WEBVTT - Cowboys Break: What Went Right Against Detroit? 0:00:01.520 --> 0:00:04.000 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:07.200 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Are you ready for 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:10.880 a break? Yes? Are you ready for a break? Absolutely? 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:15.239 Ready for a break? Yeah, And so much for that. 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:20.640 It's time for The Break on Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:25.759 Wall with Nick Eatman, David Hellman, and bar Garcia and 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:30.480 Derek Eagleton. It is Monday, October first, twenty eighteen, Season fourteen, 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:34.120 episode number If you welcome to another edition of The Break, 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:37.199 live from the SWBC Mortgage Studios at the Star, and 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.680 we're ready to talk to the Cowboys football. Cowboys get 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:41.640 a big win yesterday. They moved to two and two 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.320 with a win over the Detroit Lions twenty six, twenty four, 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.120 a game that came down to the wire. Dak Prescott 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:53.280 had a game winning drive, Brett Maher had a game 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.400 winning field goal. Everything in that game seemed to look 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:58.480 up for the Cowboys. So we're gonna paint that rosy 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:00.520 picture for you today. I'm sure dave some things that 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:06.440 the Cowboys can improve on. Just it fits with the personality, right, 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.679 I mean, you tend to be one that kind of 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.400 brings brings realism back to moments when we kind of 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:14.160 get a little bit ahead of ourselves, right, I want 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.560 to argue with you, but yeah, you're right, all right, 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:18.840 good ahead. So we're gonna talk about that, and we'll 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:20.640 talk about what went right and wrong for the Cowboys, 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.160 and then we'll get into Nick's five plays that you 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.720 should not overlook. And these are the plays that were 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:31.640 otherwise not necessarily grand in and of themselves. But what 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.000 happened as a result of those plays or did not 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.080 happen to happen as a result of those plays, and 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.080 why they were significant to the game and the outcome. 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.400 So we'll do all that throughout the show. Let's first 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.760 jump right in, and as we do every Monday, I 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.640 want to hear from each of you, guys, what's the 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.560 storyline of this game. What's the thing do you walk 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.560 away from this game thinking that you know better about 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.720 this team. We'll start first with Dave. I don't think 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:58.280 I know anything about this team that I didn't already know. 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:04.280 My main storyline coming out of today is good or yesterday. 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.160 Good things can happen when you make a dedicated effort 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.320 to put the ball in the hands of your absolute 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:13.200 best player. Obviously, Ezekiel Elliott did whatever he wanted to 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.760 on the ground. He's also as involved as he's ever 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.520 been in the passing game. Another screen passed to the 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:24.360 house to get things going, and then shocker of shockers 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.400 throw to the ball, throwing the ball down the field 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.440 to set up the game winning field goal. He can 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.520 do those types of things. He doesn't get the chance 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.000 often enough. I was very happy to see that. And 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.840 then you know, Dak Prescott played like a good quarterback. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.639 He played like the guy that we've seen him play 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:43.359 like for what twenty five games over the course of 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.200 his rookie year and part of last year. We hadn't 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.600 seen it to this point, and it's encouraging because I 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.560 don't think he has to do that much differently to 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.680 be that guy. You know, it's one game, but it 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.359 was really encouraging to see that again. I think I 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.720 said yesterday, this is that's what I expected Dallas offense 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:02.760 to look like in the preseason. Not a you know, 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.560 not this like world beating passing game, but you got 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:09.440 enough complimentary players to make plays centered around the fact 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.680 that Ezekiel Elliott is an All Pro, best in the 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:15.440 league caliber talent. That's what it looked like amber. It 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:23.280 was encouraging. Okay, fine, sorry, jeez, let's all chill out 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:28.520 for a second ever speaking now, no um Well, not 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:33.040 to take away um seek greatness, but he was playing 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:36.320 against one of the worst run defenses. But even then, 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.880 so basically what I'm trying to say, I'm not surprised 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.720 that he had the kind of success that he had. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.360 One of the things that I enjoyed like watching was 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.200 Dak Prescott being able to make those throws and even 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:51.560 though he didn't make all of them, still it's good 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:56.120 to see him attempt making them. And again he is 0:03:56.200 --> 0:04:00.800 able to make certain throws. But just being able to 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.840 watch the confidence and just to be able to feel 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.240 okay with like risking it and throwing the pass. That 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.240 was exciting to see. And I want to keep seeing that. 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.160 Sean Lee. They didn't have Sean Lee. They did a 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.480 nice job without him. They won a game without Sean 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:18.040 vander Esch looked like he was a good edition there. 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:19.880 He looks like he kept telling me that throughout the game. 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.839 You were like, man, that kids playing, Yeah, but they'll 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:25.159 they'll they'll get give him more tackles than what I'm 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.520 four or five or six. Whatever they gave him, he'll 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.440 give him more than that. He I thought he had 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.160 a lot more than that. DeMarcus Lawrence. They didn't get 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.000 any good They didn't get a lot of pass rush, 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.520 but he actually did. I mean, he had three sacks 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:37.960 and he had some big plays, but they did. I 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.040 don't think they got a lot of pass rush, but 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.200 it certainly looked like with him. They won a game. 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.440 Without him, their defense was if he at times, but 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.279 they were able to win. We're gonna get into all 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.200 those topics. I think the first one I want to 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:53.159 start with is Ezekiel Elliott. Obviously, he was the player 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.040 of the game for the Cowboys yesterday, and without his effort, 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.800 I don't know that they win that game. He was 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.719 the first player in the n IFL this season to 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.040 have over two hundred yards from scrimmage. He had He 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:05.919 had a total of two hundred and forty yards total 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:08.800 from scrimmage, first to do with the NFL this season. 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.760 That's the third of his career, which ties him for 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:15.240 the lead since twenty and sixteen of any player to 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:19.480 have three in three total games where he's at over 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.320 two hundred yards total yardage. What was the difference yesterday. 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.159 Was it the offensive line? Was it just as Amber 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.120 alluded to. Was it that you're playing a team that 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.960 the run defense just isn't very good. Was it that 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.960 the play calling maybe helped him because they were throwing 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:35.839 the ball down feel a little bit more yesterday? What 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:37.680 do you think it was? It really helps z yesterday 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.160 be able to have the stellar day that he did. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.200 I think ahead it was the best coaching, you know, 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.160 job that we've seen so far from this team. I mean, 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:47.840 they get killed all the time when they lose. They 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.160 did a really nice job with a lot of things 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.640 during the game. Yeah, down there late in the game, 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.040 they almost lost it by not giving him the ball 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.040 maybe more, But I thought for the most part, they 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.240 call it a good game, and you know, no one 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.479 wants to hear this, but they managed the game well too. 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.719 Jason Garrett, I mean he managed the game. We only 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.240 talked about it on losses, but they did a nice 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.640 job of doing just enough leading the clock to the 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:12.920 point where, you know, not getting in a hurry after 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.440 Zeke play. I thought the coaching staff should get a 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.479 little bit of credit for this one combination. I mean, 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.680 you know, worst run defense in the league. I don't 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.640 think you can look past that, which is funny because 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.880 Dak had, you know, this nice day against the best 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.720 past defense in the league. I think three games is 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.239 not a great sample size to determine who's the best. 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.839 Three games is a pretty good sample size to determine 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:36.440 if you're the worst. You know what I mean. I 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.200 mean if everybody you play can run for one sixty 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:40.719 to one night. And by the way, these were not 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.080 premier running backs that were doing this them other than 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.919 this week. It wasn't like they were facing girly Isaiah Crowell, 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:52.440 Sony Michelle and Matt Breida in San Francisco. So yeah, absolutely, 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.640 I think you absolutely, you absolutely have to look at that. 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.640 Actually you gotta look at that. But having said that, 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.800 I mean the commitment. I mean, he got the twenty 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.040 five carries. People were clamoring for him. But to go 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:08.960 back to my point, you know, sixteen rushes in Seattle's 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.320 not the reason why they lost. You know, if you're run, 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.960 if you run for one sixty, you should be able 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.720 to win in the NFL. I still believe that. I'll 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:19.240 say it again, I'm so happy that he got involved 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.240 in the passing game. A quote from from Dak really 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:23.920 stood out to me after the game because he's like, well, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.440 we saw, we saw Zeke matched up one on one 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.640 with a linebacker and I'll take that match up every day. 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.000 Well can we see it more then? Yeah? Because you can. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.240 You can create that. Yeah, like you should be able to. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.840 And that's you know again, did create that? Huh? They 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.880 did create? Yea what I'm saying. But that's but truth, 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:40.680 Like they can create. I know. That's the thing. And 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:42.840 we're gonna talk about five plays, but what's not on 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.160 there is the play before the thirty yard is it? 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.080 Thirty yard passed to Zeke the last one of the 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.320 thirty eight? Yeah, that one. The play before that, Zeke 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.800 lines up in the slot, does nothing, just kind of 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.160 does like a two yard out, turns around nothing. There's 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.640 a pass over the middle, almost intercepted. Next play, same spot, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.120 he just runs by the guy. So that was a 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.320 nice job of kind of setting that up a little 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.360 bit and go all right, we're gonna put Zeke out there. 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.120 He's not gonna do anything. And then he goes and 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.720 they win the game. Wait, and that's awesome, which, as usual, 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.160 I haven't had time to rewatch the game. I plan 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:20.800 on doing that. But that's these are things that you're 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.240 all pro running backs should be doing on a weekly basis, 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:24.800 and that's I don't He doesn't need to run the 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.040 ball thirty times to win, but he needs to touch 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:31.640 the ball somewhere around twenty five thirty times, receiving, running 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.480 all that good stuff. He's that type of back and 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.720 with the other talent in the skill positions on this offense, 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.760 he has to be He needs to be this type 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.800 of engine for this team to be good. That being said, yesterday, 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.480 after the game, he looked like he was beat up 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.760 pretty good, and so it begs the question, as everybody 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.719 expects and wants to see more of him because they 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.120 feel like that's the necessary thing you have to do. 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.000 Is it practical to assume that the Cowboys can give 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.320 him thirty touches per game or is he gonna endo 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.120 and him actually be able to make it through a season, 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.640 Because he did not look good after that game. He 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:08.640 was he was limping pretty good, and it seemed like 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.360 that was something that happened to him early in the game, 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:13.240 so obviously didn't affect his production, but over sixteen weeks, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.960 that's a lot of pounding. It was surprising. I mean, 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.480 you've never seen that with Zeke, where you know, he 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.480 was coming in and out of the game, he was limping. 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:24.760 That's not something that we're used to. But he's twenty four. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.280 I'm okay right now. I think he can handle it. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.439 Especially he hasn't been getting that kind of workload the 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.760 first three weeks either, so well, you know, and we 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.199 don't need to talk about what they're gonna do after 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:40.520 this season, but you know, there's been some talk about 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.000 giving him a new contract at the end of this year. 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.040 Do you want to take this three years and make it, 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.040 you know, five more years on top of that, make 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.600 him an eight year type player And if that happens, 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.760 then that's something you need to kind of think about 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:54.760 on the long haul. Now, there has been some talk 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.880 about getting him for five years and just see what 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.320 happens after that, almost running him into the ground, which 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.199 is you know, we had an argument about this on 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.160 our show. I think back a training camp. I don't 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.440 think you were on that. Nate was on that Nate. 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.120 It was me and Nate against you, I believe, right, Yeah, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.720 you know which way did it line up? Nick? Nick 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.760 is trying to preserve him, and me and Nate were like, 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.080 he's twenty five or four year old running back, let's go, 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.960 let's do this. I mean, there's gotta be a combination 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.480 of you know, both in the middle, but you know, 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:26.840 to be limping like that and still run the you 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.240 know down the field and make that play. That was 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:32.400 probably his Dak's best throw though of the game, don't 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.800 you think. I mean, because this isn't like hearns or 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.000 gallop that is, that's what they do. They go up 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.640 and make plays that have to be right there. For 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.400 if it's a running back, you kind of have to 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.800 put it right there. But see, I think you have 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.480 a really good backup in rod Smith that you're able 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:49.079 to give Zeke a little bit of rest and helping 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.280 out where you don't have to rely on Zeek and 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.840 put all the weight just on him. You can balance 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.319 it out just enough for just perfectly to where you're 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.080 giving him a bit of rest but at the same 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:05.280 time getting a good amount of production from rod Smith. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:09.360 It's twenty five to six in the carries, but most 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:11.040 teams are a lot of teams are going to do 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.680 that in the more of a twenty to eleven twenty 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.160 to ten range. Do you do you want that at 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.200 a rod Smith and Zeke? Because I wis fans would 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.200 say no. I will say this though, if if I'm 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:26.319 getting though, if I'm getting a few more touches for 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.960 Zeke in the passing game, I'm okay with that because 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.480 I feel like right now they're underutilizing him in the 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.280 passing game. So if they give him a few more 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.920 touches that happen in the passing game and they take 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.120 a few of those carries that he would normally have 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.840 and give them a rod Smith, I'm all good. I agree, 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.079 And you would like to think he will likely take 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.560 less of a pounding as a receiver as a runner, 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.960 which yeah, I mean, this is an awesome start. And 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:50.960 you can't expect them to have eighty eight in a 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.640 touchdown in the passing game every week, but four to 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:58.199 six receptions for forty to sixty yards per week is 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.760 and can be doable. Like that's every other elite running 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.480 back in the league does that, um, And so I 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.440 hope that this is a trend that continues. You know. 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.880 I he had a lot of different stats, a lot 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.280 of milestone yesterday. Like you said, first one to get 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.160 two hundred yards in a game. But you know, I thought, 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.880 in Cowboy's history, one hundred and fifty yards, that's a 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.679 that's a really good day. It's not like unbelievable. It's 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.600 a good day. One hundred and fifty yards, seventy five receiving, 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:27.040 one hundred and fifty rushing, seventy five receiving, and it's 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.720 never been it's never been done before. I thought that really. Yeah, yeah, 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.120 I thought that was a good one. Herschel Walker and 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.120 even Emmett, you know, to have a few screens and 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.440 stuff like that door set, you know, but for one 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.400 fifty you're doing your job as a runner. But then 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:44.360 also Emmy had eighty eight. It's amazing, So I thought 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.640 that was a stat that was pretty interesting. Yeah, it's 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.840 absolutely phenomenal. And that's I mean, as many crazy days 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:51.800 as he's had, it says a lot that he's never 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.360 done something like that, But I look, but also just 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.280 talks about how much they haven't utilized him in the 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.560 passing game, which they should. And I don't mean this 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:00.920 as disrespect because honestly, I thought there were so many 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.160 unsung heroes in the passing game. I'm I want to 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:08.040 write something about given the small sample size of opportunities 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.160 that he's had, I think the world of the small 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.400 role that Alan Hearns is playing right now. Like it 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.160 seems like every catch he makes is contested and it 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.640 converts a first down. It doesn't look I mean, he's 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.440 got eighty one receiving yards on the season. It's not 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.920 like he's heading for the Pro Bowl. But point being, 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.480 with these types of players in the passing game, I 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.640 think you need that. And that's what we've talked about 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:29.800 this whole time is Zeke needs to be playing like 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:34.320 this for this offense to function, which that probably says 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.600 something else about you know when you do well. We 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:38.760 knew that, no, exactly, That's how he was built. It 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.640 was built like that. Yes, right, yes, you have something now. 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.240 I was just gonna say, I looked it up from 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.560 the Cowboys sister, and you should look up NFL and 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:48.880 just see where that would have been. You know, I'm 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:51.680 sure it's happened. I'm assuming Marshall Falk has done Probably 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:56.600 that was a regular stat line. LT's probably done that. Yeah, yeah, 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.840 that's true. All right, Um, let's talk a little bit 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.880 about a Dak Prescott and just by the by the way, 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.760 a little side note for you guys that are in 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.079 the Dallas area this afternoon, Dak will actually be out 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.439 here at the Star and available for fans to come out, 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.320 take pictures, get autographs. He's going to be promoting his 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:15.720 new Dak collections, which all the proceeds will go to 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:19.680 the Faith Finished Fight Foundation that he has in support 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.200 of breast cancer awareness. So he'll be out here from 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:24.800 four to five thirty this afternoon if you're in the 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.080 area and want to come by. But talking about how 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.720 he played yesterday, he was seventeen of twenty seven, sixty 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:33.280 three percent completion rate, two hundred and fifty five yards, 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.320 two touchdowns, no interceptions, quarterback rating of one hundred and 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:40.400 eighteen point six, And I thought, really the highlight of 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.320 his day in my opinion, was the three downfield throws 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.040 he had. And the reason why was not so much 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:49.600 because obviously one of me connected on that was a 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:51.560 that was a really big play for them in the 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.960 game to gallop and obviously the game the play to 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.480 probably win the game to Zeke downfield. But I was 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.640 just as impressed with a throw he threw Tavon in 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.520 the end zone because all three of those throws not 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:05.960 only their downfield, but they were throws that were right 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.320 on the money. Even to throw the Tavon Tavon probably 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:09.920 should have caught that, it would have been a bit 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.520 of a tough catch. But he put all those throws 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.400 right where they needed to be, right on the money, 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.520 And to me, that was that started to change my 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.800 opinion a little bit on what I started to think 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.400 about Dak from the standpoint of his ability to really 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:26.240 be able to be accurate down feel how do you 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.920 guys feel about his performance and about the ability to 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.280 get the ball downfield yesterday? I don't think the question 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.480 has ever been can he do it? I think it's 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:36.440 more how constant can he be with it? And we've 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:40.040 seen this before. I'm not surprised to see these kinds 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.000 of throws from him because I've seen that happen. The 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.880 point is how constant can you be? How much longer 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:50.160 can you keep doing this for? And to me yesterday, 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:53.600 I'm excited And I was getting a lot of fans 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:57.480 on Twitter last night just talking so much crap still 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:01.880 like there's always someone wanting to talk crap of all everything, 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.600 But quit talking crap, enjoy this win. Dad, did good. 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:09.080 He made throws. The receivers have some fall and not 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.920 catching the ball like the table On one. But that 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.720 was perfect. That basically landed almost in table On sentence. 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.280 I don't know if it was perfect, but it's it 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.160 looked perfect. It needs it's well and that. I mean, 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.760 it's in tight coverage. It's dac it's it's not Aaron Rodgers. 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:25.920 That's not I mean, he's not gonna just drop it 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.480 in a bucket from forty yards out there. I mean, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.760 that's not the right receiver to be running that past 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.520 in my opinion, because he's too little the ball by 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.840 the time the ball gets down to him. Anybody's go 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.720 up and get that ball. I mean you're five eight, 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.080 so by the time it comes down into your hands. Yeah, 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:43.800 all pro cornerback like Darius Slay is gonna knock it 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.480 out like that. To me, that's not the right play. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.960 Great pass, but that's a very low percentage pack. I'd 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.640 rather throw the ball up to. Rico didn't really knock 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:54.240 it out. I mean he put his hand in there. 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:56.560 Put his hand, I mean he got in between the 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.840 player and the ball. He did, and he got it. 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.920 Also one hundred and seventy five pound player, you know 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.879 who I mean, just that's not Tavon. Austin's thing is 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.359 to go deep and make that type of contest, to 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.720 play his plays open field and stuff like that. Good 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.320 good throw, you know where it needed to be. But 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:14.960 that they thought they could still win on sleigh and 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:16.920 he did a nice job of getting back in there. 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:20.600 I think the encouraging thing for me and also baffling 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.239 is we didn't see Dak do a single thing that 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:27.120 he's never done before. You know, he took what he threw. 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.000 The ball to Zeke that set up the game winner 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.440 might be the best throw of his career. It's certainly, 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:36.600 it's certainly in the conversation. But the ball to Tavon 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:38.159 was I mean, it was where it needed to be. 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.520 It was a good throw. It wasn't like this just 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:43.720 unbelievable dime. Same thing goes for the gallot ball, like 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.800 he can be accurate on those throws. He's gallot ball. 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:48.280 You didn't think that was a perfect throw. I mean 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.000 he put it right where he had to get it. It 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.560 It was a good throw. Like it's not leading Sports Center, 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:54.159 That's all I'm trying. It was a good throw. I 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:57.600 think to me, maybe calling it perfect comes from the 0:17:57.640 --> 0:17:59.679 fact that we don't see many of this which throws 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.800 happening from Dak that Aaron Rodgers perfect, And of course 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.280 not that goes back perfect. That goes back to my point. 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.320 Like Dak's you know, he's got to take three or 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:08.800 four of these per game, and you need him to 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.440 hit on probably half of him, and he did yesterday. 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.440 But did you okay the Zeke throw, but the gallop throw? 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.800 Was it something you've never seen him do before? Not necessarily, 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:19.879 but like Amber said, I don't think I've done it 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:23.960 seen with consistency after these last ten, eleven, twelve games. 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:27.120 That's that's the thing that yesterday I felt like for 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.359 all three of those downfield throws, to me, he placed 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.720 the ball right where he needed to place it. Now, again, 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:34.800 some of them aren't going to always those those are 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:38.000 hard passes to complete, but especially when the receivers and 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.040 in all three of those instances, except for maybe the 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.600 Zeke one, they were they didn't have a lot of separation. 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:44.479 I mean, it had to be right on point. And 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.480 that's why I love the gallop throw because although you 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.720 say it wasn't like this miraculous throw. It was right 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:51.800 where it had to be and the defender was only 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.119 a step behind him. So if it was not placed 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:55.879