1 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This is Mediamash, a 3 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: roundtable of Cowboys insiders, dropping wisdom and offering sizzling takes 4 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: on the current state of your Dallas Cowboys. Now your host, 5 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: Steve Dennis. All right, all right, let's go with Mediamash 6 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: on this Thursday. I'm anticipating a much calmer hour today 7 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: than yesterday. The personalities involved are considerably more reasonable than 8 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: a couple of us were yesterday. And James later with 9 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: the we're talking about our favorite thing about the Cowboys, 10 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: and it's somewhere in the middle of Clarence E. Hill 11 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Junior yelling and scream and she said the mute button 12 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: is my favorite thing right now, which was quite funny. 13 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Dennis. Welcome to media Mash. It is a 14 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: big Cowboys week as they come out of the bye 15 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: Let's go around the table. This is Jerry Epstein from 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: USA Today. Hi, Jory, Hello, how are you today. I'm 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: great to be here. Was the bye week? Good for you? 18 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: It was super. This is Rob Phillips over here with 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: all Cowboys media. You know him well. Hello Robert, Hello, Steve, yes, 20 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: yelling is not really the first thing you think of 21 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: with joy myself or the man across the table from me, 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: and that would be mister John showed up. John can 23 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: yell well, I'm sure you are, Ken, I mean, but 24 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: nobody's Clarence. Nobody's Clarence. You know. I always gave him 25 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: a pretty good you're up there, You're I'm getting old, 26 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: so he so is he. We all work in the 27 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: same work room where any cubicles, but you it's hard 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: to separate. And because Dak talked today, I literally went 29 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: into a separate room where I could close a door, 30 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: just because I had to write about it. And I 31 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: knew that I wouldn't be able to do it if 32 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: I was in my normal cubicle with Clarence yelling about something. 33 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: There was always I used to have fun in when 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: I was a TV guy, obviously, so I wasn't allowed 35 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: in the writer's room, but I would sneak up there 36 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,239 Speaker 1: just for the fun of it if I had it. 37 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: You don't have anything to write right away, it is fun, yeah, 38 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: And I would get Clarence going and Jock going. And 39 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: there were some quiet ones over the years that hated 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: when I came in there. I said, I'll only be 41 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: five minutes. I promised, and then there was something that 42 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: loved it and got abuse Albert Brier for one. But 43 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: all right, I want to do this real quick. Obviously, 44 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott just met you guys. You had a little 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: session with him after his second involvement in practice. I 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: guess whatever the involvement is today, we're going to hear 47 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: all about that in a minute and discuss it. We 48 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: got other stuff to discuss today, including what would we 49 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: consider to be the really only Achilles he Will that 50 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: the Cowboys have right now coming out of the bye 51 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: with a five and one record. We'll get into that, 52 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: but right now I wanted to do this why because 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: I forgot yesterday. Yesterday was the day October twenty seventh, 54 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: two thousand and two, that Shamalama ding Dong said this 55 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: on the Dallas Cowboys Network. High formation, two receivers right, 56 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: second and seven at the Dallas thirty hutchet Son, handoff 57 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: Smith and left guard thirty five forty yard line right 58 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: all the part that should do it. Move over, sweetness, 59 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: make a place forever. Maybe the best play by play 60 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: call in the history of sports, in my opinion, from 61 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: I got so many nicknames for him, Homer Shampson among many, 62 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: Shamalama Dingdong is hard to tell. That was always my favorite. Well, 63 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: we had a new one every year at training camp. 64 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Every year it was my responsibility. Oh I got him 65 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: like the Browns quarterback, so many of them. But he 66 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: likes this. Oh yeah, he calls Steve heavy Day. Well, yeah, 67 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: that's that's what Babe used to call me because my 68 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: stories on the air always came in heavy, so he 69 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: would call me heavy d. People thought it was because 70 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: he thought I was fat, like the rapper, which in 71 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: those days came and went a little bit, but it 72 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: still does. But anyway, that was the day that Emmett 73 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: broke the record. I wanted to bring it up for 74 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: two reasons. Number one because in my time covering the Cowboys, 75 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: it was the big moment. There weren't any Super Bowls 76 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: from my ten year ninety eight on, and I remember that. 77 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: The problem. Yeah, well, Clarence is let's keep that he 78 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: came a year before me. But that that beautiful Sunday 79 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: afternoon against Seattle on a terrible football team toward the 80 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: end of the year. No, actually, it wasn't toward the end. 81 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: It was October twenty seventh. It was early in the year, 82 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: but he passed Emmett. I mean, Walter had one hundred 83 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: nine yards that day. They lost to Seattle seventeen to fourteen. 84 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: It was a big moment. It was the the emblematic 85 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: moment of the end of the nineties era. When he 86 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: broke the record, Troy was already gone, Michael had to quit, 87 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: Moose had to quit Wood. He was there for a while, 88 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: but that was important for obvious reasons. But that one too, 89 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: and I want to mention this too. It is just 90 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: because I think it's interesting. Emmett retired at eighteen three 91 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: five five eighteen three five five. He's number one on 92 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: the list. Walter's number two, Frank Gore's number three. I 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: could go on, but here's what interests me. Now that 94 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson has done, he's no longer active. He got 95 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: to fourteen eight twenty, which is number five. Lesha McCoy 96 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: just quit. He got to twenty two at eleven one 97 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: h two. The closest active player chasing Emmett is not 98 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: even within ten thousand yards, and that's mark Ingram at 99 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: seventy six eighteen. Zeke Elliott is next. That's sixty nine 100 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: o five. But to me, that is ridiculous, that far 101 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: behind of any active running back, which just tells you 102 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: this record ain't ever going down. No agrees with me, No, 103 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: I agree with you. I think it's for me in 104 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: all of sports. My two that I say that about 105 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: are the NFL rushing record and then Nolan Ryan strikeout records. 106 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: I don't think that there's any I think maybe Max 107 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: Scherz or Justin Verland or maybe even halfway there, and 108 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: their careers are in the back end, So I would 109 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: put this right there, and this probably even exceeds it, 110 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: just because of the fact the way the game's changing, 111 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: like how many teams even just have one workhorse back anymore, 112 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: Not to mention that you have to be a workhorse 113 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: back on a team that's really good for a long 114 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: period of time because you have to be good, because 115 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: you have to still be running the ball all the time. 116 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: If you're not a good team, you're not gonna be 117 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: running the ball. So, yeah, this is one of the 118 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: safest records in sports. But yeah, I mean I come 119 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: from the land to Barry Sanders so covered him in 120 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: high school. Yeah, in fact, Barry at an Emma Troy 121 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: Aikman golf tournament, and I don't know, two thousand and 122 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: six seven, somewhere in there, I was talking to him 123 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: on the driving range, and no, I had to be 124 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: closer to when Emmatt broke the record. But because he 125 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: pointed it out to me, isn't it neat that you 126 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: were there for the beginning of me and the end 127 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: of Emma? And I said, God, if I were a 128 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: writer like Jerry Epstein, I wook I'd write a book 129 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: about that. But anyway, Jory, this probably sounds like when 130 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: my dad talked about lou Gary to you. Ye old, 131 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: do you think I was. I'm gonna guess six five 132 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: two thousand and two? Four oh, No, I was like 133 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: eight oh. Big eight was even born. Now, you guys 134 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: were young too, But you have a quick memory, don't you. Yeah. 135 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: I mean I actually used Brad's call to We used 136 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: it to start the Darren Woodson documentary. Deeply, Yeah, we did, 137 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: because it was such a big moment. Nobody remembers that. 138 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: Even his own teammates don't remember Darren Woodson broke the 139 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: all time tackle record in the same game because it 140 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: was such a huge moment. They had a big celebration 141 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: at midfield after the game, despite the fact that they 142 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: lost and they were headed towards another five and eleventh season. 143 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: It was deep bright spot in that year. And I'm 144 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: with John because the game has changed twofold. Teams aren't 145 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: running the ball like they used to. And I bet 146 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry might be the only running back or one 147 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: of very few running backs who've actually had thirty carries 148 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: in a game this season. Nobody does it anymore. Zeke 149 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: doesn't even do it anymore. They may face one this 150 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: weekend that does it occasionally occasion, but he's been banged 151 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: up a little bit. Hey, real quick, that was the 152 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: gold standard of radio calls. I completely agree with you. 153 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: But anybody, if you want go back, and I think 154 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: it's only worth watching the clip real quick on YouTube. 155 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: And Fox had that game and Darryl moose Johnson was 156 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: on the sideline and so Daryl goes and interviews Emmett 157 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: like right after that. Yeah, and Emmett starts crying when 158 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: they're I mean, it's a great interview. It care or not. Yeah, 159 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: it was a great hug. It was like two minutes long, 160 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: and it was great. It was a great hugg and 161 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: by the way, we were talking about personalities that just 162 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 1: woulden Woody's personality by the way, unassuming, great player, ever 163 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: one reason why maybe he's overlooked for the Hall of 164 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: Absolutely all right, thanks for letting me do that. That 165 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: was my biggest moment covering the Cowboys. Other people had 166 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: Super Bowls and all kinds of each stuff. We had 167 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: Emmett's moment on that nice Sunday against Seattle. Okay, the 168 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: question remains, will a calf strain stop the rain? Dakota Prescott, 169 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, going back to CCR for that one. 170 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: You guys are in front of him today speaking of 171 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: way back, way bad. Yeah, he talked to you as 172 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: alls and all right, let's start with joy. What did 173 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: you take from dak answering your questions today in terms 174 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: of your feeling that he's gonna play or not going 175 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: to play? Yeah, it was interesting. Dak said, this is 176 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: not fully his decision. He said, there's some similarity to 177 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: the shoulder injury he battled in training camp in the 178 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: sense of you really want to be able to get 179 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: it healed, so it's not lingering. You're not having step 180 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: back because it's not a week to week. He actually 181 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: said that, yes, you could say, well, we're playoff contenders. 182 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: We want to make sure that we have that lead 183 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: in the NFC or the NFC East, whatever it is. 184 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: But for that reason, he also believes that he needs 185 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: to get healthy so he can be available later in 186 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: the season. So he did say he pushed himself fully today, 187 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: not fifty or seventy five percent ones now his body 188 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: could handle it. Since Monday evening, he's felt like he 189 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: could play, but it's not a hun. He definitely still 190 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: knows that this calf is an issue, and the fact 191 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: that it's connected to the ankle he injured last year 192 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: is an issue. Robert, it sounded a look what we've 193 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: seen from him open portion of practice. He looks good, 194 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: his warm up looks good, the dropbacks that he's simulating 195 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 1: have been good. Throws look fine. But his tone, and 196 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: Johnny may agree with me or not. His tone was 197 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: similar to training camp when he was asked about the 198 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: shoulder strain, and he even used a line I think 199 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: I remember him saying, an ox narn't of they want 200 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: to protect me from myself, which that tone makes me 201 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,599 Speaker 1: wonder is he going to play in this game. I 202 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 1: felt more confident about it before he spoke to us 203 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: than after. That doesn't mean he won't. There's still a 204 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: couple days left before they probably make that decision. But 205 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: if it's close and they're not really sure, like if 206 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: it's not one hundred one hundred percent, I don't think 207 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: they play him because it's October not January. Yeah, I'm 208 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: I'm with Rob. I after hearing him talk, like, okay, 209 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: so you go from Tuesday where Jerry on the radio 210 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: seven AM way too early. Wait wait what was that? 211 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: But anyway, but when he said that it's not even 212 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: close to him in terms of how concerned Jerry was 213 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: about throwing shoulder compared to this, I was like, Oh, 214 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: Dack's gonna play. He's already saying that. I'm like, oh, 215 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: this is But then as the week goes along, like 216 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy hasn't really given much and then you know, 217 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: obviously talking to the players, CD said he thinks it's 218 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: probably ninety percent. Zeke, you know, marioll are like yeah, 219 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: he looked like the same deck whatever. But then Dak today, 220 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, just being around him over the years, 221 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: like this is the first time where I started really thinking, like, 222 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: you know what, I came into today knowing I was 223 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: going to write about about whatever Dak said, and I 224 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: thought for sure I would write about how, you know, 225 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: read between the lines he's starting, and I didn't when 226 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: I left that I didn't feel like I needed to 227 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: read between the lines that he's starting. I need to 228 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: read between the lines, like I don't know, there's still 229 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 1: a lot of like pieces that need to be played here. 230 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: And we get covered the Cowboys, you get all these angles. 231 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna get Mike McCarthy, you're gonna get Dak're gonna 232 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: get other players, You're gonna get Jerry on the radio. 233 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: We need to be able to get Britt Brown. That'll 234 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: be the one that we could never really be on 235 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: hands because he might be the final decision maker. And Jerry, 236 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: I thought one of his best answers was the one 237 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: about you know, if Britt has to tell him that 238 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: he can't play, how he's like, Oh, I'm gonna be 239 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: angry and we'll have some choice words with him, and 240 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be mad at him, but at the end 241 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: we'll probably hug and I know he's got my best 242 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: interest at heart. I thought that was one of his 243 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: better answers. I was interested in that. Yeah, and John 244 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 1: and I've been kind of having a daily check in 245 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: at practice of our odds on whether or not he's playing. Like, Okay, 246 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: before we talk to Seed, it was like seventy percent. 247 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: When CD said he's ninety percent, we moved up to 248 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,839 Speaker 1: eighty five or like, is that the bottom line? Yeah, 249 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I truly believe the Cowboys have not made 250 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: the decision yet, And like I think there are sometimes 251 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: you have the gamesmanship in those types of stems, Like 252 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: it's possible they've decided what Lel Collins role is going 253 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: to be, or whether Terrence Steals gonna start right tackle 254 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,359 Speaker 1: it seems like he is. I think it's also extremely 255 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: likely they haven't decided. Dak said that by Saturday, you 256 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: want to have that decision for that final what they 257 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: call their launch practice to get them mentally and physically 258 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: ready for the game. But I think that it really 259 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: is sort of a day to day thing, and how 260 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: he feels tomorrow from today will be important, especially since 261 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: he pushed himself hard and he was moving quickly and 262 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: he was so sweaty after his rehab portion of practice 263 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: that like you could see it on his knees and 264 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: they're in air conditioning. But yeah, I mean he's got 265 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: to be able to take those live tackles from a 266 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: team that's stacking teams at more higher Well you you 267 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: all beat writers have a much better feel obviously than 268 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: I do listening to every comment. But I've got some 269 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: experience in being a comment whisperer. And the one thing 270 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: that I heard that leads me to believe that he 271 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: will not play is when he said if this were 272 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs, I would definitely play. Because what he's doing 273 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: there is telling fans, don't put this on me. I 274 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: want to play. If if it mattered that much, no question, 275 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm playing. So when they announce that I'm not playing, 276 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: it ain't me. I just want you all to know that. Well, 277 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: I go back to Oxnard again because I think John 278 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: asked this question on the tennis courts out there, and 279 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: it was this kind of the same thing. It was like, 280 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: if this is a regular season game, could you play? 281 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: And I think he's I think he said he would, 282 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: so I'm not saying it's the same injury. He did 283 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: mention the shoulder deal. The fact that it is one 284 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: of those things like Jory said, you wake up, it 285 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: may feel differently. It's it's it's that soft tissue kind 286 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: of thing. You don't know how it's going to react 287 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: and can make it worse. So they got a four 288 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: game lead in the division. I think a lot of 289 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: fans probably think this is gamesmanship. I don't think it is. 290 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: I think they need to find out every day throughout 291 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: the week how he's feeling, and they probably do need 292 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: to make a decision by Saturday, because if Cooper Rush 293 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: needs to play, then he probably needs to get the 294 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: bulk of the work. Yeah, in that last practice, I 295 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: don't think there's any phoniness in Dak Prescott. No other 296 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: human beings you can read phoniness, there's no phoniness in him. 297 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: And I think the message he's getting from Britt right 298 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: now is hey, don't be sure that you're gonna play. 299 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: And now it may change and it may be great 300 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: by Sunday night. But I think right now Dak feels 301 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: like there's a chance he won't play. And I said 302 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: last week, I don't think it's a bad thing. I 303 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: think it's okay to let Cooper Rush go out there 304 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: against Minnesota. You got a three and a half game 305 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: lead in the division, even forgetting about how important it 306 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: is for it not to linger for Dak and all 307 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: that you want him ready for the whole run, but 308 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: for Cooper Rush should be Okay, Rush, We're gonna talk 309 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: about that a little bit next second, because I think 310 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: what is in the NFC East, as I tease the 311 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: discussion a little bit, uh, it is such domination at 312 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: that position, maybe in the history of the division, the domination. 313 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: I think Cooper Rush would stand up pretty well against 314 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: the other three quarterbacks in the NFC East. I really do. 315 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: Maybe not Daniel Jones so much, um, but uh yeah, 316 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: I just think it would be a good idea, after 317 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: what we witnessed without Dak last year, to let Cooper 318 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: Rush have a run at it and and kind of 319 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: ease some thoughts about what would happen if Dak had 320 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: to miss a game or two or whatever later. And 321 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: I just wonder how much difference seven more days makes. 322 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: That's the big thing with me, because you're not just 323 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: it's just not one extra game. It's you're rolling. You've 324 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: won five games in a row. You're coming back from 325 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: this this bye week like you want to keep it rolling. 326 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: What you have going, and so you're gonna you're gonna 327 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: obviously stop some progress when you take out your most 328 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: valuable player. So those seven extra days, there better be 329 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: some way that you can show medically that they really 330 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: significantly improve you. But don't they always, though, John, No 331 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: matter what the injury is, isn't it better to go 332 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: an extra week without miss two weeks? One's better than none, 333 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: and then two would be better than one? Depends. I 334 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: guess this would technically be three if because if you 335 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: go with the buy. But still, I don't know. It 336 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: just seems like I don't know what the difference is. 337 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: I'm obviously not in the medical field to know the 338 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: difference between what's a difference spout where he is right 339 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: now to seven days from now to where you're going 340 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: into the next game. You're just like, no, no, no, 341 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: we're good now it's been seven more days, Like he's fine. Now. Well, 342 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: that's the kind of stuff that Brits an expert on 343 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: I think, right, and we need him on the show. Yeah, 344 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: well the media how we could ask him? But and 345 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: this is one of those situations where Deck's greatest strength 346 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: is also the greatest challenge here, because if he was 347 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 1: a player who was so trained at like playing at 348 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: percent or ninety percent, like then that might be a 349 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: little bit better. But he's like, look, if I go 350 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: out there, I want the game plan to be what 351 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: I'm used to. I don't want to have to be 352 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: constantly thinking about what the effects are going to be 353 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: and what Kelly can call. Obviously he's changed the amount 354 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: at which he's going to take off since the ankle injury, 355 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: but he wants to be able to win. He plays 356 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: play without abandon and I think that that's just how 357 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: he's wired. All right, let's talk more about Dak in 358 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: the next segment, but real quick before we do take 359 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: our first break here on mediumsh on this Thursday, speaking 360 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: of being a bit of an action whisperer, when I 361 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: saw that they ran Terrence Steele out in front of 362 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: you guys today, that told me one of two things 363 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: that there for him, Oh did you well? They're one 364 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: of three things, hey, Annie, all that we don't want 365 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: you to step in a trap here. And he was 366 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: supposed to talk yesterday, but he was in the weight room, 367 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: and so then they moved it till to day. Okay, 368 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: but I think that they said, yes, I think that 369 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: they said yes to you for a reason. Number one, 370 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: to reward him for what he's done, to give him 371 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: a little media time before he loses his job next week. 372 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: Or number two, to make it clear that he's not 373 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: losing his job next week. One or the other. And 374 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: I'm curious real quick which one, if I'm right, you 375 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: guys think it is. I don't think it's either, to 376 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: be honest with you, I think he just he was 377 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: asked to for us to talk to him. But I 378 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: don't think this is just gamesmanship. Like I think that 379 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: he has a serious chance to be the starter on Sunday. 380 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: I think it's Sunday for sure. I'm talking about beyond that. 381 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: Oh beyond that, well, I don't know about that. If 382 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: you know what it actually it probably comes down to 383 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: how he plays, because, like Jory said, this team is 384 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: really good at rushing the passer. Like I know, it's 385 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: easy for you know, if you're a Cowboys fan, why 386 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: would you be following the latest that's going on with 387 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: you know, the Minnesota Vikings. But this is a good 388 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: pass rush. If he holds his own against his pass rush, 389 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: why would you take him out of there? You know, 390 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: it doesn't make any sense to take him out of 391 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 1: things that roll in the right way. I don't think 392 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: the lineup changes this week. That's just a hunch after that, 393 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe he needs a ramp up period. 394 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: Maybe they're they're evaluating him at guard. Maybe they're looking 395 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: not only how Terrence plays going forward, but how Connor 396 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: Williams plays going forward. If if if LC that transition 397 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: is going well, and Mike McCarthy thought it did yesterday, 398 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: I think they're just keeping their options open at both positions, 399 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, And doesn't that just speak 400 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: volumes for how they feel about left guard, Like they're 401 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: trying everything that Like actions speak louder than words, and 402 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: the actions are they're trying everything to keep trying. Guys 403 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: at left guard and center, they're doing that over here 404 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: left guard and center, always trying new things. Different guys 405 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: are snapping. But then over here we're being told it's 406 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: all about continuity. Same five guys say, well, you're trying 407 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: to over here a lot of different guys, So your 408 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: actions are showing that you're really not happy. What's what's 409 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: going on at left guard and center? If you can 410 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: do because Harris, here's any one like, I know it's 411 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: got to go ways back, but I don't remember Lyle 412 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 1: being just like a shutdown dominant left guard, you know. 413 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: I mean, he was an alternate Pro bowler when he 414 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: had that role after Leary left. But they like Leary, 415 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: they're more Larry was really sucked. I'm just saying, I 416 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: think his best position is right tackle, and then all 417 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: of a sudden, they're mixing him back in this left 418 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: guard because they're not completely set with what's going on 419 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: at left guard center. See that's my hunch, my hunch, 420 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 1: and I could be dead wrong, but I think I 421 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: hate to say mother football Sherean Williams was right chill 422 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: in your discussion. He was not going to jump right 423 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: back in the They have to get him and you know, 424 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: while he's getting up to speed, let's try him over 425 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: here for fun. But my hunch is he's going to 426 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 1: take the right tackle spot back after the Minnesota game. 427 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: He's just better. He might, And I don't disagree with you. 428 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: I mean when he's when he's Lyle Collins and he's 429 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: back and he's in a rhythm and he's healthy. But 430 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: I mean we haven't seen that. We played one start 431 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: this year and then nineteen is how you have to 432 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: go back to that. So it's been a while, but yeah, 433 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: I mean I don't think he's lost it as long 434 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: as he can stay healthy. So but they like Terrence 435 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: steele Man. Yeah, they like what he's done, they like 436 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: his approach, and they like what he's done. He's had 437 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: some help out there. It's not all by himself. Jory 438 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: quick comment. Yeah, McCarthy had had a good line today 439 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: where he said, respectfully, this isn't a personnel evaluation. This 440 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: is about winning continuity, kind of like what John was mentioning. 441 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: And I do think that they view it like McCarthy's 442 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: really big on creating competition at these positions, and it's 443 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: in Terrence and la Elle's best interest to try and 444 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: make them go fight for it. I think it's not 445 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 1: creating this division. It's saying, like Terrence, if you keep 446 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: proving it, that's a great problem for the Cowboys, t 447 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: have Letell if you're so strong that we need you back, Okay, 448 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: We've got these options. So yeah, I think that it's 449 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: in the team's best interest for their depth to have 450 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: this situation. You guys don't have any faith in my 451 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: whisperer skills at all I can tell, and I have 452 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: very little, very little in him myself, but every so often. 453 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 1: Well though, Deck's tone I thought was pretty telling when 454 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: when Lall was brought up, and he really does believe 455 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: that he's an enforcer on the line. And we also 456 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: know the deep trust on and off the field that 457 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: Dak and Lell have had for a lot of years. Yeah, 458 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: so Dak by no means was saying, like Terrence get 459 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: out of there. I think he believes in Terrence too, 460 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: but they do go back. Well, I do think if 461 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: you just look at it from a very broad deal, 462 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: I mean, Lyle Collins makes a lot of money and 463 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: he is one of the better right tackles in the league. 464 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: And if a guy like Terrence Steele can usurp him, 465 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: I mean that means a Terrence is either really good 466 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: or they're worried that Lyle is not as good as 467 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: he was. Something well, and he's playing at guard right 468 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: now too, And Connor Williams is a free agent after 469 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: the season two, so maybe you're you know, they've said 470 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: Connor McGovern is a better right guard than left guard, 471 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: so maybe you're looking at your depth at left guard, 472 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: but you're also taking a look at what might be 473 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: a year from now, you know what you might have 474 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: to do contingency plans. It's not a bad idea just 475 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: to kind of play around with the day. You know. 476 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: It's kind of interesting today a practice real quick on 477 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: that they were doing this thing and some of the 478 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: warm up stuff when Dak was doing his rehab thing, 479 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,239 Speaker 1: and what they would do on that first team offensive line. 480 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: I don't even think we're supposed to talk about this, 481 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: but anyway, oh, no one listens to this. They were 482 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: they had their five offensive line up stories on. Of 483 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: course they do go that's true, they have five offensive 484 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: linemen out there, but they actually had then had a six, 485 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: and so Lyell was like on the outside running through 486 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: the drills like he was actually like an additional tackle 487 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: almost like yeah, you're we're not putting you with the ones, 488 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: but we're going to get your working right back into 489 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: this thing. I do, I do. I do dismiss what 490 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: some media members are hitting on, and I would love 491 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: to be face to face with him that the Cowboys 492 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: are mad at him. They're doing this because they're MAC. 493 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,959 Speaker 1: Come on, man, they don't. I don't think they're doing 494 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: it because of that. But do you think that they're happy? Well, 495 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: I think I don't think. Okay, who's mad? Is it 496 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: the head coach? Then maybe? But if it's Jerry or 497 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: Steven Han, Jorry has a good line for this. What 498 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: do you say, you say you're not You don't get 499 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: mad with people. You disappointed. That's it. That's what I 500 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: love it. That's what it is. That's a that's a 501 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: very pass And I'll say, I'll say head coach, offensive 502 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 1: line coach, owner of the team. Yeah, but disappointment, If 503 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: you're right, if they're disappointed at him, they'd be idiots 504 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: to let it affect their football team. I mean, he's 505 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: been around him for a long time. Like Jory said, 506 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: players love him. He's got a great reputation as a teammate. 507 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: If he gives you the best chance to win, I 508 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: don't disagree with you. I think he'd be back in 509 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: there at that point. I think Dark still has done 510 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: nothing to lose the job. All right, Let's get definitely 511 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 1: knock on parent steels. He hasn't been on as many 512 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: fishing trips with dad. There you go. That stuff's important. 513 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 1: All right, Let's get to our second topic. Chris Beam 514 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: Rookie is with us. I forgot to mention that, like 515 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: he is every show. Glad to have him here. Jory Epstein, 516 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: USA Today, Rob Phillips, Cowboys Media, John Macho to the Athletic. 517 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: I'm Steve Dennis. And next, I believe the Cowboys only 518 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: have one a Chilly's heel right now as they come 519 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: out of the buy at five and one, and it 520 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: has to do with Dak Next, Honey, big news, scary 521 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: are you? Okay? Oh? I'm not Gary anymore. I'm Jackie Flash. 522 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 1: What see? 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Okay, Achilles heel for the Dallas Cowboys sitting 556 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: here at five and one, I think you would have 557 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 1: to really look into it to find it. Rezone offense 558 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: maybe okay, maybe, but they're number one in points, in 559 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 1: number one in yard So how could that be that 560 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: damaging defense gives up big plays? Sure, but compared to 561 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: last year, I don't know if you can really make 562 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: that point to a ridiculous deal. I think they're number 563 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: one achilles heel. And this is brand new because Dak 564 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: played four straight years all sixteen games. Is worrying about 565 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: his health? That is there only achilles heel. And we 566 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: all went through all those years with Romo where that 567 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: was pretty much the lead story year after year after 568 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: year after year, and going to London against Jacksonville when 569 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: he was laying down the entire flight, remember, because he 570 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: couldn't move his back. It's not to that point, but 571 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: after what he missed last year, the shoulder in training camp. 572 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: What about his ankle from last year now the calf issue. 573 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: If they have an achilles heel, it's that. And I'm wondering, 574 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: don't all teams isn't that they're achilles heel If you've 575 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: got a great quarterback, an elite quarterback, isn't that your 576 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: number one concern with all of them? Yeah? And the 577 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: ones that don't, it's because they don't have a franchise quarterback, 578 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: so they're achilles heel is they don't have a franchise quarterback. 579 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: And we talked about this all the time, Steve, and 580 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: and not to be honest with you, just being fully 581 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: transparent here. When you sent me what the story topics were, 582 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: I thought that there was no question. I completely agree 583 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: with you said it is Dak and his health. But 584 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: since you said that, I'll say something else. I'm gonna 585 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: go with the big plays on defense. I really feel 586 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: like the takeaways camouflage some of the warts on defense, 587 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: and there is I think there's a good enough track 588 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: record now that the takeaways are not just a luck thing. 589 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: I think that they're showing that they can consistently do that, 590 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: so that can kind of mask that other part of it. 591 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: But can you really count on every single game getting 592 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: at least two takeaways, because I think if you can't. 593 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: I just think that there's some areas in the defense 594 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: and particularly in giving up those big plays that if 595 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: they didn't have those takeaways, Like, I still think that 596 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: they're first in the nfcast. Nothing that's saying a lot, 597 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: but they're not five and one right now. I mean 598 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: those takeaways have covered up a lot of a lot 599 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: of their issues. Yeah, I'm not note of explosive plays. 600 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: I heard about this earlier this week, and they they've 601 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: allowed explosive pass plays so twenty plus yards on average 602 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: four and a half times per game. And the only 603 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: teams that have allowed that many big pass plays more 604 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: per game are the Jaguars and the Jets, each sitting 605 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: at one and five. So it's like, yeah, that it 606 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: is something like the correlation here is not great and 607 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: so even if the takeaways are covering it up, like 608 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: you gotta fix that number. Yeah that I would. You 609 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: guys took my answer. I agree because I think they 610 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,239 Speaker 1: have the fourth best record in the NFC right now, 611 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: as good as great as this start has been. So 612 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: if this keeps going and they get into the postseason, 613 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: they will face Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers or Matt 614 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: Stafford or I'm forgetting the other time, Kyler Murray. That's 615 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: the undefeated team. So they have to shore that up 616 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: because they can't necessarily rely on Oh no, they're not 617 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: gonna hang with us outscore US thirty five points. No, 618 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: those teams can. So you got to be able to 619 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: shore that up. Also, the Patriots ran right at them too, 620 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: and they haven't really in The run defense, by far 621 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: is better than last year, but it really hasn't been 622 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: tested as much because of these big leads. And Dalvin 623 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: Cook's coming now, So that's gonna be your great test 624 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: to see how they I would argue this, and and 625 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: I'll make have a little fun with the dak angle 626 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: here in a minute. But I mean they've they've got 627 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: the cavalry on the way. I mean they're five and 628 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: one without d Long, without Dorin's armstrong with. I mean, 629 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: they've got help coming. They got two tackles inside coming back. 630 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: I hear you. But all teams in the NFL give 631 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: up big plays because the quarterbacks are so good. But 632 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: didn't we just decide that the only teams giving them 633 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: up at a worst rate, are one in five or 634 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: the worst rate? See now, okay, are you are you 635 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: chastising me for not listening closely enough? But you can 636 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: give up some but the number. And it's also interesting 637 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: when we talked to dan Quinn about this, because for 638 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: sure dan Quinn takes accountability. He talks about ways he 639 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: could have prevented something as a coach, but there are 640 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: also times when he's like, what was it one of 641 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: the play the seventy five year touchdown with Mac Jones 642 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: where he's like, you couldn't make that happen again, It 643 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: wasn't really a miscommunication. I'm like, okay, but this one 644 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: was communication. This one the safety shouldn't like there's so 645 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: many things happening that I feel like I don't know. 646 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: It's like some of them might happen some games. We 647 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: need to be able to cut down on that note 648 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: and to that same token, since we're talking just about defense, 649 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: to flip over the offense real quick. It's the same 650 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: thing with that red zone offense, Like how many different 651 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: weeks are we wying about how no, we're gonna get 652 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: it going. We're gonna get it going. Yeah, I just 653 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: got to execute. But you're not really getting anywhere with it. 654 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: And this isn't just a first year issue. It's been 655 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: an issue for a while. So on offense, it certainly 656 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: if let's say you don't have the Dak thing and Dak, 657 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: I can promise you right now, Dad will be healthy 658 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: for the rest of the year. He's not gonna miss 659 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: near a game. The one thing that you'd be concerned 660 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: about is that red zone offense. Like there's too much 661 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: talent on this offense for them not to be scoring 662 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 1: touchdowns and at least sixtys. I love that you guys 663 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: have raised the expectation level way up here after six games. 664 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: I mean you should. You should, as has the team, 665 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: right yeah, right, But you know, I keep thinking of, 666 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: for example, Kansas City, who is all over the national 667 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: story right now. Oh my god. Their offenses, No, their 668 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: offense will be fine. How about their defense, Well, their 669 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: defense has always been bad and they won super bowls 670 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: with it or one. You don't think it's worse now 671 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: than those super Bowl years. That is slightly, they've lost 672 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: some pressures. Yeah, but but I can name you other teams. 673 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: I mean, just these teams like the one we're watching 674 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,479 Speaker 1: tonight against Green Bay that's undefeated. They're gonna win games 675 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: thirty eight to thirty one. You need to have some defense, though, 676 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 1: if you're gonna win it all, like like the Rats point, 677 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: I'm not so. Do you feel confident that the Cowboys 678 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: can't go in the playoffs and just outscore every one 679 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: of those offense? They're gonna be playing a good offense 680 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,760 Speaker 1: every week. I'm leaning that way now. Now it's posse 681 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: can't be as bad as they were last year, right, 682 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: and the takeaways do count because they've got that now. Yeah, 683 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: and the team that won the Super Bowl last year, 684 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 1: you could argue they had the best defense in the 685 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: league by the end of it. I mean they they 686 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: had no weaknesses at any of the three levels. Now, 687 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,919 Speaker 1: if Pat mahaan and they needed it in Green Bay 688 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 1: to be if they didn't have that defense, they wouldn't 689 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: have beat the Packers because Time Brady didn't play well 690 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: enough well and that's why there there's they are the 691 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: odds on favorite to win it again, even though they've 692 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 1: got injuries in their back end of their defense, and 693 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,760 Speaker 1: to play Devil's advocate. If Pat Mahomes had an offensive 694 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 1: line that was healthy, maybe that's a little bit of 695 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: different stories. Some offense, you got to score points. It 696 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,839 Speaker 1: probably trumps, but I'm would you got to be able 697 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: to get some stops at some point that the quarterbacks 698 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: in this conference are too good. Let me let me 699 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: have a little fun with my Dack angle real quick, 700 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: because every team has this issue when we're talking about 701 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: the best teams in the league, and Cowboys fans are 702 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: scared to death what Cooper Rush would be, especially after 703 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: what happened last year when they threw money at Andy Dalton. 704 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: That didn't help. Now, there were other reasons, the old 705 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: line getting hurt and all that. But Brady his backup, 706 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 1: Blaine Gabbert. Yeah, you're you think Blaine Gabbert's gonna lead 707 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers to the super Bowl without Brady Murray. Colt 708 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: McCoy he may be the best of this bunch. There 709 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 1: you go. Rogers has got Jordan loved, absolutely no experience. 710 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: Stafford has a dude named John Woolford. Don't even know 711 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: where he played college football, You guys might he was 712 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: the backup in LA with the Rams last year. Yeah, yeah, Cousins. 713 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: I even went to Cousins because they're playing him this 714 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: week and they are three and three, and I'm not 715 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: sure we should count them out necessarily for week forest 716 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: that Sean Manyon behind Cousins and obviously behind Russell Wilson, 717 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: We're getting a face full of geno. Smith Boy was 718 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 1: at him shootout money. You would have said the same 719 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: thing though, in twenty seventeen, if you had in your 720 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: on your sheet the Eagles and Nick Foles, you would 721 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: have said the same thing about Nick. Well, nick Foles 722 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: was really good the one year that he took would 723 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 1: not be. And I was at that game when he 724 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: just punked the Cowboys. Uh, the Eagles had never won 725 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl in the history of the franchise. You 726 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 1: would not have thought, Okay, so Cooper Rush could be, 727 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: Nick Foles could be, or Sean Manyon could be Nick Foles. 728 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: I want to do this too, because back to the 729 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: Dak discussion, it's all about Dak. If Gallowe taught me 730 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: anything over the years on the radio, it's all about 731 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: the quarterback. I find this interesting and and see what 732 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,879 Speaker 1: you think. The quarterback domination that the Cowboys have over 733 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 1: the other teams in the NFC East right now is 734 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: so lopsided. I don't think it's ever been this lopsided. Now, 735 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,760 Speaker 1: I didn't go all the way back in time because 736 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: quite frankly, I don't want to work that hard anymore 737 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: at my age. But going back to two thousand, if 738 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 1: you just look at the NFC East, when the Cowboys 739 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 1: were having their quarterback trouble, when Aikman left in two thousand, 740 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:21,680 Speaker 1: Quincy Vinny Bledsoe then came Romo for an era, and 741 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: now we're in the dak era. Obviously, the Giants had 742 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: Kerry Collins and then Eli forever. The Eagles had McNabb 743 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,319 Speaker 1: forever starting in two thousand, and then Michael Vick, then 744 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, even Washington, Brunell, Campbell, RG three cousins, Alex Smith. 745 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:47,360 Speaker 1: But this mess right now when you look at Hurtz, 746 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,799 Speaker 1: who's played twenty two games to Dac seventy five, he's 747 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:56,280 Speaker 1: thrown for a fourth of the yards and an eighth 748 00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: of the touchdown passes. Heineke fifteen games is the starter, 749 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: and then Daniel Jones thirty four games, he's got seventy 750 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 1: six hundred yards. The deck's twenty thousand. I mean, it 751 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 1: is complete elite versus meatheads in this division, and I 752 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 1: don't think it's ever been this bad ever, and I 753 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 1: agree with you. But with the trade deadline coming up, 754 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,759 Speaker 1: let me just point this out to any Cowboys fan 755 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: out there listening, that you need to be rooting for 756 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,359 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson to go to any other team other than 757 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: an NFC's team, because he's the one that could wreck 758 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,759 Speaker 1: that whole thing. Regardless of what you think of him 759 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,279 Speaker 1: off the field and anything he has looming, he is 760 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:36,880 Speaker 1: the type of guy that if he went to one 761 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,279 Speaker 1: of those teams, the NFC's, it would change everything you 762 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: just said right there. I don't think he will. Probably 763 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: from talking to the other writers to cover the other 764 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 1: teams at the Athletic it doesn't sound like any of 765 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: those teams are I mean, Washington certainly cannot go get 766 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. I mean that would be ridiculous with all 767 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,400 Speaker 1: the stuff that they're dealing with. Wanted she's running the team. Okay, 768 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 1: well it's still it would be. It's pretty pretty hard hit. 769 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: Pr wise, though, the Eagles make a lot of sense 770 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,000 Speaker 1: for him him. The Eagles writers maintain that they do 771 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,320 Speaker 1: now think that they're seriously interested in him, and I 772 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: don't know that he that he would go to the Giants, 773 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: but that right, there should be if you're a Cowboys fan, 774 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: the absolute thing that you're rooting for this trade deadline, 775 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: more so than the Cowboys getting any players or any 776 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 1: other team. It said Deshaun Watson. Whenever any time in 777 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,800 Speaker 1: the bottom line you see anything about the Panthers or 778 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 1: the Dolphins, you should be hoping that he goes in 779 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 1: one of those teams. Well, he's only allowing the trade 780 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 1: to waiver the he'd wave the trade clause for Miami 781 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,000 Speaker 1: sow I've heard he wouldn't. I've heard some rumblings that 782 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,960 Speaker 1: he wouldn't wave it for the Eagles. I'll believe that one. 783 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,160 Speaker 1: He just wants to leave Houston and go to work somewhere, 784 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: so he's gonna come on, Miami, come get me. But 785 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, I think Cooper Rush would stack up very 786 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,000 Speaker 1: nicely against the three quarterbacks in the NFC East Right now. 787 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,719 Speaker 1: You wouldn't rather have Jalen Hurts and Cooper Rush. No, really, now, 788 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 1: I would rather have Daniel Jones. Yeah, him too. But 789 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,640 Speaker 1: but you can't blame these teams they're trying. Philadelphia first 790 00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: round draft picked traded up to get him. Carson Wann's 791 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 1: gone second round Hurts, but washing Haskins in Washington would 792 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: be right. If it's Pedro v the in hurt. You'd 793 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: rather have run if Fitzpatrick than Cooper. Right. Heineke has 794 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,439 Speaker 1: taken the job, though it says a lot more about 795 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:11,919 Speaker 1: their quarterbacks issue. He's just goofy. He's against Goofy. Well, 796 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 1: well nothing, I actually like Goofy very much, but he 797 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: you know what he's he's Taysom Hill. To me, it's 798 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 1: just goofy football. Okay, it's it's not It's not weird 799 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: how the Cowboys don't play him till what December and 800 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: four out of the last five games, is that right? 801 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 1: Or divisional games? Yeah? Yeah, which is I mean if 802 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: they're gonna be eight games ahead by them. To be honest, 803 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,359 Speaker 1: this is probably what would have happened last year if 804 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: every if half the team hadn't gotten hurt last year. 805 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,160 Speaker 1: It's like the every every team, all four teams just 806 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: limped to the finish and we're on empty and it's 807 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: like the Cowboys filled up their tank for twenty twenty 808 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:46,719 Speaker 1: one and the rest of the teams did not a 809 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: lot of cold weather outdoor games. You don't want to 810 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 1: have any calf issues in that so probably get that 811 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: situation figured out now. I do think it's I think 812 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 1: it's ironical or amusing something that the Cowboys get Romo 813 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,760 Speaker 1: undrafted Dak where they got him, and these other teams 814 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,600 Speaker 1: first round, first round, second round, they can't, you know, Fitzpatrick, 815 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 1: they're just trying, That's what I'm saying. Watson is the 816 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,719 Speaker 1: only thing that can bridge that. Yeah, because maybe look 817 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: at this, Look at this class of quarterbacks. This is 818 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 1: going to be one of the worst quarter straps in 819 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: a long time. There's no guarantee that anybody's coming along. 820 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,200 Speaker 1: And then by the time that they get up to speed. 821 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 1: Look how good Trevor Lawrence is as a player coming in, 822 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 1: how good Mac Jones. Those guys, they're not going to 823 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,360 Speaker 1: be at the level where they if they were in 824 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,400 Speaker 1: the NFC's competing with Dak for another three, four or 825 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: five years. Deshaun Watson is the only person that could 826 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 1: come in right now and where you'd be like, ah, 827 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 1: this is this is gonna be a problem. Kind of 828 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,920 Speaker 1: makes me want to say another thing too, because when 829 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: it was happening after the rookie year, I mean, it 830 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,120 Speaker 1: just tells you how amazing Dak's been. Now He's had 831 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,120 Speaker 1: ups and downs, but the way he showed up in 832 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:52,640 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen under the gun with Romo out just ridiculous. 833 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,000 Speaker 1: I think Justin Fields is going to be a very 834 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 1: good player. I think Mac Jones is going to be 835 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,719 Speaker 1: a very good player. Trevor Lawrence. I don't know about 836 00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:04,480 Speaker 1: Trey Lance, but you see how much they're struggling. That 837 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,480 Speaker 1: didn't struggle at all. He did exactly what Garrett told 838 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: him to. He got the ball to Zeke and was 839 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,120 Speaker 1: in charge. As you don't think he was in a 840 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:18,840 Speaker 1: better situation than these guys we just mentioned Washington, Maybe not, 841 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,320 Speaker 1: maybe not. Washington has got a hell of a defense 842 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,640 Speaker 1: and a lot of potential, and they won the division 843 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,399 Speaker 1: last year and was supposed to do things. I guess 844 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 1: I was thinking more about Fields and Lawrence and better 845 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:36,840 Speaker 1: than Chicago situation, sure, and better than Jacksonville's. But what 846 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,880 Speaker 1: I think I'd be encouraged about if I were a 847 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,800 Speaker 1: Cowboys fan looking at Dak Prescott is clearly what he 848 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,359 Speaker 1: did about in twenty sixteen showed a lot about both 849 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,480 Speaker 1: him physically and mentally, but also the growth we've seen 850 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,840 Speaker 1: from kind of like twenty seventeen to now and the 851 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,920 Speaker 1: ways in which he's better at his game, the ways 852 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 1: he has developed this command of the offense, Like his 853 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,320 Speaker 1: game is so different now than twenty sixteen. And so 854 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,480 Speaker 1: I think it's good that you know that he had 855 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,960 Speaker 1: that poison, that ability to come out there and star. 856 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 1: But that's not all. That wasn't his ceiling. Well, he 857 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 1: had some weaknesses in his down you know where we 858 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: started questioning him a little a little bit. Nobody questioned 859 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 1: him in twenty sixteen, but he figured out how to 860 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: get through them. And I remember, like you think about 861 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,320 Speaker 1: and they've got so much better in all, can't teach accuracy, 862 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,799 Speaker 1: And I don't think Dak has accuracy like he's learned. 863 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,920 Speaker 1: The Dad suggest he's pretty I think only Kyler Murray's 864 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,320 Speaker 1: more accurate than he's super accurate. And if there was 865 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,239 Speaker 1: a valley there, it was the transition when Dez left, 866 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,399 Speaker 1: they get him Maari Cooper and he takes right off again. 867 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's it's what's around you. He could 868 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 1: not have come into a better situation, but it is 869 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:39,839 Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson, he comes into a situation where it's 870 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,279 Speaker 1: kind of run first. Now it's now it's his show 871 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,920 Speaker 1: and it's become a picker poison type. I do like 872 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:48,120 Speaker 1: I do like the situation argument. I think mac Jones 873 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 1: is really going to benefit from that. In New England, 874 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 1: his situation couldn't be better for I call him Baby Brady. 875 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:58,440 Speaker 1: I mean, he couldn't benefit more. But he's still you know, 876 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,279 Speaker 1: he's still watch him playin Go Okay, I see, but 877 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 1: then you go, oh, you know he's a rookie. Um. 878 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:05,920 Speaker 1: You know. It's the best thing about Dak though in 879 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,000 Speaker 1: this whole discussion, is that you don't have to worry 880 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: about him becoming like a celebrity quarterback to wear the 881 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,920 Speaker 1: stuff off the field all of a sudden, he's not 882 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,040 Speaker 1: continuing to work on his game and get better, like 883 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:17,680 Speaker 1: like you see, I mean not to hate on this guy, 884 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: but I mean I feel like everyone's always talking about 885 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,880 Speaker 1: but like there are serious questions about like what does 886 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons do in the offseason, Like does he even 887 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 1: work on his game? You never have to question that 888 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:28,279 Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott. You know that he just it's in 889 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,520 Speaker 1: his DNA right and so man doesn't have a weakness. 890 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,680 Speaker 1: I thought he had a weakness when he was demanding 891 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:39,200 Speaker 1: top quarterback money and he was probably a ninth, tenth, 892 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,200 Speaker 1: eleventh best quarterback in the league. I thought that was 893 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:48,120 Speaker 1: a mistake in arrogant and I said it. But in 894 00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:50,719 Speaker 1: fact I also said the Cowboys would be very smart 895 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,919 Speaker 1: to franchise him one more year and go get Justin 896 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: Fields in the in the draft and replace him, because 897 00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:59,120 Speaker 1: it'd be a lot cheaper for five years. Boy, I'm 898 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,520 Speaker 1: not saying that now. That was his I thought that 899 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:05,600 Speaker 1: was a weakness, and it's he was right. I'm impressed 900 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:09,800 Speaker 1: that you're admitting to all this. It can't be a weakness. 901 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,080 Speaker 1: I don't think the man has a weakness, but I 902 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,200 Speaker 1: think he's an achilles heel now because we got to 903 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,080 Speaker 1: worry about it. Well, I think his mind, the way 904 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:21,520 Speaker 1: it's wired, he is very He's very open minded to 905 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,759 Speaker 1: whatever the weakness might be, and whatever that is, he's 906 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,319 Speaker 1: going to put all his effort into it. I mean, 907 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,319 Speaker 1: he's just he's wired like the exact type of guy 908 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:29,960 Speaker 1: that you want to be a franchise. If this dude 909 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,680 Speaker 1: doesn't win the Cowboys a championship, I'll see here I go, 910 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,640 Speaker 1: it'll top, it'll top, It'll be right there with no 911 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:38,279 Speaker 1: Jerry will say it too, just like he always sys 912 00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:41,239 Speaker 1: about Romo. Yeah, but Terry's wrong about that. Romo had 913 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: football teams. Oh seven was the best team in the 914 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,160 Speaker 1: end football team this year. I don't want to hear 915 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,480 Speaker 1: that stuff from a pretty good football team this year. Yes, 916 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:51,680 Speaker 1: it is, it could be. Yeah, Oh seven was phenomenal. 917 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:56,000 Speaker 1: They now people defense. The defense was good. It was 918 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,320 Speaker 1: a top ten defense. But anyway, let's get to the 919 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:03,719 Speaker 1: last segment. A talent infusion is about to happen for 920 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,480 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I'm interested from you guys, how big of 921 00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:09,640 Speaker 1: an impact you think it could make. I'm kind of 922 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,200 Speaker 1: wondering how they're five and one without all these people 923 00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:15,239 Speaker 1: that haven't played. 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And 966 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:38,840 Speaker 1: I think the country is going to be treated to 967 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:42,000 Speaker 1: a really good one if Dak plays, and probably not 968 00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,399 Speaker 1: a bad one if he doesn't. But all right, let's 969 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,520 Speaker 1: start with you guys have a really good feel of this, 970 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,000 Speaker 1: I think, and it's important that fans get that too, 971 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:56,080 Speaker 1: So if you could share, I mean, who is on 972 00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,120 Speaker 1: the verge of being back, who's in, who's still not? 973 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,480 Speaker 1: Where is everything with all these players that have been 974 00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:06,680 Speaker 1: missing for virtually the beginning of the season, how close 975 00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:08,759 Speaker 1: are all of them getting to playing? Well? Hey, who 976 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:10,120 Speaker 1: do you guys think is the closest out of all 977 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:13,719 Speaker 1: the defensive I personally think it's Calvin Joseph. Yeah, yeah, 978 00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:16,479 Speaker 1: he's in his second week. Anne McCarthy was talking about 979 00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:18,600 Speaker 1: how he's both competing for that spot at defense and 980 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:20,480 Speaker 1: special teams. I feel like you don't even get to 981 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,040 Speaker 1: that conversation if he's not healthy enough. I mean a 982 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:25,920 Speaker 1: guy like a Michael Gallup or Tristan Hill, it just 983 00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,480 Speaker 1: seems like there's a lot of benefit to getting their 984 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,799 Speaker 1: feedback under them. And Amari said that, Michael told me like, yeah, 985 00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,080 Speaker 1: the biggest challenge is getting my feedback under me. But Kelvin, 986 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:36,880 Speaker 1: it seems like if you could start putting him in 987 00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:39,520 Speaker 1: in smaller roles and I could see that this So 988 00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:42,279 Speaker 1: I think it's Calvin Joseph's the closest. Next to be 989 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:45,800 Speaker 1: Tristan Hill, then it's probably another three weeks after that 990 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:49,320 Speaker 1: would be Neville Gallimore and oh I'm just gonna go 991 00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:51,960 Speaker 1: defense real quick, Okay, Nevill Gallmore and then four weeks, 992 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,080 Speaker 1: maybe even five to DeMarcus Lawrence. I feel like every 993 00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:58,280 Speaker 1: time Stephen Jalen talks about Nevill Gallimore or DeMarcus Lawrence, 994 00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,080 Speaker 1: he keeps pushing it back. Yeah, almost like December. Yeah, 995 00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:04,000 Speaker 1: at this point, I don't know Davin's set a hard date, 996 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,680 Speaker 1: but it's it doesn't sound like it's very close. Scalp. 997 00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,440 Speaker 1: I actually, if you mentioned Gelp, I think that he 998 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,440 Speaker 1: seems like he's pretty close. I don't know about this week, 999 00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,200 Speaker 1: but maybe next week, next week. Can I stop you 1000 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:18,280 Speaker 1: on two that you mentioned Joseph and Hill, what impact 1001 00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:22,279 Speaker 1: do you think either or both will make right away? Yeah? 1002 00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:24,799 Speaker 1: I think Calvin Joseph's mostly just special teams. I mean 1003 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,080 Speaker 1: I say this, and then Adam Feeling's going to go 1004 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:30,200 Speaker 1: for a buck fifty and two touchdowns and Anthony Brown 1005 00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:31,279 Speaker 1: and people are gonna be like, no, we want to 1006 00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,480 Speaker 1: see him now. But Anthony Brown has been pretty good, 1007 00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,400 Speaker 1: like like I don't know if did you tweet it 1008 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:36,800 Speaker 1: out or maybe it was helming that quote that he 1009 00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:39,480 Speaker 1: had that Al Harris had about Anthony Brown, like kind 1010 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,399 Speaker 1: of like yeah, he's like, I'm so happy you asked 1011 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,640 Speaker 1: about him. He's one of our most consistent tacklers, consistent players, 1012 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,200 Speaker 1: Like people aren't noticing, but yeah, they're really happy with 1013 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:49,279 Speaker 1: how he's playing, So if he can use play well. 1014 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,160 Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis has been fine in the slot, and then 1015 00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:53,719 Speaker 1: obviously Treyvon Diggs like, I don't think that you need 1016 00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:55,880 Speaker 1: to force Kelvin Joseph and they're like, fans want to 1017 00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:57,680 Speaker 1: see him in there because he was a second round pick. 1018 00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,719 Speaker 1: So as long as those either three are healthy, I 1019 00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,040 Speaker 1: think he makes an impact on special teams and then 1020 00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:05,719 Speaker 1: maybe they try and work him in a defense, but um, yeah, 1021 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. There's always injuries. Though it's actually kind 1022 00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:11,640 Speaker 1: of amazing they haven't had any quarter cornerback injuries up 1023 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,359 Speaker 1: to this spot. Right. My comment about that, though, Um, 1024 00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,560 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown has been here a minute. I think he's 1025 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:21,480 Speaker 1: an energizer type player. I think he has a talent 1026 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:23,880 Speaker 1: seling and that's why he went and got Joseph in 1027 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:27,160 Speaker 1: the second d Sure he's got more talent, so at 1028 00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:30,560 Speaker 1: some point talent wins, it does, but I don't think, Yeah, 1029 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,040 Speaker 1: I don't think that that that might even be this 1030 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:33,840 Speaker 1: season yeah, I think I think he still might be 1031 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,920 Speaker 1: a year away. I think that trajectory would have been 1032 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,680 Speaker 1: if he started from the from the jump and was healthy. 1033 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,800 Speaker 1: You're asking him, who hasn't played in two months, to 1034 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,279 Speaker 1: just step around and compete. That's that's hard. I'll tell 1035 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,880 Speaker 1: you this. If he didn't get hurt, maybe he'd be 1036 00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,480 Speaker 1: closer to that now because at training camp, Yeah, there 1037 00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,360 Speaker 1: are people in the Orange who thought he was going 1038 00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,719 Speaker 1: to be the day one starter at cornerback. I hate 1039 00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:56,759 Speaker 1: to be a name caller too, but make the case 1040 00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:59,040 Speaker 1: that Tristian Hill's ever going to help this football team. 1041 00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:01,680 Speaker 1: I think I can find the front office believes that 1042 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,359 Speaker 1: he will. Yeah, I thought he was helping him last year. 1043 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:05,759 Speaker 1: To be honest with you, I thought he should have 1044 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,600 Speaker 1: played more before he got hurt. They had done Terry 1045 00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,880 Speaker 1: poh in there and they could not move up for 1046 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,439 Speaker 1: they were just getting pushed around up front. I thought 1047 00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,239 Speaker 1: he was much better than he was his rookie season 1048 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:17,960 Speaker 1: before he got hurt. He can he can help them, 1049 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,719 Speaker 1: and now Brent Urban's out for a little bit, so 1050 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:22,720 Speaker 1: they'll be they'll be snaps to work him in. And honestly, 1051 00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:25,359 Speaker 1: what are you really losing like you put him out there. 1052 00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:27,920 Speaker 1: If he's not good, then you just move on to 1053 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,040 Speaker 1: the next guy, like you're not really wasting anything. Like 1054 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:31,600 Speaker 1: it's not like he's he's not going to be a 1055 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,880 Speaker 1: progress stopper for osa Osa's playing. He's not losing any minutes. 1056 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,680 Speaker 1: You know, Chauncey Golston. They can work him on the 1057 00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:38,800 Speaker 1: inside a little bit. He ain't gonna lose any snaps 1058 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,400 Speaker 1: to him either. So it just extends the rotation. I 1059 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:43,719 Speaker 1: think DQ wants anyway, right, and he'll give him a 1060 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:46,960 Speaker 1: headstart to show them, Hey, keep me in the rotation. 1061 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,000 Speaker 1: But if it doesn't work out, I feel like you 1062 00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,080 Speaker 1: is bringing him to Vegas, Well, that's definitely happened. And 1063 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,520 Speaker 1: then if they hung out on Tristan's twenty first birthday 1064 00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:58,600 Speaker 1: and it was a bonding experience, coming cowboys are with Vegas. 1065 00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:00,799 Speaker 1: Now on defense, there's a few you aren't there still. 1066 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. If it doesn't work out with Tristan. 1067 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:04,000 Speaker 1: What I was gonna say though, is then you have 1068 00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:08,000 Speaker 1: Neville gall Moore coming and you don't need for defensive tackles. 1069 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:10,120 Speaker 1: If you can have a healthy Nevill gall more healthy 1070 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,440 Speaker 1: healthy Osa Diggy zooa oh you really only need like 1071 00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:16,759 Speaker 1: one other good defensive tackler, and if that's Tristan, hey, 1072 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,640 Speaker 1: that's icing You're not mentioned any Armstrong. Where are things 1073 00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:21,400 Speaker 1: with him? Oh yeah, that's right, he's had a good 1074 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,840 Speaker 1: week of practice. Sounds like, yeah, they were happy with 1075 00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:28,360 Speaker 1: where yet? Yeah, so in the rotation win Sunday, I 1076 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,440 Speaker 1: would say for sure by Denver, Yeah, I don't know. 1077 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if right away. I think they really 1078 00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:36,160 Speaker 1: like Chauncey Golston what he's been doing. Yeah, and then 1079 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:38,120 Speaker 1: you have bash them on the other side. So I mean, yeah, 1080 00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,239 Speaker 1: dorns will get back duity I hear is good for 1081 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,680 Speaker 1: a line they do say that, Yeah, I think. I 1082 00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:46,080 Speaker 1: don't know. Dorrance will probably play a little bit, I think, 1083 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,000 Speaker 1: but I don't think he'll be a major impact for 1084 00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,000 Speaker 1: another week or all. Right. Back to the offense, Gallup 1085 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:54,680 Speaker 1: obviously has proven what he can do when he gets back. 1086 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,919 Speaker 1: As Cedric Wilson going to disappear again or is something 1087 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,960 Speaker 1: going to change there different path just at different times 1088 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:02,840 Speaker 1: of the game, and also depending on the defenses and 1089 00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:04,640 Speaker 1: who they think the matchups are. I mean, you see 1090 00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:07,840 Speaker 1: that already with the offensive weapons, it's just you're adding 1091 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:10,960 Speaker 1: another one back in Like, I don't think it's all. 1092 00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:13,040 Speaker 1: You don't have to make a decision like you do 1093 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:15,560 Speaker 1: with a lot l versus terrence at the position because 1094 00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,680 Speaker 1: guys are rotating around already. What'll be fascinating is that 1095 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,400 Speaker 1: they've turned to a lot more two tight end sets. 1096 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,680 Speaker 1: The running game has been having success, Well, you can 1097 00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:25,600 Speaker 1: turn to more two tight end sets where when you 1098 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:28,799 Speaker 1: don't have those three stud wide receivers, like, it's easier 1099 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:30,840 Speaker 1: to bring another tight end in there. Will they continue 1100 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,319 Speaker 1: to do that? Though? With Michael Gallop back, if he's 1101 00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,560 Speaker 1: back to one hundred percent Michael Gallop, it's gonna be 1102 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:37,160 Speaker 1: hard for you to say, Michael, why don't you go 1103 00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,319 Speaker 1: staying on the sidelines. We're going two tight ends here? 1104 00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,480 Speaker 1: Like that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Well, 1105 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,880 Speaker 1: I think the biggest case for it, in my opinion, 1106 00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:46,560 Speaker 1: and we've talked about this for so long with this 1107 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,880 Speaker 1: Cowboys team, is that four a team that invests so 1108 00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:52,080 Speaker 1: heavily in offense. If you're scoring more quickly because you 1109 00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,040 Speaker 1: go back to the Michael gallup in there and just 1110 00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:57,120 Speaker 1: the bigger plays, your defense is going to give up 1111 00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:58,840 Speaker 1: more of those explosive plays and you have to make 1112 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,880 Speaker 1: sure that you can hold that on. I love this question, 1113 00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,080 Speaker 1: and don't get mad at me, Jory, because speaking of 1114 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:06,000 Speaker 1: whisper as, you're the Amri Whisper. I always like to 1115 00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:08,920 Speaker 1: make it about the season you're in. I've always been 1116 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:11,360 Speaker 1: that way. The NFL is season at a time, but 1117 00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,440 Speaker 1: you have to peek ahead a little bit. And this 1118 00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,480 Speaker 1: is very intriguing because they love Cedric Wilson. Why wouldn't you, 1119 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:21,200 Speaker 1: uh Gallop Amar CD's gonna be back. I think Cedric 1120 00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:24,640 Speaker 1: Wilson's going to be back, So now you know which 1121 00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:29,680 Speaker 1: gallop Isn't this difficult? I don't even know. I'm gone, 1122 00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,440 Speaker 1: no what No, you're keeping ah Mari? Yeah, but I 1123 00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,680 Speaker 1: mean if Gallup's healthy, he's playing, he's playing. I think 1124 00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,759 Speaker 1: he gets scraps anyway in terms of production, so he 1125 00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:43,080 Speaker 1: doesn't want to give give up. You know what, what 1126 00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:47,040 Speaker 1: his little niche, right, it's not always a little niche. 1127 00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:49,480 Speaker 1: I mean he's he's made some huge plays for them. 1128 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,399 Speaker 1: Sometimes it just goes week to week. Plus Amari has 1129 00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:55,200 Speaker 1: been banged up this year, like he has been playing 1130 00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,839 Speaker 1: through stuff. You've got to have all these guys ready 1131 00:55:57,880 --> 00:55:59,919 Speaker 1: to go. Noah Brown, I thought you were talking about 1132 00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:01,880 Speaker 1: in the off season. No, I was, so I was 1133 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,720 Speaker 1: looking ahead. Yeah, I'm looking ahead, Which what are you keeping? 1134 00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:07,680 Speaker 1: You know what? Yeah? You know? What would make me 1135 00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:09,840 Speaker 1: kind of come off the ledge of this being obvious 1136 00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:12,320 Speaker 1: is if Michael Gallup comes back and all of a 1137 00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,399 Speaker 1: sudden is a beast in the red zone and lifts 1138 00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:16,920 Speaker 1: their red zone to where they start producing there, then 1139 00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:18,640 Speaker 1: maybe you're like, oh, I don't know if we can 1140 00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,439 Speaker 1: go without this, but I just I can. I would 1141 00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:23,200 Speaker 1: be very surprised if I'm Marie Cooper isn't on this 1142 00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:30,680 Speaker 1: team next year, very surprised and sad. Mari Whisperer he 1143 00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:39,120 Speaker 1: keeps walking by. H he seems like a nice fella. Ud. 1144 00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,000 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about this. I find it interesting 1145 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:43,760 Speaker 1: there for the second year in a row, the Cowboys 1146 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:46,520 Speaker 1: come out of the by, as does Minnesota playing each other, 1147 00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:51,040 Speaker 1: which is odd. I'm not sure why they were both 1148 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:54,719 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. Somebody smarter than me can figure that out. 1149 00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:57,200 Speaker 1: But I love a lot of things about this game 1150 00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:01,440 Speaker 1: real quick, and I'm gonna start with digs on Jefferson. 1151 00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:04,799 Speaker 1: Does it get any better than that? If we get 1152 00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:08,400 Speaker 1: to see it Sunday night, it'll be fun. But somebody's 1153 00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:11,120 Speaker 1: got to cover Adam Feeling too. I mean, whether that's 1154 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:13,400 Speaker 1: Anthony Brown, whether that's Trayvon. I mean, we don't know 1155 00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:17,120 Speaker 1: if Treyvon will follow, but that's that other than Tampa Bay, 1156 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,360 Speaker 1: that's as good at one two punch at wide receivers 1157 00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:21,600 Speaker 1: they have faced all year long, and they've got a 1158 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,960 Speaker 1: running game. A lot of the Minnesota's offense is kind 1159 00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:29,360 Speaker 1: of cowboy esque, man like balance, beat you different ways. 1160 00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:32,680 Speaker 1: Yeah right. The quarterbacks stronger here, but the weapons are 1161 00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:35,560 Speaker 1: really really good. Yeah. Well, they love to run Cook, 1162 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,440 Speaker 1: you know, and Zimmer will say that's what they're about 1163 00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,480 Speaker 1: offensively if you give him a chance, I'm sure, but 1164 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:43,720 Speaker 1: you know, Cook's been banged up a little bit. His 1165 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:45,919 Speaker 1: last game is a good one. The other thing about 1166 00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:51,440 Speaker 1: these two is they both are coming off walk off wins, which, Yeah, 1167 00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:54,720 Speaker 1: when's the last time that's ever happened that? Try look 1168 00:57:54,760 --> 00:57:58,080 Speaker 1: that up. We got about thirty seconds. There was actually 1169 00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:00,800 Speaker 1: something about that in the NFL. Jory's got off top 1170 00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,720 Speaker 1: of her head. See well, or she read it already clutch, 1171 00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:07,960 Speaker 1: But but that's just very squarely. Minnesota has got a 1172 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:10,960 Speaker 1: stretch here gang where they play the Cowboys Baltimore the 1173 00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:14,560 Speaker 1: Chargers in Green Bay in the next four Steve, this 1174 00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:17,200 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins scare you at all? Does he scare me 1175 00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:19,040 Speaker 1: as a person? We talk about quarterbacks all the time, 1176 00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:20,439 Speaker 1: So I want to hear what your thoughts are about. 1177 00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:24,760 Speaker 1: Scare you Sunday night, Sunday night, Halloween. Speaking of Goofy, 1178 00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:27,880 Speaker 1: that maybe the goofiest dude that has stepped into the 1179 00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:30,360 Speaker 1: NFRON playing college a little bit. He was a very 1180 00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:32,800 Speaker 1: good player at Michigan State. Yeah, you ready for this? Yeah? 1181 00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:38,280 Speaker 1: Breaking do we need a sounder? The five and one 1182 00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:40,560 Speaker 1: Cowboys and the three and three Vikings are coming off 1183 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:43,560 Speaker 1: by weekends after overtime victories on the road, both by 1184 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,479 Speaker 1: a touchdown. It's the first time two teams are meeting 1185 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:51,080 Speaker 1: following road overtime victories since November second, twenty fourteen, when 1186 00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:55,000 Speaker 1: Minnesota met Washington and similar circumstances. Wouldn't Cousins have been 1187 00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:58,080 Speaker 1: in Washington at that point? Yeah, Jory's not even reading that. 1188 00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:07,800 Speaker 1: She just knew that off top bread. Uh, that's interesting. Now, 1189 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:11,320 Speaker 1: I love stuff like that. Um. I think that Minnesota 1190 00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,160 Speaker 1: is in a little more trouble with their corners against 1191 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:17,840 Speaker 1: the Cowboys receivers than the Cowboys are against their receivers 1192 00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:20,880 Speaker 1: with Peterson now and I are so the Cowboys should 1193 00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:22,680 Speaker 1: be able to do some stuff in the passing game. 1194 00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:24,800 Speaker 1: But this is a really good matchup. Can't wait to 1195 00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:27,760 Speaker 1: watch it now as we wrap up the matchup on 1196 00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:33,080 Speaker 1: TV tonight. Green Bay without Davante a totally different team. 1197 00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:36,960 Speaker 1: I don't care what anybody says, including Rogers, but they 1198 00:59:37,040 --> 00:59:42,000 Speaker 1: have never lost when Davante hasn't played against Arizona the night. 1199 00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:44,760 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. Who do you think Cowboys 1200 00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:47,680 Speaker 1: fans should be rooting for if we're talking about getting 1201 00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:50,760 Speaker 1: in the best position to have a bye, because a bye, 1202 00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,880 Speaker 1: if you take off the trip to Cabo in oh seven, 1203 00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:58,000 Speaker 1: is the most important thing you can get if you're 1204 00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:00,400 Speaker 1: going to get to a Super Bowl. I Wi Wade 1205 01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:04,000 Speaker 1: understood that back then. But anyway, it would be Green Bay, 1206 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,560 Speaker 1: it would be their number one receiver in this game. 1207 01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:09,880 Speaker 1: Former Cowboy Randall Cobb um, I think that you root 1208 01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:14,240 Speaker 1: for them because Arizona's rolling, and who knows when that 1209 01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:16,360 Speaker 1: that loss is gonna come. You'd like to see them 1210 01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:18,919 Speaker 1: get to the point where they finally get their first loss. 1211 01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:20,680 Speaker 1: The Cowboys are in even ground and they only have 1212 01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:22,880 Speaker 1: one loss like the rest of the division. Plus I 1213 01:00:22,960 --> 01:00:24,800 Speaker 1: just think Arizona is a better team than green Bay, 1214 01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:27,320 Speaker 1: so have green Bay beat them. Green Bay will lose 1215 01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:28,920 Speaker 1: some games down down the stretch. I don't know how 1216 01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,479 Speaker 1: many games Arizona's gonna lose, so I would be rooting 1217 01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:33,360 Speaker 1: for green Bay. Of house, who would you rather play 1218 01:00:33,360 --> 01:00:37,160 Speaker 1: in the playoffs? Right, Arizona is not even and it's 1219 01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:39,280 Speaker 1: not even clo. You don't want to play Rodgers. Cowboys 1220 01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:41,640 Speaker 1: don't want to play Rodgers. He'll probably find a way 1221 01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:46,480 Speaker 1: to get Jared Jared Cook to come back with He'll 1222 01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:49,320 Speaker 1: have he won't even have Davantae Adams, and he'll throw 1223 01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:52,600 Speaker 1: three touchdowns to Robert Tonyan and and they'll win the 1224 01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:55,000 Speaker 1: game that way. Like very intrigued by what he does tonight. 1225 01:00:55,040 --> 01:00:56,680 Speaker 1: You do not want to see Aaron Rodgers, because if 1226 01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:58,720 Speaker 1: he plays well tonight and they beat Arizona on the 1227 01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:00,960 Speaker 1: road without Davante, you get him right back in the 1228 01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,920 Speaker 1: MVP discussion for sure. If they go to seven and 1229 01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:06,960 Speaker 1: one and he had that one slip up that weird 1230 01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,480 Speaker 1: opener where he played, they played awful, and since then 1231 01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:12,120 Speaker 1: they've been awesome. I mean, yeah, I think you got 1232 01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:14,520 Speaker 1: a root. And since we keep talking goofy on this show, 1233 01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,440 Speaker 1: is Aaron Rodgers starting to get a little goofy? Is 1234 01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,800 Speaker 1: he starting to just kind of go off the reservation 1235 01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:23,000 Speaker 1: as he's following the same exact path that that Tom 1236 01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:25,480 Speaker 1: Brady is where they're just showing more of their personality 1237 01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,680 Speaker 1: now because they're so established that it doesn't matter what 1238 01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:30,160 Speaker 1: you think. But I think his personality is damn goofy, 1239 01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:31,760 Speaker 1: is what I'm saying. A little bit. I think it's 1240 01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:34,480 Speaker 1: I mean, he should be able to be who he is. Sure, 1241 01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:36,400 Speaker 1: I kind of liked that the idea of like NFL 1242 01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:38,680 Speaker 1: quarterbacks don't have to have one type of persona, and 1243 01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:40,960 Speaker 1: Rogers is reminding us of that. And he's in his 1244 01:01:41,040 --> 01:01:45,160 Speaker 1: commercials and stuff, he's leaning into the long hair, hidden vibes. Yeah, 1245 01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:47,680 Speaker 1: he's having fun and to be honest, from our perspective 1246 01:01:47,720 --> 01:01:50,120 Speaker 1: and our jobs, even if he has a little goofy. 1247 01:01:50,200 --> 01:01:52,880 Speaker 1: I like the fact that he's pretty candid about responses 1248 01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:55,120 Speaker 1: on like a lot of variety of topics. It doesn't 1249 01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,640 Speaker 1: just football, and it's usually pretty fascinating. And he went 1250 01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:59,760 Speaker 1: to cal they're all tech hits there, he got. You 1251 01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:02,400 Speaker 1: know when when they go to cown they don't all 1252 01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,760 Speaker 1: have the Blocko keys on their keyboard. You just love it. 1253 01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:07,800 Speaker 1: Still there I do. That's you know what. My wife 1254 01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:10,320 Speaker 1: chastised me because I told the story. We talked about 1255 01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:13,280 Speaker 1: that we actually got that in the school of business. 1256 01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:17,480 Speaker 1: When Katie was meeting the head of the School of Business. 1257 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:19,840 Speaker 1: He handed him out to us. I thought we got 1258 01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:22,000 Speaker 1: him in the would you pick that up in shell? Rob, 1259 01:02:22,120 --> 01:02:23,800 Speaker 1: He's never seen it. You haven't seen my little block 1260 01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:27,320 Speaker 1: Oh you get a little blays. Oh, of course, just 1261 01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,280 Speaker 1: a little reminder. That was the same show where you 1262 01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:31,840 Speaker 1: hadn't heard from your daughter in a bit. But if 1263 01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:34,520 Speaker 1: you're in a visit this weekend, Wed, do you have 1264 01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:37,160 Speaker 1: any advice for me, Jory, because you remember when your 1265 01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,200 Speaker 1: parents came to see you for the first time college. 1266 01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:44,560 Speaker 1: I haven't seen my kid in two months. She won't 1267 01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:46,760 Speaker 1: talk to us, but we're going, damn it, we're going 1268 01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:50,000 Speaker 1: to the Penn State game. We're shown up. And whether 1269 01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:52,320 Speaker 1: she already alerted as to the fact that she has 1270 01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:55,680 Speaker 1: a Halloween party she's going to Friday night late. She's 1271 01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:59,600 Speaker 1: dressing up as h devil, And my wife said a 1272 01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:01,520 Speaker 1: sex see devil, and she goes, well, you'll see you 1273 01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:04,760 Speaker 1: when you get here. So, hey, what do you wear 1274 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:07,439 Speaker 1: to Ohio State Penn State game? Because you can't wear white, 1275 01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:11,320 Speaker 1: so everyone just wears all. You haven't heard the big news. 1276 01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:15,800 Speaker 1: It is a scarlet out in the shoe that everybody's wearing. 1277 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:17,880 Speaker 1: It's so hard to get everybody in the scene. Your 1278 01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:23,440 Speaker 1: trust does what it's told. Okay, all scarlet, and the 1279 01:03:23,720 --> 01:03:27,959 Speaker 1: Buckeyes are wearing those color rush things. All scarlet. Okay, 1280 01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:33,040 Speaker 1: first time Steve dress. Steve's dressed as a devil right now, i'mself. Yeah, 1281 01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:36,240 Speaker 1: we gotta go. Enough for the Buckeye talk. You guys 1282 01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:40,160 Speaker 1: have a good weekend. Enjoy the game in Minnesota. I 1283 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:43,240 Speaker 1: want to thank everybody for listening to mediamash four o'clock 1284 01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:46,320 Speaker 1: on Wednesday and Thursday. Check us out next week as well. 1285 01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:50,960 Speaker 1: Thanks rookie Chris Beam, Thanks to Rob Phillips, has always 1286 01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:55,960 Speaker 1: Jerry Epstein, John Mashota Minnesota Next Sunday night, enjoy it. 1287 01:03:56,040 --> 01:03:58,720 Speaker 1: We'll talk next week. Bye. This has been a production 1288 01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:02,560 Speaker 1: of Dallas Cowboys dot Com and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.