WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Are Eagles, 49ers BOTH Better than Dallas? 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:05.040 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:06.680 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:14.720 Cowboys Let's go. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:16.400 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:16.920 Yes? 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:18.800 Are you ready for a break? 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:19.600 Absolutely? 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:21.560 Ready for a break? 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:22.239 Yeah? 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:23.959 And so much for that. 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:28.360 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com. 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:35.120 Were with Ambar Garcia, Brian brought us, Patrick Walker and 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:36.320 Derek Eagleton. 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:42.080 It is Tuesday, September nineteenth, twenty twenty three, Season nineteen, 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.600 episode number thirty four. Welcome to the latest edition of 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:48.080 The Break. We're a live from the WBC Mortgage studios 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:50.239 at the Star. Got the crew with me today. It's 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.159 our Gumbo show on Tuesday. We got a lot of 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:54.240 things we're gonna throw into this. We're gonna talk about 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.200 the NFC East, We got a little news. We'll get 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:58.320 to talk a little bit about Michael Gallup and what 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.800 he's shown so far this season and where we are 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:02.720 with that. Also, we're going to try to get into 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:05.240 the run offense and what the Cowboys have been able 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:06.800 to do on the ground and if we think that's 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:10.160 enough or will they need more from their running backs 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.480 and their running game as the season wears on. We 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.679 got a segment of lab Coat with No C. So 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:17.000 we got a lot of stuff. We're going to hit 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:18.800 a lot of different things, a lot of different topics 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:21.039 in this show. So let's get it going. Let's start 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.160 first with little news. Yesterday Cowboys announced that they have 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:28.280 released Ronald Jones. Any surprise with that move or was 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.399 that kind of expected that after he came off the 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:32.039 suspension that the Cowboys would move on. 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.800 I was expecting it actually prior to them just moving 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:37.840 him to the reserve suspended list. We talked about it 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:41.080 at training camp, and you know, the more training camp 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.640 went on in preseason and then Ronald Jones gets the 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.640 two game suspension and then he suffers the growing injury 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:50.840 that basically deletes his entire preseason participation. In the meantime, 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.680 you had guys like Hunter Lipke, Deucevon, these younger guys 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.600 stepping up, Malite Davis who earned a spot on the 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.880 practice squad, Rico Dowdo stepping into the RB two row. 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.720 Question was where do Rojo fit? And I could not 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:03.720 figure out where he fit. I figured they would just 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.600 go ahead and let it go. Maybe they held onto 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.480 him for that two week period as insurance against injury 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:10.079 or whatever the. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.680 Case may be. But here we are. Two weeks has passed. 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.280 He's now eligible to be activated. 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.120 But instead of doing that, which would have cost him 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.160 a roster spot, they would have had to release or 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.360 waive someone. They just want to hit him parted ways. Now, 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:24.520 I will say that doesn't you know, preclude him from 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.800 possibly circling back and being a practice squad guy alongside 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.160 Malik Davis. Because he's vested, he's not subject to waivers. 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.920 He can sign with whomever he want effective today. So 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.880 I don't know that the options off the table, but 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.040 as it stands, yeah, Rojo is a free agent. 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:42.120 Yeah. I felt like that he was going to be 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.680 a guy. That he was going to be a bridge 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.120 player is what he was going to be. And he 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.520 was going to be much like what a dooga was. 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:54.320 And so you know, I was thinking, Okay, veteran guys 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.400 kind of this is Will's way of protecting himself. I 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.160 like the way he does this. I wish I would 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.720 have done it along time ago myself. But you know, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.040 you find ways to say, Okay, we got young players 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:06.480 we want to look at, but I got to keep 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:08.800 a veteran player over here, and he keeps him for 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.560 a low salary and all that. In case something happens 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:14.680 where it doesn't work out that way, you're kind of 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.320 the coaches can go to their guy if they feel 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.680 like you'ren't forcing a young guy on them. You're saying, hey, 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:22.639 I got a veteran guy here. It's played a lot 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:25.360 of snaps. If things don't work out with our young guys, 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.800 we can do it. I've been told he's not going 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.560 to be on the practice squad, so that that you know. 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.560 I know, so he's going to be out there for 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:37.560 anybody else. Maybe he appears on the Cowboys emergency board 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.120 down the road if something happens, he knows the scheme 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.960 and all that stuff like that. But you know, it 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:44.880 was just like I say, it was a veteran move 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.000 to protect the young players. They found out the young 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.320 players can play a little bit, so they don't need 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:51.440 Ronald Jones anymore. 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:58.400 It's unfortunate, especially if what he said at training camp 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:03.560 was true, and just a reminder he violated the what 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:04.200 do you call that. 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.480 Enhancement policy on performance enhancement. 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.320 Performance enhancement, and what he said at training camp was 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.920 basically he was taking some medication that was prescribed by 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.920 his doctor for his heart and it pop up in 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.560 the test. So he wasn't aware that whatever chemical was 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.520 in there was going to show up as that. So 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.560 in those instances and he was pretty upset, and he 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.680 said he tried to fight it. So when you hear 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.200 something like that, obviously you feel bad. If that's the 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:37.120 true story, it sucks. But it's just the nature of 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.480 this business and how things go down. And these younger 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.440 guys were able to take advantage of every single snap 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:48.040 and opportunity. And here there are there, everybody is at 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.160 a good spot for the backs that they currently have. 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.279 So it is what it is. I wish him well 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.359 and we'll see if he ever, I mean, if he 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:57.880 lands back on here or not. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:58.520 Yeah. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:00.920 Tough thing for him is that coming off a year 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.320 last year where the Chiefs brought him in and hopes 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:05.599 that he could be a player for them, and he 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.520 ends up near the bottom of their depth chart, and 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:09.640 then he comes to the Cowboys and two weeks in 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:11.320 the season he's no longer on the team. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:13.440 That doesn't bode well for him. 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.760 But right now there are two teams, particularly the Giants 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.960 in the Browns, who've lost their running backs at least 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:21.359 for a short period of time in the case of 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:24.160 the Giants. For the Browns, probably for the season, and 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:26.760 so it could create some opportunity for him if they 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.000 see him as a guy that, as you said before, Brian, 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.880 that bridge type veteran player, maybe he could be that 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.000 for them and maybe get some burned there. 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.400 You know. The one lesson you should learn if you're 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:41.080 a player is that if you're taking any kind of medication, 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.920 these trainers know, and maybe if you get something new, 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.479 you walk into the training room and you go to 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:51.040 your trainer and say, they prescribed this for my medicine, 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.919 and then the trainer then has the knowledge to be 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.960 able to say, well, let's look up what's in this medication. 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:01.200 You know, there's really it always is confounding to me 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.960 when these players say, well, I was taking this, and 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.320 these players know exactly, they know what they're eating, they 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.480 know what they're you know, they know what they're there's 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.960 how their workouts go, everything about what's going into their body. 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:15.039 The most of them do. And it's just unfortunate because 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:18.040 it's very simple. These trainers and doctors will help you 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.880 like you can't take that because it has the Senate 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.159 and then it just eliminates any problems that you might 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:30.160 have going forward. I mean, he lost an opportunity potentially, 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.640 you know, for two weeks, you know, to compete and 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:37.919 have an opportunity. We'll see, but it's unfortunate that you 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.120 just it's very simple, walk in there, hand the prescriptions 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.719 to your trainers, your doctors and say hey, can I 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:45.279 take this? Is this going to be a problem. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.120 Yeah, And what Ronald was saying was in his explanation 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.479 after the suspension landed and after the appeal failed, was 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.320 that this was whatever it was that he was taking 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:58.120 for his heart because of a congenital you know, family is. 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:59.440 Sure with heart issues. 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:01.680 He said that he had been taking it for years 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.600 for the totality of his career, So could have been 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:06.560 a situation, again we don't know all the details, but 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:08.720 could have been a situation where he felt like if 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.640 it wasn't a problem with his previous teams before now, 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.000 it wasn't a problem with the league before now, he 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.000 wasn't expecting that it will pop up and be a 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.600 problem now. So, like you said, Ambar, I mean, we 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.320 have both sides of the story. We don't know which 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.480 side of that story is actually the truth. But if 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.080 it is as he says it is, then you know, 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.160 Brian's not wrong in that you still need to present 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.240 this information to the trainers for your new team so 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.560 that you guys can be on the same accord so 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:34.560 they're not blindsided. 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.679 You're not blindsided. They can double check with the league. 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.480 But from his standpoint, I could see how he assumed 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.720 probably should not have if he did. I could see 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:43.960 how he would have assumed because he's not a first, second, 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:44.720 third year guy. 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:46.840 I mean, he's not a thirty year old. He's twenty six. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:48.680 But I mean if he's been taking it since he 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.560 joined been in since he's been in the league and 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:52.480 there's not been a problem, it's not popular test. 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.040 I could see his frustration in surprise to it. Yeah. 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.440 Tough thing is these guys can't approach healthcare the way 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.480 the rest of us do. Now get them Scott from 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.840 your doc just to assume you're good. Yeah, but they 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.240 live in a world where there's there's this kind of 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.480 testing and you have to be aware of it because 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.160 you're putting millions of dollars at risk if you don't 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.160 pass the test that the NFL puts out there. 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.320 You know, what they're in a situation too where they're 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.960 you know, they give these guys physicals. Hell, they gave 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.920 the scouts physicals. I mean the doctors know, they ask 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.400 you what medications that we've all gone to the doctor, 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.360 what medications you take? You know, they want to know 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.240 if you're going in for surgery, they want to know 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:29.840 what medications you take. So that's the unfortunate side of it, 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.160 if you know, if it's a fact, it's a veteran 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.840 thing and he's been taking it all along. And you know, 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.040 with the league, I think they're very specific about what 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.120 you can and cannot take. You know. That's that's something 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:45.400 that I mean, I've seen documentation of just thousands of 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.480 these prescriptions that appeared that just were like, okay, you 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.120 can't this that you know, And I don't know, it's 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.960 just it's unfortunate for him that you know, but maybe, 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:57.120 like I say, he knows better now that maybe with 0:08:57.160 --> 0:08:58.960 the next team. And you mentioned there are a couple 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.280 of teams that are looking for running. 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.720 All right, let's jump into a little conversation on the 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.559 NFC East interesting division as it was last year. Right now, 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.439 there are three teams that are two and oh Cowboys, 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.520 Philadelphia and Washington all two and oh New York is 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.680 one and one. Only lost in the division is to 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.800 a division opponent. So obviously, in early parts of the season, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.040 looking like this will be just as tough of a 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.920 division as it was last year. All that being said, 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.160 what stands out to you most about this division at 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:25.840 this point through. 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.200 Two weeks in Jalen Hurts the struggles. I feel like 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.480 you went straight for the throat. I'm going straight for 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:32.760 the throat. We're not wasting any time. 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:37.599 Not the title of the podcast. Yeah, we'll get a 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.080 guess engagement on. 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.400 I mean, I'm ninety percent confident that Jalen Hurts is 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.320 going to continue to struggle. But it really is a 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:50.880 situation where you look back at RG three's breakout year 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:52.880 as a rookie and what he was able to do, 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:57.120 and a lot of times when you have these particularly 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:01.560 these running quarterbacks who dominate in any particular year, Jalen 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.040 Hurts had a breakout season which was largely predicated on 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.920 his ability to run. And the offseason to follow the 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.600 film is out right, So now teams have an entire 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:13.720 off season of your film to dictate and pick it apart. 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:15.120 So then when you come into the. 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.440 Next season, the expectation within your organization it's probably that 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.680 you'll be able to replicate that. But that's not often 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.320 the case, especially in a league that's dominated by parody. 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.360 So when you see Jalen Hurts. 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.640 Who rarely turn the ball over over the entirety of 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.960 twenty twenty two, struggle to not turn the ball over 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.240 over the first two games, you start to wonder to yourself, well, 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.480 have teams figured him out? And then you start looking 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.920 at the personnel around the NFC East, and you land 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.920 squarely on the Cowboys defense, and you say, well, it's 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:44.959 one thing to have a blueprint, but it's another thing 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.079 to have the blueprint and the personnel. Okay, well, it's 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.320 another thing to have the blueprint, the personnel, and the maestro. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:52.800 To be able to put all of that together. 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.360 Could this be a situation where when the Cowboys go 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.960 up against Jalen Hurts, they end up getting a multiple 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:00.920 takeaway game. I think that could be the case. And 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.920 I think the Cowboys the speed at linebacker Lv's playing 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.199 here on fire de Mont Clark, that speed Marquise Bell 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:08.480 is helping there. Donovan Wilson is ready to come back. 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.240 So for me, it's the Eagles. I mean, I don't 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.360 they should not apologize for the victory over the Vikings, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.480 but let's be honest, the Vikings gave that game away. 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.280 I haven't seen the Eagles play yet between those two 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.920 games in a way that impresses me to say, oh, yeah, 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.520 that's a Super Bowl contender. I'm not saying they're not. 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.520 But nothing floors me about the Eagles just year. 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.360 The one thing I will say real quick, I don't 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.240 think I don't think it's I think it's too early 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.640 in the season for me to make any declarations about 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.839 really any offense in the league, because I think right 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:42.280 now what you're seeing is a lot of subpar football. 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:43.959 When it comes to the offensive side of the ball. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:45.800 I think the defense is are far ahead of the offense. 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:47.840 I think it's a reflection of the fact that a 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.920 lot of teams aren't playing their starters a lot during 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.560 the preseason, and I think that's the workthrough of this, 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.120 and you go back and look at the numbers, I 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.560 think it would probably bear out that in the first three, 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.959 four five weeks of the season of these usually aren't 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:02.880 just kind of clicking in the way that they normally 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.040 do like people making all these same declarations, similar declarations 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:09.520 about the Kansas City Chiefs. It's just it's early, I think, 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:11.760 I think, right, I think that's just I think that's 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:13.000 just the nature of NFL football. 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:14.600 Takes a litle while for him to get going. But 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:15.439 they're going to get going. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.079 And I have no doubts Jalen Hurts and the Eagles 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.000 are going to be formidable when it comes it off 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:20.520 inside of the ball, because that's just what they do. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:22.960 Boy, Brian, Yeah, the Commanders might have found a quarterback 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.440 in Sam how and they've got there two and oh 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.360 right now, and both their victories, Yeah, they're against Arizona 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.080 and Denver. Both games they had to come back in 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.360 and you got it as your team. We saw what 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:37.120 happened last year with the Giants and with Brian Dayball 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:38.839 and what they came in. They had a Week one 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.280 victory and where he went for a two point play 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.800 with for the to go for the victory and it 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.560 kind of set the tone for their season. Yeah, they 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.000 sputtered a little bit, you know, down the stretch, but 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.840 they got into the playoffs. The thing with the Commanders, 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.600 I've always felt like that they've got really good skilled 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.280 players with Terry McLaurin and others, you know, with Robinson 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.800 running the ball and stuff like that. They've got some 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:06.200 legitimate weapons, Logan Thomas at tight end. They've got a 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.280 really good defense. We saw first hand with the Cowboys 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.920 in that final game what that front can do to you, 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.439 how they can control the game. So the Commanders at 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.520 to and zero it is, it's they're off to a 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.520 grade start. Both victories coming back, both come back victories. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:23.840 The one in Denver I think was pretty impressive. I 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.680 know Sean Payton's trying to do a lot of things 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.360 get that thing going. But the Commanders might have found 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:30.800 them a quarterback in sam. 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.320 How, which is what they really need. 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.080 They get a quarterback how it gets really interesting watch 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:36.040 because they got the defense. 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:36.400 For sure. 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:42.440 I think we're already used to the NFCS having this 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.520 type of competition a year after year and coming down 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.360 to the last month of the year in December and 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:53.880 what happens there and maybe but maybe I'm biased, Sorry 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.920 sue me, but I just feel like the Cowboys they're 0:13:58.080 --> 0:13:59.080 different this year. 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.120 Like if we were. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.720 Talking about it the other day or yesterday, it's just 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:09.120 something about it completely feels completely different. Granted we're not 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:13.360 in Philadelphia around the players, we're not in Washington around 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:18.000 them either, but it's just even just watching them play. 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.240 So like, look at the defense, the Cowboys defense, the 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:25.440 energy that they have. I think whenever they face the 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:31.360 Commanders or the Eagles, they're gonna they're gonna win. They're 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.520 gonna win, They're gonna it's always a struggle. I get 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.720 it when they face an division opponent and all that, 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.960 but just the whole energy, they're themeanor everything is just 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:47.600 working right and unless some type of crazy and yeah, 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.280 knock on everything you can, but some crazy type of 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:55.360 injury that would ruin your whole season basically, then you're screwed. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:59.200 And it happens to other teams. But otherwise, everything about 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:03.240 the Cowboys right now just seems right, feels right, and 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.840 feels completely different than the year before, and the year 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.120 prior and the year since I started working here. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:10.520 It's just it. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.000 Feels and I don't want to get there. I don't 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.000 want to say it this early on Week two, but 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.680 it just feels like they have everything they need to compete. 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:19.080 Well. 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:23.560 My main declaration is that the Eagles remain the top 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:26.160 contender against the Cowboys. As far as taking the NFC East, 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.240 I like the strides that the Commanders are taken with 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.600 Sam Howe. I don't have much to say about the 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.680 Giants right now because you know forty ZI. Congratulations to 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.800 them for coming mount and that comeback against the Arizona Cardinals, 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.120 But then you lose Saquon Barkley. What does that offense 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.640 look like without Saquon Barkley going forward? So for me, 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.720 it is going to go down to the Cowboys versus 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.320 the Eagles. But there were questions going into this season, well, 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.920 where do the Cowboys stack up against the Eagles and 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:51.760 the forty nine ers. Well, we'll find out in a 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.600 few weeks where they stack up against the forty nine ers. 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.600 Forty nine ers still look fantastic, okay, but the forty 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.200 nine ers feel like it feels like there is a 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.280 bigger gap between the forty nine ers and the Eagles. 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.200 Then there is the forty nine Ers and the Cowboys, 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.240 which to me means the Cowboys are ahead of the 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.280 Eagles right now, even if you say it's because the 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.480 Cowboys have the best defense, definitely in the NFC East, 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:12.320 likely in the NFC. 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:13.520 Arguably in the entire league. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.480 So right now my declaration is going into Week three, 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.320 the Cowboys have the lead on the Eagles, but those 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:20.280 are still the two teams to watch to take the 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:21.240 thrown in the NFCS. 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.840 Would you pick the Cowboys over the forty nine Ers 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:25.760 right now in a game. 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.760 When they face each other, I'm definitely picking the Cowboys 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.680 for sure. But and because going back to those games, 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:36.080 you saw the Cowboys being competitive like they even though 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:39.560 they on offense there were struggles there, but it was 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:44.440 still it wasn't a game where they weren't doing absolutely anything. 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.000 Because you said injury right why they struggle to get 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:48.080 going against the forty nine ers. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.640 Tony Pollard he came up, going out and all that. 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:54.760 So I think they have the tools and law of 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:59.720 probability it will be the Cowboys turn to beat them 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.120 atty soon. So we'll we'll find out. 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.119 That'd be Cowboys team beats the forty nine ers. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:07.240 Brian, you asked that question, and I know you usually 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:08.760 when you asked that question you got a thought in 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:09.160 your head. 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.679 Well, I still, I know we talked about the bully factor, 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.560 and I think the Cowboys are starting to become a 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.320 bully in this conference. I think the forty nine ers 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.480 are a real bully though too. And I think that 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:21.840 you know, what is it you're you know, to beat 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.480 the man, you know, or to be the man. You 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.240 got to beat the man. I guess that's the saying. 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.920 They they come with. You know you talked about Pollard 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.520 being out. They they were there. McCaffrey was out for 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.560 San Francisco in that game too, he was he was hurt. 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:39.399 So to me, they're they're you're gonna have to prove 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.720 to me as as you're gonna have to prove to 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.399 me that you can go Santa Clara on a Sunday 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:46.640 night and win a football game. 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:47.320 Is it? 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.239 Is it lining up to wear the right way with 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:53.240 the feel and the talent and the coaching and all that. Sure, 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.040 it really does. I have a lot of respect for 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:58.520 that group though out in Santa Clara. I really really do. 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.679 And I feel like though my attitude about it is, 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.680 I think you can handle the Philadelphia Eagles that you 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.720 handle the Philadelphi Eagles on a yearly basis, you know, 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:09.840 you're either two zero or you split or you know, 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.800