Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com
Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for
Speaker 1: a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready
Speaker 1: for a break? Yeah, and so much for that. It's
Speaker 1: time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Wall
Speaker 1: with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton.
Speaker 1: It is Monday, No. Number six eighteen, Season fourteen, episode
Speaker 1: number seventy three. Welcome to a new edition of The
Speaker 1: Break Life in the s WBC Mortgage Studios at the Star.
Speaker 1: We've got so much to talk about today. Cowboys lose. Yesterday,
Speaker 1: Cowboys loose twenty eight fourteen to the Tennessee Titans, a
Speaker 1: team that, as of last Friday, I think on this
Speaker 1: show collectively we may have known four names. Now we
Speaker 1: probably know about eight names and a team that buy
Speaker 1: and large. You would think the Cowboys should have been
Speaker 1: able to beat at home, but surprisingly they were not.
Speaker 1: Maybe surprisingly maybe not. How's abad doing some more? I'm awesome, awesome, great,
Speaker 1: Let's let's jump right into this. And I want to
Speaker 1: start as we do a lot of days for following
Speaker 1: a game, going around the table, and I'd like you
Speaker 1: guys to give me again, especially in a game like
Speaker 1: this had so many moments, give me what You're what
Speaker 1: the biggest takeaway or the biggest storyline that you think
Speaker 1: comes out of a game like this, Nicko, Let's start
Speaker 1: with I mean, I just thought it was all there
Speaker 1: for them to to have a big week. I mean,
Speaker 1: have it. I mean, this is this is a schedule
Speaker 1: that's gonna get really tough, and this is probably the
Speaker 1: easiest team on the schedule. You had two weeks to
Speaker 1: prepare for it. They looked they didn't look different at all,
Speaker 1: and I just thought, you know, they had opportunities that
Speaker 1: they squandered. But I mean those opportunities started Sunday in
Speaker 1: Washington when the when the Falcons won that game, it
Speaker 1: was just sitting there for you to take advantage of it.
Speaker 1: They did not. H Yeah, there were parts in the
Speaker 1: game that but I mean, of course we've talked about this.
Speaker 1: I don't buy into the whole should have been up
Speaker 1: seventeen nothing stuff. But um, well it was pretty funny.
Speaker 1: Your tweet was pretty good. I mean, I mean it's
Speaker 1: just because that's what this team is, and so I mean,
Speaker 1: they just don't take advantage of opportunities. That are there
Speaker 1: for them and you know they are what they are.
Speaker 1: Three and five Amber, I mean, there's so much to say,
Speaker 1: but just to keep it kind of simple, and it's
Speaker 1: frustrating and very very annoying when you see the way
Speaker 1: that the defense started off, So I mean there was
Speaker 1: fire everywhere. They were so pumped and doing things, making
Speaker 1: things Jalen Smith all over the field, making plays. And
Speaker 1: when you see those kinds of things and you give
Speaker 1: the ball back to your offense and then the offense
Speaker 1: isn't able to cash in and make something out of it,
Speaker 1: it's very frustrating and disappointing, especially again when we talk
Speaker 1: about certain players that you don't want to waste them
Speaker 1: and when I look back and we'll get into Dick
Speaker 1: and all that stuff, but it's frustrating when you see
Speaker 1: life expectancy of a player, it's a great way, that's perfect.
Speaker 1: I like that being wasted, yeah, and thrown away just
Speaker 1: because your coaching is unable to utilize them the way
Speaker 1: you should be. All right, Dave Um easily like a
Speaker 1: top five loss of my time covering this team. Maybe
Speaker 1: five's worst loss, yes, sorry, worst maybe maybe top three,
Speaker 1: uh ten to six and Tampa comes to mind, but
Speaker 1: you didn't have to didn't have Tony Romo for that game. Uh,
Speaker 1: the Falcons game last year comes to mind, but you
Speaker 1: famously didn't have Zeke or Tyrn Smith. The Chargers game
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving comes to mind, but you didn't have Sean
Speaker 1: Lee or Zeke. The Broncos, well, it was bad, pretty bad.
Speaker 1: That was bad, But I don't know that one does
Speaker 1: Baltimore when they close out take the stadium. From an
Speaker 1: all time trip standpoint, I mean from just from plane
Speaker 1: to plane, I mean Buffalo was looked there. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: that never That one didn't bother me as much as
Speaker 1: it bothered the rest of you all I could get
Speaker 1: like again, And that's my point is like you're starting
Speaker 1: Kellen Moore in Buffalo on Christmas, Like, what are you
Speaker 1: expecting to appen? Just the fans don't care that we
Speaker 1: had to circle Houston a couple of times. That wasn't
Speaker 1: even all of it was. We got locked down at
Speaker 1: the hotel. Regardless, it doesn't anyway off the rails. Sorry,
Speaker 1: bad loss, Dave. What my point is, what's the excuse here?
Speaker 1: Because I just listed out all the excuses for why
Speaker 1: those other losses happened but what didn't you have here?
Speaker 1: You added the first round, you know, you added your
Speaker 1: first round pick, You had your you had your starting quarterback.
Speaker 1: Sean Lee was healthy at least at the beginning of
Speaker 1: this game. Tyrann Smith was out there. Last I checked,
Speaker 1: Zeke had forty yards after two possessions. Sure Travis Frederick
Speaker 1: wasn't there. I don't want to hear that they've won
Speaker 1: three games without him this year. I'll bet anybody that
Speaker 1: wants to bet ten dollars right now that this Titans
Speaker 1: team is not making the playoffs. This is as winnable
Speaker 1: a game as they have left on the schedule, and
Speaker 1: they looked terrible. So that's really my my main impression
Speaker 1: is just that this was in a actually ugly, crappy loss,
Speaker 1: you know, And to go back to you know, we
Speaker 1: were talking about the reason why I don't think this
Speaker 1: whole like well they should have been up so much
Speaker 1: is because, I mean, defensively, they made one play. DeMarcus
Speaker 1: Lawrence made one play and if it wouldn't have been
Speaker 1: kicked around, you know, twenty five yards. Used to say
Speaker 1: they even score a touchdown there because that ball was
Speaker 1: like on the thirty five got all the way down
Speaker 1: to the twelve when they but like, you know, they
Speaker 1: didn't make up another play on that that fumble. They
Speaker 1: just Tennessee just decide to fumble. Well they made to
Speaker 1: play to make the recovery, but yeah, they recovered it.
Speaker 1: And I mean, I just they They're just not an
Speaker 1: opportunistic type team like that. And so you know, Tennessee
Speaker 1: just stopped turning the ball over and you know they
Speaker 1: made a play as well. I don't know, maybe the
Speaker 1: Cowboys ran out of gas when you keep running to
Speaker 1: the end zone to take pictures. I mean, maybe what
Speaker 1: happened with that? And then and Jerry Jones, Jerry Jones
Speaker 1: said that a couple of times after the game, it's
Speaker 1: like they had so much energy. This team was so
Speaker 1: like did they hide themselves out of the game? Can
Speaker 1: I throw out something? And I do not take this.
Speaker 1: I'm making this declaration at the beginning. Do not take
Speaker 1: this as an excuse, because it should never be an excuse.
Speaker 1: But do you think at all that the temperature in
Speaker 1: the building affected their their energy level? What? What do
Speaker 1: you mean? What it was seventy eight degrees at kickoff?
Speaker 1: This was not a cool environment for the roof to
Speaker 1: be open. Oh, Derek, No, No, no, I didn't. I
Speaker 1: didn't notice it. I can't go there with him there.
Speaker 1: It was chilly when we went out there in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, yes, oh my quarter. Yes,
Speaker 1: I can't believe you're saying this to me right now.
Speaker 1: It was first of all, don't see. This is why
Speaker 1: I didn't want to say it, because you're gonna make
Speaker 1: this seem as though I'm making excuse. It's not excuse.
Speaker 1: I'm saying. If you're gonna talk about if you're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about no, if you're gonna talk about what could
Speaker 1: have been a difference in their energy level as the
Speaker 1: game we're on, think so, no one could this have
Speaker 1: been part of I don't. I don't think so. I
Speaker 1: think they they just did not tackle well. Now, a
Speaker 1: better excuse to that would be, you know there two
Speaker 1: of their two of their best defensive linemen are not
Speaker 1: playing in the game. I mean that that. You know,
Speaker 1: anytime that you have injuries like that, then Sean Lean
Speaker 1: goes out. I think that hurt him. I don't know. Well,
Speaker 1: I do know this that I'll say you say this
Speaker 1: for Jalen. You talk about two different football games yesterday
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the game, he was flying around.
Speaker 1: By the end of the game, we saw a couple
Speaker 1: different plays. One play that you and I noticed, Nick
Speaker 1: where he basically the runners coming and he did he
Speaker 1: basically took himself out of the play by trying to
Speaker 1: run around a blacker. And then there was another play
Speaker 1: on the touchdown run where he basically just kind of
Speaker 1: played pattycake with with with Mariota rather than actually trying
Speaker 1: to tackle him or rather than actually putting a hit
Speaker 1: on him. And so he certainly was not the same
Speaker 1: player by the end of the game as what he
Speaker 1: was earlier in the game when he was flying around.
Speaker 1: That's a that's a thing. I mean, I've noticed it
Speaker 1: going all the way back to the Eli Manning hit
Speaker 1: in week two, the Deshaun Watson hit as good as
Speaker 1: it was like and ninety nine percent of the time
Speaker 1: he's right. Jalen Smith is a guy who clearly thinks
Speaker 1: that like running full speed and lowering the boom on
Speaker 1: somebody's gonna put him on the ground, and Marcus Mariota
Speaker 1: proved him very wrong on that run. You know, wrapping
Speaker 1: up is still a thing that you should probably do,
Speaker 1: and he really a boom on him on top. No, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: for sure. Well, I don't know. Maybe he thought he's
Speaker 1: a quarterback and that should be enough, but it was not.
Speaker 1: It's a bad look for a guy that's as physical
Speaker 1: as he is, because when Jayalen Smith tackles the way
Speaker 1: he can tackle, I mean, you know, he'll stop at
Speaker 1: tight end dead in his tracks. And so that really
Speaker 1: was surprising to see that. I mean it looked like
Speaker 1: he thought it was two hand touch basically. Yeah. So yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, let's talk about the quarterback yesterday. To me,
Speaker 1: I think he was a highly inconsistent player for them yesterday.
Speaker 1: You look at his numbers, though, and his numbers say
Speaker 1: he had a pretty decent day talking about rain. Yes, Okay,
Speaker 1: he was twenty one to thirty one, sixty eight percent
Speaker 1: completion percent is two hundred and forty three yards, two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: one interception, a ninety nine point three quarterback rating. So statistically,
Speaker 1: that's a pretty good day for Dakota. Right, That's that's
Speaker 1: not a bad day. But I think the two things
Speaker 1: that stand out to me most are the fact that
Speaker 1: in yesterday's game, in a game like that where turnovers
Speaker 1: are important, there were two turnovers at the Cowboys hat
Speaker 1: and both the turnovers were his doing. The interception where
Speaker 1: he threw the ball into double coverage and then the
Speaker 1: the fumble that he had there as well. What did
Speaker 1: you guys think of of Dak yesterday and how he
Speaker 1: performed for this team. I think the way you led
Speaker 1: this off is proof that. And people say this all
Speaker 1: the time, stats lie because I mean, I don't care
Speaker 1: what I don't care what that says. He did not
Speaker 1: play a good game. He played a really bad game.
Speaker 1: Actually is as uncharacteristic and interception as I've ever seen
Speaker 1: from him, especially in the red zone. Just app I mean,
Speaker 1: there's absolutely nothing there. Even if he puts more air
Speaker 1: under that ball, Amari Cooper is probably gonna run out
Speaker 1: of real estate. He did look confident in what he
Speaker 1: was seeing. I think, you know, he took five sacks.
Speaker 1: I would guess that on at least three of them.
Speaker 1: You're talking about him holding the ball four or five
Speaker 1: or longer seconds just either which you know I haven't
Speaker 1: gone back and watched the all twenty two. Maybe the
Speaker 1: receivers aren't open. Well, that's problematic if they just traded
Speaker 1: away a first round pick for a receiver. But you
Speaker 1: still got to get rid of the ball. No, I
Speaker 1: mean you got to you gotta get rid of the ball,
Speaker 1: just little things. You know, people were killing him for
Speaker 1: it on Twitter and rightfully so you you scramble out
Speaker 1: of bounds and lose two yards when you can simply
Speaker 1: just kind of flick it over the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: and lived to see another day. Just situational awareness, pocket
Speaker 1: awareness was not there. The decision making was not there.
Speaker 1: And yeah, like I said, I don't ninety nine passer rating,
Speaker 1: no way. I mean maybe that's what it came to,
Speaker 1: but that's not what it looked like. And once again
Speaker 1: Cowboys were not able to get him involved in the
Speaker 1: running game. He had two rushes for eleven yards, So
Speaker 1: they really didn't find a way to make him or
Speaker 1: at least make the Titans defense have to contend with
Speaker 1: the fact that he and run by creating opportunities for
Speaker 1: him to round with the ball. I mean exactly. I
Speaker 1: mean Marioda gets ten ten rushes for thirty two yards,
Speaker 1: you know, and that gets two. I mean that's I
Speaker 1: just don't understand when you have two weeks off like that,
Speaker 1: I mean, what are they doing honestly, what what are
Speaker 1: they doing to fix some of these things? I mean,
Speaker 1: where's the where's the end of rounds, where's the jet sweeps?
Speaker 1: Where the deep balls? I thought a Marie Cooper was
Speaker 1: supposed to come in here and stretch the defensive around
Speaker 1: a little bit. I mean, how can you not get Beasley?
Speaker 1: Beasley got four targets, most of them were at the
Speaker 1: very end of the game. I mean, I just don't
Speaker 1: understand what they're doing. Um, you know, I I don't know.
Speaker 1: They They've they've got to absolutely the only thing they've
Speaker 1: got left to do is to change the play caller.
Speaker 1: I mean, i'd seem like that's gonna happen. Well, I know.
Speaker 1: I mean also, I don't know what what's going on.
Speaker 1: I mean, the fans are frustrated, you know, frustrated with
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Jerry comes out today and says he's gonna
Speaker 1: get an extension. I mean that last night, that he's
Speaker 1: not playing on making any more coaching changes during the season,
Speaker 1: which would include the head coach, that would include the offense.
Speaker 1: He made sure to specify nothing is personal here with us.
Speaker 1: I mean, nothing's personal. We see these guys all the time.
Speaker 1: We see him on the plane. That's what makes it
Speaker 1: kind of tough for us. We see him walking in
Speaker 1: the halls. I mean, I think everyone typically likes all
Speaker 1: of these people, but I mean, Dave gott to remove
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator right now, they have to, They have
Speaker 1: to remove the play caller is absolutely atrocious. To go
Speaker 1: out in two weeks and do that, That's that's ridiculous.
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, I mean Mary Ooder was picked what second overall? Okay,
Speaker 1: he can run ten times. I mean he's okay, you can.
Speaker 1: You gotta run, Dak. That's his strength, That's what he's
Speaker 1: that's what he's good at. That will open up things
Speaker 1: for everybody else, not just a mooticum of creativity. I mean,
Speaker 1: how many, thank you, how many first down runs just
Speaker 1: right into the line, you know, how many? How many
Speaker 1: jet actions did we see, not even like not even
Speaker 1: talking about trying to get people involved on that, just
Speaker 1: the illusion and which how many times have I said
Speaker 1: that over the last six months, like give the defense
Speaker 1: reason to believe that it's going to be anything but
Speaker 1: a dive right up the gut. I know this sounds
Speaker 1: like that we're just kind of nitpicking because this isn't
Speaker 1: a one of those premier positions. But the fact that
Speaker 1: they do not have a tight end, that's that's good
Speaker 1: at all. They don't really have it. I mean, if
Speaker 1: these tight ends were available, I don't know how many
Speaker 1: would be on a team. I really don't know. Maybe
Speaker 1: Schultz would because if you know, he was drafted and
Speaker 1: all that, but I don't know if the other two
Speaker 1: would be that that's a problem for them. They don't
Speaker 1: have a good balance there because these guys can't block
Speaker 1: and they're not willing to block. We all saw them.
Speaker 1: I'm sure everybody saw the play on Twitter. I mean
Speaker 1: it wasn't just him, though there were there was a
Speaker 1: lot that was wrong that play. He's there. Everything was
Speaker 1: wrong with Sultz is there right? And it's like, okay, linebacker, Nah,
Speaker 1: I don't want him. He could take him. There's a
Speaker 1: guy in the ground over here. I'm gonna go and
Speaker 1: see if I can touch him. Yeah, I'm gonna see it.
Speaker 1: Tire and needs help with this guy, and I'm just
Speaker 1: leave their middle linebacker to I don't know. You know,
Speaker 1: before the press conference, I went in there and sat down.
Speaker 1: I'm like, I swear to God, if you come out
Speaker 1: here and say we did some good things. We're gonna
Speaker 1: go back and watch the tape. Oh my god, Like again,
Speaker 1: I didn't do anything about it, obviously didn't comment out.
Speaker 1: I'm like, no, that's a lie. That's a lie, because clearly,
Speaker 1: either you're watching the tape and not catching up on
Speaker 1: what is actually going on on the field, or you
Speaker 1: just don't care, or do you just not good enough.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but I'm tired of hearing those things
Speaker 1: because and I get that you have to say that,
Speaker 1: because it's like okay to comment on certain things, you
Speaker 1: kind of have to go back and watch exactly what happened.
Speaker 1: But stop saying that because you're not making changes things.
Speaker 1: Oh there you go. You're not really making changes. You
Speaker 1: come back next week and do similar things again. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you don't repeat the things that are working for you.
Speaker 1: So quit saying you're gonna watch the freaking tape and
Speaker 1: come back and do change things up. No, just say
Speaker 1: something else. But yeah, I mean, you're you're exactly right
Speaker 1: on that one. Because I was there in the press
Speaker 1: conference and it started off. I mean the guy just
Speaker 1: asked him. I mean, the most Homer reporter there is,
Speaker 1: and he's just happy to be there, and he's really
Speaker 1: always bright side type of guy. He said, coach, what happened?
Speaker 1: And he said, well, I thought we did some good things.
Speaker 1: I thought they did some good things. Yeah, yeah, And
Speaker 1: he paused a little bit, and then he said, in
Speaker 1: really all three phases of our team false. What would
Speaker 1: broad us say to this man? You didn't do any
Speaker 1: good thing. You didn't do any good things. There's nothing
Speaker 1: good about it. Scoring points in the NFL is not
Speaker 1: a good thing. A touchdown, fourteen points is not a
Speaker 1: good thing. I honestly believe that he needed to come
Speaker 1: up there. Hold on, you need to come up there
Speaker 1: and say, you know what, this was unacceptable. This was
Speaker 1: the one of the worst games ever. It starts with me.
Speaker 1: We had two weeks prepare, and it looks like we
Speaker 1: had two hours to prepare. We played like crap. A
Speaker 1: lot of difference that we make changing what you say,
Speaker 1: I mean, that would make a whirl of different Don't
Speaker 1: we wear blue every day we come here and we
Speaker 1: just keep doing the same thing. And you know what,
Speaker 1: these fans are pissed off, and they should be. They
Speaker 1: should be pissed off because they've given this team a
Speaker 1: lot of support. And then they they're there every single time,
Speaker 1: and they keep rolling out this stuff. I don't be
Speaker 1: pissed off. I honestly think that Jason feels like he's
Speaker 1: providing calm in the storm, like he's he's this steadying
Speaker 1: influence for fans out there to make him realize look
Speaker 1: and everything. It's kind of like you're on the Titanic
Speaker 1: and it's the captain saying, don't worry, guys, you hear
Speaker 1: the music. We're all okay here, We're good, right. The
Speaker 1: problem is that what it really tells fans, especially in
Speaker 1: moments like this, is that he's oblivious. That's what fans
Speaker 1: take from it is he doesn't realize that the ship's
Speaker 1: actually going down, and he's not providing calm because they
Speaker 1: see what they see. They see a team that had
Speaker 1: enough tools to be able to win a game like
Speaker 1: that yesterday and didn't. So I think he's actually not
Speaker 1: accomplishing what he's trying to accomplish. He's actually doing the opposite.
Speaker 1: Have you seen and have y'all seen Animal House? This
Speaker 1: is a bad room to ask, remain come all as well? Yeah, Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think Jason Garrett cares about what the fans
Speaker 1: think and that I think he I think I think
Speaker 1: he does. I think he thinks he's a steadying influence
Speaker 1: for the team. He's you know, like, I'm the same
Speaker 1: guy every day, no matter if it's good or bad.
Speaker 1: I don't think he gives a crap what the fans
Speaker 1: thing now. I honestly think that Jason, I think that
Speaker 1: that's the right. That's why Jason when he first remember
Speaker 1: when he first took over as a head coach, he
Speaker 1: had the lectern. Yeah, he didn't sit at the table
Speaker 1: like he understands the image that he's trying to portray
Speaker 1: to the general public. He gets that as the head
Speaker 1: coach of the Dallas Cowboys, it is part being a
Speaker 1: not a CEO, because Jerry's the CEO ultimately, but it's
Speaker 1: part of being a figurehead in this organization. And he's
Speaker 1: trying to represent a certain image. And I think that
Speaker 1: when he says that he's trying to stay positive, he's
Speaker 1: trying to make everybody understand that, hey, it's what you
Speaker 1: talked about last week. We're gonna keep pounding you. We're
Speaker 1: gonna keep one of the things. We're gonna be steady.
Speaker 1: And in being steady, he thinks that Eventually it's all
Speaker 1: gonna work out. The problem is fans aren't seeing that.
Speaker 1: Fans are like that only works for so long, and
Speaker 1: then it's like, Okay, we've been steady for a long
Speaker 1: time and the results are still the same. Now it's
Speaker 1: turning into insanity. Nope, nobody's seeing it. I mean, shoot,
Speaker 1: I said as recently as yesterday morning, I was like, Okay, cool,
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper's here, and that's great. But what I'm really
Speaker 1: curious about is what that is going to mean for
Speaker 1: the opportunities that creates for Cole Beasley, Zeke Elliott, Michael Gallup.
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup had a pretty nice day. Cole Beasley caught
Speaker 1: three passes for sixteen yards and most of those are
Speaker 1: on the last series a thing, and they forgot Zeke
Speaker 1: was on the team after the second possession, which again,
Speaker 1: I mean, I just again, I gotta watch the tape.
Speaker 1: I guess. I know that's important. I know that's important,
Speaker 1: but man, it's hard to believe that there was just
Speaker 1: nothing there for any of those guys. All right, let's
Speaker 1: take our first break. When we come back, I do
Speaker 1: want to ask you guys the question. Jerry did make
Speaker 1: the comment this morning that Dak will be getting an extension.
Speaker 1: Ask you, guys, if you think that's the right move.
Speaker 1: Do you think you've seen enough to be able to
Speaker 1: say that you agree or disagree with that? Will do that? Woman?
Speaker 1: Come right back. This is Dallas Cowboys dot com Radio.
Speaker 1: If you're like me and you love, I mean, if
Speaker 1: you have a thing, then cutting the chord is scary.
Speaker 1: But then I found out I could switch to DirecTV
Speaker 1: Now and still get the live sports I love. No
Speaker 1: satellite needed, no bulky hardware, no annual contract, just that
Speaker 1: the live sports. You try DirecTV now for ten dollars
Speaker 1: a month for three months. Visit DirecTV now dot com
Speaker 1: direct tv now more for your thing that's out a
Speaker 1: thing use called really a limited time price a litt
Speaker 1: little page if three months when he's monthly at full
Speaker 1: price currently made him forty dollars and less. Prices may change.
Speaker 1: We subscribers on cancel any time. Content varies by package
Speaker 1: and maybe limited your strict A boy Star Sports Tours
Speaker 1: is the only official fan travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: offering exclusive game weekend travel packages with sideline access and
Speaker 1: photo ops with current players, alumni, and cheerleaders. That's not all, though.
Speaker 1: You'll get to talk xs and those with Senior Director
Speaker 1: of Player Personnel Will McClay, and of course with yours
Speaker 1: truly me, Brian broad Us you can trust the official
Speaker 1: fan travel partner of the Dallas cow and with us
Speaker 1: you'll travel like a pro. Visit Cowboys Travel dot com
Speaker 1: to book your travel package today. Want to use what
Speaker 1: the pros use? How about the official men skincare brand
Speaker 1: of the Dallas Cowboys, Jack Black. Right now you can
Speaker 1: get the Jack Black Playmaker, a curated collection of Cowboys
Speaker 1: locker room favorites, or just ten bucks with free shipping.
Speaker 1: The Playmaker includes four Jack Black skincare favorites, plus a
Speaker 1: full sized Intense Therapy lip bomb and a Cowboys can cooler.
Speaker 1: Go to get Jack Black dot com, slash Cowboys and
Speaker 1: use the code word Cowboys the Jack Black Playmaker ten
Speaker 1: bucks free shipping. While a player could look good on paper,
Speaker 1: it's when he's out on the field that you really
Speaker 1: find out what he's made of. That's why the Cowboys
Speaker 1: rely on more than just stats and scouting reports when
Speaker 1: building their team. When picking a tractor, it's why you
Speaker 1: should rely on more than just specs and features, you've
Speaker 1: got to take it out and put it to the test.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys did when they named John Dear their official
Speaker 1: tractor experience one for yourself. If this is my John
Speaker 1: deardealer dot com slash football Back to the Break, Welcome back.
Speaker 1: It is a second second of the Break live from
Speaker 1: the s WBC Mortgage studios. At the start, we're talking
Speaker 1: about the Cowboys loss yesterday. They lose to the Tennessee
Speaker 1: Titans twenty eight to fourteen. They now are three and
Speaker 1: five halfway through the season. Hmmm. Who guessed that that
Speaker 1: was gonna happen? Yeah you did. Yeah, that was at
Speaker 1: your prediction before the year six and ten, Liar, I said, like,
Speaker 1: gonna I don't quite remember that, but hey, if you
Speaker 1: say it, I'll go with you for now. And so
Speaker 1: I'm proving wrong. I told Rob last night and I
Speaker 1: was like, well, I said, I said they weren't going
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs, so I feel pretty smart about that.
Speaker 1: But I also said they were gonna go nine and seven,
Speaker 1: which means that they would have to go six and
Speaker 1: two the rest of the way for me to be right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's hard to imagine that happening right now. Sof Cowboys are.
Speaker 1: They're definitely gonna be battling uphill the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: you would think, And right now, I certainly don't think
Speaker 1: that wildcard is even an option, Like there are too
Speaker 1: many teams that are kind of sitting in that area,
Speaker 1: and especially teams that have beaten them in the NFC,
Speaker 1: So the only chance they would even really have would
Speaker 1: be the division. They say they're only two games out,
Speaker 1: but just the way they're playing, it's hard to believe
Speaker 1: that they're going to really be a push and Stone. No,
Speaker 1: it's crazy. They're three and five. They will not be
Speaker 1: three and seven, and they have to really. I agree
Speaker 1: they're going to one of these two games at Philly
Speaker 1: at Atlanta. I don't know which one, and I know
Speaker 1: on papers something to look at them. But these teams
Speaker 1: aren't really you know, they're not setting the world on
Speaker 1: fire either, you know. So I agree in principle with
Speaker 1: what you're saying. And that's what we've seen from Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett's teams so much in the past. But literally that's
Speaker 1: I said yesterday. I was like Jason Garretts twelve and
Speaker 1: two when his teams below five hundred. His team has
Speaker 1: been so good at home and then in all that's
Speaker 1: literally everything that is supposed to line up for a
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett team was there for him last night and
Speaker 1: they played like that. So I can't sit here and I,
Speaker 1: like I said, I agree in principle with what you're saying,
Speaker 1: but I can't sit here and feel comf that they're
Speaker 1: going to win either. And you know when those in
Speaker 1: the years that they struggled to the years that they
Speaker 1: don't have their starting quarterback, yeah, that mean this is
Speaker 1: one of those years, even though they think they well
Speaker 1: that that's a nice lead in before you. So I
Speaker 1: hate to but next four games are all inn FC
Speaker 1: and all against playoff contending teams, so we'll know real quick,
Speaker 1: like well, we don't have to wait. And one that
Speaker 1: might be the best team in the NFC might part
Speaker 1: is well, I don't know about it. I don't think
Speaker 1: you can say right now somebody is. They are certainly
Speaker 1: in the conversation as best. Yeah, they're definitely in the
Speaker 1: conversation with the best in the NFC. They beat the
Speaker 1: best team in the NA on Sunday. I get that,
Speaker 1: but I don't know if that necessarily means they're the best.
Speaker 1: But they're right. They're one of the top two or
Speaker 1: three teams in the NFC, no doubt about it, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. Yeah, and the Cowboys will have to
Speaker 1: play them, and it will probably be be a game
Speaker 1: that feels like a neutral crowd. Anyway, let's talk let's
Speaker 1: talk about that. But anyway, let's talk about dak Nick.
Speaker 1: You made the comment that, you know, maybe maybe they
Speaker 1: don't have their quarterback. However, Jerry made it clear this
Speaker 1: morning that he plans to give him an extension. What
Speaker 1: do you think, Well, you know, depends on how long
Speaker 1: the extension is. I mean, what we're going to give
Speaker 1: him to him a day? Well what one year? I
Speaker 1: mean is it? It doesn't sound like he would say
Speaker 1: it like that. It sounds like he was talking about
Speaker 1: a major extension. And no, I don't think it's a
Speaker 1: good idea. I think the quarterback Again, I say this
Speaker 1: because it's you know, you have to qualify this. I
Speaker 1: feel like we do. But UM really like him. I
Speaker 1: like what he's done, love his story, thinking everything he
Speaker 1: does everything the right way down to sound like Jason Garrett,
Speaker 1: but that you know that's true. But he's bringing this
Speaker 1: team down, he's setting him back because he's limited in
Speaker 1: what he can do, and if they're not going to
Speaker 1: use them the way that they need to be using
Speaker 1: him because he is he is limited in the as
Speaker 1: a passer in my opinion, but he can do some
Speaker 1: other thing things athletically. They don't do that to me.
Speaker 1: They treat him like a passer and he can only
Speaker 1: give you so much. But couldn't that be what Jerry's
Speaker 1: kind of alluding to there without saying it is After
Speaker 1: this season, I'm going to have an offensive coordinator that
Speaker 1: maybe can get that out of him. Maybe that's what
Speaker 1: he's thinking. I'm again, I'm putting words in his mouth
Speaker 1: because he never said that. But there are things about
Speaker 1: Dak that we've seen that that can be successful. The
Speaker 1: question is is it a question of right now he's
Speaker 1: not playing well and if if that's the case, he's
Speaker 1: not playing well because of his own abilities or lack thereof,
Speaker 1: or because the offensive coordinator doesn't do enough to put
Speaker 1: him in the right situations to use him the right way.
Speaker 1: And we've seen quarterbacks like that in the NFL, where
Speaker 1: depending on what system you're we're in and how they're
Speaker 1: developing you, that dictates how successful you're going to be right,
Speaker 1: I agree. I've seen you how to go to the
Speaker 1: root of the problem and that stars up there was
Speaker 1: what up there? Coaching clouds down there. Anyways, you have
Speaker 1: to get to the route as far as coaching you have.
Speaker 1: That's the change I would want to see happening because
Speaker 1: right now, for me, when you started talking about Dak Prescott, yes,
Speaker 1: he's been inconsistent yet we've seen some good things out
Speaker 1: of him, but it's still hard to fully evaluate him
Speaker 1: when you know what the coaching is. When you know
Speaker 1: that the coaching hasn't been able to position not even
Speaker 1: just him, but even Zeke, the receivers, other players, they
Speaker 1: haven't been able to fully utilize them well and to
Speaker 1: their advantage and position them in the right position. So
Speaker 1: to me, right now, I don't mind Jerry saying that,
Speaker 1: I think that I would like to see Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: under a different kind of management. I think that when
Speaker 1: it comes to a teacher, it's very important and it
Speaker 1: really makes a difference when you have a good teacher
Speaker 1: versus a bad teacher. And look at for example, Chris Rishard,
Speaker 1: the type of thing he was able to do. He
Speaker 1: was able to convert Barron Jones into something completely different
Speaker 1: because he's all the talent, he has the experience and
Speaker 1: the knowledge to change that and make him flourished. So
Speaker 1: I think when you get someone in here like that
Speaker 1: that is able to take your strength and utilize them
Speaker 1: in a way and kind of cover up the weaknesses
Speaker 1: a little bit. You've made all the kind of changes
Speaker 1: you could possibly make on the field. You've seen it
Speaker 1: in the past when Jason Winn was here, when Romo
Speaker 1: was here, yet the end result was nothing different. So
Speaker 1: I think stop making changes as far as players. Let's
Speaker 1: make the change of a coaching change there, because that's
Speaker 1: the only difference that I think would you would able
Speaker 1: to see something completely different than what we've seen right now.
Speaker 1: I think you hit the nail on the head when
Speaker 1: it comes to the experience, and we've talked about it
Speaker 1: on this show quite a bit. When you have Kellen
Speaker 1: Moore as your quarterback coach, nothing that says that this
Speaker 1: guy can't develop into a really, really great coach, Because
Speaker 1: I don't like saying what people's ceilings are. The problem
Speaker 1: is the lack of experience and take out tell anyone
Speaker 1: of you guys, And that's for the listeners out there
Speaker 1: as well, take your own personal career, whatever career field
Speaker 1: you have. Where you are now is probably a lot
Speaker 1: more You're probably a lot more knowledgeable than you were
Speaker 1: five years ago, ten years ago, fifteen years ago. There
Speaker 1: is something to be said for experience. And the fact
Speaker 1: of the matter is, when you're young, you don't know
Speaker 1: what you don't know. Right. You may think you have
Speaker 1: it all under control, but you'll look back five years
Speaker 1: from that and you'll be like, man, I missed that.
Speaker 1: I didn't really understand that. Experience didn't give me the
Speaker 1: benefit of being able to see this potential problem or
Speaker 1: how to solve this in a better way. Right, So
Speaker 1: experience matters. And you look across this coaching staff. It's
Speaker 1: not just at quarterback. You look at the quarterback coach,
Speaker 1: You look at the linebacker coach, you look special teams coach,
Speaker 1: you look at the offensive line coach. Now, all of
Speaker 1: them inexperience. And that's not to say that an inexperienced
Speaker 1: coach can't do a good job. It is to say
Speaker 1: when you have a coaching staff where you have four
Speaker 1: different positions, and by the way, a lot of those
Speaker 1: positions they're dealing with young players and they're all in experience,
Speaker 1: like they have never had that position before in their
Speaker 1: entire career. You could be facing some problems from just
Speaker 1: from the standpoint of experience, right And so if I
Speaker 1: think for Dak, the biggest thing I see is right now,
Speaker 1: the person that's in his ear the most is a
Speaker 1: guy that doesn't know what he doesn't know, and again
Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything about the future of what he can
Speaker 1: become before right now, he doesn't have the experience to
Speaker 1: be able to know all the different things that hey,
Speaker 1: I might be able to tell him this, or I
Speaker 1: may be able to do this. And I've coached a
Speaker 1: quarterback like this before, and I know I have to
Speaker 1: do it like this in order to get the best
Speaker 1: out of him. He doesn't have the benefit of that experience,
Speaker 1: and I think that matters right now. I don't disagree
Speaker 1: with you, but I just don't think I buy that
Speaker 1: as like the reason the things are the way they are.
Speaker 1: I think, I mean, I agree with Amber for the
Speaker 1: most part, just that more than anything, I think you
Speaker 1: can win games with Dak Prescott. I don't think he's
Speaker 1: a I don't think he's in a scheme that really
Speaker 1: plays to his strength. Right now, I mean, you look
Speaker 1: at Marcus Mariota. Nick mentioned the ten carries for thirty
Speaker 1: two yards. How about the fact that damn near every
Speaker 1: pass he threw was based off of some kind of
Speaker 1: play action. I mean again, actions deception like getting people moving,
Speaker 1: trying to exploit mismatches in the defense. I don't see
Speaker 1: that stuff with what they try to do with Dak.
Speaker 1: It looks very boilerplate and simple. And I feel dumb
Speaker 1: saying that because I certainly can't coach as well as
Speaker 1: Scott Linehancam, but it just doesn't seem like he's being
Speaker 1: put in positions to succeed. So yeah, like it really
Speaker 1: doesn't bother me to hear that Jerry Jones wants to
Speaker 1: extend Dak because there's more nuance to it there, you know,
Speaker 1: like Dak Prescott is not going to get an Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers deal, Like he's just not. And not to mention
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones. Honestly, I listened to that interview. It honestly,
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones sounded defiant and he just kind of sounded
Speaker 1: like he wanted to say something to shut people up
Speaker 1: and just kind of like, hey, he's our quarterbacks, so
Speaker 1: shut up. He did. He didn't give any specifics. He
Speaker 1: didn't say when he's gonna do it, he didn't say
Speaker 1: how much money it's gonna be for. So I'm not
Speaker 1: really flying off the handle at that. But even if
Speaker 1: the Cowboys give Dak before your extension this offseason, I
Speaker 1: don't think that's the end of the world. I think
Speaker 1: you can win games with him just not not playing
Speaker 1: and calling things the way that it is right now,
Speaker 1: and I think that is what needs it needs to change,
Speaker 1: more so than the actual guy throwing the ball. Well,
Speaker 1: you know that they brought in Amari Cooper, and one
Speaker 1: of the things that they've said about that is is
Speaker 1: that they've got their first round pick right now. You know,
Speaker 1: they don't have one next year. Obviously, their first round
Speaker 1: pick is right now. So they're almost like building for
Speaker 1: the future right now. So if that's the case, and
Speaker 1: Dak is the future, then why not get to the
Speaker 1: I mean, why prolong this anymore? I mean, I'm not
Speaker 1: saying that you're going to find your coach right now,
Speaker 1: but but why continue to do this this way? I
Speaker 1: just think they've got to figure something now. They've got
Speaker 1: to change the play caller. Something, they have to to
Speaker 1: to mix this up in a way because you know
Speaker 1: you're three and five, you do have eight games left.
Speaker 1: But well, and this is the perfect time to experiment
Speaker 1: with dust that kind of stuff. I mean, you wouldn't
Speaker 1: want to do it into like going into next year.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're gonna have, like, for example, the
Speaker 1: play caller, let's say, okay, let's try out Jason Garrett
Speaker 1: why he can do play call in this game? This
Speaker 1: is the right time to do it, I would say,
Speaker 1: because where you're standing right now of the season, you
Speaker 1: really don't have much to lose. You know, Garrett has
Speaker 1: always The reason why Garrett's been here for this is
Speaker 1: what his eighth year as the coach. The reason why
Speaker 1: that it's lasted that long is because every single time
Speaker 1: that it's he's at his back has been against the wall.
Speaker 1: Every single time he's come through with flying colors like
Speaker 1: Coach of the Year or in twenty fourteen and then
Speaker 1: fifteen was bad. Now sixteen boom did it again? Last year.
Speaker 1: You could make the case, well, you know, nine and seven,
Speaker 1: you know you can, you could cut. But I think
Speaker 1: because of what happened with Zeke, I think they like
Speaker 1: you know, Sean Lee time together, I think they gave
Speaker 1: him people. People don't want to hear it, but nine
Speaker 1: and seven doesn't get you fired from very many jobs.
Speaker 1: It just doesn't. It's why this stuff, which is why
Speaker 1: last night is significant to me. And I sound like
Speaker 1: a broken record. I don't care. That is a typical
Speaker 1: of what Garrett teams do. They typically your backs against
Speaker 1: the wall, you have a chance to climb back to
Speaker 1: five hundred, keep yourself relevant. They almost always win those games,
Speaker 1: and they didn't just lose. They looked bad doing so.
Speaker 1: I think that's noteworthy. And that's why you know, I
Speaker 1: can't I can't go there with you and say, well,
Speaker 1: they'll find a way to win one of these games,
Speaker 1: because the history says they find a way to win
Speaker 1: this game, and they didn't. What they're showing us right
Speaker 1: now is already a typical, so it's hard to say
Speaker 1: anything is typical at this point. I'll take the words
Speaker 1: right out of Jerry Jones's mouth because I agree with him.
Speaker 1: He's you know, three and five sucks, But what's worse
Speaker 1: than the record is what they looked like. You know,
Speaker 1: He's like, I'm not worried about being three and five.
Speaker 1: I'm worried about the fact that we played that way
Speaker 1: while losing, because you know, if they lose a shootout
Speaker 1: and lose, you know, if they if they lose thirty
Speaker 1: one to twenty eight and it's a heartbreaker, but they
Speaker 1: you know, Dak played grade and just couldn't rack them
Speaker 1: over the finish line. You talk yourself into beating two
Speaker 1: mediocre teams on the road. Yeah, but that's not what
Speaker 1: they look like. So it's hard to really try to
Speaker 1: sell anything other than what you saw. You know, real quick,
Speaker 1: you get down there, you know, you need to get
Speaker 1: two scores, and you know, we've been talking about this
Speaker 1: team being so vanilla, and you get down there and
Speaker 1: then it's like, oh, now we're gonna throw Beasley a
Speaker 1: reverse where Beasley is gonna throw it to Dak in
Speaker 1: the end zone. And that damn near helpless, hopeless situation.
Speaker 1: Well that tells you how desperate they may have been
Speaker 1: at that point that they're just pulling. Imagine how awesome
Speaker 1: would that be, I mean, just to play itself, if
Speaker 1: they would have made I mean, I don't know, but whatever, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if that's that's that plays
Speaker 1: ever really gonna work. And there's a reason why quarterbacks
Speaker 1: aren't that tall or short. I mean, I don't know,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna you don't have room down in the
Speaker 1: twenty to fool a lot of people that that quickly.
Speaker 1: But it was I mean, in fairness, yeah, I understand that,
Speaker 1: but it was it was definitely done in a different way.
Speaker 1: And you know, I just I don't know, gold Busy.
Speaker 1: It's a tough one because every single time you think, oh,
Speaker 1: a big game for him, and then you come back
Speaker 1: and then, like I really believe, if somebody wants to
Speaker 1: take him out of a game, they can. They can.
Speaker 1: He's not just the type of receiver that could just
Speaker 1: kind of just fight through it. If that's their goal,
Speaker 1: take you out of the game, and that's what they
Speaker 1: should do. All right, let's take our final break. When
Speaker 1: we come back. I do want to talk about the
Speaker 1: offensive line. They gave up five sacks yesterday. But my
Speaker 1: question is was it the offensive line or was it
Speaker 1: dak We'll talk about that when we come back. This
Speaker 1: is Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. Well, a player could
Speaker 1: look good on paper, it's when he's out on the
Speaker 1: field that you really find out what he's made of.
Speaker 1: That's why the Cowboys rely on more than just stats
Speaker 1: and scouting reports when building their team. When picking a tractor,
Speaker 1: it's why you should rely on more than just specs
Speaker 1: and features. You've got to take it out and put
Speaker 1: it to the test. The Cowboys did when they named
Speaker 1: John Deer their official tractor. Experience one for yourself. If
Speaker 1: this at my John Dear Dealer dot com, slash football,
Speaker 1: it's time for tailgate with the autobox Boys. Auterbox the
Speaker 1: makers are those crazy protective phonecases so one and only.
Speaker 1: They're also wild about protecting parking lot parties from sad drinks.
Speaker 1: It's why they made elevation tumblers room around the crock pot,
Speaker 1: as they're made from stainless steel with a copper lining
Speaker 1: to keep temps hot or coal true. They even come
Speaker 1: in seven different sizes up to sixty four ounce the growler.
Speaker 1: I like cowaterbox drinks. I mean thanks, And that's been
Speaker 1: tailgating with the autobox Boys. Check out all the colors
Speaker 1: and sizes of their elevation tumblers at auterbox dot com.
Speaker 1: Want to use what the pros use? How about the
Speaker 1: official men skincare brand of the Dallas Cowboys, Jack Black
Speaker 1: Right now, you can get the Jack Black Playmaker, a
Speaker 1: curated collection of Cowboys locker room favorites, for just ten
Speaker 1: bucks with free shipping. The Playmaker includes four Jack Black
Speaker 1: skincare favorites, plus a full sized Intense Therapy lip ball
Speaker 1: and a Cowboys can cooler. Go to get Jack Black
Speaker 1: dot com, slash Cowboys and use the code word Cowboys.
Speaker 1: The Jack Black Playmaker ten bucks free shipping. Star Sports
Speaker 1: Tours is the only official fan travel partner of the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, offering exclusive game weekend travel packages with sideline
Speaker 1: access and photo ops with current players, alumni and cheerleaders.
Speaker 1: That's not all, though, You'll get to talk x's and
Speaker 1: those with Senior Director of Player Personnel Will McClay and
Speaker 1: of course with yours truly me, Brian broad Us. You
Speaker 1: can trust the official fan travel partner of the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and with us you'll travel like a pro. Visit Cowboys
Speaker 1: Travel dot com to book your travel package. Today. A
Speaker 1: man's steps and doesn't just protect him from life's elements,
Speaker 1: it projects an unstoppable and legendary spirit, just like the
Speaker 1: men wearing silver and navy on the field. Every Sunday
Speaker 1: Sends eighteen sixty five. Steps and Hats are American made
Speaker 1: with pride right here in Texas. They are still the
Speaker 1: official crown of all self prospecting cowboys and is proud
Speaker 1: to be on the field with America's team. Find Steps
Speaker 1: and Hats in the pro Shop or a stetson dot com. Today.
Speaker 1: Back to the Break Welcome Back. It's the final segment
Speaker 1: of The Break Lie from the s WBC Mortgage studios.
Speaker 1: At the start, Nick tels a bit about times comfortable
Speaker 1: with the three and five record. At least you're gonna
Speaker 1: have good underwear. So Tommy John will make you as
Speaker 1: comfortable as you could possibly be. So go ahead and
Speaker 1: get you some Timmy John. They have it for men,
Speaker 1: they have it for women. They can get it for yourself,
Speaker 1: Get it for your friends, maybe give them a gift
Speaker 1: card so you don't have to be awkward and like
Speaker 1: actually pick them out and pick the sides and stuff
Speaker 1: like that. Weird, but it would be a little bit,
Speaker 1: especially if you got it way too big and like
Speaker 1: if I gave you underwear, that'd be weird. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: don't want to get anything for like your wife or
Speaker 1: girlfriend and they're like hey, You're like, oh, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: I didn't know. Yeah, don't do all that, but just
Speaker 1: go to the webs. I have given Dave undowever because
Speaker 1: it was very awkward. No, it was very awkward and
Speaker 1: I'll never do it again. So yes, that fitcher. I
Speaker 1: didn't think it was awkward at all. I thought it
Speaker 1: was very awkward. Why because it was? They because I
Speaker 1: was going out store and I'm buying underwear that's not
Speaker 1: for me or my children. Like, that's weird. No, it's
Speaker 1: not like it's literally like buying anything else. No, Like,
Speaker 1: it's not really not because you didn't get Tommy John
Speaker 1: and it's not like anything else. If you want Tommy John,
Speaker 1: you go Commy John dot com. Forward Slash Cowboys. All right,
Speaker 1: let's jump back in. Cowboys lose to the Tennessee Titans
Speaker 1: twenty eight fourteen. We've talked about a lot of different things.
Speaker 1: We did not talk as much about the offensive line yesterday.
Speaker 1: They have. There's been transition there, probably as much transition
Speaker 1: there as any place on this team, because they change
Speaker 1: the offensive line coach now, Mark Colombo has taken over
Speaker 1: for Paul Alexander. Cowboys start off the game looking really good.
Speaker 1: It seemed like I know Nick you and I mentioned
Speaker 1: a couple times early in the game, like, man, Dak
Speaker 1: has all day back there. Zeke starts off the first
Speaker 1: two drives, like you said, Dave, he had what forty
Speaker 1: yards in the first two possessions. So it looked like
Speaker 1: the offensive line initially was really like clicking on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: Then the wheels kind of fell off. At least they
Speaker 1: gave up five sacks. Kind of Uh, well, yeah, the
Speaker 1: running game just wasn't the same. Um, where do you
Speaker 1: put the blame for that? Though? Do you put it
Speaker 1: all on the offensive line? Do you put it mostly
Speaker 1: on the offensive line? Do you think Dak had up
Speaker 1: something or a lot to do with that? Where do
Speaker 1: you How do you evaluate this offensive line yesterday? I
Speaker 1: think it's it goes the same as has it been
Speaker 1: for the last few weeks. I think that there's probably
Speaker 1: a conversation on the sideline like wait, wait, guys, what
Speaker 1: are we doing? Like just just let's get up there,
Speaker 1: Let's let's stop, Zeke. Let's make sure that that you know,
Speaker 1: we can we can get closer to the line. You're
Speaker 1: talking about the Tennessee sideline. Yes, I mean, like, let's
Speaker 1: let's not let these guys beat us on the outside.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're not gonna throw a deep quarterback won't
Speaker 1: throw it that far. So let's just let's get up
Speaker 1: there close, let's shut down Beasley, and we'll live with
Speaker 1: whatever Cooper does to us. So I think it's everybody.
Speaker 1: I think. I still think it's the passing game, whether
Speaker 1: it be the quarterback throwing into them, the receivers that
Speaker 1: don't get open that well, it's that whole thing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's never gonna just be one person. I mean, Connor
Speaker 1: Williams struggled again. We thought he might. Drell Casey pretty
Speaker 1: good player. You had a holding penalty. They had a
Speaker 1: hard time containing those guys in the middle. Lyle Collins
Speaker 1: struggled again, but Dak held the ball for an unbelievable
Speaker 1: amount of time on several of those. Some of them
Speaker 1: were busts, some of them are bad plays by the quarterback.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen the tape, but sure, maybe the receivers
Speaker 1: couldn't get open again. Although that's super disheartening considering the
Speaker 1: firepower you added to your receiver corps during the bye week.
Speaker 1: But all that stuff goes hand in hand. I thought
Speaker 1: I thought Dak's pocket presence was really discouraging. But the
Speaker 1: I mean the offensive line certainly did not play, you know,
Speaker 1: up to the caliber you would you would hope. I
Speaker 1: know that as the season began, we all assumed that
Speaker 1: when you had a rookie guy like Connor Williams that
Speaker 1: you're thrown into this line, that there'd be some growing pains.
Speaker 1: Have you, guys, gotten to the point now where you
Speaker 1: still believe, Hey, these are just growing pains. By next year,
Speaker 1: he will be a much better player, or you start
Speaker 1: him sour on the idea that he will be a
Speaker 1: good player for the Cowboys. Not souring on that. I
Speaker 1: do think that he um, you know, it's one thing
Speaker 1: to play two different positions. I still think it would
Speaker 1: be it would be nice to see a full offseason
Speaker 1: with him playing guard. I mean, with with a guard's body.
Speaker 1: I think that he needs. He's young, he needs to
Speaker 1: kind of grow into that ull. He'll get there, I believe,
Speaker 1: But I'm not soured on him yet. I don't know
Speaker 1: if he's playing the right position for him. Maybe maybe
Speaker 1: maybe he'd be better at right tackle. But if they're
Speaker 1: gonna make him a guard, just commit to it. And
Speaker 1: he needs that full off season. Yeah, I mean you
Speaker 1: want to see rookies arrows trend up as the season goes,
Speaker 1: and he Connor Williams has just he's been a straight
Speaker 1: line the whole time. I mean, he is what he is,
Speaker 1: and honestly that that shouldn't be surprising to us, because
Speaker 1: you can't improve what he needs to prove in the
Speaker 1: six day grind of a season. You just can't. He
Speaker 1: needs to add strength, he needs to add size in
Speaker 1: order to be able to hold up against those type
Speaker 1: of players. And you mean, these guys lift during the season,
Speaker 1: but it's like a thirty minute session just to kind
Speaker 1: of you know, you're not gonna pump. Yeah, you're not
Speaker 1: doing real work in the weight room during the season.
Speaker 1: You're adding bulk, right, That is what we do the season,
Speaker 1: That's what the off seasons for um. So I still
Speaker 1: think all things considered, he's he's been fine. He's certainly
Speaker 1: had his share of struggles. I mean, I get it,
Speaker 1: you know, move him to tackle, move by All to guard.
Speaker 1: Maybe it would work, Maybe it wouldn't. I hate the
Speaker 1: idea of throwing a new planet both of these guys
Speaker 1: after they've committed to this. I'm not convinced it would
Speaker 1: look a lot different, specially in the middle of season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and so I just I think you just kind of
Speaker 1: got to stick with it and you are what you are.
Speaker 1: I'm maybe you know, I've heard the idea thrown around
Speaker 1: Xavier Suaphilo has been on the sideline for eight weeks
Speaker 1: and you know, maybe you know, he's a veteran guy,
Speaker 1: maybe he could give you a better look, But I
Speaker 1: kind of doubt it. And I think I think Connor
Speaker 1: needs to play if he's going to get better. So
Speaker 1: I just think you're kind of you are what you
Speaker 1: are for eight more games, and I don't I don't
Speaker 1: think that's what's sinking the season though, you know, I don't.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think Connor Williams has played well enough
Speaker 1: for them to have a better record than they do
Speaker 1: right now. Ye, all right. As far as Dak, I
Speaker 1: start thinking, okay, well, anticipation and reflexes only comes with experience.
Speaker 1: And then I started thinking of like ways to justified
Speaker 1: him in that aspect. You know, he's still young, he's
Speaker 1: still learning. But then at the same time you go
Speaker 1: back and it's like, okay, you're in your third year. Now,
Speaker 1: those things shoes start coming in natural at this point
Speaker 1: and when you start seeing him hesitate, and then I
Speaker 1: start thinking, Okay, well maybe it comes back from the
Speaker 1: coaching where now you're just not feeling one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: Although he's a very confident guy, maybe you're just not
Speaker 1: feeling one hundred percent confident and comfortable. If you don't
Speaker 1: fully trust the play caller and whoever's talking in your ear,
Speaker 1: then that's going to create some kind of hesitation in
Speaker 1: you and doubt yourself. So there's so many little things
Speaker 1: that play into this whole mess, but it's kind of
Speaker 1: hard to figure out at this point. That was exactly
Speaker 1: the point I was making when it came to the
Speaker 1: end experience of the guy that's talking and that's talking
Speaker 1: to him regularly is I think Dak this year has
Speaker 1: been far more tentative than we've seen him be. I
Speaker 1: think he's been not as you know. There have been
Speaker 1: so many times this year where we've seen him kind
Speaker 1: of standing back there and you're like, pull the trigger,
Speaker 1: and he's just not willing to do it. And I
Speaker 1: don't know that we saw that as much a year
Speaker 1: before last, and last year up before the Atlanta game,
Speaker 1: you didn't really see a whole out of that either.
Speaker 1: And so it just makes me wonder if again, the
Speaker 1: experience of the quarterback coach is not a part of
Speaker 1: the problem. I'm gonna throw something out there and also
Speaker 1: give a shout out to my dad. My dad is
Speaker 1: probably listening. He listens to us every every day. He
Speaker 1: loves watching us. Uh. He's a really good pool player. Okay,
Speaker 1: he know, he's really good. He's been in tournaments and
Speaker 1: stuff like that, and he knows how one shot leads
Speaker 1: to this shot leads to this shot. Lead. You gotta
Speaker 1: be three or four shots ahead if you want to
Speaker 1: be good. If it's if your kicker just missed a
Speaker 1: field goal, it's up seven to nothing, are you gonna
Speaker 1: go four fourth fourth down on the four yard line?
Speaker 1: Are you gonna go for it? Probably not, you're gonna
Speaker 1: take a tip. But if it's fourth and goal from
Speaker 1: the one, you're gonna go for it. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: so too. Go up fourteen nothing. That's the kind of
Speaker 1: crap that that that I think this team doesn't do
Speaker 1: well at all. It's first and goal from the four
Speaker 1: yard line, and you run a counter with all of
Speaker 1: your linemen coming here. It takes four days to get there.
Speaker 1: They finally do and the defenses are fast. They get
Speaker 1: there that. Now you're on the sixth. Now you're gonna throw,
Speaker 1: and if you throw, now Dak goes a pick and
Speaker 1: they know you're gonna throw. By the way, at this point,
Speaker 1: you run north, you get the ball, and you get north,
Speaker 1: and you know, can we get That's the comptop this
Speaker 1: time I'm talking about about putting an antoine woods in there.
Speaker 1: Give me some beef because tight ends are not big
Speaker 1: enough to do anything. Give me some beef. Your fullbacks versatile,
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean your fullback is a is a
Speaker 1: you know he's he's not a physical like fullback. It's
Speaker 1: more of an h back. He needs some beef to
Speaker 1: go north. Now it's second and goal from the two.
Speaker 1: I got okay, do it again, eat some beef. Now
Speaker 1: it's third and goal from the one. Now it's fourth.
Speaker 1: I mean whatever, Now Dad can go, let somebody push
Speaker 1: him from the back and you can score. But like
Speaker 1: it's first, that play lost the game for him, two
Speaker 1: yard lost to Zeke, completely lost the game. You get
Speaker 1: a fourteen nothing on them. The way that things going,
Speaker 1: I like things a little bit different, But you gotta
Speaker 1: play two to three shots ahead, not just let's just
Speaker 1: run this counter play here. I mean, why it takes
Speaker 1: forever down there? Yeah? No, I mean they never, very
Speaker 1: rarely does it seem like they make a play call
Speaker 1: with the next play in mind. You know, it's very reactionary,
Speaker 1: and that's been the case. I mean only tangentially related.
Speaker 1: But you see another misque with the challenges. You know,
Speaker 1: you just you challenge them, miss the challenge and lose
Speaker 1: the time out earlier in the weird that was a
Speaker 1: weird play. I didn't have a problem with that challenge
Speaker 1: though for some reason, because I I it was hard
Speaker 1: to see in real time and in those kind of instances,
Speaker 1: it was a huge play. Gave him a first down,
Speaker 1: and so it's just to me, that's where I look
Speaker 1: at him, like, yeah, you could probably nitpick that one,
Speaker 1: but in my opinion, taking a shot at that challenge,
Speaker 1: it wasn't a huge deal. Tavon aust that had a
Speaker 1: catch a couple of games go, I don't remember the game.
Speaker 1: Right in front of Jason Houston down got hit out
Speaker 1: of bounds and the ball rolls out and he's looking
Speaker 1: at it like, well, I think the cat, So he
Speaker 1: challenges it. The balls rolling out and that's the reason
Speaker 1: why he didn't get the call. Same thing on that play,
Speaker 1: Cheeto had the ball so it rolled into and so
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of what he thinks take a shot, right, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I tell you the play before that, though, and I
Speaker 1: agreed with the call. I don't think he really made
Speaker 1: the catch. How big? How big is that? I mean,
Speaker 1: because you just threw a pick and now all of
Speaker 1: a sudden you have a chance to get the ball back.
Speaker 1: Jalen Smith had it back, you chanced to go you know,
Speaker 1: ten fourteen nothing again, Yep, I think that was a
Speaker 1: huge play in the game, those two right there. We
Speaker 1: didn't spend as much time as they're talking about the defense,
Speaker 1: but I think we have to spend at least a
Speaker 1: little time. Yesterday they gave up most points they've given
Speaker 1: up all season. They give up twenty eight. They started
Speaker 1: the game with two turnovers, which you're the worst offense
Speaker 1: that they've played this year. Maybe the Giants are worse.
Speaker 1: But yes, I get your point. In the definitely in
Speaker 1: the running, definitely in the running. But that means But
Speaker 1: the other parts of that, though, you gotta remember, is
Speaker 1: that was not by far the worst quarterback that they've played,
Speaker 1: and you start looking at the quarterbacks that have beaten
Speaker 1: in the season, you can start seeing where when they
Speaker 1: play a quarterback that's pretty good, it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough day. And they play a quarterback that's not so good,
Speaker 1: then they usually have a decent shot, right. And I
Speaker 1: think yesterday that quarterback and I said it to you, Nick,
Speaker 1: I think Mariota's a lot better than we gave him
Speaker 1: credit for. He played a really, really good game. In
Speaker 1: my opinion, yesterday, I don't remember saying that he's bad.
Speaker 1: He's I didn't say that either. It is wildly inconsistent,
Speaker 1: and today was Yesterday was a good day. The other
Speaker 1: trend is, uh, they have not done well against quarterbacks
Speaker 1: that can get outside the pocket and extend plays. And
Speaker 1: that's not just I mean, thirty two yards is not
Speaker 1: going to break your back. Deshaun Watson didn't run all
Speaker 1: over him. But if the if a guy can extend plays,
Speaker 1: get outside the pocket, do things with his feet, or
Speaker 1: you know, make plays on the run, it's it's a true.
Speaker 1: It's a problem for them. Cam killed him, Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: played you and kill him, but he played well. DeShawn
Speaker 1: now Mariota. Yeah, yeah, before we really get talking about
Speaker 1: that defense, which problem was on third down of course,
Speaker 1: but um, we might be overlooking like the real issue
Speaker 1: of the game because like one of the first tweets
Speaker 1: that I got from a fan was like, how do
Speaker 1: they expect to win with those bad luck blues? That
Speaker 1: might be something we needed dress. That was a little
Speaker 1: bit Their uniforms look awesome. I like him, but that
Speaker 1: was weird to me because I don't know, I'm not
Speaker 1: used to the Cowboys choosing I was surprised unless it's
Speaker 1: maybe Thanksgiving. Usually, if they're gonna get the choice of
Speaker 1: what uniform they're gonna wear, it's gonna be the whites.
Speaker 1: So it's a little bit odd to me that they
Speaker 1: chose blue. But hey, you know, I'm one of the
Speaker 1: coaches said, Hey, the players love it. They love that.
Speaker 1: Get excited. They fired up at last for what about
Speaker 1: a half a quarter? Yeah, they looked really good for
Speaker 1: that half a quarter though, They did real good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well you did get to the point of the defense.
Speaker 1: You talk about third downs. That's probably the worst third
Speaker 1: down performance from a defense from this defense that we've seen.
Speaker 1: They were eleven and fourteen or the Titans were eleven
Speaker 1: and fourteen on third downs. There was one point in
Speaker 1: the I think early fourth quarter, maybe late third thing
Speaker 1: was about early fourth though. At that point Tennessee was
Speaker 1: eight of eleven on third downs. And get this, six
Speaker 1: out of those eight that they converted were third and
Speaker 1: seven or more. You get to third and seven, you
Speaker 1: feel like you've done your job. You've held them on
Speaker 1: two downs to three yards or less, and the Cowboys
Speaker 1: couldn't get off the field on six of those eight.
Speaker 1: That is excuse there, But you've got that's where you
Speaker 1: need your best pass rushers. That's where that's where that's
Speaker 1: where they're they're they're missing. Now. Daniel Ross played in
Speaker 1: an outstanding game. Yeah, look at his stats. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 1: And there's a there's a sack in there that you know.
Speaker 1: That was another huge play in the game, Tennessee calling
Speaker 1: that time out. Yeah, that's a forty six yard difference.
Speaker 1: That was ridiculous. DeMarcus Lawrence played really good too. He
Speaker 1: did a great game, which, yeah, I have a hard
Speaker 1: time faulting the pass rush they got to They got
Speaker 1: to mariot to four times. Titans only average three point
Speaker 1: five yards per carry like they were active. They got
Speaker 1: a takeaway. I mean, as much credit as we've given
Speaker 1: them and as good as they've been, Like back seven
Speaker 1: was not awesome yesterday. What I mean, I I'm done.
Speaker 1: I'm I apologize to everybody. I'm not superstitious, but like
Speaker 1: I'm done, I'm not going to be dismissive if any
Speaker 1: more opponents. Because I sat here to the other I
Speaker 1: was like, wide receivers are terrible. Like their wide receivers
Speaker 1: worked this second they did, they were they and I
Speaker 1: mean what their leading receiver only had sixty yards. It's
Speaker 1: not like somebody just blew up, but like they just
Speaker 1: made all of the important catches when they needed to.
Speaker 1: And I'd never even I mean Taywan Taylor Batson, Like
Speaker 1: who are these guys? I was really surprised by that.
Speaker 1: Can I play the host for just the second ask
Speaker 1: a question? Absolutely? Um, Well, Sean Lee play another game
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't,
Speaker 1: But that depends on I know Jason Garrett said it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a little while for him. I mean that
Speaker 1: just depends like if he if he can goes to
Speaker 1: I R. I would guess not is he at that
Speaker 1: point where where Romo was when they finally say that
Speaker 1: enough's enough, where no matter how good a player is,
Speaker 1: Because I still believe Shan Lee is a really good player,
Speaker 1: but it's one of those situations where you just can't
Speaker 1: trust him to stay healthy and he's now getting hurt
Speaker 1: on very routine plays. He's just running and the hamstring pulls.
Speaker 1: So is it just at that point where the Cowboys
Speaker 1: have to just say it's we just can't trust you
Speaker 1: to be hop's I mean, as long as we're being
Speaker 1: brutally honest, that's They didn't used to have that option,
Speaker 1: because the drop off and play was so severe, right,
Speaker 1: Layton Vanderesh and Jalen Smith weren't amazing all throughout that game.
Speaker 1: I mean we talked about Jalen everybody else, by the way,
Speaker 1: but the drop off is not as severe as it
Speaker 1: used to be. You've got guys who can do that,
Speaker 1: and that's why you drafted Vanderesh in the first place.
Speaker 1: You know. But but before the injury, the touchdown you
Speaker 1: know Lewis Dion Lewis eighteen yards um that was you know,
Speaker 1: if you saw Sean Lee on that play, he couldn't
Speaker 1: get there. I mean, no, I get Lewis is a quick,
Speaker 1: fast back, but the angle he took, you know, it
Speaker 1: really wasn't that close. That was one of the few
Speaker 1: plays you really see where like wow, he just he
Speaker 1: just couldn't make that play. Um again, we all love
Speaker 1: Sean Lee, but I just wonder it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: few weeks. Like you said, if this is a situation
Speaker 1: where it's three or four weeks and you can still
Speaker 1: bring him back, He's certainly he's a talented enough player
Speaker 1: that it's worth it. He can still help this team. Like, don't,
Speaker 1: don't come at me like Shaun Lee's just all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, just this terrible football player. But he's not
Speaker 1: if I mean, if he needs to go to I
Speaker 1: R and what it's week it's week ten now, like
Speaker 1: he can't come back rights if he needs to go,
Speaker 1: I mean, I would not be surprised that you can
Speaker 1: save seven million dollars on the cap if he's not
Speaker 1: on this team. It would not surprise me. But I
Speaker 1: just I don't I need to know the severity of
Speaker 1: the injury. If it's only if it's only a three
Speaker 1: or four week deal, then how the season is going? Ok?
Speaker 1: At that point, it's not even four weeks. Let's say
Speaker 1: they're one in three in that four week span, so
Speaker 1: they're four and eight, and the more games he's out,
Speaker 1: if these young linebackers are playing well as they've played
Speaker 1: most of this year, I know yesterday was not a
Speaker 1: good representation, but most of this year they've played really
Speaker 1: good football. If they get back to playing really good
Speaker 1: football and they play good football while he's out, then
Speaker 1: it does start to beg the question, Hey, with another
Speaker 1: year of experience, are they even that much better next year?
Speaker 1: And do you really need to to take on having
Speaker 1: Sean Lee and not knowing whether you know at this
Speaker 1: moment the next moment, if he's gonna be hurt again,
Speaker 1: you just as soon glad to get a younger guy.
Speaker 1: Third fourth, fifth round, and you've got a lineback and
Speaker 1: court you feel pretty good about it. I would not
Speaker 1: surprise me. So, all right, guys, we'll be back tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Something to watch tomorrow. We will. We'll get into some
Speaker 1: some talk of the Philadelphia Eagles. We'll have to jump
Speaker 1: right on that because we'll be back to Dave given
Speaker 1: us a scouttering report. We'll talk about the Eagles offense
Speaker 1: tomorrow to then for Nicki, even Dave Helm and Amber Garcia.
Speaker 1: I'm Derek Higelts and this has been The Break live
Speaker 1: on Dallas Cowboys dot Com Radio. This has been a
Speaker 1: production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: Football Club.