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Speaker 1: It is Week fifteen of the NFL. Isn't that wild? Wow?
Speaker 1: Last year? Guess what? This would be the second of
Speaker 1: last game? Whoa would be the penultimate game? Possibly? I
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Speaker 1: I don't get those same types of heart all the unfortunately.
Speaker 1: But how's it going, heckman peg? Yeah, you're feeling good,
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Speaker 1: we want to talk about dak. You want to talk
Speaker 1: about this office. You want to do some news. Let's start.
Speaker 1: Let's start with news and those that stacks all right,
Speaker 1: news and notes. Pretty clean injury report for the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: We've covered the names already. Zeke was and they did
Speaker 1: a walk through yesterday because Isaiah GPS numbers. It's a
Speaker 1: different time in era these days. Um GPS numbers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy says, they're GPS numbers. A lot of guys
Speaker 1: on the team were through the roof in the Washington game,
Speaker 1: so gell it back a little bit, back a little bit,
Speaker 1: so I would imagine a more normal practice today. They
Speaker 1: were inside yesterday turned out because of the wind. It
Speaker 1: looks like they're gonna be outside today. Zeke was a
Speaker 1: full participant, so was Um. I'm blanking, I'm blanking. Tony
Speaker 1: Pollter did not practice, and it sounded like Mike thought
Speaker 1: he would. Yeah, he did not participate in the walk through.
Speaker 1: Who's working off the side during the open portion. Sean
Speaker 1: mcun was a full participant. I believe he's dealing with
Speaker 1: a nick Yeah, okay. And Tyron Smith did not practice
Speaker 1: obviously with the ankle injury. So that's all they got
Speaker 1: on the active roster right now. It's pretty good. It's
Speaker 1: a short list. It's definitely guys that you're thinking maybe
Speaker 1: there's something more to that, or at least with Tony Pollard,
Speaker 1: it's that's a big miss in a couple of different areas.
Speaker 1: But outside of the fact that it's not a very
Speaker 1: long list. You have to feel pretty good about it. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll see what Tony can do today. They sound, I
Speaker 1: would say, maybe cautiously optimistic. But if you can't get
Speaker 1: into practice this week, I don't. I don't know if
Speaker 1: he would go again this week. So basically you're thinking
Speaker 1: limit today, if he's going to try and find his
Speaker 1: way back or if he's not on the field today,
Speaker 1: do you think he's probably going to be out this way?
Speaker 1: I mean, Mike always says take it up to Saturday,
Speaker 1: but I think, yeah, this would be an important day.
Speaker 1: Of the fact that he did not participate in the
Speaker 1: walk through, it was kind of strange, I don't. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, Mike thought he would do something, but I
Speaker 1: guess maybe they just want to focus more on the
Speaker 1: rehap stuff with Britt yesterday and today's more of a
Speaker 1: padded practice, more of a full deal should be. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure if it's padded, but yeah, more of a
Speaker 1: full practice, gotcha? Gotcha? Well, hopefully you get at least
Speaker 1: one of those two guys fully healthy and ready to go.
Speaker 1: We talked about the possibility of sitting Zeke yesterday, and
Speaker 1: I feel like that was probably the most hot button
Speaker 1: topic on social media yesterday was I mean, I feel
Speaker 1: like my mentions I don't know about you guys, was
Speaker 1: filled with fans either expressing concern of one game's not
Speaker 1: enough for saying no, their competitors get after it in play.
Speaker 1: So it's definitely a debate amongst Cowboys Nation. But anything
Speaker 1: changed for you guys if Tony Pollard's not available either,
Speaker 1: because we talked about it a little bit yesterday. But
Speaker 1: the more I sat on it, the more I thought
Speaker 1: Corey Clement and Jaquan Hardy does not make me feel
Speaker 1: comfortable with this run game period. However, maybe not a
Speaker 1: healthy Zeke doesn't really make me feel that great either.
Speaker 1: Up at the top of the depth chart, I say,
Speaker 1: sit them. You haven't having budget, I having Budge, not
Speaker 1: one bit. I don't have as many followers as you.
Speaker 1: I think I have five, and I think I got
Speaker 1: one person that mentioned this, So I'm at like twenty
Speaker 1: percentile right now. Wow. Man, But I think, just like
Speaker 1: I staid yesterday, I believe that Dak and TP they
Speaker 1: both need to sit their buzz down right. I'm not
Speaker 1: coming at their willingness to play. I'm talking about the
Speaker 1: training staff and the coaching staff, their decision makers need
Speaker 1: to take it upon themselves to take those guys competitiveness
Speaker 1: out of this particular game and ensure that they can
Speaker 1: get as healthy as can be going into the next week,
Speaker 1: because we already know TP's injury that's not going to
Speaker 1: get better by wearing, wearing and tearing. Obviously, he's not
Speaker 1: even in walked through. Okay, now you got Zeke. We've
Speaker 1: seen what happens with Zeke over these past few weeks.
Speaker 1: He's not Zeke and that's no fault to him. He's injured.
Speaker 1: He's not hurt. He is injured. There's a big difference.
Speaker 1: He is playing through an injury, and every time he
Speaker 1: takes a shot on that particular portion of his body,
Speaker 1: he feels it and he has to go off the field.
Speaker 1: He now, what's that takes place? He now is really
Speaker 1: good to simply just pass blocking and we don't need
Speaker 1: Zeke out there as just a pass blocker when he
Speaker 1: could be usiizing that time to get healthier, and he's
Speaker 1: gonna continue wearing a brace on that knee, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: got what news was coming out yesterday? Yeah, he says
Speaker 1: the first time he's worn a brace since high school
Speaker 1: and it actually helped him out. It didn't really constrict
Speaker 1: him that much. Yeah, he did say this is the
Speaker 1: best I felt in a while. So he said last week,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to drag me off the field. You know.
Speaker 1: That's one other thing he has said recently is he
Speaker 1: thinks in a few weeks this will get back to
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. I don't know. I mean, it's something
Speaker 1: obviously that's affecting him, but I don't see him not
Speaker 1: playing in this game. And I would I would play
Speaker 1: anybody who's healthy enough to play in this game to
Speaker 1: try to offensively, to try to get everybody back rolling again.
Speaker 1: And this is an opportunity we'll get into it where
Speaker 1: I think maybe they can get the running game going
Speaker 1: this week. What do you think now, you did say
Speaker 1: that you don't trust Corey Clement and this offense. Are
Speaker 1: you saying that you feel much better with obviously, Yeah,
Speaker 1: obviously feel better with the starters, even maybe a hampered
Speaker 1: Zeke over those two guys. Yeah. And I think in
Speaker 1: place of Tony Pollard and everything he's going through with
Speaker 1: the Plantar, the Corey Clement, to me, especially in these
Speaker 1: games right here, I feel comfortable with him, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: coming in to spell Zeke. I think he has some
Speaker 1: really good runs. I look for him to have better
Speaker 1: production against the Giants if they decide to sit Pollard.
Speaker 1: I think Pollard is the X factor in our running
Speaker 1: game right now, change a pace that we definitely will
Speaker 1: need going into the playoffs. Whatever's being said about Zeke,
Speaker 1: I think I leave it up to Britt Brown and
Speaker 1: all the people that have said so many wonderful things
Speaker 1: about him as a trainer this staff, and then protecting players,
Speaker 1: and with the way that this team has talked about
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy as a coach, they labeled him as a
Speaker 1: players coach, and I guess that's a good sign from
Speaker 1: your team, just basically saying that he looks out for us.
Speaker 1: I don't see him putting Zeke in a situation that
Speaker 1: if it wasn't gonna get any better, he had any
Speaker 1: chances of hurting himself, he wouldn't be playing. So, I mean,
Speaker 1: we talked about that at length yesterday. But this running
Speaker 1: game going over the next four going into the next
Speaker 1: four games, we've got to get some type of synergy
Speaker 1: going with that because we haven't had much. Now, do
Speaker 1: you think the offensive line up front is better suited
Speaker 1: this week, with the exception of Tyren Smith. If they
Speaker 1: were to go with Connor Williams at establishing the run game, well,
Speaker 1: I mean, come on now, just be honest with yourself
Speaker 1: when you know Connor McGovern hasn't given you much better
Speaker 1: than what Connor Williams was given before, and he struggled
Speaker 1: last game. If you just watch him, he you know,
Speaker 1: a lot of the pressure that was in Dak's face
Speaker 1: was coming right over the top of that left tackle position.
Speaker 1: We still have to play Philly, and if you guys
Speaker 1: don't remember, we had some problems with them upfront as well,
Speaker 1: even though hey, they may not be a game with
Speaker 1: much ramification, but when you go into the playoffs, look,
Speaker 1: the front of your offensive line right now is struggling.
Speaker 1: And if they don't want to give credence to that,
Speaker 1: at least look at the film and see how Beatish
Speaker 1: and mcgovernor are struggling the last three games. After this
Speaker 1: Giant's game, Washington's front still gonna be nasty. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Cardinals front definitely nast And then of course you've got
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, who we have seen that so far
Speaker 1: You're right, this is the one week where you feel
Speaker 1: like you have an opportunity to set your stage for
Speaker 1: the final three games on your offensive line. And Jerry
Speaker 1: Jones talked about it on the fan earlier in the week,
Speaker 1: speaking to there's got to be some sort of continuity here,
Speaker 1: There's got to be some sort of thought process, comfort level,
Speaker 1: and they don't have that right now at the offensive line. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mike said something interesting a couple of days ago where,
Speaker 1: because he's been mister Continuity, like you could just give
Speaker 1: him that nick name, so well, yeah, would I say
Speaker 1: complimentary drink or yea one, either one. He wants continuity
Speaker 1: on his offensive line. In fact, he went as far
Speaker 1: as say, last year, when everybody broach the idea of, hey,
Speaker 1: everybody's banged up, maybe kick Zach Martin at the right tackle,
Speaker 1: he called that fantasy football nonsense. Now they've switched a
Speaker 1: lot around the line this year, and he did say
Speaker 1: recently that like, yes, continuity's important, but in so many
Speaker 1: words like you got to have the production too, So
Speaker 1: he's not opposed to switching things around if they need
Speaker 1: to find the right mix. They're still looking for that
Speaker 1: right mix. They have not figured it out since I
Speaker 1: don't know, four or five weeks ago, and part of
Speaker 1: its injuries, you know, and there's tiring out again, so
Speaker 1: you're just gonna have to make do on the left side.
Speaker 1: Where does it change in that mindset come from in
Speaker 1: a coaching staff in regards to what going from one
Speaker 1: year of saying, hey, there's an entire thought process of
Speaker 1: having the same five guys, same five was the big
Speaker 1: cat topic of the conversation last year, and then this
Speaker 1: year it's let's just pick and chooes back and forth.
Speaker 1: If you're if those five guys aren't getting it done,
Speaker 1: then everything's on the table because your job as a
Speaker 1: coach is to put the best product on the field.
Speaker 1: You could argue they didn't get it done last year,
Speaker 1: though everybody was getting sniped last year. I mean last
Speaker 1: year was just like, man, I don't even know what
Speaker 1: you want to call that. But if you're not being successful,
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean continue to beat your head against the wall.
Speaker 1: That means continue to try to find a way to
Speaker 1: be competitive. You know, there's a culture of competitiveness now
Speaker 1: within this organization. So if you're not doing your job
Speaker 1: efficiently and effectively so that everybody else around you can
Speaker 1: be successful, then you're you are in a position where
Speaker 1: you can lose your spot. So that's exactly what happened
Speaker 1: with Connor Williams. He brought in his Connor Bro. Connor
Speaker 1: Bro came in and connor Bro got beat up too.
Speaker 1: You know, I think we saw that last game he
Speaker 1: was getting he was getting got driven into the backfield.
Speaker 1: So guess what now, you're not doing what you need
Speaker 1: to do. So we're going back to connor Bro number one. Okay,
Speaker 1: he'll possibly right and he could be having an opportunity
Speaker 1: that he lost originally and hopefully he won't want to
Speaker 1: lose that opportunity again. So that's that's just the position
Speaker 1: that you're in, and I think that's how you change
Speaker 1: that mindset. Mike has said the status he's big stat
Speaker 1: analytics guy. You win more games when you've got the
Speaker 1: same five all season long. The continuity on the offensive
Speaker 1: line is maybe more important than anything. But it's easier
Speaker 1: to say continuity five years ago when you got Travis
Speaker 1: Frederick as your center and Tyron's not missing games and
Speaker 1: Lyle's not suspended all pro games. Yeah, seriously, and then
Speaker 1: don't let's not forget Lyle Collins had to sit a
Speaker 1: few games with the suspension, so it just hasn't been
Speaker 1: the normal deal. And it's and they are young up
Speaker 1: the middle too. You just want to drive a steak
Speaker 1: into the heart of all Cowboys fans of reminding them
Speaker 1: the days of old of this offensive line. I mean,
Speaker 1: they were that was as dominant an offensive line since
Speaker 1: the nineties. Are you and Isaiah was on the team
Speaker 1: in the midots, are you saying that this offensive line
Speaker 1: isn't the same old Cowboys offensive line. I think they're
Speaker 1: in transition in a couple of spots. I think they're
Speaker 1: still very good in certain spots that Zack Martin is
Speaker 1: a probably a future Hall of Fame and Tyron Smith
Speaker 1: is still very good when he's healthy. But they're young
Speaker 1: in a couple of spots, and they're still trying to
Speaker 1: figure things out. And they've even tried to figure out
Speaker 1: the right tackle position because Lyle has missed so much
Speaker 1: time due to injury the last couple of years. It's
Speaker 1: been a line more in transition than the stability that
Speaker 1: they enjoy us when Garrett was here. It's Lyle's time
Speaker 1: coming to a close in a Cowboys uniform. No, No, no,
Speaker 1: I don't believe. So. I believe that Lyle has an
Speaker 1: opportunity over these we talk about the next four games
Speaker 1: to solidify himself and get maybe out of the doghouse
Speaker 1: from some of the coaches. I think his reputation may
Speaker 1: have taken a hit with what happened the suspension, But
Speaker 1: you saw him being a missing piece last year. Let's
Speaker 1: not fool ourselves. Man still did the best he could
Speaker 1: last year and we saw the same musical chairs of
Speaker 1: the offensive line. That continuity take a drink didn't happen
Speaker 1: last year and we're seeing a lot of it happened
Speaker 1: this year. But still going back to Tyrn Smith, Look, man,
Speaker 1: he's when healthy, he's the best in the business, period
Speaker 1: all right. And there are a lot of people obviously
Speaker 1: when the draft show starts, that's where they're gonna pinpoint, Hey,
Speaker 1: we need to start getting the tackle in that transition
Speaker 1: that you're talking about. Maybe it's time to start thinking
Speaker 1: about the air apparent to that position. But right now, man,
Speaker 1: I just like making this run getting guys healthy. We've
Speaker 1: gone through this season without giving any credence to how
Speaker 1: much this offensive line has been hurting in certain positions.
Speaker 1: That's what sucks. I think about this specific instance because
Speaker 1: you said when healthy. I hate that asterisk because Tyren
Speaker 1: Smith has not been healthy and that's a not just
Speaker 1: a twenty twenty one deal, that's over the last five
Speaker 1: six years of his career. But you're right, number two
Speaker 1: rated pass blocker in all of football when he is
Speaker 1: available and ready to go, and that's what you're missing
Speaker 1: whenever he's not available. I mean that it doesn't get
Speaker 1: much better than that. I am going to disagree with
Speaker 1: my young cello over here, mister oak Cliff. I believe
Speaker 1: that that guy that Colin's job is ons on Rocky
Speaker 1: Rocky Road right now, and a reason being is because
Speaker 1: the inconsistency. I think the reason being because of what
Speaker 1: happened with his appeal and all that jazz. And then
Speaker 1: also when you look at the comments last week, the
Speaker 1: might post a question to Jerry Jones and said, Hey,
Speaker 1: you know who's gonna be playing right tackle? Iss gonna
Speaker 1: Still it's gonna because I don't really care who's out there.
Speaker 1: I'm kind of paraphrasing, right, he said, I don't really
Speaker 1: in so many words, I don't really care. It doesn't
Speaker 1: matter to me, Like, oh, that's not what Jerry would
Speaker 1: say about Collins in the bast right. So that leads
Speaker 1: me to believe that if there, if he's if he's
Speaker 1: able to comment that easily in response to a question
Speaker 1: and not say that, hey, Carl, you're not as Collins
Speaker 1: for sure, that's mine, that's my guy. He said, it
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter to me. Oh now, lets you know
Speaker 1: that your job's up for position for graps. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't know if perception is always reality in a situation
Speaker 1: like that. With what he said, all I'm saying is,
Speaker 1: if you look over the league and you look in college,
Speaker 1: it offensive linemen don't grow on trees. They're not the
Speaker 1: easiest to find, especially guys that can run block. Leo
Speaker 1: Collins is a strong, able right tackle. He's had his
Speaker 1: struggles coming back from the labroom surgery, but he is
Speaker 1: not a talent that I'm willing to say just because
Speaker 1: you had this problem, we're gonna toss or you know,
Speaker 1: reading between the lines of what's being said about him.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the production on the field. He's had
Speaker 1: some struggles, as they all have had struggles. We've even
Speaker 1: seen Zach Barton, the guy that we say is a
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer straight up have struggles this year. So look,
Speaker 1: I'm just looking at it from this approach. Let's get
Speaker 1: these guys, let's get time and Smith healthy, and let's
Speaker 1: make a run. All right. That's that's my whole thing.
Speaker 1: And if Leo Collins is a part of the conversation
Speaker 1: next year, then obviously we'll start talking about that next year.
Speaker 1: But right now, right now, you know we have him.
Speaker 1: I think y'all both right, because I think go back
Speaker 1: to Thanksgiving Day and Mike McCarthy said that Terrence still
Speaker 1: had earned the right to start it right tackle, So
Speaker 1: I mean there's a competition there, but I'm I'm with
Speaker 1: Heck in terms of like going forward. I don't know
Speaker 1: what the cap situation would be if if they were
Speaker 1: to move on from Lyle Collins. But to me, with
Speaker 1: tiring with those those injuries. This is a popular topic
Speaker 1: this week, along with is Michael Parsons the next LT?
Speaker 1: That's wrong with Dak? Those are the three things. What
Speaker 1: do you do with tyring an offensive tackle next year? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'd look at draft in that position for some death.
Speaker 1: Keep developing Terres Steel. How about Lyle Collins taking some
Speaker 1: reps at left tackle? Starting way back in the spring
Speaker 1: and get him ready to be available on that side,
Speaker 1: because yeah, because I mean, he's a Vet. You know,
Speaker 1: he's a vet that could play that position, has played
Speaker 1: that position in his life, just not in the NFL. No,
Speaker 1: that's a really good point because if you want to
Speaker 1: look at that continuity, take a drink. Moving forward, you
Speaker 1: feel like there's an opportunity there for maybe Lyle Collins
Speaker 1: to fit into that spot left tackle, not left guard
Speaker 1: either one I just makes following as left. I'm just thinking,
Speaker 1: you know, if you're trying to shore up that position
Speaker 1: knowing because to me, Tyrn Smith is the starting left
Speaker 1: tackle again next year, but he has miss games every
Speaker 1: season since twenty fifteen. So have him ready, have have
Speaker 1: Lyle ready more ready to play that position? I think,
Speaker 1: you know, maybe this year they're just trying to get
Speaker 1: him back from the injury last year and then came
Speaker 1: to the suspension all that. You know, let's maybe give
Speaker 1: him an opportunity on the left side. That's just me talking.
Speaker 1: I like that idea either either or honestly, I would
Speaker 1: put him in left guard if if you had more time,
Speaker 1: if you had an offseason to train him into that
Speaker 1: and get him ready for that. I would put him
Speaker 1: in left guard, but that's just me playing fantasy football
Speaker 1: like my You know, all right, when we come back,
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Speaker 1: of fun and I'm hoping that there that brings a
Speaker 1: level of fan engagement. But as somebody who loves Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: I would be late. I'd be pretty sad. Dude, this
Speaker 1: is a boon. This would be a boon for the Star. No,
Speaker 1: it's huge. I'm not saying. I'm saying for myself, for
Speaker 1: me personally, for everyone, that's a Cowboys fan. It is phenomenal.
Speaker 1: I think it'll be really Jerry listening to the show, righty,
Speaker 1: what's what's up with you in your love? Yeah? Why Candy?
Speaker 1: I like that trip, going out there, going out there
Speaker 1: for the combine. You were in a common mine and
Speaker 1: you were in probably the medical checks for half of
Speaker 1: the week's exactly, and then I had to go back.
Speaker 1: You had to you had the injury coming in. It
Speaker 1: was me and Adrian Peterson sleeping back to back waiting
Speaker 1: for MRI. Look like it was god fun. That's interesting. Yeah, see,
Speaker 1: not as much fun for you, no more fun for us? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure. You just want to go back to Saint
Speaker 1: Almos huh oh, yeah, so bad. Don't even mention that.
Speaker 1: That made me even more upset. That place is awesome.
Speaker 1: So we went there. That was the steakhouse, right yeah.
Speaker 1: So during the Super Bowl we our offense went to
Speaker 1: dinner at that place. But we had to walk from
Speaker 1: the hotel down to the Saint Almos or whatever the
Speaker 1: place is called, down the middle of the street. Can
Speaker 1: you imagine trying to walk the entire Giants offense football
Speaker 1: team all the way all the way down there and
Speaker 1: we're all all the office of Linemen are like surrounded
Speaker 1: around ELI and try to block people off from getting
Speaker 1: the ELI. It was hilarious. It was. Yeah, you got
Speaker 1: a lot of large humans walking out the middle of
Speaker 1: the street. That's what it's like walking David Hellman down this.
Speaker 1: I believe it out there. I believe we got to
Speaker 1: walk into the parking lot. Same not so much, not
Speaker 1: so much. You know what. It's it makes sense that
Speaker 1: the Cowboys would be in the mix here because Dallas
Speaker 1: Century located just like Indianapolis, middle of the country, Baylor,
Speaker 1: Scott and White right here. They got the medical facilities.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's it's cool that they want to get
Speaker 1: in on this. And they've got the hotel, they've got
Speaker 1: the entertainment. There's so many different things to do, and
Speaker 1: they've got like four different fields they can work off of.
Speaker 1: It would be an ideal place for the Star and
Speaker 1: at the stadium, at the stadium, the Star, it would
Speaker 1: be right outside these perfect Oh, it would be awesome. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it'd be phenomenal height right there. That's awesome. Yeah, So
Speaker 1: that's that's interesting. And the other one was that the
Speaker 1: fact that the Cowboys signed a deal to become the
Speaker 1: second Earth. Mexico is now the second home of the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. That's a lot of exciting things off the field.
Speaker 1: As for on the field, what's going on with this
Speaker 1: offense and what are they going to look like against
Speaker 1: the Giants defense? So HECKMA, when you've been diving into
Speaker 1: the film this week and looking at the Giants defense
Speaker 1: going up against the Cowboys offense, where do you feel
Speaker 1: like they can get back on track quickest the run
Speaker 1: game or through the year. I think both. I think
Speaker 1: this is a this is a game where you can
Speaker 1: get them both going. But I particularly would enjoy the
Speaker 1: running game getting back on track. I think that would
Speaker 1: answer a lot of the questions that we've been contemplating
Speaker 1: about this team. But running game is going to be first.
Speaker 1: I think they have a lot of guys that are
Speaker 1: heard up front, Austin Johnston, Lennard Williams, a lot of
Speaker 1: questionable guys, a lot of guys that are out on
Speaker 1: ir Just team just does not look the same anymore
Speaker 1: roster wise. UM. Look, I just feel as though for
Speaker 1: all of the criticism that Dak has been getting. UM
Speaker 1: obviously we've talked a lot about the offensive line, We've
Speaker 1: talked a lot about the running game, the miscommunication that's
Speaker 1: going on with the receivers, and and I really, Isaiah,
Speaker 1: I think when when you look at this team and
Speaker 1: just the simple high school read option routes, you know,
Speaker 1: the combo routes, things like that that you see. Even
Speaker 1: on the one where you were saying where Dak threw
Speaker 1: it into coverage it look bad, that was actually a
Speaker 1: read about Michael Gallup. He was supposed to run the
Speaker 1: slant that on that route. Where is How is it
Speaker 1: that now, at this point in the season that these
Speaker 1: wide receivers were starting to have miscommunication. I can't say
Speaker 1: is it practice or just not having the same guys
Speaker 1: on the field and not understand the X, Y and
Speaker 1: Z position. Yeah, I don't I don't know. I really
Speaker 1: can't stand on a pedestal right now and say that
Speaker 1: they're having miscommunication. I don't want to stand on there
Speaker 1: and say that because I don't know all the ins
Speaker 1: and outs of what happens in that locker room in
Speaker 1: the meeting rooms. But I do know that the running
Speaker 1: game they're lack thereof is having a major effect over
Speaker 1: this offense's development. And I went back and I watched
Speaker 1: I think like four or five games last night and
Speaker 1: went back to the Tampa game. I went back to
Speaker 1: the New England game, just some of the better statistical
Speaker 1: games for the offense and DAC and I also went
Speaker 1: back and looked at some of the not so good
Speaker 1: games as well, where he had fifty some odd qbr rading.
Speaker 1: But I went back and looked at those things, and
Speaker 1: I looked at it in what I'm going to what
Speaker 1: I'm going to say coming over to our side, what
Speaker 1: I'm going to say is not going to be received
Speaker 1: well by most. Say it with you. As I go
Speaker 1: back and look at the games, even going back to
Speaker 1: week one, Dak and I'm saying this in the bad
Speaker 1: I can stand. I can say this, Dak was not
Speaker 1: the most accurate guy on Earth. And I look at hit,
Speaker 1: the velocity of his balls, a lot of the it
Speaker 1: is going back before the calf injury too. So I
Speaker 1: was trying to walk about I'm talking about game one
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, I'm talking about New England game, talking about
Speaker 1: all these you know, all the games where he was
Speaker 1: quote unquote balling out. I'm looking at the balls. The
Speaker 1: balls are dying out, the receivers are making great plays,
Speaker 1: they're making great catches. Opportunities were missed in terms of location,
Speaker 1: and I'm looking I'm like, okay, so that's when he
Speaker 1: was having good games, and I wouldn't looked at the
Speaker 1: bad games. I'm like, it's more of the same. The
Speaker 1: mechanics weren't really weren't that much different, right, His release
Speaker 1: point is a little bit higher now in terms of
Speaker 1: not finishing the throw. Okay, he's releasing it higher and
Speaker 1: not really pulling it down to be able to get
Speaker 1: that thing on track like we saw last game with
Speaker 1: the intercept in the Callus. But mechanically and fundamentally is
Speaker 1: his footwork isn't much different. His drive off his back
Speaker 1: leg isn't much different, his delivery is. He has all
Speaker 1: the same mechanics. So I'm looking at I'm like, what
Speaker 1: the heck is different New England majority, I don't have
Speaker 1: an exact percentage. Majority of the passes in the New
Speaker 1: England game came off a play action. Majority of the
Speaker 1: plays that they had passing wise that were successful came
Speaker 1: off a play action. And the reason why those plays
Speaker 1: open themselves up is because of what the running game.
Speaker 1: So as I dive more into this this running game
Speaker 1: is having a greater effect on Dak than we are
Speaker 1: led to believe because Dak hasn't been the most accurate
Speaker 1: passer that his statistics are gonna say something different. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm talking about in terms of just being detailed as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, delivery, location of the ball. His receivers have
Speaker 1: been making plays and there have been a lot of
Speaker 1: missed opportunities because of his lack of velocity and accuracy.
Speaker 1: That's I'm just standing and say that. No, And I
Speaker 1: think you have a fantastic point, because we talked about
Speaker 1: it on this show following the Tampa Bay game and
Speaker 1: we kind of got killed for it. But you would
Speaker 1: normally think it would be reversed, right, You would think
Speaker 1: that the rust of of coming off of an injury
Speaker 1: and kind of finding a groove would have happened in
Speaker 1: weeks one through seven. Well, weeks one through seven they
Speaker 1: were the number one offense far and above in all
Speaker 1: of football. So why is it now that that's the point?
Speaker 1: And I think you brought up the point of the
Speaker 1: run game not being strong, not being what it was.
Speaker 1: I think it does. I think it does have an
Speaker 1: effect on Dak Prescott moving forward. Yeah, there's more pressure
Speaker 1: on him too. Um, when you're in second more and
Speaker 1: second and longs more, third and longs. Is you know
Speaker 1: the third down percentage has been really bad the last
Speaker 1: five games, and I think it is related to the
Speaker 1: run game. So um, and I think, look like the
Speaker 1: gentleman from Wyoming crushed us, not crushed us, but he
Speaker 1: got after us. And I don't think I don't think
Speaker 1: this show is making excuses for Dak Prescott. I think
Speaker 1: we've said he made some really bad decisions in the game. Obviously,
Speaker 1: two picks in the game. He's got to make, you know,
Speaker 1: cleaner plays in the passing game, no question about it.
Speaker 1: But we talked about the offensive line, the protection, establishing
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, getting the run game going. Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy said, on the last interception where Dalton Schultz was open,
Speaker 1: the spacing with the wide receivers wasn't as good as
Speaker 1: it should have been. You mentioned one miss play there
Speaker 1: Saints game, Ceedee Lamb didn't run the right route. Apparently
Speaker 1: they would have had a touchdown the first quarter. Brian
Speaker 1: Baldinger's an independent media guy, and he broke it down.
Speaker 1: He said, there's a lot of other stuff offensively, that's
Speaker 1: not going right, in addition to the fact that Dad
Speaker 1: can play better. So it's a lot of things. I'm
Speaker 1: not afraid to be called an excuse maker though, just
Speaker 1: because you're pointing out that there's other things in addition
Speaker 1: to Hey, quarterback that by the way, and everybody wants
Speaker 1: to point this out. He makes forty million a year.
Speaker 1: He's got to play better. Yes he does. No the criticism,
Speaker 1: and I think he would welcome the criticism. We're nine
Speaker 1: to four, all right, We're at the top of the division.
Speaker 1: I love having that as the thought process and not
Speaker 1: like last year when we was like, oh, we've got
Speaker 1: a three game win streak, but we were three and nine. No,
Speaker 1: it's the opposite. We're nine and four. We're a little upset.
Speaker 1: And and to the people that obviously don't want to
Speaker 1: use the statistics and where we are offensively second in
Speaker 1: the league total on offense rushing, that everything that's missing.
Speaker 1: Were six in the league in rushing. Here's my problem
Speaker 1: with the criticism of Dak and I feel like it
Speaker 1: becomes heavily subjective as it goes along, and everyone starts
Speaker 1: to move the goalposts whether they want to take a
Speaker 1: sample size of five games, six games, whatever it is.
Speaker 1: Right now, he's still on pace to have a four
Speaker 1: thousand passing season. Even with all of that, you go
Speaker 1: back to his first season in the league, he's thirteen
Speaker 1: and three. You get a home field advantage and a
Speaker 1: buy Obviously we lose the Green Bay in that game,
Speaker 1: but still a lot of that was due to the
Speaker 1: quarterback play. A lot of people want to say he
Speaker 1: was an overglorified bus driver, but still Rookie of the
Speaker 1: Year accolades all of those seven multiple seven games with
Speaker 1: multiple touchdowns, and he's on He built on that over
Speaker 1: the season. Mechanics be damn it. This what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys that has to work harder
Speaker 1: than most because of where he was drafted to be
Speaker 1: better or even be considered amongst the elite in this league.
Speaker 1: But he shown you time and time again, even with
Speaker 1: people that just want to say, oh, his leadership skills
Speaker 1: are just uncanny. Now he is. As far as fourth
Speaker 1: quarter comebacks, he's one of the best in Cowboys history. Okay,
Speaker 1: so something about Dak Prescott has earned him the right
Speaker 1: to be the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, but also
Speaker 1: all of the criticism that comes with saying, well, you
Speaker 1: know what, Kelly just needs to take some of those
Speaker 1: audibles away from him and just call the play and
Speaker 1: he has to run the play. You wouldn't say that
Speaker 1: about Aaron Rodgers. You wouldn't say that about any of
Speaker 1: the other court Patrick Mahomes, You wouldn't throw that out there.
Speaker 1: Nobody would say, oh, well, Dak he said he looks
Speaker 1: a little overwhelm. Since when since when, you know, from
Speaker 1: from what? Taking over this seam for tone Romo and
Speaker 1: keeping him on the bench overwhelmed? Then I'm just i mean,
Speaker 1: come on, but but look, Tony, he was awesome. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying it, no shade it, Tony, but I'm just
Speaker 1: saying everything that he's done, Why now when you get
Speaker 1: to this point is oh, he's broken. There's something we
Speaker 1: need to think about about did he really deserve it?
Speaker 1: Everything is moving back and forth, but nobody gives creatius
Speaker 1: to the numbers that he has and what is scheduled,
Speaker 1: what the nine and four record is right now? And
Speaker 1: it's always been that way for Dak too. Why it
Speaker 1: was that way for Tony too going back as well,
Speaker 1: because not as much for Dad, but also Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: the contract deal. That's what has everybody up in arms,
Speaker 1: is because there was a solid contingency of people that
Speaker 1: didn't believe that he had earned that right. I wasn't
Speaker 1: one of those. I wanted to pay Dak. I agree
Speaker 1: with everything you just said, but now it's an opportunity
Speaker 1: to say, hai, I told you so as quickly as
Speaker 1: they can. But it's too early. It's way too early
Speaker 1: for them. Everybody here believes Dak's gonna get back on track, right.
Speaker 1: It made as soon as this week. They had a
Speaker 1: season high forty four points against the Giants the first
Speaker 1: time around. They also ran the hell out of the
Speaker 1: ball in that game two yards on the ground two one,
Speaker 1: and Giants have not defended the run as well as
Speaker 1: most teams in the league this year just by the stats.
Speaker 1: So maybe this is it. But that brings me to
Speaker 1: my next question of how imperative is it for them
Speaker 1: to get back on track this week because of what
Speaker 1: they know as ahead of them the final three weeks
Speaker 1: of the year. They have to Yeah, and that's I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't have any any rebuttal to anything that heck
Speaker 1: was said in terms of stats and the records. And
Speaker 1: that's all fine, and Danny that my thinking. I'm I'm
Speaker 1: very analytical. I'm analytical with myself, I'm analytical with anybody else.
Speaker 1: Is actually my job to be analytical? Right, Yeah, big
Speaker 1: stats guy, I've been. I've said for a long time.
Speaker 1: I've spoken in regards to Dak's accuracy, even going back
Speaker 1: to when I said Andy Dalton is a more accurate
Speaker 1: pastor all the say. I stand behind all those things
Speaker 1: that I've said previously. Again, as I go back and
Speaker 1: I watched this film, there these are his guy are
Speaker 1: making plays, and there are a lot of balls that
Speaker 1: were falling as incomplete back then that are no longer
Speaker 1: falling as incomplete. They're now falling as interceptions. And the
Speaker 1: luck that you had early on with those early mistakes,
Speaker 1: you're not getting as lucky anymore. Compound that with the
Speaker 1: fact that you don't have a running game now. Defenses
Speaker 1: now have enough film to know what frustrates you and
Speaker 1: what causes you more issues if they know that you're
Speaker 1: not throwing as accurately as you possibly could can be right,
Speaker 1: if they know that you're now having a lack of confidence?
Speaker 1: Was he he has right now? Believe he doesn't have
Speaker 1: the confidence that he had when he was balling. It's
Speaker 1: just not there. Hopefully gets that back this week. Right,
Speaker 1: players go up and down with their confidence. He right now,
Speaker 1: he's not that confident. Wise, they compound that with the
Speaker 1: fact that they know he's not confident. They're going to
Speaker 1: present problems to him, and those opportunities are going to
Speaker 1: become more plentiful. They're going to start taking more advantage
Speaker 1: of those opportunities to balls that were falling over their heads.
Speaker 1: Now Collins is jumping up and grabbing them. Right, there
Speaker 1: should have been two more interceptions in that particular game
Speaker 1: against Washington where he threw it right in guy's chest,
Speaker 1: not even just guys had to go make plays, right.
Speaker 1: I've talked about how some guys earned interception and some
Speaker 1: guys just fall into him. There was two right there
Speaker 1: that guys really could have just fell into. I go
Speaker 1: back to those games where he was bawling and there
Speaker 1: was still those same things were popping up and they
Speaker 1: were just falling in completely. Nobody looks at him. But
Speaker 1: do you validate the drops by the absolutely know that
Speaker 1: the drops are the drops have to stop. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: drops have to stop there. I'd take no responsibility off
Speaker 1: of those guys. There's been a lot of drops, a
Speaker 1: lot of jobs. CD's had a lot of drops. Noah
Speaker 1: Browns had a lot of drops. These guys are dropping,
Speaker 1: and they're dropping him in key situations. So that is
Speaker 1: the city game sticks at him. Absolutely. Yeah. No, this
Speaker 1: is to Rob's point, and we said this yesterday too.
Speaker 1: This is not just a Dak problem. This is not it.
Speaker 1: This is an officive line not blocking up getting too
Speaker 1: many dog on pressures in Dak's face. This is not
Speaker 1: our an unhealthy backfield where the guys can't run the ball.
Speaker 1: This is guys dropping the ball. This is a quarterback
Speaker 1: not throwing the ball accurately right. Maybe though some of
Speaker 1: those drops are coming because they're on the back shoulder,
Speaker 1: and when he does throwing on the money, they drop
Speaker 1: it right. So now he's trying to figure out, how
Speaker 1: can I make it easier for these guys to receive
Speaker 1: the balls? It too much velocity? Do I need to
Speaker 1: take some off? I need to put it ahead of them?
Speaker 1: Do I need to put it behind There's so many
Speaker 1: elements of this game in terms of being successful with
Speaker 1: throwing the ball in the air. That's why teams like
Speaker 1: running the ball on the ground. Yeah, that I mean,
Speaker 1: I appreciate that from you know, the aspect of it's
Speaker 1: not all on Dak. There's so many things that happened,
Speaker 1: and I like what Zeke said, Man, it's eleven of
Speaker 1: us out there. You know, we all got to get
Speaker 1: involved on fixing this offense. And I just don't feel
Speaker 1: as though, you know, it's the weirdest thing for me
Speaker 1: on this side, guys that every week the narrative has changed,
Speaker 1: you know, whether it be you know, dan Quinn's defense
Speaker 1: needs a lead in order to win. You know, this
Speaker 1: offensive line is all Dak is still hurting, you know,
Speaker 1: all of these things that it changes each and every
Speaker 1: week till we won the game on Sunday. And this
Speaker 1: is the first week that if I've ever felt like,
Speaker 1: did we win you know, coming back because of the criticism,
Speaker 1: and I want for it to be noted that I'm
Speaker 1: just like, when I look at it, look, there are
Speaker 1: so many other things that are happening behind the scenes,
Speaker 1: are in the game that I don't think people are
Speaker 1: pointing out and saying, how in the hell can he
Speaker 1: get rid of the ball? How can he be pimp
Speaker 1: wint accurate with Alan literally in his lab and I
Speaker 1: just can I disregard those plays when I when I'm
Speaker 1: being analytical about this team, right, and not even just
Speaker 1: about that, I'm looking at it as is this type,
Speaker 1: Is this quality of play good enough to win playoff games?
Speaker 1: That's how I look at it, right. I don't know
Speaker 1: about everybody else. I think that's how That's how I
Speaker 1: look at it, and I have a different perspective than
Speaker 1: just fans do. Right, this level of football does not
Speaker 1: get it done in the playoffs. And that's my reality,
Speaker 1: and that's gonna that's their reality. They have to play
Speaker 1: better in a lot of positions. But if you're not
Speaker 1: playing good ball at the quarterback position, name one team
Speaker 1: that goes for on the playoffs where that doesn't have
Speaker 1: a quarterback that's playing well that and they did create
Speaker 1: a standard the first half of the season like they
Speaker 1: can be unstoppable if they play a certain way, and
Speaker 1: teams have adjusted defensively. I think you spoke to it.
Speaker 1: I mean it does seem like less splitzing, more coverage
Speaker 1: and you know, take away the big stuff, and that's
Speaker 1: that's that's what teams are doing. And for the most
Speaker 1: part since the bye week, teams have had success doing that,
Speaker 1: especially the better defenses the blueprint at some point, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, like we kind of I kind of laughed
Speaker 1: at that stuff, but you know what teams are having success.
Speaker 1: You know, so you did laugh at that when I
Speaker 1: asked that question. Yeah, I mean because while they came
Speaker 1: back to next week against Atlanta and one by forty,
Speaker 1: then after that it wasn't so easy sledding. No, we'll
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Speaker 1: But let's talk about what the giants bring to the table, Isaiah.
Speaker 1: Where is the strength of their defense front? Seven secondary,
Speaker 1: none of the above, all of the above? Where is
Speaker 1: it all their defensive front? Their defensive front? Is the
Speaker 1: strength of their team? Their defense? Um, they have some
Speaker 1: guys that can present some problems, you know, uh, Leonard
Speaker 1: Williams and guys of such. Um, who's the other gentleman
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Speaker 1: able to say that name. So, um, he's he's bawling.
Speaker 1: He hasn't get into what six sacks I believe, So
Speaker 1: I'm like that. So he's a he's a problem. And
Speaker 1: they have to obviously officsive line. Right now, nothing on
Speaker 1: offense can get going without offensive line. Can we just
Speaker 1: stay staying on that statement? Please? All right? Agreed? The
Speaker 1: running game will be nothing without office line playing with continuity, okay,
Speaker 1: and passing game is slim to none, and then that
Speaker 1: falls back on DA's ability to deliver the ball with
Speaker 1: confidence and accuracy if the office line isn't playing well.
Speaker 1: So everything starts with the offensive line and it triggers
Speaker 1: down from there. If they could take care of business,
Speaker 1: I feel very confident that we could put up a
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Speaker 1: for a z Yeah you really quick? Really, I didn't
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Speaker 1: sacks against Carolina in a game for his Zzojulari. He's
Speaker 1: had eight on the season, but it's lowest grade as
Speaker 1: a pass rusher all year long has been against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, according to PFF's own you yeah, so he
Speaker 1: he at least didn't have any like the Firth side round. Yeah, yes,
Speaker 1: he is on that switch sides this game. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: may flip back over and go to the left this time.
Speaker 1: So what do you what have you seen? Rob? I'm
Speaker 1: just curious to see if they can run the balls
Speaker 1: effectively the Cowboys as last time, because you know the
Speaker 1: Giants are gonna say look, not not this time, not
Speaker 1: two hundred yards again? So can they get it rolling?
Speaker 1: Are they gonna allow them to get it rolling. And
Speaker 1: uh and Mike spoke to this yesterday and they did
Speaker 1: want the problem. In the first game, they put up
Speaker 1: forty four points. But the Giants do play all these
Speaker 1: all these different fronts and give you all these exotic looks.
Speaker 1: So how does that, how do they handle that? How
Speaker 1: does how does that young group inside handle that? Up front?
Speaker 1: Got it? Yeah? I just want to break their will,
Speaker 1: um and polls our will on them get this running
Speaker 1: game back. Like we've all stated, Um, what Isaiah was
Speaker 1: talking about the strength of their team is definitely the
Speaker 1: defensive front aziz Ojular as you mentioned, obviously coming off
Speaker 1: the edge, and the exotic looks that they have. They
Speaker 1: go three four, fourty three, they play at all, Um.
Speaker 1: But I just want to see Dak take these guys
Speaker 1: out of this to safety high. I think it's just
Speaker 1: disrespectful the way the teams are playing him and loading
Speaker 1: the box, and I think that a steady running game
Speaker 1: is going to give them that. It's funny to me,
Speaker 1: how once we came back from the Saints game, now
Speaker 1: Kellen is starting to employ more, employ more of the
Speaker 1: jumbo package, and the Saints is a team that has
Speaker 1: you know, they come with six seven offensive linemen up front,
Speaker 1: and now we're doing the same thing. So if this
Speaker 1: is a copy and pace league, we're gonna take that
Speaker 1: and add that to our playbook. But I want to
Speaker 1: see I want to see us do a lot of that,
Speaker 1: and I want to see Kelln get back in his bag.
Speaker 1: And whether it be from just you know, and I
Speaker 1: said this, and I don't know how well it was received,
Speaker 1: but dolling the playbook back because you're gonna play the
Speaker 1: Washington football team twice in three weeks, maybe you don't
Speaker 1: want to show them everything all at one time. And
Speaker 1: you also have noticed that the entire league is adjusting
Speaker 1: to your playbook, so you know, look, maybe they're they're
Speaker 1: dolling it back a little bit to obviously ramp it
Speaker 1: back up in the playoffs. But right now, with the
Speaker 1: way that this offense is look is looking, man, you
Speaker 1: just got to go back into those back pages and
Speaker 1: get those plays going again. I think Kellen getting back
Speaker 1: on track is my number one thing, hello, because that's
Speaker 1: it's got to happen this game. I mean, you're gonna
Speaker 1: face a team that just shut you down last week
Speaker 1: in Week sixteen, so get back on track. Here then
Speaker 1: crescendo that to the rest of the season. That's all
Speaker 1: you've got to do. And Dalton Schultz named Dalton Schultz.
Speaker 1: Yeah he needs to play better as well, But let's
Speaker 1: talk about that tomorrow. We've got a say it with
Speaker 1: your chest. Friday on the docket. It's almost Friday, already,
Speaker 1: week fifteen. Already, we're gonna be back already nine am
Speaker 1: Central time tomorrow morning here on Dallas Cowboys dot Com.
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