WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: Flag Football 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:04.280 The following He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:12.080 a break? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely ready 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:15.960 for a break. Yeah, and so much for that. It's 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:21.880 time for the Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com with 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:27.200 Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and Derek Eagleton. 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:31.840 Welcome back to the Break. I hope everyone had a 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:36.559 very merry, merry Christmas. How are you guys doing awesome? 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.680 Extremely well? Davis trying to get back into town. Is 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:44.400 he really? I don't know, but I think he's gonna 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:48.159 make it. You think, yeah, obviously obviously. Now maybe I 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.200 think he's gonna make it by the end of the show. Okay, 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:54.120 we've had some weather issues here in Dallas a little bit. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:59.080 It's sunny, No, it isn't anyways, anyway, they practice out 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.600 why they moved it indoors today because of the clouds, 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.600 because of the expected rain and the rain that we've 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.920 already had made. You know how important weather it's. Hilario's 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.800 Dave gotta have you better have my gumbo. Were gonna 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.720 have a problem, tiny Jim, good luck with that one 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.600 in a while. But Jim doesn't use anymore. The Cowboys 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.559 are officially in the playoffs, and we haven't really gotten 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:24.679 a chance to talk about the game. It's been a 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.080 few days now, but I wanted to start off with 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:31.440 just getting an overall opinion of what you saw on 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:33.560 Sunday and what were some of the things that you 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.479 took away from that game. Despite the win, there's still 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:41.360 some room for improvement on the offense, and so just 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.679 give me your thoughts. Derek, let's start with you. Oh man, um, 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.800 I don't know. I honestly I didn't take a hole 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.200 out from that game. They did exactly what I expected 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:54.000 they would. The score actually ended up being closer than 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.200 what the game really was. I thought personally, I thought, 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.800 you know, obviously that they scored there with what was 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:03.240 that for so minutes? Left even less nice? It was 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.240 it right at too right too. But I mean, I think, honestly, 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.200 to me, it was the Cowboys pretty much dominant dominated 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:12.280 that game. Um So I wasn't or at least defensively 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.320 to dominate a game. We can talk about the offense, 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.160 but I mean that's kind of what we've seen from 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.120 the offense all season. They do just enough right and 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.080 so um, so, I didn't really take much away from 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.639 that game other than the Cowboys as a team went 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:26.720 out in a game where they needed to go ahead 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.680 and close it out, and they went ahead and closed 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.400 it out. And so for that, you say, great, you know, yeah, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.120 well I agree. I mean, you know, the playoffs or 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:35.920 a big house, they walked right in the front door. 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:37.560 You know, they didn't have to do anything like that. 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.880 Well they didn't have to do you know, back into 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:42.840 anything side door, got help from anyone else. They they 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.359 went out, they won the game. Uh, you know, I 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.760 don't know if it was as one sided as you 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.680 kind of made it sound. I thought, you know, without 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.400 that fumble, that was a gift by the Bucks to 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.840 just drop the ball and and Gregory picked it up. 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.919 And Gregory really did a nice job of realizing that 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.560 the offense isn't going to score touchdown from the seventeen, 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:04.720 So let's bat it forward a little bit to get 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.120 it to the four and then get it and then 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:08.840 we can score. We do have to throw it to 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:12.040 Noah Brown first, and then we'll throw it to a 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.720 more accomplished receiver and get a touchdown. I thought the 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.400 offense struggled like you said, but but that's what they did. 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.839 That's that's what this team is. That game right there, 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.360 that offense a little bit here and there. They're gonna 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.320 show some flashes. We're gonna lean on the defense and 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.200 the special teams, you know, the special teams player of 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.200 the week, Brett mohurrigan. We're gonna lean on them and 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:35.800 get into the playoffs and now we'll see what happens 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.600 from there. And we've keep talking about how good the 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:43.160 defense is. Clearly they proved so last week, and now 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.880 some of the things that they need to fix, and 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:47.760 we talk about the red zone and some of the 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.720 things that we saw there and we knew by the 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.800 reports that they've gave us how bad this defense, Uh 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.760 they yeah, Tampa. How about how bad the Tampa The 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.440 fence was in the red zone. And when you see 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.760 the struggles that the Cowboys still had and they only 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:10.000 got that the run when Dak went in. Yeah, well 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.800 that two out of three, yeah, three times. Still struggling. 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.760 Now do you expect this to be something that they 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:21.159 could possibly fix in the next few weeks. I mean 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.000 just gonna come down to you know, maybe a few 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.000 plays here and there, Like I don't think they fix 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.000 anything this week. I mean, if there is a new 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.240 play something that that they they've seen on tape that 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.000 they think they can score in there, I don't think 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.000 you show it for this week, but it's something that 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:41.880 you can work on for the playoff game. I mean, yeah, 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.640 I think it can be fixed. I mean, nothing's gonna 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:46.320 be fixed at this point. You just need to have 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.080 a good game in the playoffs. I mean, I think 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:50.720 if they went three for three against Seattle or Minnesota 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.240 in the playoffs, you wouldn't call it a fixed red zone, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:54.920 but it was good enough to get in and win. 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:56.920 So I don't know if you can fix anything at 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.520 this point. You just got to be good on the 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.280 day that you need them to be good, which is 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:05.159 January probably six third, fifth, fifth, or sixth. Yeah, Derek, 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:07.480 you always talk about the defense and how they can 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.719 win you games, they can win you super Bowls and 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.680 all of that good stuff. Now do you expect this 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:17.359 to be enough for the Cowboys to win this next 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:21.360 playoff game and take it further down the road? Honestly, 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.360 the team they have right now, yeah, honestly, I don't. 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:27.200 I don't know if their defense is good enough to 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.520 carry the whole load. I think their defense is good 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.400 enough that if the offense can give them a little 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.400 bit of support, that they can win. What we saw 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:36.800 the other day that was that was a little bit 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:38.560 of support. I think they're gonna need a little bit 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:41.200 more support than that in order to beat some of 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:43.640 these playoff teams, because if you look at the NFL 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.640 and what's happened down the stretch here, a lot of 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.279 these teams have good defenses. So it's not like the 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.560 Cowboys are the only team with a good defense. Chicago 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.159 has a really really good defense. New Orleans has a 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.840 good defense. They're playing good defense right now. Seattle's playing 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.719 good defense right now. So the Cows aren't the only 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.080 team in the in the NFC even that has a 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.760 good defense. The problem is that when you look at 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.240 a team like New Orleans, New Orleans is not only 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.680 playing good defense, but obviously have one of the best quarterbacks, definitely, 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.240 in my opinion the NFC, the best quarterback left in 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:17.000 the NFC in the playoffs, and they have an offense 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:19.560 that can put up points. They've been they've been a 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.920 little bit shaky here down the stretch, but you don't 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:23.880 certainly don't want to count them out because they have 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.440 so many playmakers on offense. So that all being said, 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.200 I think the Cowboys have a good enough defense that 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.360 if the offense can be a little bit better, particularly 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:32.760 in the red zone, like you talked about it, if 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.279 they can get that part to a point where it's 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.320 it's more functional as Nick said, now, maybe not fixed, 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.479 but at least more functional, I think they have a 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.240 good shot because the defense is a legitimate defense. If not, though, 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.280 if the offense can't score some more points for them, 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.240 if they can't get them to that twenty range consistently 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.440 throughout the playoffs, then I don't I don't think they're 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.160 gonna win very many thirteen ten games in the playoffs. 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.320 I think there'll be a little more scoring than that 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.159 because these teams are pretty good. So I think that's 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:01.600 really what it's going to come down to, is can 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.920 the offense give them enough support that they can then 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.360 close it out? Now, correct me if I'm wrong. Now, 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.840 right now, the Cowboys have two possible opponents, Minnesota and 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:13.239 then Seattle. Which of these two teams would you guys 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:17.040 rather see the Cowboys face or who are you expecting 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.119 out of those two for them? To face. I'll answer 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.680 that part. That's easier than to answer the expecting I 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.600 expect it to be Seattle because I expect a playoff 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:29.600 team like Seattle to beat the Cardinals, who I believe 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.160 the Cardinals are fighting for the for the number one 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:37.000 overall pick fighting right, Yeah, So, um, Seattle needs to 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:41.600 win to be the fifth seed, and and you know 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.960 Arizona needs to lose, I think to be the number 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.560 one overall pick. All the cards are you know, aligned 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:48.920 for that to happen. I don't think the Cardinals are 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:50.280 good enough to win, So I think it's going to 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.160 be Seattle. They have to lose that game, not be 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.200 the better match for the Cowboys game. That's a that's 0:07:55.240 --> 0:08:00.720 a tougher question. Um, I think, well, all things consider, 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.360 here's the thing, because there is a there is a 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:07.400 legitimate chance that the Vikings are not in the playoffs 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.960 and they're replaced by the Eagles. Basically, those are the 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.360 three teams that are left kind of now fighting. Seattle 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.080 is already locked up. Actually, so it's really two teams. 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:18.200 It's Minnesota and Philly, and Minnesota has to play Chicago, which, 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.000 by the way, if Chicago wins and the Rams lose, 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.320 they can get a buy so they got something to 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:24.720 play for this weekend. This is not going to be 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.559 a situation where they're gonna sit everybody. That being said, 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:31.480 if they can beat Minnesota and Philly wins against Washington, 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.559 which again it's very possible, now you've got a situation 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:36.880 where Philly jumps into that sixth spot. And if you're 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.319 asking me, who would I prefer the Cowboys to play? 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:43.720 Between Philly and Seattle or Philly and Minnesota. Not to 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.400 cut you off, Philadelphia cannot play the Cowboys this weekend. 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.520 Philadelphia cannot be a team to face the Cowboys in 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:53.080 Week one. They will not be the five. Yeah, so 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.359 I'm just saying that doesn't matter. They will not play Philadelphia. 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.440 Let's it's the NFC Championship game, correct, correct now. But 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.720 that's also the other thing too, is who do you 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.600 want to see in that sixth spot? And that's why 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.240 I was getting around too. It's not necessarily just I 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:06.760 was taking her question and kind of going a little 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.040 bit okay, but fans are asking that I don't want 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.559 to face the Eagles, like you don't have to, but 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.480 but I do want. I do prefer to see the 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.520 Philadelphia Eagles in the playoffs, because I do think they 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.520 have a better shot of beating Chicago maybe the Rams, 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:24.080 and i'd rather I'd rather have and the thing about it, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:26.880 but not only that, that's one of the teams that 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.600 in New Orleans. Yeah, and if you win, if you 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.920 keep winning, then that means that if you face the 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.920 Philadelphia Eagles, I know we're way out, way ahead, but 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.719 you would actually get a home NFC championship game. So 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.720 I don't think Minnesota has the ability to run the 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:42.720 table on that side of the bracket. I do think 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.800 Philadelphia could because Philadelphia is heating up at the right 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.240 time of the year and we're starting to see shades 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.680 of what they were last year when they went all 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.760 the way to the Super Bowl. So if you're asking, 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:53.880 if you're asking from that standpoint, yes, I'd rather see 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.760 the Cowboys face Minnesota in the first round because I 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.760 think Seattle is looking really good right now. But I 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.040 think that that's probably far fetched. I think Nick's right. 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.079 I think Seattle wins this weekend, so it's all move 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.040 point and I think Seattle ends up being the team 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.160 the Cowboys play, and then I want to see Philadelphia 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.600 jump into if it comes down to quarterback. I mean, 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.200 I think you know, they've beaten Kirk Cousins a lot 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.760 for some reason, they kind of they seem like they've 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:20.959 got his number more so than Russell Wilson, and Russell 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:26.840 Wilson would be more dangerous quarterback. Good job, Nick, Yeah, 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:30.839 thank him. More dangerous quarterback to face probably the most 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.400 dangerous quarterback. What are you saying after the game that 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:37.520 you would rather see Seattle like going up against the 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.480 Cowboys playing against them. I think that that, Yes, after 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.880 the game, Philadelphia was still sort of in play at 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.360 that point, and you'd rather see Seattle at Philadelphia. I 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:49.439 just don't like. And that's why I think Chicago six 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.439 versus three. If Chicago's the three and the Vikings are 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.719 the six, I think that's that's important. I think the 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.360 Vikings could could win that game. What'll be weird is 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:59.760 that Minnesota plays him at home this week, would have 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:02.080 to win, Seattle will have to lose, then they would 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.160 have to play again. And also, let's let's throw this 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.640 part out. Philadelphia could lose to the Redskins on the 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:13.080 road and then Minnesota gets in even if they regardless, 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:14.960 even if they lose, so they could be the six 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.319 facing the three at the time of those games. Is 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.680 that all I know? The night game? I just I know. 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.920 I know, you know, week seventeen, they put every game 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.320 at noon and then and then they make changes, and 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.199 I know Cowboys haven't changed. I know that the two 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:32.960 AFC teams AFC South teams Tennessee and Indianapolis are playing 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:36.280 the night game, and I know, I know Seattle's in 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:40.360 the afternoon. I don't know about the Washington Washington Philly game, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.600 and I don't know about the Chicago Minnesota game, so 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:46.520 I don't either. Um, I'm still expecting it to be Seattle. 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.440 But you know, I think the Vikings, if they get in, 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:51.800 they you know, they got two good receivers. They got 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.080 Kirk Cousins. They can throw the ball around. He hasn't 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:55.800 had a lot of success against else and I think 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.839 that the defense of Mike Zimmer coming in here, that 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.520 would be kind of scary. You know, you do have 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.240 some some former Cowboy coaches that are sitting there that 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.439 you're probably gonna face at some point in the playoffs. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.120 You know, we got Wade Phillips at the Rams. You 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.880 got Sean Payton obviously with the Saints, and so it'll 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:17.079 be interesting to see. Now a lot of talk about 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:21.760 this following week about this weekend going against the Giant. 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.560 Who's gonna play, should the Cowboys play their starters, and 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.120 what's gonna happen there. Zeke when he talked about about 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.280 it after the game, he basically said, no, we need 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.160 to go out there. You know we're gonna keep playing 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.520 and we all need to play. This is it doesn't 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.680 mean anything that we got in the playoffs. We still 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.160 have things to prove, blah blah blah, things to work on. Now. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.440 There's a big debate going on as far as who 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:49.000 you should play and who you should sit. We have, well, 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:52.880 they have several injured players that probably would be good 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.599 to sit out. Now. I want to get your opinions 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:59.920 on this topic and what you would rather see happening 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.520 this weekend as far as who's going to be available 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:07.040 on the field and who to sit out. Yeah, I've 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.640 heard a lot of fans basically call this a fourth 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:13.600 preseason game and say, you know, sit everyone. That doesn't 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.600 work that way. Your roster is not ninety players. Your 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.839 roster is fifty three players. You only play forty six. 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.560 You can't really do that across the board. I thought 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.640 it was Nate that set it after the game in 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.439 the show on Monday morning, the joint show that they 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.960 did in here, and he said, you know, a case 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.240 by case basis, and I agree with that. You know, 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.400 I don't think you can say now if you get 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.440 if too many cases are made on your offensive line, 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.320 like Tyrant Smith out Zack Martin. That's the thing we 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:44.920 talk about, the domino effect, so that that would change 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.480 the case for Dak Prescott if you've changed and all that. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:51.240 I think this is more like a third preseason game 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.440 for me, a dress rehearsal game. I think you go 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.480 out there, you're the starters, play the healthy ones. We'll 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.640 talk about who practice today and who may not be 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.600 in that boat. But the healthy one go out there, 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.280 play and you know, a quarter or two or something, 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.000 and then pull them out if you can, or pull 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:08.760 some of them out and then they all can't come 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:11.960 out you can. You don't have that many backup spots. Yeah, 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.440 And I think the interesting thing is how does because 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.440 Garrett even said it this morning on his press conference, 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.760 he said, you know, if we think all that all 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.560 of our healthy guys are going to play well. My 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.320 question becomes, what do you define as healthy? Because Tyren Smith, 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.680 although he's playing, I don't know that ever anybody would 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:30.400 call him completely healthy. So what's that that that that 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.280 marker that lets you say, yeah, this guy is healthy 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.360 enough to play or not? Because I think it should 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.240 be different. I don't know that it is for Jason 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:39.920 because he hasn't confirmed that, but I think it should 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:43.880 be different. Uh, depending on like this week's game versus 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.440 next week's game, what you call healthy this week may 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.240 not be what you call healthy next week, right when 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:51.480 it's a playoff type atmosphere. So um, that all being said, 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:53.960 I'm interested to see how that plays out. I agree 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.280 with Nick. I think you play everybody for a little bit. 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.520 But for a guy like Tyron, for or guys like 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.480 Zach that are you know, banged up and have some 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:07.920 significant issues, I would I personally wouldn't play them at all. 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.720 I give them a week of being able to mend 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.960 like oh we Basically that would give them two weeks 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.120 of not having to get hit at all, not having 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.960 to get torque on their bodies at all. Because to me, 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.720 those guys playing at an optimal level changes the trajector 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.640 of your team dramatically. I would even consider something like 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.640 that for Zeke because I know, I mean, this year, 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.960 it seems like Zeke is he's playing through a lot 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.960 more than he does in past years, and he he 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.520 just looks to me like he could do some time. 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.520 And you give a running back like him two weeks, 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.720 he'll be a lot more spry than he is right now. 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.000 And I want that going into the playoffs. So for me, 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:46.000 I look at as an opportunity to see some of 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.480 my young guys, but also to give these vets that 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:50.600 I think are a little bit more banged up, give 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.280 them two weeks to be able to rest them. I think, 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:54.240 you know, you look at your key players. If this 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:59.760 was me, I would go Zack Martin zero quarters because 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.880 he I would put him out. He didn't practice today 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.720 and he's been dealing with that knee injury back and forth. 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.600 I would go zero for him, Tyrn Smith one, Zeke 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:14.640 one quarter yep, and Daki Cooper two two quarters all right, 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.560 probably a half, but I would probably just go one 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:22.000 quarter for Zeke. And and you know, I know this 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.000 doesn't sound like a big deal, but I mean, I 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.320 really think Jason Garrett wants to win this game for 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.400 for some momentum, you know, even building into the playoffs, 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.920 and you know nine and seven, you know, that's the 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:35.720 same as what they were last year. They didn't make 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.240 the playoffs. This year they did ten and six, nine 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.680 and seven. You know, just just in the NFL scope 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.160 of what's a good year, it's a it's a better year, 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.280 and that stuff will be used against him later on 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:48.920 when he didn't well, he didn't finish. He's only finished 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:52.400 with ten wins like twice. Since it's important to win, 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.239 you don't want to go nine and seven. When Philadelphia 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.600 goes nine and seven and you get in on tiebreak, 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:58.920 you want to go ten and six. So I think 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.280 you in the super Bowl. Okay, Okay, nothing matters, Okay, yeah, no, 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.679 I just think it matters kind of two people more 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.600 than they think about keep this thing going, get get hot, 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.840 going into the playoffs, and win without jeopardizing some guys 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.160 that are really hurt. Now, let's take a quick break. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.360 When we come back, we'll up talking about the Cowboys 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.719 and what's going on this week, the injured players and 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.320 all of that stuff. Also, send us your questions on 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:24.960 Twitter at Cowboys Break and we'll try to hit them 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.120 up as well. 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