he's like that that 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.200 group chat is where they can talk about all that 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.520 stuff and then this chat there just like hey, good game, buddy, 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:02.640 what are we having for dinner tonight? 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:06.480 So it's important because noise is I can, I can. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.200 Noise is like water, right, Like you could try to 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:12.320 block it out, but like eventually it's gonna start trying 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:13.160 to see me in a little bit. 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:13.400 Right. 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.160 So, like when you're on a positive path and you're 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.679 starting to find your found your groove, you're doing your 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.240 job effectively, like you don't want to hear about all 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.640 the what ifs. And if you continue to do this, 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.080 this will happen. Like just just just just let me 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.480 do my job. If it happens, it happens, will be awesome. 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:29.960 I'm not going to be mad about it, but like, 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.280 don't make me uber aware of it, right, because I 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.200 want to just focus on kicking that dog on ball. 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.680 Yeah, I was really impressed with special teams. Yes, I 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.480 heard you ask the question. Uh on the way in 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.280 I was listening. I was at the eye doctor for 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.680 everybody wondering. I scheduled a seven. 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:46.560 Eight and I just trying to look cool. 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:53.200 No, no, my eyes are dilated like crazy, everything super bright. Yeah, 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:54.520 got it all checked up. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.640 We're all good. Everything's fine, it's great. 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.280 I just I saw a complete game yesterday and I 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.200 couldn't believe what I saw. 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:04.319 I thought about that on the way, and that was 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:05.280 the only thing I could think. 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:06.680 I wore this for you too, by the way I 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:07.040 saw that. 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:10.640 Yeah, the water burger. Forty burger, baby, let's go. Yeah, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.400 how about that? Who who called that forty burger? Were? 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.120 I know you already hit it? You already. I just 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:20.440 wanted to. I know I should have been here. I 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.959 was most impressed with the special teams as as a whole. 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:23.560 Uh. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.240 The most impactful, I thought was the offense. 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.120 The way that the offense was able to work down 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:29.640 the field and the way that they were able to 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.400 move the ball, get the weapons involved. That's where I 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.679 was most or what was most impactful. But I was 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:41.200 more impressed by Cavante Turpin, the punt block, the way 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.680 that Brandon Aubrey handled his business. I mean, special teams 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:48.080 was nearly perfect and help you, helped you in that game, 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.240 put you in position to win. Uh, even whenever it 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.840 got a little bit tighter, I'm not gonna say tight. 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.960 When I got within two scores late, uh, it was 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.640 within two scores because the Special Teams had pretty much 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.600 handed you you ten points at that point on the board, 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.120 So I was I was most impressed with the Special Teams, 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.280 but by far the most impactful was the offense, and 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.160 I'm happy to see that, and I think there is 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.680 a confidence growing in the way that this offense is run. 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:14.920 Yeah, I am. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:19.280 Most impressed by the Special Teams unit. Yeah, right, I'm 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.880 most impressed by the Special Teams unit because those guys, 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.080 you know, obviously you're missing good yes, yes. 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:28.120 Your ace, but you're able to now have a wany A. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.840 Thomas have come back into the game, and he obviously 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.000 had a big impact on this entire unit. The confidence 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.840 of the unit, right, the effectiveness, right, the execution, come 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:38.960 out to interpret doing what he does. You got Dorin's 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.680 armstrong going on there and being the man that takes 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.600 away the guys who are actually responsible for blocking Sam 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.240 Williams allowing him to go out there and get the block. Right, 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.560 It's all complimentary ball and the Special Teams is such 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:53.640 a unit that has to be super cohesive. Everything has 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.040 to go right in order for you to even have 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.200 a small window of opportunity. So most impressed by them, 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:00.880 I would say most impact for me. I know you 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.160 said offense, and this is that's why I raised a question. 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.840 I think it's defense. I think the fact that you 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.400 you come into the game only allowing one hundred and 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.880 seventy seven yards receiving per game, that was that's impressive 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.280 by itself. But then you take two one of the 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:17.200 best dual units and in terms of receiver position in 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.240 the game of football and Pooking the Coop and Cooper 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.160 Cup right now, statistically, that's what the stats say. You're 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.000 able to negate both of those guys to collectively sixty 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:25.600 four yards. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:26.000 Yeah. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.920 Yeah, and look at the completion percentage two Yeah, that 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:29.760 just horrid. 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:31.000 Yeah, that's awesome. 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.480 That's exactly what you wanted against that pass. 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.120 And you had to, right because you knew that their 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:38.360 running game was questionable because they they're rotating running backs 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:39.880 trying to figure things out. So the one thing that 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:43.320 they always rested sure upon was the receivers, right Pooking 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.640 the Cool, Cooper Cup, those guys, that combination of those 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.360 guys we broke down in film room. Couple that with 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.120 Sean McVay and how creative he is, and you're able 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.800 to negate that completely shut that down, and once you 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.760 were able to shut those guys down, they had no 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.880 running game to lean on. And then once the game 0:15:57.920 --> 0:15:59.760 gets out of hand, now guess what now you have 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.880 to as And then you could become more aggressive in 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:03.840 terms of pressing these guys, putting hands on them now 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.200 and thinking off the line of scrimmage, that your defensive 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:07.400 defensive line go to work. 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:08.760 And that's exactly what they started to do. 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:13.640