WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: What Stood Out vs. the Giants 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:03.720 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:06.920 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:11.480 a Break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:15.400 for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:19.600 time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com wa 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:26.640 with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:30.960 It is Monday, September seventeenth, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, episode 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.200 number forty one. Welcome to another edition of The Break 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.120 live in the SWNBC Morgan Studios at the Star. We 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:39.599 got a lot to get into today. Cowboys got to win. 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:41.760 I get the first win of the season against the 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.280 New York Giants on Sunday Night Football. They win twenty 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.159 to thirteen. We'll break down for you guys everything that 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:50.159 went right and went wrong for the Cowboys because there 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:52.279 were some things that weren't perfect for them last night, 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.560 but they still did have a Why are you looking like, yeah, 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.080 kind of late celebrating last night or let's see sound 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.960 kind of horse here? Hey, you're just like wooing all 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.680 the way home stadium this weekend. There's been a lot 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:07.199 of barking. There's been a lot of stepping and a 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.440 light of a lot of celebrations. Alumni weekend, good weekend. 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:14.920 I was telling somebody, and Nicol can probably identify with 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:16.520 this because I know he has a few teams that 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.120 he roots for. I got three teams I'm affiliated with, 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.520 and they all won this weekend, which never happens. It's 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:24.600 the third one, the Lobos. You know, I'm a nephew 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:28.319 down there. Oh yeah, Mexico. So now I'm I'm New Mexico, 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:32.560 I'm Texas, and I'm and I'm I'm the Cowboys and 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:36.720 and all three he got wins this weekend. So I 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.720 really will jump across this table. You can't touch me. 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.600 Can't touch me, all right, But but we got a 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.080 lot to talk about, though. We do need to get 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.560 into this Cowboys victory twenty to thirteen over the Giants. 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.320 I want to start by just getting a big picture 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:50.760 from eating you guys. I want you to tell me. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.200 We're gonna go across the table. Everybody give me a 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.720 storyline that they think was the most important storyline coming 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.400 out of this game. Let's start with you, Dave. I 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.640 wish you had done that. Tell you what. Let's go 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:03.120 with Nick first, Let's go to Nick, let's got the 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:08.560 Elder Statesman first. Nick, h Um, the defense, you know, 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.080 they spread it around. I mean six different guys getting 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.919 sacks is means that different guys can can fly around 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.280 the ball and and you know hurt you. I mean, 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:19.839 I think Marcus Lawrence is the leader. But I think 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.480 for the most part that whole defense was was doing 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.600 a good job. Um. You know, the Giants are really 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.680 really bad, and they'll they'll pick a quarterback high in 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.480 the draft, but um, you know, I thought it was 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.079 I thought they were better than that. I wrote thought 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.720 the Giants were better than that. I know I picked 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.399 the Giants to win, but I thought the Giants would 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.800 be better than that. I think this Cowboys team is 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.480 you know, one and one. That's how you get to 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.440 eight and Nate when you do that kind of stuff. Um, oh, 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.800 you were tuning in for Sunshine and this morning kids 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.400 so much. In that one little statement we got, we 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.920 got to dive into defense looked really really good. The 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.400 defense looked good. Offenses will be better than that, but 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.640 they took advantage of a really bad There you go, 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:02.280 all right, I feel better about what I was going 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.400 to say now that Nick said that because I mean, 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.280 I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. There's no 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:09.400 there was a dominant win, and you don't get a 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.960 lot of dominant wins in the NFL. So and I mean, okay, whatever, 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.040 the final margin was seven, even with the muffed extra, 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:20.160 even with the muffed onside kick, it was never in doubt. 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:24.440 So that's good. But yeah, that's not a good Giants team. 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.840 And so the main takeaway is obviously, like the defense 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:32.560 was a phenomenal, but how much weight does that really hold? 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.600 I gotta see it against somebody better. Having said that, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.200 combine that with week one, so now you know your 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.680 two week averages two hundred and seventy four yards per 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:45.560 game and fourteen and a half points per game. I mean, 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.120 that's got to be close to tops in the league 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.440 on both fronts. I haven't looked at it yet. We 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.880 just got into work, but they look suffocating. They look 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:58.800 really really good. All sorts of reason for optimism about that. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.920 Having said that, to the next points, that's not a 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.160 good team that they played. So you know, they're not 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.040 doomsday yet, but certainly a lot of reason to feel 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:12.320 optimistic about it. Amber Aside from the defense, I'm hoping 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:15.320 that when they come back today and watch film and 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.320 all that they can really take a look and realize 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.000 the things that do work out for this offense. You know, 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.520 we got to see Dak Prescott be a little more 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:27.080 mobile rushing the ball, and I think that's one of 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.440 the keys. When you don't have a perfect quarterback that 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.600 can make those perfect throws down the field, it can 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.279 work for him when you utilize him in those ways. 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.440 And when you start utilizing Tavon Austin Ezekiel Eliot, you 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.039 start giving him the ball and see those things. Clearly, 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.520 we saw how it started not working for them when 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.560 they took Tavon Austin now and they started doing different 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:50.880 things that It's like, why are you going to change 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:54.520 the game when you see it working? And they came 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:58.080 back later on what was a fourth quarter, maybe they 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.520 started doing it again what was working. So I'm hoping 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.599 I saw some positive there from the offense and saw 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.920 a more confident in Dak Prescott, and I think those 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.200 are the kind of things that they need to allow 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.680 him to do in order for him to keep that 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:15.640 confidence up and keep the offense moving. Almost get the sense, 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:17.919 and this is probably not accurate, but you get the 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.640 sense sometimes with the play calling that it's like they'll 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.599 do things just to kind of shut people up. Everyone's 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:25.360 saying all week, throw the ball down the field, get 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.520 the ball to Austin, run the ball was Dak, and 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.839 they do these kind of things to kind of like, see, 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.480 we can do this, But then they kind of revert 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.960 back to what they really want to do in the 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:37.560 second and third quarter, like this is kind of the 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.279 way we really want to play and it doesn't work. 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.880 Like there's a reason why I'm not saying that media 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.920 is smarter than them, but there's a reason why people 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:46.680 are saying throw the ball down the field, get the 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.400 ball to Austin because the other stuff isn't working. Yeah, 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.800 it's almost like they do it and again this probably 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.680 isn't accurate as well, but it just feels like they 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.320 do it because they feel like they only want to 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:58.840 do it when they have to do it, Like at 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:00.719 the beginning of game, if I want got the fast starts, 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:02.240 So they did it, and then they get into this 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.320 thing where they're like, all right, now we're settling in. 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.520 Let's do what we really want to do, like you said, Nick, 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:07.960 and then they get to the end of the game, like, 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.200 we gotta have this drive, we need this drive right now. 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.960 And then again they go back to doing what you 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.400 want to do. You need to do what you need 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.080 to do now, and that's what I'm going back to. 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:22.240 Like watch the field to this week, Notice, look at 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.440 what was working and keep doing that. You don't have no, 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.320 you lost that privilege. My favorite thing about Amber is 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.479 that if given the opportunity, she would walk right into 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:34.240 the coaches meeting rum and say that she wouldn't give up. 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.359 She certainly would say that. And I guarantee if she 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.400 seizes them in the hall, so she'll probably say it 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.359 then too. So I I love it. I agree that. 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.320 I mean, God, as good as they look to start, 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.159 they I like, I have like a mental lapse from 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.560 the mental two quarters of that game because I was 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:54.520 so bored, like it, just do something where like did 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:56.760 they have a drive longer than five plays after the 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:00.560 first two? I don't think so. You kind of figure 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.440 sometimes I think I said to you, that sounds like 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:05.560 it looks like the offensive line kind of wears down. 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:07.640 You know, this isn't the same line that we've seen 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.000 where they just kind of overpower people. It's almost like 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.440 they they wear down just a little bit, um, you know, 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.400 because this is you know, this is different for um 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.640 uh Looney to play that, you know this much and 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.120 the start and all that, and the same with Connor Williams. 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.679 So you know, they're still trying to figure this out today. 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.640 They did a nice job early in the game, but 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.240 it was hard to kind of sustain that, and you know, 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:34.240 leaning on Damon Harrison for that long. I mean, they 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.160 wear on you. And that's the fact they I mean, 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.000 they they actually they didn't give up a sack, so 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.920 that's better. That's improvement, right, But there were there were 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.240 plays I saw out there where Looney was having some 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.960 difficulty with with snacks Harris in the middle of that defense, 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.240 and there were some plays that that Lyle didn't look 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:49.880 great on the outside. And I'm getting a little I'm 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.280 starting to get a little bit concerned by Lyle because 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.120 I don't think he played great in Week one. I 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.560 don't think he played great yesterday either, And I was 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.640 expecting again, this is the fallacy of what we do 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.960 expected when a guy has a good year. Let's say, 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.320 for example, last year, I thought Lyle played really well. 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:06.960 My expectations in are the next year he's going to 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.280 be even better. And it doesn't always work like that. 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.360 And I think right now it's starting to worry me 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.720 just a little bit because he's just not taking that 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.400 next step beyond where he was last year. No, my opinion, 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.040 in first two games, nobody's defended him harder than I 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.600 have over the last year or so. Yeah. I thought 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.280 he played. I thought he was outstanding in the second 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.920 half of last season after some growing pains. To start 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.160 hasn't been good, no way around it. Um Again, I 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.319 think it's too early, especially, I mean, you get a win, 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.800 you ran the ball effectively, and you got the job done. 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.720 I'm not trying to tinker with anything. Um right, Yeah, no, 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.800 no need to change. And you know he was. He 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.559 was not great in the first month of last season either, 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.920 so that's not what you want. But maybe it takes 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:50.760 him more time than others. I don't know, but I 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:53.600 can't argue with you. Once again. For the Vets, we're 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.360 in the preseason right now. Yeah, just say, we're in 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.000 the preseason. But this, you know, as I wrote last night, 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.200 I mean this is, without it out, a defensive football team. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.160 They built this thing to be offensive. They built you 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.360 know this line in the running game, and they drafted 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.840 really high for running back to have this kind of 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.640 offensive attack. But that's not what this team is anymore. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:17.320 It's not it's a defensive team, and that's okay, but 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.400 they're asking the defense to be really really good. They 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.679 were really really good last night. Let's see if they 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.199 can continue to do that. But and I just thought 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:27.840 I thought Jeff Heath was flying around the ball. I 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.800 thought Damien Wilson was flying around. Every time I looked up, 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.199 they were doing it, you know. And Barkley's a load man, 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:36.280 that guy. I'm still pissed at Cleveland for not drafting him. 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.480 They have issues with him for years. Yeah, he is 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.440 a good running back. Yeah, I still don't understand why 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.640 they didn't draft him because he was He's just so dynamic, 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.280 ready to play week one, ready to go right now. 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.760 Well for Cleveland, if you get your quarterback of the 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.920 future and the cornerback that you got it four already 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.040 has two picks this year. Yeah, I just question where 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.839 be a quarterback that'll be a good quarterback for them 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:02.640 in the future. So Bailey goes to Cleveland? Is that 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.840 what happened? That's gonna happen, Bailey, No, I mean for Minnesota, 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.400 and Minnesota was a ton of It's been reported now 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.240 that Minnesota's moving on. I don't ms M. Is it 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:16.440 the Rams Rams kicker got hurt yesterday? Okay, Minnesota? No, 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:20.360 the Browns are expected to sign somebody else, got it? Okay? Yeah, 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.640 there were there were a ton of kicking problems around 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.680 the NFL. Yeah, I think I had no chance of 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.920 making that kick. You know, like when they drove that 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.840 Cleveland drove down and he's just confidence wise and you 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.000 see it, And that's kind of what the Cowboys were fearing. 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.960 With Dan Bailey, they would get to that point. You know, 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.760 I don't think it would be that bad. I want 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:39.880 to go back to your point real quick though, because 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.520 and I'll contradict myself a little bit, I guess, because 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:45.880 I don't think that's a very good Giants team and 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.600 as good as the past rush. Look, you gotta keep 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.920 in mind that that Giant's offensive line is a wreck. 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.760 But like all three levels of the defense looked very, 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:58.120 very impressive, Like your linebackers were flying around, still more 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.560 mistackles than you would prefer. It seemed, I mean, nobody 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:05.199 brought down sae Quon Barkley on first contact. Nobody which 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.880 easier said than done. I know, but we said that 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.120 was an important aspect of the game than they did 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.800 not do it. But the safeties were all over the place. 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.440 I mean Jeff that I know he was out of bounds, 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.160 but the re Jeff Heath made on that ball in 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.600 the end zone not surprising though he does that none 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.120 stuff like he just has that ability. They tested Byron 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.240 and Cheeto down the field several times. Cheeto gave up 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.200 a long one to Sterling Shepherd. I think it wasn't 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.440 even Odell Beckham, but it was just a beautifully placed ball, 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:35.400 like the coverage was good. Byron didn't give up mean 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.440 just every all three levels. I think everybody on the 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.720 defense had at least one play that that was really outstanding. 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.280 And there was no I don't think I remember a 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:48.280 single time when a Giants receiver was running free other 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.320 than the touchdown there and the I guess it would 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.160 be in the fourth quarter, but there really that's the part. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.559 I think that was great because you're right, the cornerbacks 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.600 were tested at times, they tried to go downfield, but 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.160 every time they were in lockstep with those guys, And 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.719 to me, that's still just a continuation of what we've 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.000 been seeing during training camp and during the preseason and 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.079 these first two weeks of the season, they haven't really 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.000 been tested yet, I don't think, because they haven't run 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.439 up against an offense that has enough protection for the 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.319 quarterback to really challenge them and the receivers to challenge them. 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.760 It might happen in Week four against Detroit, but I 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.160 think for the test that they've had so far, they 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.400 certainly have passed those tests, Like, yeah, I mean, you 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.440 can only play who's in front of you. And even 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.280 in a loss against Carolina after a sloppy start, they 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.520 were outstanding there at fourteen and a half points. And actually, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.719 for the story I wrote about the defense last night, 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.400 Sean Lee talked about, you know, you know, we still 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.320 got a lot of work to do, all that cliche stuff, 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.200 but he said, he's like, you know, if you go 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.559 back to like December of last year, when we all 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.000 got back healthy and they put the young guys in, 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.360 that's kind of when I started to get an inkling 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.000 that this defense might be pretty good. I went back 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.240 over the last five games of last season, starting with 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:57.360 the Redskins win, which was right after the blowout that 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.840 they lost on Thanksgiving to the Chargers. They allowed sixty 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.280 points in the last five games of the year, which 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.360 is an average of twelve points something per game. Wow. 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.079 So for you know, you're giving up two pressent, you're 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.680 giving up two touchdowns per game so far this season 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.000 and less than that in the last five games last year. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.079 So if you want to talk about how the offensive 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.000 trends go back to last season and that's cause for concern, 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.600 well you can add a few more games onto that 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:26.360 defense and say, hey, this is a growing sample size 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.200 that gives you a good cause for optimism. And you know, 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.600 to be honest with you, if if all things being considering, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.360 you look at all the different phases of your game 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:33.880 and you say, oh, there's a team that's going to 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.040 be good at this, not good at this. If you 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.440 give me a team that can play really outstanding defense 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.800 and can run the ball, I will be okay with 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:42.880 the idea that they're not the great greatest passing team, 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.600 because at least I've seen that model work. I've seen 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.120 teams that have won Super Bowls with that kind of model. 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:49.600 Not to say this team is in Super Bowl I'm 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.160 not even saying that, but I'm saying that model. That's 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:55.040 a model that we've seen work in the NFL. And 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.400 I'd rather have that model than have a team that 0:13:57.400 --> 0:13:59.079 can throw the ball all around the yard but has 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.040 no defense. We've that model fail quite a bit. I 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:03.880 actually like it if you can get this defensive the 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.480 point where they're playing at that kind of level. I 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.440 think we're gonna get to the point later in the 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:09.840 season and we're gonna say, you know what, that Carolina game. 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.600 What we learned from that game is that, you know, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:17.600 this really good defense had some problems with Cam Newton. 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.560 That was the problem that they really had. It was 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:21.280 this and he was just early too. Yeah, but it 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.120 was this dynamic, unique type of skill set that just 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.080 not anybody really in the league, not that many players 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.480 in the league have that. And I think, I mean, 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.320 the Cowboys will never admit this, but I think they 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.520 saw that and was like, you know what, our guy's 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.840 not that much different than that. He doesn't throw the 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:40.560 ball that great. He's a big, strong linebacker type body. 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.880 Do that, you know? And I think that you saw that. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.040 I mean, just run, you know, read option there and 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.360 and take off with it. I thought if he if 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.760 he actually makes different cuts, he probably gets twenty or 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.560 thirty more yards, so he'll get better at that. And 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.120 I mean, I think we're gonna find out that that 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.920 game right there kind of helped him and we'll see 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.360 more of that with that. I hope you're right and 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.600 on it. And I said this this morning on Twitter 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.760 tavon Austin too. He got eighteen snaps, which is up 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.960 from last week. Still not enough in my opinion that 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.920 he needs more touches. And I think just I think 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.760 they motioned him on the fourth down, just like they've 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.120 just brought him across the formation again, just to give 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.680 you that half second. Do more of that too, Like 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.760 he just he should just be involved as a constant 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:25.440 threat to touch it even if he's not going to 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.920 what I've said so many times over the last few years, 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.960 not only that I wanted to see a deep threat 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:31.640 like that, but how many times have I told you 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.360 first series of the game, throw it deep with your guy, 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.760 even if you don't connect it. What you're showing is 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.520 is this is what we've got. This guy just ran 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.880 by you. We'll connect on this later. You're safety better 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.040 watch out and of course it led to a touchdown, 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.680 But that play can really help you as the season 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.200 goes on. Next week, you're sitting there in Seattle that 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:54.240 safety knows there's number ten out there. That stuff can 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.640 really help. Yeah, he'll definitely know. Oh yeah, yeah, he'll know. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.560 He's gonna know, he'll know. All right, let's let's go 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.040 ahead and get a little bit deeper into the conversation. Actually, 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.240 let's take our first break. When we come back, I 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.920 do want to talk specifically about Dak's today. I want 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.360 to talk about Ezekiel Elliott. Did he get enough touches? 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.560 Because you look at his overall production yesterday, pretty good average, 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:15.960 but the number of touches that he had was probably 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.200 a little less than you would think is what you'd 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.160 expect from a guy like Ezekiel Llot. 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